Chapter 8
" What is that supposed to mean?! I'm just trying to keep things civil here between us!", Raj interjected.
" Well nobody wants to hear what's what!", Leo interjected.
" Yeah, just get out of here! You're kind of ruining our game!", Julia interjected.
" They are ruining it Julia!", Sheldon interjected.
" We have a right to be on here if we want to which we do!", Leonard interjected.
" Leonard sign off! I don't want to talk to you or any of our former friends!", Sheldon hissed.
" Why the hell are you being like this Sheldon?! We're your friends!", Leonard interjected.
" You were my friends until you pushed me away! So as such I am currently residing in an undisclosed location to which you will never know about!", Sheldon interjected.
" Yeah you don't deserve to know where we are after the way you treated him! If you guys really cared about him, he wouldn't be here at my house right now! You don't take your friends for granted! That's just selfish and wrong on so many levels!", Meghann interjected.
" What do you know about Sheldon?!", Howard interjected.
" Not much yet but I'm not a selfish person like you guys seem to be! I would never do that to any of my friends especially my best friend! My parents have always taught me to be a nice person and if I did what you guys did to Dr. Cooper then I would be scolded for life!", Meghann interjected.
" How old are you?! You sound like you're a lot younger than what Sheldon's mother said!", Penny hissed.
" I'm 18 years old and you know what I don't want to be having this conversation! Get off the internet!", Meghann hissed as she continued shooting her machine gun.
" Sheldon what the hell are you doing with a teenager?!", Leonard interjected.
" That's none of your concern! Goodbye!", Sheldon interjected.
" Yep, bye bye! You're going away now!", Meghann interjected as she kicked Leonard, Howard, Raj, and Penny out of the game zone.
" Oh finally! I thought those 4 would never leave!", Delaney interjected as she continued shooting her friends.
" Yeah I'll say! Well at least we can get back to blasting each other now!", Julia interjected.
" Yeah thank God for that!", Leo interjected.
" I agree!", Kayla interjected.
" You know what you just talked about Meghann is something that actually happened to my brother Bradley once.", Julia said.
" Really?! How so?!", Meghann asked.
" I don't know it was really weird. He was with his friends and uh oh.", Julia said as a sudden creaking sound was heard through her headset followed by a loud crack and a blood-curdling scream. A loud boom was heard after a few seconds.
" Oh my god! Julia are you ok?!", Delaney, Meghann, Leo, and Kayla screamed into their headsets.
" Yeah I'm fine!", Julia interjected as she started to cough.
" What was that noise?!", Leo interjected.
" Oh my bed fell through the wooden floor from my bedroom upstairs! It's no big deal!", Julia nervously laughed.
" Oh dear Lord! Do you have termites at your house?!", Sheldon interjected.
" I'm really not sure. We haven't really seen anything unusual.", Julia said.
" Well you really should consider that being a likely possibility and if that's the case then you should really call an exterminator before that pest problem gets any worse.", Sheldon said.
" Yeah because that's really serious Julia. You could end up losing your home if you don't get rid of them.", Meghann said in concern.
" Do you want us to come over there?", Kayla asked in concern.
" No it's fine. I'll investigate myself.", Julia said.
" No Julia don't do that by yourself, that's very dangerous. We're going to come over and help you.", Meghann said in concern.
" No really guys it's fine! I can do this myself!", Julia said.
" No you really can't Julia! You don't know how much damage there could be and you could be setting yourself up to get severely injured or killed! Just let us come over there and we will do an investigation together! We don't want you getting hurt!", Leo interjected.
" Alright fine, you guys can come over.", Julia said.
" Alright then let's sign off, get together and do some investigating.", Meghann said. Her friends agreed and immediately signed off. Meghann and Sheldon signed off as well. Moments later at Julia's house, much to Sheldon's reluctance, the six of them began investigating the house.
" You guys see anything yet?", Julia asked.
" Not anything that I can see, at least not yet.", Kayla said.
" Well I see something. Look at the baseboards! See how they're splintering and splitting apart?!", Meghann said as she pointed at the baseboards connecting the floor and the walls.
" Oh yeah I see what you're talking about Meghann.", Kayla said.
" I do too. How is it that you and your family didn't see this before Julia?!", Leo asked in concern.
" We didn't think the idea was plausible Leo. We just thought that the wood was rotting.", Julia said as she shrugged her shoulders.
" That could mean anything.", Delaney said.
" I don't think so. Listen to this.", Sheldon said as he shook his head and knocked on the wall with his fist. The noise echoed throughout the house.
" You hear that?! Hollow as a shell! That is a classic sign that you have termites!", Sheldon interjected as he looked at Julia but just as he said that some more creaking sounds began to echo.
" Okay, we're done here.", Meghann said. More creaking sounds started up. Then she said in concern, " You guys we got to get out of here now. This house literally looks and sounds like it's about to collapse to the ground." The creaking sounds began to get louder as they echoed throughout the house. Pieces of wood began to crack and break creating gaping holes in some areas on the second floor to the point where they could see the first floor below them.
" Oh dear Lord, run! This house is about to collapse!", Sheldon interjected. The six of them bolted to the stairs as the creaking and cracking sounds got louder and things began to start crashing down through the floor.
" Oh God! If we fall through this staircase and get stuck I'm gonna scream!", Kayla interjected as she was running down the stairs with her friends and Sheldon.
" This is a time to scream period Kayla! Julia's house is falling apart!", Meghann screamed.
" Oh my god this is a nightmare! Somebody wake me up!", Julia screamed as she began to spaz out.
" Julia stop it!", Delaney screamed at her best friend.
" Would you guys shut up and keep running?! I don't want to end up under a pile of rubble with termites eating my flesh off!", Leo screamed.
" That most definitely makes no sense Leo!", Sheldon interjected.
" You know what I mean Dr. Cooper!", Leo screamed as they ran out the back door of the house and by the time they ran around to the front the entire house crashed down to the ground.
" Oh god my house! It's gone!", Julia screamed as she started to cry.
" Oh come here bestie!", Delaney cried as Julia just threw herself into her chest sobbing.
" Wow, that is insane!", Meghann sadly said.
" Yeah I agree!", Leo sadly said.
" This is horrible!", Kayla sadly said.
" What am I going to do?! My family and I are homeless now all because of some stupid wood-eating bugs!", Julia cried as she stared at her completely leveled house with tear glistening eyes.
" Call your parents and let them know what has happened.", Sheldon said. Julia pulled out her cell phone and called her mom who was at work.
" Mom?!", Julia cried.
" Julia what is it? I'm working right now.", Mrs. McPherson answered.
" We just lost our house!", Julia cried.
" What do you mean we lost our house?! What is going on there?!", Mrs. McPherson asked her daughter in complete shock and concern.
" I mean it collapsed to the ground! Our house got attacked by termites!", Julia cried.
" What?! Are you ok?!", Mrs. McPherson asked as she began to panic.
" Yeah I'm fine mom! I'm standing outside with my friends right now! We got out just a few seconds before it came crashing down!", Julia cried.
" Oh thank God! Ok stay outside and don't touch anything Julia! I'm going to call your father right now and we'll be home as soon as possible!", Mrs. McPherson exclaimed.
" Ok!", Julia cried as she hung up on her mother. Mrs. McPherson called her husband who was also at work on a construction site and told him what happened at their house. He immediately asked his boss if he could leave and was permitted to do so. The McPhersons then both left their workplaces and drove home to see their daughter standing in the driveway with her friends and Sheldon. Sure enough they saw that their house was completely leveled to the ground.
" Oh honey, you weren't kidding!", Mrs. McPherson exclaimed as she started crying.
" I know! What are we going to do?!", Julia cried.
" Are you sure this was caused by termites?!", Mr. McPherson asked.
" Yes dad, 100% termite damage! We even investigated ourselves before the entire house came down!", Julia cried.
" You were in there?!", Mr. McPherson interjected as he stared at his daughter.
" Yes! It started with my bed falling through the floor from my bedroom when I was playing Halo on Xbox Live with my friends and Meghann's roommate here! I was literally sitting on my bed when it fell through the floor which almost felt like the Hollywood Tower of Terror ride at Disney World but not really! Anyway they heard that and me screaming through my headset so they came over to help me do an investigation! We were upstairs on the second floor inspecting the floor, the baseboards, the walls, the whole 9 yards! At first glance it looked like the wood was just rotting but then Dr. Cooper here knocked on the wall which sounded very hollow so he confirmed it but the second he did we started hearing a bunch of loud creaking and cracking sounds! He just screamed at us telling us to run so we ran as fast as we could down the stairs, out the back door and seconds after we got out of there the house came down! It happened that fast meaning that we've probably had them for quite a while and we didn't even know it!", Julia cried as she pointed at Sheldon.
" Julia it's ok. It's just a house, we can rebuild it. All that matters to your mother and I is that you're ok and that nothing seriously bad happened to you.", Mr. McPherson said as he embraced his daughter. When he let go Julia then threw her arms around her friends and cried, " You guys literally saved my life! If you guys hadn't came over tonight, who knows what would've happened! I would've been dead! I'm so lucky to have BFFs like you!"
" We are too.", her friends said.
" Oh my god! I can't believe I almost died tonight!", Julia cried as her body started to shake with every breath she took.
" Julia you ok?!", Kayla asked in concern.
" Yeah I'm fine Kayla!", Julia cried as she started to hyperventilate.
" You don't look fine!", Meghann said in concern.
" Yeah dude you're literally shaking and hyperventilating right now!", Leo said in concern.
" And your face looks like it's turning white as a ghost! What's wrong with you?!", Delaney asked in concern as she stared at Julia.
" You guys I'm fine! I'm just upset and a little shaken up!", Julia cried as she continued to hyperventilate.
" I don't think so, I think you're having a panic attack.", Sheldon said in concern as he looked at her.
" I'm not having a panic attack Dr. Cooper I'm just upset and shaken up, period!", Julia cried. She was hyperventilating so much that she was beginning to lose her balance. As she started to stumble, her parents as well as her friends and Sheldon started to become more and more concerned.
" Julia! Julia!", Mr. and Mrs. McPherson screamed.
" Oh dear Lord!", Sheldon exclaimed as he reached out to grab Julia as she collapsed into his arms before her head hit the ground.
" Oh God, Julia!", Delaney, Meghann, Leo, and Kayla screamed as they ran to their friend.
" Oh God I can't breathe!", Julia softly cried out as she laid limp in Sheldon's arms.
" Ok you need to go to the hospital! You're starting to look deathly ill!", Sheldon said in concern.
" Yeah I agree completely! You look terrible Julia!", Meghann said in concern.
" No I don't need to go a hospital you guys! I'm fine!", Julia cried as she continued hyperventilating.
" No you're not!", her friends shot back at her.
" Would you guys stop worrying about me right now?! I said I'm fine!", Julia cried as she continued to hyperventilate and deny everything.
" That is non-negotiable! Come on, stand up! We're all going to the hospital right now, even though I hate hospitals!", Sheldon commanded as he gently lifted her up to her feet. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol began to play in the background.
" Yeah come on Julia, let's go.", Mr. McPherson said as he gently grabbed his daughter around her shoulders and started walking her to the car. Her mother stood on the other side of her as they were walking. Julia kept tripping over her feet as her breathing speed increased causing her entire body to rock back and forth rapidly. Her eyes looked very stoned and looked like they were bulging out of her head.
" No dad I'm fine! I just want to go to sleep!", Julia cried.
" I don't want to hear it! Just get in the car!", Mr. McPherson said. They all got in the car and drove a few blocks down the street to the hospital. Once there as the situation was being explained Julia suddenly got very combative to the point where she needed to be sedated and restrained to the bed. The next day Julia was released from the hospital and she went to a motel room with her parents. The pest control was called out to the McPhersons residence and they inspected the leveled property. After they confirmed that the damage was caused by subterranean termites they grabbed whatever was salvageable out of the rubble before dousing the entire structure with chemicals and gasoline. The destroyed structure as well as the foundation was then set ablaze in a fiery explosion.
Meanwhile at the Giddeons house...
" Curses! I can't believe that plan didn't work!", Twister hissed as he slammed his fist on his computer desk.
" I agree! I thought for sure that plan was going to work but I guess not!", Rebecca hissed.
" It didn't work you idiots because they saw you coming!", Dr. Blowhole hissed as he threw his saw down onto the floor.
" Shut up Dr. Blowhole! We don't need any criticism from you!", Twister shouted at his friend.
" How many times do I have to tell you to keep it down, down there! I'm trying to watch my soaps!", Mrs. Giddeon shouted from upstairs.
" You do that everyday Mom! That's nothing new!", Rebecca shouted.
" Shut up and what the devil happened to you and your brother?! Both of you look like Swiss cheese!", Mrs. Giddeon shouted as she stomped down the stairs into her son's basement lair and saw the injuries that her children sustained.
" That's because Meghann's stupid roommate Dr. Cooper shot us with a gun!", Twister shouted.
" What?! Some dunce cap medical doctor shot you?!", Mrs. Giddeon shouted.
" Not a medical doctor Mom, a mathematics doctor! He's a theoretical physicist from Pasadena, California! He showed up here a few days ago after he got into a fight with his stupid girlfriend and moved in with Meghann! He's beginning to piss me off!", Twister shouted.
" Well you solve this predicament yourself Twister Turbo Giddeon! I'm going back upstairs!", Mrs. Giddeon shouted at her son as she spun on her heel and stomped back up the stairs.
" Stop calling me that Mom! I hate that middle name! You call me that one more time and I'm gonna choke you until you're unconscious and blue!", Twister shouted up the stairs at his mother.
" Shut your piehole!", Mrs. Giddeon shouted.
Back at the Brissettes house, Meghann and Sheldon were sitting on the couch in the living room watching tv together. Meghann was having a hard time staying awake and keeping her head up. Sheldon was beginning to feel the same way.
" Meghann, are you alright?", Sheldon asked as he looked at her with tired looking eyes.
" Yeah I'm fine Dr. Cooper I'm just a little tired right now.", Meghann said as she started to yawn.
" As am I as well. I think we should both go upstairs and take a nap.", Sheldon said.
" I'm too tired to walk up the stairs.", Meghann softly said as her head began to fall backward against the couch.
" Shall I carry you?", Sheldon asked. Meghann just said nothing and nodded her head. Sheldon then carefully picked her up and carried her up the stairs. He pushed opened their bedroom door with his foot, walked in, and set Meghann down on the desk chair before pulling back the covers on her bed. He then picked her up again, carried her over to her bed and laid her down in it. Meghann immediately fell asleep as Sheldon pulled the covers up over her. Sheldon then walked over to his bed, climbed in and fell asleep too. The only sounds that were heard was the soft breathing of the two roommates. A few minutes in Cali quietly wanders in through the kitty door and without waking Sheldon up, she jumped up onto his bed, climbed up onto his face, curled up and fell asleep purring contently. The tip of her tail gently thumped the side of his cheek as she slept.
Meanwhile back in Pasadena as Leonard was working in his lab, he started complaining incessantly about Meghann.
" Who the hell does that Meghann girl think she is?! Saying that we can't play Halo on Xbox Live and then rudely kicking us out of the game like that! She's so mean! I don't even know why Sheldon chose to hang out with her!", Leonard complained as he was working on a laser.
" Sheldon was mean to us sometimes but we still hung out with him. Maybe this girl is somewhat like him and Sheldon likes it.", Howard said as he was working on his own project.
" Yeah but still Wolowitz?! A TEENAGE GIRL?! OF ALL PEOPLE?! That's who Sheldon chose to be roommates with?! That makes no sense!", Leonard hissed.
" Well, in technical terms he can pretty do what he wants since he's the one that writes these Roommate Agreements.", Howard said.
" He shouldn't even be living with her to begin with! The girl is 18 years old and he's 36!", Leonard shouted.
" True, but, legally Meghann's an adult so Sheldon's not really doing anything illegal by living with her. They can pretty much do what they want with each other.", Howard said.
" Howard are you even listening to yourself or me for that matter?! I'm not comfortable with the idea of Sheldon living with a girl who's 18 years younger than him! I just don't think it's right! He's my best friend and I don't want him to get into any trouble!", Leonard hissed.
" Leonard just let it go! The girl may be a teenager but she's legally an adult and Sheldon doesn't seem to be bothered by that! Remember he kept screaming at us over the game telling us to go away?! Clearly he wants to stay there and doesn't want to come home so we need to respect that and his space!", Howard interjected.
" Oh come on Wolowitz, that's ridiculous! There's no way he wants to stay there! I'll bet you anything that girl kidnapped him and is forcing him to stay there!", Leonard shot back.
" Oh please Leonard, if Meghann really did that then Sheldon would have been freaking out when he spoke to us over the game and we would have noticed that! He sounded really mad when he spoke to us so clearly that's not the case and he just wants to be left alone!", Howard said.
" He's not alone if he's staying with her! That makes no sense!", Leonard shouted.
" Leonard can you please just shut up?! You're starting to act like Sheldon!", Howard hissed at his friend.
" SHELDON'S NOT HERE ANYMORE! HOW CAN I BE ACTING LIKE HIM IF HE'S NOT HERE?!", Leonard shouted as he slammed his fist down but accidentally set off the laser which fired a red beam all over the lab causing Howard to scream and duck his head as the laser beam continued to bounce off of several objects before it bounced off a computer screen and back towards Leonard, hitting him in the eyes.
" Ow! My eyes!", Leonard screamed in pain as he stumbled backwards into a wall covering his face with his hands.
" Oh son of a bitch, Leonard! Are you ok?!", Howard screamed as he ran over to his friend.
" No Howard! I just got shot in the eyes with a fracking laser! I can't see a thing!", Leonard screamed in pain as he dropped to his knees, still covering his face.
" Come on let's go to the ER!", Howard screamed as he helped his friend up and carefully guided him out of the lab.
Uh oh! It seems as if Leonard got what he deserved for not shutting his mouth! What do you think will happen to him in the next chapter and what do you think will happen with Meghann and Sheldon? Let me know in the comments. To be continued…
