That night, Sheldon was overcome with a wave of insomnia. He laid in bed staring at the ceiling and began to name the elements of the periodic table. "Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, beryllium..." He trailed off in frustration. It was no use. The frustrated physicist looked over at his alarm clock. 3 AM. SIghing, he got up and booted up his laptop. He sent a video chat request to Amy and watched the screen intently. A few minutes later, Amy's tired face appeared on the screen. "Good morning Amy Farrah Fowler," Sheldon said smiling. "Sheldon it's 3 in the morning. What are you still doing up?" Sheldon shrugged. "I can't sleep," he admitted. "And what do you expect me to do about that?" Amy asked. "...I don't know," Sheldon replied with a puzzled look on his face.
"I know Soft Kitty is only for when you're sick, but do you think that would help?" Amy suggested. "No I don't think so. Maybe I'll make a cup of tea," Sheldon mused getting up. "Okay. Good night," Amy started to say. "Wait!" Sheldon called quickly. "Yes?" Amy prompted. "Stay. Please?" Amy sighed. "Fine. But you owe me for this," the exhausted neurologist warned. "Well I suppose that's fair. WHy don't you let me take you out to lunch tomorrow," Sheldon suggested carrying his laptop in to the kitchen and setting it down on the counter. "You're going to leave work for lunch? For me?" Amy asked incredulously. Sheldon simply nodded as he sat and nursed his tea. "Well okay if you want," Amy said slightly confused. Lunch together on a day other than Date Night? That was different.
"Sleepy yet?" Amy asked yawning. "No. I don't know what it is today. I just can't sleep," Sheldon sighed, placing his mug in the sink. "Did you try naming the elements?" Amy asked. She didn't want to leave Sheldon alone, but she was already starting to drift off. "Yes, but not even the simplicity of the periodic table is relaxing me enough to sleep," Sheldon replied. "All right. You're room. Go," Amy instructed. Sheldon looked puzzled, but obeyed and climbed into bed, his laptop on his lap. "Now what?" he asked. "Want to play alternate universe?" Amy asked. "Okay. In a post apocalyptic society, where would we be living?" he asked. "Um... Hiding out in Manhattan. Only the upper east side has survived the apocalypse and the rest of the world is deteriorating back into forest land," Amy answered quickly. "Correct," Sheldon said excitedly, "Okay now give me one." The couple continued the game for another hour or so creating any scenario they could think of.
"The sun is rising," Amy pointed out. Sheldon yawned in response. "But I still can't sleep," he added. Amy laughed. "Come on lay down. We can play alternate universe any time; Right now the two of us need to get some sleep." Sheldon made a face, but obeyed. "Amy," he said after a second. "Mm?" she replied tiredly. "Sing soft kitty," he requested. "Soft kitty warm kitty little ball of fur.." Amy trailed off noticing he'd fallen asleep. "Good night Sheldon," she whispered closing her laptop and going to bed.
A/N: I'm baaack! Hopefully you didn't forget about this I know it's been forever since I've updated. Sorry about that! Anyway this is only a filler chapter. I'm going to start making longer chapters soon don't worry. Comments are always appreciated.. ;) :) Thanks for reading! 3 3