Prologue: A New Start
Watching Leonard and Penny walk away, their backs to him was the hardest thing Sheldon Cooper had ever done since he left home all those years ago. It was about the same. Only, this time, he had no idea where he was going. He thought about returning home to Texas, but he wasn't in the mood to talk to his mother. He didn't want to be babied. He wanted to learn from all of this.
Maybe Amy would be willing to come with him... No, he couldn't think like that. Not that he's already made it this far. He could just call her when he got where he was going and let her know how he was doing.
She was partially the reason why he was doing this. And he hated admitting that. It wasn't that she did anything wrong. Everything was just changing too quickly for him to be used to it. Leonard and Penny getting engaged, the comic book store burning down, Amy wanting him to move in... still.
And that was why he had to do this. He had to find himself, once and for all. He had waited too long to have this 'breakdown' as others might call it, but not him. This was a journey of a lifetime. He would either come back a new man, or come running back home to his mommy at the first sign of trouble.
Thinking that there may be trouble made Sheldon think he should just go ahead and go to Houston and snuggle up in his old bed.
His thinking was interrupted when there was a loud voice on the over head speakers. 7:30 train departing for New York on time.
Sheldon absentmindedly looked at his watch. Five minutes. He lowered his arm and looked around, thinking it over. He had been to New York a few times. What would he gain there?
Well, not knowing was the point.
He stood up off the bench, taking a quick look at his back side to see if anything was stuck. Luckily nothing. He straightened up his tan jacket as he made his way towards the train that was leaving the station soon.
A new start for him.
Don't worry, the Nutty Professor stuff will come soon, swear