Chapter 3
a/n I've had this done for a minute but I had to do some editing before I posted it. Enjoy!
It was late on a Friday evening, and Howard found himself picking Raj up from work and heading to a near by bar. They figured that they wouldn't get another Sheldon-free Friday for a while, so they might as well make the best of it. Howard had had the day off of work but went in later just because he wanted to take Raj to a bar. He had mixed emotions, excitement, curiosity and pleasure, with a mixture of guilt and sadness for having left Bernadette with Penny and Leonard. He wondered what Leonard had meant when he had told him that he was going to take care of his wife after she had a hang over, but he really hadn't put much thought into it. So, it was late Friday night and he was sitting in his grey Chevy Silverado waiting for Rajesh to exit the building and join him in his adventures.
Once he had seen Raj walk into the parking lot, his face lit up with excitement. This was his ideal way of spending a Friday night, he had to admit that he enjoyed playing vintage video games but it was nice every once in a while to go out and do something he felt more than comfortable doing. He felt a bolt of happiness run through him as Raj opened the passenger side door and greeted him with a "What's up duuuuuuudddddeeeee?" He grinned at his Indian friend and wiggled his eyebrows. Just then they both broke out in laughter until they were both near tears. Finally, Howard sighed before answering his friend's question in a voice that sounded similar to Nicholas Cage. "If I were you, I wouldn't be talking to your ghost friend." He knew that his quote had nothing to do with the question, but he still felt accomplished none the less and again, they both broke out into another fit of giggles resulting in more tears. Finally, Raj replied with "Who's ready to go partyyyy? It aint' no party like a kootherparty!" Howard just grinned at his friend and started his ignition, followed by him pulling into the road and speeding towards the nearest bar in Pasadena
It took only a few minutes to get from the university to the nearest bar and that only made Howard more excited. He almost jumped out of his car when he finally parked and he and Raj walked up to the entrance, only to be stopped by a security guard. "Name." he commanded. Raj visibly winced at his tone of voice and Howard seemed a little set back as well, but he quickly regained his composure and stood as tall as he could, was much shorter than the security guard. The security guard had to crane his neck down quite a ways to see Howard. With hit gaze focused on the taller man, he noticed that he had a name tag displayed on his bulk chest. The name tag red 'Jared'. He decided to mess with Howard and came in closer to him as he watched Howard visibly shrink under him. He stifled back a chuckle. He shifted his gaze towards the Indian man with him who was taller than the other, but still shorter than he. The Indian man did not talk, but his eyes went wide under his gaze and he could feel him wince. This was all to entertaining for him. Suddenly, the shorter one spoke up, as if remembering that he had been asked a question. "My name is Howard Wolowitz, Nation Space Station Astronaut, surely you've heard of my work with the Mars rover up in space?" He said this with a sly grin and that seemed to amuse Jared even more. "And you are?" He said to the Indian man standing next to the one who called himself 'Howard'. The Indian man seemed to panic, as if his words had engulfed him to the point where he could not respond. "Oh, he doesn't talk much." Howard said. "He's special. His name is Rajesh Kootherpolli, he too works with space, he is what they call an astrophysicist and he is quite smooth with the ladies." He grinned towards Raj and turned his attention back to Jared.
Jared managed to pull of a strait face at the two's stupidity and say "Sorry, you're not on the list." Howard was obviously upset and Raj looked confused. "No, see, you don't understand. I know the person who's hosting the party and I know for a fact I am on the list." It was partially true as he did know the person who was throwing the party. It was a girl he had slept with once so he could sleep with her insanely hot friend. He knew her name, it was Betty. However, he was certain that his name was not on the list, as he knew that she hated him. She made that perfectly clear when she attempted to run Howard over with her SUV after he cheated on her with her mother. For Howard it was a win-win, until he almost died under a 2 ton vehicle.
"Sorry sir, I'm afraid that still doesn't make you on the list." Suddenly, Howard got extremely defensive and almost growled at the security guard. "Fine. I guess Raj and I will take our business elsewhere." With that, Howard stormed away into the parking lot. Raj hesitated for a moment before following him at a fast pace to keep up. "Dude," He said. "I'm surprised that you didn't make a plan to like sneak your way into the club or something." Howard glared at him and he visibly winced. Howard had a retort ready on the tip of his tongue but reluctantly held it and slyly ginned at his friend instead. "Because I've got something better that we could do." Raj's face looked as if confusion was tugging at his cheeks. "Like what? What's better than partying on a Friday night?" Howard half smirked at his friend's question. "You'll see." He replied.
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