Amy woke up with what felt like a hangover. She knew she hadn't had anything to drink however. She was just tired and dehydrated from her crying jags throughout the night. She grabbed her phone to look at the time and sent an email to her boss saying she wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be in that day.

She put her phone down and looked to the empty side of the bed. Oh god, she thought. He's gone. Forever. I can't believe this is happening. She felt like crying again but the tears didn't come. Perhaps she was all cried out.

This is all my fault, she thought. She had often accused Sheldon of reverting back to his old ways from earlier in their relationship when he only thought about himself and his wants, but look at her. She was back to lying to him (or at least keeping things from him) to get what she wanted. He had really come a long way since the early days but had she? Apparently not.

I should have just owned up to what happened and told him, she thought. True she had been worried about his reaction but she was also embarrassed. And she felt guilty. Incredibly guilty. If she had only just gotten past that and told him. They could have discussed it rationally, analyzed why she did what she did (and would swear not to ever do again), but now? Amy gulped. Did he mean the things he said to her last night or was he just overacting? She wasn't sure but she was sure that they had spent their first night apart since being married and it hurt her greatly.

She was so grateful that Penny had stayed with her last night. She was a good friend. A strong friend. Someone Amy could lean on in her time of need. Amy was lucky to have her in her life. Of course, she had Sheldon to thank for that. Just one more way that he impacted her life for the better.

The tears started to flow again. I guess I wasn't all cried out, she thought. Amy got up from bed to use the bathroom and blow her nose. When she was done she went into the living room. Penny was still stretched out on the couch. Amy went to get a drink trying to be quiet and not wake her but Penny started to stir.

"Oh, hey" said Penny as she sat up. "You're up" she yawned.

"I'm sorry to wake you Penny. Thank you for staying with me" Amy said. "Can I get make you some coffee?"

"No, I'm good" Penny said. "Bernie brought me some earlier."

"Bernadette was here?" Amy asked.

Penny looked at Amy with a look filled with compassion. "She stopped by before work. I told her what happened. She was worried about you and wanted to make sure you were okay."

Amy was touched. She had another wonderful friend in Bernadette. Again, thanks to her meeting Sheldon. "That was nice of her. I'll call her later."

"How are you feeling?" Penny asked.

"The same" said Amy. "Like my heart is literally breaking in half."

"Amy, I talked to Sheldon this morning" Penny said suddenly. She never was one to mince words.

"What did he say?" Amy asked eyes wide.

Penny decided to skip over most of her and Sheldon's conversation (that was between he and Amy to discuss) and skip to the important part. "I asked him to talk to you. To listen to what you had to say and not throw everything away. He agreed to think about it. That's a good thing for Sheldon. At least he's being rational" she said in a hopeful tone.

Amy's eyes started to tear up again. "He has to think about? To think about even just having a conversation with me? He won't even talk to me?" She burst into tears and rushed back into the bedroom.

"Uh, oh" said Penny to herself. "That was supposed to go better."

Penny stood up. Ugh, I'm done with the two of them. It's time to take matters into our own hands, she thought as she pulled out her phone and went out to the hallway.

"Bernie, it's me" Penny whispered in the phone as she stood in the hallway between apartment 4A and 4B.

"Oh hey, how's she doing?" Bernadette said.

"The same. Look stay on the line, okay I'm going to conference in Leonard" she said dialing.

"Leonard" Penny said.

"Hey, is everything okay? Did Sheldon take a turn for the worse?" Leonard asked.

"No, no but I'm going to conference in Bernadette so hold on, okay" she said.

"Bernie, Leonard, you there?" Penny asked.

"We're here" they said.

"Okay, look it's obvious that Sheldon and Amy aren't capable of fixing this mess on their own. They're both just holed up in our separate apartments in bed moping around and avoiding each other. We've got to help them" Penny said into the phone.

"Agreed" they both said.

"But how?" asked Leonard.

"I've been thinking about that" said Bernadette "and I think I've got a plan."

"What?" Penny and Leonard said in unison.

"Penny" Bernadette began "bring Amy over to my house after work. Tell her I'm worried about her and want to make her a home cooked meal and won't take 'no' for an answer. Leonard, you bring Sheldon over. Tell him there is some kind of emergency and we have to see him. Then we get them in the same room together, give them some privacy and let them hash it out. Since neither of them drove over, they'll be trapped" she finished.

"Bernie are you sure?" Penny asked.

"Yes. The kids will still be at my mom's and I'll make sure to put away all of my breakables" she joked.

"I don't know" said Leonard. "What am I supposed to say to Sheldon to get him to come over there?"

"Leonard, you've known Sheldon a long time. You know what makes him tick. I'm sure you can think of something" Bernadette said.

"I don't know…"Leonard started to say again.

"Look" Bernadette interrupted "we know Sheldon and Amy are meant to be together. We've always known that even when they broke up years ago. We were all rooting for them back then, remember. Actually, I've always felt kind of bad that my living room was the place where they had their big break-up. I would love to replace that memory for them with a happier one" she sighed.

"Let's do it" said Penny.

"I'm in" said Leonard. "I'll think of something."

"Great!" said Penny a little too loudly as she was still trying to be quiet in the hallway. "We'll talk later, okay?"

"Okay" Leonard and Bernadette said.

Penny hung up the phone. "Operation Save Shamy" is a go!" Penny said as she walked back into the apartment to start the tea kettle. Again.