"You have to call her!" Howard insisted.
"No way, dude," Raj protested. "I've been drunk, or at least tipsy, every time I've been near her or talked to her. I'm sober and plan on staying that way for the next few days."
"You want me to call her like I did with Lolita Gupta?" Howard cocked an eyebrow.
Raj crossed his arms, "No."
"You can do this, man!" Howard encouraged, handing Raj the phone. "We're only here for another few days, you should make the most of it."
"I'm not going to be able to do this," Raj insisted, staring at the phone.
"Yes you can!" Howard exclaimed. "Just pretend it's a boy who hasn't hit puberty yet."
"So you want me to ask out a prepubescent boy?" Raj teased.
"You know what I mean," Howard rolled his eyes.
Raj took a deep breath and opened his cell phone. He dialed the number carefully and brought the phone to his ear, ringing on the other end. After a moment, a delicate voice answered, "Hello?"
Raj opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. He looked at Howard, panicked. Howard stared at him and continually mouthed 'prepubescent boy' over and over again, which just made Raj more hysteric. In a frenzy, Raj threw the phone at Howard who, panicking himself, brought the phone to his ear and began to speak in his best Raj impression, "Hello! This is Rajesh Koothrappali. From yesterday!"
"Oh, hi," Amy responded, quite happily thought Howard. "I'm surprised you called."
"Oh, really? Why's that?" Howard continued, a terrified Raj watching.
"Well, you said yesterday that you couldn't talk to women unless you were trashed," Amy laughed.
"Oh," Howard hadn't expected that. "Well…surprise!" He laughed out of nerves, as did she. "Well, I'd love to take you out tonight."
"Oh, wow…um…tonight's great," Amy said enthusiastically.
"Great!" Howard replied. "I'll meet you outside me hotel?"
"Yeah, seven good?" Amy asked.
"Perfect," Howard breathed a sigh of relief that the conversation was over. "Well, keep it real!" And he hung up.
"Really, Howard?" Raj stared at him. "Keep it real? Again? When have I ever said that?"
Howard rolled his eyes, exasperated, "Whatever dude, you've got a date tonight at seven so you better start learning how to talk to girls."