Chapter 3
As Meghann and Sheldon continued to talk while Sheldon worked and despite the fact that they were getting acquainted with each other, little did Meghann know that she was about to see just how weird her new roommate actually was.
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring!
" Good Lord! What is that infernal racket?!", Sheldon exclaimed as he turned around. Meghann looked at her watch and saw that it was beeping at her and flashing two lights.
" Oh yeah, here we go! Finally! After hearing nothing all day I finally get something!", Meghann exclaimed as she suddenly jumped up to her feet on her bed and started dancing around.
" Oh what fresh hell is this?! What are you doing Meghann?!", Sheldon exclaimed as he looked at her.
" Dancing around on my bed because I just got a notification on my watch about a super cell thunderstorm forming 10 miles north of here that looks it has the potential to produce a tornado! I'm going to work! I'm going to work!", Meghann exclaimed as she continued dancing.
" Stop doing that Meghann, that's extremely dangerous! Get down this instant or you're going to receive a strike!", Sheldon scolded.
" A strike?! What the hell are you talking about?!", Meghann interjected as she suddenly stopped dancing and just stood there on her bed staring at her roommate.
" Isn't it obvious? You do something to annoy me and you shall receive a strike for it. Three strikes and you're out.", Sheldon said.
" Out?! As in you're kicking me out of the room?!", Meghann interjected.
" Well, when you put it that way, yes.", Sheldon said.
" This is my house and my bedroom Dr. Cooper! You can't just kick me out! I'm the one who let you stay here!", Meghann interjected as she rolled her eyes at him.
" Correction, you did! And I have your signature on a Roommate Agreement that states for future reference that this is now my house too as well as this room that I now share with you, so, I believe that I can do that! Now, I suggest that you get off your bed before I'm subjected to do so!", Sheldon said as he crossed his arms in front of him narrowing his eyes at her.
" Fine, I'll get down. I got to go anyway.", Meghann said as she jumped off her bed and grabbed her equipment out from underneath it. She headed to the door, threw it open and asked, " You coming or what?"
" I'm working right now! I have no desire to get into a car with someone that I just met yesterday!", Sheldon said.
" Oh come on, it'll be fun! Just take a short break and join me! I really want to show off what I do!", Meghann pleaded.
" I don't know what your driving performance is like! For all I know, you could be very inexperienced and I for one do not wish to end up dead! My contributions to science are much more valuable than participating in these ridiculously dangerous pending nuptials!", Sheldon said.
" Oh come on Dr. Cooper, I'm a very good driver! I don't have any points on my license or anything!", Meghann pleaded.
" I highly doubt that Meghann. You're just a teenager.", Sheldon said.
" Oh come on, please?!", Meghann pleaded.
" I said no!", Sheldon shot back at her.
" Fine then, I guess I shall just go by myself as I've always done for the past 3 years!", Meghann stated as she began to take her leave but stopped when Sheldon exclaimed, " Now wait a minute, hold on!"
" What?!", Meghann asked as she stared at him.
" You've been storm chasing by yourself for 3 years?!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" Yeah, I've been doing it since I was 15. I work with this weather monitoring center called Storm Chasers.", Meghann said.
" That is certifiably dangerous! You could really end up hurt or dead!", Sheldon scolded.
" I know that but that's what I do! It's my job just like what you're doing right now is your job! I got to go!", Meghann interjected as she tried to leave again but Sheldon scolded, " Oh no you're not! Not without me going with you!"
" You're coming?!", Meghann shockingly asked.
" Yes, but, it's only because I do not wish work and worry about you at the same time.", Sheldon said with a defeated sigh.
" Alright then, let's go.", Meghann said as she began walking toward the stairs. As Sheldon followed her, he thought, ' I know I'm very much going to regret this!'
' What the hell is wrong with this man?! He's acting like a freaking nutcase! You know what, I'm not even going to question it! I have a job to do!', Meghann thought as her and Sheldon made their way down the stairs and out the front door to Meghann's car that was sitting in the driveway. It was a urethane blue VW Beetle with slightly tinted windows. As Meghann got into the driver's side of her car, sticking her keys in the ignition before placing her equipment in the backseat Sheldon just stood there outside the open passenger side door, staring at her with a look of skepticism on his face.
" What are you standing there for Dr. Cooper? Get in.", Meghann said as she looked at him.
" I'm afraid to Meghann!", Sheldon frightenly exclaimed as he continued to stand there like an idiot.
" Oh just get in my car!", Meghann hissed.
" Alright alright, there's no need to bark at me!", Sheldon frightenly exclaimed as he slowly got into the car next to Meghann and strapped himself in with the seatbelt. His hands were shaking as Meghann was performing her safety checks before reaching for the key. When she turned the key to start the car, Sheldon shrieked, " Oh god!" as he pressed his hand into his chest. His anxiety began to rise as Meghann just stared at him.
" Would you relax?! We haven't moved yet!", Meghann said as she lifted her left leg up, laying it across her right thigh, placing her right foot on the brake before placing her right hand on the gear shifter stick.
" Relax?! How could I relax?! This is completely nervewracking! Oh god we're moving!", Sheldon frightenly exclaimed, rapidly breathing as Meghann shifted the car in reverse and slowly backed out of the driveway.
" Calm the hell down Dr. Cooper! What is wrong with you?! You're acting very weird!", Meghann interjected as she shifted the car into drive.
" Are you insane?! Are you out of your mind?! Are you… dear Lord what are you doing?!", Sheldon shrieked as he suddenly noticed that Meghann's left leg was crossed over her right thigh.
" What are you talking about?!", Meghann asked in confusion.
" Why is your left leg up like that?!", Sheldon scolded.
" Because this is how I drive. This position is comfortable for me.", Meghann said.
" I'm sorry but that's another thing that I must tell you is certifiably dangerous Meghann! You could shatter the bones in your leg and lose it as the result of a collision!", Sheldon scolded.
" Really Dr. Cooper, you're already going to criticize the way I drive?! You haven't even been in my car for more than 2 minutes!", Meghann said as she rolled her eyes.
" Well I'm sorry but I do not wish to continue this road trip if you're going to drive like that!", Sheldon scolded.
" Well tough rocks! We're already in route so you'll just have to deal with it! Now just lean back into the seat and relax!", Meghann hissed at him. Sheldon wanted to keep protesting but decided to just shut his mouth and not say anything else. As he reluctantly leaned back in the seat, Meghann's cell phone began to ring.
" Boom boom boom! Gotta get that! Boom boom boom! Gotta get that!"
" What do you want Leo?!", Meghann interjected as she answered the phone.
" Dude where are you going? I saw you pull out of your driveway.", Leo asked.
" What do you mean where am I going?! I'm going to do my job! There's a super cell thunderstorm developing 10 miles north of here and I got to go catch it! Dude you need to get off the phone right now because I can't be talking to you while I'm working!", Meghann interjected.
" Why Meghann?", Leo asked.
" You already know why Leo! Felix will yell at me if he finds out that I'm talking to you when I'm supposed to be working! Now get off the phone before you get me fired please!", Meghann interjected.
" Alright! Bye dude!", Leo said as he hung up.
" Excuse me, but, talking on a phone while driving is also dangerous!", Sheldon scolded.
" I thought I told you to relax! You really seem on edge right now! What is wrong with you?!", Meghann interjected.
" I told you that I don't feel comfortable with you driving like this! Please take me home!", Sheldon scolded.
" Ok you know what, take this Dr. Cooper! It's an anti-anxiety pill! It will calm you down!", Meghann scolded as she shoved a small white pill into his hand. She shoved a bottle of water into his other hand too.
" And why would I take this Meghann?!", Sheldon shrieked.
" Because you seem to be having an anxiety attack right now and it's starting to drive me nuts! I can't have this going on while I'm working, it's very distracting! So please just take the pill and shut up!", Meghann scolded as she gave him a death glare. Sheldon just stared at the pill in his hand and back at Meghann before he reluctantly shoved the pill into his mouth and swallowed it. A few minutes later after he swallowed the pill, the drug kicked in and he felt his body begin to relax itself.
" Better?", Meghann asked.
" Yes, thank you.", Sheldon said.
" Good. The seat reclines back if you want to get a little more rest. It's gonna be a little while before we reach our destination.", Meghann said. Sheldon nodded his head as he reclined the seat back. He folded his hands into his lap as he closed his eyes. Meghann decided to take this moment of silence to stick one earbud in one ear and listen to music on her iPod while driving. She turned the music down to an appropriate level as she watched the sky. As Meghann continued driving, monitoring the sky, she suddenly noticed a suspicious vehicle following her in her rear view mirror. It was a maroon-colored pick up truck with dark tinted windows and wood paneling along the bottom sides of it.
' What the hell is this guy doing tailgating me?! Oh god, please don't tell me that this is becoming one of those ridiculous Mcjuggernuggets moments! Seriously, this is not Psycho Dad tailgating Jesse!', Meghann thought in her head about the said YouTube channel as she sped up a little, hoping to lose the tailgater off her trail but to no avail. The suspicious truck continued to ride her back bumper making Meghann become a little frightened. This guy was trying to ram the back of her car, leading Meghann to suspect what she thought was going on.
' Oh fracking hell, someone is trying to bump and rob me! What do I do?! I need to call someone but how do I do that without freaking the hell out of Dr. Cooper?!', Meghann frightenly thought as she desperately tried to get away from the potential robbers. She pressed a button on her watch and whispered, " Felix, you there?"
" Meghann what are you doing?! Are you in your car right now chasing after that super cell?!", Felix answered.
" Yes and there's some freaking idiot tailgating me right now! I think this guy is trying to bump and rob me! He keeps trying to ram the back of my car!", Meghann frightenly whispered into her watch.
" Why are you whispering?", Felix asked.
" Because my new roommate is sitting right next to me asleep and I don't want to freak him out!", Meghann frightenly whispered.
" Why is there an unauthorized person in the car with you? You know that's not allowed.", Felix said in somewhat of an unhappy voice.
" I'm sorry that I forgot that and he didn't want to at first but after I told him that I've been doing this by myself since I was 15, he insisted on coming with me! Look, could you maybe just let this slide just this once and please contact my cousin to asess the situation?! I'm really freaking out right now!", Meghann frightenly whispered. Meghann and Felix continued talking back and forth on the watch which inadvertantly woke up Sheldon.
" What's going on here?", Sheldon asked as he sat up.
" Hold on Felix! It's nothing Dr. Cooper, just go back to sleep.", Meghann said into her watch before pressing the hold button and turning her head toward Sheldon. She then went back to talking to her boss on her watch but Sheldon asked, " No really, why is your cousin coming out here?! What is going on?!"
" One more second Felix! Ok, I don't want to scare you, but, I think someone's trying to bump and rob us.", Meghann said to her boss before turning toward Sheldon again.
" What?!", Sheldon shrieked as he turned his head around to see the maroon-colored pick up trying to ram into Meghann's car.
" Oh Lord! You need to get away from this miscreants immediately Meghann!", Sheldon shrieked as his anxiety began to rise again.
" I know that and that's what I'm trying to do Dr. Cooper, now calm down! I at first thought that this was becoming one of those ridiculous Mcjuggernuggets moments, but, now it looks like a bump and rob moment!", Meghann screamed at him as she continued to speed up.
" Now wait a minute, hold on! What the hell is Mcjuggernuggets?!", Sheldon interjected as he stared at his roommate.
" It's a YouTube channel that my best friend and I watch together every once in a while. They put out a bunch of content about their family and it's actually pretty funny. I think our favorite series out of it is the Psycho series because it's absolutely hilarious! They go off at each other on the series and destroy things!", Meghann said as she busted out into laughter.
" That is just obnoxious! In what way is that funny?! That sounds very disrespectful!", Sheldon scolded.
" I don't know but it is! The videos are real but the content is fake! They're just actors!", Meghann laughed.
" Well that is still obnoxious and I do not appreciate it! Please refrain from talking about that Meghann!", Sheldon scolded.
" Fair enough Dr. Cooper. Go the hell away you freaking creeps, leave me alone! I'm fracking working here!", Meghann said to Sheldon before shouting out her window. The second she did that, the truck behind her rammed into her causing the car to jerk forward a bit. Meghann screamed a little while Sheldon shrieked, " Oh god! Get away from these criminals now! I do not wish to be so violently violated like this or by any other means! I'm a world-renowned physicist!"
" That's what I'm trying to do! And oh crap, I forgot that I still had my boss on hold! Felix you there?!", Meghann screamed before screaming into her watch.
" Yes Meghann! What's going on?!", Felix shouted at her as he continued doing multiple things at once.
" I just told you! Did you call my cousin yet?!", Meghann screamed.
" Yes I did and she's on her way.", Felix said.
" Thank you!", Meghann screamed.
" Stop screaming Meghann! We're in a car!", Sheldon scolded her.
" You're the one to talk Dr. Cooper! You're doing the same thing I'm doing and FYI, this is my car! Oh god, where the hell are you Lindsay?!", Meghann screamed before she screamed out the window. Moments later after doing that, Meghann and Sheldon heard the sound of an approaching police car siren from behind the truck tailgating her car.
" There she is now! Thank God!", Meghann interjected as she pulled her car over to the side of the road. After the tailgator and his accomplice were taken into custody, Lindsay walked over to Meghann's car and asked, "Are you two ok?"
" Yeah we're fine Lindsay.", Meghann said as she let out a sigh of relief.
" I'm not! That was completely traumatizing! Take me home this instant Meghann!", Sheldon demanded.
" Oh would you cool it Dr. Cooper?! We're almost to the spot we need to be at!", Meghann shot back at him.
" Don't tell me to cool it! I'm about ready to have a panic attack here! I'm really starting to regret this decision to come with you!", Sheldon interjected as his anxiety began to rise.
" Well you said that you didn't want to worry about me! Now who's fault is that?!", Meghann shot back.
" Oh what fresh hell is this?!", Sheldon shot back at her.
" Ok, well, I'm going to leave you two to work this out yourselves while I just take these two lowlife idiots to jail. Good luck with catching that storm Meghann. Bye.", Lindsay said before she walked back to her car.
" Bye Lindsay!", Meghann called out before she pulled away from the curb and continued driving.
" You know, you really don't have to be so crazy! This whole situation and the way I drive is really not that big of a deal! Like I said I have a very clean driving record!", Meghann said.
" I'm not crazy my mother had me tested and no, it is a big deal! I told you that my contributions to science are much more valuable than whatever this obnoxious thing is you dragged me into!", Sheldon interjected.
" Ok well you know what, forget I said anything! It's obvious that whatever I said to you was completely stupid to you!", Meghann hissed.
" I can't forget anything, I have an eidetic memory! I've never forgotten a single thing in my life! So that is impossible!", Sheldon said.
" Are you getting pleasure out of starting to push my buttons Dr. Cooper?!", Meghann asked as she rolled her eyes at him.
" And are you getting pleasure out of trying to annoy me Meghann?!", Sheldon asked as he crossed his arms in front of him.
" Ok you know what, let's just not say anything to each other for a while.", Meghann said.
" Agreed.", Sheldon said. Silence fell among them for at least a few minutes before Meghann interjected, " Wait a second, where the hell is this storm?! I don't see it! Oh don't tell me I missed it!"
" Well considering the fact that the sun is now coming out and there's no clouds in the sky, I would conclude that you did miss it.", Sheldon said.
" Crap! D*mn it!", Meghann hissed as she angrily slammed her fist on the steering wheel.
" I don't find your use of profanity to be helpful at this moment Meghann.", Sheldon said.
" Yeah well I'm frustrated right now Dr. Cooper so can you please just not talk?! I can't believe we drove 10 freaking miles for nothing and now we have to drive all the way back home! Son of a bitch!", Meghann hissed as she angrily turned her car around.
" Good Lord! What are you doing Meghann?! Are you trying to get us into an accident?! Slow down!", Sheldon scolded as he saw how fast Meghann was going.
" Would you shut up right now?! Do you want me to knock you out with another pill?!", Meghann interjected.
" I would prefer that you don't. When I first moved out I promised my mother that I wouldn't start doing drugs.", Sheldon said.
" What the hell is that supposed to mean? It's just a little tiny pill.", Meghann asked as she rolled her eyes.
" Yes but it's still a drug and as I already said I promised my mother that I wouldn't be doing drugs.", Sheldon said.
" Dr. Cooper!", Meghann hissed in annoyance.
" Would you quit saying my name like that! You sound upset!", Sheldon scolded.
" I am upset!", Meghann hissed.
" Why?", Sheldon asked.
" Because some freaking idiot tailgated us and on top of that I ended up missing that super cell thunderstorm because of it!", Meghann hissed.
" Well I understand that's frustrating but there's no reason to be upset about it.", Sheldon said.
" Um hello, yes there is! That was a huge distraction! My boss is literally going to have my head for this!", Meghann hissed.
" I believe that statement is very irrelevant and inaccurate as in one can not have another person's head. Unless you're implying that your boss is going to decapitate your head off. It would be a gruesome horrible death.", Sheldon said.
" That doesn't even make sense Dr. Cooper! What I meant is he's going to be really mad at me! I can't leave him with no results so hopefully before we get home something else will pop up and I can save myself from unnecessary scolding!", Meghann hissed.
" Well I'm still scolding you because you're still driving recklessly Meghann! I told you that driving with one leg crossed like that is very dangerous and I find it to be very troubling!", Sheldon scolded.
" You know what, I'm just going to ignore that comment because I don't feel like getting into another argument with you. I'm frustrated and stressed out right now. So I think it would be best if you just shut your mouth right now.", Meghann said.
" Understood.", Sheldon said. Then he asked, "Do you hate me now?"
" No of course not, you're my roommate. It's just the way you're acting right now is not helping the situation. But, I guess I'm just going to have to live with it. The last thing I would want to do is do what your friends did to you. No one deserves to be left without a friend.", Meghann said as she glanced over at him before turning her head back to the road.
" Well, in a way I suppose you're right.", Sheldon said with a sigh.
" Thank you.", Meghann said as began to ease up on the accelerator a little bit. Once again, silence fell among them for little while until the sound of what Sheldon described as ' infernal racket' started up again.
" Yes! Another super cell popped up! I'm saved!", Meghann exclaimed as she followed the radar on her watch.
" Excuse me but if you don't mind Meghann, could you please keep your celebrations to a minimum? I have a splitting headache going on as we speak.", Sheldon said as he started massaging his temples.
" Oh, yeah sure. Sorry Dr. Cooper. I'm just really relieved that I have the chance to make up for that missed cell back there.", Meghann said.
" Well I understand that you're happy about it but there's no reason to scream about it when I'm sitting next to you. I have very sensitive hearing.", Sheldon said.
" Well thank you for telling me that. I'll try to be mindful of that next time.", Meghann said.
" Thank you.", Sheldon said.
" Alright, let's try this again. Hopefully I won't get distracted this time now that my cousin just took those two idiots to jail.", Meghann said as she watched the road and the sky. As she continued talking Sheldon tuned out and thought, 'Oh dear Lord. This is going to be a long night.'
To be continued…
