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Penny sighed loudly as she entered her flat with Bernadette right behind her.
She directly went to the kitchen reaching for the wine bottle on the shelf.
"Want some?" the blonde asked her short friend.
"Definitely" Bernadette shook her head vigorously.
Penny took two questionably clean glasses from the cabinet along with the wine bottle and went to sit on the couch next to Bernadette.
They were silent, both lost in thoughts as they sipped the wine.
"This is ridiculous" they both said at the same time.
Today was supposed to be girl's night but Amy had made a flimsy excuse for not showing up. They all knew that she was just not ready to face Sheldon yet. Though before Amy became the part of their gang, Penny and Bernadette had had girl's night but now it felt weird. They were so used to Amy's quirky presence that they felt that something was missing.
So they had decided to check up on the guys and hang around at 4 A.
They had found the boys busy playing Super Mario. However Sheldon was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Sheldon?" Penny asked as she took her seat next to her husband.
"Huh?" Leonard asked, clearly engrossed in the game.
However Bernadette seemed to have more success.
With a voice that could compete with Howard's mother she asked, "Where is Sheldon?"
This got them as Leonard paused the game, trying to stay on the good books of the tiny woman.
"He's in his bedroom" Howard offered.
"He is really upset with this break up thing. He is not himself. Oh! The pain of true love" Raj said with his eyes glazed, a dreamy expression on his face.
They all looked at him as if he were half mad.
"Anyway, he is upset." Leonard said, giving one last look to Raj before turning towards Penny.
"He is not being himself. We tried to lure him out by offering to play his favorite video game but to no avail."
"Offering to go the Comic book store didn't work either" Howard said.
"Well, it did earn us a good ten minutes lecture on horrors of going to the comic book store on video game night" Leonard said glaring at his Jewish friend.
The girls looked at each other before nodding their heads.
They got up and headed down the hall to knock at Sheldon's bedroom door.
"Sheldon sweetie" Penny called.
"Go away" came a muffled voice.
Bernadette huffed. "We just want to talk to you about…"
Before she could finish, Sheldon yelled.
"GO AWAY!"
Giving it up as a lost cause they had left the apartment, listening to the guys bickering over the game again.
"I know that Amy is tired of waiting. We can in no way blame her. But then Sheldon has changed so much for her. She should really cut him some slack" Penny said as she twirled the thin stemmed glass in her hand. After her marriage she had tried very hard to reduce the intake of wine. And was succeeding, a little.
"I agree. And also he really does love her. It was very evident when we went to get her a Christmas present." She lowered a voice a bit, "I daresay he loves her more than his comic books and his schedules."
They sighed again thinking about the state of the Shamy.
It was true that the girls knew that Amy was considering a break from the relationship. But never in a million years did they believe that she would actually go through it.
Sheldon still wanted her back. That much was clear. But they didn't know whether it was good or bad.
Now that Sheldon knew how life will be if he wasn't with Amy, he would do anything if given the opportunity to prove himself.
A few more minutes of silence passed, each mulling over the situation at hand.
Bernadette snapped her fingers.
"What kind of friends are we? Our friends are hurting and we are not doing anything about it. We have to do something" she said.
Penny who had been thinking of the same thing nodded her head. Then her eyes gleamed.
"Well I think I do have an idea."
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The very next evening Amy found herself opening her door to let her bestie and Bernadette into her home.
They all settled on the sofa.
"Amy" Penny began, but Amy cut her off.
"If this is about the break up, I don't want to talk about" she said folding her hands defensively.
The other two smirked at each other briefly before schooling their expressions.
"No, it's not that."
It was Bernadette who spoke now.
"Since Penny decided to marry all of sudden without telling us" she threw a fake glare at the said newlywed, "we didn't have the opportunity to have a hen's night."
Amy dropped her defensive demeanor and agreed.
"I'm still in the process of forgiving you bestie" she said pointedly.
"Yeah, so we decided we could go to Vegas and have some fun."
Hmm… I could use some fun, Amy thought.
But Bernadette wasn't finished yet.
"The guys also had the same idea. So we thought why not? Since they are already married, we could all hang out together. It's been a long time since we all headed out."
Amy had begun to shake her head as soon as she heard the word guys.
"Oh! Come on, Amy. Why not?" Penny asked.
"You know why. I am not ready to face Sheldon yet."
"Amy, someday you might have to. Also don't you dare think of distancing yourself from us. We all love you. You are part of our social group no matter what."
Amy was touched. She was glad that her friends supported her. She had assumed that since they knew Sheldon longer than her, they would side with him. But it pleasantly surprised her to know that that wasn't the case.
But still…
Bernadette could sense that Amy's defense was crumbling. It was time to use the weapon. She nudged Penny.
Penny assumed her most convincing hurt puppy face, the face that Amy couldn't say no to, and said, "Please Amy. Won't you do this for your bestie?"
She was aware that this was bordering on emotional black mail but it was all in the name of Shamy.
"Fine."
And… We're in.
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In a similar conversation the guys were having a hard time convincing Sheldon.
He was working on something on his board. His blueberry scented marker writing away.
Even the mention of the obligations as a best friend didn't budge Sheldon from his mopey mood. They were at a loss at what to do. They dare not mention any soiled hosiery as that may bring up unwanted memories making Sheldon to withdraw even more. They had promised the girls to make Sheldon agree but things were not looking up.
Howard's phone buzzed with a text at the moment. With a winning smile he said "Amy's coming too."
Sheldon's hand jerked to a halt. He turned slowly.
"Amy will be there?" he asked haltingly.
"Yes. Bernie just texted me."
"I'm in" Sheldon agreed immediately, swiftly closing his marker and headed to his room.
"Where are you going?" Leonard asked after him.
"No time to waste" Sheldon shouted back.
"I've got a girl to get back."
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