Chapter 19

The next morning Meghann and Sheldon both came back home from spending the night at their best friends' houses, meeting up with each other in their room.

" Hey Dr. Cooper, how was your night at Mikayla's house?", Meghann asked.

" It was very interesting to say the least Meghann and I actually had a lot of fun.", Sheldon said.

" Great, I had a lot of fun at Leo's too. We did a lot of crazy stuff with each other.", Meghann said.

" Interesting. What did you two do?", Sheldon asked.

" We listened to some music in Leo's room, played some video games including Dance Dance Revolution, played a few jokes on Mr. Lemonselly, raced some sugar cubes across the table in the kitchen, made a prank phone call to Judge Spitzer which immediately resulted in him yelling at us telling us to hang up or we were going to get thrown in jail, etc.", Meghann said with a smirk.

" Wow, that certainly is a lot of crazy things in one night.", Sheldon said as he stared at his roommate/girlfriend.

" Yeah Leo and I had a total blast with each other last night. So what did you and Mikayla do?", Meghann asked.

" Well we also listened to some music while goofing around in Mikayla's desk chair and me firing my lasers, we played a very hilarious joke on her brother which involved us taking some of the cat crap out of the litter box, putting it into a balloon and throwing it at him when he opened his bedroom door…", Sheldon started to say but was interrupted when Meghann started laughing, " Oh my god you guys actually threw cat crap at Tyler?!"

" Yes we did and it was the funniest thing ever although Tyler was not amused at all by that. He chased after us and threatened to throw us in the dog cage outside in the backyard.", Sheldon said.

" Dude that's the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life! Who came up with that idea?!", Meghann laughed as she threw her head back in amusement.

" That was Mikayla. She's the one that said she wanted to play a joke on her brother and I was like, " Ok." then after we got in trouble for that by her father and had to sit in the cell for 30 minutes we listened to some more music and then we decided to watch a Star Trek movie on my laptop. And then the most bizarre thing happened in the middle of the night, Snickers the cat inadvertantly started a fire in the kitchen.", Sheldon said.

" Really?! The cat started a fire Dr. Cooper?!", Meghann laughed.

" Yes she did Meghann but thankfully it was just a small one and nobody got hurt.", Sheldon said.

" Dude that is crazy! How did she start the fire?!", Meghann laughed.

" She jumped up on the stove and turned one of the burners on with a paw by accident, catching one of the oven mits on fire.", Sheldon said as he shook his head.

" Wow that is the most bizarre thing I've ever heard in my life! We might have to call her Snickers the fire-starting cat!", Meghann laughed.

" Yes, how appropriate it may seem seeing as it may that's what she did.", Sheldon said. The two of them talked for a bit more before Sheldon set to work on his laptop and whiteboard while Meghann went out to chase after a storm. She came back at about 11:25 A.M. and decided that she wanted to go for a walk to unwind from her busy day.

" Hey I'm back Dr. Cooper, do you mind if I go for a walk for a bit? I really had a long day chasing that storm.", Meghann asked she scratched the back of her head.

" Of course Meghann, I don't mind at all. I'm just working on my laptop anyway.", Sheldon said as he briefly looked up from his laptop.

" Ok, I'll be back whenever.", Meghann said as she grabbed her iPod and headphones.

" Alright, see ya. Have fun kitten.", Sheldon said.

" Thanks.", Meghann said as she put her headphones on her ears and headed out of the room, down the stairs and out of the house scrolling through her playlist as she started walking down the street. As she was rocking out and shaking her head to The Motto by Drake feat. Lil Wayne on her iPod she ended up walking all the way over by Judge Spitzer's house and as she walked past Shayn's car that was sitting on the curb out in front of the judge's house she suddenly bumped into Aryel who was walking the other way.

" Watch where you're going you weirdo!", Aryel shouted as she snatched Meghann's iPod out of her hands.

" Hey! Give me that back Aryel Gwendena! That's mine!", Meghann shouted as she tried to grab her iPod back from Aryel.

" Oh you want this Meghann Rose?! I don't think so! I think I'll just keep it!", Aryel taunted her with a smirk as she kept it away from her.

" Oh come on I don't want to be dealing with this right now! I've had a long day doing my JOB as a STORM CHASER and I just want to have a nice decent walk, listening to my iPod without having to deal with the likes of YOU!", Meghann shouted as she kept trying to get her iPod back.

" Yeah well I don't care what you want! Why don't you take this instead, LOSER!", Aryel shouted before she rudely spit in Meghann's face and stuffed Meghann's iPod into her pocket.

" Ok that's it you little punk! Come here!", Meghann shouted in anger as she suddenly lashed out at Aryel and the two 19 year old girls got into an all out catfight with each other in the street right in front of Judge Spitzer's house, screaming and shouting at each other as they were pulling on each other's hair, kicking each other and kneeing each other which made Meghann's headphones fly off her head, landing in the middle of the road. This immediate caught both Shayn's and Judge Spitzer's attention as they were sitting in the living room on the couch inside the house talking to each other. As they came out of the house to see what was going on Shayn suddenly sprinted across the grass into the street with Judge Spitzer following her and yanked the two girls apart screaming, " Meghann, Aryel, what the hell are you two doing?!"

" She started it Shayn! She took my iPod and spit in my face!", Meghann shouted as she pointed at Aryel.

" Yeah that's because you bumped into me you klutz! You weren't paying attention to where you were going!", Aryel shouted as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

" Yeah well I'm about to make you pay attention any minute, bitch!", Meghann shouted as she tried to go for Aryel again only this time Judge Spitzer intervened and pulled the two of them apart.

" Ok that's enough! Girls, let's be civil here! You can't be doing this in front of my house!", Judge Spitzer scolded.

" Yeah well she can't be stealing my iPod either Judge Spitzer!", Meghann shouted as she pointed at Aryel again.

" I didn't steal it, I just took it!", Aryel shouted back with a smug smirk on her face.

" That's the same thing, Aryel! IT'S STEALING!", Meghann shouted in anger right in Aryel's face with her fists clenched at her sides.

" Ok we're done, you two come with me.", Judge Spitzer said in a serious tone as he took out two sets of handcuffs and restrained the two girls behind their backs with them before he started walking them towards his car that was sitting in the driveway.

" I'm going to so break your face for this Ashbrook! You just got us in trouble!", Meghann shouted in anger.

" That was you Brissette and I would so like to do that to you first!", Aryel shouted in anger.

" Piss off!", Meghann shouted in anger.

" Alright that's enough Meghann and Aryel! Sit down in my car and shut up!", Judge Spitzer scolded as he placed Aryel in the back seat strapping her in with the seatbelt before he placed Meghann in front passenger seat doing the same to her to prevent the two girls from possibly kicking each other again. Once they were strapped in he told Shayn that he would be back in a while and pulled out of the driveway, driving down the street.

" Where the f*ck are we going?!", Meghann hissed under her breath as she slammed her back against the seat.

" Ok firstly don't use language like that Meghann and secondly we're going to my courthouse because you two are going to sit in jail for a bit!", Judge Spitzer scolded.

" Why?!", Meghann and Aryel shouted.

" Because you two obviously need to calm down and take a nap! There's too much heat between the two of you right now and I don't appreciate it!", Judge Spitzer scolded.

" That's for babies, I'm not doing that! I'm 19 years old!", Aryel spat out.

" No it's not Aryel and I don't care what you want at this point right now! Both of you are going to listen to what I say or you're going to be in even more trouble than you're already in right now! So when we get my courthouse you two are going to stop yelling at each other and you're going to go to sleep for the rest of the afternoon in jail! I'm not going to deal with this majority teenage girl drama nonsense right now especially since Shayn and I were in the middle of visiting with each other!", Judge Spitzer scolded.

" This is all your fault Aryel!", Meghann shouted.

" No it's not! It's your fault Meghann! You're the one that wasn't paying attention in the first place when you bumped into me like an apewoman!", Aryel shouted.

" Excuse me but the only apewoman I see is you! You're the biggest and dirtiest apewoman I've ever met in my life and I hate you!", Meghann shouted.

" Same to you!", Aryel shouted.

" Girls, enough! Stop throwing insults at each other! This is not going to solve anything!", Judge Spitzer scolded. Silence then fell among them before Meghann started to cry.

" What are you crying for now Meghann?", Judge Spitzer asked as he rolled his eyes.

" I'm crying because Aryel just ruined my day now! All I wanted was to just go for a decent walk while listening to my iPod and not be bothered by anybody but no! Aryel had to come along and ruin it like she always does! She's a big stupid bully!", Meghann cried.

" No I'm not Meghann and you know it!", Aryel shouted.

" Ok yeah I really think you two need to cool down and get some rest now! Because this is just ridiculous that you two can't seem to find a happy medium right now!", Judge Spitzer said in frustration as he continued driving his car down the street and he got to his courthouse, he walked the two girls in and placed them in their own cells right next to each other but even after doing so they still kept yelling at each other so rather than argue Judge Spitzer just decided to walk away and let the two girls have their screaming match. After several minutes of back and forth screaming they finally shut up and fell asleep. Then a few hours later after they woke up they continued their fight until Meghann hissed, " Ok you know what Aryel, it's very obvious that Judge Spitzer is not going to let us out of here until we make peace with each other!"

" Yeah well I can give you a really good reason why I don't want to do that Meghann! I don't like you!", Aryel shouted.

" Yeah well I don't like you either but apparently we're not going to get out of here unless we try to make an effort at making some peace!", Meghann hissed.

" I'd rather stick my head in a vat of boiling oil than to make peace with you!", Aryel shouted.

" Ok well you know what, just forget it! I'm sorry I even tried! You're just a big stupid bully and you always will be!", Meghann hissed.

" That's really mean!", Aryel shot back as she could feel some tears begin to well up in her eyes.

" Yeah well that's how you and your friends were and still are to this day to me and my friends in high school for the last 4 years! You guys have treated us like absolute crap! You have no idea how that feels to be constantly tormented and harassed every single day for no reason! It feels like a big repetitive punch to the stomach, as if you were a punching bag!", Meghann hissed. In an instant after she said that it was like Aryel's big thick wall of stubborn, mean, hotheadness behavior began to break.

" Well… I guess I do owe you guys an apology for that. I guess one of the reasons why I can't stand you is… I'm jealous that you're more prettier than me.", Aryel said in a calm serious voice.

" Really? You're jealous because I'm pretty?", Meghann asked in confusion.

" Yeah, you and all your girl friends are and I really wish I was more like you guys.", Aryel said with a frustrating sigh.

" Look Aryel, I get it. Not everyone is happy with certain flaws of themselves, even me. I'm not happy with some of my flaws.", Meghann said as she shook her head.

" Oh yeah? Name one.", Aryel said.

" Well for instance, I don't like the fact that people call me a witch every day just because of my extraordinary tornado powers!", Meghann said.

" People call you a witch because of that?", Aryel asked in confusion.

" Yes and it's very annoying. I constantly keep having to say to people, " If I was really a witch, would I have friends?!" and it gets very old after a while.", Meghann said as she nodded her head.

" Ok, you have a point. What else is there?", Aryel asked.

" Another thing I don't like about myself is the fact that I had an enemy for several years who was constantly messing up my life and trying to kill me and my entire family! Twister was the most horrible person that I could have ever encountered in my entire life!", Meghann said.

" Yeah and what happened to him?", Aryel asked.

" Fortunately for me he was cremated by my roommate/boyfriend.", Meghann said.

" Dr. Cooper cremated him?", Aryel asked in shock.

" Yes he cremated him alive along with his psycho family and his psycho friend. I'm very grateful for him doing so because for the first time in my life I feel like I can breathe and feel like I have a normal life without having to worry about somebody attacking me every single day making me fear whether or not I'm going to live to see another day.", Meghann said.

" Well that's something I didn't know.", Aryel said.

" Of course you didn't because you never gave a damn about anybody but yourself.", Meghann said.

" You're right.", Aryel softly said before she cried, " I'm the ugliest and meanest person on the face of this planet!"

" Aryel don't say that, you're not ugly. You're actually very beautiful. You're just as beautiful as me and my girl friends are and there's no reason to be jealous.", Meghann said as she shook her head again.

" You really think that Meghann?!", Aryel sniffled.

" Yes I do.", Meghann said as she nodded her head.

" Thank you.", Aryel said as a smile began to spread across her face. She then reached into her pocket, pulled out Meghann's iPod and handed it back to Meghann through the bars of the cell.

" Here's your iPod back.", Aryel said.

" Thanks and I'm sorry about all the apewoman comments.", Meghann said.

" Me too. Can we just friends and forget about this?", Aryel asked.

" Yeah we're friends.", Meghann said.

" Well look at this, you two are actually talking to each other without screaming down each other's throats. This is very nice to see.", Judge Spitzer said with a satisfied smile as he walked back over to the cells.

" Yeah we actually just discovered that we actually have a lot more in common with each other than we thought Judge Spitzer. We just now decided to be friends.", Meghann said as Aryel nodded her head.

" Well that's great. You two shouldn't even be fighting anyway, we're all human beings here.", Judge Spitzer said.

" Yeah the only reason why she hated me in the first place is because she thought that my girl friends and I were prettier than her and it made her jealous!", Meghann laughed.

" Well that's a stupid reason to hate somebody Aryel.", Judge Spitzer said in shock as he stared at Aryel.

" Yeah I realize that now Judge Spitzer! It's very stupid!", Aryel laughed.

" Well are you two calm enough for me to let you out now?", Judge Spitzer asked.

" Yeah we're done fighting!", Meghann and Aryel laughed.

" Alright.", Judge Spitzer said as he unlocked the cells letting the two girls out. The two of them then hugged it out with each other as they continued laughing.

" I'm sorry for everything I ever did and said to you! I'm such an idiot!", Aryel laughed.

" Yeah well I am too! I guess what we really needed was just to hear each other out and find out each other's stories!", Meghann laughed.

" Yeah totally, I had no idea what it was you were going through every day. To hear that you've had to deal with a psychopath for many years and have to deal with me and my crew on top of that, that's just really messed up.", Aryel said.

" Yeah you think?", Meghann asked.

" Do you girls want me to drive you home now?", Judge Spitzer asked.

" Actually yes but, Aryel do you want to come over to my house for a bit and hang out?", Meghann asked.

" Yeah I actually would Meghann. I got nothing else to do at home right now anyway except yell at my sister Jessie.", Aryel said.

" Ok.", Meghann said as her and Aryel started walking away with Judge Spitzer following them. Once they were sitting side by side in the judge's car on the way to Meghann's and Sheldon's house Aryel asked, " So just out of curiosity, how did Dr. Cooper cremate those creeps?"

" Well this whole thing started when our cat Cali suddenly went missing from our home and we invited all of our friends over to do some kind of investigation to find out what the heck happened which ultimately led us to the basement, more perticularly the utility room where we discovered this giant hole in the middle of the floor which was obvious created by Dr. Elliot Mundane Blowhole, Twister's crazy friend. So then out of nowhere we were all suddenly captured by Twister, his crazy family and crazy friend after they hit all of us over the head, knocking us out. We suddenly came to moments later laying inside of these cardboard caskets which any average person would recognize those as ones that you can cremate a person in so I immediately freaked out and busted out of the box before I went around getting the others out too and by that time we realized we were no longer at home and we were now stuck in a back room at some crematory warehouse. So we ran out the door trying to find a way out of the facility and to hopefully try to find Cali but then we ended up in the room where all the retorts were and of course Twister and the other psychos were there waiting for us with looks of eveil on their faces. One of the machines had been already turned on full power and the door was wide open which was very scary to see but we weren't going to show them that we were scared because in an instant we had a bit of a yelling match between us and unknown to us but apparently known to them, they had actually kidnapped Cali and Twister threatened to throw her into the crematorium alive unless if Dr. Cooper and I were to do what they said and wanted which was they wanted us to walk with our hands above our heads towards the fire and then stop to turn around and face them and the time we reluctantly did that they had a spear pointed at us. Now here comes the part where you're going to be like " What the fuck?!" but we're just standing there and I'm like thinking that we're going to die but then Cali suddenly bit Twister's thumb which forced him to release her and she went flying through the air, landing in my arms but before I even knew what the heck was happening Dr. Cooper suddenly shoved me and Cali out of the way and as Twister and the other psychos were coming at him with the spear we all watched in horror as he went head first into the machine, pulling all 5 of them in with him and the moment after that happened the door instantly shut trapping them all in there!", Meghann exclaimed.

" What the what?! That is twisted! Are you freaking kidding me?!", Aryel shrieked in complete shock with a gasp.

" I swear to god Aryel I'm not joking, this actually did happen. For a moment we all thought we going to lose him because nobody can walk through fire and not get burned alive, unless if you're Michael Myers the serial killer.", Meghann said in a serious tone.

" Yeah that's totally true. So how Dr. Cooper get out of there without something happening to him?", Aryel asked.

" It's because of this thing that he had shoved in his pocket, this is my tornado crystal. It's what gives me my tornado powers.", Meghann said as she showed Aryel her tiny pink glowing crystal around her neck in the shape of a tornado.

" Really?! All that power comes from that little tiny crystal?!", Aryel asked in shock as she pointed at the crystal.

" Yes, it's amazing at how much power comes out of this thing.", Meghann said.

" But wouldn't something like that melt in fire?", Aryel asked.

" No this thing was created to completely withstand Mother Nature's elements whether it be debris, water, fire, etc. And it emits an invisible protective force field around whoever is wearing it and/or is in close proximity to the person who's wearing it or in Dr. Cooper's case you can have in your pocket it will still protect you from anything Mother Nature has to throw at you.", Meghann said.

" That's insane! Who created that?!", Aryel asked.

" The very same people I work for, The Storm Chasers. It was actually created by my boss and several of my coworkers.", Meghann said.

" And they just gave it to you?", Aryel asked.

" Well it was originally supposed to be for testing and research to see if it would actually work and so I volunteered to test it and immediately afterwards I fell in love with it so my boss let me keep it considering the fact that he thought it would be useful to me since I had an enemy at the time. He figured I could use it as a powerful weapon.", Meghann said.

" You and Twister had tornado battles?!", Aryel asked.

" Yeah we had a lot of them over the years since we entered each other's lives by accident.", Meghann said.

" What made him hate you in the first place?", Aryel asked.

" I stupidly made fun of his name in front of him and it pissed him off, like really pissed him off. At first after I met him and told everybody about him, they didn't believe me and thought I was nuts. My family and my friends suggested that I get admitted to a psychiatric hospital because of the fact that they thought I was going insane but I will never forget the looks on their faces the moment they actually first saw him for themselves. This happened right at the psych hospital after I just got done with my meeting with the psychiatrist. Like seriously, it could not have been a more perfect moment for that to happen. It made them realize that I was not crazy and that there was a guy named Twister who was attacking me.", Meghann said.

" Well that's interesting to say the least but I just have one more question. Since I now know how you and Twister met, how did you and Dr. Cooper meet each other?", Aryel asked.

" We unfortunately met in pretty sad circumstances. Dr. Cooper used to live out in Pasadena, California in an apartment with his girlfriend but they got into a huge work-related fight and so the two of them broke up with each other. After she kicked him out he then went around trying to stay with his other friends but they unfortunately all threw him around like a sack of potatoes which quite frankly is pretty mean because who does that to their so-called friend?", Meghann said.

" I don't know but that's pretty low.", Aryel said.

" Yeah I totally agree. And so because he didn't want to go back to his hometown of Galveston, Texas to stay with his mother, twin sister, older brother and grandmother he got on a train from Pasadena that took him all the way here to New York City and let's just say his first few minutes here weren't so kind to him. Twister tried to murder Dr. Cooper with Dr. Cooper's own firearm which in turn made me throw a tornado at Twister blasting both of them into the street with me screaming, " Leave him alone Twister! Go away!" and while Dr. Cooper was laying in the street unconscious I decided to take him back to my house to treat his injuries and when he came to that's when we first met and let's just say that it wasn't a good meeting at first because he yelled at me for touching him due to the fact that he's extremely germophobic but then he calmed down and started opening up to me a bit because he didn't want to see me cry and after I explained the situation to my parents which they were not happy about at first especially my dad because he freakin' blew up at me, Dr. Cooper and I became roommates and as the first few days went by of him living with us we developed a friendship which that's all it originally was supposed to be because I was dating this guy named Journey Blaker at the time. But sadly that two year relationship I had with him had to end because Journey was moving away to live with his aunt who was dying from Alzheimer's. Of course I was upset the night he told me this down at the harbor on the pier and so shortly after we broke up was when Dr. Cooper found me laying on the pier in the dark, crying. He could tell I was upset so he asked me what happened and I told him that Journey and I broke up to which he asked me why and so I told him the reason and he felt sorry for me. He then told me that ever since he had moved in with us that he had become attracted to me which I was shocked by that because when I first met he told me that he wasn't really interested in seeking another relationship with someone so it surprised me that he started having feelings for me and so surprisingly I started feeling the same way. We ended up getting together that night which I was very happy about but then came another devestating blow to me that I never thought would happen in a million years.", Meghann said.

" Does this involve someone in your family Meghann?", Aryel asked.

" Yes it does. My cousin Lindsay who me and everyone else have known for many years as the sweetest person ever suddenly did the most hurtful thing to me that I could ever imagine.", Meghann said.

" This is your police officer cousin, right?", Aryel asked.

" Yes.", Meghann said as she nodded her head.

" What did she do to you that's got you so mad at her?", Aryel asked.

" Well, when she found out that Dr. Cooper and I were dating through a Facebook post that I made I don't know who or what happened but it was like something in her head just flipped a switch and she… got very angry over it to the point where she illegally stormed into my house the night after Dr. Cooper and I got together while we were both hanging out with our friends in the living listening to The Turbo Slide on Julia's phone with her pistole pointed at him and she started yelling at him like how police officers yell at criminals to get them to do what they say.", Meghann said.

" Oh my god are you serious?! She did that?!", Aryel asked with a gasp.

" Yes she did but it gets a whole lot worse. She tried to arrest him right in front of us, accusing him of being a pedophile and had the nerve to call me a child saying that I was too young to be with him which she said was because she saw my Facebook post. And when I heard that out of her mouth I can't even tell you how mad I was at her for that. I yelled at her so loud that it almost shook the entire house like an earthquake. Hell I'm pretty sure I yelled loud enough for the entire neighborhood to hear me because I thought Lindsay was being absolutely ridiculous. So then after we argued with each other and I kicked her out she suddenly had the nerve to come back in the middle of the night with several other officers, kicking at the locked front door while my other cousin Derek who's Lindsay's brother was standing on the other side with my dad's loaded shotgun in his hands and that's when all the crazy sh*t started happening from there.", Meghann said as she went on to explain everything else what happened.

" Meghann that's horrible, I can't believe she did that to you. That is just wrong on so many levels. The two of you did not deserve that shit, like at all.", Aryel said.

" I know, right? She tried to apologize to me in a birthday card that she left for me in my office on my birthday but after what she did to me and Dr. Cooper I just don't think she deserves a second chance. She really broke my trust and hurt the man I love.", Meghann said.

" That I think is a smart move because if someone ever did that to someone that I love I would choke them out with my bare hands. You two don't need that kind of level of ignorance in your life. She may be your cousin Meghann and she can apologize all she wants but in my opinion what she did was just unforgivable. She really had no right to say all those pedophile accusations and call you a child. You two are adults and you should be allowed to be together if you want to. It doesn't matter how many years apart you are from each other. Age is just a number.", Aryel said.

" Exactly Aryel. My cousin Lindsay doesn't get it about how happy Dr. Cooper makes me everyday I get to wake up and see his face. He may drive me nuts at times and be very sweet and caring but believe it or not that's what I fell in love with. I love it when he talks crazy and calls me his sweet kitten. It's the weirdest romance ever but I can't get enough of it.", Meghann said.

" Well hey whatever makes you happy that's what counts.", Aryel said as Judge Spitzer was pulling into the driveway at Meghann and Sheldon's house.

" True.", Meghann said.

" Alright here you two go.", Judge Spitzer said as he unlocked the car doors.

" Thanks for dropping us off Judge Spitzer.", Meghann said as her and Aryel got out and shut the doors.

" No problem Meghann, thanks for explaining that whole story about what happened with your cousin and here's your headphones back. Shayn dropped them off at my courthouse while you two were sleeping.", Judge Spitzer said out his driver's side window as he handed Meghann her headphones back.

" No problem and thanks again. Take care.", Meghann said with a smile as she waved at him before she started walking up to the house with Aryel.

" Thank you. You too.", Judge Spitzer said as he pulled out of the driveway and drove away. As Meghann and Aryel walked into the house Mrs. Brissette turned around as she stopped dusting the tv in the living room.

" Hi mom I'm back.", Meghann said.

" Oh hi Meghann and… Aryel? What are you doing here?", Mrs. Brissette asked in shock when she saw Aryel standing there next to Meghann.

" Hi Mrs. Brissette, I came over here to hang out for a bit.", Aryel said with a smile as she waved her hand.

" Really?! Since when did this happen?!", Mrs. Brissette asked in shock.

" Well let's just say that Aryel and I got into a fight and we ended up at Judge Spitzer's courthouse sitting in jail for a bit.", Meghann said as she scratched the back of her head.

" What?! You two got into a fight outside Judge Spitzer's house?!", Mrs. Brissette asked in shock.

" Yeah we did but after we talked things out with each other in jail we decided to just forget about everything and be friends.", Aryel said.

" Well who would have thought that you two ending up in jail together would make you two finally make peace with each other. This really makes me happy because the bullying was just getting too old.", Mrs. Brissette said with a smile.

" Yeah I was getting pretty sick of it too. Well anyway we're going upstairs to hang out for a while.", Meghann said as she started heading towards the stairs with Aryel following her.

" Alright have fun, just know that Dr. Cooper's still up there working on his laptop.", Mrs. Brissette said as she resumed dusting.

" Of course I'm well aware of that Mom, come on Ashbrook let's go.", Meghann said as she started walking up the stairs.

" Ok.", Aryel said as she followed her.

" Hey Dr. Cooper I'm back now.", Meghann said as her and Aryel walked into the bedroom and tossed her headphones on her bed.

" Oh hello Meghann and what's Aryel doing here?!", Sheldon asked in shock when he looked up from his laptop and closed it.

" Aryel and I want to hang out for a bit.", Meghann said.

" Since when do you two want to hang out with each other all of a sudden? I'm very confused.", Sheldon said in shock.

" We got into a fight right in front of Judge Spitzer's house and ended up in jail for a bit. While we were there we talked things out and now we're friends.", Aryel said.

" Well that's great, good for you.", Sheldon said with a smile.

" Thanks Dr. Cooper and that reminds me, I'm sorry for calling you a freak and an asshole over Facebook. I realize now that was just really uncalled for.", Aryel said.

" Indeed it was and I accept your apology. I'm also sorry about the whole Chicken Face thing, that was also very out of line.", Sheldon said.

" It's ok I accept your apology too. It's just a stupid video anyway, my sister Jessie was just being a snot when she recorded it. She thought she was being funny but all she really did was piss me off.", Aryel said.

" Well then it sounds like your sister needs a good kick in the butt for that.", Meghann said.

" Oh she needs something alright.", Aryel said before she looked around the room and asked, " This is your bedroom that the two of you share with each other?"

" Yes it most certainly is.", Sheldon said.

" This place looks sick!", Aryel said.

" Yeah but you haven't seen anything yet. There's actually a few very cool features in this room. My brother Brian and his best friend Connor actually renovated our whole bedroom for us behind our backs of course because we hanging out over at Julia's house when they did it.", Meghann said.

" Well that was a big surprise. So what cool features are you talking about?", Aryel asked.

" Well for starters I could show you our security system. Dr. Cooper stay here with her for a moment, I'll be right back.", Meghann said before she ran out of the room shutting the door behind her.

" Where did she… did she just go outside?!", Aryel asked as she first looked around the room again before she looked out the window to see Meghann walking in front of the window bending over to pick up a stick.

" Yes she did but you might want to step back a bit for a second Aryel.", Sheldon said.

" Ok.", Aryel said as she stepped back a few feet and the moment she did that was when Meghann threw the stick at the window, setting off the shutters, sirens, lights and Karen's voice interjecting, " WARNING! THREAT DETECTED! ENGAGING MOTHERSHIP LOCKDOWN MODE! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!"

" What?! Karen Plankton is your security system?!", Aryel asked in shock as Meghann then came back into the house and the bedroom before the system shut itself back off moments later.

" Yes she is.", Meghann said.

" Ok that is dope! How did your brother and his best friend do that?!", Aryel exclaimed.

" One of Connor's dad's friends works for Nickelodeon On Sunset Studios and they got him to help them with this part. They went to the studios and talked to the staff telling them about their project and apparently they approved of the deal after 3 minutes. But that's not all my brother and his best friend did with Karen. Let me show you what else they did with her.", Meghann said as she picked up her iPod and interjected at the ceiling, " Karen, connect Meghann's iPod!"

" Meghann's iPod connected!", Karen's voice said followed by a beep.

" What the what?!", Aryel exclaimed in shock as her eyes went wide.

" Ah it gets better! Karen, play Wannabe by Spice Girls!", Meghann interjected.

" Wannabe by Spice Girls, starting now!", Karen's voice said before the song started to play followed by the bright white strobe lights flashing on the walls to the beat of the music as it blasted through the surround sound speakers.

" Shut up! This is total fire! She's been turned into an Amazon Echo-like Bluetooth speaker too in your room?!", Aryel exclaimed as her mouth dropped open.

" Yes.", Meghann and Sheldon said.

" Ok I so take back every mean thing I've ever said about you guys! This is seriously the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life! And by the way, this is my favorite song!", Aryel exclaimed.

" Really?! You like this Aryel?!", Meghann asked in shock.

" Are you kidding me Meghann, I LOVE this song! I annoy the hell out of my sister with it every single day I play it on my iPod!", Aryel exclaimed before she started singing the words to the song. Meghann then joined in with her and the two girls suddenly started sliding their backs down against each other singing the chorus of the song with Sheldon just standing there watching them in amusement. But as this was going on the others suddenly walked into the room.

" Meghann and Aryel?!", Leo, Kayla, Delaney, Julia, Mikayla, Ace and Nora asked in shock.

" Oh hi guys! What's up?!", Meghann exclaimed.

" Yeah hi!", Aryel exclaimed as she waved her hand.

" Dude since when do you and Aryel want to hang out with each other?!", Leo asked as he stared at his best friend.

" We got in trouble with Judge Spitzer after we got into a fight in front of his house today and while we were sitting in jail we talked things out and now we're friends Leo.", Meghann said.

" Oh ok.", Leo said. Aryel then apologized to rest of them and they all decided to hang out with each other while listening to music. By the end of the day Kayla and Aryel had decided to become best friends friends with each other and Aryel ditched her old group of friends, saying that they were all lame and that they could go suck eggs. But little did all of them know that something was bound to happen later that same night shortly after 7:30 while Sheldon was driving back home from returning something at the mall. As he was turning his truck at an intersection in the center of Times Square another vehicle suddenly sped through a red light in the oncoming lane, slamming into him from the side making his truck spin out hitting a utility pole. The car alarm and flashers started going off and the air bag deployed itself before it deflatted.

cough cough! " Oh Lord, ow! Someone just hit me, this is not good! I got to call for help!", Sheldon choked out to himself in pain as he slowly took his phone out of his pocket and called Meghann.

" Dr. Cooper?", Meghann answered the phone.

" Meghann get your parents and your brother and call for help now! It's an emergency!", Sheldon cried as he was gritting his teeth together in pain while sitting behind the wheel of his somewhat mangled truck.

" Why?! What's going on?!", Meghann asked in concern.

" I got into an accident! Somebody hit my truck as I was turning at an intersection and made me slam into a utility pole!", Sheldon cried.

" Oh my god! Are you okay?! How bad are you hurt?! Where are you?!", Meghann shrieked.

" I'm at the center of Times Square and I don't know! I'm feeling a lot of pain in my back right now and I can't feel my legs at all! I don't even think I can move them either which means I must be paralyzed from the waist down! Oh this is horrible! What if can't ever walk again?!", Sheldon cried.

" Ok dude don't talk like that! We're coming right now! Just hang in there!", Meghann shrieked before she hung up and ran down the stairs screaming, " Mom, Dad, Brian, we got to go to Times Square right now!"

" Why? What's going on Meghann?", Mrs. Brissette asked in concern as her, her husband and their son stared at her.

" Yeah is everything ok sis?", Brian asked in concern.

" No! Dr. Cooper just called me and said that he got into an accident! Somebody hit his truck at an intersection and spun him into a utility pole! I don't know what the hell is going on but it sounds like he's hurt pretty bad and I think he might be paralyzed from the waist down because he said that he couldn't feel or move his legs at all! I'm so freakin' scared right now!", Meghann screamed as tears started coming down her face.

" Oh my god!", Mrs. Brissette screamed.

" Ok that's it! Linda give me your keys to your SUV, I'm driving us!", Mr. Brissette screamed.

" Oh to hell I will Brad! Here, let's go now!", Mrs. Brissette screamed as she grabbed her car keys and slapped them into her husband's hand. As they ran outside Meghann first ran next door while her family got into the car.

Bang bang bang! " Nora open your f*cking door right now! I need to talk to you!", Meghann screamed as she pounded on the Beaselys front door.

" Meghann what the hell are you doing? Why are you banging on my front door like someone trying to break in?", Nora asked in shock when she opened the door.

" Because we need to go get Leo and you two need to come with us now!", Meghann screamed.

" Why?! Dude you're scaring me! What's going on?!", Nora asked in concern.

" Dr. Cooper just got into an accident!", Meghann screamed with tears falling from her face.

" What?! He got into an accident?!", Nora shrieked.

" Yes! Somebody just hit his truck at a Times Square intersection and spun him into a utility pole! We need to go get Leo and leave now to go see if he's ok!", Meghann screamed.

" Oh you don't have to tell me twice sister, let's go!", Nora shrieked as she bolted out the door and the two girls ran across the street screaming for Leo as they started banging on his front door.

" Meghann, Nora, what is up the screaming and banging? You guys sound like the world is ending and you're gonna kill somebody!", Leo asked in confusion when he opened the door.

" Dude, this is not the time for jokes! Dr. Cooper just got into an accident at Times Square and we need to go now!", Meghann screamed as her and Nora started sprinting back across the street towards Mrs. Brissette's SUV.

" Wait, what?! Oh sh*t!", Leo hissed as he followed them. They then piled into the car and as Mr. Brissette pulled out of the driveway and sped down the street Leo called Mikayla and told her what happened which prompted her to call Delaney, Julia, Kayla and Ace telling them what happened as well. Ace then decided to call Aryel.

" Aryel it's Ace! Did anybody tell you anything yet?!", Ace screamed into her phone as she was driving her car.

" No I just got out of the shower, why? What's going on?", Aryel asked as she was drying her hair with a towel.

" What's going on is that Dr. Cooper just got into an accident at Times Square!", Ace screamed.

" Oh my god! Is he ok?!", Aryel shrieked as she almost dropped her phone.

" We don't know but we're all heading there now! Do you want me to swing by your house to pick you up?!", Ace screamed.

" What do you think, yes! I'm getting dressed right now!", Aryel shrieked as she immediately started throwing her clothes back on, throwing her wet hair up into a pony tail.

" Cool, I'll see you ASAP! Bye!", Ace screamed before she hung up. Once she picked Aryel up they raced up to the accident scene meeting up with everyone else as emergency crews and police were doing their job. Sirens and bright flashing lights filled the streets as people were screaming and trying to find out what was going on. They all jumped out of their cars and as they were running towards Sheldon's truck while EMTs were carefully pulling him out of there Meghann screamed, " Let me through! Out of my way now! Dr. Cooper!"

" Ma'am you need to step back and let us do our job.", One of the EMTs said as he held his hand up.

" Excuse me but don't you dare tell me to step back! That's my roommate/boyfriend and I need to see if he's ok!", Meghann screamed.

" I understand that but you need to let us do our job. You getting all histerical right now is not helping the situation.", the EMT said.

" Son of a bitch!", Meghann hissed as she threw her head back. Sheldon was then wheeled into an ambulance and as it sped away with the lights and sirens going the others decided to get back in their cars and follow the ambulance to the hospital. Sheldon then spent the night in the hospital for observation before he was discharged the next day in a motorized wheelchair due to the fact that he was still paralyzed from the waist down but fortunately for him it was only temporary and he was expected to regain use of his legs in about 4 to 6 weeks. He also had to use adult disposable briefs until then as well due to the doctors not wanting to risk Sheldon falling down and hurting himself even more if he tried to stand up to use the the toilet.

" This sucks! I hate people sometimes!", Sheldon cried as he sat in the back seat of Mrs. Brissette's SUV next to Meghann while Brian was sitting in the way back next to Nora and Leo. Mrs. Brissette was driving them all home from the hospital with her husband sitting next to her.

" We know you're upset Dr. Cooper and we all are too but everything will be all better in about 4 to 6 weeks.", Mrs. Brissette said.

" Yeah but what am I supposed to do until then?! I'm going to be stuck sitting in a wheelchair wearing an adult diaper all because some stupid jerk wasn't paying attention to what they were doing last night! Could this seriously get any worse for me?!", Sheldon cried.

" Dude it's not that bad, things could have been a lot worse last night. You could have died.", Leo said in a serious tone.

" Yes I know that Leo but I didn't wish for this to happen to me in the first place! I feel as if I'm 2 years old!", Sheldon cried.

" Shhh, stop talking like that. You're not 2 years old, you're 36 and none of us are going anywhere. We're all going to take really good care of you and before you know it you'll be back to normal in no time at all.", Meghann said with a smile as she gently stroked the top of his hand with her thumb as she held his hand in hers.

" Thank you kitten.", Sheldon cried as he kissed her. When they pulled in the driveway at the house Mr. Brissette, Brian and Leo then helped Sheldon get out of the car and once they got him situated into the wheelchair he screamed, " Ow ow ow!" in pain as he gritted his teeth together.

" What? What hurts Dr. Cooper?", Mr. Brissette asked in concern.

" My back!", Sheldon screamed.

" Alright alright don't freak out. We'll get you into the house and you can take your pain meds that they gave us at the hospital.", Brian said as he grabbed the back end of the chair while his father grabbed the front end and the two men suddenly lifted the chair up a bit carrying it towards the steps of the porch. They were trying to keep it as steady as possible as they were carrying it up the steps but the weight and movement made it almost nearly impossible even when they started carrying up the stairs inside the house. Once they set him down at the top of the stairs Meghann said that she would take over and told everybody else to go back downstairs. Sheldon then wheeled himself into the bedroom with Meghann following behind him carrying the bag of items that were given to them at the hospital. Meghann then shut the door behind them.

" Here, do you want to watch some tv while I dig out your medication?", Meghann asked as she handed Sheldon the tv remote.

" Yes, thank you.", Sheldon said as he took the remote and turned the tv on flipping through the channels. Meghann then rummaged through the bag and found the pain meds that Sheldon was supposed to take before she dumped two pills into her hand and gave them to Sheldon along with a bottle of water. After Sheldon took the pills he finally found something that he wanted to watch on tv and sat there letting out a sigh.

" Are you ok? Is there anything else you need Dr. Cooper?", Meghann asked.

" A pillow for my head and my DC Superheroes blanket might be nice Meghann.", Sheldon said.

" Ok.", Meghann said as she grabbed his pillow off his bed and placed it behind his head before she grabbed his blanket and draped it over him.

" There, comfy?", Meghann asked.

" Yes thank you.", Sheldon said.

" No problem. If you need anything else just tell me. I'll just be sitting on my bed reading a book.", Meghann said as she flopped down on her bed after she grabbed a book from the bookcase.

" Oh I shall.", Sheldon said. He sat there watching his show in silence but then an hour and a half later he started to feel a bit uncomfortable due to the fact that the inside of his brief was now soaked with urine which made him start biting his tongue as he started to cry again.

" What is it? Are you feeling some pain again?", Meghann asked as she looked at from her book.

" No!", Sheldon cried.

" Well do you need me to change your brief now? That's the only thing I can think of right now.", Meghann asked.

" I don't know! I've never had to wear these things as an adult before for any reason ever until now after that stupid idiot ran into my truck last night!", Sheldon cried.

" Ok ok calm down it's alright. Look let's change your brief and then afterwards I'll get you some ice cream to make you feel better. Do you want some ice cream?", Meghann asked when she set her book down, got off her bed and walked over to him.

" Yes.", Sheldon cried.

" Ok I'll get you some ice cream when we're done.", Meghann said as she moved his blanket off of him and gently removed his shoes from his feet before she reclined the chair a bit but as she was slipping latex gloves on her hands Cali suddenly sprinted into the room and jumped up into Sheldon's lap purring.

" Cali get off. I don't need you getting in the way right now.", Meghann said as she picked up the cat and set her back down on the floor. She then gently moved his hands out of the way and slipped his bottoms off, lifting his shirt slightly as well as his windbreaker as he continued to get upset.

" Shhh, it's ok. Calm down.", Meghann said in a soothing voice as she started pulling on the adhesive tabs of his soiled brief to remove it from his lower abdomen.

" I hate this! Why did this have to happen to me?!", Sheldon cried.

" Dr. Cooper remember what they said at the hospital, this is only temporary until you regain use of your legs again. Your back needs a chance to heal itself from this trauma.", Meghann said as she grabbed a few antibacterial wipes and started cleaning him off with them before she threw them away.

" Yeah but 4 to 6 weeks of this?! It's going to be so hard to deal with! I don't want to be a burden on everyone Meghann!", Sheldon cried.

" You're not a burden because of this, trust me. We all love you very much and we want to make sure you get the best care possible.", Meghann said as she then rubbed barrier cream on him and applied talcum powder before she gently grabbed a hold of him under his arms lifting him slightly off the chair just enough for her to place a clean brief on the chair underneath him. He felt like he was going to fall which made him cry even more.

" I got you I got you, calm down. Now sit.", Meghann said as she helped him sit back down on the brief before she wrapped it around him and slipped his bottoms back on. She then put his shoes back on his feet and the moment she sat him back up she asked, " There you go, doesn't that feel better?"

" Very much so, thank you.", Sheldon said as he started to calm down. He then rubbed his hands with his bottle of Purell.

" Good. Do you want me to get you some ice cream now?", Meghann asked as she put his blanket back on him before she stripped the gloves off and threw them away along with the soiled brief.

" Yes, please.", Sheldon said.

" Alright I'll be right back.", Meghann said before she whispered in his ear with a smile, " I love you."

" I love you too.", Sheldon said before the two of them kissed each other again. Meghann left the room and headed downstairs.

" Everything ok up there Meghann?", Mr. Brissette asked when him along with his wife, son, Nora and Leo looked at Meghann as she was walking to the kitchen.

" Yeah everything's fine Dad. I just changed Dr. Cooper's brief and now I'm getting him some ice cream since he wanted it.", Meghann said as she grabbed a bowl out of the cabinet, a spoon from the drawer and a tub of strawberry ice cream out of the freezer. She scooped some into the bowl and put the tub away before she carried the bowl of ice cream back upstairs. Sheldon was still sitting there in his wheelchair in front of the tv looking like he was quite comfortable.

" Hey buddy, here. I got you some strawberry ice cream.", Meghann said with a smile as she handed him the bowl.

" Thank you.", Sheldon said as he took it from her and picked up the handle of the spoon before he started eating the ice cream.

" Mmm, that's good.", Sheldon said.

" Well good. I kind of figured that you would want strawberry since you said you like strawberry anything when my brother got us those strawberry shakes from McDonald's.", Meghann said.

" Yes that's true, I did say that. You seem to have a pretty good memory like I do.", Sheldon said as he nodded his head.

" Well of course dude! We're roommates and in a relationship with each other!", Meghann said with a giddy laugh as she kissed him again.

" That's true. You know on second thought, wearing a brief actually feels quite comfortable. I guess Leo's right about it not being that bad and that things could have been a lot worse for me last night.", Sheldon said.

" Of course he's right! He's your friend! Why would he ever lie about something like that?!", Meghann said.

" I don't know. You are so good to me Meghann and patiently put up with me every single day we wake up together. How did I succeed in getting you?", Sheldon said as he continued eating his ice cream.

" Just by being you Dr. Cooper. You make me so happy everyday I get to see you.", Meghann said as she kissed him again.

" Same what you do for me. I actually get butterflies in my stomach just by looking at you. You are just so goddamn attractive and I can most certainly see why Journey liked you so much.", Sheldon said with a smile as he kissed her back. Then shortly after he finished his ice cream he began to feel a bit sleepy.

" I'm tired now.", Sheldon softly said.

" Ok well do you want to take a nap in your bed or the wheelchair?", Meghann asked as she took the empty bowl from him and set it down.

" I think I'll just sleep in the chair. I don't want you throwing out your back trying to get me into my bed.", Sheldon softly said as he let out a yawn.

" Ok. Here, let me recline the chair a bit so that you're a little more comfortable.", Meghann said as she reclined the chair again. Then she asked, " Do you want me to leave the tv on or shut it off?"

" You can just leave it on and watch whatever you want.", Sheldon softly said before he started to doze off, letting his head lull slightly to one side of the pillow underneath his head.

" Ok.", Meghann said before she whispered into his ear with a smile, " Have a good nap Dr. Cooper. I love you." and kissed his cheek.

" Hey how's it going?", Julia exclaimed when she suddenly walked into the room with the others.

" Will you shut up Julia? Dr. Cooper just fell asleep.", Meghann hissed at her friend.

" Oh sorry Meghann. I didn't know.", Julia whispered.

" So how's everything going so far?", Aryel whispered.

" Everything's good Aryel. He's just upset about what happened last night.", Meghann whispered.

" Yeah I would be too if someone did that to me. Fucking asshole.", Aryel whispered.

" Are you talking about my best friend or are you talking about the guy that hit him Aryel?", Mikayla whispered as she stared at Aryel.

" What do you think Mikayla? I'm talking about the guy that hit him. He's the one that wasn't paying attention in the first place.", Aryel whispered as she rolled her eyes.

" He's a dipshit is what he is.", Mikayla whispered.

" Yo would you two just shut up?! We don't need to stand here talking about the idiot that almost killed our friend last night!", Leo whispered.

" We get it Lemonselly, you don't need to tell us.", Aryel whispered.

" Shut it Ashbrook!", Leo hissed.

" Ok you guys let's cut it out, we don't need this right now. We have a temporarily paralyzed friend that we need to take care of. That's why we're all in this club for a reason, it's so we can take care of each other and have fun.", Delaney whispered.

" Yeah that's true Delaney.", Julia, Meghann, Leo, Mikayla, Nora, Kayla, Ace and Aryel said as they nodded their heads. For the next two hours they all just decided to watch tv together in silence just as Sheldon was starting to wake up. As he began to open his eyes he noticed his friends all gathered around him.

" Oh hey y'all, I didn't know you guys were all here.", Sheldon softly said as he was blinking his eyes.

" That's because you were sleeping Dr. Cooper. We've been here for the past two hours.", Julia said.

" Yes I'm very aware of that Julia and ow!", Sheldon hissed as he gritted his teeth together again in pain.

" Your back's hurting again dude?", Leo asked.

" Yes Leo. What do you think?", Sheldon said.

" Well here's your pain meds bestie.", Mikayla said as she grabbed the prescription meds bottle, took out two pills and shoved them into Sheldon's hand with a bottle of water.

" Thank you Mikayla.", Sheldon said as he popped the pills into his mouth and swallowed them with the water.

" Better?", Meghann asked.

" I will be in a little bit Meghann.", Sheldon said.

" Good.", Meghann said.

" Hey you guys what do you say we all head over to my house to hangout for a bit. We don't have to stay up here the whole time. Let's give Dr. Cooper a change of scenery.", Nora said with a smile.

" That's a great idea Nora. Let's all go next door to your house.", Meghann said as she grabbed the patient bag that was sent home with them from the hospital.

" Alright if y'all insist but you're going to have to carry me and my wheelchair down the stairs.", Sheldon said.

" Of course we all know that Dr. Cooper!", Kayla laughed. They all walked out of the room with Sheldon wheeling himself out behind them and when they got to the top of the stairs they all each grabbed onto the chair and lifted it up before they started making their way down the stairs.

" Leo watch what you're doing you shellback dork! You're pressing into my boob!", Ace hissed at her boyfriend.

" Oh sorry Ace!", Leo interjected back at his girlfriend.

" Dude now you're pressing into mine!", Aryel hissed.

" Well Ace, Aryel, what the hell do you want me to do?! I'm squished in between you two down here!", Leo hissed.

" Well how about you stand up straight you dork and pay attention to what you're doing!", Meghann hissed at her best friend.

" That's what I'm trying to do Meghann!", Leo shot back.

" Ok you guys my head is too high! I'm going to hit the ceiling!", Sheldon hissed as he put his hands up to stop his head from hitting the ceiling.

" Oh sorry Dr. Cooper!", Mikayla exclaimed as they all lowered the chair a bit just enough to clear the ceiling.

" Real smooth Rexton!", Leo hissed.

" Leo shut it!", Mikayla shot back.

" Guys watch it! You're crushing me into the wall!", Nora hissed.

" Sorry Nora.", Julia said.

" Ok all of y'all watch it you're gonna… Kayla!", Sheldon shrieked.

" Sorry Dr. Cooper my hand slipped for a second!", Kayla exclaimed.

" Yes I realize that but the next time you do that you're getting a strike! I do not wish to go crashing down the stairs and end up dead!", Sheldon hissed at his friend.

" Fair enough to me.", Kayla said.

" I think that's fair enough for all of us.", Delaney said.

" We get it Delaney!", Sheldon, Leo, Meghann, Nora, Mikayla, Kayla, Julia, Ace and Aryel shot back.

" What are you all doing?!", Mrs. Brissette scolded as she turned around from the couch along with her husband and their son to see their daughter and the others carrying Sheldon down the stairs in his wheelchair.

" We're carrying Dr. Cooper down the stairs Mom because we're all going to go over to Nora's house for a bit.", Meghann said.

" Well be careful that you guys don't hurt yourselves and him doing that! We don't need any of you guys ending up hurt too!", Mr. Brissette scolded.

" We won't Dad!", Meghann shot back at her father as her and the others carried Sheldon out the door and down the porch steps. They then carried him next door to Nora's house and up the porch steps into the house. They all decided to hang out in the kitchen listening to Nora's iPod. The song she was playing was Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson and she was dancing like an idiot around the kitchen along with Ace making their friends all laugh even when they started running in place with their tongues hanging out of their mouths as they were slapping each other's hands like idiots.

" Oh Lord, Ace, Nora, you two girls are killing me right now!", Sheldon laughed as he sat in his wheelchair watching two of his friends acting like fools.

" Well that's the point Dr. Cooper! We're trying to make you laugh!", Nora laughed.

" Yeah what she said!", Ace laughed. She then playfully captured Nora around the neck with her arm.

" Jettson what the hell are you doing?!", Nora laughed.

" Capturing my best friend! What does it look like I'm doing Beasely?!", Ace laughed.

" I'm going to capture you in a minute for that! Come here!", Nora laughed as she started chasing Ace around the kitchen.

" Ok you guys need to calm down, you're going to make all of us wet ourselves! Which reminds me…", Meghann said before she looked at Sheldon.

" Oh son of bitch.", Sheldon said as he rolled his eyes.

" We're just going to make use of your bathroom for a moment so I can change his brief.", Meghann said.

" Oh that's fine, you know where it is.", Nora said.

" Thanks.", Meghann said as she headed out of the kitchen with Sheldon following her in the wheelchair. He was still feeling some more pain in his back so Meghann rubbed some pain relieving cream on it before she changed his brief again.

" We're back you guys.", Meghann said as her and Sheldon came back into the kitchen.

" Great! You guys didn't miss much except for Ace trying to give me a wedgie in my ear!", Nora laughed.

" Oh come on seriously?! I leave the room for 2 seconds and you do something funny without me! Acelynn Jettson what the hell is wrong with you?!", Sheldon interjected.

" Sorry dude I couldn't resist doing it! Nora had it coming!", Ace laughed.

" Yes but you could have waited until I was back in here so I could see it!", Sheldon shot back.

" What?! Ok that's it Dr. Cooper! YOU are so getting a wedgie for that!", Nora laughed as she pointed at him.

" Woman you try to stick your finger in my ear and I will smack you!", Sheldon shot back.

" Oh no you are not going to smack me in my house! If anything I should smack you!", Nora laughed.

" Wait, what the freak is going on in here Nora?!", Summer asked when she suddenly walked into the kitchen.

" It's nothing you need to know about right now Summer! I'm just hanging out with my friends.", Nora said as she looked at her little sister.

" Oh ok and… is that Aryel Ashbrook?!", Summer asked in shock as she pointed at Aryel.

" Yes that's Aryel. Why do you ask?", Nora asked.

" I don't know. I'm just confused because I thought she hated you guys.", Summer said.

" She did but Meghann and Aryel decided to befriend each other last night so now we're all hanging out.", Nora said.

" Ok whatever floats your boat sis.", Summer said before she walked out of the kitchen to head back up to her room. But she quickly came back and asked, " And one more thing I forgot to ask. What happened to Dr. Cooper?"

" He got into an accident last night at Times Square and ended up in the hospital overnight for temporary paralysis in his legs. The doctors said he should regain use of his legs in about 4 to 6 weeks and until then he has to sit in that wheelchair wearing an adult disposable brief.", Nora said.

" Oh that sucks! Who the f*ck hit him?!", Summer exclaimed in shock.

" Ok firstly don't use language like that since you're still a child and secondly, somebody told us that it was a man that was drunk. He was apparently in a hurry to get home and didn't notice that the traffic light was on red.", Meghann said.

" What a freakin' idiot! Did he get in trouble for that?!", Summer laughed.

" Yeah when the cops pulled him over they took him to jail on a DUI charge.", Ace said just as the song on Nora's iPod switched to With Love by Hilary Duff.

" Well then I'd say that's appropriate!", Summer laughed.

" Um you think?!", Kayla laughed but little did any of them know that Nora was sneaking up behind Sheldon, licking her finger making the rest of her friends and her sister start smirking but she put her other finger to her mouth as if to say be quiet before she stuck her finger in Sheldon's ear making him shriek in surprise, " Ah, Nora!" as he shoved her hand away.

" Ah ha I got you Dr. Cooper! Whatcha gonna do now?!", Nora laughed as she pointed at him while the other girls and Leo were laughing their heads off.

" Oh I'll show you what I'm going to do! Come here! You are so getting smacked for that and you're going to receive a strike!", Sheldon shot back with a smirk.

" Go ahead dude I don't care but you're not smacking me in my house!", Nora laughed as she started moving away from him as he was coming towards her with the wheelchair.

" You better run sis! He's gonna get you!", Summer laughed.

" Oh shut up Summer and get away from me Dr. Cooper!", Nora laughed as she started running away with Sheldon coming after her with the wheelchair.

" Oh no where do you think you're going woman?! You are so getting what's coming to you! You mess with the bull, you get the horns!", Sheldon laughed.

" Oh shut up!", Nora laughed as she kept running away but the moment she saw Sheldon trying to grab her with a set of grippers that he took out of the cleaning supplies closet when he wheeled right by it she laughed, " oh no buddy, you are not coming at me with those grippers!"

" That's what you think Nora Savannah Beasely! Now come here! Let me show y'all how we do things down in Texas!", Sheldon laughed as he kept going for her with the grippers as he kept moving towards her with his wheelchair. The Hilary Duff song was still playing from Nora's iPod making the situation even more fun and hilarious.

" Oh hell no Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper what are you… ah he's got my hair! Meghann, Leo, somebody help me!", Nora laughed letting out a girly shriek as Sheldon gripped her hair with the grippers, pulling her back towards him as he was laughing his head off in amusement.

" Well you're the one that asked for it from a physicist Nora!", Meghann laughed.

" Just shut up Meghann!", Nora laughed as she tried to get away from Sheldon.

" Yeehaw woman I got y'all now! Whatcha gonna do?!", Sheldon laughed in somewhat of a southern accent as he was pulling her closer to him like a Texan man roping a steer.

" I don't know! I can't go anywhere because you're gripping my hair!", Nora laughed as she kept trying to get away and pull her hair free.

" Ok this is f*cking hilarious!", Aryel laughed.

" Yeah I totally agree with that Aryel! Oh yeah Dr. Cooper, that's what's up bestie!", Mikayla laughed.

" Oh sh*t he's gonna smack me! Somebody do something please!", Nora laughed as her back hit Sheldon's legs.

" Sorry sis, you're on your own this time for this!", Summer laughed.

" Yeah thanks for being a great little sister Summer!", Nora laughed.

" Brace yourself for what may come!", Sheldon laughed as he started to playfully smack Nora on the face with his hand.

" Ok ok I'm sorry Dr. Cooper I won't do that anymore!", Nora laughed as she was trying bat his hand away.

" Thanks for the apology Nora but you're still getting a strike for sticking your finger in my ear in the first place!", Sheldon laughed.

" Like I said go ahead, I don't care! We're friends anyway!", Nora laughed.

" Yay! Slap time!", Julia laughed as she suddenly came up behind Sheldon and Nora and playfully slapped both of them on the face.

" Excuse me Julia but do you wish to get smacked too?!", Sheldon laughed with a smirk as he stared at his friend.

" Oh hell no! Get away from me!", Julia laughed as she started running away.

" Oh I'm coming for you now woman! Here comes DC Flash on wheels!", Sheldon laughed as he started chasing her with his wheelchair.

" Oh you so don't want to go there dude! Out of my way!", Julia laughed as she was spazzing out while running away.

" Get the VP!", Kayla laughed as they all started to chase Julia too.

" I don't think so! No one's getting the Vice President of The Best Friends Forever Club!", Julia laughed.

" That's what you think spazzy! Now come here!", Sheldon laughed.

" Best club ever!", Nora laughed.

" Yeah it so is all thanks to Delaney, our best first in command president!", Meghann laughed.

" Yeah what she said! Long live the president!", Leo laughed.

" Thanks you guys!", Delaney laughed. Julia then sprinted around a corner of the hallway and used the light fixture to pull herself up to the ceiling gripping it with her hands and feet as she hung upside down like Spiderman.

" Hey where did she go now?! She was here a second ago!", Ace laughed.

" No one knows Ace! Yo McPherson where the likes of you at?!", Mikayla laughed.

" Yeah come on Bennie and The Jets we're not playing this game! Where are you?!", Sheldon laughed.

" Ew! Somebody's saliva just fell on my shoulder! What the…?!", Leo shrieked as he brushed off the saliva spit that just fell onto him causing him to then look up along with the others to see Julia hanging from the light fixture upside down like a female version of Spiderman.

" Hey s'up homies!", Julia laughed.

" Are you freaking kidding me?! How did you get up there?!", Sheldon laughed.

" I just pulled myself up using the light fixture! What do you think Dr. Cooper?!", Julia laughed.

" Dude that's not cool! Get down here before you fall and hurt yourself!", Leo laughed.

" Leo Michael shut your dirty mouth! I'll do what I want because I'm vice pres!", Julia laughed.

" Yeah well I'm president and I say get down here! You're my second in command and you have to listen to me!", Delaney laughed.

" Sure whatever you say bestie!", Julia laughed as she jumped down from the ceiling.

SLAP!

" Ow! Dr. Cooper!", Julia laughed as she rubbed the back of her head where Sheldon had smacked her.

" Now we're even buddy!", Sheldon laughed.

" Dude that seriously hurt! What are you trying to do?! Knock me unconscious?!", Julia laughed.

" No, why would I do that?! We're friends!", Sheldon laughed.

" I know that I'm just messing with you!", Julia laughed.

" Hey my friend and her mom are here to pick me up! See you later Nora!", Summer called out as she ran to the door.

" Ok bye Summer! Have fun!", Nora interjected back before she heard the door slam shut. They all continued to hang out with each other until they had to all go home just as Summer was returning from hanging out with her friend. Mr. and Mrs. Beasely came home a short time later from work. The next morning shortly after Meghann and Sheldon were woken up by Meghann's phone alarm Meghann looked up and noticed Nora standing at the foot of her bed dressed in a bathing suit.

" Hey good morning you guys!", Nora exclaimed.

" Oh hey Nora. What are you doing here in your bathing suit?", Meghann asked in confusion.

" Well I just got back from taking my little sister to school since our parents are at work and I thought I would come help you get Dr. Cooper in the shower and dressed for the day since it appears that your parents and your brother have already left for work as well.", Nora said.

" Ok thanks!", Meghann exclaimed as she got out of her bed and the two girls walked over to Sheldon's bed.

" Sure what are neighbors and friends for?", Nora said.

" Oh Lord please be careful, don't… ow!", Sheldon hissed as the two girls pulled back the covers and gently lifted him out of his bed, sitting him in his wheelchair.

" Here's your pain meds.", Nora said as she handed the two pills and the bottle of water to him.

" Thank you Nora.", Sheldon said as he took them. Then he wheeled himself out of the room with the two girls following him after Nora grabbed everything else and a fresh set of clothes for Sheldon. They entered the bathroom, stripped his sleepwear and brief off before they carefully moved him to a bath chair that was sitting in the bathtub as Nora climbed in with him while Meghann stood outside the tub. She turned the showerhead on letting the water start cascading down on Sheldon's back. The second it did he screamed, " Ow! The water's too hot!"

" Oh sorry Dr. Cooper. Here, let me turn the heat down.", Meghann said as she turned the dial down a bit to where the water was still hot but it was tolerable.

" Better?", Meghann asked.

" Yes, thank you Meghann.", Sheldon said. Nora then started scrubbing Sheldon's body with soap while Meghann was scrubbing shampoo and conditioner into Sheldon's hair.

" You doing ok buddy?", Nora asked.

" Yes very much so! Oh this feels so good!", Sheldon said.

" We kind of figured that since you prefer to be clean and germ free anyway.", Meghann said as they were rinsing him off.

" That's most certainly true. You have seemed to have really learned a lot about me.", Sheldon said with a smile.

" Well of course because I'm your girlfriend you silly!", Meghann laughed as she stared at her roommate/boyfriend.

" Yeah you picked a good one Meghann Brissette!", Nora laughed.

" Oh shut up Nora Beasely!", Meghann laughed.

" Both of you shut up! You're getting water in my eyes, ow!", Sheldon shrieked as some drops of water were splashing into his eyes.

" Oh sorry.", Nora said. They finished washing him off before Meghann shut the water off and the two of them started drying him off with a towel. Meghann placed a clean brief on the seat of the wheelchair before her and Nora then gently lifted Sheldon out of the bath chair and back into the wheelchair. She then wrapped the brief around his lower abdomen before her and Nora redressed him in his black Flash shirt, khaki pants and his dark blue windbreaker. Nora then put his shoes on his feet and Meghann sprayed him with a can of Lysol.

" There you go, all clean and dressed for the day. Is your back still hurting a bit?", Meghann asked.

" Maybe a little.", Sheldon said.

" Ok well here I'll rub the cream on it.", Meghann said as she squirted some cream into her hand and stuck her hand underneath his shirt rubbing it all over his back.

" Thank you, that's much better.", Sheldon said.

" Good.", Meghann said as they made their way back to the bedroom.

" Do you want your laptop so you can work?", Nora asked.

" Yes.", Sheldon said.

" Ok here you go buddy.", Nora said as she grabbed his laptop off his desk and handed it to him.

" Thank you Nora.", Sheldon said as he placed it on his lap and opened it after Meghann draped his blanket across his lap and placed a pillow behind his head.

" No problem. Well I got to go clean my house now. See you guys later.", Nora said as she started heading out of the room.

" Alright see you Nora and thank you for helping me out.", Meghann said.

" No problem Meghann. Bye.", Nora said as she left. Meghann then decided to watch some tv for a while until her radar watch started going off signaling the development of another super cell thunderstorm 6 to 7 miles away.

" Oh shit I got to go but I can't just leave you alone!", Meghann hissed as she shut the tv off and looked at her watch.

" It's fine Meghann, go. I shall be fine for a little bit by myself.", Sheldon said as he countinued working on his laptop while sitting in his wheelchair.

" Are you sure Dr. Cooper?", Meghann asked as she got up from her bed.

" Yes I'm most certainly sure, just go. You need to go do your job before you get in trouble.", Sheldon said.

" Ok I'll try to be back as fast as I can. Don't you go nowhere.", Meghann said as she pointed at him.

" Excuse me but where in the name of Einstein would I go? I'm stuck in this chair for the next 4 to 6 weeks.", Sheldon asked.

" I know I'm just messing with you! Later!", Meghann laughed as she kissed him before she ran out of the room slamming the door behind her.

" Meghann where are you?!", Felix interjected through Meghann's radar watch as Meghann was running down the stairs to get to the front door.

" I'm leaving now Felix! You don't need to scream at me!", Meghann interjected back at her boss as she bolted out the front door and jumped into her car before she pulled out of the driveway and sped away down the street.

Ring ring ring!

" Hey Meghann I'm on my way back from work with Zoey. We're going to hang out for a bit at home.", Brian said when Meghann answered her phone.

" Ok Brian I just left for work and since Mom and Dad are still at work too could you guys make sure you check on Dr. Cooper? I had to unfortunately leave him by himself in our room. He's working on his laptop right now but if you guys could check on him in a while, give him his pain meds and change his brief if he needs it then that would be greatly appreciated.", Meghann said.

" Yeah of course Meghann. What do you think? I'm not an idiot.", Brian said.

" Cool thanks bro. You rock.", Meghann said before she hung up.

" Wait what does your sister want us to do?", Zoey asked.

" She wants us to check on Dr. Cooper in a little while. He got into an accident 2 nights ago after some drunk guy ran a red light at a Times Square intersection slamming into his truck spinning him out into a utility pole.", Brian said.

" Oh my god! Is he ok?!", Zoey gasped.

" Yeah he's fine except his back got pretty messed up and his legs are temporarily paralyzed. He's got to sit in this motorized wheelchair wearing adult disposable briefs until he regains use of his legs. The doctors estimate that probably won't happen until about 4 to 6 weeks.", Brian said.

" He's wearing a brief? Why?", Zoey asked.

" Because they don't want him trying to stand up to use the bathroom while his back is healing. They're afraid that he might fall and injure himself further.", Brian said.

" Ah yeah that makes sense. The same thing happened to my dad when he got into an accident 2 years ago. Life just keeps throwing lemons at you guys it seems like Brian.", Zoey said.

" Yeah it's a tragedy Zoey.", Brian said as he pulled his truck into the driveway at the house.

Meghann's and Sheldon's room…

" Ok I think I'm done for now. I think I shall listen to some music on my phone.", Sheldon said to himself as he closed his laptop and wheeled himself over to his desk so he could set it down. He then pulled his phone out of his pocket and started searching for his headphones with the limitted movement he had while sitting in the wheelchair only to discover that his headphones were out of reach sitting at the top of the bookcase that was sitting on one corner of his desk.

" Oh son of a bitch! They're up there on my bookcase! Well it looks like I'm going to have to use science to figure this one out seeing as it may that I can't move my legs!", Sheldon hissed. He then wheeled himself out of the room and down the hallway towards the guest bedroom just as Brian and Zoey were walking into the house downstairs, talking and laughing with each other. Sheldon then grabbed the closet clothes rod out of the guest bedroom closet and wheeled himself back into his room that he shared with Meghann, shutting the door behind him as he then went over to his desk. He then held the rod up at an angle and decided to use the laws of gravity to hopefully knock his headphones down onto his desk so that it would be easier to grab them.

" Come on you pesky things! Fall!", Sheldon hissed as he was slowly inching the headphones to the edge of the bookcase with the closet rod. The headphones dropped onto the desk moments later within arms reach.

" Yes! Thank you laws of gravity!", Sheldon exclaimed as he grabbed the headphones and set the rod down on the desk before he plugged the auxilary cord of his headphones into his phone and placed them over his ears. He then started scrolling through his playlist and chose the song Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield. He then shut his eyes as he started shaking his head a bit to the music, moving shoulders slightly and his arms and hands as well. An amusing smirk began to spread across his face too as he slipped his phone into the front pocket of his windbreaker and continued to have fun with himself.

" Well should we go see what Dr. Cooper's up to Zoey?", Brian asked.

" Yeah sure why not. It's what your sister wants us to do anyway.", Zoey said as they started heading to the stairs.

" Yeah that's true.", Brian said as they made their way up the stairs and towards the bedroom.

" What the hell?!", Brian exclaimed in shock when they opened the door to see Sheldon still sitting in his wheelchair with his eyes shut and a smirk on his face as he was shaking his head, shoulders, arms and hands slightly while listening to the Natasha Bedingfield song on his phone.

" Ok this is too cute! I got to take a video of this!", Zoey said with a giddy laugh as she took her phone out and started recording video.

" Well I would say he's pretty distracted right now. Let's see if he notices anything. Can you grab his head and hold it still for moment Zoey?", Brian said as he reclined the wheelchair a bit and moved Sheldon's blanket.

" Sure Brian but what are you doing?", Zoey asked her boyfriend as she put her phone away and gently grabbed a hold of Sheldon's head holding it still.

" What do you think? I'm going to change his brief since that's one of the things Meghann said to do anyway.", Brian said as he was slipping latex gloves on his hands.

" That makes sense. I hope we're not pissing him off by doing this.", Zoey said.

" Nah babe I think he's so tuned out right now that he's not even going to notice.", Brian said as he slipped Sheldon's bottoms off after removing his shoes and removed his soiled brief.

" What the heck?! Ok this is so cute, he's listening to Pocketful of Sunshine!", Zoey laughed as she listened to the music that was streaming out of Sheldon's headphones meaning that the music was kind of loud but still tolerable.

" Oh shut up, no he's not!", Brian said.

" Yes he is, I can hear it through the headphones on his head! I know what that song sounds like because my mom plays it a lot in her car when she goes to the grocery store!", Zoey laughed.

" Holy crap you're right! What the bitchin' fuck?!", Brian laughed as he listened in too. Then he laughed, " Ok I am so telling my sister Meghann this when she gets back! She's going to freakin' laugh her head off!"

" Yeah you think?!", Zoey laughed as she gently lifted Sheldon off the chair a bit while Brian placed a clean brief on the chair underneath him. Once she set him back down Brian wrapped the brief around him before he slipped his bottoms and shoes back on. He then sat Sheldon back up and stripped the gloves off his hands before throwing them away along with the other used items. The two lovers then stood there for a second to see what Sheldon was going to do next. Much to their surprise Sheldon resumed what he was doing before as if he didn't notice a thing.

" See, what did I tell you Zoey? He's completely tuned out, didn't even notice what I did.", Brian said.

" That actually went better than I expected Brian. I was expecting some sort of crazy freakout.", Zoey said.

" Yeah me too. Do you want to just hang out in here for a while and watch some tv?", Brian asked.

" Sure.", Zoey said as the two of them sat down on the floor turning on the tv while Sheldon continued sitting in his wheelchair completely tuned out to the world. Then about an hour later Meghann returned home and walked into the bedroom to find her brother and his girlfriend sitting on the floor in there watching tv while Sheldon was still listening to his phone.

" Hey I'm back! How's everything going so far?!", Meghann asked.

" Everything's going pretty good sis. Zoey and I are just watching tv now.", Brian said.

" I can see that. Has Dr. Cooper been doing that this whole time?!", Meghann asked with a slight laugh as she pointed at Sheldon who was still tuned out to his music.

" Yeah he actually has! I even got a video of it, he's listening to Pocketful of Sunshine!", Zoey laughed.

" Shut up, no he's not!", Meghann laughed.

" Yeah he actually is Meghann! Zoey show her the video!", Brian laughed as the two of them stood up after they shut the tv off.

" Ok!", Zoey laughed as she took her phone out and showed Meghann the video that she took earlier of Sheldon.

" That is so cute!", Meghann laughed.

" I know right?!", Zoey laughed as she put her phone away.

" Yeah well unfortunately that's going to have to be it for him right now because he needs to take a nap. He needs lots of rest in order for his back to keep healing itself.", Meghann said.

" Yeah that's true, alright we'll get out of your way. See ya.", Zoey said as her and Brian walked out.

" Thank you, see ya.", Meghann said as she shut the door behind them. She then walked over to Sheldon, gently took his phone out of his hands and turned off the music which immediately caught his attention as he took his headphones off his head.

" Meghann, what gives?! I was listening to that!", Sheldon exclaimed in shock as he stared at his roommate/girlfriend.

" You know what gives Dr. Cooper, you need to get some rest now.", Meghann said as she went about changing his brief before she covered him back up with his blanket.

" But I'm not even tired though.", Sheldon protested.

" Yeah well you just try. You need to get lots of rest anyway for your back to heal.", Meghann said as she started rummaging through a plastic Target bag that she had just brought home after she had stopped there on her way home from work.

" Yeah well I'm not… wait a second is that a DC Flash plushie?! Gimme!", Sheldon exclaimed as he started reaching for the plush toy that Meghann had pulled out of the bag as if he was a little kid.

" Ah ah ah, I'll give it to you if you promise me you'll go to sleep.", Meghann said as she held it away and shook her head.

" Yes I'll go to sleep! Please just give me it!", Sheldon exclaimed as he kept reaching out for it.

" Ok, here you go.", Meghann said as she gave it to him. He instantly gripped it tightly against his chest as he fell asleep with a smile on his face. Meghann then kissed his head before she took a picture of Sheldon gripping the plushie against him. Cali came trotting in through the kitty door and jumped up into his lap, curling herself up as she then fell asleep purring. She had really seemed to have grown quite attached to him since the day he first moved into the house which to the family was quite rare because Cali had never been that lovey dovey to complete strangers before and had always been quite stand-offish to strangers when they came into the house and would run away to hide the moment they noticed her. She also used to hiss at people that she didn't know and scratch and bite them if they got too close but for whatever reason when Sheldon moved in it was like she loved him from the very start and felt like she could trust him. Sheldon loved Cali too and very much loved it whenever she would curl up on his lap while sitting at his desk working on his laptop or just curling up on him in general if he was watching tv or doing something else. He loved her just as much as he loved the whole family even though he felt kind of bad at the moment that they had to take care of him due to him getting injured in a truck wreck to the point of his legs being temporarily paralyzed. The whole situation still made him feel a bit scared even though everyone he knew was trying so hard to lift his spirits and make things still fun for him with the limitted movement he had at the moment. As the weeks dragged on and repairs to his truck had been made Sheldon began to feel less and less scared and just when he was getting used to everything he suddenly woke up one morning to a big surprise. The feeling in his legs had returned and he was able to get out of bed all by himself before he headed to the bathroom. At first Meghann didn't really notice it because her mind was in a fog but then when Sheldon walked back into the room with a big smile and said, " Good morning Meghann." was when Meghann finally snapped out of her fog, jumped out of her bed and exclaimed, " You… you're walking again Dr. Cooper! I can't believe this!" before she let out a loud girly shriek and threw herself into his arms, crying happy tears as she kissed him which immediately caught the attention of her parents and her brother who came running there to see what was going in there to see what was going on.

" Cheese and rice sis, what's up with the screaming?! You sound like someone's attacking you and WHAT THE HAMBONES?!", Brian exclaimed in shock when he noticed that Sheldon was standing up again, able to walk around like normal.

" Yeah that's what I'm screaming about?! Dr. Cooper's walking again! Can you believe it?!", Meghann exclaimed as she continued crying happy tears.

" Oh this is wonderful! We're so happy you're better!", Mrs. Brissette cried happy tears as she embraced him and kissed his head while her husband stood there next to her with a smile on his face too.

" I'm happy as well! I missed being able to move around and do things for myself!", Sheldon exclaimed.

" We missed it for you too dude! Come here!", Brian exclaimed as he suddenly grabbed Sheldon's wrist and yanked into a bear hug which startled Sheldon a bit making him scream, " Ah could you please let go Brian Lucas?! You're crushing me!"

" Oh sorry man.", Brian said as he released his grip.

" You're lucky I'm in a good mood today or else I would have given you a strike for that!", Sheldon shot back, narrowing his eyes at Brian.

" No problem Dr. Cooper, you can give me strikes til the cows come home! I don't care!", Brian laughed as he walked away and headed downstairs.

" Be careful with what you wish for because you might get it someday!", Sheldon interjected.

" Alright that's enough of that, let's go have some breakfast.", Mr. Brissette said as he walked out of the room with his wife following him.

" Alright if you insist. After you Meghann.", Sheldon said.

" Thank you Dr. Cooper.", Meghann said as she followed her parents out of the room and down the stairs with Sheldon following all of them as they headed to the kitchen to have breakfast at the table. Then shortly after breakfast Meghann called Leo to tell him the good news which in turn he called the rest of their friends before they all suddenly came running into the house like rockets and up the stairs into the bedroom exclaiming,

" Dr. Cooper!" as they threw their arms around him screaming and cheering about the fact that he was ok.

" Ok that's enough y'all, you're crushing me!", Sheldon exclaimed.

" Sorry, we're just so happy that you're back to normal buddy! We missed ya!", Julia exclaimed as they all let go of him.

" Yeah your recovery felt like forever!", Ace exclaimed.

" Yeah it sure did!", Leo, Meghann, Delaney, Kayla, Mikayla, Nora and Aryel exclaimed as they nodded their heads in agreement.

" Indeed and I almost felt like giving up but somehow y'all have managed to keep me going and I can't thank y'all enough for your encouraging support through this enterprise. You guys are the greatest friends I've ever had in my life.", Sheldon said with a smile as he sat on the edge of his bed wearing his shoes, khakis, black Flash shirt and dark blue windbreaker with his laser wristwatch on his wrist.

" You're a great friend to us too! You make us all laugh so hard even though you annoy the hell out of us at times too with your strange idiosyncrasies!", Nora laughed.

" Yeah well enough chit chat right now, let's kick this mothership up!", Kayla exclaimed.

" Yeah let's party you homies!", Leo exclaimed.

" Karen, play Up Against The Wall by *NSYNC!", Julia exclaimed at the ceiling.

" Up Against The Wall by *NSYNC,starting now!", Karen's voice said before the song started playing.

" This is awesome! I love this speaker system!", Meghann exclaimed as she started dancing around the room to the music as the strobe lights began to flash the beat making the others join in including Sheldon who by this point was very used to the chaos and less reluctant to dance than he used to since he moved in.

" And I as well! This is seriously the greatest thing that Brian and Connor have ever built for our room kitten! I love how we can just say what song we want and she'll just play it for us!", Sheldon exclaimed as he was bumping his back against Meghann's like an idiot.

" I know Dr. Cooper! Thanks to them and Nickelodeon for the endorsement we got the sickest mothership anyone has ever seen in this entire universe! This so beats the way what our room used look like!", Meghann exclaimed.

" I reckon it does by a long shot y'all! Yeehaw!", Sheldon exclaimed in a southern accent as he slapped his ankle like a western cowboy and continued dancing around the bedroom like an idiot with his friends and roommate/girlfriend celebrating the fact that his paralysis had gone away and had fully recovered from his unexpected truck accident. He started firing lasers from his watch around the room too just to add more fun to their celebration while being careful not to hit his friends with them.

" Hazzah!", Meghann, Delaney, Mikayla, Leo, Julia, Kayla, Nora, Ace and Aryel exclaimed as they continued dancing in celebration, dodging the lasers and laughing like crazy with each other.

" Oh yeah now it's a party up in here you wacky scientist! Let's get it!", Nora exclaimed.

" I'm gonna make you eat those words Nora Beasely!", Sheldon laughed.

" Then bring it Dr. Sheldon Cooper! Let's see if you can catch me before I make it to the basement!", Nora laughed as she ran out of the room and down the stairs.

" Oh you want to go there sister, I don't think so! Come back here!", Sheldon laughed as he then chased after her, firing his lasers with the others following laughing their heads off.

" In your dreams, physicist! A squared plus B squared equals See Ya In The Dust squared!", Nora laughed as she flung open the basement door in the kitchen and ran down the steps.

" Well I'm about to square you out for saying that Nora! I've got two doctrates and a 187 IQ that's like Superman Kryptonite to you! You can run all you want but you can't hide from my superior intellect!", Sheldon laughed as he quickly grabbed a roll of duct tape from a kitchen drawer before he sprinted down the basement stairs after his friend and neighbor with the others still following him.

" Not before I square you out first buddy! Incoming!", Nora laughed as she picked up a throw pillow from the couch and started whacking him with it as he was putting up his hands in defense while trying to grab Nora's wrists to capture her with the duct tape.

" I don't think so, I've got you now! Y'all aren't going anywhere!", Sheldon laughed as he yanked Nora's arms behind her back and started binding her wrists together with the duct tape.

" Oh shit not the duct tape! Ow!", Nora laughed as Sheldon then climbed on top of her back, gripping her duct tape bound wrists with his hands.

" Checkmate squared pal! What are you going to do now?!", Sheldon laughed.

" Hey no fair Dr. Cooper! I wasn't ready for that! Get this duct tape off me!", Nora laughed.

" Do you surrender?!", Sheldon laughed as he kept trying to hold her down as she was trying to get away from him.

" Not even close! Get him you guys!", Nora laughed as she somehow managed to get to her feet and free herself from the tape.

" With pleasure Nora!", Kayla, Meghann, Leo, Delaney, Julia, Mikayla, Ace and Aryel laughed as they all grabbed some pillows and tossed one to Nora before they all started surrounding Sheldon.

" Oh so that's how y'all are going to play things, huh?! Well then brace yourselves for the unleashed dogs of war!", Sheldon laughed as he grabbed a pillow too before they all started whacking each other with them.

" Oh son of a bitch! Move it Aryel Ashbrook!", Ace laughed as she playfully shoved Aryel to the side before she ran away from her boyfriend and two of her other friends who were swinging their pillows at her and each other as well as Sheldon.

" In your dreams Acelynn Jettson! Come here!", Aryel laughed as she gave chase, swinging her pillow like a madwoman.

" No you come here! I'm going to make you pay!", Sheldon laughed as he came after her swinging his pillow.

" I don't think so Dr. Cooper! Take this!", Leo laughed as he swung his pillow back at Sheldon, hitting him in the face to the point of it knocking him on his butt.

" Ok all bets are off with you now Leo Lemonselly! I'm coming after you for that!", Sheldon laughed as he got back up on his feet, tearing after Leo swinging his pillow at him as the pillow fight made its way back upstairs and back up to the bedroom.

" Oh crap-ola, help me Meghann! Dr. Cooper's gonna cream me!", Leo laughed as he kept running away trying to defend himself.

" Sure thing Leo! Come here lover!", Meghann laughed as she started swinging her pillow at her roommate/boyfriend with the music still playing throughout the bedroom and the strobe lights still flashing.

" Oh so now you want to take a shot at me kitten?! Well two can play at that game! Come here!", Sheldon laughed as he took a swing at her too with his pillow, hitting her in the back of the head.

" Oh yeah well you better watch what you do mister or you're not getting any of this tonight in the sack!", Meghann laughed as she showed off her body before she whacked Sheldon in the stomach with her pillow.

" Ok you're right, I give up. Bazinga! No I don't!", Sheldon laughed as he continued unleashing his pillow attacks on his roommate/girlfriend and their friends.

" Look out bestie, here comes the pain!", Mikayla laughed as she swung her pillow at Sheldon from behind him when she launched herself in the air off of Meghann's bed.

" Not if I have anything to say about it Rexton! You're minced meat!", Sheldon laughed as he started going after her with the pillow.

" Dude watch what you're saying! My dad's listening to this!", Mikayla laughed.

" Yes I'm well aware that your father's listening to us and I'm not going to say anything that I'm not supposed to say! I'm not an idiot and neither are you!", Sheldon laughed as he really started going crazy with his pillow attacks.

" Oh so now you want to up the antie?! Well taste my Rexton fury Dr. Cooper! Fire in the hole!", Mikayla laughed as she started doing the same thing on him and her other friends while being careful not to hit the wiretap on her hip underneath her shirt.

" This is so fucking fun… and stupid!", Julia laughed.

" Yeah you said it bestie! Pillow bombs away!", Delaney laughed as she started unleashing a fury of her own pillow attacks on her friends.

" Oh you want to go at it like that Sheridan?! Well take this!", Nora laughed as she whacked Delaney with her pillow, hitting her in the face and sending her crashing into Meghann's bed.

" Surprise Beasely! Game over!", Leo laughed as he unleashed an aerial assault on his friend.

" I don't think so Lemonselly! It's game over for you pal! Eat flying pillow!", Nora laughed as she kicked her pillow with her foot, sending it flying through the air hitting Leo in the chest.

" Hit the deck you twits! I'm coming at ya!", Aryel laughed as she came at her friends again with her pillow as the song Slippin' and Slidin' by Little Richard began to play on the bedroom speakers when the *NSYNC song ended.

" Says you Chicken Face Aryel! Come here!", Sheldon laughed as he went after her again.

" I don't think so Dr. Cooper! Take this!", Aryel laughed as she swung at him again. As the pillows continued flying Mrs. Brissette's voice interjected from downstairs, "What's going on up there?! I'm hearing a lot of whacking sounds?!"

" Nothing Mom we're just having a free for all pillow fight to get back at Dr. Cooper for capturing Nora's wrists with duct tape!", Meghann laughed.

" Dr. Cooper did what?!"

" He captured her wrists with duct tape after she said, " A squared plus B squared equals See Ya In The Dust squared!" when he was chasing her down the stairs to the basement!", Meghann laughed.

" Oh for cripes sake! You guys better be careful with how you use that tape, it's very strong and somebody's going to get hurt if you're not careful!"

" Ok we get it Mom! We'll be careful!", Meghann laughed.

" And no swearing in this house either!"

" Mom!", Meghann hissed.

" Hey focus bestie! You're about to be turned into a pancake here!", Leo laughed.

" In your dreams Leo!", Meghann laughed as the fight continued. This went on for the rest of the day and later that evening when the others left and the entire Brissette household was sitting at the table for dinner Brian asked, " So sis did you and Dr. Cooper have fun today with your friends?"

" Oh yeah we had a total blast Brian! We were dancing to music and whacking each other with pillows!", Meghann said as she cut a piece of the pork chop on her plate and stabbed it with her fork before she stuffed it in her mouth.

" Sweet! I was at Connor's house earlier hanging out with him and talking to him and oh that reminds me, Mom, Dad, is it ok if I go with Connor and a few of our buddies to AstroCon tomorrow night?"

" What the hell is AstroCon?", Mr. Brissette asked in confusion.

" It's a convention that showcases world famous asteroids and moon rocks that people buy and trade to others for a profit and they even have an auction for samples of certain ones that are very rare. So can I go?", Brian asked.

" Not this time Brian because tomorrow night you'll be spending the whole week at your grandparents house with your sister Meghann and Dr. Cooper.", Mrs. Brissette said as she shook her head.

" Aww man!", Brian interjected.

" Wait, the three of us are spending the whole week at grandma and grandpa's tomorrow?! Why?!", Meghann asked.

" Because tomorrow there's going to be a one week marathon of documentaries on the History channel and your father and I want to have some alone time watching them together without any distractions going on.", Mrs. Brissette said.

" Distractions?! What are you talking about?!", Brian shot back.

" Yeah he's mostly playing video games all day when he has a day off of work, Dr. Cooper's usually working on his whiteboard and laptop and me, I'm either listening to music, watching tv or storm chasing!", Meghann shot back as she pointed at Brian, Sheldon and herself.

" Yes that's true Meghann but for at least a week we would like to have a break from all of that.", Mr. Brissette said.

" Ok.", Meghann said with a sigh.

" Oh goodie I wonder what all this nonsense is going to entail.", Sheldon said as he rolled his eyes.

" Well we don't care what the three of you do over there for a week Dr. Cooper just as long as the three of you don't do anything stupid.", Mr. Brissette said.

" Well alright.", Sheldon said.

" I'll go call Connor and tell him I can't go to AstroCon.", Brian said as he got up from the table and started walking away.

" Excuse me mister but you can do that after you're done eating! Now sit your butt back down and eat your dinner before it gets cold!", Mrs. Brissette scolded her 22 year old son.

" Alright alright I will! Cheese and rice Mom!", Brian hissed as he sat back down to eat his pork chop.

" Smooth moves you dork!", Meghann laughed with a snort as she continued eating.

" Meghann Rose that's enough, cut it out!", Mr. Brissette scolded.

" Oh come on Dad, I'm 19! Give me a break!", Meghann laughed.

' Oh this is going to be an interesting adventure tomorrow for a whole week spending it with Meghann and Brian at their Meemaw and Pop-Pop's house. I guess I shall see what becomes of it.', Sheldon thought as he continued eating as well while engaging in conversation and then shortly after dinner they all headed to bed after Brian called Connor and told him why he couldn't go to AstroCon. The next day when evening rolled around again and Meghann and Sheldon had gotten into the backseat of Brian's truck Brian exclaimed out the driver's side window, " Bye Mom, have a nice week alone with Dad!"

" Thank you Brian we will and please behave yourselves over there! Don't be getting into any trouble!", Mrs. Brissette called out from the porch as she stood in the doorway with her husband.

" Ok we won't! See you next week, bye!", Brian exclaimed before he rolled up the window and drove away. The married couple then shut the door and headed to the living room couch to sit side by side, pouring each other glasses of wine.

" Finally, they're gone Brad!", Mrs. Brissette exclaimed with a smile as she picked up her wine glass into her hand.

" Yes they are Linda! Here's to a blissful week alone with you without the kids!", Mr. Brissette exclaimed as he picked his glass up too.

" Cheers honey!", Mrs. Brissette said as they clinked glasses together and shared a kiss before they turned the tv on to watch the first documentary of the evening on the History channel. Cali jumped up onto the couch a short time later, letting out a meow as she curled up in between them to make herself comfy.

Brian's truck…

" Alright Meghann and Dr. Cooper what do you say we pump up some sh*t in my truck and kick this week long vacation off with a bang!", Brian exclaimed as he was driving out of the neighborhood.

" When you say that what exactly does that mean Brian?", Sheldon asked as he crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at Brian.

" Duh it means we can do this dude!", Brian exclaimed as he hit the volume button on the dashboard which kicked on the cd player, thumping out the song Look At Me Now by Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes.

" Yeah that's what I'm talking about bro! A little Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes action going on! This is great!", Meghann exclaimed as she started nodding her head to the beat of the music.

" Oh goodie another obnoxious rap song! What in the name of Sir Issac Newton's Law are you?! A hooligan?!", Sheldon interjected.

" No! What are you talking about Dr. Cooper?! This track is ripped to the max man! It's dope!", Brian laughed.

" Sure if you claim a song that has lyrics you can't really understand as 'cool' then be my guest.", Sheldon said.

" Oh come on, lighten up a little dude! We're on vacation which means we can do whatever the hell we want! Wooah, rebellion!", Brian exclaimed.

" Yeah baby, rebellion all the way to grandma and grandpa's! Suck it Mom and Dad!", Meghann exclaimed.

" Well, I suppose a little ridiculous nonsense can't hurt as long as you pay attention to the road! Alright turn this up and release the hounds of hell!", Sheldon exclaimed with a stupid smirk.

" Oh hell yeah!", Brian exclaimed as he turned the volume up before they started bumping around in the truck to the thumping bass of the rap song.

" Ok this is exhilarating and the best taste of rebellion that I've ever experienced in my entire life!", Sheldon exclaimed.

" Yeah it is! It's ridonkulous!", Meghann exclaimed.

" Say it loud, say it proud sis!", Brian exclaimed.

" RIDONKULOUS!", Meghann, Brian and Sheldon exclaimed at the top of their lungs over the thumping music.

" Vacation's where I wanna be!", Meghann exclaimed in a sing song voice.

" Party on the beach where e'rybody'll scream!", Brian chimed in.

" We don't need a holiday, it's time to celebrate! Repeat after me, I need a vacation!", Meghann, Sheldon and Brian sang at the top of their voices as their little road trip continued until Brian pulled up in front of their grandparents lakehouse. It was just a little after 8 o'clock by that time and the night sky was clear with a slight breeze in the air as the full moon shined brightly down on them.

" How do you do y'all! We're here for the whole week!", Brian exclaimed with a stupid smirk as Grandma Brissette answered the door after Brian knocked on it.

" Hi Brian, Meghann and Dr. Cooper come on in.", Grandma Brissette said with a smile as she stepped aside to let the three of them into the house.

" Go away we don't want none, nah I'm just kidding! Come here!", Grandpa Brissette cracked a joke when he came to the door, hugging his two grandchildren and Sheldon while his wife shut the front door behind them.

" So we heard that you're staying with us for a week?", Grandma Brissette asked.

" Yeah it seems you and grandpa have us for a whole week due to the fact that Mom and Dad wanted some alone time watching documentaries on the History channel without us running around the house driving them crazy.", Meghann said.

" Well to be honest I don't blame them one bit for wanting that. The three of you can be kind of a handful for them to deal with at times but I'm sure we can find some fun things to do this week, isn't that right Gloria?", Grandpa Brissette said.

" Yes it is Lawrence.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Sweet! Where do you want us to put our stuff?!", Brian exclaimed.

" You can put your stuff upstairs. Brian you can stay in the first guest bedroom next to the bathroom and Meghann and Dr. Cooper you two can take the other one next to the home office since that one has two twin beds in it.", Grandpa Brissette said.

" Thanks Grandpa. Come on let's go put our things away.", Meghann said as she headed up the stairs with her suitcase.

" Alright if you insist.", Sheldon said as he followed her with his suitcase too.

" I bet I can unpack faster than you!", Brian exclaimed as he ran up the stairs past Sheldon with his suitcase as if he was running a marathon.

" Good Lord will you slow down Brian! You almost knocked me over!", Sheldon interjected.

" Yeah bro, cool your jets would ya! It's not a contest!", Meghann interjected at her brother.

" Says you sis! I'm already putting my stuff away when you and Dr. Cooper haven't even gotten to your room yet!", Brian exclaimed.

" Oh brother.", Sheldon hissed as he rolled his eyes.

" Just ignore him Dr. Cooper. He's being a big show off.", Meghann said when they walked into the room that they were staying in at her grandparents lakehouse.

" Sounds good to me.", Sheldon said as he started unpacking his things along with Meghann after they established which beds they were going to sleep in.

" I heard that you tadpole!", Brian laughed as he suddenly came into the room and threw one of his shoes at his sister, hitting her in the back with it.

" Ow! Brian! What the hell was that for you pighead?!", Meghann shot back when she turned around to face her brother while rubbing her back with her hand.

" That was for what you said to Dr. Cooper!", Brian laughed.

" Excuse me but he's my roommate/boyfriend and I can tell him whatever I want! You ain't a third wheel in this relationship!", Meghann laughed.

" Yeah sure I'm not sissy!", Brian laughed.

" Ok shut up and leave us alone Brian before I give you a strike!", Sheldon shot back.

" Dr. Cooper!", Brian laughed.

" Good gravy what is going on up here?! What are y'all bi*chin' about at each other for?!", Grandma Brissette scolded as she came up the stairs with her husband to see what was going on.

" I told Dr. Cooper to ignore Brian and so then Brian came in here and threw one of his shoes at me for it Grandma!", Meghann interjected.

" Tattletail!", Brian laughed.

" Shut up!", Meghann shot back.

" Ok enough! Brian Lucas just go back to unpacking your things and leave your sister and her roommate/boyfriend alone! Your grandmother and I do not want to be dealing with immature fights between the three of you this whole week over stupid things! We're going to have great quality family time together and act like adults! Is that clear?!", Grandpa Brissette scolded as he pointed his finger down the hallway.

" Yes.", Meghann, Brian and Sheldon said.

" Good because we don't need to hear a bunch of silly youngin who what being thrown around this house! It's just pointless and stupid!", Grandpa Brissette interjected before he headed back down the stairs with his wife.

" We get it Grandpa, sheesh!", Brian hissed as he headed back to the room he was staying in to continue unpacking.

" Egghead!", Sheldon spat out through the wall at Brian.

" Hey!", Brian shot back.

" Dr. Cooper zip it!", Grandma and Grandpa Brissette's voices scolded from downstairs.

" Sorry!", Sheldon interjected back before he shut his mouth. The three of them continued unpacking their belongings and shortly after that they headed downstairs for a short period to continue talking until they all decided to turn in for the evening. Then the next morning shortly after Meghann's phone alarm went off and the smell of eggs and bacon began wafting up to the second floor of the house Grandpa Brissette's voice interjected, " Breakfast is ready! Come and get it while it's still hot!"

" Move it you slowpokes! Me first!", Brian exclaimed as he ran past Meghann and Sheldon down the stairs like a child on Christmas morning.

" Brian it's not a race! Calm down!", Meghann interjected as they entered the kitchen to sit down at the table.

" Oh grow up Meghann!", Brian laughed as he started helping himself to some eggs and bacon.

" I believe you need to grow up Brian!", Sheldon said as he started helping himself to some food too.

" Science nerd!", Brian shot back.

" Jockhead!", Sheldon shot back.

" Alright boys that's enough! Just zip it and eat! We don't need any of this name-callin' nonsense!", Grandma Brissette scolded as she sat down at the table next to her husband.

" Yeah she told you big time Brian and Dr. Cooper! Good one Grandma!", Meghann interjected as she busted out laughing.

" Meghann Rose knock it off and just eat your breakfast! You don't need to chime in too like a little girl! You're 19 years old and in a relationship with a grown man in his mid-30s!", Grandpa Brissette scolded his granddaughter.

" Ok ok I get it Grandpa! Sorry!", Meghann laughed before she calmed herself down and started eating. Then shortly after breakfast Meghann went upstairs to take a shower and to get dressed for the day while Sheldon got dressed in the bedroom. Brian had already gotten dressed and was playing a video game in the other bedroom while Grandma Brissette was cleaning the kitchen downstairs and Grandpa Brissette was outside working in the yard down by the lake.

" Hi Dr. Cooper. I'm back.", Meghann said with a smile when she walked back into the bedroom after she got out of the shower moments later dressed in her clothes. She was wearing her Black Eyed Peas t-shirt and blue jean shorts.

" Wonderful. Did you have a nice shower Meghann?", Sheldon asked with a smile as he stood towering over her dressed in shoes, khakis, a black and white striped shirt and his tan colored windbreaker with his laser wristwatch on his wrist.

" Yes I did, thank you for asking. Do you want to go take a walk in the woods for a while with me?", Meghann asked as she slipped her shoes on.

" I suppose so as long as we don't run into any bears in there or get shot by hunters.", Sheldon said.

" You make me laugh so much! I love you Dr. Cooper!", Meghann said with a giddy laugh as she kissed him on the lips.

" I love you too Meghann. Let's go.", Sheldon said as they walked out of the room and towards the stairs.

" See ya later Brian! Dr. Cooper and I are going for a walk in the woods for a while!", Meghann interjected.

" Ok have fun sis! Don't get mauled by bears or shot by guns!"

" We won't bro! We're not that dumb!", Meghann laughed.

" Wait, you two are going where Meghann?!", Grandma Brissette asked when she popped her head out of the kitchen.

" Dr. Cooper and I are going for a walk in the woods for a while Grandma.", Meghann said.

" Ok but just be careful and keep your phones on so your grandfather and I can get a hold of you if we need to.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Will do and speaking of Grandpa, where is he?", Meghann asked.

" Oh he's outside by the lake doing something with the lake pump, either fixing it or turning it on. I don't know what he does down there, he's the only one around here that messes with that kind of stuff.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Yeah that would be Grandpa. He's always fixing something.", Meghann said.

" Yes he is, well enjoy your walk sweetheart. See you later.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Thank you, bye.", Meghann said before she left the house with Sheldon and the two headed off down a trail into the woods a few yards away from the house. As they were walking through the trees listening to the slight breeze and chirping birds Sheldon said, " Ah, blissful silence. There's nothing quite like it."

" I know what you mean. It is very peaceful out here and the bright shining sun makes it even better for a late morning/early afternoon.", Meghann said.

" Indeed it does although you have to be careful with sunlight. The radiation from it can cause significant damage if too much gets absorbed through your skin at once.", Sheldon said.

" Yeah I think that's what you would call a sunburn, right?", Meghann asked.

" That's correct.", Sheldon said as he nodded his head.

" Well hey look at that, you learn something everyday!", Meghann exclaimed as she threw her hands out to the sides.

" Yes well don't get too cocky with it Meghann.", Sheldon said.

" I know I know you're the genius here Dr. Cooper, I respect that.", Meghann said as she put her hands up.

" Thank you.", Sheldon said as they continued walking down the trail further into the woods and as their conversation continued they ended up walking right past a beehive with some bees swarming around it and as they continued walking one of the bees started flying around Sheldon's head making him stop dead in his tracks as well as Meghann.

" Oh what fresh hell is this! Go away, get out of here!", Sheldon interjected as he started swatting his hand at the bee with his anxiety starting to rise.

" Dude it's just a bee, calm down!", Meghann interjected.

" No you don't understand Meghann, I can not get stung by bees!", Sheldon shrieked as he continued swatting at the bee.

" Why?!", Meghann asked.

" Because I'm very allergic to them! Get out of here you stupid bee, leave me alone! Eat lasers you little sucker!", Sheldon shrieked as he swat his hand a few more times at it before he tried firing lasers from his watch at it in the hopes that he could maybe shoot it out of the air.

" Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper have you completely lost your mind?! Shooting a laser at it repeatedly is not going to do anything! If anything you're just making it more angry!", Meghann hissed.

" Well what am I supposed to do kitten?! This stupid bee won't… ow! Shit!", Sheldon screamed as he fell to the ground, gripping his elbow. His cell phone flew out of his pocket and slid a few feet down into a ravine off the trail, landing on top of some leaves.

" Oh my god are you ok?!", Meghann shrieked.

" No that little sucker just stung my elbow! I'm having a reaction! Oh this is so itchy and painful!", Sheldon hissed as he sat up and started scratching himself where his skin started to break out in hives after he pulled up the sleeves of his windbreaker and shirt, gritting his teeth together.

" Dr. Cooper do you want me to call my grandfather?!", Meghann shrieked.

" Yes Meghann because I need to get an epipen shot as soon as possible! Oh f*cking son of a bi*ch!", Sheldon hissed before he let out a sneeze as his eyes began to get puffy and watery.

" Ok ok just relax! I'm calling him right now! Godd*mn it!", Meghann hissed as she pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialed her grandfather's cell phone number.

" What in tarnation?! Meghann what is it?! I'm in the middle of trying to fix the lake pump!", Grandpa Brissette scolded his granddaughter when he answered the phone.

" Grandpa get The Gator and come get Dr. Cooper and I out of the woods now! We got a major problem!", Meghann screamed at her grandfather.

" Why?! What the devil is going on?! Did ya get attacked by a bear or something?!", Grandpa Brissette interjected.

" No! Dr. Cooper just got stung by a bee and he's having an allergic reaction to it! He's breaking out everywhere, sneezing and he won't stop scratching himself!", Meghann screamed.

" What the flim flam?! Are you serious right now?!", Grandpa Brissette shouted.

" Yes, he needs his epipen shot! Go tell Grandma to get it ready and come get us now!", Meghann screamed.

" Alright stay there with him, I'm on my way!", Grandpa Brissette shouted before he hung up and shouted, " Oh sons of anarchy! Gloria!"

" What are ya yappin' about now Lawrence?!", Grandma Brissette interjected out the kitchen window.

" Get Dr. Cooper's epipen shot ready!", Grandpa Brissette interjected.

" Why?! What's going on?!", Grandma Brissette interjected.

" Meghann just called me and asked me to go pick them up with The Gator in the woods! Apparently Dr. Cooper just got stung by a bee and now he's having a reaction!", Grandpa Brissette shouted.

" Good heavens well don't just stand there like an idiot you old coot! Get going!", Grandma Brissette screamed at her husband out the window.

" I hear ya you old bat! I'm leaving now!", Grandpa Brissette shouted at his wife as he jumped into their John Deere Gator and sped off towards the woods.

" Brian! Go get me Dr. Cooper's epipen!", Grandma Brissette shouted up the stairs at her grandson.

" You want me to get what Grandma?!"

" I said get me Dr. Cooper's epipen!", Grandma Brissette shouted.

" Why do you need that?!"

" Because your sister just said that Dr. Cooper got stung by a bee in the woods and he's having an allergic reaction to it! Your grandfather just left to go pick them up with The Gator! Get me his medication and bring it down here please!", Grandma Brissette shouted.

" Ok I'm on it!", Brian interjected as he ran into the other room and started rummaging through Sheldon's messenger bag, looking for the epipen.

" Come on where the fuck is it?! Epipen where are you?! Ah here it is! I got it Grandma!", Brian shouted as he grabbed the pen and sprinted like a madman down the stairs. He slapped it into his grandmother's hand just as his grandfather was returning to the house with his sister and her roommate/boyfriend.

" I'm back Gloria!", Grandpa Brissette shouted from outside the house.

" Good, get him in the house now Lawrence! I got his shot!", Grandma Brissette shouted as she held Sheldon's medicine pen in her hand.

" Oh this is complete misery! Make this stop now!", Sheldon nasally screamed as he was rushed into the house by Meghann and her grandfather, scratching himself like crazy while his body twitched uncontrollably from the reaction.

" Sit down boy before you pass out!", Grandma Brissette hissed as she injected the pen into his inner thigh after he was forced into a chair which immediately released the medicine into his bloodstream.

" Thank you.", Sheldon said as he let out a sigh of relief after Grandma Brissette took the pen out and set it down.

" You alright? Do you need us to call EMS?", Grandpa Brissette asked.

" No I'm fine but thank you for asking. Oh my eyes hurt so bad!", Sheldon said as a few tears started coming down his face.

" Ok you know what I think you need to go take a nap now.", Grandma Brissette said.

" What, now?! But it's only 11:45 in the morning!", Sheldon protested.

" Yes well that medicine is going to make you sleepy and it won't work that well if you try to fight it. So come on, let's go get you settled in bed.", Grandma Brissette said as she began walking Sheldon up the stairs to the bedroom he was sharing with Meghann.

" I hate allergic reactions!", Sheldon cried as he climbed in bed and pulled the covers up over himself.

" Yes well you just get a few hours of rest and I'll send Meghann up here later to check on you, ok.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Ok!", Sheldon cried before he settled down and fell asleep when the medicine had started to kick in making him feel sleepy. Grandma Brissette then kissed his head and walked out, shutting the door behind her.

" Now none of you go in that room for a while, Dr. Cooper's napping.", Grandma Brissette said when she came back downstairs.

" Ok.", Brian, Grandpa Brissette and Meghann said.

" You want me to check on him later or anything?", Meghann asked.

" Well he's your boyfriend Meghann what do you think?! Yes!", Grandma Brissette said as she rolled her eyes at her granddaughter.

" Message received.", Meghann said as she went off to do something else while Sheldon was napping upstairs.

" Well I'm going back to play video games.", Brian said but as he started heading up the stairs Grandpa Brissette scolded, " No mister you're going to go do something else that's quiet now!"

" But why?", Brian protested.

" Because I just told ya why ya numbskull! Your sister's roommate/boyfriend Dr. Cooper is taking a nap in the other bedroom upstairs and I don't want you waking him up with all that video game shootin' racket you make! So you're going to stay down here for a while and either read a book or go do something outside! In fact, why don't you go outside with your grandfather and help him fix the lake pump!", Grandma Brissette scolded her grandson.

" Ok fine Grandma! Good grief!", Brian hissed.

" Let's go get to workin' sonny!", Grandpa Brissette said as he took Brian outside to go back to working on the lake pump.

" Thank you. Meghann I'm gonna make some cookies in the kitchen, would you like to help me?", Grandma Brissette asked.

" Sure Grandma, I love your cookies.", Meghann said as she put down the book she was reading and headed into the kitchen with her grandmother. Grandma Brissette preheated the oven and grabbed some of the other ingredients and just as Meghann was grabbing the carton of eggs out of the fridge Brian's voice screamed from outside by the lake, " Ow! Son of a f*cking bi*ch why I oughta…!"

" Bro would you shut your piehole before I come out there and hit you with a tornado?! You're gonna wake up Dr. Cooper!", Meghann shouted out the kitchen window at her brother.

" Meghann you don't need to do that! Who do you think I am, your enemy Twister Turbo Giddeon?!", Brian shot back at his sister.

" No you're my brother! Twister is a deranged psychopath! What the hell does he have to do with this?!", Meghann shouted.

" Meghann stop yappin' about Twister! He's dead and worshipping The Devil in the fiery pits of hell!", Grandma Brissette hissed.

" I know that Grandma! I was there when Dr. Cooper cremated him in the crematorium along with his psycho parents, his psycho sister and his psycho Frankenstein-like mad scientist friend!", Meghann hissed.

" Exactly! It's over and done with! We don't need to keep talking about it! That man was nothing but a good for nothing scuzzbucket! Now let's just focus on making the cookies and keep our voices down so that we don't wake up Dr. Cooper from his nap.", Grandma Brissette hissed before she lowered her voice.

" Ok. Sorry.", Meghann said as she began helping her grandmother with mixing the ingredients for the cookies. Then shortly after the cookies were finished baking and started cooling on the cooling racks Brian and Grandpa Brissette came back into the house after working up a sweat on the lake pump.

" Lake pump's fixed!", Grandpa Brissette said.

" Yeah it is! That water's now circulating through it like an elephant's trunk!", Brian said with a slight laugh.

" Wonderful! Meghann and I just made some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, come and get while they're still bit warm.", Grandma Brissette said as she placed the last batch of cookies on the rack that still had some room on it.

" Oh sweet! Thanks Grandma and Meghann!", Brian said as he grabbed a few cookies off one of the racks and bit into one with Grandpa Brissette doing the same thing before he grabbed some glasses of water for both him and Brian and when he grabbed himself a beer he asked, " Hey sonny you want a beer?"

" Sure, beer me up Gramps!", Brian said with a smirk as he caught a can of Coors Lite beer that was tossed to him by his grandfather before the two men walked away chatting it up, eating cookies, sipping their water and drinking their beer cans.

" Ugh men and their beer drinkin', what are you ever going to do about that?!", Grandma Brissette said as she rolled her eyes and shook her head before she grabbed some cookies for herself and Meghann.

" I don't know Grandma but I'm kind of used to it. Even Dr. Cooper on a rare moment will drink a few beers too although it tends to make him get a bit rough with me in the sack but I don't care, to me it's just a pilot light for love!", Meghann said with a smirk.

" Yes well you don't need to tell me every detail about your sex life hon. As long as that man treats you with respect your grandfather and I have no complaints about him.", Grandma Brissette said.

" Well, he's definitely a lot different than Journey I'll give you that but no matter how weird he is and how blunt he comes off to others at times he really is actually the sweetest man I've ever met in my life. I love him so much that I'd cut my own arm off before I'd spend any period of time in my life without him. He's like an ironman with a soft patch.", Meghann said with a smile.

" Well he does seem like he cares a lot about you Meghann. Lindsay's a dog gone idiot for not seeing that!", Grandma Brissette said.

" Yeah she is! She busted her nut so bad that I don't even think that she even knew what planet she was on! She was acting like a psychotic nutty squirrel and saying things that weren't even true! It was like the Boy Who Cried Wolf!", Meghann laughed.

" Yes well that's enough talking about Lindsay. She ain't a part of the family anymore. She treated you and Dr. Cooper like trash the moment she found out the two of you were dating each other, and that's just sick.", Grandma Brissette said as she then cleaned up the mess and headed to laundry room to do some laundry. Meghann then went back to reading her book and then a couple hours later Meghann went upstairs to check on Sheldon.

" Hi Dr. Cooper.", Meghann said with a soft smile as she knelt down beside the bed Sheldon was sleeping in just as he was starting to wake up from his nap, slowly blinking his eyes at her.

" Hello Meghann.", Sheldon softly said.

" How are you feeling after that nap you took?", Meghann asked.

" I'm feeling a bit better. The itchiness and the pain went away so that's a good sign.", Sheldon said with a sigh.

" Yes that is a good sign but your eyes still look a little bit puffy and red. Come with me for a second.", Meghann said as she helped him get out of bed and walked him to the bathroom for a brief period to grab a bottle of anti inflammation eye drops, a tissue and a set of latex gloves before she dragged him downstairs to the living room.

" Well look who's up. You feelin' better hon?", Grandma Brissette asked the moment Sheldon and Meghann walked by her in the direction of the living room.

" I'm fine but I have no idea what your granddaughter is doing to me at the moment.", Sheldon said as Meghann was pulling him towards the center of the room. Grandpa Brissette was sitting in his recliner chair watching the Lakers game on tv with Brian who was sitting on the couch resting his feet on the coffee table.

" I'll explain in a minute, just zip it. Brian could you toss me a pillow please for a second?", Meghann asked.

" Sure sis, catch!", Brian said as he threw a pillow that was next to him at his sister which hit her in the chest.

" Hey watch it you big goomba! I have a bottle of eye drops here!", Meghann hissed as she picked the pillow up and moved it to the center of the room.

" Why do you have a bottle of eye drops Meghann? What are those for?", Brian asked in confusion.

" They're for Dr. Cooper! His eyes are still a bit puffy and red so I'm going to give him some drops to reduce the swelling!", Meghann said.

" Ah gotcha.", Brian said.

" Ok I really don't think this is necessary, I'm just going to go.", Sheldon said as he tried to walk away but Meghann grabbed his arm and said, " I don't think so pal, you're not going anywhere until I'm done. Lay down."

" Oh son of a biscuit!", Sheldon hissed as he was forced to lie down on the floor with his head resting against the pillow. Meghann then slipped the gloves on her hands and unscrewed the cap of the bottle.

" This isn't going to dilate my eyes is it?", Sheldon asked.

" No these are only for reducing inflammation, now hold still and look up.", Meghann said as she gently held one of his eyes open and tilted the bottle down, holding it just a few inches above his eye. Sheldon tracked his eyeball upward as Meghann squeezed the bottle, dropping a couple drops into his eye making him cry out in pain shutting his eye immediately after Meghann released it, " Ow! That hurts!"

" I know but I'm almost done. I just need to put a couple drops in your other eye and then you can dab them with the tissue.", Meghann said as she did the same thing to Sheldon's other eye making him cry out in pain again as Meghann released his eye, stripped the gloves off and screwed the cap back on the bottle.

" Ow! Kitten why did you subject me to that?! That hurts, really bad!", Sheldon cried but as he sat up and tried to rub his eyes Meghann gently grabbed his wrists and said, " Ah ah ah don't rub your hands on your eyes Dr. Cooper, you're just going to make it worse! Dab your eyes with this tissue instead." before she handed him the tissue.

" Fuck! It feels like someone just shot my eyes with acid!", Sheldon cried as he started dabbing his eyes with the tissue.

" Shhh, calm down. It's ok. I wasn't trying to hurt you, I was just trying to make your eyes feel better.", Meghann said as she embraced him, rubbing soothing circles on his back and whispered into his ear with a smile, " I love you."

" I love you too.", Sheldon cried as he kissed her. After a few minutes the stinging sensation in his eyes began to subside and he started to calm down.

" Does that feel better?", Meghann asked.

" Yeah, it doesn't hurt anymore.", Sheldon said with a sigh of relief.

" Good.", Meghann said.

To be continued…