The Cooper-Fowler Fall Out
A week had passed since Sheldon got home. Although Amy was happy to see him after four months, she dreaded what lied ahead. What she had to do next was going to be extremely difficult - even more difficult than severing the web between her toes.
The quirky couple hadn't had any alone time since Sheldon returned - between helping Leonard move his stuff in Penny's apartment and catching up with all the new comics he had missed over the summer, the physicist didn't have any time for his girlfriend.
So that Thursday night Amy invited him to her apartment for a much anticipated talk.
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Amy"
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Amy"
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Amy"
As she went to open the door, Amy couldn't help but smile. Although Sheldon had undergone some changes over the summer - for example he was perfecty content with living on his own and he didn't throw a tantrum when Leonard moved out - she was happy to see that some things never change.
"Hello Sheldon" said Amy as she let him in.
"Hello" Sheldon smiled at her.
That sweet smile sometimes made her think that Sheldon felt way more affectionate for her than he let on. But she shouldn't think that way. Delusions like this had led them here in the first place.
"Amy, I must say that I'm really glad you asked me to come here tonight. Thursday is our usual date night and it certainly feels good to be back on schedule." babbled Sheldon as he took his seat on the couch.
"Oh, this isn't a date night Sheldon" declared Amy "It could turn into a date night but first we need to talk. I gave you your space over the summer to deal with your issues but now we really need to talk"
Her boyfriend frowned, he clearly hadn't anticipated this. That made her even more determined to preceed with her plan.
"Alright, what could you possibly want to talk about?" asked Sheldon
"Um... I don't know Sheldon, maybe about the fact that you basically told me that we had no future together and then left for four months without even saying goodbye. Well, do we have a future or not?" demanded Amy
Sheldon looked surprised and he started studying the room avoiding her gaze.
"You didn't offer me a beverage" blurted Sheldon
"What? When?"
"Now. Where are your manners Amy?"
Amy had to take a deep breath to keep from yelling at him.
"Sheldon, would you like some tea?" she asked trying to keep the anger out of her voice
"No, make me some strawberry quick."
The mention of strawberry quick made her more angry.
"I don't have any"
"You did the last time I was here" exclaimed Sheldon
"Well, it went bad over the summer and I threw it out"
He didn't need to know that she had thrown it out because the mere sight of the pink beverage made her cry.
"Can we get back to our conversation now Sheldon? Will you answer my question?"
"Of course" said Sheldon "What did you ask me again?"
Amy was starting to lose her patience.
"You have an eidetic memory Sheldon, you know very well what I asked you" sighed Amy
"You asked me if we had a future together. Of course we have a future Amy, unless there is a zombie apocalypse and we eat each other's brains."
"You know very well that's not what I mean Sheldon. All our friends are moving on with their lives, Howard and Bernadette are married, Leonard and Penny will be married soon and even though Raj and Emily have been only dating for a few months I'm pretty sure they will move faster thatn us. I know you have intimacy issues, and I have been more than patient with you the past four years. But it's not working anymore... I-I don't even know how you feel about me Sheldon!"
"Of course you do. You know I'm very f-"
"Fond of me?" snapped Amy "Not good enough Sheldon"
She could feel that the hard part was coming. She would rather take her own appendix out than to say what she was about to.
"Sheldon, you either tell me how you feel about me or we are done"
All the color drained out of Sheldon's face. She didn't know whether this was a bad sign or not.
"Amy I- I can't" stammered Sheldon "Why can't we go back to the way things were?"
She felt tears welling in her eyes. With all the restrain she could master, she got up and came back with her tablet at hand which she gave to Sheldon.
He looked at the screen and saw the termination page of the Relationship Agreement.
"This relationship is over, sign here to make official. I would ask you not to cry on my i-Pad but you don't care enough about me in order to cry"
Sheldon was pale as stone and unusually quiet, but he didn't cry. Part of her wished he had.
"Amy" implored Sheldon "can't we talk about it?"
"No" she said as firmly as she could "I've heard all I needed to hear. You'll never love me"
She had tried her best not to use the "L" word during the conversation but she was sick of being cautious. Their problem was that she loved him and he didn't.
"As you wish" he murmured
His finger was slightly trembling as he signed "Sheldon Lee Cooper".
Amy had already sighed...
"I would like you to leave now, if you don't mind"
She was in the verge of tears and she didn't think she could restrain herself any longer.
"I'll leave" murmured Sheldon as he got to his feet.
She opened the door for him, and he got out. As she was about to close it his hand stopped it.
"Wait" he said softly and looked her in the eye for the first time this evening.
His eyes were glistening as if he were about to cry, but no tears came out. Surely she was deluding herself again - it was propably the lighting.
"What is it?" she asked
"I know this didn't turn out to be a date night, but could I have one last kiss?"
This was more that she could take. She slammed the door to his face and burst into tears.
She would never feel Sheldon's soft lips on hers again.