In 2026 Sheldon and Amy meet for the first time in Stockholm when they both win Nobel prizes. Part 10, on the eve of Amy's birthday Sheldon gets some bad news.

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Sheldon was in his office at Caltech when he got the phone call with the terrible news from Texas, Meemaw was dead :-( As soon as the news spread Amy and the rest of his Caltech friends went to comfort him. Amy took him home to get ready for the trip to Texas whilst Leonard booked them flights. 12 hours after the fateful phone call Sheldon and Amy were in Texas.

Sheldon barely said a word as Amy sat there holding his hand on the plane journey to Texas. Next morning Missy collected them from the hotel and took them to Sheldon's old home. Meemaw had died in her sleep, it was quite painless. The funeral was the next day, Amy's birthday.

Sheldon went through the funeral in a daze, he listened and to made the usual sympathetic small talk that is made at funerals. Finally it was all over, Sheldon excused himself from his family and invited Amy to go for a walk with him around his old neighbourhood.

Finally Sheldon started to talk. "Thank you my dear Amy for being so supportive to me and my family in this difficult time, I am sure this is not how you envisaged spending your birthday. Meemaw was my closest relative, not genetically but intellectually. I didn't feel this sad when my father died. You have met my family, not exactly a hotbed of intellectual activity. My parents didn't know what to do with their genius son. My grandparents supported me in my love of Science. After my grandfather died Meemaw kept supporting me, she continued to get me Science books to read. I got "Feynman's Lectures on Physics" for my 8th birthday. I wouldn't have been able to make that cute icky squishy remark to you in Stockholm as I would never have have got into Science without Meemaw. After I went to college aged 11 I wrote a letter to her every month without a break. The last one was sent 2 weeks ago thanking her for being so kind to you when we were at her birthday party."

"I know that nobody lives for ever and that 90 is a pretty grand old age. But now there are no more letters to write. I wanted to invite her to our wedding."

"Sheldon, what are you saying?"

"I had all planned out for your birthday, but now we are in Texas. Will you marry me Professor Fowler?"

"Yes I will Professor Cooper."