When Penny finally convinced Amy to come with her to the hospital, Sheldon was awake again. Leonard had been with him when the doctor spoke to him. The result from the brain scan showed that there was no damage in his brain. He would hopefully be recovered soon and have his memory back. But there was no sign from that at all right now. They would keep him over the night and see if any more of his memory was back then. If it was worse he would have to stay a little longer, but if it was better he could go home
"Oh, good you are back again" Leonard said when Penny and Amy arrived to the waiting room. "Where did you go?" Leonard asked Amy after he kissed Penny hello.
"I don't want to talk about it" Amy said. "Have the you got result from brain scan yet?" She asked instead, wanted to change the topic.
"Yes. There was no damage on the brain. His memory will hopefully come back soon again. He asked for you when he woke up."
"Really, he asked for me?"
"Yes, of course. I don't see why you think that is weird." Leonard said, looking confused at Amy. They have been like to lovebirds since she came back. And now she acted like she was dealing with the old Sheldon.
"You should go see him now. Is he still awake?" Penny said, looking at Leonard.
"Yes, I think so. He was looking at TV when I left the room. Howard, Bernadette, Raj and Emily should be her soon. They would bring some comic books and DVD:s so he had something to do during his visit."
Penny followed Amy to his room. "It will all be okay Amy. He will remember what happened. Don't worry. Just have some patience with him. You are the most patience person I know, so I know this will turn out okay. I'm out here if you need me." Penny said and hugged Amy before she went in to Sheldon.
"Thank you Penny. You really are good friend."
"Well, I am your bestie after all." Penny said and kissed Amy's cheek before she walked back to Leonard.
Amy opened the door and walked inside. Sheldon looked away from the television and looked at Amy.
"There you are. Where did you go? You said you would be here when a woke up"
"I'm sorry. I just needed some time alone. But i'm here now" Amy said and was able to give him a little smile.
"Did you leave because I didn't kiss you?" Sheldon asked and looked curiously at Amy.
"Partly that and the things you said" Amy said after a moment of silence.
"I'm sorry Amy. I didn't want to upset you. But we only kiss at date-night's and this is not a date. Right?" Sheldon said.
"No it's not. I was just so happy to see that you were awake again. Hopefully you will get back your memory soon. How do you feel? Does your head hurt?" Amy asked and sat down on the cheer beside the bed again.
"It's not that bad right now. It hurt before but they gave me a aspirin so it's better now."
"When will they let you go home?"
"Tomorrow. If nothing else happened I could leave before lunch."
"That's great. I thought you would have to stay her much longer."
"Will you play some counterfactuals with me?" Sheldon asked.
"Sure" Amy answered and gave him a little bigger smile.
When they had played counterfactuals for 45 minutes, they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in" Sheldon said.
Bernadette, Howard, Raj, Emily, Leonard and Penny came in to the room.
"Hey buddy, how are you doing?" Raj asked.
"I'm okay now. I had a headache before but it is better now. I also vomited a little before but it also feels better now."
"That's good. When will you come home?" Bernadette asked.
"Tomorrow before lunch hopefully. If nothing else happens. I really miss my spot on the couch. And my comic books."
"Well, we can't do anything about your spot but we brought some comic books with us for you. Al though the doctor said before that you shouldn't read or watch any TV. You could get a headache and feel a little sick, so I think you should wait to do that for a little longer. But we also brought your pajama and clothes for tomorrow." Howard said and took out everything from his backpack.
"Thank you Howard. I really appreciate it." Sheldon said and gave him a big smile.
"Well, don't thank me. Leonard told me to bring this. You should thank him." Howard said.
Sheldon didn't say anything to Leonard but he gave him a give big smile.
Leonard knew that if this was old Sheldon it was good with even a smile from his roommate. At least he knew to not just take this gesture for grant.
Amy could see that Sheldon was tired and suggested he would get some rest. She told him she would be back tomorrow morning and take him home.
She went out to the waiting room again with everyone else without kissing Sheldon this time. She didn't know how he would react and didn't want to risk another confrontation from him.
When they got to the waiting room everyone hugged Amy. This was the first time she saw any of them since she came home again.
They told each other how much they have missed each other and Amy told them about everything that happened during the last week. From the fight with Sheldon to Bert in her apartment. And then how Sheldon acted now after he woke up.
Everyone felt very bad for Amy. They all knew how long she had waited for Sheldon to change and be more physical. And now he had forgot everything again.
When everything was said and everyone had told her how sad they were for her they realized how tired she must be. Amy hugged everyone bye. Except for Leonard and Penny since they would give her a ride home.
When she got in to her apartment she looked around and then sat down on the couch. The door was repaired now but there was still blood on the carpet from were sheldon had been. She would need to replace the carpet where it was blood. But she didn't want to think about that right now. She was really tired and all she wanted was to take a shower, take on some of her own clothes and then sleep.
Tomorrow Sheldon would come home again. She had actually no energy to be patient with him right now. She felt like moving back to square one again. All she could wish for was that his memory would be back when he woke up again tomorrow and everything would go back to like it was 24 hours ago.
She showered and as soon as her head reached her pillow she was asleep.
Leonard picked her up the next morning to go to the hospital and take Sheldon home. 10 am, Sheldon was allowed to go home if he hadn't got worse. And hopefully he hadn't.
When they arrived at the hospital and Sheldon's room, he sat on the end of the bed and talked to Dr Robinson.
"Great you are here" Dr Robinson said when Amy and Leonard entered the room. "I just finished asking Sheldon some questions. It seems like now that he haven't lost any more memories, but he still doesn't remember anything from last week. If it seems like he have lost more memories, come back here. Other wise, just be patient and wait for him to recover and he will get his memory back." Dr Robinson said looking at Amy and Leonard.
"When can I get back to work?" Sheldon asked, looking forward to be back at work again.
"I think you should stay home today and rest and go back to work when you feel like you have enough energy. Listen to your body and don't do anything that doesn't feels good. You will be tired for a couple of days. Don't drink any alcohol or do any physical training within a month. Other than that you should be fine. Do you have any other questions?"
The tree of them nodded no. "Well, than you can go home now. Take it easy, and remember. Listen to your body" Dr Robinson said and left the room.
"Did you sleep well this night?" Amy asked when they left the room.
"Yes, I slept very well. Thank you for asking" Sheldon answered and smiled at her. "Did you sleep well?"
"I slept very well." Amy answered and smiled back. It was weird to talk to Sheldon like this again. To not tell him that she had woken up in the middle of the night by a bad dream. That she missed him by her side in her bed. That all she wanted to do was to hug him and tell him how happy she was that he was okay and that Bert hadn't hurt him more than he did. But she kept silent and gave him the space between them she knew he wanted.
In the car, Sheldon wanted to play 'I spy'. Amy did like he asked for, even if she wasn't in the mood for it. She just wanted to go home and wake up in her bed from this nightmare. To wake up with Sheldon on the side of her. Cuddle with him and kiss him good morning like they did the morning before. It felt like it never happened.
Amy spent the day with Sheldon. According to the relationship-agreement she would take care of him when he was sick, so that's what she did. She helped him with his laundry since he hadn't been able to do it saturday night like he used to. She cooked for him and they played counterfactuals.
When it was 5 pm Amy got a call from the police and said that her car was here again and that she could pick it up at the police station.
When Leonard was home again she left Sheldon with him and went to get her car. Since Sheldon said he felt much better he considered himself not sick anymore and said that she could leave if she wanted to. She felt I little hurt since he said that she could leave just because he wasn't sick anymore. That he only spent the day with her because she had to according to the relationship-agreement. But she ignored those thoughts. After all she needed to get her car and wanted some alone time.
She got a ride from Penny. To her delight she didn't ask anything more about herself and Sheldon.
When they arrived Penny followed her to the reception.
"Hello, I am here to receive my car. It should have come here today from Carson City." Amy said to the receptionist.
"Yes, there arrived a car here today from Carson City. Can I get your ID?"
Amy gave them her ID and followed the police officer that would show her to it. During the time she asked the officer about Bert.
"Has anything more happened with Bert?" She didn't like to mention him but she wanted to know if she was safe or if he had been able to escape from the police.
The police officer looked at her for a long time. "I guess you haven't heard what happened?" He finally said.
"What? What happened?" Amy asked confused.
"Bert is dead."
"What? How did that happen?" Amy asked really chocked by the news she just received.
"When they took him from your apartment he started to cry. A lot. When we got outside he became very violent. We tried to get him to calm down but he kept trying to get away. He was able to release himself from us. We were on our way to shoot him in the foot to get him to stay and not run away, but then he jumped in front of a bus, and he was dead. There was nothing they could do to keep him alive. He died right away."
Amy looked at him for a long time. She didn't know how to react. She didn't know if she would laugh or cry. She wasn't sure if she was happy or sad. Maybe a little of both. Happy that she was safe from him now. That he wouldn't be able to do anything more to her or her friends. Sad that it had ended this way. She knew that she could have helped Bert. Helped him the be happy without her being his girlfriend.
"So what happens now?" Penny asked, knowing Amy wouldn't be able to ask or talk with the news she just received.
"We will have a trial so you will be contacted for a inquiry soon."
Penny looked at Amy to see how she was doing. There was so much that had happened during the last one and half week. She must be so confused right now.
"This must be very confusing for Amy, officer. Very much has happened during the last week."
"Of course, I understand. Let me show you the car and we will contact you soon with more information." The officer said and showed them to her car.
"Will you be able to ride home alone?" Penny asked.
"Yes, I will be alright. Thank you for your concern." Amy said and gave her bestie a warm smile.
"Good. Of course. I'm always here for you" Penny said and gave her a hug. "Will you to the cheesecake factory tomorrow and eat as usual?"
"I will see. I have to get back to work tomorrow and there is so much I have to make up for but I will try."
"Okay, call me if you need me. You know how to reach me" Penny said and gave her kiss on the cheek before she left to her own car.
"Bye Penny" Amy called after her.
"Bye" Penny answered, turning around and waving.
The next morning, Amy drove to work. It was almost two weeks now since she been there last time. There was so much work she needed to catch up on.
She went to Principal Siebert first, to let him know she was back.
She knocked on his door and he told her to come in.
"Dr Fowler. Great that you are back. Sheldon informed me what happened to you. I hope you feel better. You are welcome back."
"Thank you Siebert. I wanted to ask if there has been any changed on my research while I was gone. Or if I just can continue right were I left it."
"Actually, we needed to cancel your research."
"What? Why? Just because I was gone almost two weeks? Can't that count like vacation?"
"The problem is not that you was gone. We would not cancel this because of that."
"Then why are you canceling it?"
"One of the students in your research team had giving false data. The result so far from is just garbage."
"But, what? Why can't I continue with the research? This is not my fault" Amy tried to reason.
"The student that did this have already been kicked out from our university. I'm sorry he ruined this for you. This is not your fault."
"Isn't there anything I can do continue on with it. I don't want these moths to be a waste of time. I thought I really was on to something."
"The foundation for this research has all been spend and there is barely anything left. If you can't get new money within one week we will have to cancel the research completely. But if you can get new money, you can continue from were you left. You know it all matters about money."
"One week? How will I possibly get new money within one week? There is no way that is possible"
"I'm sorry Dr Fowler. I wish I could do something, with all you been trough recently. But there is nothing else I can do. Didn't you get your last foundation from someone in Saudi Arabia? Try there one more time. I have to go now. There is a meeting in ten minutes I am expected to arrive at. I will meet you here in one week again. Good luck"
Before Amy could say anything else she was left outside Siebert's office.
What would happen now? Like she didn't have enough to deal with. Now she needed to get new grant money. And in one week. There was no way that would be possible. She could call Faisal. But when she signed Sheldon's relationship-agreement she emailed him and said that they would end their engagement. And he had been understanding. He was on his way to contact her himself since he also was in a new relationship. There was no way he would give her money now if she wasn't his fiancé.
What should she do?
A/N: Hello! I hope you still are with me. The M-rating will soon take place. Maybe not in the next chapter but definitely in the one after that. Thanks for continue reading, and please review :D
