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Amy was sitting on her sofa and she couldn't believe what her friend told her over the phone with an even more high-pitched voice than she usually already had.
She couldn't understand much, just the names Sheldon and Jody and that was more than enough of information. Apparently he had contacted her again. Which was his good right… in some kind of way. Morally it was questionable.
"Ok wait, so what is the key point of your statement?" Amy asked and let her glass of cranberry juice sink down.
She listened to the tons of information that burned through her hearing canal within a few seconds. Then she swallowed. Not out of reflexes, but so the juice wouldn't come right back up. Sheldon had a date with this chick. Not a date per se but they went out for coffee and that was more than Amy could accept.
"What am I gonna do?" She felt helpless. She felt really really helpless.
"First of all, don't tell Penny" It snorted out of her mobile phone.
Amy nodded. Good idea. There were a lot more bones in Jody's body that could be broken and even though Amy hated her, she didn't want to be the cause of more physical abuse and injuries.
"Alright, how about you go there, too?"
"Bernadette, that's a little obvious, don't you think…"
"Not necessarily. Do you know anyone you could go with? A man, perhaps?"
Amy thought for a minute, then she grinned. "Yes, I think I have someone in stock. Thank you Bernadette."
It was 5:15pm. Amy checked her watch again and then looked around. Sheldon was there for sure already. Jody, too, probably. Now she only needed to wait for her acquaintance. She looked up and down the street and tried hard not to peek through the window of the café. Chances were that Sheldon or Jody had already spotted her and she didn't wanna seem like a stalking girlfriend, she wanted to seem like an outgoing young woman who had other company than her boyfriend.
She smiled when she saw Bert walking down the street. She gave him a short hug when he had reached her. Suffer, Sheldon.
"Hey, it was really nice of you to invite me to coffee!" Bert smiled and he seemed genuinely happy.
Amy felt kind of guilty and like she had led him on. On the other hand, he knew that she was in a relationship and maybe they really could build up a good friendship. He wasn't a bad guy… his humor was kind of twisted but Amy was used to weird and twisted people. She smiled at the thought of her friends.
"Shall we go in?" Bert opened the door and held it open for Amy.
"Yes, thank you"
The café was nice, the atmosphere was warm and cozy. The perfect place for lovers actually. Which made it even harder for Amy to see Sheldon and Jody in the corner of her eye, sitting at a table.
"Let's sit over there?" Bert pointed to a table near to Sheldon's but not too near. Amy agreed.
They walked over and Amy got into a conversation about geology and pretended to be so interested, that she didn't have to look around. She smiled and laughed about Bert's jokes and then sat down, her back directed to Sheldon. She didn't need to see him but she wanted him to see her. And little did she know how well her plan functioned.
Apparently Jody had read a lot about trains because she talked about them like there was no tomorrow. But Sheldon's attention had faded when he had seen his girlfriend enter the café with the geology creep. Sheldon didn't even know what his name was but he clearly didn't like him sitting there at the table with Amy and smiling with her, making her laugh with some probably really lame jokes.
Sheldon's facial expression darkened as he watched Amy slightly tap the guy's hand which was lying on the table. He didn't for a moment think that it might have not been coincidence that Amy had come right to this café, no. He also was way too busy with observing their behavior and he clearly didn't like anything he saw.
"Sheldon, are you okay?" Jody eyed him and then slightly touched his leg under the table with hers, which ripped him out of his trance.
He looked at her quizzically.
"I said, are you okay?" She repeated before smiling at him.
"I'm not sure" Sheldon mumbled through his teeth as he watched Bert wink at Amy.
He started twitching.
"Sheldon?"
The lanky physicist got restless and started to fidget around on his chair. Oh no, he didn't like what he saw. Not a bit. Not at all.
He jumped off his chair and hurried over to Amy's table with fast little steps.
"Well, hello Dr. Fowler" He crossed his arms.
Amy looked up and put on a surprised expression. "Oh Sheldon, hi. I didn't know you were here. Anyway, this is my friend Ber…"
"I don't care" Sheldon snapped with a short glance at the geologist. "I just wonder what you are doing here with him."
"I might ask you the same thing about Jody" Amy smiled so sweetly that Sheldon got confused for a millisecond.
"I was apologizing to her!"
"Well and I just went out for coffee with…" She wanted to say 'a friend' but she quickly swallowed the expression. "Bert"
"Don't you think you should have told me about your plans?" Sheldon laid his head aside a bit and angrily stared at his girlfriend.
That was too much. Was he serious?
Amy stood up and looked him in the eyes. "And don't you think it's more than inappropriate to go out with this… this… bimbo?"
Jody had heard that and came over to their table. "What did you just…"
"Ohhh, SHUT UP" Amy snarled at her.
Jody was taken by surprise and shut her mouth for real.
A middle-aged man in a tuxedo went over to them and cleared his throat. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I ask you to discuss that outside of the café? The other guests are disturbed…"
Amy looked around. Easily 6 pairs of eyes stared at them. She sighed, took her purse and stomped out of the café, followed by an angry Sheldon, a still surprised Jody and an a little abashed Bert.
"So, you think it's appropriate to go out for a coffee with the guy who sends you roses and rocks to your office?" Sheldon blurted when the door to the café wasn't even closed yet.
Amy whirled around to eye her boyfriend again. "Better than going out with the girl who officially claimed she wants you to get between her legs!"
Sheldon was confused. He had never heard about that before. He looked down at Jody and saw her blushing and looking down.
"Uhm… I think I better get going. I am sorry…" Bert took a few steps back and smiled at everyone insecurely, before he turned around and quickly walked away.
"Great! Thank you, Sheldon! Way to ruin my evening!" Amy shook her head in disbelief and looked down, before she kicked away an empty can.
Sheldon crossed his arms again. "Oh, so what were you hoping for with this… jerk?"
"He is not a jerk, he is a friend!"
"A friend… sure"
"Are you telling me I would cheat on you?"
"Wouldn't be a surprise since you two never have anything going on apparently" Jody mumbled.
Amy's eyes rushed over to her. "Don't think Penny is the only one who can break your bones"
Sheldon's jaw dropped for a moment and he stepped a little in front of Jody, before he turned his head halfway to her. "I think it's better if you go now"
"But…"
"Go"
Jody pulled her eyebrows down and shoved herself past Sheldon, giving him a slight angry push. Her heels made a resounding noise on the pavement.
"You're the most fucked up couple I've ever seen!"
They both looked after her and Sheldon shook his head. Then he looked back down at Amy. She looked back at him. They both had run out of words and accusations to scream at each other for the moment.
"I'm gonna go home" Amy sighed after a few more moments of silence. "Looks like there is a storm coming."
She turned around and wandered over to her car.
"Wait. What about me?"
She turned around. "What about you?"
"How am I supposed to get home?" He looked kind of lost and Amy felt sorry for him for a moment. But only for a moment.
"Take the bus" She mumbled, climbed into her car, slammed the door and drove away with squealing tires.