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The Physicist of 2A	By : DS197245 Category: 1 through F > The Big Bang Theory Views: 70 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I dont own the Big Bang Theory but I do own Dr. Leo Fordyce. Sheldon/Leo pairing

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Chapter 31
One week later, everybody gathered at the Fordyces house for Simon’s job promotion party. The whole family was there as well as the others. While Cayela, Florence, Charlotte and Summer were hanging out upstairs the adults were all downstairs talking and laughing while Gidget was running around the house chasing her tail and barking like crazy much to the dismay of her owners.
“ Gidget shut up! Go lay down!”, Mr. Fordyce shouted at the dog but she kept barking.
“ Yo Gidge, just shut up!”, Dakota shouted but Gidget still kept barking so they just decided to ignore it.
“ So Gia what’s this other thing you wanted to tell me about?”, Leo asked.
“ Hold on one second Leo.”, Gia said. Then she turned to her husband Simon and whispered, “ Should we reveal it?”
“ Yes Gia. It’s the perfect time for it.”, Simon whispered with a smile on his face. Without hesitation Gia got up onto a table and said, “ Ok everybody, Simon and I have some more great news to share with you in addition to his job promotion.” She then turned her back, took off her jacket and said, “ Ok you ready for this?”
“ Yes! Just turn around Gia!”, everybody interjected at once.
“ Alright, 1, 2, 3!”, Gia exclaimed as she spun around revealing her t-shirt to her whole family as well as her friends. Instant chaos errupted as everybody stared at the shirt. It said Baby On Board with a bunch of arrows pointing toward her stomach.
“ WE’RE HAVING A BABY!”, Gia and Simon exclaimed with big smiles on their faces.
“ Shut up! Are you serious?!”, Amanda exclaimed.
“ You’re pregnant Gia?!”, Kennedy exclaimed.
“ Yes! I’m 7 weeks pregnant! We wanted to wait until this party to tell you guys!”, Gia exclaimed.
“ Oh my god! Congratulations you guys! This is so exciting that Cayela’s going to have a little cousin!”, Leo exclaimed as she hugged her cousin when she got down off the table.
“ I know! I was so shocked and happy when I found out and when I told Simon that he was going to be a father he was thrilled! He started doing doughnuts around the room!”, Gia exclaimed.
“ Well we’re really happy for you two! You two are going to be great parents!”, Mrs. Fordyce exclaimed as she hugged her niece.
“ Thanks Aunt Miranda! I’m so excited to be taking this journey! Just like Leo, I’ve always wanted to be a mother too and now I’m finally going to become one!”, Gia exclaimed.
“ Well we’re happy for you regardless!”, Mr. Fordyce exclaimed as he hugged her.
“ Thanks Uncle Robert!”, Gia exclaimed but just as she said that the lights flickered and the whole house got dark causing a chorus of gasps and teenage girls screaming upstairs.
“ Oh that’s just lovely, the power went out.”, Mrs. Fordyce said as she rolled her eyes.
“ It won’t be for long Miranda. We have an automatic generator remember? It should kick on in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…”, Mr. Fordyce said as the generator started up and the lights came back on.
“ There it goes.”, Mr. Fordyce said.
“ Mom what just happened?”, Cayela asked her mother when her and her friends came downstairs.
“ The power went out so the house is running on the automatic generator now Cayela.”, Leo said.
“ Why were you, Florence, Charlotte and Summer screaming upstairs?”, Sheldon asked as he narrowed his eyes at his daughter.
“ Because when the lights went out Dad it scared us. We didn’t know what was going on. We didn’t know if it was a power outage or a tornado.”, Cayela said.
“ And why in the name of Einstein would assume that was a tornado Cayela?”, Sheldon asked as he rolled his eyes at her.
“ Because that’s what happened at Grandma Mary’s house so that’s why I assumed that.”, Cayela said.
“ Sweetheart if it was a tornado we would be hearing the sirens go off and we would be in the basement.”, Leo said.
“ Yeah that’s true. Sorry.”, Cayela said.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
“ Who the freak could that be?”, Florence asked.
“ I don’t know. A serial killer?”, Charlotte said in a joking way.
“ Charlotte don’t make jokes like that. We don’t need to go that extreme.”, Summer said as she rolled her eyes at her friend.
“ Girls calm down. I’ll go see who it is.”, Leo said as she went to the front door and opened it. It was the Burkowitzes and they seemed very mad and irritated.
“ Molly what are you and your parents doing here?!”, Leo angrily asked.
“ We want to talk to your stupid dad Leo! Where is he?!”, Molly angrily asked.
“ He’s mingling with our family right now! What do you want?!”, Leo angrily asked.
Woof! Woof! Woof!
“ This is about your stupid generator outside!”, Molly angrily said.
“ What about it Molly?!”, Leo angrily asked.
“ It’s too loud! We’re trying to sleep and it’s keeping us up because we can hear it all the way across the street!”, Molly angrily said as she got up in Leo’s face.
“ Ok first off, get out of my face and secondly, deal with it! It’s an automatic generator and it will shut off by itself when the power comes back on!”, Leo shouted.
“ Oh it’s not just the noise of the generator that’s bothering us it’s also the noise of the people over here too! There’s got to be at least over hundreds of adults here and 4 teenage girls! Not to mention that stupid mutt of yours won’t SHUT UP!”, Molly angrily shouted.
Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!
“ Ok first off Gidget’s not stupid and secondly we’re throwing a party for my cousin in-law Simon! He got a job promotion! Not to mention he’s about to become a father because my cousin Gia is 7 weeks pregnant! As for the teenage girls that’s just my daughter Cayela and her friends!”, Leo angrily shouted.
“ Wait, WHAT?! You’re a mother now?!”, Molly angrily shouted.
“ Yes so get out of here before you end up embarassing me in front of her! The last thing I want her to know about is that someone hates her mother!”, Leo shouted in Molly’s face.
“ Mom I’m standing right here and can hear everything you’re saying.”, Cayela said as she stood a few feet behind her mother next to Florence, Charlotte and Summer.
“ Cayela Rachelle this doesn’t concern you at the moment. Please go do something else with your friends or go talk to your father.”, Leo said as she rolled her eyes at her daughter.
“ Alright whatever you say Mom.”, Cayela said as she walked away with her friends.
“ Really Fordyce?! Cayela Rachelle?! That is the dumbest name I’ve ever heard!”, Molly shouted.
“ Excuse me Molly but no it’s not! It’s a very beautiful name and I don’t appreciate you insulting my daughter or her name for that matter! And that’s Fordyce-Cooper to you! Have you forgotten that Sheldon and I are married?!”, Leo shouted.
“ I don’t give a care! I thought I told you that at your stupid bachelorette party!”, Molly shouted.
“ Yes you did but only because you showed up uninvited like you’re doing right now! Get out Burkowitz! I’m sick and tired of you continuing to bully me! It was one thing when we were kids but we’re adults now and this is not appropriate anymore! This little game you’re playing with me is getting very old and it needs to stop, especially now since I’m married and a mother of a young teenage girl!”, Leo shouted.
“ Stop yelling at our daughter!”, Mr. and Mrs. Burkowitz shouted at her.
“ I couldn’t give a flying hoot of what you guys want! Just leave our house and SHUT UP!”, Leo shouted as she shoved the three of them off the front porch and slammed the door shut. Gidget continued barking like normal but then her barking turned aggressive when the sound of shattering glass suddenly came from the back of the house setting off the ADT security system. Everyone started screaming when Rico entered the room with several of his motorcycle gang buddies. They were each carrying a blunt object in their hand.
“ Dakota Harris, where are ya at you psycho ass bitch?!”, Rico shouted.
“ Rico Boriellas what the hell are you doing here?! I thought I told you the day that we were at the bar to go away and leave me alone!”, Dakota shouted as she shoved her way through the sea of people. She stood a few feet in front of her ex-boyfriend with her arms crossed in front of her chest giving him the stink eye.
“ Yeah well I decided that I’m not through with you yet! Me and my motorcycle buddies want to have a little chat with you!”, Rico shouted as he started cracking his knuckles. His buddies did the same thing.
“ About what?!”, Dakota shouted.
“ About why in the hell you broke up with me in the first place and started going out with this nerd!”, Rico shouted as he angrily threw a finger at Leonard.
“ Excuse me?!”, Leonard shouted.
“ Leonard is not just a nerd! He’s a physicist and he’s a way better boyfriend than you! Now I suggest that you and your stupid motorcycle buddies get out of here before I start breaking some skulls in front of everyone in this room!”, Dakota shouted as she got up in Rico’s face.
“ Unless you want to deal with me!”, Leonard shouted as he joined her side.
“ You want to hit me Bernard?!”, Rico shouted as he got up in Leonard’s face.
“ Again it’s Leonard and I’m not going to hit you Rico Boriellas! Now get out of here and leave my girlfriend alone!”, Leonard shouted as he shoved Rico away.
“ She was my girlfriend first you morron!”, Rico shouted.
“ Yeah well now she’s mine because you screwed up with her and treated her like crap! So who’s got the last say now?!”, Leonard shouted.
“ Come on, hit me Bernard!”, Rico shouted.
“ It’s Leonard and I told you I’m not going to hit you!”, Leonard shouted.
“ What are you chicken?!”, Rico shouted. Then he mocked, “ Oh I’m Dr. Leonard Hofstadter and I’m just a wimpy chicken who can’t fight!” This began to piss Leonard off.
“ You better watch what you’re saying Rico because I am THIS close to hitting you!”, Leonard shouted as he made a gesture with his hand.
“ Say that again, wimpy chicken!”, Rico mocked. In an instant Leonard lashed out at him but Dakota stepped in between the two of them and suckerpunched Rico right square in the face.
“ Oh so now you want to fight me Dakota Chantel?!”, Rico shouted.
“ Yeah let’s go d*ckhead! Ex vs ex! Come on!”, Dakota shouted as she put her fists up.
“ Well fine if that’s what you want! I can whoop your butt any day!”, Rico shouted as he put his fists up too.
“ We’ll see about that!”, Dakota shouted. As the two of them were circling each other with their fists raised in the air as if they were in the octagon Rico shouted, “Come on whatcha gonna do Skullbreaker?!”
“ I’m gonna give you a one way ticket to Shut Up Ville!”, Dakota shouted as she threw a punch at him nailing him right in the jaw.
“ That doesn’t even make any sense!”, Rico shouted as he punched her back but she dodged it.
“ Yeah well it does to me! Walls of Jericho!”, Dakota shouted as she grabbed Rico by his legs and sat on his butt.
“ I don’t think so!”, Rico shouted as he thrusted his butt up into hers which made her let go and they continued to fight.
“ You’re the biggest fattest jerk I have ever met Rico James!”, Dakota shouted as she kept pounding her fists into his face.
“ And you’re the biggest bi**h I ever met!”, Rico shouted as he continued swinging at her too. Cayela got a little curious as to what was going on but she accidentally got a little too close to the fight and Rico inadvertantly hit her in the process which made her cry.
“ CAYELA!”, Leo screamed as she picked her daughter up, consoling her as she continued crying. Sheldon joined his wife’s side almost immediately.
“ You asshole! You just hit my goddaughter!”, Dakota shouted at Rico as the fight suddenly stopped.
“ Oh shut up Dakota! I don’t give a damn!”, Rico shouted.
“ Oh yeah?! Well maybe you’ll give one when you see this!”, Garrett shouted as he stormed upstairs for a moment and came back down wearing his football uniform.
“ What’s with the football getup?!”, Rico shouted.
“ That’s because I’m a pro football player and if you and your stupid motorcycle junkie friends don’t get out of here I’m gonna sack you for a loss for hurting my niece!”, Garrett shouted as he lifted up his face guard on his helmet and shoved his mouth guard into his mouth before lowering the face guard again. He hissed in anger as he stood there with his fists balled up at his sides. His seething rage was very noticeable to not just his entire family but also his friends too. This completely shocked them because Garrett rarely ever got very pissed off about anything.
“ How about you suck my d*ck and leave me the hell alone jockhead!”, Rico shouted as he ran for his life with his buddies following him. They ran toward the garage. Garrett was about to chase after them but Sheldon stopped him.
“ Let me deal with them Garrett!”, Sheldon interjected as he headed to the garage as well. He came back in with a baseball bat and asked, “ Do you mind if I use this bat for a moment?” as he held it up.
“ Not at all Sheldon. Go ahead.”, Mr. Fordyce said.
“ Thank you.”, Sheldon said before he headed back into the garage shutting the door behind him. In a split second they all saw Sheldon chasing Rico and his motorcycle buddies down the street angrily waving the bat in the air shouting, “ Come back here you rat bastards! I’m going to kill you!” Rico’s buddies managed to get away but Sheldon eventually caught up to Rico and speared him off his motorcycle down to the pavement. Rico shielded his face with his arms as Sheldon was bashing his face in with the bat. He wanted to make him pay for hurting his daughter.
“ Get off of me Sheldon! Have you lost your mind?!”, Rico shouted.
“ No! This is what you get for hitting my daughter!”, Sheldon shouted as he continued swinging the bat at him in anger but Rico shoved him off and ripped the bat out of his hands before throwing it to the ground. Sheldon then grabbed Rico in a headlock and kneed him in the stomach before letting go. Rico doubled over in pain and fell to his knees as he gasped for air. Sheldon then picked up the bat again, hit him one more time, grabbed Rico’s motorcycle key out of the ignition and chucked it down the road before he shouted, “ Now get out of here! And if I ever see your face again or you come anywhere near me, my friends or my family again especially my wife and daughter I will beat you until you’re unconscious! Do you hear me?!” Sheldon started walking away carrying the bat with him leaving Rico to pick himself up off the ground.
“ Shit!”, Rico shouted as he angrily kicked his motorcycle before he started storming in the opposite direction to get his keys but he stumbled over his feet and fell to the ground again flat on his face.
“ Idiot.”, Sheldon mumbled under his breath as he shook his head and continued walking back to the house. When he got back there Cayela was still crying as she sat in Leo’s lap on the couch.
“ Shhh, you’re alright sweetheart. I got you.”, Leo softly said as she gently held Cayela against her chest.
“ My face hurts and I just wet myself again!”, Cayela cried.
“ Well then I guess it sounds like you need your diaper changed. Sheldon where did you put Cayela’s diaper bag at?”, Leo said as she stood up from the couch with Cayela in her arms.
“ It’s right here Leo.”, Sheldon as he handed the bag to her.
“ Thank you.”, Leo said as she slung it over her shoulder. She carried Cayela up the stairs to one of the bedrooms, shut the door behind her, walked over to the bed and set the bag down. She then pulled out the pad and set it down on the bed before laying Cayela down onto it. Cayela cried the whole time but then stopped after she was given a fresh diaper. Leo then carried her daughter back downstairs and sat on the couch with her in her lap.
“ Is she ok?”, Dakota asked as she sat next to Leo.
“ Yeah she’s fine. I just changed her diaper and now she looks like she’s sleeping on my shoulder.”, Leo said as she kissed the top of Cayela’s head. Cayela was sleeping peacefully against her mother’s shoulder drooling all over it as if she was a baby even though she’s a teenager.
“ Leo I’m so sorry about my stupid jerk of an ex! I don’t know why he did that! That was completely uncalled for!”, Dakota said.
“ It’s ok Dakota.”, Leo said.
“ No it’s really not! He hurt your daughter because of his stupid hotheaded, jerk of the year personality! And you know what I’m going to see to it that he never bothers us again!”, Dakota said.
“ What are you going to do?”, Leo asked as she stared at her friend in confusion.
“ I’m going to file a restraining order against him. I realize that I should have done that the day I broke up with him in the first place. He’s crazy.”, Dakota said.
“ I would totally agree with that.”, Leo said. The party continued without anymore additional problems. 2 weeks later Dakota decided to spend the day with her sister Makenzie. They decided to go for a jog together in a nearby park that morning.
“ Hey sis, you ready to go?”, Makenzie asked when she showed up at Dakota’s apartment to pick her up. She was dressed in a dark blue sports tank top, black gym shorts, and white tennis shoes on her feet. Her hair was up in a pony tail and she had earbuds stuck in her ears that were connected to an ipod that was resting on her upper arm.
“ Oh you know it! Let me just grab my water bottle and cooling towel real quick.”, Dakota said as she ran off to grab said items before she grabbed her keys and headed out the door with her sister locking the door behind her. When they got to the park and began their jog down the trail everything seemed normal for a while like it was just any other regular day. The two Harris sisters were running beside each other just talking, laughing and having fun but in the middle of the day Makenzie suddenly started to complain about a really bad headache. She stopped running and sat down on the trail massaging both sides of her head with her hands.
“ Makenzie, are you ok?”, Dakota asked as she stopped running and got down on the ground next to her sister.
“ Yeah I’m fine Dakota I just got a really bad headache for some reason.”, Makenzie said as she continued massaging her head.
“ Well here, take some Ibuprofen. It’s probably just a bad migraine.”, Dakota said as she shoved two pills into her sister’s hand.
“ Yeah you’re probably right. Thanks.”, Makenzie said as she popped the pills into her mouth and washed them down with water. They continued their jog but as they did so and the day progressed Makenzie’s headache began to get worse. By the end of the day Dakota and some other person had to help Makenzie walk to Dakota’s car because Makenzie was starting to have trouble walking.
“ Something’s not right with you Kenz. This isn’t normal.”, Dakota said in concern as she drove out of the park. Makenzie was leaning against the passenger side window with one hand on her head. She looked like she was very exhausted and was sweating very badly. Not to mention her breathing was starting to become shallow.
“ Yeah, you think?”, Makenzie exhaled.
“ I’m going to call Mom, Dad, Johnathan and Eamon and let them know what’s going on. We’re going to get to the bottom of this mystery of why you’re feeling sick all of a sudden.”, Dakota said as she picked her phone up and called her mother.
“ Dakota? Is everything ok?”, Mrs. Harris answered.
“ Not really Mom. I think you, Dad, Johnathan and Eamon better get out here now. There’s something wrong with Makenzie. She’s feeling really sick all of a sudden.”, Dakota said in concern as she was driving her car back to her apartment.
“ What? That doesn’t make any sense. She was fine when she left yesterday.”, Mrs. Harris said in a confused voice. She wasn’t understanding exactly what her daughter was talking about.
“ I know it’s just really bizarre. I don’t know what to think.”, Dakota said.
“ Alright well just take her to your place and we’ll try to get out there as soon as we can.”, Mrs. Harris said.
“ Alright see you when you get here.”, Dakota said as she hung up. Dakota and Makenzie made it back to the apartment complex and Dakota helped her sister get up the stairs. Meanwhile Mrs. Harris told her husband and two sons what was going on so they packed their bags and immediately left that evening buying tickets for the next flight out to Pasadena. When they finally arrived at Dakota’s apartment it was well after 2 in the morning. Mr. Harris knocked on the door being careful not to knock too loudly to disturb the neighbors but loud enough for the two sisters to hear it. Dakota came to the door a few seconds later dressed in her pajammas trying to adjust her eyes to the lighting in the hallway.
“ Oh thank God you’re finally here. Come in.”, Dakota yawned as she let her family in. Makenzie was sleeping on the couch but woke up when she noticed that her family was there.
“ Makenzie are you alright?”, Mr. Harris asked as he kneeled down by his daughter’s side.
“ Not really Dad. My head is pounding, I’m sweating like crazy and I… can barely get a breath out.”, Makenzie softly said as she trying so hard to breathe.
“ And your skin is looking very pale too.”, Dakota said in concern.
“ What the hell were you doing today sis?!”, Eamon asked in concern.
“ Dakota and I went for a jog at the park when this massive headache hit me out of nowhere. She gave me some Ibuprofen thinking that it was just a migraine but it just got worse. I don’t feel like myself.”, Makenzie softly said.
“ To hell you don’t.”, Johnathan said.
“ That’s not funny Johnathan.”, Makenzie softly said as she weakly rolled her eyes.
“ Oh come on! I’m just trying to lighten the mood!”, Johnathan laughed.
“ Johnathan you’re not helping the cause! Come on sis get up! I’m driving us all to the hospital right now!”, Dakota hissed.
“ I don’t want to go anywhere Dakota. I just want to lay here.”, Makenzie softly said.
“ Kenz there’s something seriously wrong with you! You need to go get checked out!”, Dakota hissed.
“ Alright fine. Can you help me up?”, Makenzie softly said as she tried to sit up but couldn’t quite find the strength to do so.
“ Sure.”, Dakota said as she helped Makenzie get up. With the help of her parents and two brothers they all managed to get Makenzie out of the apartment and down to Dakota’s car. Dakota drove like a madwoman to get to the hospital. Once they were all sitting in the ER, Makenzie underwent a multitude of tests and a CT scan of her head. The doctors told them to come back in two weeks when the results come in. In the meantime Makenzie was given strict orders to stay with her sister until then. Their family rented a motel room nearby just in case if anything was to get seriously bad. Dakota wrote a note for Leonard and stuck it on the door of 4A before she headed back to bed. In the morning after Cayela was dropped off at school and Leo, Sheldon and Leonard were about to leave for work Leo noticed the note on the door.
“ Leonard there’s a note here for you on the door.”, Leo said.
“ Really? That’s odd.”, Leonard said as he took the note off the door and looked at it. The note said:
Dear Leonard,
I’m so sorry that I forgot to call you last night but something came up that prevented me from doing so. My sister Makenzie suddenly got very sick yesterday so I had to spend the whole night taking care of her. I hope you’re not mad at me and think that I just didn’t want to talk to you. I’ll let you know updates as soon as I find out seeing as it may that my sister’s going to be staying with me for the next 2 weeks. Anyways I’m really sorry and I hope we can meet up later today. Love you, Dakota.
“ Oh for God sakes! I should probably stop by Dakota’s after work today.”, Leonard said.
“ Why? What’s going on?”, Leo asked.
“ Uh, apparently her sister Makenzie got sick last night.”, Leonard said.
“ Sick?!”, Sheldon shrieked.
“ Oh here we go! Why do I even bother?!”, Leonard interjected as he rolled his eyes at his roommate/best friend and stormed out the door throwing his hands in the air. He was really starting to get annoyed with his best friend’s OCD but decided that now was not the appropriate time to make a fuss over it. Leo just shook her head as she drove the three of them to work. Then after work and after they picked up Cayela from school Leonard decided to stop by Dakota’s apartment to see her and her sister.
“ What’s Uncle Leonard doing?”, Cayela asked as she was walking up the stairs with her parents.
“ He’s stopping by to see Auntie Dakota and her sister. You’ll see him in a couple hours because right now you’re going to go do your homework and then you’re going to go take a nap.”, Leo said.
“ Aw I don’t want to!”, Cayela complained the second they entered their apartment. She wanted to keep arguing but did what she was told to do anyway. Then when Leonard came back he was immediately met with a mist of Lysol being sprayed into his face and all over his body by Sheldon.
“ For God sakes Sheldon Cooper what the hell are you doing?!”, Leonard interjected as he started to cough and wheeze.
“ What do you mean what am I doing?! I’m saving our lives!”, Sheldon shrieked.
“ Don’t do that! You know I have asthma!”, Leonard interjected as he pulled out his inhaler and sucked on it.
“ What is going on here you lunatics?! I can hear you guys from across the hall!”, Penny hissed as she suddenly barged into her friends’ apartment. She was really not in the mood to deal with her two male best friends screaming at each other considering the fact that she had a very stressful day at work and a failed acting audition.
“ I ALMOST DIED is what’s going on Penny! Sheldon just sprayed me in the face with Lysol!”, Leonard interjected as he pointed at Sheldon who still had the can of Lysol in his hand.
“ Why would you do that Sheldon?!”, Penny hissed as she narrowed her eyes at him.
“ Because Leonard is now a potential carrier for deadly diseases and contagious pathogens which no doubtly will infect this whole apartment including Leonard, myself, my wife and my daughter!”, Sheldon shrieked as he continued spraying the Lysol everywhere.
“ Would you get a grip on yourself you weirdo! I have no idea what the hell this is even about anyway!”, Penny hissed as she snatched the can out of his hand.
“ He’s just freaking out about my girlfriend’s sister Makenzie! She got sick last night so Sheldon thinks she has some contagious virus which DOESN’T seem to be the case! When I saw her she looked like something more serious was going with her and not just some simple contagious virus!”, Leonard hissed as he threw one glance at his best friend.
“ Are you going delusional Leonard?! Is the virus effecting your brain?!”, Sheldon shrieked.
“ What?! No! Sheldon there’s no contagious virus spreading around!”, Leonard hissed.
“ Yeah you whack-a-doodle! Calm down!”, Penny hissed.
“ Penny that’s not helping and how can I calm down at a time like this?!”, Sheldon shrieked.
“ Hey can we keep it down? Cayela’s sleeping.”, Leo said but the second she did so Cayela suddenly woke up screaming and crying about something.
“ Oh now look what you idiots did!”, Leo interjected as she narrowed her eyes at her husband and their friends.
“ That doesn’t sound like it was entirely our fault Leo. Go check on her.”, Sheldon said.
“ Alright.”, Leo said as she walked down the hallway to Cayela’s bedroom.
“ Cayela what’s wrong?”, Leo asked when she walked in and shut the door behind her.
“ My diaper’s wet!”, Cayela cried.
“ Do you need to be changed sweetheart?”, Leo asked.
“ YES!”, Cayela cried.
“ Ok calm down. I’ll get it taken care of.”, Leo said as she flipped the light on and grabbed the supplies out of the closet. She then carried the items over to her daughter’s bed and set them down before pulling back the covers. Once Cayela was laying on the pad her mother quickly changed her and slipped her shorts back on. She sighed in comfort as Leo tucked her back in.
“ Do you feel better?”, Leo asked. Cayela nodded her head as she fell back asleep. Leo kissed her head before she cleaned up the mess, shut the light off and walked out.
“ Ok I’m back.”, Leo said.
“ What was wrong with her?”, Sheldon asked.
“ Oh she just needed a diaper change. She’s fine now, she just fell back asleep after I changed her.”, Leo said.
“ Oh good.”, Sheldon said. Over the course of the two weeks that Makenzie was staying with Dakota her condition continued to get worse causing more weird behavior to distribute among Sheldon who still thought that she had a contagious virus and that he was going to catch it. But the real truth came out after the Harris family took Makenzie back to the doctor to review the results of the tests and CT scan and the results were devestating. After her family left and went back home Dakota just sunk to the floor in her apartment and started crying. She couldn’t believe that her sister had been diagnosed with that dreaded C word that no one likes to talk about. As she sat there against the door sobbing she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. She stood up, opened the door and was surprised to see Leonard standing there.
“ Hi Leonard!”, Dakota cried as she stood there staring at her boyfriend with tears running down her face.
“ Dakota are you ok? Why are you crying?”, Leonard asked.
“ I’m crying because I just found out some heartbreaking news! Come in!”, Dakota cried as she stepped aside and opened the door allowing Leonard to walk in. She shut the door behind him.
“ What’s going on?”, Leonard asked.
“ My sister has terminal brain cancer!”, Dakota cried as she threw herself into his arms sobbing into his shoulder.
“ What?! That’s horrible!”, Leonard exclaimed in shock. He couldn’t believe what his girlfriend just said.
“ They said that she only has about 4 to 5 months to live but that’s just an estimate! Who knows how long she actually has because she keeps getting sicker and sicker by the minute! It’s not fair that this is happening to her! She’s not even that old she’s only 43 years old!”, Dakota cried.
“ Come on. Let’s go upstairs to talk.”, Leonard said as he led her to the door and out of the apartment. But the second they walked into 4A, Sheldon sprayed them with Lysol.
“ Sheldon stop doing that! You’re gonna kill me!”, Leonard shouted at his roommate/best friend as he started coughing and wheezing again. He used his inhaler again to catch his breath.
“ Leonard I can’t take any chances of a contagious virus being spread around here. I don’t want to catch it.”, Sheldon said as he continued spraying the Lysol around the apartment.
“ Sheldon Lee Cooper this is a REALLY bad time for you to be freaking out about catching a virus! In fact, there’s NO virus PERIOD! There never has been!”, Leonard shouted at him.
“ That’s Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper and I don’t understand what you’re talking about! If there is no virus then why did Makenzie get sick?! Explain that!”, Sheldon interjected.
“ BECAUSE SHE HAS BRAIN CANCER AND SHE’S DYING!”, Dakota screamed as she continued to cry. Sheldon just stood there with a blank expression on his face. He was lost for words. He felt like a complete idiot for the way he acted.
“ This whole time… it was cancer?”, Sheldon shockingly asked.
“ Yes!”, Leonard interjected.
“ When did you find this out?!”, Leo asked in complete shock.
“ This morning Leo! It was the worst doctor’s appointment ever to sit there with my mom, dad and two brothers and listen to the doctor say that my sister is dying!”, Dakota cried.
“ Oh my god! How long does she have?!”, Leo asked as tears started to well up in her eyes as well.
“ The estimate’s about 4 to 5 months!”, Dakota cried.
“ Oh my god Dakota!”, Leo shrieked as she just embraced her friend. Dakota just continued to sob loudly into her friend’s shoulder wishing that it was all just a bad dream but she knew it wasn’t. Her beautiful, full of life sister was going to die and she couldn’t do anything about it. Cayela stopped what she was doing and came out of her room to see what was going on.
“ What’s going on? Is there something wrong with you?”, Cayela asked.
“ No there’s nothing wrong with me Cayela, I’m perfectly fine. It’s my sister.”, Dakota sadly said as tears continued to slip from her face when she sat down on the couch(not Sheldon’s spot).
“ What’s wrong with your sister Auntie Dakota?”, Cayela asked as she sat down next to her.
“ Well, let’s just say that she’s very sick and she’s not going to be around for much longer. She’ll be going to a very far away place that we can’t get to, at least not yet.”, Dakota sadly said as she wiped away her tears.
“ What does that mean?”, Cayela asked in confusion.
“ Cayela what she’s trying to say is that her sister is dying and she’ll be going to heaven.”, Leo sadly said.
“ That’s so sad.”, Cayela sadly said.
“ I agree with you kid. It is sad.”, Dakota sadly said as she sniffled and hugged Cayela.
“ Well you know what, I think we should go out for a little bit. It will help get your mind off your sister for a moment.”, Leo said.
“ I don’t know Leo. I honestly don’t feel like doing anything except laying in bed.”, Dakota sadly said.
“ Oh no you’re not just going to lay in bed and feel sorry for yourself Dakota. Come on, we’re all going to go out to the mall for a little bit.”, Leo said as she stood up and walked over to the door grabbing her purse and Cayela’s diaper bag.
“ Alright if you insist Leo.”, Dakota sadly said as she slowly stood up from the couch too as well as Cayela also. Leo drove them all to the mall and while Sheldon and Leonard walked into some collectables store Leo, Dakota and Cayela walked into a clothing store. After the first few minutes of walking around in there Dakota was beginning to feel a little better. She started engaging more in a conversation with Leo as if nothing had happened. As the two of them were talking, laughing and trying on clothes Cayela suddenly spotted an outfit that she wanted to try on so she grabbed it and went into the dressing room.
“ Hey Mom, Auntie Dakota, look at this!”, Cayela exclaimed as she came out of the dressing room wearing the outfit she had picked out.
“ Cayela what is that you’re wearing?!”, Leo asked as she narrowed her eyes at her 14 year old autistic daughter.
“ What do you mean what am I wearing Mom?! It’s an outfit that I thought was really cute!”, Cayela exclaimed as she stared at her mother. The outfit she was wearing was a short black t-shirt with the shoulders exposed, the waistline was showing, a skull and crossbones on the front of it and a blue jean skirt.
“ Cayela your father would kill me if I let you get that! Maybe when you’re 18 but not when you’re 14, plus the waistband of your diaper is showing a little bit over the top of the skirt! That is not appropriate for you to be wearing to school!”, Leo scolded.
“ Aww come on! I thought it was really cute!”, Cayela protested.
“ It is but not for a girl your age Cayela. It’s more like an outfit for high school girls. You’re in middle school in the 7th grade. You’re too young for that.”, Dakota said.
“ Yes. Trust me your father’s going to blow his head off if he sees you wearing that. So please go take it off and put it back where you found it before your father comes in here and gets mad at me for letting you try that on in the first place.”, Leo said.
“ Fine, I’ll go take it off.”, Cayela said with a defeated sigh as she marched back into the dressing room. She took off what she had on and put her clothes back on. Cayela then put the outfit back on the rack and began searching for something more appropriate. When she found something she took it into the dressing room and put it on. She came out to show her mother and godmother what she was wearing.
“ What about this? Is this better?”, Cayela asked as she stood there. The outfit she was wearing this time was a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a silky blue t-shirt with no waistline and shoulder exposure. The sleeves were very flowy and swished around her arms as she brushed her hair out of her face with her hands.
“ Yes that’s much better honey. Much more age appropriate for you to be wearing.”, Leo said with a smile.
“ Oh that’s cute Cayela. That looks like something you would wear.”, Dakota said.
“ I like it! Can I get it Mom?!”, Cayela exclaimed.
“ Yes you can get that sweetheart. I don’t have an issue with that outfit and I’m sure your father won’t either.”, Leo said.
“ Yay! Thank you Mom!”, Cayela exclaimed as she hugged her mother before she skipped back into the dressing room, took off the outfit and put her clothes back on. After they purchased their items they walked out and as they were walking through the mall to find Sheldon and Leonard, Cayela started to act out and scream so Leo gently grabbed her by the shoulders and said, “ Cayela you don’t need to scream like that, you’re only embarassing yourself and us. Now what is it?”
“ Can you please take me to the bathroom to change me? I’m feeling uncomfortable.”, Cayela asked.
“ Yes sweetheart that’s all you had to ask me. Dakota do you mind waiting here a moment while I take Cayela to the bathroom?”, Leo said.
“ Oh no not at all Leo. Go ahead.”, Dakota said.
“ Thanks.”, Leo said as she walked away with Cayela to find a bathroom. When they found one they walked in.
“ There you go, all clean.”, Leo said as she finished wrapping a new brief around Cayela’s lower abdomen before slipping her shorts back on.
“ Thank you Mom. I love you.”, Cayela said as she sat up and hugged her mother.
“ You’re welcome sweetheart. I love you too.”, Leo said as she hugged her back and kissed her daughter’s head. She then cleaned up the mess and walked out after washing their hands. They met back up with Dakota and continued walking through the mall until they found the two men looking at a bunch of science stuff inside the Discovery Channel store.
“ Figures we’d find you two in a place like this.”, Dakota said.
“ Oh hi Dakota. Did you get anything good?”, Leonard asked as he kissed his girlfriend.
“ Yeah, I got at least a couple new tops and some bottoms too.”, Dakota said.
“ Nice.”, Leonard said.
“ What are you and my husband doing Leonard?”, Leo asked.
“ I don’t know Leo. Sheldon said he wanted to check this place out after we didn’t find anything in the collectables so I wasn’t just going to say no to him. There’s actually some pretty cool stuff in this store.”, Leonard said.
“ Indeed. I just found this model rocket.”, Sheldon said as he held said item in his hand.
“ Sheldon, didn’t you and Howard build one once and it exploded?”, Leonard asked as he narrowed his eyes at his best friend.
“ Yes. It was a bonding experience considering the fact that we both had miserable childhoods.”, Sheldon said.
“ Sheldon! Not in front of Cayela! She doesn’t need to hear that!”, Leo scolded her husband.
“ Mom I wasn’t even listening to what Dad was talking about.”, Cayela said as she looked at her mother in confusion.
“ Ok but still you don’t need to hear what he said.”, Leo said.
“ Hey! Cool!”, Cayela exclaimed when she wandered off to look at a screen that had an image of realistic looking jellyfish on it. Below it was a control panel with a bunch of buttons. She tapped on a button and the image changed on the screen. There was now a dolphin on it. Curious as to what the other buttons were for she started tapping on them as if she was a toddler making the images change very fast which then caught Sheldon’s attention.
“ Cayela stop pressing the buttons like that! You’re going to break it!”, Sheldon scolded his daughter as he was trying to pull her away.
“ Aww come on Dad! What are you talking about?! This is cool!”, Cayela said as she continued pressing the buttons. As Sheldon kept trying to pull her away he noticed an employee was just standing there staring.
“ Please excuse my daughter. She doesn’t understand the concept of what’s appropriate and not appropriate. She has Autism.”, Sheldon said.
“ Oh that’s completely understandable sir. I have a daughter myself and she’s also autistic. She’s 12 years old though and sometimes drives my wife and I insane.”, the male employee said.
“ Yeah well my daughter’s 14.”, Sheldon said. The conversation continued as Sheldon and Leonard paid for their items and left the store with Leo, Dakota and Cayela. When they went into another store Cayela was searching through a rack of clothes when all of a sudden she grabbed a piece of clothing at the exact same time as another person did and moved it aside to reveal another 14 year old girl. She was African American with long black hair that was in corn rows braids and she had them up in a pony tail. She was wearing a purple Nike t-shirt, blue jean shorts and purple sparklie flip flops on her feet. She had brown colored eyes as well.
“ Hi.”, the girl said with a friendly smile.
“ Hi. I’m Cayela Fordyce-Cooper what’s your name?”, Cayela nervously asked.
“ Julia Ratley. Nice to meet you Cayela.”, Julia said as she continued smiling.
“ Nice to meet you too Julia.”, Cayela said as she started to smile back. She walked around to the other side of the rack and the two girls started a conversation with each other. They were laughing about something too when all of a sudden they heard a woman’s voice call out, “ Julia it’s time to go!”
“ Hold on Mom! I’m talking to someone!”, Julia called back before she continued to talk to Cayela but was interrupted again, this time by one of her brothers.
“ J come on let’s go! Ma’s ready to leave!”, Mark shouted at her.
“ Yo would ya shut it Mark?! I’m coming in just a second! I’m talking to a new friend! And what have I told you about calling me J?! It’s stupid and that’s not my name!”, Julia shouted back at her brother.
“ Says you J!”, Mark shouted.
“ Mark stop foolin’ around or I’m gonna beat yo ass! Julia come on let’s go! Zakiya needs to go take a nap!”, Mrs. Ratley shouted.
“ In a second Mom! I’m talking to a new friend I just met!”, Julia shouted. Then she said, “ Sorry about that Cayela. My family’s not usually like that unless it’s a very stressful busy day.”
“ Oh that’s ok Julia. I don’t mind it.”, Cayela said.
“ Cayela it’s time to go! We’re leaving!”, Leo called out.
“ Uh oh that’s my mom calling me.”, Cayela said.
“ Yeah we probably should wrap this conversation up. Hey do you want to trade phone numbers before we walk away?”, Julia said.
“ Sure.”, Cayela said. The two girls pulled out their phones and swapped phone numbers with each other.
“ Julia! Let’s go!”, Mr. Ratley shouted.
“ It was nice meeting you Cayela. Hopefully we can get together again sometime.”, Julia said as she put her phone away.
“ You too Julia. Bye.”, Cayela said before she walked away.
“ Bye.”, Julia called back before she left as well.
“ Cayela who was that African American girl you were talking to in the store?”, Leo asked as she was driving them all home.
“ Oh that’s Julia Ratley. I just made friends with her Mom. I even got her number so we can keep in touch with each other.”, Cayela said.
“ Oh well that’s nice that you made a new friend.”, Leo said with a smile.
“ I know! Can I invite her and my other friends over to hang out later?”, Cayela asked.
“ I don’t see why not but that’s up to your father.”, Leo said.
“ Dad the question’s going to you. Can I invite my friends over?”, Cayela asked as she looked at her father.
“ I suppose so.”, Sheldon said with a sigh.
“ Yay! Thank you!”, Cayela exclaimed. Later that day after they got home and after Cayela called Florence, Charlotte and Summer to come over she then decided to call Julia, her new friend, over to hang out with them.
“ Yo Mom, Dad, can I go over to Cayela’s?!”, Julia exclaimed when she came running into the kitchen.
“ Who’s Cayela?”, Mr. Ratley asked as he stared at his daughter.
“ Is this the girl you were talking to earlier today at the mall?”, Mrs. Ratley asked.
“ Yes Mom she just invited me over to hang out with her and her friends! So can I go?!”, Julia exclaimed. Her parents thought for a moment and looked at each other. Then her mother said, “ Tell her yes but on the condition that we get to meet her parents when we drop you off.”
“ Ok! Thank you!”, Julia exclaimed as she hugged her parents before she ran off to text Cayela.
J: My parents said yes but they would like to meet your parents when they drop me off.
C: Ok.
J: Where do you live?
C: 2311 North Los Robles Avenue, Apartment 4A.
J: Ok thanks. I’ll make sure to tell my parents. See ya there. :)
C: See ya. :)
“ Did you get Cayela’s address? Where does she live?”, Mrs. Ratley asked as she turned on the GPS unit in the car.
“ Put in 2311 North Los Robles Avenue, Apartment 4A.”, Julia said. Mrs. Ratley put the address into the GPS, started the car, and hit the Start Route button. Once they got there Leo and Sheldon met Julia’s parents while Cayela took Julia back to her room where Julia met Florence, Charlotte and Summer. The girls immediately all hit it off with each other and started to hang out. Shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Ratley left Dakota stopped by again to see her friends and her boyfriend. She was still trying to distract herself from thinking too much about her sister but then something happened that she was totally not expecting, including Leo, Sheldon and Leonard. Her phone started ringing so she decided to take the call outside the apartment in the hallway to see who it was.
Meanwhile in Cayela’s room the girls were jumping around on Cayela’s bed listening to her ipod. What they were listening to was Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide by Shinedown. They were just jumping around laughing but suddenly everything stopped when they heard a loud scream followed by a whole bunch of sobbing coming from the living room. They decided to go there to see what was going on.
“ Son of a bitch!”, Dakota screamed when she suddenly came bursting back into the apartment and broke down sobbing.
“ Dakota is everything ok? What happened?”, Leonard asked in concern as he looked at his girlfriend who was kneeling on the floor sobbing into her hands.
“ No! My sister Makenzie just passed away!”, Dakota sobbed.
“ WHAT?!”, Leo and Sheldon interjected in complete shock.
“ The cancer took her that fast?!”, Leonard interjected in shock as he looked at her in the eyes.
“ Yes! Apparently it was much more serious than we first thought! It happened just about a minute ago!”, Dakota sobbed.
“ Well who were you on the phone with?!”, Sheldon exclaimed.
“ My brother Eamon! Him and Johnathan were just talking to her when all of a sudden she just killed over right in front of them! Johnathan immediately started screaming at Eamon telling him to go get our parents which they called 9.1.1 but by the time emergency got there they said she was already gone and there wasn’t anything they could do! Oh god my sister!”, Dakota sobbed as Leo and Leonard embraced her.
“ I just don’t understand how this could have happened so fast! We just found out this morning that she had cancer and now all of a sudden she’s gone forever!”, Dakota sobbed.
“ Mom, is everything ok out here?”, Cayela asked as she stood there with her friends.
“ Not really Cayela. Your Auntie Dakota’s sister just died.”, Leo sadly said.
“ What?! Her sister went to heaven?!”, Cayela asked as her eyes went wide.
“ Yes sweetheart.”, Leo sadly said. As Leonard just held Dakota in his arms as she continued to cry the song When You’re Gone by Avril Lavigne played in the background. It continued playing even during Makenzie’s funeral that took place 4 weeks later.
“ We are gathered here today to celebrate the wonderful life of Makenzie Ghendrick Harris. She was such a very vibrant and beautiful young woman who was very full of life and touched the lives of many people who knew her. She was happy, carefree, and had a lot of love to give to those who were closest to her. Especially her sister Dakota. The two of them shared a bond with each other that no one else had or could even come close to having. Makenzie was always willing to do anything to make others happy even on the days that she wasn’t feeling happy herself. She always managed to keeping going and doing special things for people even when they told her to stop. She knew how to brighten up the room everyday with her smile, her charm, and everything else that made up her personality including her infectious laughter. Makenzie was fearless and would always be willing to take a hit for somebody even if they weren’t worthy of it or didn’t deserve it. Why her life was cut too soon, no one knows. Makenzie had dreams, dreams to become successful and to one day have a family of her own. She wanted nothing more than to be some man’s future wife and some child’s future mother. But sadly she can now never achieve those dreams and will forever live on in our hearts and in our memories. At this time would you all please bow your heads for a moment of silence.”, the funeral director said as he stood at the podium inside the funeral home. Everyone in the room lowered their heads in silent prayer. After the service was over and a good majority of people left after they said their final goodbyes the gang and the Harris family as well as a family friend of theirs from Hawaii gathered around Makenzie’s casket that had now been moved toward the funeral home’s crematorium. As it sat in front of it for a moment they all took turns saying their last goodbyes and giving her kisses saying how much they loved her. Dakota was the last one to say her goodbyes but she was having a really hard time with it. As she kissed her sister for the final time she let the waterworks go after she couldn’t hold it back any longer.
“ It’s ok, just let it go!”, Michelle Geller, the Harris’ family friend cried as she hugged Dakota who just cried into her shoulder. After Makenzie was cremated they all took her ashes out on a boat across the Pacific Ocean. The weather conditions were absolute perfect. There was nothing but clear blue skies and sunshine with a moderate breeze. Eamon and Johnathan were spreading the ashes over the water while the others were talking and sharing stories about Makenzie. As Dakota sat on the edge of the boat looking out over the water she took out her phone and pressed play on a song that she felt fit the moment. The song Hero by Enrique Iglesias played into the air as tears started to fall from Dakota’s face again. Leonard sat beside her and embraced her as she cried into his shoulder. If there was one thing that he hated it would be that he hated to see anybody that he cared about so upset. He couldn’t imagine how sad his girlfriend was feeling inside especially after she just lost her sister to cancer. As her crying started to subside he gently grabbed her face with both hands and kissed her.
“ I love you Leonard! I don’t know what I would ever do without you!”, Dakota cried as she gazed into his eyes with tears still streaming from her face.
“ I love you too Dakota! Same thing!”, Leonard sadly said as he kissed her again. Later that evening Leonard decided to stay the night at Dakota’s leaving Sheldon, Leo and Cayela alone for the night. As Cayela was sitting on the couch texting Florence she was suddenly interrupted by Sheldon when he walked up behind the couch and picked her up.
“ Dad what gives?!”, Cayela exclaimed.
“ It’s time for bed. Let’s go change your diaper and put you to bed.”, Sheldon said as he carried her to her room. Leo followed. After Cayela was changed and a t-shirt was slipped over her she suddenly started to cry for some reason.
“ Cayela what’s wrong? Why are you crying?”, Sheldon asked as he sat there in front of his daughter on her bed.
“ Because everybody’s sad and it makes me sad!”, Cayela cried as she sat there in her t-shirt and diaper.
“ Shhh, come here. It’s alright.”, Sheldon said as he gently pulled her up into his lap and embraced her as she cried into his shoulder.
“ Aww sweetheart it’s natural for us to feel like that. Someone that we loved passed away but nobody’s going to be sad forever. It’s going to take some time but we’re all going to find happiness again.”, Leo sadly said as she stroked her hand through her daughter’s hair.
“ Yeah everybody except Auntie Dakota! She’s so sad that she sounds like she’ll never get over it!”, Cayela cried.
“ She will eventually. Just give her some time and space. Her sister Makenzie was very special to her and right now she’s just overwhelmed with grief and shock as we are too.”, Leo sadly said.
“ Yes and with that being said it’s time to go to sleep.”, Sheldon said.
“ And the seasons, they go round and round. And the painted ponies go up and down. We’re captive on the carousel of time. We can’t return, we can only look. Behind from where we came, and go round and round and round in the circle game.”, Leo and Sheldon sang as they tucked Cayela into her bed for the night. Her crying slowly started to fade as she yawned.
“ Good night Cayela. We love you.”, Leo and Sheldon said as they stood over her.
“ I love you too.”, Cayela softly said as she fell asleep. Leo and Sheldon then both kissed her head and left the room after shutting the light off and the door behind them.
“ We are so lucky to have her.”, Leo whispered as they stood outside Cayela’s bedroom.
“ Indeed we are. I love you Leo.”, Sheldon whispered.
“ I love you too Sheldon.”, Leo whispered as she kissed him. Then she whispered, “ Come on, let’s go to bed.” as they headed to their room. The last thing Leo whispered into the air before falling asleep was, “ Good night Makenzie. We’ll miss you.” As the weeks dragged on and things slowly started to get back to normal Leo, Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj and Penny were gearing up for another game of paintball. Since Cayela and her friends didn’t have school that day they decided to come watch. They sat on a hill off to the side of the paintball battlefield just talking to each other.
“ Geology isn’t a real science!”, Sheldon interjected as he came tearing out of the shack shooting his paintball gun. The others followed including his wife Leo as Howard interjected, “ Die you sons of bitches!”
“ Ok we’re going to pretend that my Uncle Howard didn’t just say that!”, Cayela laughed as Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia did the same.
“ Oh man this is awesome! This is just like watching an episode of Tom and Jerry!”, Florence laughed.
“ Florence what the heck does Tom and Jerry have to do with what my parents and non-blood related aunt and uncles are doing right now?”, Cayela asked as she stared at her best friend.
“ I really have no freaking idea!”, Florence laughed as she fell over onto her back rolling around with laughter causing more laughter among the other girls. But as the laughter continued it suddenly stopped when Cayela accidentally got hit in the eye with a paintball that came from the other side. The force was so painful that it made her cry. Leo gasped when she heard this.
“ Cayela!”, Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia interjected as they gasped.
“ Oh my god Sheldon I think Cayela just got hit in the eye with a paintball!”, Leo screamed as she ran off the field.
“ Oh dear Lord!”, Sheldon screamed as he followed her.
“ Time out!”, Howard shouted across the field before him, Leonard, Raj and Penny ran after them.
“ Oh Cayela are you ok?! Come here sweetheart!”, Leo screamed as she took Cayela into her arms and held her in her lap. Cayela continued to cry as the paint dripped down her cheek from her eye.
“ What happened over here?”, Leslie asked when she walked up.
“ Somebody shot Cayela in the eye with a paintball!”, Leo hissed as she looked over her shoulder across the field.
“ It hurts Mom!”, Cayela cried.
“ I know. Sheldon could you please get something to wipe this paint from her eye?”, Leo said as she was rubbing gentle circles on Cayela’s back. Her fingers were brushing against the waistband of Cayela’s diaper.
“ Of course.”, Sheldon said as he walked back into the shack for a moment and started searching through his messenger bag. He then found some napkins and a bottle of water.
“ Here, I got some napkins and a bottle of water.”, Sheldon said as he dumped some water onto one of the napkins and gently wiped Cayela’s eye with it. Even though the paint was coming off Cayela still wouldn’t stop crying.
“ Shhh, you’re ok stop crying.”, Leo said.
“ I think she needs to go take a nap Leo.”, Sheldon said.
“ Yeah I think so too. Come on you guys we’re going home.”, Leo said as she stood up with Cayela in her arms and started carrying her towards the car. As they started packing up Leonard grabbed a wooden stake with the white flag attached at the top and stuck it in the ground outside their safe base shack indicating they were surrendering. Once they got home and changed clothes Sheldon took Cayela to her room and changed her diaper before tucking her into her bed. She fell asleep and her friends decided to join her shortly after. While sleeping Cayela unbuttoned her shorts and kicked them off leaving just her t-shirt and diaper on. 2 hours later as the other girls were starting to wake up Florence quietly reached over her sleeping best friend and picked up her best friend’s iPod. With a smirk on her face she sat up, scrolled through Cayela’s playlist and hit play on the song Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. She gradually increased the volume of the music as she held the device a few inches away from Cayela’s ear. Cayela slowly woke up and as she sat up rubbing her eyes she then turned her head to look at Florence who was just sitting there next to her looking like she was about to start laughing her head off.
“ I hate you! Give me that!”, Cayela laughed as she snatched her iPod away making her friends laugh like crazy.
“ Oh shut it you big goof!”, Florence laughed as she picked up the pillow she was laying on and playfully smacked Cayela in the face with it.
“ Oh yeah?! You want to play like that?! Take this Florence Mary Jane!”, Cayela laughed as she stood up from her bed, grabbed her pillow and swung it back at Florence hitting her in the face as well.
“ Oh it’s so on now Cayela Rachelle!”, Florence laughed as the two started to play rough with each other on the bed causing Charlotte, Summer and Julia to crack up at what their two friends were doing.
“ Ow! Get off me! Don’t sit on the back of my neck bestie!”, Florence laughed as she lay pinned underneath Cayela’s diaper-covered butt.
“ No I think I’ll just sit here all day! Ask me again tomorrow morning!”, Cayela laughed as she sat with her legs twisted around Florence’s body scrolling through her playlist.
“ Really Cayela, you’re going to sit like that on me for 24 hours?! You’re nuts!”, Florence laughed.
“ Bazinga! I was kidding! I wouldn’t actually sit like this for that long! That would hurt!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Then giddee up off my neck before you end up farting on me!”, Florence laughed as she bucked like a bull throwing her best friend off of her.
“ That didn’t even make any sense Florence!”, Cayela laughed as she stood up on her bed.
“ It made sense to me!”, Charlotte laughed.
“ Oh shut up Charlotte!”, Cayela laughed. She put her shorts back on and changed the song on her iPod. The song she chose was Glamorous by The Hit Crew. She started to dance around on her bed and Florence joined her doing The Egyptian.
“ Don’t shut up me Cayela! You’re the one that’s dancing around like a weirdo!”, Charlotte laughed as she started to dance too. Summer and Julia joined in as well.
“ You’re a weirdo too Charlotte!”, Summer laughed as she playfully kicked her leg out at her.
“ Yo we’re all weirdos together!”, Julia laughed.
“ Ha good one Julia!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Thanks Cayela!”, Julia laughed.
“ Ok that’s enough of that! Airplane!”, Florence laughed as she suddenly threw Cayela up onto her shoulders and started spinning around on the bed.
“ Florence Mary Jane Crenshamezki what are you doing?! You’re going to make me dizzy and throw up!”, Cayela laughed as she stared at her best friend.
“ What do you mean what am I doing Cayela Rachelle Fordyce-Cooper?! I’m playing around with you! Don’t get your panties in a knot!”, Florence laughed as she kept spinning around with Cayela on her shoulders.
“ I’m wearing a diaper Yolkleburg!”, Cayela laughed. Her friends started howling with laughter when she said this.
“ Yolkleburg?! Where did you get that at?!”, Florence laughed.
“ The Pest of the West episode from SpongeBob! One of the quotes that Plankton said was, “ Last time I checked this place was Dead Eye Gulch, not Yolkleburg!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Ok that’s just stupid!”, Summer laughed.
“ I know, right?! I thought so too Summer!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Yolkleburg!”, Charlotte laughed causing a fit of laughter from all of them.
“ What is all this laughter about in here?”, Leo asked when she walked into the room.
“ You wouldn’t get it Mom! We’re laughing about something from an episode of SpongeBob!”, Cayela laughed as she was walking around on her bed.
“ I probably would but what I don’t get right now is why you’re walking around on your bed.”, Leo said as she narrowed her eyes at her 14 year old daughter. L. A. LOVE by Fergie featuring YG was playing now.
“ I don’t know, just trying to have fun!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Yeah well you’re going to take a break for a second.”, Leo said as she walked over to the closet and started pulling the items she needed out of it.
“ Why?”, Cayela asked.
“ Because right now you need a diaper change.”, Leo said as she walked back over to the bed and set the items down. As she laid the pad down on the bed Cayela complained, “ Aw come on Mom! We’re having a lot of fun right now! I don’t want to be doing this right now!”
“ I don’t want to hear it. This doesn’t have to be such a battle all the time. It only takes a few seconds and then you can go right back to playing with your friends. Lay down.”, Leo said.
“ Fine. Get off my bed Florence.”, Cayela said with a defeated sigh as she flopped down on her butt and laid down on the pad. Florence jumped off the bed and Leo pulled the curtain shut. After she slipped latex gloves on her hands she unbuttoned Cayela’s shorts, slid them off and removed her diaper. Leo wiped her clean, rubbed cream on her and applied talcum powder before she wrapped a fresh diaper around her abdomen.
“ There I’m done. You can go back to doing what you were doing but please be careful. Your father and I don’t want you to hurt yourself.”, Leo said as she slipped Cayela’s shorts back on, pulled the curtain back and cleaned up the mess.
“ Thanks Mom.”, Cayela said as she stood back up on her bed. Leo walked out after that.
“ Ok, I know it’s probably not my place to ask, but, why are you wearing diapers Cayela?”, Julia asked.
“ It’s not by choice, I have to wear them because if you haven’t noticed already I have a form of Autism that not only effects my auditory processing sometimes but it also effects my ability to control my bladder and bowels making them still function like a baby’s. And it’s because of this that I’m stuck wearing them for the rest of my life.
“ Oh that sucks dude!”, Julia exclaimed.
“ Yeah well it could be worse. I could be exactly like Florence’s older sister Julianne.”, Cayela said.
“ Really?!”, Julia exclaimed as she stared at Florence.
“ Yeah my sister is 17 years old and she’s severely autistic and handicapped. She can’t talk or walk and she also has to wear diapers. She’s a baby trapped in a teenager body.”, Florence said.
“ Oh Florence that’s horrible! That’s got be hard for your parents!”, Julia exclaimed.
“ It is and when you throw a 9 year old boy who doesn’t listen to you and does whatever he wants into the mix makes it much worse.”, Florence said.
“ You have a little brother too?”, Julia asked.
“ Yeah his name’s Trevor.”, Florence said.
“ Who is an annoying little shackhouse!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Cayela I only said that as a joke!”, Florence laughed.
“ Wait, what?!”, Julia laughed.
“ She called her brother an annoying little shackhouse at NASA and it was seriously the funniest thing ever!”, Cayela laughed as she pointed at Florence.
“ Why did you guys go to NASA?”, Julia asked.
“ Because my Uncle Howard is an engineer and astronaut. He was showing me, Florence and Charlotte what he had to do for training because I was curious to see what his job was.”, Cayela said.
“ Yeah and it was seriously the coolest thing ever. I would so do it again.”, Charlotte said.
“ You guys seriously went inside a zero gravity airplane?!”, Summer exclaimed.
“ Yeah we did and it was really fun. Charlotte kept kicking me in my diapered tushie though.”, Cayela said.
“ You kicked me too Fordyce-Cooper!”, Charlotte laughed.
“ That’s only because you said and I quote, ‘ Go ahead I don’t care!’”, Cayela laughed.
“ You really are just like your dad!”, Charlotte laughed.
“ Charlotte Catarina Tipton shut up!”, Cayela laughed as she playfully punched her friend in the shoulder.
“ Hey! What are you going around hitting me for?! I’m not a bully anymore I’m your friend!”, Charlotte laughed as she landed a playful punch as well. Cayela punched back and the two girls just started playfully going at it with each other as the music continued to play. Sheldon walked in on them and interjected, “ Good Lord what are you doing in here?! Are you two fighting with each other?!” as he narrowed his eyes at his daughter and her friend Charlotte who had each other in a headlock.
“ No we’re just play fighting Dad! Nothing to see here!”, Cayela laughed.
“ Charlotte!”, Sheldon scolded as he narrowed his eyes at her.
“ I swear I had nothing to do with this Dr. Cooper, this was all her! She’s the one who started it!”, Charlotte laughed as she and Cayela let go of each other.
“ How many times do we have to tell you to stop rough housing?! Somebody’s going to get hurt!”, Sheldon scolded as he stood there in the doorway with his arms crossed in front of him. He was wearing his blue and yellow striped shirt and khakis.
“ Aw come on Dad! What gives?! Charlotte and I were just trying to have fun!”, Cayela protested.
“ Cayela it’s not going much fun if one of you gets hurt! So please stop doing that!”, Sheldon scolded.
“ Fine.”, Cayela said with a defeated sigh.
“ Thank you. Don’t make me come back in here other than to change your diaper later.”, Sheldon said as he walked out.
“ Ok fine Dad I get it!”, Cayela interjected.
“ Man your dad is such a buzzkill! What is wrong with him?!”, Charlotte laughed.
“ I heard that comment Charlotte!”, Sheldon said as he stuck his head in the door for a brief second before he closed it again. Cayela, Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia started laughing their heads off at this.
“ Ok you are seriously the coolest person I’ve ever met in my life!”, Julia laughed.
“ Really?! You don’t think I’m weird?!”, Cayela asked.
“ No not at all! You’re like way cooler than my last friend I had!”, Julia laughed.
“ Thanks.”, Cayela said. The girls continued to dance around and listen to music cracking stupid jokes and talking to each other. At one point Cayela stood up on her computer chair and Florence started spinning her around. Sheldon then walked in on them again and scolded, “ Cayela Rachelle Fordyce-Cooper what are you doing?! Why are you standing on that?! That is dangerous and that’s not what that is for!”
“ Aww come on Dad! This is ridiculous! I’m just having a little bit of fun! Get off my case about it!”, Cayela laughed as she continued to spin around while standing on the chair.
“ Excuse me but do not do that to me please!”, Sheldon scolded as he walked over to her and stuck his finger down into her diaper. He immediately felt that it was wet so he went to the closet, grabbed the supplies and carried them over to his daughter’s bed. He then walked back over to her.
“ Ok come here.”, Sheldon said as he picked her up off the chair causing her to exclaim, “Ow! What the hell Dad?!” as he carried her over to her bed.
“ Hey do not say that! That’s very inappropriate!”, Sheldon scolded as he laid her down on the pad.
“ You’re inappropriate Dad!”, Cayela laughed as the curtain was shut. Her friends started laughing their butts off at this.
“ Excuse me but that was very rude Cayela!”, Sheldon scolded as he was removing her shorts and diaper.
“ Aw come on! What’s wrong with what I said?!”, Cayela laughed as she was wiped clean from front to back.
“ What’s wrong?! That was completely inappropriate and rude! You don’t say things like that!”, Sheldon scolded as he rubbed cream and applied talcum powder on her.
“ Well I’m a teenager! What do you expect?!”, Cayela laughed as Sheldon grabbed the clean diaper and wrapped it around her. He then put her shorts back on and said, “ Ok sit up for a second.” She did so and Sheldon then said, “Ok now apologize to me for what you said. That was very uncalled for.”
“ Sorry Dad.”, Cayela said.
“ Thank you. Now you may go back to playing.”, Sheldon said as he pulled the curtain back and cleaned up the mess. Once he left Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia just stood there with stupid smirks on their faces.
“ What? Why are you guys staring at me like that?”, Cayela asked.
“ Dude did you seriously just call your dad inappropriate?!”, Florence smirked as she busted out laughing.
“ Yeah. What of it?”, Cayela asked.
“ That was seriously so funny what you said!”, Charlotte laughed.
“ Yeah he was all like, “ Hey do not say that! That’s very inappropriate!” and then you were all like, “ You’re inappropriate Dad!” and he was like, “ Excuse me but that was very rude Cayela!” and then you were like, “ Aw come on! What’s wrong with what I said?!” and then he said, “ What’s wrong?! That was completely inappropriate and rude! You don’t say things like that!” and then you said, “ Well I’m a teenager! What do you expect?!” and then...!”, Summer laughed but Cayela interrupted, “ Ok Summer Loreen Langenstein we get it! You don’t need to repeat the entire conversation between me and my dad while he was changing my diaper! That’s just weird and stupid!”
“ What?! I’m just saying!”, Summer laughed.
“ Summer!”, Cayela hissed.
“ Ok ok I’ll stop!”, Summer laughed.
“ Thank you!”, Cayela interjected.
“ Hey, I know this is getting off topic but my family and I are planning on going camping this weekend and I was wondering if you guys and your families wanted to come with us.”, Julia said with a smile.
“ Are you kidding me?! I think all of us would!”, Florence exclaimed.
“ Camping trip! Yeah!”, Cayela, Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia exclaimed. That weekend as everyone was sitting in separate cars the girls were somehow allowed to ride inside the Ratley’s big truck bed camper. They were sitting on the couches across from each other strapped in by seatbelts but Cayela was the only one who had to sit in a special car seat designed for special needs teenagers.
“ How’s the view up there Cayela?”, Charlotte asked.
“ it’s honestly very weird Charlotte. I don’t know why I have to sit in this thing. I’m not a baby.”, Cayela said.
“ Well then why don’t you call your parents and ask them that.”, Florence said.
“ Thanks for the tip Florence. Maybe I will.”, Cayela said she stuck her hand in her pocket and pulled out her cell phone.
“ Hello?”, Leo answered.
“ Mom could you and Dad please explain to me why I’m sitting in a car seat like a baby? Why can’t I just sit like the rest of my friends?”, Cayela asked.
“ Because we don’t want you moving around in there too much. This isn’t like being in my car. Your father was the one who suggested it because he thinks you might get tempted to act a little obnoxious and we don’t want that. So just sit tight and we’ll let you out of it when we get to the campsite.”, Leo said.
“ Alright fine.”, Cayela said.
“ Ok and how do you feel right now? Do you need anything?”, Leo asked.
“ Probably a diaper change because it’s feeling a little wet right now like I just went in it.”, Cayela said.
“ Alright well when we stop somewhere along the way I’ll send your father in there with the diaper bag.”, Leo said before she hung up the phone. Once they stopped to get gas Sheldon came into the camper with Cayela’s diaper bag slung over his shoulder.
“ Ok come here sweetheart let’s go change your diaper.”, Sheldon said as he unbuckled Cayela from the seat and carried her towards the back of the camper where the bedrooms were. After he changed her he carried her back out and strapped her back into the seat.
“ There, does that feel better?”, Sheldon asked. Cayela nodded her head.
“ Do you need anything else before I walk out of here?”, Sheldon asked.
“ Can I have my juice bottle?”, Cayela asked.
“ Yes of course. Here.”, Sheldon said as he pulled the bottle out of the side pocket of the bag and handed it to her.
“ Anything else?”, Sheldon asked.
“ Nope. Thank you Dad.”, Cayela said as she took the bottle into her hand.
“ Ok. I’m going to walk out now. Let us know if you need anything else.”, Sheldon said before he left. Once they got on the road again and as Cayela was sucking on her juice she started kicking her legs happily. Then she put her juice bottle in the cup holder and picked up her ipod. She hit play on the song U + Ur Hand by Pink.
“ Check it out, going out on the late night!”
“ Looking tight, feeling nice, it's a cock fight!”
“ I can tell, I just know, that it's going down
Tonight!”
“ At the door we don’t wait ‘cause we know them!”
“ At the bar six shots just beginning!”
“ That’s when d***head put his hands on me!”
“ But you see!” The girls started singing as they were bouncing around in their seats. They were having a lot of fun with it. The fun continued at the campsite when they arrived. While the adults were sitting around talking and the kids were playing there was music playing on the radio. The song playing was Bossa Nova Baby by Elvis Presley.
“ Oh my god remember this song you guys?! Cayela loved this when she was a baby, especially when I held her against my hip dancing to it with her.”, Leo said with a smile. She walked over to Cayela, picked her up and started dancing with her just like she did when Cayela was a baby. Instantly a smile spread across her face when she recognized the tune.
“ Neomu gwiyeowo!”, Yesenia exclaimed.
“ Aww look at her! She’s so happy!”, Amy exclaimed.
“ I’m surprised that she even remembers this!”, Bernadette exclaimed.
“ Well that shouldn’t surprise you. She has my eidetic memory. Why else do you think Leonard shot her in the head with that laser when she was in the hospital because that Forensic Files episode?”, Sheldon said as he stared at her.
“ Wait, what happened?”, Mrs. Ratley asked.
“ Cayela, Florence and Charlotte were watching the first episode of Forensic Files on Cayela’s bedroom tv one day and it scared her. She kept asking us these weird questions relating to that and she didn’t want to be alone. She wanted to around us all the time even when we were taking her to school she didn’t want to get out of the car. She was also avoiding Charlotte which was very odd and as if that wasn’t bad enough it got much worse. She suddenly suffered a severe hallucination attack which we’re pretty sure her eidetic memory triggered it and hurt herself pretty bad to the point where we had to take her to the hospital. She had to have a special surgery called Laser Erasectomy to remove the memory of the episode but the doctor that was certified to use the laser was on vacation so our friend Leonard had to do it which knowing my husband Sheldon was probably better having his best friend do it rather than a complete stranger.”, Leo said as she continued dancing with Cayela against her hip.
“ Well that makes a lot of sense.”, Mrs. Ratley said. When the song ended Leo asked, “ Do you want to keep dancing with me or do you want to go do something else? Actually hold on one second.” She stuck her finger into Cayela’s diaper and said, “ I think it’s time to go change your diaper sweetheart. It’s soaked with pee.”
“ Aw but I want to go play with my friends Mom!”, Cayela protested as she was swinging one of her legs back and forth.
“ I know but you can after a quick diaper change. You’ll feel so much better.”, Leo said as she picked up the diaper bag and started carrying Cayela toward the camper. Florence, Charlotte, Summer and Julia came out the door of it and Leo asked, “ Oh were you girls just in there?”
“ Yeah Dr. Fordyce-Cooper we were watching something on the tv but now we’re going down to the lake to skip some rocks on the water.”, Florence said.
“ Ok well Cayela will join you girls in just a minute after I take her inside to change her first.”, Leo said with a smile.
“ Ok sounds fair. See you in a minute Cayela. Wait up you guys!”, Florence said as she ran off to catch up with their friends. Leo carried Cayela into the camper and into one of the bedrooms. She set the diaper bag down on the bed, took out the pad, package of wipes, barrier cream and talcum powder.
“ Ok lay down.”, Leo said as she gently laid Cayela down on the pad. She then took out some latex gloves and slipped them on before removing her shorts and diaper. Once Cayela was clean and given a fresh diaper she asked, “ Can I go hang out with my friends now Mom?”
“ Yes I’m done. You can get up now.”, Leo said as she put Cayela’s shorts back on and cleaned up.
“ Thanks Mom. I love you.”, Cayela said as she stood up off the bed.
“ I love you too baby.”, Leo said as she kissed her daughter’s head. Cayela ran out of the camper and ran down to the lake to join her friends skipping rocks.
“ Hey what’s up guys?”, Cayela said when she reached the lake.
“ Not much Cayela. Just skipping rocks.”, Florence said as she threw a rock across the water. It skipped a few times before it sunk under the water.
“ Oh cool.”, Cayela said as she picked up a rock and threw it. The girls watched as the rock skipped like halfway across the lake before sinking to the bottom. They just stood there staring at their autistic friend as if they had just seen a ghost.
“ What? Why are you guys staring at me like that?”, Cayela asked in confusion when she saw her friends looking at her and looking at each other with gaping mouths.
“ Dude, what was that?”, Florence asked in shock as she gestured her hand and stared at her best friend.
“ What was what Florence? I was just skipping a rock.”, Cayela said.
“ Throw another one.”, Florence said.
“ Ok if you insist.”, Cayela said as she skipped another one with the same results happening.
“ What the hell Fordyce-Cooper?! Are you trying to show us up?!”, Charlotte exclaimed.
“ No. I don’t know what you’re talking about Charlotte. All I’m doing is just skipping rocks like you.”, Cayela said as she threw another one.
“ No no no no no that’s not you just skipping rocks! That’s a hidden talent you have!”, Charlotte exclaimed.
“ How is skipping rocks a talent Charlotte?”, Cayela asked as she stared at her friend.
“ Oh come on Cayela what century do you think this is?!”, Charlotte exclaimed.
“ Uh the 21st century, duh!”, Cayela interjected. Then she asked, “ But seriously what does this have to do with what we’re talking about?”
“ Uh, why don’t I let Summer answer that question. Go ahead, say something.”, Charlotte nervously said as she nudged Summer forward.
“ Well what the heck do you want me to say Charlotte?!”, Summer interjected as she narrowed her eyes at her.
“ I don’t know but just say something!”, Charlotte hissed.
“ Well I can’t say anything if I don’t know what we’re talking about!”, Summer hissed.
“ Ok yo let’s all just take a chill pill. We came here on this camping trip to have fun with each other, not fight.”, Julia said as she stepped in between her two arguing friends.
“ Yeah you guys Julia’s right. We’re all friends here and we shouldn’t be fighting.”, Cayela said.
“ Yeah let’s just go back to having fun together. Because I don’t think any of us want to be standing around here all day fighting with each other.”, Florence said as she threw another rock.
“ Yeah you’re right Flo. Sorry Summer.”, Charlotte said.
“ That’s ok Charlotte.”, Summer said.
“ STOP CALLING ME FLO!”, Florence hissed at Charlotte before she composed herself.
To be continued…
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