The Big Bang & Beyond

The Luminous Fish Effect

Savannah's POV:

Leonard & Sheldon are preparing for a university event tonight while I stay home.

Sheldon: "You know, I've been thinking about time travel again."

Leonard: "Why? Did you hit a roadblock with invisibility?"

Sheldon: "Put it on the back burner. Anyway, it occurs to me if I ever did perfect a time machine, I would just go into the past and give it to myself, thus eliminating the need for me to invent it in the first place.

Leonard: "Interesting."

Sheldon: "Yeah. It really takes the pressure off."

Leonard: "Sounds like a breakthrough. Should I call Science Magazine and tell them to hold the cover?"

Sheldon: "It's time travel, Leonard, I will have already done that."

Leonard: "Ok, Savvy, in case anything happens--"

Me: "Call the university and ask for you, Sheldon, Howard, or Raj. If I can't reach you, I'll call the Cheesecake Factory and ask for Penny. If it's anything serious, i.e., a fire or injury, I'll call 911."

Leonard: "Alright, see you later!"

Me: "Good luck! And play nice with the other kids. Sheldon."

Leonard chuckles while Sheldon looks confused as they close and lock the door behind them.

{Time skip}

I'm watching TV when Leonard & Sheldon enter the apartment, with Sheldon carrying a box of his things.

Me: "Uh-oh, what'd you say or do now?"

Leonard: "He called our new boss a glorified high school science teacher whose last successful experiment was lighting his own farts."

Me: *chuckles* "You didn't."

Sheldon: "In my defense, I prefaced that by saying 'with all due respect'."

Me: "Oh, well, that makes it better."

Sheldon: "I thought so."

With that, Sheldon walks off to his room.

Me: "How bad is it?"

Leonard: "Hard to say, but I'm sure it's nothing to worry about."

Me: "Sheldon is something to worry about."

Leonard: *chuckles* "True."

{The Next Day}

Leonard & I walk into the kitchen on our way out to find Sheldon cooking breakfast.

Leonard & I: "Morning."

Sheldon: "Morning."

Leonard: "You're making eggs or breakfast?"

Sheldon: '"This isn't breakfast, it's an experiment."

Me: "Huh. 'Cause it looks a lot like breakfast."

Sheldon: "I finally have time to test my hypothesis about the separation of the water molecules from the egg proteins and its impact vis-a-vis taste."