"Im not going to take this lying down!" Sheldon paced back and forth in fornt of Leonard positively shaking with rage. "Hes not gunna do it to me again!" Sheldon slapped his fist in his hand.

Leonard sat looking sadly at his friend. "Calm down. You need to relax…"

"I will not calm down! This is unaccpetbale! This is an outrage!" Sheldons eyes darted about the room. "Its high time I put a stop to him for once and for all!"

"What are you gunna do? Put a whooppe cushion under his seat?"

"NO! Im gunna fight! Grab your keys Im gunna go get my woman back!" Sheldon demanded. "To the Leonard-mobile!"

When they shut the doors, and eonard had started the car he stopped.

"Well what are you waiting for!? Drive man!""

"Where are we going?" Leonard asked simply

Sheldon stopped dead.

"You have no idea where they went do you?"

Sheldon crossed his arms and slumped back in the seat with a deep scowl on his face. "Curses. A flaw in an otherwise perfect plan."

Beside himself with greif, and anger Sheldon dragged Leonard to the Cheesecake Factory bar where he was determined to numb his inability to properly express his current feelings about a situation he couldn't really communicate in words.

"Sheldon this is stupid! Lets go home!" Leonard said "You know you don't drink!"

Penny, who was tending bar looked at him sadly. "Sweety, I know it hurts, but this is a big deal for Amy." Penny said consolingly. "She was so excited. Try and be happy for her."

Leonard looked up at her. "Youre not helping."

Sheldon sighed miserably. "Penny can I have one of those iced teas you made for me?" He grunted "I need a treat to cheer me up…"

"Uh…no. I don't think you can handle tea tonight." Penny said remembring when shed made him three strong LI Iced teas and he downed them in three gulps.

Leonard looked at him. "Sheldon com'on lets go home. Theres nothing you can do if she wants to date other people."

"This is Collete all over again." Sheldon lamented.

Penny and Leonard looked at each other.

"Whos Collete?"

Sheldon slapped his hand on the bar. "I need whiskey!"

"But Sheldon…"

"Manager?...Manager…this woman is refusing to serve me!" Sheldon looked around and held out his finger importantly "I want a drink and I want it Now!" He demanded.

"ok…ok." Penny said begrudgingly

"Sheldon you know this isn't going to help." Leonard said rolling his eyes.

"Leonard shut up and drink." Sheldon barked.

"Now whos Collete?" Penny was ravenous for Sheldon to dish this one out.

"She was this girl my brother and I grew up with, of whom I was rather fond of, but George stole her from me, and left me to fend for myself in the cold cruel world alone." Sheldon explained.

"yeah, but wernt you like 11 years old at the time?"

"I was 12! " Sheldon said haughty. "Collete was one of very few indiviuals I found truly interesting. She had bright green eyes, and her hair smelled like honeysuckle in summertime." Sheldon grumbled, staring out into space with a vivid memory. "We used to watch Starwars and she read comic books with me. She had excellent taste in literature."

"Wow, she sounds amazing." Leonard said wondering what sort of woman this could be who would be interested in Sheldon romanticly.

"She was. Once she even brought me to a book signing from George Lucas."

Leonard's eyebrows shot up impressed, giving Penny a look. "So you spent a lot of time together?"

"Well, when my mom had to work at the grocery store and my dad was out looking for work, shed come over and wed hang out."

Penny shook her head. "Sheldon, sweety, I think maybe she was your babysitter! You just had a crush on your babysitter!" She said exhasperated. "Its like a totally normal thing."

"Nonsence! I was able to take care of myself at the age of four, why on earth would I need a babysitter?! And why would my mother hire someone who came over to the house on a regular basis anyway?"

"You need a babysitter now!" Leonard said

Penny looked at the ceiling for assistance. "Sweety…she came over on a regular basis because your mom probably paid her to."

"Oh That's ridculouds!"

Leonard looked at Penny. "Well, it does sort of make sense of why she would be hanging around you all the time Sheldon. And it also explains why your brother was dating her too."

Sheldons face turned an ugly shade of red. "He didn't appricate her like I did." He said angrily, but then his face fell as he realized there were other people in his life he didn't properly appricate as he should have. "Give me another drink."

"Right now my brute of a brother is out with her, probably forcing himself on her."

"Sheldon! That's a terrible thing to say about your brother! Hed never do that!" Leonard said affronted.

"Well Amy's far too intelligent to fall for his silver tounged romantic gestures. She'll see right through him." Sheldon slurred. "That muscle bound moron is probably got her in his truck by now…"

"Sheldon… I know your sad about loosing Amy but you cant think shed give it up on the first date with your brother…Amys not like that and you know it!"

Sheldon relented. "That is true. Shes a lady." Sheldon said in thought, but then he looked up at Penny. "You didn't give her any dating advice did you?"

"Me? Well ya know a little…"

"Oh great! That means she's having coitus right now!"

Penny sighed. "Why do I bother?" -