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How could you not tell us you were in beauty pageants? It is. It truly is. Amy writes *Little House on the Prairie* fan fiction about herself and posted on the internet.
I do. Sorry, I had to get the spotlight off me. And tearing down other women as part of my pageant training. We are reading that right now. Oh, please don't. We got embarrassed tonight. Come on. No, but it's personal. Why is it about you and Sheldon? No. Oh my God, it's about her and Sheldon. It's not about me and Sheldon. It's about a young woman in the 1800s named Amelia and the time-traveling physicist named Cooper. She falls in love.
Either way, I'm finding it. Amelia and the Time Trap. Found it. It was just passed on on the Prairie. And like every morning, Amelia prepared to do her chores. Except something about this morning felt different. Why? Why do you feel different? Maybe it was the first whisper of winter in the air. Or maybe it was the unconscious handsome man with porcelain skin and curious clothing she was about to discover lying in the field. A man who would open her mind to new possibilities and her body to new feelings.
[Laughter] I was alone and had no friends. Starting to miss that. Time travel? I don't understand, said Amelia. Cooper stared at her. Which word don't you understand? Time or travel? Wow, even in your fantasy, Sheldon's kind of exhausting. He's like that in the beginning. So she can change him. It's called good writing and wishful thinking.
Stung Amelia when he spoke to her this way in her little one-room schoolhouse. She was always the smartest student, regularly besting the boys in her class. But this was no boy in front of her. This was a man. Here we go. Cooper told Amelia about all the strange and incredible things the future would hold, like computers and living past 30. He asked her if she had any questions. All she longed to ask was if his heart was beating as fast as hers, but she was too afraid to hear the answer. So instead, she asked if, in the future, Montana ever became a state. In the 1800s, that was considered flirting.
The heavy heart, Amelia stood before the newly repaired time machine. She regretted giving Cooper the part he needed because she wanted him to give her the part she needed. That's enough. What? What? No, I really want to know what happens. And Bernadette, we need to know what happened. You're just making fun of me. Well, I was just kidding. I'm sorry. And the story is really good. No, it is. Does he say? Do they kiss? Does she find out about Montana? Please.
Fine. As Cooper prepared to depart, tears filled Amelia's eyes. He took her hand in his and said, "Can't stay, but I will never forget you." He brushed his fingers against her cheek, then quickly stepped into the machine. "Please don't go," she whispered, but it was too late. The engine hummed to life. Didn't even kiss. She turned away, wiping her eyes. She couldn't bear to watch her one chance at true love disappear forever.
Then she felt a strong hand on her shoulder to spin her around. It was Cooper. "What about the future?" asked Amelia. He looked deeply into her eyes and whispered, "There is no future without you." He pulled her in close. She began to tremble all over. She felt his warm breath. "You will not believe what Stephen Hawking just said."