Author's note: The series continues with this season 7, episode 19. The series doesn't reset, but follows the show's story sequence.
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After returning from Texas, Sheldon was concentrating on whether to purchase an Xbox One or a PS4.
At Penny apartment, Bernadette was upset because she signed a "Get Well card thinking it was a retirement card. The woman was in a car accident and so they were passing around a get well card and she was in the hospital clinging to life. Bernadette signed the card, "Hey, Vivian, you deserve this! And at least with you gone, no one will steal my yogurt out of the fridge. LOL, Smiley face! P.S. Good luck wherever you wind up." "Do you think I'm a bad person or just fell into an unfortunate situation?"
Penny left the room to answer the phone from her agent and Bernie turned to Amy, "Am I a terrible person?"
"No, no, it was a mistake."
"AM I a terrible person that it crossed my mind that she might die and never see the card?"
Amy nodded, "Now I think you're flirting with the line. By the way, have you and Howard spoken about taking a train ride back up the coast. Sheldon would love the train and I'd love the frolicking at the bed-and-breakfast."
Before Bernie could reply, Penny returned from her phone call from her agent, "Fuck, I didn't get the part, but I did get a second offer in that awful horror movie I passed on before. Apparently, it's mine if I want it."
Bernie looked to her, "Are you gonna take it?"
She shrugged, "I don't know what to do."
While they were discussing her future in acting, Raj was at the coffee shop where Emily ripped out his heart and stomped on it. He got his coffee and turning around he saw her sitting at a table on the far side of the shop. He approached her, "Hey, Emily, right?"
She looked up from her computer and stared up at him, "Yeah."
"I don't know if you remember me."
She nodded, "From the dating website. Your friend emailed me because you were afraid to, then you tracked me down and acted like a lunatic?"
He smiled and nodded, "Yes, Rajesh Koothrappali. Look, I just... I wanted to say I'm sorry. You were, like, the coolest person I ever found online, and I got really nervous and I just blew it."
She waved her hand, "Don't worry about it. And if it makes you feel any better, you're not the weirdest guy I've met off the Internet."
He chuckled, "Well, give me a chance, you don't even know me."
She giggled and closed her laptop, "All right, here's your chance." She crossed her long legs and pointed to the sofa beside her.
She looked amazing her fiery red hair hung down past her shoulders and lay upon her pert breasts. She looked up at him with those gorgeous blue eyes and he was lost in them.
He nearly fell over, "What? Really?" She flashed him a huge smile and nodded, He sat down and exclaimed, "Thank you! Fate had given me a rare second chance, and I swear to Vishnu I'm not gonna blow it." She stared at him, uncertain what he was talking about and he continued, "Or normal words followed by a charming smile." She giggled and they had an hour of charming discussions.
The next evening, Sheldon was at Amy's for date night and he was driving her insane, going on and on about the plus and minuses about both gaming units, the PlayStation, PS4 and the Xbox One. He left her apartment, giving her a goodnight kiss, still unsure of which one to purchase.
While Sheldon was at Amy's, Leonard was at Penny's. They were both seated on her sofa looking over the script of the movie she was still undecided about doing it or not. She put it down, "Okay, it's not me, right? This script is terrible."
He needed her to feel good about it, but couldn't lie, "Yeah, I had higher hopes for a movie called "Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill!" You know, it's still possible for you to be good in a bad movie."
"Okay!" She cleared her throat and started reading from the script, "Sometimes I feel like I can control the killer gorilla instinct inside of me, but then I see these bananas and I just want to eat them and then kill people." She picked up her wine glass, "What am I gonna do?"
He tried to lighten things, "Well, for starters, I wouldn't eat the bananas"
She cracked up, "Come on! This is serious."
He stammered, "Well, does it at least pay well?"
She downed her wine, "Less than I was making at The Cheesecake Factory."
"What does your agent think?"
"She's thinking of taking a job at The Cheesecake Factory."
He put down the script, "You know what, why don't you just do it? You'll go have fun for a few weeks, make some money, and who knows what it might lead to?"
She was undecided, "Okay, look, here, page 58. I oil-wrestle an orangutan in a bikini."
He nodded, "Just to clarify, which one of you is wearing the bikini?"
She points to the script, "Both of us!"
He tried again to lighten thinks, "So it's a family film."
She just sat there staring at him in disbelief.
The next evening Raj was sitting on the floor of Leonard's apartment going on and on about his chance meeting with Emily, "After coffee, we went for a walk and she told me she always thought people from India were exotic and mysterious. So, with my mouth I said, "We're just like anybody else, " but with my eyes, I said, "Straight up, Red, hop on my flying carpet."
Leonard was seated beside Penny, he leaned over, "So, you gonna see her again?"
"Yeah, we have plans this weekend. And if it's a clear night, I'm gonna lay some romantic astronomy on her."
Penny rolled her eyes, "Okay, like what? Show me."
He waved his hand back and forth, "I can't do that to Leonard. This is some powerful panty-dropping stuff."
Leonard closed his eyes in wonder, "You have my blessing, go for it."
Raj stood up, "Okay." He took a seat beside her, "Penny, two of the brightest stars in the night sky are Altair and Vega." He leaned in towards her, "And it is said that were deeply in love, but forever separated by the celestial river of the Milky Way."
She stared up at him, "Aw, that's sad."
He nodded, "It is." He reached out and took her hand in his and petted it lightly, "But once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month, Vega cries so hard that all the magpies in the world fly up and create a bridge with their wings so the two lovers can be together...for a single night of passion."
She stared at him, her jaw dropped and she replied quietly, "Wow!"
All of a sudden Leonard blurted out, "Okay, that's enough."
Penny gave Raj a cute smile and quickly pulled her hand away.
Raj gave her a sly smile and pulling his cell out of his pocket, he looked at the screen, "Oh, my goodness, I just got an email from my ex-girlfriend Lucy. She misses me and wants to get together."
Leonard chuckled, "Two women at the same time? Nice job, playa!"
Penny gave him a weird look, "Really?"
"Was it the "two women thing or the "playa?" She just stared at him, and he nodded, "It was the "Playa."