For the next few days after his let down in the laundry room, Sheldon was moping all around the apartment, he didn't make any slay comments, or insult anyone bluntly, didn't even make fun of Howard for not a PhD, no, Sheldon was just not used to having a busted heart.

Whenever Penny came over he wouldn't pay any attention to her, but he sometimes would glance up at her when she wasn't paying attention to him. When everyone had left for Pizza night, Leonard went up and confronted Sheldon about his odd behavior.

"Hey, Sheldon?"

"What it is Leonard?" Sheldon said dryly, he was making some nightly tea before bed, Sheldon didn't want to talk to anyone, he was trying to hide his disappointment, but he guessed he was worse at it then he thought.

"Is something the matter? You've been kind of.. well on the melancholy side of life lately, I'm starting to worry, did something happen?" Leonard stood at the island of the kitchen, arms propped up and studying his roommate.

Sheldon could feel Leonard's eyes on him, he stopped pouring his tea and faced Leonard, the look of indifference, he wore it well.

"I would be lying if I said everything was alright, but it's not." Sheldon went back to making his tea.

"Well, do you want to talk about it?"

"I don' t see why, you won't understand.. or maybe you would." Sheldon thought about telling Leonard, telling him how he has fallen for Penny, but is now suffering his first of many heartbreaks, and he's unsure of how to deal with it.

"I could try to help, if you explain, was it about that theory you were working on? I saw you took it all down."

"Yes, it has to do with the theory, but I'm not sure I want pursue it anymore, it's shown me that it is troublesome at best."

"Oh come now," Leonard walked around the island and leaned against it, Sheldon didn't move, but stood facing his roommate and sipped his tea, while his friend would try and cheer him up, "this isn't the Sheldon Cooper I know. If every great scientist or superhero gave up when something didn't go the way they wanted it, nothing would ever get done, and they wouldn't be our role models, just don't let this, whatever it is, slow you down. I'm sure you'll get what you want in the end if you just go for it again." With that Leonard left Sheldon alone, for the longest time he just sipped his tea, he didn't want to take Leonard's advice, the last time he did that this is where he ended up.

Hurt and confused.

Sheldon thought this over well into the night, he didn't get much sleep, he wondered around the apartment, or even just laid in bed staring up at the ceiling. First he thought about everything logically, but it just made no sense to him why he was so bummed that Penny didn't give him the answer he so wanted to hear. Then he tuned out that part of him, and all the while with an aching heart, laid motionless, hoping for an answer to just fall right out of the sky. That didn't happen either, so he rolled over and tried to get some sleep.

"You want to be with her."

He said this out loud to himself, and found it that he could sleep now once he realized, that's why it pained him.

The next morning Sheldon was going to give Amy a surprise visit, hoping maybe if he at least try to preoccupy himself with another female, maybe he would even gain feelings for Amy, knowing fully well that she would return them.

This was a coward's way out of a heartbreak, but Sheldon didn't care, anything to get him to feel like himself again. Upon leaving his place, he saw Penny closing her door behind her as well, she was dressed in her work clothes, hair up in a messy bun.

Sheldon awkwardly shifted where he stood and got one last good look over her, mentally wanting her, before turning on his heels and bounding down the stairs.

"Sheldon wait!" Penny called after him, she reached him on the lower floor, "Did I do something wrong?"

All the things Sheldon wanted to say, like how he's never felt heartbreak before and he doesn't know how to deal with it, how he pulled a Leonard and listened to emo music the day she told him 'maybe'. How he realized it hurt him because he just got his hopes up that she would want to be with him like he wanted to be with her. Now he's going to try and get over her by going to see Amy, and he knows how it's going to fail, but with all that he wanted to tell her, he didn't.

"No, it's just my own personal problem."

"Oh.. I thought you were upset with me." Penny looked ashamed with herself.

"No, I'm not upset with you, it's more like disappointed." Sheldon watched as Penny's mouth gaped open, and anger over took her face.

"You know what, you really know how to be a jerk!" She screamed at him, Penny's face was red with embarrassment. Sheldon retaliated back.

"And you sure know how to mess with a guy's heart!" Sheldon couldn't believe he was actually raising his voice to Penny, but he gave up on seeing anything logical with her, after all she didn't like it when he was like that around her.

Penny's bottom lip quivered, and it looked like she was either going to punch him or cry on his shoulder, which ever it was Sheldon didn't bother to stay and find out, he then stomped down the rest of the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Penny cried after him, but Sheldon didn't stop, he just rose his voice for her to hear him.

"To Amy's, not like you would care." He reached the front door, but before he could pass the threshold he heard Penny call after him once more.

"You jerk!"


Upon arriving at Amy's house he only gave one knock, and didn't bother to call out her name like he would have with Penny. Now that he was so far away from her, he felt guilty, and wanted to run back and apologize, and let her know that it wasn't her fault, but it was much to late for that.

Amy opened her door and greeted Sheldon in that drawl voice of hers. "Why hello, Sheldon, what can I do you for?"

"I have a request for you." Sheldon's hands were held behind his back, he was all serious now.

"And what would that be?" Amy raised one eyebrow up at him.

"Kiss me."


AN: Yes, this was a short chapter, but I had fun writing it, thank you all so much for the reviews! Gosh you are all so kind. Next chapter will be up sooner then you guys will know what to do with yourself's

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