"I'm sorry but I will not take part in 'games' such as this." Sheldon said indignantly.

The guys were sitting at a table in the bar, the girls were at a table nearby. They were discussing the competition that was about to commence, Leonard had gone over to ask the girls about it. They had all agreed, the only problem was that Sheldon refused to compete. Leonard could see Amy's face fall when he told her, it was obvious that she had gotten dressed up for a reason and it was sad that one of the smartest men alive couldn't realise that.

Now he was back at the guys table, attempting again at making Sheldon change his mind. "Come on Sheldon, have a bit of fun, what's the problem anyway?" Leonard said.

"Yeah, Amy's all done up and everything" Howard added.

"Really? Didn't notice." Sheldon replied absentmindedly. He was trying to lie, they could all tell because he wouldn't look at them in the eyes and besides, they had all seen his jaw drop.

"Yeah sure you didn't." Raj said sarcastically.

"Thank you Raj, for being on my side." Sheldon said, not getting the sarcasm. "I really didn't notice anything major in Amy's appearance. Sure her dress sense has changed but it makes no difference to me. And I'm not taking part in this game. End of story."

What the guys didn't notice was Amy, walking back to her table from the bathroom, all the excitement of getting made-up had made her need to pee, she'd heard all of what Sheldon said and she was hurt. So hurt that she couldn't even see his obvious lie. She felt sad, hurt, angry, disappointed, used and useless. The one boyfriend that she could get, didn't even care for her. She walked quickly back to her table, took a drink off the tray of a server walking by and knocked it back quickly. She felt better but not quite, she was nowhere near drunk but there was still three hours or so before they would leave.

The girls were gossiping and laughing and making snide remarks about Sheldon to make Amy feel better when Raj walked over to the girls table. Penny pointed him to another table where one of her friends was sitting, waiting for him to come and make his move. He wasn't drunk, he only had a chance to have one drink. He was able to speak to her but he felt nervous and unsure. But he sat down beside the girl anyway. She had long dark hair which rolled down her back in thick waves. Her skin was slightly tanned and she had green eyes. She was wearing a short black dress with half sleeves.

"So what might your name be?" He said to her, trying to sound seductive, but failing.

"Why don't you tell me first? And then I'll let you use cheesy pick-up lines for the rest of this conversation." She said. Raj really couldn't resist a girl who allowed him to use cheesy pick-up lines.

"My name is Rajesh Koothrapali but you can call me Raj. I'm from the slums in India. Now, tell me, is your name as pretty as your face? And where are you from? Tennessee? Because you're the only Ten I see."

She laughed, "Firstly I already know that your family are one of the few families over in India who are very wealthy. Penny said that you always said that to hot girls. Secondly, how the hell am I a 'hot girl'? And thirdly, those lines are cheesy and so old, but classic I guess. I'm Lena, I was born in America but my mums Irish and my dad Indian like you." She said plainly. She mustn't like lies.

"Oh." Raj dipped his head "I'm sorry about that, I just thought it made me seem, I don't know, more mysterious and rough or something. And sorry again for thinking you're hot. Nice to meet you Lena, I'm going to walk back to my table now."

Raj turned and walked, with his head down, back to his table.

"How'd it go?" Leonard asked.

"I need more drink now" Raj just replied.

"Meanwhile, Lena walked back to the girls, "He must get very nervous" she said, "I told him I knew about his rich family and he whimpered like a dog and left."

"Oh don't mind that." Penny said "He just hasn't had enough to drink yet."