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This is an alternite ending to the eppy where Amy gets sick.

"I don't understand women," Sheldon said groaning.

"Color me surprised," Leonard said sarcastically, "I'm guessing you're talking about your relationship with Amy?"

"I- very good," Sheldon said, "She's resorting to trickery in order to get me to show her some affection and she likes things nobody likes. I don't know how to discourage that."

"Sheldon listen to yourself," Leonard said, "Do you hear yourself speak?"

"Of course I do," Sheldon said, "My ears work just fine."

"The problem is your thinking to much with your brain and not enough with your heart," Leonard explained.

"I CAN'T THINK WITH MY HEART," Sheldon said, "The heart is a muscle in the body that beats. There is no thinking when it comes to the heart."

"Sheldon," Leonard said, "I wasn't being literal. Look you need to show Amy that you love her."

Sheldon paused.

"Oh," he said, "Well I suppose that is a way to go," he said, "But I don't like to feel."

"Why," Amy asked coming out of the bathroom, "What's so bad about feeling?"

"What's so bad about feeling? I loved my friend Nicole. She died. I loved my father. He died. Sixteen people that I loved died."

"Sheldon everyone dies," Amy pointed out, "But I don't believe death is the end."

"EVEN if we accept your premise," Sheldon said, "It will be a long time before I am reunited with my friend Nicole, my father, my grandmother, my grandfather, my older sister, my aunt Sarah, my nephew Lewis, my bunny rabbit, my cat, my dog, Mr. Cuddles, my science teacher, Don, Pierre, Margo and Skyler again. I don't want to take the chance of feeling sad if I lose especially you Amy. Getting mad... or turning it into a scientific solution... or acting in a way that's hurtful... it's the only way I know to keep myself from getting hurt."

"Have you ever considered there are benefits to being affectionate," Amy suggested.

"Yes of course their are but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages."

"Do they? Sheldon when you act the ways you mentioned it's you who feels bad."

"Well that's a biochemical reaction. It would be the guilt of making you feel bad that makes me feel bad,' Sheldon explained.

"I would agree with that except for one flaw in your theory. It makes me feel good because you care about me and you love me and just because that's the way I am. Did you ever think that maybe if you came over spur of the moment or brought me flowers or WANTED to be with me and not tried to turn it into a contract maybe I wouldn't need to trick you into paying attention to me."

Amy left the building.

...

Several hours turned into one sleepless night. Sheldon couldn't stop thinking about what Amy said. Maybe she was right. But he couldn't give into his feeling for her. Amy was a wonderful person. She put up with him through all of his faults... even though he didn't think he had any. But giving into the feelings of love would mean he would risk losing her like he had lost so many others and that would hurt.

Suddenly he had an idea. He would take her suggestion. But he would document her response. In this way he would still be treating it like an experiment and not risk being hurt. He got out a notebook and wrote down all the ways that he could show romance. Flowers compliments, candy, tickets to the theater... ripping up the contract. He was excited now to see where this would go.