SF Chapter 135: New Zealand
A few days after the chaos of Luke's birthday, Dani had packed his bags.
"So I'll be back in a few days," Dani told Lexi and Mischa. "Don't die from missing me."
The two of them glanced at him, then kept talking to each other.
"Heyy!!"
[Dani commentary]
"I got better tickets for The Lord of the Rings premiere," Dani revealed.
"Instead of here in LA, I'm going to New Zealand, where the official premiere will be! December 1st!"
Then he explained, "That's why Sheldon said yes at Luke's birthday party. I had asked if they wanted to come with me."
Dani went on, "Besides us, Raj, Howard, Penny and Bernadette are also coming."
"Yeah, Penny didn't have any filming scheduled those days and the rest all took time off to enjoy the trip."
"Unfortunately, Phil couldn't come. But at least he'll be able to go to the Los Angeles one with Luke, Manny, and Jake."
"Oh," Dani exclaimed after finishing his commentary. "Charlie got engaged. Really engaged to Lisa." He still sounded a little incredulous. "Bro redeemed himself by taking her on a trip to the Caribbean after what was probably the worst-timed, worst-placed proposal I'd ever seen."
[Commentary ends]
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Dani, Sheldon, Raj, Leonard, Howard, and Penny were sitting in the lounge area on the plane - an exclusive VIP section.
Bernadette had gone to the bathroom, while Ramona was in economy class. Dani didn't know she would be coming as well.
"So Sheldon has a girlfriend?" Penny asked, surprised. "That girl from my costume party?"
"Yes, she's been wooing Sheldon and somehow got him," Leonard joked.
"Excuse me, I didn't get wooed," Sheldon scoffed. "I simply grew fond of her."
"She's been coming to our apartment, making breakfast, and sometimes lunch and dinner," his roommate revealed with a smile. "We call Shelmona."
"Wow," Penny exclaimed, still surprised. "Aww, I'm so rooting for Shelmona," she laughed.
"They're even having sex," Howard added.
Sheldon sighed. "It's kind of my duty. Besides, even though I'd choose in vitro fertilization when I decide to have children, I still have to do it with her. It was part of our agreement."
"Why does that make me really pissed?" Howard muttered, then handed him a drink.
Sheldon drank it without realizing it was alcoholic. After a while, the effects started to kick in, and he became tipsy.
He ended up revealing, "To tell the truth, I liked coitus more than I thought I would. Even that unhygienic and pointless-to-reproduction act... fellatio."
Raj choked on his drink, while Leonard grumbled that that information would haunt him at night.
Penny made a weird face, "What?"
"He means a BJ," Dani explained to her.
Penny didn't know what face to make.
"That reminds me," Sheldon continued, "I need to buy condoms, since my mother is against me having children right now."
"You don't need to. You can have one of mine," Howard said, pulling a few out of his backpack.
He added, "We don't know how lucky I'll get in New Zealand." He explained why he had brought so many.
Raj, who had gone back to drinking and was also tipsy, jabbed him, "You gonna need one or two right at the same time?"
Howard shot him a glare, while the rest laughed, remembering the party where he hooked up with a trans girl.
Sheldon, the only one of his friends who hadn't laughed, handed the condoms back to Howard. "These won't work," he remarked.
"Why? Does a robot use something different?" Howard joked.
"No," Sheldon shook his head. "I use extra-large condoms. What you have are the regular ones."
He then explained clinically, "To avoid any problems, it's important to use the correct size."
Now everyone was staring at him, since he had said it without any hint of cockiness, almost like casually mentioning his sock size.
"Say what?" Howard was visibly the most affected.
"Don't worry, Sheldon. I have some with me. I also use extra-large," Dani smirked. Now it was clear he was bragging, unlike Sheldon.
"Well, he got us tickets to the official Wellington premiere, Dani can brag all he wants," Leonard commented, not feeling any envy.
He was too excited about what they were going to do.
[Dani and Penny commentary]
"Speaking of condoms, I've already used some of them here on the plane," Dani revealed.
Penny turned to him, then looked forward again. "We were very careful," she said, as if that was enough.
"How about we use a few more?" he smirked.
Penny turned her head toward him again and raised an eyebrow. "Next time might not be necessary. I'll do that fellatio thing for you." She smirked back.
[Commentary ends]
"You girls are okay, right?" Daniel looked at Penny. "I only got five tickets for the movie itself. But I think I can get more if I try."
"No, no," Penny waved her hands. "We're more than fine having some fun sightseeing while you guys watch the movie."
The blonde was more than eager to enjoy the city. Wilmington, the small city where she lived, could get really boring.
"What are you guys talking about?" Bernadette asked when she came back.
"You don't want to know," Penny replied to her friend. "Let's talk about where we can go while they watch the tiny guys movie."
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A few days had passed, and the group was already flying back to LA. Only Penny had taken a different flight, heading to Wilmington, North Carolina.
"Well, surprisingly, nothing went wrong during the trip," Dani commented. He was sitting next to Raj, with Howard and Sheldon nearby.
"Besides Sheldon almost getting kicked out when he tried to approach the entire cast during an interview?" Raj remarked.
Dani shrugged. "Eh, he wouldn't do anything bad."
"Anyway, guys," he called everyone's attention.
"This weekend, we're going to screen the horror movie I wrote, the one my sister and Phil starred in. You're all invited."
Leonard, who was sitting next to Bernadette and behind Daniel, said, "We'll go."
"Claire is scary by nature, so the movie will be incredible," he chuckled.
"Yeah," Dani grinned.
[Dani commentary]
"We managed to finish Paranormal Activity a bit earlier than expected, which was supposed to be around Christmas," Dani noted, sitting in an armchair in the screening room.
"I'll have the place thoroughly cleaned, so this will be our last time doing here until the movie is released," he said, turning to Mischa and Lexi, who were lying naked on the armchair.
[Commentary ends]