"I assume Kurt is out of the question," Raj answered.
"Way out," Penny answered.
"What about Zack?" Howard asked.
Leonard briefly considered. "If he's up for helping the guy who implied he was stupid move in with his ex-wife; then yeah, I'll consider it." He smiled, but Penny's serious stare sobered him.
"Kripke might fare," Sheldon pointed out.
"Do you not remember playing basketball with him?" Raj asked.
"Of course I remember! It's me. But he could take all the lighter stuff."
"Sure, and why not invite Mrs. Davis and Professor Siebert, too?" Howard retorted. "Hell, the whole university."
"Nah, I don't want that naked professor in my apartment," Penny told him.
Sheldon shuddered at the memory.
"In a perfect world he's sane," Raj said.
"In a perfect world, Hulk, Bain and The Thing are helping me," Leonard answered.
"You sure you wouldn't accidentally call Bain out on being a dumbass?" Howard mocked.
Penny stirred her food. "Who's stupider, Bain or that...Salmon Grundy guy?"
"Solomon," Leonard corrected. "I think it might be Bain."
"I always thought they were equally stupid," Sheldon contributed.
"You think everyone is stupid," Penny mumbled.
"Not equally," he replied. "For example, while your intelligence level suffers in so many areas, you've also taught me a great deal."
Penny rolled her eyes. "Great. Thanks."
"You're welcome."
Bernadette looked up from her food. "There is a heavy guy at the pharmacy who owes Penny a favor."
Leonard looked at his wife. "You did a favor for some dude at work?"
"I just cut his daughter's hair for free."
"You didn't screw it up, did you?" Sheldon asked sharply.
"No. How many times do I need to say I'm sorry before you stop bringing it up?"
"I had to wear a beanie!" Sheldon fumed. "Howard told Kripke I was going through a phase."
"Oh, I'm sorry I missed that," Penny chortled.
"I can send you a picture through Facebook," Howard answered.
Sheldon looked up at him. "You said you deleted that."
"He also said the beanie looked good," Raj told him.
"Delete it!"
"Nope."
"Delete it, Howard!"
"You want it? Come and get it," Howard said, and dinner quietly resumed. Amy looked at Sheldon, then back down at her plate, shaking her head.
"Nothing brings out the maturity of a man like moving in with a woman, right, Amy?" Bernadette asked.
Sheldon looked at Howard. "You know I'm never going to babysit for you."
"Good!" Howard said, appearing genuinely happy at the news.
Confused, Sheldon looked at Leonard.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: And that does it for this book! But if you've enjoyed it, then don't worry...I have three sequels planned!
