The degree of calm that Sheldon had felt with Amy earlier had vanished and now he was seeing red. He does not think he has ever been so angry in his entire life .All the progress he has made, all the strides he has taken have been all for naught. No matter what he does all they will ever see him as is a selfish man who only looks out for himself.

Sheldon strides away through the crowd and tables with no clear purpose in mind. He hadn't even wanted to come to this godforsaken event, he would have been content just to stay home and let Leonard have all the credit. He didn't care any more, everything was changing, and changing fast he barely had time to register one new thing before another one came along. Sheldon finds himself sitting at the bar with his head in his hands, he just had to get away from all of them before he said or did anything he regretted.

"Hello, my friend, so good to see you again." He hears someone say behind him and someone claps him on the shoulder. He looks up and sees Faisal sitting next to him.

"Oh, dear lord." He mumbles, Faisal is the last person he wanted to see right now. "What do you want?"

"Want? Nothing my friend, it just looked like you could use a friend right now."

"I have friends, nine of them and I do not need any others right now."

"You having the woman troubles? I would be happy to take her off your hands for you." Sheldon looks up at him with such a look it makes him jump back.

"Whoa, I was just kidding, it is clear that Miss Amy is yours and you two are destined for happiness. How about I buy you a drink eh?"

"It is an open bar, I can have how many ever drinks I want." Sheldon snaps "Also I don't drink. You don't either your religion forbids it."

"What god doesn't know wont hurt me… am I right?" Faisal says taking a sip from a tumbler.

"I don't believe in god." Sheldon scoffs wishing Faisal would just shut up

and leave him alone.

"All the more reason for you to partake! Come on have a drink with me man to man. You took my woman the gentlemanly thing to do would be to have a drink with me."

"I did not "take" your woman, your connection with her was a business arrangement that she never thought she would have to go through with."

"That may be so, but Amy would have made me a wonderful wife, one of my virgins to go to heaven with." He tells him winking and Sheldon looks at him incensed, but Faisal holds up his hands. "Amy made it clear to me when she visited that as she put it all forms of physical contact were off the is rare to find a woman, especially an american woman of such virtue, this day and age."

"That is true, Amy is a very virtuous woman however she is not a virgin anymore." Sheldon says wanting to stake even more of a claim on his fiancé body.

" Even more reason to share a drink with me." Faisal says and he is already waving the bartender over. The bartender fills to glasses with warm amber liquid and scoots them over. Relenting Sheldon drinks the glass down quickly gagging at the burning fire in his throat. "Another to wash it down with!" Faisal cheers as Sheldon shoots down the second glass of liquid.

"You know, for someone who tried to marry my future wife you are not that bad." Sheldon tells him.

"For someone who stole a wife form underneath me you are not that bad either." Faisal tells him.

"She better not have been underneath you." Sheldon slurs putting up his fists.

"No no my friend, it is just a turn of phrase." Faisal says worried by how quickly Sheldon has gotten intoxicated. The bartender comes up with bottle again and Faisal tries to wave him away but Sheldon beats him and accepts another glass.

"You know Faisal the only reason I even came tonight was to try and get funding for my dark matter research. I don't even care about the paper I wrote with Leonard but you know what? I have not told a single person about it! Who is going to give me money for research when they don't even know about it?" he says slurring his words and clapping Faisal on the back.

"Well my friend, you have at least told me what do you plan on doing with this research?"

"My focus is proton decay, but if I can get a grant, then I can make money, if I can make more money, then I can buy Amy a house. Then Amy will have the little house, and the little babies and the husband she always wanted." Sheldon tells him smiling at him dreamily.

"You can not provide these things for her now?"

"I can, I make good money, not Saudi prince money mind you…" he says bowing deeply. "I am comfortable, it is just going to take a while to get her everything. If I get the grant then I can get her everything now. Leonard is getting money for his lecture circuit and he is going to buy Penny a house." Then he looks shocked and presses his finger to his lips. "Shh! That is a secret!"

"Yes, I see… your friend making his speech now."

"Is he!" Sheldon crows turning around wobbly on his stool. "Oh there he is on stage! I know him! Hi Leonard!" Sheldon calls from his seat.

"My friend I think perhaps that you have had too much to drink." Faisal says as Sheldon gets up and wobbles then sits back down. "Perhaps I should get you a coffee."

"Coffee! Heavens no, I told my mother that I would never do drugs!" Sheldon says waving his hands at him and getting back up. "No I need to go say hi to Leonard!" Sheldon says stumbling off.

"These Americans baffle me." Faisal says shaking his head. "That this man is one of the best and brightest in the nation."

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Amy looks around, scanning the crowd and wondering where Sheldon went to as Leonard makes his speech. Perhaps she should have followed him but sometimes it was best to give Sheldon his space and let him work out things for himself. Leonard is very impressive on stage for such a small man he really has a commanding presence.

"Leonard is doing great." Amy whispers to Penny turning her head towards her.

"I know, I am so proud!" Penny whispers her eyes glued on Leonard then she says "Uh-oh."

"What?" Amy says turning around and sees a very intoxicated looking Sheldon mount the stage and walk over to Leonard. "Oh my god…" Amy sighs as Sheldon taps Leonard on his shoulder.

"Hey buddy." Leonard says turning towards Sheldon. "What are you doing."

"Leonard I am just so happy for you! Look at you up here talking about your paper making fancy videos for your lecture." He says grabbing his shoulders. "Hey everyone, his little guy he needs you to send money so he can make a fancy video thingy for his lecture. He made a not so fancy one, and he ended up watching me and my fiancé have sex on tape." Sheldon says laughing and Amy covers her face. "You know this speech is kind of boring, you should sing a song spice things up a little."

"Okay, Sheldon maybe you should sit back down now." Leonard tells him.

"Oh I see! You think I am being a glory hound again? You think I am not capable of sitting back and letting you get all the attention?" Sheldon accuses.

"No, I don't because you aren't, right now you are hogging the spotlight!" Leonard say annoyed.

"Well excuse me for wanting to come up here and congratulate my friend on a job well done." Sheldon says throwing his hands up and backing away. "Maybe I should just get out of your life and shut up."

"I would say yes but you are incapable of doing that." Leonard spits at him beyond embarrassed leave it to Sheldon to make this all about him again. Leonard did not even care that it was clear he was drunk, for a man who claimed not to drink he got drunk a lot.

"Fine you will see." Sheldon says pointing at him."You will all see." He says pointing at the audience and saluting before stumbling of the stage. Literally falling off the corner of the stage, Amy rushes to his side and pulls him up.

"Come on mister!" she says tugging him up." I don't know quite what just happened but we are going home." She tells him as she drags him towards the exit

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Amy shakes her head as she looks at a very drunk Sheldon sitting on the edge of their bed. It had been nearly impossible to get him up all flights of stairs by herself. What was he thinking drinking that much at a big event like that, mounting the stage while Leonard was delivering his speech. During the limo ride home he had been nearly incoherent mumbling about Faisal forcing him to do it. Amy wishes she had just listened to fiancé when he pleaded with her not to go to the event. These things never seemed to work out for Sheldon.

"Let's get you out of these clothes." Amy tells him pulling off his suit jacket.

"I appreciate the offer Amy but I am really tired." He says flopping backwards on the bed.

"Even, if you weren't tired you would not be getting any tonight you have been a very bad boy." She says straddling him and unbuttoning his shirt and pulling it off him. Then sliding down his body and tugging off his pants they get stuck on his shoes and she pulls those off as well.

"I thought you liked bad boys," he says sleepily

"Not this kind of bad boy, what you did to Leonard was very wrong you stole is important moment and you made a fool of yourself.."

"I just wanted to say I was proud of him." He said . "How often do I get to do that?"

"You should have waited until he was off stage." Amy reminds him.

"I am sorry…I disappointed you… I embarrassed Leonard… and I did not curry any favor for my research. " Sheldon says curling into a ball and grabbing his pillow. He looks like a little kid who just got grounded and Amy softens towards him laying down behind him and stroking his back.

"It is okay, tonight just was not your night. Now get some rest and everything will be better in the morning." Amy tells him patting his back.

"Every one always says that but it very rarely is." Sheldon mumbles as he drifts off to sleep.

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In the morning Sheldon wakes up feeling think and foggy, he hears the phone ringing and the sound feels like it is cutting through his skull. Thankfully it is silenced quickly and he rolls over to look for Amy but she is gone. He sits up feeling disorientated and looks at the alarm clock it is almost eight in the morning he never sleeps in this late on a Saturday. Next o the alarm clock is a glass of water and a bottle of tylenol. He takes the medicine gladly and gulps down the water, he is aware of Amy's voice coming form the living room.

"Are you sure?" she asks then after a beat she say.

"Well who would have done something like that?" his curiosity over riding his pounding headache he wanders out into the living room. Amy is standing in the kitchen the phone tucked under her ear as she mixes something in a bowl. At the sound of him approaching she looks up from her task and smiles at him.

"Actually he is right here now, why don't you tell him yourself President Siebert." Amy says handing the phone out to him and covering the speaker with her hand."You re going to want to hear this." She whispers.

"Hello." Sheldon says answering the phone.

"Dr. Cooper you were quite the sensation last night."

"About that, I am terribly sorry and it won't happen again." Sheldon starts but President Siebert interrupts him.

"Well as embarrassing as it might have been for you, and Dr. Hofstadter someone must have enjoyed it. I just got word this morning that an anonymous donor has giving you a lucrative grant to continue your research with."

"How lucrative are we talking?" Sheldon asks.

"Something to the tune of two million dollars, congratulations Dr. Cooper you should be able to continue your research and become a very wealthy man in the process."

"What if I choose to deny the grant money?" Sheldon asks

"Deny the money?" President Siebert asks confused. "I guess you could but it would be a very foolish move on your part. More foolish then rushing the stage while your colleague and friend gives a speech."

"Do I have time to think about it?" Sheldon asks.

"Of course, give me your answer on Monday." President Siebert tells him and they disconnect.

"Sheldon , why would you deny the grant money, it is the answer to a lot of concerns that you have had over the past couple of months. With a grant like that you would be free to do almost anything of your choosing." Amy says to him.

"Yes, but my fear is the donor is not as anonymous as it seems. This money will have strings attached." Sheldon tells her walking back into the bedroom.

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