The ramifucations of what had happened seemed to close around Sheldon as he realized that Amy wasn't coming back. He felt like all the pressure in the room had dropped, and he walked into the apartment stunned and in shock. He wasn't even sure how hed gotten home.
Leonard, Penny and Raj sat in theor prespective places eating takeout. Sheldon came home with a dead hallow expression on his face. Everyone looked up.
"You're home early...even for you." Leonard said
Then they noticed the shocked expression on his face.
"Sheldon?" Penny said "Whats wrong sweety?"
"Amy left me." He couldn't believe it.
Everyone looked at each other, and in unison said "What did you do?"
Sheldon looked baffled. "I don't know… we were having a perfectly nice evening and then she just … snapped and …" Sheldon couldn't finish the sentence. "Penny, I think she's lost her mind, you should have her committed."
Penny looked at Leonard. "yeah….SHES the one we should have committed…." She said putting down her food. "Wait - I thought you guys were good."
"I did too. I cant think of one thing I did to set her off…" Sheldon racked his brain, but came up empty handed.
"Maybe I can go talk to her." Penny said bracingly. "Shell probably take you back if you say your sorry for whatever it is you did."
"But I didn't do anything."
"Yeah, I highly doubt that." Leonard said looking up at the ceiling for solace.
"Sheldon, think hard. Did you say or do anything that someone would consider completely callous or insensitive? Maybe inappropriate?"
"Not that I know of." Sheldonsaid shaking his head. "I can't believe it...shes completely dropped her basket! "
Raj offered his perspective. "Sheldon, whats your alternative? You want to be alone forever like me?'
Sheldon winced. "No. But …"
"Com'on Ill bring you over to Amys to apoligize."
Penny grabbed her car keys. " …but I didn't do anything." Sheldon said evenly. For some reason it was important to keep pointing that out.
"You obviously did something. " Leonard said.
"What if its her fault? Did that occour to anyone?"
Everyone looked at him and shook their heads no. Again in unison they all said. "No. Its your fault"
Amy wasn't crying this time. She was furious. She stormed around her apartment cracking her knuckles. She didn't care how handsome he was or that he was the smartest guy she ever knew. Or how dead sexy he was. She didn't care hes slept in her bed a week before or kissed her before that! Because he didn't feel anything. Nothing! He was a callous jerk, with no emotional connection to anyone or anything. A soulless robot who didn't care about her.
Knock knock knock Amy? His voice was small and subdued.
Knock knock knock Amy? His voice was fearful and skiddish
Knock knock knock Amy? His voice was intimidated and unsure.
Amy opened the door. "What?!" She barked.
"I … I …" He looked at her. "I don't understand why your mad, but Im sorry your mad so stop being mad. Perhaps your angry because your hungry. Do you have any of your Luna bars?"
Amy swelled in anger again. "Goodbye Dr Cooper." She made to slam the door.
He threw his arm in the door to stop her from slamming it. "Amy wait... Please don't be like this. I said I was sorry what else do you want?"
"I want you to care about me as much as I do you! But that's never going to happen is it? And Im sick of trying so hard to get you to have feelings for me which are clearly just not there."
"But I do care about you." Sheldon protested.
"Then why don't I believe you?" Amy demanded
Sheldon had no defense. "Please don't leave me." He said after a long moment of silence.
Amy folded her arms and shook her head. "Im sorry Sheldon, Im sick of waiting for you to come around." She said her voice cracking. "Im sorry - but its over. Were through." She didn't slam the door, she closed it slowly and with purpose.
Sheldon stared in disbelief at the door as if it was the door that betrayed him. The world seemed to have lost all gravity. He stumbled outside Amy's building at looked up at her window. From the forth floor, he could see her siolette in the window shade. He sat on the bench nearby completely stunned and numb. What had just happened? How had it happened? Penny, who had been sitting in the car looked up and saw Sheldon who looked like he got sucker punched in the gut.
"Sheldon, sweety what happened?" Even though she knew the answer. Sheldon looked up at her with fear, and pain and utter disbelive in his eyes. "Its over."
"Oh Sheldon, Im so sorry." Penny said sadly. She looked up at the window too. "Poor Amy."
Sheldon looked up at her. "Poor Amy?!'
Penny gave Sheldon a look the way his mother did when she was cross with him. "Sheldon, I love you, but this is your fault. You didn't treat Amy the way girlfriends are supposed to be treated, and a person can be pushed so far." She looked at him with pity, and put her arm around him, and despite his personal aversion to touching allowed her to. "Is there anything I can do make you feel better?" Sheldon looked up at the window with longing but then simply shook his head. "NO. I just wanna go home."
By the time they got back home, Penny had marched him upstairs.
"Now you go to your room, you put your PJs on." Penny said softly. "Youll feel better in the morning."
Sheldon hung his head and obidently went to his room. "Yes, Penny" he said in a small voice.
Raj had gone home, and Leonard looked up from his scientic journal he was reading "Hey howd it go - What happened?" dreading the answer. Sheldon passed him silently and into his room.
"Well, the shammy ship has sunk." Penny said resigningly. "Im going to head back over there, Amy's probably a wreck right now, Im sorry we couldn't hang out tonight." She said kissing him softly. It had dawned on her, she should heed her own advice. "You know how important you are to me right?" Penny said
"Yeah, I know. Whats with you?" He looked at her suspiciously.
"Nothing … I'dknow I just want you to know I think about what you mean to me."
Leonard smiled and hugged her. "Aww, I love you."
"I love you too. Ill see you later. Good Luck with Sheldon."
Leonard sighed heavily, looking over at Sheldon's room, loathing having to deal with the aftermath. "Yeah thanks"
