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After that conversation with Amy in the cafeteria, Leonard started to think more and more about everything that changed since Michelle came to town. Since she came, Penny has been more distracted. Leonard thought it was because of what she found out about him and because of the pregnancy. Maybe it was Michelle and her stay in the apartment. They were always together which meant Leonard was alone a lot. Howard and Bernadette were with Halley, Raj and Stuart were also there to help and Sheldon and Amy were together preparing the wedding.
One day, they are all having dinner at apartment 4A. They are making small talk, talking about work and about the wedding. Suddenly, Amy turns at Michelle
"Hey, I don't think you ever told us what your job is?"
"Oh. I'm an engineer. I actually have a PhD in Engineering." Michelle answers, with a smile on her face.
Sheldon looks at Howard that was already looking at Sheldon. Bernadette glares at Sheldon, who quickly bows his head back to his food.
"I didn't know about it. Where did you take it?" Amy asks again. She still remembered the conversation she had with Leonard in cafeteria so she was trying to get as much information about that woman as she could
"University of Hawaii. I studied there, but I did my PhD at MIT." Michelle was trying not to say a lot. But she was already waiting for more questions so the more she answered the less suspicious it would be.
"Why did you change places?" Bernadette asks.
'Great job, Bernie! Thanks. If you ask things too, it won't be as weird' Amy thinks
Bernadette was only asking because of Leonard. He had shown up a lot of times in her house. They watched TV and talked about kids for the first few times, but over the time Leonard started to talk about Michelle. Bernadette wondered why Michelle was still there after so long, she did say she was married and had two kids.
"Because of…" Michelle looks at Leonard, who wasn't really interested in the conversation and was just playing with the food.
He felt the stares to he looked up.
"What?"
'Nothing', 'Forget about it' and 'It's okay' was what he heard. He was actually hearing the conversation just didn't want them to think he was paying attention.
"Anyway" Michelle continues "After what happened I needed a change so I went to MIT. I really liked it there"
Bernadette looks at Howard and nods her head to Michelle without anyone noticing. Howard opens his mouth and closes it. He then rolls his eyes and decided to speak.
"Hey, what about your husband and kids? Where are they?" Howard asks. They all look expectantly at Michelle, waiting for her to answer
"They, they are…uhm…" Michelle coughs and drinks a little bit of water, taking the time to think. 'What am I going to tell them? The truth?' Michelle licks her lips with her tongue and gulps. She then looks at Howard and decides it's time to tell them the truth. "Tommy and I got a divorce" She says and waits for Leonard's reaction, but that never comes. She looks at him and he's still playing with his food. "Nothing? Seriously?"
Leonard looks at Michelle and laughs. Hysterically, like they never saw him laughing. He stops laughing out of nowhere and just stares at Michelle. He looks at his food, puts the fork down and places the container in the table. He then proceeds to answer.
"I asked Eddie. About you and Tommy. I knew something was wrong between the two of you. You've been for too long. He said Tommy got the kids after the divorce and they are staying at his grandmother's house. Eddie also said you work a lot and you're barely home. And when you actually are home, you're working. That's why it didn't work between you and Tommy. That's why I didn't make a big deal about you staying here for the first few days. But it's been, what 3 weeks?"
Michelle looks at Leonard, without understanding why he didn't ask her about it. Like Leonard could read her mind, he answers her question
"We're not friends, Michelle. Not the way we used to but I still worry about you. Again, not the way I used to. Sorry, but I had to ask your brother what was wrong with you."
Michelle couldn't take it anymore, so she just gets up and leaves.
They all think if they should go after her, but they assume she wants to be alone.
Hours later, when Leonard was going to bed, he kisses his wife and is about to close his eyes when he hears the phone ring. He gets up, puts his glasses on and opens the door. Getting to the phone, he sees it's an unknown number. Wondering who would call at 12:30 AM he answers.
"Yes? Who is this?"
"Hello? Am I speaking with Dr. Leonard Hofstadter?" The unknown person asks
"Yes. Who am I speaking with?"
"This is Pasadena's Medical Center. I'm calling since you are Dr. Michele Black's emergency contact"
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Sorry for updating so late. I forgot this story even existed:)
I will try to update sooner. No promises!
What will happen next? And why is Leonard Michelle's emergency contact?
