HEY YA'LL! Thought I post a little something before going to bed. It's so late over here and I gotta be up early to wait for a phone call. UGH!
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In front of them is Sheldon laying on the bed hugging pillows that were layered horizontally in place opposite from him. His arms are wrapped around the first pillow snuggling up to it.
Leonard and Penny looked at each other with worry and wondering why and how he got here.
"How-" Leonard asked Penny and she whispers, "I don't know!"
They came closer to the bed noticing that he is asleep.
Penny asked in whisper, "Should we wake him?"
"Yeah. But gently this time," he said recalling the time he nearly slapping him after he fell asleep waiting for the phone call from the Nobel committee.
She looks at a sleeping Sheldon and then places her hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle shake. "Sheldon? Sweetie..."
The taller man opened his eyes looking up to Leonard and Penny.
The confusion on his face questions them.
Leonard then asked really concerned, "Are you alright buddy?"
He sits up looking at Amy's side of the bed finding pillows but no Amy.
"Amy..." Sheldon breathes looking around the room and she's nowhere found. "Amy!" He calls for her.
"Sheldon, she's-"
"Amy! Where are you!? AMY!" He yells for her and she never came. Tears came into his eyes. Is this a dream? It can't be, it seems so real.
Leonard and a Penny try to shush him or calm him down but he kept on screaming for his wife and looking for her.
"Sheldon! Amy's not here!" Leonard shouts his hands gripping Sheldon's shoulders getting him to calm, "She's still in the hospital!"
"NO! AMY WAS HERE! SHE SNUCK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND FOUND ME AT YOUR PLACE! AND THEN WE CAME HERE!" Sheldon yells. "AMY! AMY!"
Penny tried shushing him and getting him to calm down. "It's ok Sheldon!"
Sheldon continues calling for Amy and trying to run out of the room to look for her but Leonard kept holding him back yelling also until Sheldon breaks down in tears, exhausted.
Leonard then moves in front of him asking, "What exactly happened Sheldon?"
Sheldon explains everything as more tears escape from his eyes, "I woke up on the couch and I heard a voice. I turned around and saw Amy! She woke up from the coma and escaped from the hospital! We went to our apartment and we were making out on our bed. That was the last thing I remember!"
Penny is now in tears as well after listening to what Sheldon said.
Leonard now knows one explanation to why and how this happened.
"Buddy... I know you'll deny this theory, but I think you were sleepwalking. You were dreaming that Amy is there when she isn't and you somehow without really knowing it, wandering out of the apartment."
Sheldon shook his head, "No! Amy was here and I know it!"
Leonard then said, "Amy is still at the hospital Sheldon, you were sleepwalking."
"No I wasn't!"
"Yes you were!"
"No no no! Amy was here! She really was!" He starts sobbing and his best friend wrapped his arms around him tightly while Sheldon kept repeating through tears, "Amy was here! Amy was here!"
Penny just stood there crying as well for her friend.
It's been for what felt like over 20 minutes until Sheldon starts feeling calm and somewhat tired again. He couldn't cry anymore. There's no more tears coming out. It was all silent before Leonard finally asked still holding him, "Are you alright Sheldon?"
Sheldon then answered with a question, "She's not here… Is she?"
"No buddy. She's still in a coma. But they'll call us if anything happens," Leonard said. "I'm sorry."
Penny suggests wiping her tears, "Let's get you to our place."
"That's a good idea. What do you think Sheldon?"
"… I don't wanna be alone," Sheldon admits feeling sad and a little embaressed.
Leonard then rubbed his back gently in circles. "It's alright Sheldon. Amy is strong and you know it. She will pull through it. And you will too. And listen, you have us to be with you no matter what. I know you don't like that or think it's not the same, but please don't push us away. We love you and we'll help you through this. You understand?"
The response he got was a small nod. Sheldon was getting really worn out.
"Ok. Come over and stay at our place so we'll make sure you won't sleepwalk again," he says standing up from the bed and getting him to stand up as well to follow him but took Amy's pillow from the bed bringing it with him as they head back across the hall.
Penny closed the door, locked it and went to sit on the chair as Leonard gently pushes Sheldon to lie down on the couch and covering him with a blanket as he hugs Amy's pillow with all his might. It smells like her. It's a cinnamon-like woody scent and he always loved that since moving in with her.
He asked, "Penny? Will you sing to me?"
She nodded and sat down on the couch near him and starts to sing about to stroke his hair, "Soft Kitty… Warm Kitty-"
"No… The other one," he says tiredly. "The one you hummed the other night."
Penny now understood what he meant. She sings her lullaby which was for Alex and after she finished, Sheldon fell back asleep.
"We gotta do something Penny," Leonard said geuninely worried. "He's gonna go off the deep end if this kept going. He's getting more stressed and more worried than ever!"
"I think it's time his mother can come, he really needs some comfort right now," Penny says an idea.
"But the airlines weren't going to open for another day or two due to the earthquake. I heard on the news that there were delays and cancellations," he said.
"Why not the train?" She asked.
"Same thing. Besides, Sheldon would freak out if his mom came on a train like with Amy before. The last thing he needs is to almost lose another person he truly loves," he explains. "If we wait this out for another few days, then the airline will open again and Mary can come to be with her son."
They both look at Sheldon who's hugging the pillow again.
"I wish that Raj wasn't dead," she said fighting her own tears again. "We miss him."
Leonard pulls her up to stand in front and give her a hug whispering, "Me too, Penny… Me too…"