A/N: I feel like I am constantly apologizing for not getting my stories out in a timely manner. I hope some of you are still following. Work is super busy and I just can't sit down and write like I used to. I try on my break and that is how this chapter got finished today.
Okay I don't own these characters, I like to take them out to play.
Amy's week was long. Even though it had seemed like her mom was coming around to the idea of Amy meeting her siblings, she still had her reservations. She had been convinced that Sheldon was not in on some major plot to hurt Amy though. They had made her see the light. It didn't stop Sandy Fowler from calling Amy three times trying to talk her out of the meeting on Saturday. One such call happened on Friday while Amy was at work and Hannah had overheard the shouting from the hall. She went running in to make sure things were alright.
"No mom! I am going whether you like it or not. I thought you agreed it was okay for me to do this as long as Sheldon accompanied me."
"But Amy he is a bad man." Sandy pleaded with her daughter again.
"Mom I am hanging up now. If you call me again before Sunday I will ignore you. You cannot change my mind on this one." Amy screamed in frustration as she hit the end call button. Hannah was standing at the door.
"Hey boss, everything alright?" Hannah asked her.
"No my mom is driving me nuts." Amy told her. "She seemed perfectly fine on Saturday when I told her I had planned to go to Joe's house to meet my half- brother and sister but now she is trying to talk me out of it."
"Is she still on you about Sheldon?" Hannah asked.
"No we convinced her Sheldon was innocent."
"Well that is good. I can't believe she thought he could do that to you." Hannah said. "I mean she has seen him around you. I don't think a man could be more in love with a person than Sheldon is with you."
"Well according to my mother, Joe is very manipulative. She just assumed Sheldon had been persuaded."
"But she did know you met on a dating site correct?"
"Yeah but that still didn't stop her from thinking the worst."
"I'm sorry she felt that way."
"Well at least she believes me now." Amy said. "At least she says she does. You know what, come to think about it, Sheldon didn't even put his own name on that site. Raj and Howard thought it would be funny. So there was no way Joe could have seen this coming."
"That makes sense. You did say it came as a shock when he found out you were dating. Joe said he knew who Sheldon was rather quickly and had been following your work. He could have arranged a meeting way sooner if he had wanted to do that." Hannah said.
"You are right. Joe said he figured out that Sheldon was his neighbor almost immediately. And he had been following my career since Harvard. If he had come up with elaborate plan that involved Sheldon, he could have done it much sooner."
"That is so true. I think you need to make sure your mom knows that. Maybe that will make her see that President Seibert isn't a bad guy."
"I may just do that." Amy said. As she was contemplating that her phone rang. She looked at it. "It's Sheldon." She said, looking at Hannah.
"I'll give you some privacy." She said, and closed the door behind her.
"Hello there." Amy said as she answered the phone. "And what do I owe the pleasure of a phone call so early?"
"Oh just wanted to talk to my favorite girl."
"Well I am glad you called. It is so refreshing to hear from someone who wants to hear me."
"Did your mom call again?" Sheldon asked her.
"What do you think?" Amy asked sarcastically.
"What rotten thing did I supposedly do now?" Sheldon asked.
"Not you, Joe." Amy answered. "She still thinks this dinner tomorrow night is a mistake."
"Why? She knows I am going with you and I would never let anything bad happen to you."
"I know but she hates Joe with a passion. She is convinced he will hurt me."
"Well I won't let that happen."
"I know you won't besides, I don't think he wants to hurt me. If he did, he could have a long time ago. He knew where I was and what I was doing. He could have ruined me or hurt me a long time ago." Amy told him.
"You are right. So what do you want to do for dinner tonight? The guys have bailed on me for vintage video game night."
"Why did they bail?" She asked.
"Well Raj said something about taking Hannah to the movies, Leonard and Penny have dinner plans with some of Penny's friends. So that leaves us."
"I made plans with Bernadette thinking you were going to be having game night." She told him. "I could cancel or you could go out with us."
"I don't think that would be any fun. You guys could come and play vintage games with me." He suggested, knowing Amy would never go for it.
"Do you really think I want to spend my evening playing video games?" She asked him.
"No, but it was worth a shot. You go out and have fun with Bernadette and I will see you after." He said.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I am sure. There are many things I can do at home by myself." He said.
"Will you need a ride home?" She asked.
"If you could. Leonard is leaving early."
"Okay I will be by at about 4:30. I got to get back to work. I will see you later."
"I love you." He told her.
"I love you too." She said and hung up the phone.
"Everything okay?" Hannah asked, peeking her head back into the lab.
"Oh of course. He just wanted to talk. He is a bit upset the guys have cancelled his vintage game night."
"I told Raj we could go to the movies another night. He insisted that Sheldon needed to and I quote "Get over it"" Hannah laughed.
"Sheldon is set in his ways and he doesn't seem to be willing to compromise or change."
"How do you handle it?" Hannah asked. "Raj was unwilling to change his appointment with the girl who does his pedicure when I asked him to go to the movies last night. He said he has the standing appointment on Thursdays because you and Sheldon have date night so he has nothing else planned. He then said that Sheldon's schedule didn't count and he could cancel on him. I didn't think that was fair since you guys had plans on Saturday and I knew we could go out then. He then said he was sick of Sheldon and his schedules and we were going to the movies whether he liked it or not. He was so willing to screw his friend but God forbid he change his own set schedule. Is this normal behavior?"
"For Raj it seems odd but for Sheldon not so much. He likes his routines and schedules. We picked Thursday because it was one night that he had nothing set in stone other than pizza, which he changed to Sunday night. Now he has even changed that because I cook for him. We go out Saturdays because that seemed to be everyone else's date night. Why Raj is being so stubborn about this is beyond me. I am going out with Bernadette tonight so Sheldon is alone with his video games."
"Well that doesn't seem fair. I can talk to Raj." Hannah said.
"No don't do that. Sheldon will live. He will end up playing with some kid online. There is no need for you to change your plans." Amy told her.
"If you are sure." Hannah said.
"Absolutely. Now let's get back to work."
The two went back to work and finished up at about 4:15. Amy decided instead of waiting for Sheldon to come to her, she would go up and surprise him.
Sheldon had gone back to work after talking to Amy. He was a bit disappointed that she didn't want to play video games but he understood. With Howard away it was nice that she wanted to go out with Bernadette and it made sense that they would make plans on video game night. He was surprised that Penny wasn't joining them as well. He decided not to worry about it and he would play something online with some crazy teenage boys that had nothing better to do on a Friday night like get a date. Wait who was he kidding? He didn't have a date on a Friday night. He was going to look like a loser to these kids. He decided it didn't matter to him what a bunch of teenagers thought of him. He was going to play either way.
Around 4:00 there was a knock on the door. He knew it was too early for Amy.
"Come in." Sheldon said to whoever was on the other side of the door.
"Dr. Cooper if I could have a word with you." The unmistakable voice of President Seibert was speaking to him.
"What can I do for you sir?" Sheldon asked him.
"First off when we are in private, I have no problem with you calling me Joe. Second, I was wondering if you or Amy had any allergies I should let my wife know about. I was closer to your office than hers or I would have asked her." He said, explaining why he hadn't asked Amy about this.
"I am not allergic to anything that I am aware of. I do know Amy is allergic to avocadoes. Other than that I don't think she has any others."
"Okay so no guacamole with the chips." Joe said to him.
"Oh you can serve it. She just won't eat it." Sheldon told him. "Don't change plans for her. She would hate that."
"Okay dually noted." He said. "I do hope you guys like Mexican food. My wife is an expert when it comes to making it."
"We do. In fact there is a little restaurant about a mile from our apartment that we have been meaning to try." Sheldon told him.
"Your apartment?" Joe asked.
"Yes. You were aware that Amy and I recently moved in together." Sheldon told him. He was sure the word had gotten around the university.
"Honestly I don't always listen to the rumors that go around this place. I heard this one about Bert Kibbler and how he only has sex with his girlfriend once a year."
"I heard that too and I know it to be true because for some reason he chose to tell me." Sheldon laughed. "But what I don't understand is why he was hitting on Amy a few weeks back if he had a girlfriend."
"Oh apparently the whole once a year thing is her idea." Joe told him.
"Then why tell people?" Sheldon asked. "I don't think it makes him look good."
"I think he wanted sympathy. I heard he told the lunch lady in hopes of getting her number."
"Oh well that is a bit extreme." Sheldon laughed.
"Well enough gossip. I will let you get back to work and I will see you tomorrow night for dinner."
"I look forward to it Joe." Sheldon said, walking the man to the door. Kripke was walking past the door and overheard the end of the conversation. He decided to find out why Cooper seemed to be so buddy buddy with President Seibert.
"So Cooper, kissing up to the boss now?" Kripke said to him.
"Why would I need to do that? I am the best theoretical physicist this university has." Sheldon snorted at him.
"Then why the I look forward to it. And what is with calling him by his first name?"
"Oh well um…." Sheldon was at a loss. No one except their small group of friends knew about Amy and Seibert's past. He was not going to tell Kripke since it was none of his business. "That is not your concern."
"I know what it is. You must be kissing his ass in order to get that tenure position that is going to be available as soon as Tupperman retires. Well I got news for you. Seibert isn't in charge of that. There is a committee and I already have my nose firmly planted up their asses so they know who I am." Kripke told them.
"He has nothing to do with tenure?" Sheldon asked. "Well it doesn't matter any way, I don't need to kiss ass in order to gain tenure. I will let my work speak for itself."
"Ha as if that is going to work. Oh well I don't have time for this. I've got real work to do." Kripke said and left the office.
"That was close." Sheldon said to himself.
"What was close?" Amy asked walking into Sheldon's office.
"Kripke just saw me talking to Joe…" Sheldon started but Amy cut him off.
"You were talking to Joe? What about Sheldon? And when did you start calling him Joe?" Amy yelled.
"Whoa calm down. First he told me to call him Joe and second he asked if we had any allergies to any foods that he should be made aware of so he could tell his wife. What was that all about?"
"I don't know. I am sorry. It's just this is all so much for me right now. My mom is barely speaking to me because I am going to Joe's house for dinner. She keeps coming up with new excuses I can make to not go. I am not 100% sure she is convinced you are being true to your word and didn't know who I was ahead of time. And then you tell me you are talking to him without my knowledge after telling me how much the man hates you. I guess I let my imagination run wild for a moment. I really am sorry."
Sheldon pulled her into a hug. "You don't have anything to be sorry about. I get that you might be a little paranoid about my relationship with your father. After all, I have known him longer. But please talk to me before biting my head off next time. Barry thinks I am kissing his ass because of some tenure slot that may or may not become available in the near future. I went with that story because it is not my place to tell anyone about Joe being your father." Sheldon said to her.
"Thank you. I am not ready to reveal that to everyone just yet. Let's see how tomorrow night goes." Amy said.
Little did the two of them know that outside the door a tall red-headed newly hired physicist was standing listening in at the door. She had come to see Sheldon Cooper to see if anything could change his mind about what happened a couple years before. She had heard he was dating some biologist that also worked at Caltech but she figured she could win Sheldon back. Now she had the juiciest gossip. Ramona wondered who she could tell first that Sheldon Cooper's girlfriend was the President of the University's daughter.
Okay sorry I had another direction I was going to go with the end but I didn't want drama between Sheldon and Amy so I had her have a momentary lapse of worry. She does believe him I guarantee you so there is nothing to worry about there. She just got crazy from her mom who still doesn't quite believe everything.
So Ramona honestly just came to me and I think it could be a fun little twist in the story. She really wanted Sheldon if you remember. Now she knows she can't have him. Maybe Amy thinks one of the guys spread the news about Seibert.
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Thanks in advance.