He closed his laptop, still couldn't believe what just happened, looked around and his eyes settled at the Gollum figure on his desk

'Well Gollum, you're an expert on rings.. What do I do with this one?'

He opened his desk drawer and pulls a box with a ring inside, he touches it while recalling the last words she spoke to him, no one knew he had that ring, everyone thought he was selfish, that he didn't appreciate her enough but truth be told, he did.

He bought that ring months ago, shortly after a date night, when he realised how much she meant to him and he didn't like leaving her at night.

Penny and everyone else thought their relationship was a joke, specially after that train trip, he went away without telling her and the second he got back she accepted him right back.
Years ago, when Penny asked him about getting physical with Amy, he told her it was a possibility, but he was never going to admit it wasn't a possibility, it was going to happen for sure.

She told him she needed to take a step back to re-evaluate their relationship; he didn't know there was something to think about. She always seemed happy around him, they had their first sleepover a few weeks ago and both of them loved it!

But then he started thinking about everything. His eidetic memory was always a blessing but in this case was a curse. He went back to their first date and thought about how much they both have changed, he never thought he would fall in love nor need anyone else in his life except his family but then she appeared. She turned his world upside down, all his careful planning was out the window when it came to her.

After a while he started thinking about the last couple of years, he thought about his train trip, her voice when he called her after he left broke his heart but he had to do it, he couldn't face all the changes at once. He barely spoke to her while he was away not because he had forgotten, but because he knew what her voice would sound like and he would miss her, and he'd want to come back home but then he remembered why he couldn't do it at that moment.

She had always been important to him, even if he didn't show it! When he asked her to be his girlfriend was when she went out with Stuart, at first he didn't understand her decision and it wasn't until months later that he did, all he knew was that she couldn't be with anyone else but him, he didn't know the reason why, he just did.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000