To say that Sheldon and Amy were tired upon arriving back at 2311 Los Robles was an understatement. They grabbed takeout on their way home that was nowhere near as good as Mary's cooking. They ate peaceably together, and it was neither as awkward as before they left nor as comfortable as it had been in Texas.

After dinner, Amy just went into her room to unpack and go to bed. She wasn't sure where she should be sleeping, but it felt awkward to bring it up. Sheldon thought Amy probably wanted space after the weekend away. He went into his own room to unpack. Among his clothes and things was a small box that he knew didn't belong. It was a ring box.

Sheldon opened the small box and it was a ring he knew well. It was the engagement ring that Pop Pop had given MeeMaw over fifty years before. He wondered how it had gotten into his bag, but then he noticed the note that had been lodged in the top of the box.

Sheldon pulled out the folded piece of paper and sat down on his bed to read it.

Dear Moon Pie,

This is the ring that your grandfather gave me the day he asked me to be his wife. I know that you and Amy aren't there yet, but that girl is special. I wanted you to have this in case you do get there. This isn't a shove in that direction, but rather a gentle push. Don't do anything that you aren't ready for, but don't pass things up because you are scared either. I love you, Sheldon, and I love that girl of yours. I'd love it if you ever do want to ask her to be your wife, that you do it with this ring. She seems like the kind of girl who would appreciate it.

Love,

MeeMaw

Sheldon sat there staring at the ring in his left hand and at the note from his grandmother in his right. He didn't know what to think of any of it. Two days before, Amy was going to leave him, and now here he was holding an engagement ring for her. The last time Sheldon thought about marriage between himself and Amy was before Leonard had even left, and even then, it hadn't been a very serious thought. Yet, Sheldon thought about how he was going to try harder to show Amy how much he cared. Marriage wasn't the answer... yet, but it might be someday. Maybe not even in the distant future. First, he had to get them back to where they were before.

Sheldon stood up and put the ring and note in the back of a drawer. Then he put on his pajamas and left his room. His knock on Amy's door was quiet, but she heard him anyway. She wasn't asleep yet, but her glasses were off and she was in bed. Still, she invited him in.

"Can I sleep in here?" Sheldon asked as he poked his head in her door. She could hear the uncertainty in his voice. He was leaving it up to her.

"Um. Yeah," Amy said as she scooted over to her side of the bed. Sheldon walked over and pulled the covers up before climbing in next to Amy. "Would you rather we go sleep in your bed," Amy asked once he was settled.

Sheldon shrugged. "Maybe tomorrow. My room is a little smaller, but I like the way it's laid out better. We'll need to decide which room we want to keep."

"Does that mean that you want to start sleeping in the same bed all the time again?"

"Yes. I wasn't lying when I told you that I was going to try harder. I also have seen that my priorities need to be sorted out, and nothing I can think of terrifies me as much as the thought of losing you forever."

Amy could only see Sheldon's silhouette in the dim light coming from her window, but she was filled with the urge to kiss him anyway. She placed her hand on the side of his face and pressed her lips to his. It wasn't soft like Sheldon's kiss in Texas, but rather fierce and hungry. They were both moving their lips like those months had never happened. Amy felt a shock when Sheldon's tongue pressed against hers, but they didn't slow for several minutes.

Sheldon finally pulled away from Amy. "Maybe this was a bad idea. We have to go to work in the morning."

Amy disagreed, but she didn't try to kiss Sheldon again. Instead, she lay next to him listening to their fast breathing and even faster heart beats. It was the greatest sound in the world to her. It sounded like home to her.

Sheldon was gone when Amy woke up, but she could hear the shower running. He usually woke up before she did, but Amy was surprised when she looked over to see that she had slept in for over a half an hour beyond her normal wake up time. It seemed like Sheldon must have too because he should be nearly out the door instead of still in the shower.

In fact, she heard a knocking at the door that was probably Leonard. She found her robe and went out the living room and opened the door.

"I'm sorry. We got back from Texas last night and must have both been really tired and slept in. Would have been nice of Sheldon to wake me up when he got up instead of just leaving me there to sleep," Amy told Leonard before he could even ask.

Leonard tilted his head in confusion. He didn't know if it was his place to ask, but he did anyway, "You guys are sleeping in the same bed again?"

Amy put her mouth over her mouth. When she was stressed out, she sometimes had a bad habit of letting things slip. She and Sheldon hadn't discussed how much they should tell their friends, but apparently Leonard was going to know now.

"Don't tell anyone until I can talk to Sheldon about it. He was embarrassed enough about our problems that I don't know how he'll react to our trying to fix things," Amy said quietly since the shower had stopped running.

Leonard just gave her a lopsided smile. "I'm just glad you guys are trying to work things out."

"Thanks. If you need to go, you can. I can drive him to work. I'll be late anyway, there's no point in all of us being late to work," Amy told him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. It'll be fine," Amy assured him, so he just shrugged and walked down the stairs.

Amy went to go get ready for the day. She jumped in shower the second Sheldon came out. She told him to go eat his breakfast since she would be driving him to work. He didn't get a chance to question her about it before she was locked in the bathroom.

It was Monday, so Sheldon set about making two bowls of oatmeal. He started eating his when Amy reappeared with wet hair and no sweater. She went to grab a breakfast bar before they left, but Sheldon stopped her.

"We're going to be late as it is. You can sit down and have a real breakfast. I'll write you a note if you want," Sheldon said.

Amy smiled at Sheldon and sat down to eat the breakfast he made her.