Author's note: The series continues with this season 7, episode 5. The series doesn't reset, but follows the show's story sequence.
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Sheldon has dinner with Amy and found out she was gonna be working at the same university as he does. At first he was okay with it, but then Howard convinced him that working with your girlfriend or boyfriend leads to nothing but problems.
Sheldon headed over to Penny's apartment and informs Amy he's changed his mind and doesn't approve of it. She told him it's too late, she already cashed the check and there was no turning back.
Bernie asked Sheldon why he changed his mind and he informed her that Howard told him it would be horrible to work with her at work. She dashed over there and argued with Howard and she told him to find somewhere else to spend the night.
He spent the night with Raj and they bonded as always.
The following day, Sheldon introduced himself to Amy colleagues and embarrassed her. She fought with him and he ended up going to her place to straighten her out. She slammed the door in his face and as always, didn't see that he was the problem.
It ended with Amy and Bernadette talking with Penny at the Cheesecake Factory where Penny told them she spoke to Leonard and he was going to handle the problem. He didn't and the four nerds ended up playing nerd games in the living room, exploding balloons with a laser gun.
A few days later, the group was at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, Sheldon was a zone all to himself, working on calculations. Penny served them and tried to serve Sheldon, "Aw Sheldon, you want to take a break? Your food's ready."
Leonard tried stopping her, "No, what are you doing? He's both happy and quiet. It's like seeing a unicorn and Bigfoot at the same time."
Howard and Bernadette came in; they were late. Howard took a seat, "Sorry we're so late. Bernadette got stuck at work."
Bernie sat down, "Great news! A raccoon virus just crossed the species barrier and now can infect humans!"
Raj was confused, "Why is that great news?"
"In the pharmaceutical business, we have a saying: "mo' infections, mo' money."
She reached for her water glass and Howard stopped her, "Wait! Maybe you want to wash your little raccoon hands first."
She rolled her eyes at him, "Calm down, if I had it, I'd be dead already." She got up and hurried off to the bathroom to wash-up."
It gave Howard time to talk to the group, "Guys, listen up."
Sheldon didn't look up, "Can't listen, in the zone! Also don't care"
Howard ignored him, "Next week is the anniversary of my first date with Bernadette. I want to do something special, and I was hoping you guys could be part of it."
Penny stood over them, "Aw, what horrible thing are you trying to make up for?"
He scoffed, "Just putting something in the bank for what horrible thing I do next. Look; she's gonna be back in a second, so here's the deal: I'm writing a song, and hoping we could all play it for her together."
There was a chorus of replies, "I love that! That is so beautiful."
Howard looked to Sheldon, "Sheldon?"
He looked up from his work and blurted out, "When did we get to The Cheesecake Factory?"
They were climbing the stairs to their apartment and Leonard commented on what Howard was doing for Bernie, "It's really sweet what Howard wants to do for Bernadette."
Penny nodded, "Yeah, hey how come you've never done anything romantic to celebrate our first date?"
"Well, for starters, you've broken up with me so many times, which first date are we talking about?"
Sheldon was climbing the stairs behind them and commented, "Whoa! Somebody call the burn ward. And back to the zone."
Leonard continued, "And besides, I do romantic things for you all the time. Can you even name one romantic thing you've done for me?"
Her voice went up, "I can name tons."
Leonard broke in, "Sex doesn't count!"
"Oh, I know... What about that bed-and-breakfast?"
"Well, I took you there. All you did was..."
She cut him off, "I know what I did. I bet they had to throw away that rocking chair. You know I can be romantic if I want to."
"It's fine! And also not true!"
She stopped him at the door to his apartment, "Okay, just you wait and see. I'm gonna romance your freakin' ass off!"
He opened the door to his place and turned back to her, "That's beautiful, is that Shakespeare?"
Sheldon later was working on his white board and Leonard checked it out, "Holy crap, Sheldon, did you just figure out a method for synthesizing a new stable super-heavy element?"
Sheldon looked back at his board, "Did I? Well, that can't be right. No one's ever done that before. Except me, because I just did!"
The next evening Penny had Raj over to help her plan something romantic for Leonard.
He sat down and turned to her, "You called the right person. I believe I have the perfect romantic evening for you to give Leonard."
"Okay, good, 'cause I've been really struggling with this."