I'm really sorry about the wait between Chapter 3 and now :( I had a bit of a writer's block. This wasn't the chapter I originally planned. This was just an idea I had at the last minute. My original idea is what I'm going to put in Chapter 5 :)

Please enjoy (this chapter is longer, as I promised :D) and feel free to leave a review! =D

It was 2:47 A.M. A very tired Sheldon Cooper suddenly awoke after hearing a loud scream. This had never happened to him before, as Leonard was a very quiet roommate, especially in the early morning hours.

He rubbed his eyes gently but then was kicked twice in the leg. The first time was somewhat hard, but the second kick was even more painful.

"Ouch!" Sheldon exclaimed, in shock. He looked over to the right side of the bed and saw Amy. Her eyes were wide-open and she looked afraid. Before Sheldon had a chance to do or say anything, she screamed loudly again.

"Amy! What is going on?" Sheldon asked. He had never seen anything like this before. This was the first time he had slept in the same room with his girlfriend, and also the first time he was sharing a bed with her.

Despite the screams, movement and Amy's eyes being wide open, she did not respond at all to Sheldon's inquiry. Her left arm thrashed wildly. Luckily, it wasn't the arm closest to Sheldon. She screamed a few more times and Sheldon began to panic. He hoped that he has having a nightmare himself and pinched his right arm a couple of times just to see if he was awake. He was awake. However, it still felt a lot like a nightmare, he thought.

Sheldon decided to wait a few seconds before doing anything. He assumed that doing nothing at this time would be better than accidentally doing something wrong and hurting her or scaring her even worse.

Things weren't getting any better. Amy's screams were not stopping. Both of her arms were flailing wildly now, and both of her legs were kicking too. Sheldon got out of the bed. He thought it would be best so that he could avoid getting injured and he also thought that Amy might calm down if she had the bed to herself. Sheldon had no idea what to do next. He considered calling 911, but wanted a second opinion. He picked up his cell phone and called Leonard.

Back in Pasadena, Leonard was spending the night in Penny's apartment. The two of them had had a lovely dinner out and had then seen a movie before heading home. The ringing of Leonard's phone had woken up both him and Penny.

"Who on Earth calls at this time? It's like 3 AM!" Penny said as she began to sit up when Leonard answered his loudly ringing phone.

"Leonard! I need your help! It's Sheldon"

"Sheldon, what is it?" Leonard said. He knew Sheldon and a 3 AM call from him could mean just about anything. The hotel he was staying in could be on fire or he could have packed too many pairs of gray socks and forgotten to pack some blue ones.

"Leonard, I'm really scared" Sheldon said "I have no idea what is going on right now and I really don't know what I should do"

Leonard could hear the concern and fear in Sheldon's voice and he now knew that this was definitely something important. He sat up in the bed while Sheldon continued to explain the situation.

"I woke up half an hour ago because I heard screaming. I looked over and I then saw that Amy was having some sort of nightmare and she accidentally kicked my leg twice. It hurt at first, but it's fine now. Anyways, she is still screaming very loudly. She sounds like she is in pain. Her eyes are wide open, but I tried to ask her what was wrong and she didn't answer. I don't think she knows what is happening. I really want to help her and I'm very worried about her. I do not know if I need to call 911, but honestly, I'm really tired and I don't want to do something wrong and make things any worse"

Sheldon was talking very fast, but Leonard managed to figure out what he was saying. He hadn't heard at all from Sheldon since he had left the previous morning. He had a lot of questions. For example, why were Amy and Sheldon sleeping in the same bed?

He decided that he would ask those questions later. It was much more important to help Sheldon to help Amy. He looked over at Penny, who had a very confused look on her face. She also was unaware that Amy and Sheldon were going to be sharing a room.

Leonard turned towards Penny. "Sheldon says that Amy is having some sort of nightmare and I guess she is unresponsive, despite her eyes being open and the fact that she is moving and screaming. I'm not quite sure what that means. You are friends with her. Has she ever done this before?" Leonard asked her.

Penny thought back to the time she had shared a bed with Amy. Penny had woken to similar screams and had tried to pat Amy's shoulder, but Amy had grabbed her arm and bit it hard. She remembered when Amy had warned her about these "night terrors". Amy had said to "pin me down and stroke my hair and I'll be fine"

Penny grabbed the phone from Leonard's hand. She figured it would be much more effective to directly instruct Sheldon on what to do.

" 's Penny. I know what you need to do" Penny said

"Penny! How do you know what to do right now? You aren't a scientist and why are you even using Leonard's phone right now?"

"Sheldon. You need to listen to me right now. It does not matter right now that I am not a scientist. I know Amy and this has happened before. She is my best friend and I want her to be okay, so please just listen to me. I want you to be okay too. I know I can help you right now. We all need to sleep. It's is almost 4 AM now"

Sheldon sighed. He was exhausted right now and willing to try just about anything. If Penny had experienced this before, there was a good chance that her advice would be beneficial to this situation. " do I need to do, Penny?" he asked.

"Okay, so go over to the bed. Tell me what she is doing right now"

Sheldon walked over but still tried to keep a good distance for safety purposes. Amy was lying on her stomach and kicking both of her legs. The blankets and two of the bed's pillows were on the floor now.

Sheldon told Penny what he was seeing right now. Penny thought for a second about what she would suggest to him.

"Okay, you should actually try to wake her up. I know that sounds like it might be a bad idea but, I did a lot of research on this after that last time. How about trying to sit by the foot of the bed and grabbing her feet and lightly shaking them? It's a bit risky, but I think it might work." Penny instructed.

" what do I do?" Sheldon asked

"While trying to grab her feet, you should make little noises. I learned that if she can her your voice, she may be able to figure out who you are and then she will know that you aren't going to hurt her. Try that and if that doesn't work, call us back. Good luck."

Sheldon wasn't going to waste any time. He immediately hung up the phone and decided he would thank Penny later if this worked. He walked over to the foot of the bed after placing his phone on the dresser. He wasn't a fan of physical contact, and feet were definitely not one of his favorite body parts, but he was going to do anything he could to help Amy. He cared about her. He cared a lot about her.

Sheldon grabbed one foot in each hand. Her feet began to move quickly, but then began to slow down. As Sheldon did this, he began to make little purring noises. He knew that Amy liked cats and that it was one of the things that they had bonded over. Amy began to calm down. Her arms stopped flailing and fortunately she was back to sleeping normally in about five minutes.

Sheldon then let go of her feet. He picked the blanket off of the floor and covered her with it. He then climbed back in the bed. He stayed on the far left of the bed just in case.

He fell asleep again shortly, but before that had decided that he wasn't going to say anything in the morning.

I spent a lot of time researching night terrors, and I found a wonderful support forum for people who have them. The advice that Penny gave Sheldon was based on posts I read on there that were responses given when people asked how they could help a significant other with night terrors.

I hope this chapter is okay, and thank you for taking your time to read! =D