Chapter 6
" Really?! You guys just had to get us sent home because of some stupid argument with a cell tower contractor?! Are you insane?!", Leonard scolded as the three physicists walked into apartment 4A.
" Leonard I'm not insane. My mother had me tested.", Sheldon said.
" Ok first off we get it Sheldon and secondly, the dude was being completely rude Leonard!", Leo scolded the two of them.
" So you decided to continuously argue with him and get Sheldon involved in that?!", Leonard shot back.
" Hey Sheldon's my boyfriend ok?! This has nothing to do with you Leonard!", Leo shot back at him.
" That is precisely correct and I would have said something about it anyway.", Sheldon said.
" Exactly because it's a health hazard!", Leo exclaimed. Sheldon nodded his head in agreement with his girlfriend.
" Ok I do admit that I agree with you on some points of that but on the rest of it I feel like you're being overly concerned about it.", Leonard stated.
" Oh really Leonard?! You won't think I'm being overly concerned when you suddenly hear buzzing, hissing, and ocean static all day long!", Leo stated.
" What?! That doesn't make any sense Leo!", Leonard exclaimed.
" Leonard I'm telling you now that tower is going to turn the whole university into an antenna!", Leo exclaimed.
" Leo you're being ridiculous!", Leonard shouted.
" No I'm not Leonard, I'm being realistic! You know what, I'm going to prove to you that this isn't something to joke about!", Leo shouted as she stormed toward the door.
" Where are you going?!", Leonard shouted.
" To get an RF meter so I can prove to you what this is going to do to us! It's not rocket science Leonard Hofstadter, it's reality!", Leo shouted before she stormed out slamming the door behind her.
" For shame Leonard for upsetting my girlfriend!", Sheldon exclaimed as he walked out after Leo.
" What the hell is that supposed to mean Sheldon Cooper?!", Leonard shouted after his roommate/best friend.
" You know what it means Leonard Hofstadter! Don't ask me again!", Sheldon's voice shot back.
A few hours later after Leo picked up an RF meter the three physicists entered Caltech University after-hours and walked into Leo's office.
" Oh god my head hurts! They turned that stupid tower on! You see what I'm getting at Leonard?!", Leo exclaimed as she massaged her head.
" People get headaches for a lot of different reasons Leo. It doesn't mean anything.", Leonard stated.
" Oh really?! Well how about now?!", Leo exclaimed as she turned on her RF meter. It immediately started screaming off the charts causing Sheldon and Leonard to plug their ears at the ear-piercing noise.
" Good Lord!", Sheldon screamed in agony as he crouched down on the floor.
" Ow what the hell is that?!", Leonard screamed with his body bent over.
" What do you think that is?! That's the radio frequency coming from that cell tower out there! Now do you believe me?!", Leo shot back at her friend.
" Yes I get it! Turn it off!", Leonard screamed still plugging his ears. The minute Leo cut the power to the meter the noise ceased and Sheldon and Leonard unplugged their ears.
" Thank you!", Leonard exclaimed as he let out a sigh of relief.
" Don't you ever turn that device on again! That was torture!", Sheldon scolded as he stood up.
" Well I'm sorry Sheldon! I was just trying to prove a point to Leonard!", Leo shot back at her boyfriend.
" Oh you proved it alright Leo, enough to blow out my eardrums!", Leonard exclaimed.
" Oh now you're just being overly dramatic Leonard! I was not trying to blow out your eardrums!", Leo shot back at her friend.
" Can we just stop arguing before we catch the attention of campus security?!", Sheldon scolded his girlfriend and his roommate/best friend.
" Sheldon there's nobody here but the three of us! The obnoxious noise from the meter that was going on would have caught their attention by now!", Leonard stated. Leo ignored Sheldon and Leonard for a second to look out the window of her office. She could see the faint silhouette of the tower as well as two red beacon lights that were blinking on the top of it.
" You know what, one way or another that deathtrap is going to be removed from this campus!", Leo stated as she pointed outside the window.
" Well what are you going to do about it?", Leonard asked.
" I'm going to complain about it to the Verizon Wireless company is what I'm going to do! They don't realize that this is illegal! Cell phone towers don't belong near buildings, period!", Leo stated. Sheldon nodded his head in agreement with her.
" So the Verizon Wireless company, they're in for one heck of a fight!", Leo stated.
As weeks and weeks gone by Leo still wasn't able to get Verizon Wireless to do something about the cell tower that was sitting out behind Caltech which really frustrated her. Sheldon even tried to help her out by helping her send them countless threatening e-mails and voicemails saying that they better do something about the tower before they do something about it themselves. The company continued refusing to remove the tower so feeling fed up and desperate Leo came up with her own solution to end this so called nightmare.
" Sheldon I have a solution to end this.", Leo said in a hushed tone.
" Well what is it? We've tried everything.", Sheldon asked.
" We go out there to the site in the middle of the night and remove the tower ourselves.", Leo said.
" Are you crazy?! We are most certainly not doing that!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" And why not?!", Leo asked.
" Because one, it's dangerous and two, we could possibly go to prison if we get caught!", Sheldon stated.
" Do you have a better solution to this Dr. Cooper?!", Leo asked.
" Yes we get someone else to remove it and act like we didn't do anything Dr. Fordyce!", Sheldon said.
" That's ridiculous! That's just as illegal as my idea! Does it really matter who does it?!", Leo asked.
" I suppose not but I don't want to risk getting arrested.", Sheldon said.
" Well neither do I but at this point I don't give a d*mn! I want this tower gone! You're the one that agreed with me that it was a health hazard that needs to be dealt with!", Leo stated.
" Yes but I'm still not doing it!", Sheldon said still holding his ground.
" Come on, please?! I'm your girlfriend!", Leo pleaded with him.
" I'm sorry but that is out of the question for me.", Sheldon adamantly said as he started to walk away.
" Please?! I'll do anything!", Leo pleaded. As she stared at him with a straight face Sheldon finally let out a sigh.
" Oh alright we'll do it. But this better be the last and only criminal wrongdoing thing you ask me to do.", Sheldon stated.
" Yay! Thank you Sheldon!", Leo exclaimed as she kissed him before walking away.
Later that evening in the field behind Caltech…
" Are you sure we should be doing this Leo? Someone could catch us at any moment.", Sheldon asked.
" Trust me Sheldon, this is personal. Now come on, let's get over this fence.", Leo said. But just as she began to climb the fence with Sheldon reluctantly following her, she suddenly noticed a sign warning them of a hidden surveillance camera around there.
" Sh*t! They got a camera in here! Well played Verizon Wireless!", Leo hissed in frustration.
" Oh well, we tried.", Sheldon said as he tried to walk away but was stopped by Leo grabbing his arm.
" Oh no we are not giving up Sheldon! They think a stupid little camera going to stop us?! I don't think so!", Leo exclaimed.
" They'll catch us on film if we go through with this!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" Yes but we're geniuses, we can outsmart those Verizon idiots! We just need to find the camera and turn it off!", Leo exclaimed.
" How are we going to find a tiny hidden camera in the dark Dr. Fordyce?! This is never going to work!", Sheldon exclaimed as he began to question his girlfriend's plan.
" Trust me it will work Dr. Cooper, now shut up and start looking! We don't have all night!", Leo exclaimed as she gave her boyfriend a death glare. The two theoretical physicists began searching the area for the hidden camera. They wanted to find it and shut it off before it would catch them on film committing the act of removing the cell phone tower. Eventually they found it. It was disguised as an electrical box mounted on a wooden pole. It was pointing at the base of the tower but luckily it didn't show the area where they were just standing.
" Yes ha ha, we found it!", Leo exclaimed but not loudly just in case if the camera was recording sound too.
" Ok now let's just shut this off and do what we came here to do. I don't want to delay my REM cycle any longer than necessary.", Sheldon said as he took the back panel off. The two of them made sure they were out of the line of sight of the camera lens as they were doing this. They also made sure they weren't making too much noise either.
" Ok where the hell is the switch on this? I can't see a thing.", Leo said searching for the on/off switch on the backside of the camera.
" Well how about this? Can you see it now?", Sheldon asked as he pulled out his flip phone cell phone and used the lit up screen as a flashlight.
" Oh yeah now I see it. Thanks Sheldon.", Leo said as she switched the camera off. Sheldon nodded his head to acknowledge this.
" Yes, the camera's off! You suck Verizon Wireless!", Leo exclaimed shouting into the night sky.
" Keep it down Dr. Fordyce or you're going to get us arrested!", Sheldon hissed at his girlfriend in a low tone.
" Quit bi**hing at me Dr. Cooper! Let's just get this over with so we can go home afterwards and get some sleep! We have to work tomorrow!", Leo hissed back.
" Alright Alright!", Sheldon said. As the two of them climbed over the fence the song Thick as Thieves by Shinedown began to play in the background.
Evidently we can't work it out
I guess that courage ain't allowed
" Ok let's cut the power first so we don't get electrocuted.", Leo said as she pulled out some wire cutters from her back pocket.
" Be careful with all that circuitry Leo. I don't want you to hurt yourself.", Sheldon said.
" Would you relax and chill out please?! This was my idea in the first place so let me organize it how I want Sheldon!", Leo said.
" Fine, if you insist.", Sheldon said before shutting his trap.
" Thank you!", Leo said as she began to cut the wires to the main power source of the tower. The tower made a slight powering down noise.
Evidently you're not in the mood
And everything I say just bothers you
" Ok the tower is off. Is it safe to touch?", Leo asked.
" Yes I believe so.", Sheldon said after he rubbed Purell on his hands and touched the base of the tower. It was cool to the touch.
" Perfect! I'll start climbing!", Leo exclaimed before she started climbing.
You built this fortress
I stumble towards it
" What are you doing now?!", Sheldon asked.
" I'm going to the top to get the beacon lights first!", Leo exclaimed as she turned her head lamp on.
" This tower is 100 feet tall! What if you fall and hurt yourself?!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" I've climbed higher heights before, I know what I'm doing! Keep it down! You're the one who said that we would get arrested if someone catches us!", Leo hissed at him. Sheldon just rolled his eyes at her.
Evidently you look furious
Walls up and I know you're serious
Evidently I'm not always there
But you left and I looked everywhere
Leo continued climbing higher and higher up the tower using the twisted metal as a ladder. She had never felt so alive in her entire life. The California heat was making her sweat but she didn't really care.
" You ok up there?", Sheldon asked her through his walkie talkie.
" Yeah I'm doing great! Keep a lookout!", Leo said into her walkie talkie before continuing on up the tower. Sheldon nodded his head before he looked around the area in every direction he could think of.
You built this fortress
I stumble towards it
I stumble towards it
And guilty I may be
But don't give up on me
Leo finally reached the top and began to remove the first beacon light.
" Ok come here you stupid light! Come to mama!", Leo said as she yanked it off the platform it sat on.
" Heads up Sheldon, here comes the first beacon light!", Leo said into her walkie talkie before she dropped the light. Surprisingly, Sheldon caught it in mid-air with his hand.
" Great! Now get the other one!", Sheldon said.
In the wake of the Odyssey
We will still be thick as thieves
" Ok come here you dumb light! Got it, heads up!", Leo said as she dropped the second light. Again, Sheldon caught it with his hand.
You and me still thick as thieves
" Ok now come down Leo! You're making me nervous!", Sheldon said.
" I'm already doing that Dr. Whack-a-doodle!", Leo said as she was climbing back down.
' Wow, I sounded just like Penny!', Leo thought in her head.
Evidently this is my mistake
Lost touch but I think I've been replaced
Evidently something's gotta give
Play it safe, but I know you're worth the risk
Once Leo got to the ground she said, " Ok now wait here a second Sheldon, I'll be right back." Sheldon nodded his head as he watched his girlfriend jump over the fence sprinting toward Caltech. Leo slipped into the building through an open door leaving Sheldon alone out in the field standing next to the disabled cell phone tower. Moments later, Leo came back with an ax and an air sac.
" Where in the name of Einstein did you get an ax and an air sac from Dr. Fordyce?!", Sheldon asked in complete shock.
" Caltech storage closet, Dr. Cooper.", Leo said with a smirk on her face.
You built this fortress
I stumble towards it
I stumble towards it
After the air sac was put in place Leo said, " Ok, let's start hacking away at this thing." She picked up the ax and began climbing the tower again.
" Oh no don't climb it again Leo! You're going to get hurt!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" I'm not going all the way to the top this time Sheldon! I'm hacking it off halfway!", Leo stated.
" That's still 50 feet off the ground! You're going to hurt yourself!", Sheldon said.
And guilty I may be
But don't give up on me
" I'm not going to hurt myself! I told you, I've climbed high heights before at least a dozen times!", Leo stated.
In the wake of the Odyssey
We will still be thick as thieves
Once Leo got halfway up the tower and started swinging the ax hacking away at the metal structure Sheldon asked, " So what are we going to do with this ridiculous deathtrap?"
" We're going to drag it into the woods somewhere and bury it. Somewhere that nobody will find it including those idiots over at Verizon Wireless.", Leo said as she watched half of the tower fall and hit the air sac near the base. Sheldon flinched at the sound of the heavy metal hitting the air sac.
You and me still thick as thieves
" Are you really sure this is a good idea? We're really risking a lot here.", Sheldon asked.
I got an escape if you want it
" Trust me this is a good idea. Don't even doubt it. We're not going to have this crap shoved down our throat like dog medicine.", Leo said as she started climbing down.
" Well I was going to say that I reckon we not take this crap but I'm not sure what dog medicine has to do with it.", Sheldon said with a little bit of Texas twang in his voice.
We can leave first thing in the morning
" Was that a Southern accent?!", Leo asked.
" Yes.", Sheldon said.
We'll be back before you know it
" Where are you from?", Leo asked.
" I grew up in Galveston, Texas.", Sheldon said.
We're as thick as thieves
" Wow, that's interesting.", Leo said as she stepped on the ground.
" So you said you're from Savannah, Georgia?", Sheldon asked.
And guilty I may be
But don't give up on me
" Yep, born and raised.", Leo said as she started swinging the ax at the base of the tower.
" Interesting.", Sheldon said.
In the wake of the Odyssey
We will still be thick as thieves
Once the rest of the tower came crashing to the ground Leo ran back to Caltech telling Sheldon to get out of the way. She came back moments later driving a forklift toward the fence.
" What on Earth are you doing now Leo?!", Sheldon asked.
" I have to take out the fence in order to lift the tower out of there Sheldon.", Leo said.
" You're right. I did not think of that.", Sheldon said.
And I guilty I may be guilty I may be
But don't give up on me don't you give up on me
In the wake of the Odyssey you and me
We will still be thick as thieves
As the forklift collided with the fence it caved in and fell down. Leo then picked up the pieces of the destroyed cell phone tower with it and told Sheldon to get in. Sheldon then rubbed his hands with Purell and sprayed himself with Lysol before climbing into the forklift next to his girlfriend. The two doctors drove off across the field carrying the pieces of the tower. At some points they looked like they were going to fall off the front of the forklift but fortunately they stayed put for the entire trip. When Leo and Sheldon reached a good spot in the woods they stopped the forklift. They got out with some shovels and started digging a very big, deep hole that was deep enough to fit the tower in. Lastly, Leo and Sheldon threw in the two beacon lights with it before they buried the whole thing completely and flattened out the soil enough to not raise suspicion about what was buried there.
" Well I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.", Sheldon admitted with a smile.
" I did too. Come here.", Leo said with a smile as she pulled Sheldon in for a kiss. As the two stood there kissing each other it suddenly began to rain. They quickly got back into the forklift and drove off into the night. Sheldon dropped Leo off at her apartment before going back to his after everything was returned to the Caltech storage closet.
The next day Leo was in her office working when all of a sudden she was interrupted by the same Verizon Wireless cell tower contractor with his buddies.
" What did you and Dr. Cooper do with our tower Dr. Fordyce?!", the contractor angrily demanded.
" That is none of your business what we did with it because you're never going to find it! So could you please get out of my office?! I'm working!", Leo shot back at him.
" Oh no no no no no, that ain't going to fly! You and Dr. Cooper better tell us where our tower is right now before you two end up in some serious legal trouble!", the dude shouted.
" Look, it's not going to matter what we do or don't tell you because you're not going to find that tower! You can search the whole city of Pasadena for all I care! Now get out of my office!", Leo shouted.
" What fresh hell is this?! What is going on in here Leo?!", Sheldon asked as he entered his girlfriend's office.
" It's these Verizon idiots again Sheldon! They showed up here in my office to yell at me! They're harassing me into telling them what we did with their cell tower last night!", Leo hissed under her breath.
" Well that's a fine how do you do! Get out of here and quit harassing my girlfriend! You don't deserve to know the location of your tower! You didn't do what we asked you to do in the first place so this is what you get!", Sheldon shouted.
" Oh no no no no no, you two are not getting away with this! We're calling the police! Somebody get me a phone here please!", the dude shouted. One of his buddies handed him his cell phone but just before he could make that call Leo suddenly slammed his hand down on her desk which knocked the phone out of his hand.
" You're not calling anybody! I told you you're not going to find that tower so what good is the police going to do for you?!", Leo hissed at him not letting go of his hand.
" You and your boyfriend were not authorized to remove that tower from this premises for any reason what so ever! You don't work for us!", the dude hissed at her.
" We don't give a sh*t! Leave us alone!", Leo shouted.
" What's going on here Leo?! I can hear this all the way from my lab!", Amy exclaimed as she walked into her friend's office.
" Verizon Wireless is harassing me and Sheldon! They showed up here in my office to yell at me about what Sheldon and I did with their tower last night that was sitting in a field behind Caltech!", Leo exclaimed.
" Wait, there was a cell phone tower here on the university property?!", Amy asked in complete shock.
" Yeah it was in that field a few feet away from my office window! They put it here several weeks ago when I was in my office talking with the guys! Sheldon and I just removed it ourselves last night and now Verizon Wireless is in here bi**hing at us about it threatening to call the police on us!", Leo exclaimed.
" What?! Ok you guys need to get out right now! Quit harassing my friends!", Amy shouted at the Verizon Wireless people.
" No, your friends are in a lot of trouble right now! They illegally removed our property from this premises!", the contractor hissed.
" You don't get it do you?! Cell phone towers don't belong near buildings! There's a bunch of reasons for that you dunce!", Leo shot at him.
" Dr. Fordyce if I was a dunce I wouldn't be working as a contractor for Verizon Wireless!", the contractor shot back at her.
" Oh well then I'm so very sorry for you!", Leo sarcastically hissed.
" Was that sarcasm?", Sheldon asked.
" Yes Sheldon it was!", Leo said.
" You need to stop with the attitude, ok!", the contractor shouted.
" No, you need to stop harassing me and my boyfriend!", Leo hissed.
" Dr. Fordyce you are really starting to piss me off right now! You and Dr. Cooper need to stop harassing us!", the contractor rudely hissed at her.
" You know what, fine! Call the cops, I don't care! We'll settle this like adults when the cops get here!", Leo shot back at him with an angry expression on her face.
" Leo what the hell are you doing?!", Amy shockingly asked.
" I'm resolving this injustice Amy!", Leo stated with a sigh.
" You're going to go to jail is what's going to happen!", the contractor stated.
" No we're not! The police will decide who's right and who's wrong, and it's clearly you idiots! You had no right to put that tower there in the first place!", Leo shot back.
" We've been approved by the city council!", the contractor argued.
" So that doesn't mean anything! You have to be approved by Pasadena citizens too, not just the city council!", Leo argued back.
" No we don't!", the contractor insisted.
" Yes you do! You can't just go putting up cell phone towers wherever you want! That's against the constitution! We have rights here!", Leo shouted.
" Ok now you're just sounding like a dumb blonde-headed woman! Please just stop talking!", the contractor stated. Leo, Sheldon, and Amy gasped.
" Excuse me?! Did you just call me a dumb blonde?!", Leo exclaimed.
" Yes were you not listening to me?!", the contractor rudely said. Leo and Amy just stood there with their mouths open.
" You know what, I reckon all y'all low down punks get out of my girlfriend's office and leave us alone! Right now! Because I will not tolerate you insulting my woman like that!", Sheldon shouted. His Texas twang was very noticeable in his voice.
" Yeah get out of my office! This conversation is over!", Leo shouted as she began to shove the Verizon people out the door.
" Oh no this is not over! This is just getting started!", the contractor shot back.
" No it's not! Get out!", Leo shouted. The second she shoved them out and slammed the door in their faces a very frightening situation occurred. Leo suddenly without warning began to stumble looking very lethargic.
" Leo!", Sheldon and Amy exclaimed as they reached out to catch her before her head hit the floor. Leo was babbling incoherently so they couldn't understand what she was trying to say. Sheldon and Amy quickly helped her sit down in her office chair which made her come around a little bit but she was still out of it.
" Are you alright?!", Sheldon frantically asked.
" Yeah I'm fine I just… Oh god where's my blood pressure insulin?!", Leo asked frantically searching for the syringe and needle. She looked in one of her drawers in her desk and finally found it.
" Oh that's much better.", Leo said after injecting herself with it.
" Leo what the hell just happened?!", Amy shockingly asked.
" My blood pressure went down so I just injected myself with some medicine that keeps it elevated to a normal level.", Leo said.
" Why?", Sheldon asked.
" Because for whatever reason I was diagnosed with an unheard of deficiency in my blood pressure. My blood pressure goes down instead of up if I get too stressed out or worked up. So I have to take a special insulin that keeps it elevated to normal or else I could slip into a coma and die.", Leo said.
" Deficiency? What deficiency?", Sheldon asked.
" The doctor said it was Emotocardiac pressure deficiency.", Leo said.
" Why didn't you tell us about it?", Sheldon asked.
" Because I didn't want to scare you. It's a very scary thing to talk about. During some of these episodes of it I literally blackout sometimes which makes me look like I'm dead. You really don't want to see that because that will really freak you out.", Leo said.
" How long have you been living with this?", Amy asked.
" Since I was 10 years old. I lived with it through most of my childhood.", Leo said.
" And you never did anything about it Leo? Not even your family?", Sheldon asked.
" There's no cure for it Sheldon. I have to live with it for the rest of my life.", Leo said.
" Oh that's preposterous, there has to be something you can do!", Sheldon stated.
" I'm telling you there's absolutely nothing I can do about it! It's incurable!", Leo stated.
" Well you know what I don't care. I'm going to find someone that will do something about this Leo.", Sheldon said. Amy's mouth just dropped open upon hearing this.
" Oh Sheldon you don't have to do that.", Leo said as she shook her head.
" Yes I do. I may not have seen this before and this was the only time I saw it, but, I've seen and heard enough. You're my girlfriend and I love you. I don't want to see you go through this.", Sheldon said as he stared into her eyes.
" Oh Sheldon.", Leo said as she began to tear up and kiss him. Amy began to tear up as well, not sad tears but happy tears. She had never seen this side of Sheldon before and it made her very happy to see how much he really cared for everyone in his life despite his quirks and stubbornness.
" I love you.", Leo whispered in Sheldon's ear.
" I love you too.", Sheldon whispered back. A smile spread across his face as he continued to kiss her. Just then Verizon Wireless returned but this time with the police.
" Alright what is the problem here?", one officer asked.
" Oh great, what do you idiots want now?! Didn't my boyfriend Dr. Cooper and I tell you to get out?!", Leo shouted.
" Yes you did Dr. Fordyce but you were also the one who said that you didn't care if we called the police!", the contractor shot back.
" Oh shut up! You're so full of sh*t aren't you?!", Leo shouted at him.
" Alright that's enough! Now what is the problem here?!", the officer asked again.
" We placed a cell tower here on this property several weeks ago and we came back only to discover that it was gone! These two physicists removed it themselves last night!", the contractor said pointing an accusing finger at Leo and Sheldon.
" How do you know it was us?!", Leo shouted.
" Oh don't give us any of that! We know it was you two because of the threatening e-mails and voicemails you sent us!", the contractor hissed.
" Well we wouldn't have had to do that if you guys had done what we asked you to do in the first place which was to move the tower somewhere else! Is that so hard to move a cell tower somewhere that has less of an impact on people but still gives them service?!", Leo hissed back.
" Ok ok enough with this controversy! So what is it that needs to be resolved here?!", another officer asked.
" We want them to understand that we don't want them invading our property!", Leo stated.
" It's not invading if we've been approved by the city council!", the contractor stated.
" Yes it is! You weren't approved by citizens!", Leo shot back.
" Wait, that's what the problem is?", the officer asked.
" Yeah officer! He thinks that because they were approved by the city council that they can just go put up their cell phone towers wherever they want!", Leo stated.
" What's your name sir?", the officer asked.
" Joshua Wheeler but everyone calls me Josh.", Josh said.
" Well Mr. Wheeler I'm sorry to tell you this, but, she's actually right. You can't do that. That's illegal.", the officer said.
" Why are you taking her side?! Her and her boyfriend illegally removed our tower!", Josh shouted.
" Well in most cases this would be illegal but in this case it's not. Your tower was here illegally so they had the right to remove it.", the officer said.
" Yes! Thank you!", Leo exclaimed.
" They don't work for us!", Josh shot back.
" It doesn't matter. There's a certain time-window that if you don't do anything within that time-window the second party affected can do something about it themselves. In this case the second party is Dr. Cooper and Dr. Fordyce. So don't stand there and try to accuse them of doing something illegal because you were the one that was doing something illegal.", the officer said.
" This is complete bullsh*t!", Josh shouted.
" No what you're doing is complete bullsh*t!", Amy hissed at him.
" Hey hey hey enough with the cursing! Now Mr. Wheeler, I would advise you and your crew to leave.", the officer said.
" You're kicking us out?!", Josh shouted.
" Yes, don't come back here. If we see you back here you will be arrested for trespassing and unauthorized property.", the officer said.
" What do you mean unauthorized?! It's from Verizon Wireless!", Josh interjected.
" It's unauthorized because nobody here at this university approved of it. Now please leave the premises and don't come back here.", the officer said.
" Fine whatever! We're out of here!", Josh hissed as him and his crew left.
" Alright, have a good day Dr. Fordyce. You too Dr. Cooper.", the officer said as he walked out with the other officers.
" Thank you." , Leo and Sheldon said before shutting the door. Leo then began cracking up.
" What's so funny Leo?", Amy asked as she stared at her friend.
" I can't believe Sheldon and I just got away with that! That's classic!", Leo laughed as she knocked her fist against the wall.
" You didn't do anything wrong.", Amy said.
" Yeah well it still feels like we did and got away with it!", Leo laughed.
" That's exhilarating!", Amy exclaimed.
" I know right?!", Leo exclaimed as she continued to laugh. Just then Dr. Gablehauser walked asking what was going on and why he was hearing arguing. Leo explained it to him and he let it go from there.
Later that evening at Penny's…
" Wait, you and Sheldon were being harassed by Verizon Wireless?!", Penny shockingly asked Leo as her, Amy, Bernadette, and Leo were sitting around her living room drinking glasses of wine.
" Yeah Penny. They literally showed up at my office today and started yelling at me before Sheldon walked in and they started yelling at both of us about what we did with their tower last night.", Leo said taking a sip of her wine.
" You two actually removed their tower?!", Bernadette shockingly asked.
" Yeah we did.", Leo said.
" Who's idea was it to do that?", Penny asked.
" It was my idea. I just talked Sheldon into it.", Leo said.
" You crazy bi**h!", Penny exclaimed as she stared at her friend.
" I know, it was exhilarating! And to top it all off, we actually got away with it! The cops didn't do a single thing!", Leo exclaimed as she laughed.
" I told you that the officer said that you didn't do anything wrong Leo.", Amy said.
" I know but it still feels like it which is why it's funny!", Leo laughed. The four women laughed as they continued talking and drinking their glasses of wine. 2 weeks later Sheldon went to Leo's apartment to see her only to discover a note sitting on her kitchen counter. He picked it up and looked at it. The note said:
Gone to Georgia to visit my family.
- Leo
Sheldon went back to his apartment and said, " I'll be back in a little bit Leonard."
" Where are you going Sheldon?", Leonard asked.
" Savannah, Georgia to see my girlfriend.", Sheldon said.
" Sheldon if she's visiting her family right now don't bother her. She'll probably be back in a few hours.", Leonard said.
" I don't care I'm going to see her anyway.", Sheldon said.
" Ok, whatever.", Leonard said as Sheldon put on his windbreaker and walked out the door.
4 hours and 47 minutes later…
knock knock knock " Dr. Fordyce!"
knock knock knock " Dr. Fordyce!"
knock knock knock " Dr. Fordyce!"
Woof woof woof!
" Leo who's that at the door?!", Mr. Fordyce hollered from the living room.
" It's just my boyfriend dad! Cool your jets!", Leo hollered back as she walked toward the door.
" Is this the new guy?!", Mr. Fordyce hollered.
" Yes dad I just said that!", Leo hollered.
Woof woof woof!
" Leo stop yelling at your father and answer the door!", Mrs. Fordyce hollered from the foyer room.
" Ok mom I will!", Leo hollered.
Woof woof woof!
" Gidget that's enough! Quit barking!", Mrs. Fordyce shouted at the family dog.
" Hi Sheldon. What are you doing here?", Leo asked as she opened the door.
" Oh I thought since I don't have anything to do I thought I'd come see you.", Sheldon said.
" Oh well this is a nice surprise. Come on in.", Leo said as she stepped aside.
" Thank you.", Sheldon said as he walked in. Leo shut the door behind him.
Woof woof woof!
" Gidget shut up!", Leo shouted.
" Who's Gidget?", Sheldon asked.
" She's our family dog. She's a German Shepherd.", Leo said. Gidget came running up to Sheldon as the two of them were walking into the kitchen.
" Oh good Lord that's a big dog!", Sheldon exclaimed as he pressed his back against the kitchen counter. Gidget started sniffing him making him tense up a little.
" It's ok Sheldon, she won't hurt you. She's a very friendly dog.", Leo said. Just then Gidget put her two front paws up on Sheldon's chest and began licking his face.
" Oh good Lord!", Sheldon exclaimed as he started to laugh. He awkwardly started scratching her behind the ears as she continued to kiss his face. Her tail was swinging at full force.
" Aww Gidget likes you!", Leo exclaimed.
" Yeah so I've noticed! Ok ok ok that's enough Gidget! Stop!", Sheldon said. Gidget got down and started chasing her tail before running off into the living room. Leo and Sheldon walked into the living room to see Mr. Fordyce sitting on the couch watching tv.
" Hey dad.", Leo said.
" Oh hi Leo.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Is this your dad?", Sheldon asked.
" Yeah Sheldon this is my dad.", Leo said.
" Hello it's nice to finally meet you Mr. Fordyce.", Sheldon said.
" It's a pleasure to finally meet you too Sheldon.", Mr. Fordyce said getting up from the couch and briefly shaking hands with Sheldon.
" Mom! Get out here so you can meet my boyfriend!", Leo hollered.
" Alright alright I'm coming Leo!", Mrs. Fordyce hollered as she made her way into the living room.
" Sheldon this is my mom.", Leo said.
" Hi Sheldon it's nice to meet you.", Mrs. Fordyce said with a smile.
" It's nice to meet you too Mrs. Fordyce.", Sheldon said. As they started talking the garage door was suddenly heard swinging open.
" Mom, Dad, Leo, Amanda, I'm home!", Kennedy exclaimed as she entered the kitchen.
" Kennedy, Mom, Dad and I are in the living room! Amanda's upstairs with her husband!", Leo called out to her sister.
" Oh there you are!", Kennedy said as she entered the living room.
" Yeah I just said that!", Leo said.
" Who's this?", Kennedy asked when she saw Sheldon.
" Kennedy this is my new boyfriend Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper.", Leo said.
" Hi nice to meet you. I'm Kennedy, Leo's sister.", Kennedy said.
" Nice to meet you too Kennedy.", Sheldon said.
" Amanda! Get down here!", Leo hollered up the stairs to her other sister.
" Leo leave me alone! I'm trying to have a decent evening with my husband!", Amanda rudely hollered back from an upstairs bedroom. Leo could hear the tv on in the background.
" Really Amanda?! You're gonna be rude in front of my boyfriend?! Just come down for a few minutes to meet him!", Leo hollered.
" I said to leave me alone Leo! I don't want to be bothered right now! I'm trying to have a relaxing evening with my husband Donny!", Amanda hollered.
" Amanda just get down here!", Leo hissed.
" No!", Amanda hissed back.
" Excuse me for a second Sheldon. My sister's being a bi**h.", Leo said as she started walking toward the stairs and up them.
" Leo don't call your sister that!", Mr. Fordyce hollered after his youngest daughter.
" Stay out of this dad!", Leo shouted. Then she knocked on the bedroom door and shouted, " Amanda get out here!"
" No, I said to go away! Leave me and Donny alone!", Amanda shouted through the closed door.
" Yeah seriously Leo quit yelling at your sister who's my wife!", Donny's voice shouted in the background at his sister-in law.
" Donny shut up! I'm not going to let my brother-in law tell me what to do!", Leo hissed.
" Leo just go away we don't want to be bothered right now!", Amanda hissed.
" Amanda, look, I know you're a married woman now but you can't tell me what to do!', Leo shot back.
" Yeah I can because you're my annoying little sister! Now go away!", Amanda shouted.
" Amanda don't talk to your sister like that! She's asking you to come downstairs to meet her boyfriend!", Mr. Fordyce shouted at his eldest daughter.
" I'm spending some time with my husband dad! Leave me alone!", Amanda shouted.
" Amanda if you don't come down here right this minute I'm going to come up there and drag you down here myself!", Mr. Fordyce shouted.
" Fine, whatever dad!", Amanda shouted as her and her husband came out of the bedroom and followed Leo down the stairs.
" Be nice Amanda!", Leo hissed at her sister. Amanda just gave her sister the finger.
" Sorry about that Sheldon. Here's my other sister who's apparently deciding to be very rude tonight.", Leo said.
" I had a very stressful day at work today and all I wanted was a nice evening alone with my husband! Is that too much to ask?!", Amanda hissed.
" And is it too much to ask for you to take a few minutes out of that to meet my boyfriend?!", Leo hissed back.
" Hi I'm Amanda and this is my husband Donny.", Amanda said with a sigh.
" Hi.", Donny said.
" Hello nice to meet you. Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper.", Sheldon said.
" See now was that so hard for you to do?!", Leo asked her sister.
" No.", Amanda said.
" Exactly. Now that's over you and Donny can go back upstairs.", Leo said.
" Thank you, come on Donny. We'll back down in a little bit.", Amanda said as the married couple walked back upstairs.
" Is she always like that?", Sheldon asked.
" Yeah but there are moments when she's on her medication that she doesn't act like that. She has bipolar issues.", Leo said. The two of them went into the living room and sat on the couch.
" Well we'll leave you two alone for a little bit.", Mrs. Fordyce said.
" Thanks mom.", Leo said. Less than a few minutes after Mr. Fordyce, Mrs. Fordyce, and Kennedy left the living room leaving Leo and Sheldon alone, the three Fordyce boys got home.
" Oh yeah da three Fordyce brothers in da house yo!", Stephen said talking gang slang.
" Touchdown!", Garrett and Junior exclaimed as they slammed a football on the kitchen floor before body slamming each other.
" Garrett and Junior don't do that in the house! You two are grown men!", Mrs. Fordyce said as she picked up the football and threw it into the garage.
" Come on mom, live a little would ya?!", Garrett said as he began walking away from his mother.
" Garrett don't talk like that to your mother!", Mr. Fordyce called after his middle son.
" Yo dad, who's the dude with our little sister in the living room?", Stephen asked.
" That's your sister's new boyfriend. Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" You're kidding, right?! That guy's a genius!", Junior exclaimed.
" I'm serious Junior.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" No sh*t!", Junior exclaimed.
" Hey I don't want to hear that word!", Mr. Fordyce interjected.
" Dad I'm a grown man! Don't tell me what I can and can't say!", Junior interjected.
" Who's voices am I hearing?", Sheldon asked.
" Oh that must be my three brothers. They must have just got home. Let's go say hi.", Leo said as the two of them got up from the couch. After Sheldon met his girlfriend's brothers Leo and Sheldon went upstairs to Leo's childhood bedroom. As Sheldon looked around the room he eventually saw Leo's high school diploma hanging on the wall and discovered what her middle name was.
" Alejandra is your middle name? You have a Spanish middle name?", Sheldon asked.
" Yeah, my parents wanted my name to be unique. So they named me Leo Alejandra Fordyce.", Leo said.
" Dr. Leo Alejandra Fordyce.", Sheldon said.
" Exactly.", Leo said with a smile. Then she picked up the remote for the stereo and turned it on. The song that came on was Havana by Camila Cabello. Leo wrapped her arms around Sheldon's neck and pulled him in for a kiss. Sheldon awkwardly wrapped his arms around her mid-section leaning into her kiss. It took him a little bit by surprise but then he was fine.
" I love you Sheldon.", Leo said with a smile.
" I love you too Leo.", Sheldon said as he smiled back. As they resumed kissing they were suddenly interrupted by Mr. Fordyce walking in on them.
" What do you want dad?!", Leo asked.
" I just came to check on you. You ok?", Mr. Fordyce asked.
" Yes I'm fine. Dad I'm not a teenager anymore so you don't need to do that like some commanding officer. I'm a grown woman who's 31 years old.", Leo said.
" I know that but you're still my youngest daughter. I just don't want to see you get hurt.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Dad, can you please go? You're embarrassing me in front of Sheldon.", Leo said.
" I will Leo I just want to talk to him for a minute.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Dad.", Leo protested.
" This will just take a minute and then I'll leave you guys alone. I promise.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Dad this the same thing you did when I brought Brady home! Why do you want to talk to every guy I bring home?!", Leo exclaimed.
" It's a Dad thing. It's what dads do. I did the same thing with your sisters.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Alright, fine.", Leo said.
" What does your dad want to talk to me about?", Sheldon asked.
" I already know what he's going to say, just go see what he wants.", Leo said.
" Alright.", Sheldon said as he stepped out of the room with Mr. Fordyce.
" So what did you want?", Sheldon asked.
" I just wanted to talk to you, get something straight.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Ok. What is it?", Sheldon asked.
" I love all my children the same but there's one thing I want to make clear with you. You hurt my little girl in any way, I will take a bat to your head and beat the sh*t out of you. Do you understand me Sheldon?", Mr. Fordyce asked.
" Yes I do. But I can assure you that I love your daughter very much and I will never hurt her.", Sheldon said.
" Ok. Just make sure you keep that promise. She is my youngest daughter who I love very much as well as my other two girls and my three boys.", Mr. Fordyce said.
" Fair enough.", Sheldon said.
" Alright, I'll leave you two alone now.", Mr. Fordyce said as he walked away. Sheldon walked back into Leo's room.
" Was I right? Did he say, ' I will take a bat to your head and beat the sh*t out of you if you ever hurt me?'", Leo asked scratching her head.
" Yes. Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?", Sheldon asked.
" No, I just knew he was going say that because he said the exact same thing to Brady.", Leo said.
" Interesting. Was this actually the first guy you were with before me?", Sheldon asked.
" Yes, we were high school sweethearts. We really loved each other.", Leo said. Then she turned her head to the mirror next to her bed and looked at the last high school picture ever taken of her and Brady together. It was from her senior prom. As she stared at it part of her still felt sad about what happened to him but on the other hand there was a sense of comfort knowing that she would one day see him again someday in the heavenly embrace of God.
" But that doesn't matter now. I have you.", Leo said as she looked at Sheldon and kissed him. Suddenly, they were interrupted again but this time by Junior.
" S'up?!", Junior exclaimed as he walked into his sister's room.
" What do you want you little cricket?! I'm spending some alone time with my boyfriend!", Leo asked in an annoyed tone.
" What?! Can't a bro just say hi to his sis?!", Junior asked.
" Yes but not when she's with her boyfriend! Get out of my room!", Leo exclaimed.
" Why?! You two making out?!", Junior asked with an immature smirk on his face.
" Get out Junior!", Leo screamed as she chased her brother out the door slamming the door in his face. As Junior walked away laughing Leo interjected through the door, " Immature pig head!" Leo and Sheldon resumed kissing but were suddenly interrupted a third time by a loud ringing sound throughout the whole house that didn't come from the landline phone. It was coming from the foyer room downstairs.
" What the hell is that?!", Leo exclaimed as she flung open her bedroom door and stood at the top of the stairs. The ringing suddenly turned into the EAS tone before the broadcaster's voice was heard.
" Sheldon turn my radio off. I can't hear this.", Leo said as Sheldon turned her stereo off. The two stood side by side at the top of the stairs listening but couldn't really hear what it said because of Gidget's barking.
" Gidget shut up! I'm trying to listen to the weather radio!", Leo shouted at the dog.
" The broadcaster said it was a Tornado Warning! Quit yelling at the dog Leo!", Mr. Fordyce shouted at his daughter.
" Yeah but for what county dad?! I couldn't hear because of Gidget!", Leo shot back at her father.
" Chatham County!", Mr. Fordyce hollered.
" Oh great, that's us! Savannah, Georgia's in Chatham County!", Leo hissed under her breath. Just when things couldn't get any worse, they did. The tornado siren began to blare over the entire city of Savannah. Instead of a wavering tone, it was a solid wail.
" What fresh hell is this?! What is that noise?!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" That's the tornado siren Sheldon. I better call my best friend Morgan and tell her to come over here.", Leo said as she picked up her cell phone.
" Why would you do that?", Sheldon asked.
" Because her house doesn't have a basement so we let her come here.", Leo said as she dialed Morgan's number. Morgan answered and when Leo told her to come over because of a tornado warning she said she was on her way.
" Amanda, Donny, get downstairs! There's a tornado warning in our area!", Leo said as she knocked on the door to the bedroom that her older sister and brother-in law were sharing.
" Are you freaking kidding me?! Is this a joke Leo?!", Amanda hissed.
" No it's not Amanda! Didn't you hear the weather radio going off downstairs in the foyer room?!", Leo exclaimed.
" Oh sh*t, Donny get out of the shower! There's a tornado warning!", Amanda called out to her husband who was in their attached bedroom bathroom in the shower.
" What is it Amanda?! I can't hear you! I'm in the shower!", Donny shouted at his wife.
" Donny Thomas Elspeth get out here! I said there's a tornado warning!", Amanda shouted.
" Alright alright, stop hollering at me Amanda Marlin Fordyce-Elspeth! I'm coming!", Donny shouted at his wife as he shut the water off and dried off. They headed downstairs with Leo and Sheldon following them. Leo and Sheldon then went to the door wall leading to the backyard waiting for Morgan to show up. Morgan's house was 75 yards away across the Fordyce's backyard. Through the pelting rain and hail Leo could see Morgan emerging from her back door getting ready to make the 75 yard sprint across the yard. As Morgan was sprinting across the yard she suddenly sprinted even faster when she spotted something in the distance 6 or 7 blocks away. She made it to the door with no time to spare.
" Dude we got to go now!", Morgan exclaimed in a panic.
" Why?! What are you talking about Morgan?!", Leo asked.
" I saw a funnel cloud in the distance getting ready to touchdown over Chatham County Park!", Morgan exclaimed.
" Are you freaking kidding me?! Is this a joke?!", Leo exclaimed.
" No Leo, I'm dead serious! Go look out your front door! It wouldn't surprise me if this thing hits us within 5 minutes!", Morgan exclaimed as the three of them headed to the front door. Leo pulled back the curtain on the side window and saw what Morgan was talking about. There in the distance 6 or 7 blocks away from the Fordyce residence was an EF- 4 tornado heading straight for them.
" Dad get everyone in the basement now, there's a tornado heading toward our house!", Leo shouted. Morgan and Sheldon just stood there in fear.
Oh no, it seems that a serious dilemma is occurring! What do you think will happen to Leo, Sheldon, and Morgan as well as the rest of the Fordyce family?! Will their house be hit by the tornado or will it turn and miss them?! Let me know in the comments. And my sincere apologies go out to you if this cell tower disagreement went on too long. Please don't chew me out on the deficiency that Leo has, I made it up. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter and let me know what you think will happen in chapter 7. To be continued… :)