Hello beautiful people! I know some of you don't like the fact that Leonard get involved, but please read this chapter and the next one, you will understand ;) I don't own any of these characters. Please leave me reviews 3 I appreciate everyone of you who follow me and my story!
The next day, Sheldon woke up at 6:15 and went to the bathroom in order to accomplish his morning rituals. He looked at his reflection in the mirror and was relieved to see that the massive bags under his eyes were almost gone. He quickly finished his ablutions and headed to the kitchen for a well deserved breakfast. He hadn't eaten very well the past few days and felt pretty hungry this morning. He poured himself a bowl of cereal and sat on his spot, before turning the TV on for some Doctor Who. He felt less anxious, as his routine was still going on like nothing happened, but he couldn't help thinking about Amy again, and how much he missed her. He finished his breakfast and went to his bedroom to get ready for work. He was determined to focus on his research to forget about his wounded heart.
Amy woke up as usual and got ready for work. She quickly showered and went to her dresser to get her clothes, when she noticed the framed picture Sheldon gave her last Christmas, she pressed the button and couldn't retrieve the smile on her lips "I hope you will treasure this as much as I treasure you." She felt her heart pounding in her chest as she heard Sheldon's voice. She shook her head and put the frame back on its spot. Get yourself together Fowler! She quickly dressed : a floral patterned shirt with a hot pink cardigan, jeans skirt and purple tights. She headed back to the bathroom, combed her hair, placed the pin on the side, adjusted her glasses and turned around to leave. She drove to Cal-Tech with a knot in her stomach, she new she will meet Sheldon, as they worked in the same university, even though they weren't in the same building. She took a beeline from her car to her lab, locked herself and quickly put on her lab coat. She was determined to finish her research, so she can win a Nobel Prize, as she planned on before meeting Sheldon five years ago.
In his office, Leonard couldn't focus in his work. He was too preoccupied about his best friend and roommate, who was falling hard because of love, he never thought it could happen to Sheldon. I can understand him though, Amy is pretty amazing. He never admitted it to anyone, but he was glad Sheldon found Amy. Leonard was convinced she was the only one, beside him who could put up with Sheldon's quirks. She even changed him a bit, when he was around her, he seemed less tensed, just a look at her and it was like all his problems were gone. Leonard came up with an elaborated plan. He reached for his phone and called Penny.
"Hi sweetie!"
"Hi! Listen, I thought about a plan for tonight. Still okay for the girls night at your place?"
"I am okay but I don't know if Amy will agree. I am sure she don't really want to bump into Sheldon on the hall or something."
"Ask her and let me know about her answer, ok?"
"Alright, I'll call her now, see you later love you!"
"Love you too, bye"
Amy was about to plunge her scalpel in a squishy brain when she felt her phone buzzing on her pocket. She put down the scalpel on the tray with a frustrated sigh and took off her gloves before reaching out to answer the call. She was surprised to get a call from Penny, she never called her during her work time.
"Hello bestie!"
"Hi Ames! How are you?" even though she knew the answer, Penny had to act like she knew nothing.
"Fine, and you?" Should I tell her? Amy thought she might wait a little longer.
"Yes I am fine too. What about a girls night at my place tonight? White wine and girl talk, are you in?" Penny knew she wasn't going to reject a girls night.
"Mmh.." Amy hesitated, she didn't really want to go to Penny's, as she will probably meet Sheldon on the stairs or in the hall.
"What?" Penny wondered how sad she could feel to refuse a girls night.
"I am sorry I am not really in the mood right now, maybe another night okay bestie?" Amy said, hoping she could understand. Even if she was dying to escape from her depressing apartment she wasn't ready to confront Sheldon yet.
"Oh, okay, no problem! I'll call you later, bye Ames!"
"Bye bestie!"
Oh boy, this is no good. What did this time to upset her so much she could refuse a girls night? She was ready to go all Nebraska over him if she will found out he has done something bad to her nerdy best friend. She felt more than worried now, and was determined to cheer her up. She called Leonard, ready to expose her plan too.
"Listen Sweetie, Amy is not up for a girls night at my place. But I really want to cheer her up so I will call Bernadette and we will surprise her at her apartment with a pizza and some wine. What are you planning on doing with the boys?"
"Ok great, that's a good idea. I don't know yet, I will meet Howard and Raj fifteen minutes before joining Sheldon for lunch so we can discuss about it."
"Great, keep me updated. I'll see you tonight, bye sweetie."
"Bye, see you tonight."
At lunch time, Sheldon was surprised to see that his friends were not already at their usual table. He peeked up his food and sat at the table, reading something on his phone. He couldn't help but peek around to see if Amy was here, but no sign of the brunette.
A few minutes later, the boys joined in.
"What took you so long?" Sheldon couldn't hide his annoyed tone.
"We were just into an argument about the Spider Man movie, sorry." Howard replied, trying to come up with a lie as fast as he could.
Sheldon immediately remembered the night of their anniversary when he quoted the movie to Amy in order to provide her with a romantic speech so she wouldn't leave him. He was ashamed at the thought, how could he be so stupid? Damn eidetic memory. He shook his head and looked down at his plate and started eating, without any sound. The boys looked at each other, a concerned look on each of their faces.
"So…" Leonard began to talk, trying to sound as natural as possible.. "I thought tonight we could have a night for ourselves, what do you think about Dungeons and Dragons?"
"Tonight is date.. nevermind. I am always in for D&D" Sheldon said calmly, trying to avoid any questions about why he wasn't having a date night with his girlfriend. Surprisingly, nobody asked him about it, and he felt quite thankful. They finished up eating and went back to their respective labs and offices.
Amy was starving, it was an hour and a half passed lunch time, but she stayed locked in her lab just to avoid Sheldon. She finally went to buy something from the machine as the cafeteria was now closed, and went straight back to her lab. She ate quickly and thought she might deserve something better for dinner tonight. Then she remembered it was date night, she could have eaten a nice meal with her handsome boyfriend… but she had asked for a break so no date night. She re focused on her work, and left her lab thirty minutes before her usual time so she won't have to come across Sheldon and Leonard on the parking lot.
She drove silently to her apartment after doing some grocery shopping. She entered her apartment, a brown bag under each arm, and started unpacking them. As her apartment has been a mess the last few days she decided she will clean up and do her laundry after. She quickly undressed, put on sweatpants and pulled her hair back in a high ponytail. She started cleaning, vacuuming, sorting out her laundry and when she finally finished all her tasks, she fell down on her couch, exhausted. She was about to cook something when she heard knocking on the door. It's 7:45, who could it be? She opened the door and found Penny and Bernadette standing, one holding two bottles of wine and the other a large box of pizza.
"SURPRISE!"
"Oh.." She was indeed surprised, and touched.
Penny entered first and gave Amy a quick hug followed by Bernadette who could just put a quick peck on her cheek. Amy was grateful to have friends like this, but she couldn't really understand what they were doing here. She closed the door and headed back to the kitchen where Penny was already pouring wine in three glasses. She started talking as she saw Amy's confused look.
"We thought that if you weren't in the mood to come to a girls night, the girls night will come to you!" she said proudly, desperately wanting to make Amy smile.
"That's very thoughtful, thank you." Amy said with a sincere smile.
They all took their glass of wine and went to sit on the couch. As soon as her butt reached the seat, Bernadette started talking.
"Ok Amy, spill the beans."
"Wh..What?" she was surprised, how could they know so fast?
"Don't try to hide anything. We want to know what happened." Penny added, suggestively eyeing her to prove her point.
Amy stared at them, and felt trapped.
"Fine…" she said with a sigh. She then explained everything that happened the last few days between her and Sheldon. Her girlfriends soak up every word she was saying, letting out Oh's and Ah's as she tried to recite Sheldon's words.
When they had finished eating, Amy felt full. She has had a nice dinner with her best friends and was also relieved to finally talk to someone about her love life, someone other than her mother who was always pressuring her about starting a family.
"So now what are you gonna do?" asked Penny. She understood very well Amy's decision to take a break from Sheldon. Even if she loved him like a brother, Penny more than once wanted to punch him straight in the face. She had wanted to tell him many times that he was completely ungrateful and selfish towards Amy, but she didn't wanted to get them in trouble.
"I don't know.. I kind of miss him. But I know I need time, I want to figure out what I want. I want to start a family and have a happy future filled with children giggles in a house filled with nobel prizes, and I want Sheldon.. but I'm not sure the two are compatible." Amy said, with a sad look on her face, tears threatening to fall at any moment.
Bernadette felt sorry for her friend, she had always appreciated Amy even though they had some hard times before, and she was really worried about her. She wasn't okay seeing her hurt like that but didn't know what to do. She looked at Penny, a desperate look on her face. She gently put her hand on Amy's shoulder and couldn't help but feel sorry for her. She was happy with Howard and wanted her friend to feel the same with the love of her life. Because she knew how much she loved Sheldon, and she also noticed how he looked at her and how calm he was around her. He could be a pain in the ass sometimes, but around her he was as sweet as a child.
"It's getting late, we should probably let you rest now. I will call you tomorrow okay?" Bernadette said, before pulling her to a warm hug.
"Oh what the hell" said Penny jokingly before joining in the hug and they all giggled.
"Thanks for everything, you truly are the best friends in the world." Amy said with a grateful look toward her friends. They said goodbye and went to Bernadette's car.
"We have to talk to the guys. We need to let Sheldon fight for her alone, he has to come up with the solution on his own. He is not a child, I'm sure he will win her back." Bernadette said. She thought a lot about this and came with the conclusion that if they all help him get her back, the issue will never be truly fixed. He has to man up.
"I agree, I will talk to Leonard tonight. I'm glad we did this, did you see how surprised she was when she opened the door?"
"Yes, that was cute. She needed that."
Amy closed the door behind her friends and sighed happily. But she was exhausted and she had to work the next morning, so she went to bed and tried to hold her thoughts from drifting into an ocean as blue as Sheldon's eyes. She fell asleep pretty soon, still smiling from the delightful evening she had with her girlfriends.
