A/N: I guess once again I am apologizing for my story being delayed. I experienced a loss in the family very suddenly and put my writing on hold for a few weeks. Now I am back and I hope you enjoy.
I don't own the characters. I wish I did though.
Ramona wondered who she could tell first that Sheldon Cooper's girlfriend was the President of the University's daughter.
Sheldon and Amy walked out of his office and headed to Amy's car. Ramona was dying to tell someone what she had just heard. How could she use this information to win Sheldon back? She knew she had to be careful. She could not let it be traced back to her. She had to think about who she could tell that would spread it around the campus. She was contemplating her options when she ran smack into a giant of a man near her office.
"Oh I am so sorry. I didn't see you there." Ramona said to the man. She hoped he would buy that excuse since he really was hard to miss.
"No problem. Believe it or not, it happens more often than you would think. Sometimes I think I have an invisibility coat I didn't know I owned." Bert said to her. "Welcome back."
"Welcome back? How did you know that?" She asked him. She didn't remember seeing this man in the physics department when she was a student.
"You were here a few years ago as a graduate student, right? And well you dated Sheldon Cooper also." He said. "I've been here for ten years and I remember when that rumor started. I didn't believe it at first but then I happened to see you kissing in the hall outside of his office when I was on my way to lunch on day."
"Are you a physicist? I pretty much remember all the physicists here as it has only been a couple of years."
"No I work in the geology department." Bert told her.
"And you heard about me and Sheldon?" Ramona asked. "We only dated a few months."
"Well like I said, I saw you kissing and he was happy to remind me when I asked his current girlfriend out to lunch."
"You asked Sheldon's girlfriend out? What did she say?"
"She said yes and that is why you just saw them walking away together." Bert said to her sarcastically.
"What I meant was what was her reaction? Did she seem interested?" Ramona asked. She was hoping if Amy showed interest in this man, maybe things were not good with Sheldon.
"Well to be honest, I never would have asked her out if I had known she had a boyfriend but there was absolutely no proof she was dating anyone. I assumed she was single. There were no pictures on her desk of him. She had been talking to me for a week and accepting rocks from me every day. She even had a bouquet of flowers on her desk that were not from Sheldon. But when I asked her out, she told me about him. I didn't believe her at first but then he came along and made it crystal clear they were dating."
"So he doesn't send her flowers? And no pictures. Interesting."
"Now that I think about it, she had only been working here a week when I met her. She may have pictures now."
"Does she have pictures of her father?" Ramona asked him.
"Now why would she have those but not her boyfriend?" Bert asked.
"Well he is our boss." She pointed out.
"President Seibert is Amy's father?" Bert asked, confused.
"Yep. I just overheard Sheldon and Amy talking about going over to his house for dinner tomorrow night." Ramona told him.
"You must be mistaken. Her last name isn't Seibert. I think if he was her father and she had never married, they would have the same last name."
"I am telling you that is what I heard." Ramona said.
"What did you hear?" Barry Kripke had just walked around the corner and saw the two talking.
"Ramona was just telling me that President Seibert is Sheldon Cooper's girlfriend's father."
"Amy?" Kripke asked.
"I don't think he has another girlfriend." Bert pointed out.
"It makes so much sense now." Kripke said his thoughts out loud.
"What makes sense?" Ramona asked.
"Cooper was kissing up to Seibert not that long ago in his office. I thought it was because he was going for the tenure position but maybe it was because he was just kissing up to the girlfriend's dad. This is big." He said and disappeared down the hall. Ramona smiled. She knew Barry from a few years back and he was always good for spreading stories. She turned back to Bert.
"Okay well it was nice meeting you Bert and …" Ramona started but Bert interrupted her.
"Maybe you would like to join me for dinner tonight?" He asked. He really was trying to find someone else to date. He had just ended things with Melissa and was looking to get back on the horse so to speak.
"Oh, well….um." She stuttered.
"I get it. You want Cooper. Damn what is it about that guy?" Bert contemplated. "Nice meeting you." He said and walked away rejected.
Ramona knew she should have been a bit kinder but the truth was, he was right. She wanted Sheldon and she was determined to get him back. She headed back to her office with a smile on her face, knowing that the news of Amy's father was well on its way to being known by everyone.
Amy joined Bernadette at the restaurant around 6:00. She couldn't persuade Sheldon to join them so she left him sitting on the couch getting ready to play some video game.
"So have you heard from Howard lately?" Amy asked after the waitress had taken their drink orders.
"He tries to call every night. I only missed his call once." Bernadette answered.
"How's he doing?"
"Honestly I have no idea. He surprised me this morning with a call and he seemed fine but then at the end of the call he asked me to drop a pencil because he missed gravity. It was a little uncomfortable." Bernadette told her.
"He will get used to it. It's only for a few more weeks." Amy said.
"I am sure you are right. So how is work?"
"Oh I love it. We are making big strides in determining the fear enzyme in the monkeys. It is fascinating."
"That is great. I am so glad you are enjoying it. Do you think you will stay on once the study is over?" She asked.
"I think so. Joe has already told me that there is an opening. I think it will be a good move."
"And you and Sheldon are working it out okay?"
"We are. We are keeping the same schedule as we did when I was at UCLA. We have lunch together by ourselves once a week. All the other times we eat with the guys and Hannah in the cafeteria."
"Well I am happy for you. So are you looking forward to your dinner with President Seibert and his family?"
"To be honest, I am a little nervous. My mom keeps calling me and telling me he is a horrible person and I should not go. I understand where she is coming from after all he did to her but she should respect my decision."
"She is just trying to protect you. What does Sheldon think?"
"Sheldon is very supportive. He will stand by me no matter what I decide. I did have a little misunderstanding with him today though."
"What happened?" Bernadette asked her.
"When I stopped by to pick up Sheldon he told me he had been talking to Joe and I blew things a bit out of proportion. Luckily Sheldon had the good sense to know something was wrong."
"Oh boy. Your mother has you messed up." Bernadette told her.
"I know I got paranoid but he calmed me down. All Joe wanted to know was if I was allergic to anything. I was a bit foolish."
"I am sure Sheldon forgave you."
"Of course he did. I don't deserve him."
"Yes you do. Stop doing that. Just because you have never had anyone treat you the way Sheldon does, that does not mean you don't deserve it. You got very lucky and found the man of your dreams on the first try. Do you know how many men I dated before I found Howie?"
"Not as many as Penny." Amy pointed out. Bernadette laughed out loud.
"No not that many but look at her and Leonard. They dated, broke up, dated again, broke up again. Leonard dated Raj's sister and now they are happy again."
"For now. Do we know if they have talked about the proposal? I am so afraid Leonard will move back in with us. I couldn't take that."
"She will talk to him. She is not ready for marriage yet but at least they are living together."
"I hope you are right." Amy said.
After the two had dinner, Bernadette dropped Amy off at her apartment. She was expecting a call from Howard around eleven and didn't want to miss it. She wished Amy good luck and told her to call on Sunday and let her know how things went at her dad's house. Amy assured her she would.
On Saturday, Amy woke up earlier than Sheldon. He was always up at 6:15 so he could get ready to watch Doctor Who. She would sometimes join him but usually she used Saturday to sleep in after a long week. This day was different. She was nervous about the dinner she and Sheldon were attending later that evening. She didn't know what to expect. Joe had told her that his wife was looking forward to meeting her. He hadn't spoken about his children so that made Amy a bit uncertain. She looked at her clock and realized it was only 5:30 but she also knew she was not going to get any more sleep. She quietly rolled out of bed and made her way into the bathroom. She decided to leave Sheldon alone so as not to wake him and went into the kitchen. She had just started the pot of coffee when she heard Sheldon's voice calling from the hallway.
"Amy are you out here? I really hope you are, otherwise I am calling the police to have you reported missing." He said.
"Of course I am out here. Who else would it be?" She laughed. Sometimes he could be so silly.
"Well it is just that you are not normally up this early and when I woke up I thought you had been kidnapped." He said.
"Who would want to kidnap me?" She laughed again.
"You never know." Sheldon laughed with her.
"Well now that you know I am not kidnapped, I am going to sit down and have my coffee so you can have the kitchen to prepare for Doctor Who." She told him.
"I still have a half hour until 6:15."
"Oh well I guess you can go back to bed for a bit." She said to him.
"No I won't be able to sleep now. Why are you up so early?" He asked her.
"I guess I am a bit nervous about tonight." She admitted.
"Why?" He asked.
"Well I am meeting Joe's wife and kids. What if they hate me?" She asked.
"Why would they hate you? You don't have a mean bone in your body." Sheldon pointed out.
"Well my mom did accuse him of some terrible things." She said.
"Things he has admitted to doing. He told us he told his wife everything. Do you think he would lie about that to us?"
"I hadn't thought of that. I can't imagine he would have lied to us."
"I don't think so either. He may not have told his kids though so we may want to skirt around the topic when we are around them." Sheldon said.
"Oh absolutely. I mean they are still teenagers." Amy said. "I hope they don't resent me."
"I don't think they will." Sheldon said. "Although his daughter can be a bit sullen at times. Especially when you wake her up in the middle of the night."
"You've woken her up in the middle of the night? When was this?"
"A couple of years ago when I couldn't wait to find out why President Seibert wanted to see me in the morning. I received an email from him telling me to meet him at 8am. Well I use the bathroom at 8:20am and everyone knows that. I was worried I did something wrong so I went to his house."
"In the middle of the night?" Amy asked him.
"I couldn't sleep. Like I said, I was worried that I did something wrong. It turns out I was asked to go on a mission to the North Pole."
"Oh yeah I remember you telling me about that."
"Yes well that is when I found out how sullen she can be." He laughed.
"I probably would be too." Amy said.
"Well anyway you will be fine. I promise."
The two settled down and watched Doctor Who. BBC America was having a marathon before the new series was starting in the evening so they decided to watch a few more episodes. Around 9:30 there was a knock on the door.
"Who the heck is knocking at 9:30 on a Saturday morning?" Sheldon complained, walking to the door. "We know it can't be Penny or Leonard. They are never up before 11:00 on Saturdays."
"Only one way to find out." Amy said. "Open the door."
Sheldon opened the door and came face to face with Amy's mother.
Okay a bit of a cliffhanger but I know where I am going with this story. I think I will continue work on this one then get back to my others. So if you are following either of those, know they won't be abandoned.
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