This is one of the shorter chapters. Warning: there will be lots of angst in this fic but please read it anyway! There may be a happy ending ;)
It had been just over a month when Sheldon finally accepted it.
Amy had broken up with him.
He was alone.
Leonard was gone. Not far. But he was gone.
He was alone.
Amy would probably find someone better than him.
She would get married, have kids, move to a perfect little house in the suburbs and be happy.
And he would be alone.
And unhappy.
He didn't want to be the cause of Amy's unhappiness and therefore, if that meant that he would never be able to see or talk to her again, then he would. It was what she asked for. Space and time.
Sheldon had been away from work for the last week as suggested by the Head of Department as many reports came in of Sheldon sobbing at his desk, trying to build elaborate death machines and generally doing very little work. He was depressed. It had hit him. He had simply been lying in bed, refusing to get up, shave and shower. He had missed comic book night, he had missed Halo night, and he had missed vintage video game night. Had hadn't eaten any meals and just ate gummy worms. He didn't drink tea.
That was what Amy used to do with him. They sat opposite each other at the island. Blue and yellow mugs in hand. Her eyes glinting behind her red framed glasses as she would talk passionately of work, or her made up language, or harps, or Chaucer. He always liked to think her eyes sparkled when she looked at him.
And his eyes would gleam back.
Eye contact between them spoke much more than words.
xxxxxx
He couldn't give up.
He had accepted that he had been a bad boyfriend.
He had accepted that Amy was perfectly capable of finding someone better than him.
He had accepted that she wanted space and time.
Amy could do so much better, but he wanted to be with her and he thought she wanted to be with him. This was just a communication error. He would be better for her and was going to prove it.
xxxxxx
Sheldon was back at work, feeling refreshed. He was determined. He was going to win Amy Farrah Fowler back. He would devise a plan.
She had asked for time and space. Since he had been wallowing at home for over a week, he assumed that it had been long enough but he still wanted to run it by Leonard and Penny.
Leonard and Penny also delivered the news that Amy was not doing so well. Girls' night was now held at her house, she refused to answer their questions, she wouldn't take calls from her mother and she kept bursting into tears.
The image was heart-breaking for Sheldon, he hated to see Amy cry. However, he was pleased that she was suffering as much as he was. Was that bad? The sense of guilt still overpowered him though. He wanted to make things right.
And that is how Sheldon Lee Cooper found himself, four days later, stood outside the apartment of his ex-girlfriend.
Next up, Sheldon tries to talk with Amy and reason with her...