Title: At The Movies
Author: phantagrae

Rating: G
Disclaimer: The characters and universe of this story do not belong to me. I just like to play with them.
Feedback: Yes, please. phantagrae@earthlink.net

Summary: The gang goes to the movies while Leonard is gone for the summer. Written for the Big Bang Theory Talk To Me Challenge. Challenge elements at the end.

"I can't believe this many people lined up for this movie an hour before show time."

"It's opening weekend, Penny! If one wants the best seats, one must arrive early in order to ensure enough time to go through the concession line, perform a pre-show preventive urination stop and find optimum seating."

"Why does is it have to be so complicated?"

"Penny, just be glad he didn't make us camp out overnight."

"And you do realize that the more there are of us, the harder it will be to find seats, so early arrival is even more important."

"Well, we don't all have to sit together, do we?"

"I don't want to end up sitting by myself. It's bad enough that I don't have a date, what if I end up having to sit on a different row from the rest of you?"

"Well, with Leonard halfway around the world, I don't have a date, either, Raj."

"Can I sit next to you?"

"Um..."

"You're sitting next to me, aren't you, Bestie?"

"We could go boy-girl-boy-girl..."

"No."

"NO!"

"No!"

"No and, really, no."

"We should sit in this order - Sheldon, Amy, Penny, me, Howie, Raj. That way each of us gets to sit by a friend."

"Bernie, you think of everything."

"Well, I want to sit by Penny and of course, my little Howie-wowie!"

"And I want to sit next to my sweetums..."

"Please, people! If I'm going to vomit I would rather it be from too many Red Vines, not from sickeningly sweet endearments."

"Sorry, Sheldon! Sometimes we just can't help it."

"So, Sheldon, can you explain why you find Star Trek so intriguing?"

"If you really want to know, you could read the paper I wrote in first grade - 'The Use of Semiotics in Star Trek, by Sheldon Lee Cooper'. My first grade teacher didn't use a letter-grading system, but I did get a smiley face and a gold star."

"Sounds like quite a triumph."

"Yes, well, the other children didn't appreciate it. Billy Sparks spit on me after school."

"Aww, poor Smelly Shelly."

"Look, the line is finally moving."

"Hunh! Hunh!"

"What the...?"

"Hmnah! Hmnah!"

"Holy crap on a..."

"Sheldon, that's enough! We already know which row is best in this theater. If we don't sit down, someone else is going to sit there."

"How do you know it hasn't changed since the last time we were here?"

"Well, if it has you can make a note on your Movie Theater Acoustics chart. Look, our favorite row is open."

"You have a chart for theater acoustics?"

"I have a chart for everything, Amy."

"As neurotic as it seems, we do always have the best seats in the house."

"Hmm. Well, as I always say, make your neuroses work for you."

"Penny, if you and Amy and Bernadette are going to sit together, you have to promise me you won't talk during the movie."

"Man, I hate coming to the movies without Leonard..."

"You miss him, huh?"

"Yes. He's a lot of fun, he stays between me and Sheldon, but also, if he's not here, I have to buy my own soda and popcorn..."

"Penny!"

"What? That crap's expensive - and half the fun of having a boyfriend is letting him buy your food."

"Sheldon and I always split the cost."

"Then your boyfriend is a cheapskate."

"Amy, give me your hand."

"What?"

"The movie is starting. We're going to hold hands, aren't we?"

"Yes!"

"Holy crap..."

"...on a..."

"...cracker! Raj, did you see that?"

"What?"

"Look at Sheldon and Amy!"

"She always makes him hold hands at the movies."

"No, no! HE asked HER!"

END

The Big Bang Theory Talk To Me Challenge Elements

All Dialog

500-600 Words

Any Characters

Must include any 5 of the following words or phrases:

Semiotics Neuroses

Mirror symmetry

Unspecified disturbance of conduct

Chart

Graph

Diaphanous

Grotesque

Star Trek

Holy crap on a cracker

Schedule

Snoring