Monday morning Leonard drove to work a little later. Amy had taken Sheldon with her, so Leonard had had some time to sleep a little longer, which he had appreciated very much. Just when he had parked his car, his phone buzzed. He took it out of his pocket and opened the text he got from Howard.

'I'm her next victim'

"Oh no" Leonard bit his lip and looked up the big halls of CalTech. He urgently needed to talk to Howard but he knew it wouldn't be possible before lunch. So he texted back to send Jody back to Sheldon – this was the littlest harm, since Amy already knew about it. But Leonard had thought it through – even though he might have been save because Penny didn't work here… her two best friends did. And they surely wouldn't keep quiet if they ever saw Jody flirting with him. And now Howard was the next problem.

Leonard didn't understand what this was all about but he was truly worried about Jody. He knew what his girlfriend could plot and he knew what Amy and Bernadette were capable of, even though they had never done anything before. But he just knew it.

He was unconcentrated the whole time in his lab, he regularly texted Penny and didn't think about how this could make him even more suspicious.

When the clock rang half past one he was more than relieved. He took off his lab coat and hurried to the cafeteria. Howard and Raj were already there, Howard looked pale.

"What's up" Leonard mumbled out of breath, when he arrived at the table.

"I feel like I'm caught inside a time bomb. Sheldon and Jody were just here, eating with us and all I was concentrated about was to see, if either Amy or Bernie come in here. Even though I know they usually eat later. But I feel like I'm being spied on. They could be everywhere."

Howard looked around all nervously and then spooned some rice into his mouth.

"Okay, calm down. Neither Amy nor Bernadette is here. And Jody is with Sheldon again, right? Sheldon is resistant to sexual advances. So we just need to keep it that way."

"And you think that'll work?" Howard wasn't too convinced.

"I don't know but for now it's the best we can do."

Sheldon scribbled around on his whiteboard. How could he not get to the right solution? It bothered him. But probably because all he could think about was how much he wanted to build his Lego Death Star and it was all Amy's fault. She had talked him into staying with her and taking care of her. He had made her soup, massaged her head, watched TV with her while she had been dozing on and off for over two hours and finally he had tucked her in and left. But by the time he had gotten home it had been shower and bed time for himself. How incredibly selfish of her.

He turned around, when he heard Jody clear her throat.

"Dr. Cooper, maybe you're missing an x here…?"

Sheldon laughed it off and shook his head, before he turned back and faced his whiteboard again. She was right. He missed an x.

"Why are you so unconcentrated today?" Jody jumped off his desk she had been sitting on, and slowly walked over to him before stopping right behind him.

"I just got thrown out of my plans yesterday and that is quite unsettling" Sheldon sighed, pulled his eyebrows down and checked his calculation again.

"Well maybe I could find something to relax you a little" Her hands suddenly wandered along his sides to the front and her fingers locked in front of his stomach.

Sheldon let go a high-pitched scream and jumped aside before he looked at Jody like a wild animal that stood eye in eye with a hunter.

"Hey hey hey" Jody laughed and walked over to him again. "What's wrong?"

"This is not the right way to treat your boss" Sheldon complained and stretched his shirt out nervously.

"But you're not my boss, you're just kind of my… mentor. And there are a lot of things I'd love to learn from you…" She stood right in front of him and tip-toed up till her lips were near his ear. "I heard there is a party tomorrow night. Would you like to go there with me? As my companion?"

Sheldon took another step away and felt the wall in his back. He could only hope she wouldn't come closer again. "I usually do not go to those kind of… parties. They are just excuses for all the ninnies here to get drunk."

"But maybe it might relax you" Jody smiled. "Please…"

She heard a dry laughter and swirled around. It was Amy standing in the doorway. She still looked tired but a lot better than she had yesterday.

"A party to relax Dr. Cooper. You really need to learn a lot."

"Well, what do you do to relax him? Any better suggestions?"

Amy knew exactly what she was talking about and it made her angry. Had Sheldon said anything about their non-existent sex life?

"I'm a neurobiologist, I know a lot of ways to relax someone. And by the way, maybe the party wasn't even such a bad idea. I'm gonna ask Howard, Raj and Leonard and we all go."

"Oh no, Amy" Sheldon shook his head. "This is the last place where you'll drag me!"

"See it as… change of location for our usual evening together" Amy knew exactly what to say to convince him. At least for most aspects.

He sighed. "Okay but as soon as the first drunk steps on my shoes, we're gone!"

"Promise" Amy smiled. "Oh, actually I was here to ask when you'll stop working today. I'm already finished and I'm gonna wait for you."

"In about half an hour"

"Alright, I'll be waiting in the hall"

"Thank you, Amy"

"The annual drinking contest? I don't know…" Howard sighed thoughtfully and took a big sip of his soda. "I mean you know that everyone only goes there to drink and hustle somebody, right? And since we're all in a relationship…"

Bernadette elbowed him and nodded over to Raj who sat there and looked at Howard as if he couldn't have been serious right now.

"I'm sorry"

"Yeah, sure you are" Raj grumbled and got up to get another beer from the fridge.

"Hey, I think that sounds like fun!" Penny grabbed a slice of pizza and took a bite.

"I think so, too. And even though we are taken, we could try to find someone for Raj!" Bernadette smiled conciliatory towards him but he didn't even look up.

Sheldon just let go a big sigh and everyone knew about his opinion. He found it stupid to attend a party he wouldn't even have fun at. If it was a party about comics, okay. A party about trains – terrific. But some stupid CalTech party that didn't even have a theme and was just random? What for?

"So, I guess we're going?" Bernadette looked around and smiled. Amy, Penny and Leonard seemed quite happy about the plan, Howard and Raj were in silence and Sheldon grumbled to himself.

"Since it's official now!" Penny turned to Leonard. "Dr. Hofstadter, would you like to be my date to this party?"

"It's my pleasure!"

Bernadette and Howard whispered to each other, Bernadette chuckled and then they kissed.

Amy sighed, bit her lip and shyly looked over to Sheldon. "So?"

"So what?" He looked back at her and it wasn't hard to tell that he still wasn't happy about the plan.

"Will you go to the party with me?"

"Who else would I go with?"

Sheldon got up and wandered over to the kitchen to get some water and Amy couldn't help but smile. Strike, Jody! Point Fowler.