Conviviality On The Fourth Floor

by Risknight

Two years in the life of our favorite Los Robles tenants. Each chapter deals with a different holiday, some everyone knows and a few you may never have heard of. I found all of these holidays listed both on a funky calender my boss has hanging up at work and online. I added a third year to include some of the suggestion made by the reviewers.

3. Texas Independence Day

Texas Independence Day (March 2nd)

The guys were playing laser obstacle chess when there was a knock at the door. Sheldon huffed with annoyance as he went to answer it. Who was disturbing them at 12:30 pm on a Saturday? He wrenched it open and the words of annoyance died on his lips.

Bernadette plopped a cowboy hat on his head and walked in with a large cake box. Penny draped a length of fabric around his neck and carried in a large cooking pot. The girls glared at the other three until Leonard and Raj hurriedly turned off the lasers.

Sheldon pulled the cloth from his neck and gawked at it. "Penny, why have you used a Texas state flag as a scarf?"

Penny grinned as she set the pot on the stove. "Not a scarf. Sweetie. It's decoration!"

"For what?" Leonard asked.

Bernadette grinned and opened the cake box to reveal a cake that matched the flag. "It's Texas Independence Day, everyone. So Penny decided we should celebrate with Sheldon!"

Penny walked over and slipped her arm through Sheldon's. "I made chili. And I called your mom and she put me in touch with your Meemaw, so it's just like the chili you grew up on. Bernadette made the cake. And, we bought movies. Big Jake, The Alamo, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."

Sheldon looked at Bernadette and Penny with a look of awe and wonder. "You two did this for me?"

Bernadette smiled. "It was all Penny's idea. She thought you were a little down, and wanted to cheer you up."

Penny grinned wide. "Do you like it?"

Sheldon looked down at Penny's smiling face. He slowly smiled and reached out to place the cowboy hat on her head. "Thank you," he whispered.

When Priya and Amy arrived later, they found their date plans changed from Olive Garden and a romantic movie to chili and a western.

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So, according to this latest episode of TBBT, Sheldon wants Amy dead, and loves Penny. Can't you just hear the shrieks of pain from the Shamy fans? Seems to me that wanting someone dead is a bit more drastic than putting someone on an enemies list. The first person Sheldon says "I love You" to, and it's Penny. Not Amy, the manipulative witch.