The Reconciliation Progression

It was taking a lot longer than Sheldon expected.

Two hours later, the boxes were unpacked and recycled. He was rearranging some of Leonard's knickknacks in order to make room for some framed photographs and her miniature of Kurt Cobain, something she had owned since before they had met.

"So, she's all moved in?" Leonard asked when he got home from the dentist. Sheldon was sitting on the couch, staring at the door with an intent look on his face.

"Well, her possessions are all here. My fiancée is at your girlfriend's apartment, probably drinking tequila and thinking up my doom. I am waiting for her to come home."

"What did you say to her?" Leonard was dreading the answer to his question. Sheldon told him. "Aren't you going over to talk to her? Maybe apologize?"

"Not right now," Sheldon said.

"Why not?"

"We have to go to the comic book store in less than an hour. Surely reconciliation will take longer than that. Besides, they are having what I believe to be called 'girl time'. It will give her time to calm down."

Despite Leonard's efforts, and those of Raj and Howard, they were all at the comic book store within the hour. Stuart greeted them with news of the latest issues and rumors of an upcoming Smallville movie. Raj and Howard headed for the bins while Leonard stayed at the counter to talk to Stuart. Sheldon just wandered the store, staring blankly at everything.

"What's his problem?" Stuart asked, pointing to Sheldon, who was staring at one of the Batgirl stand alone issues like it was going to start talking to him.

"He and his fiancée had a fight. She won't say sorry and you know Sheldon."

"Wait, wait," Stuart held up his hands. "Sheldon is getting married?"

"Yeah," Leonard said. "I'm surprised you didn't hear about it."

"So am I." Stuart cupped his hands around his mouth. "ATTENTION EVERYBODY. MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF MYSELF, SHELDON COOPER IS GETTING MARRIED."

The other customers looked up from their various future purchases and stared at Sheldon, half in disbelief and the other half in disinterest. They soon went back to their own business. Sheldon came up to the counter with a Batgirl action figure in hand and his wallet out.

"Congratulations man," Stuart said. "Why do you have the Batgirl figurine from Batman the Animated series? It's been marked down four times. There's a dent in the box."

"I am not going to collect this," Sheldon replied. "I have a plan."

They left the comic book store a half hour later, although Sheldon had been goading them for twenty-five minutes. He wouldn't reveal his plan, and had all but sprinted up the stairs. When he got to his apartment, he was surprised to see Amy sitting on the couch, watching TV.

"Hey," she said. "This doesn't mean I forgive you."

"I know," he said and took the action figure out of the plastic bag. "Here." She got up and took it. "Today I realized that there is some resemblance between you and the nineties Batgirl. If we reproduce, then I would like our offspring to have something to remind him of his mother when he has to go to school. A small comfort, but a comfort never the less."

Amy started to laugh and hugged him, the box thumping his back. "Okay, okay. But what if it's a girl?"

"My genetic line has two males for every female. The statistics indicate a male for our child."

"I want more than one. Maybe two."

"I can live with two."

"Maybe seven."

"We'll have to discuss birth control."

"You're lucky I love you."