Hey y'all…so this is my first tbbt fanfic which I felt kinda okay with to post lol I've been rewatching the series for the past months I MISS THE SHAMY SO MUCH and I decided to write an AU. So expect this to be a little (or very idk) OOC. I'm halfway through the second chapter, but if this will flop I'd prolly not continue so your reviews will be very much appreciated:)
Also this is not beta'd, all mistakes are mine…excuse me for any grammar mistakes as English is not my first language.
All TBBT rights belong to Lorre and Prady.
ENJOY…
After successfully arriving and checking into their hotel rooms, the gang took the next few hours to rest from their journey to Colorado. They were buzzing with excitement, all of them got to go to an annual Science and Technology Conference, even Penny, who worked at the same company as Bernadette, got the chance to be the representative of the company for the expo.
Come dinner time, conference goers were invited to attend the dinner gala to officially welcome scientists and companies from around the globe. "So, have you and the guys decided what lectures you'll be attending?" Penny asked his boyfriend, looking at the mirror trying to insert her earring.
"Well, there are a couple we've decided to attend together and then some that we decided on separately," Leonard shrugged.
"Oh that's good, while you guys are there, I'm free to roam around the hotel right? I mean there's a pool downstairs," Penny said in a singsong voice.
"Aren't you supposed to prepare for your expo on Friday?"
Penny snorted, "please, I've been preparing for it for the last two weeks."
At that, a series of familiar knocks was heard at their door.
Knock knock knock "Leonard and Penny"
Knock knock knock "Leonard and Penny"
Knock knock knock "Leonard and Penny"
Leonard moved to get the door and revealed a disgruntled Sheldon holding a tie in his hand, "come on in, buddy."
Penny turned and raised an eyebrow at Sheldon, he looked nice. She snickered at the thought and gave her friend a smile, "well look at you all dressed up. Everything all right sweetie?"
Sheldon sighed, "yes, everything is fine. I just need Leonard's assistance for my tie." He passed on the tie to Leonard giving it an offensive look.
The short physicist chuckled and helped Sheldon, "you know you could try to learn how to do this on your own, right? Unless I get paid for this, I really suggest you look it up online."
"You see Leonard, this is similar to me not wanting to drive. It makes me feel important. So chop chop and enough with the chitchat." The couple rolled their eyes at his antics, despite his oddity, they still love the guy.
After making sure they were all set, they exited the room and met Raj, Howard, and Bernadette at the hallway. The ride down the elevator was uneventful, Penny and Bernadette planning to visit the bar tomorrow and the guys just resumed to talk about their sci-fi shows and comic books.
As soon as the elevator opened, Sheldon stood rooted to his spot at the sight of mass of people. It wasn't jam-packed but it was more than what he was comfortable with. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to Howard, "just relax Sheldon, I'm sure we'll be able to find a place that's not too crowded." He nodded as they stepped out to the grand hall.
There must be hundreds of people out there, tables and chairs were set up and at the front there was a small podium assigned for the speaker. They sat down on one table near the side, away from the flashing lights. After a few minutes, they saw a speaker at the podium and began his speech to welcome the guests. Dinner came by when he was done and they were given the liberty to interact with other conference goers to expand their network.
"Oh by the way guys, I'm planning on hosting Thanksgiving this year, I hope all of you can come," Bernadette mentioned. "It's our first holiday as husband and wife, so we want it to be special."
"You know me, if Howard's there, then I'm there," Raj replied, earning a laugh from everyone.
Leonard looked at Penny hopefully and she nodded, "I guess Leonard and I could come, I'd be going back to Nebraska for the New Year, so Thanksgiving, I'll be there."
Howard was grateful and looked at the last member of the group who had yet to make his decision. He tried calling out his name but he seemed in trance. Everyone looked at Sheldon with confusion as he stood up, "excuse me a moment," he walked away from the table.
The group followed his movements and held their breaths as they saw him approach a woman. "Did you guys give him a drink? Was the champagne too much for him? He can't be that drunk to not know what he's doing right?" Howard whispered.
No one answered him as they watched Sheldon tapped the shoulder of a woman. "She's beautiful, I would pity Sheldon now, if he gets turned down." Penny muttered, not believing what she was seeing. The woman was sporting a high bun and dressed in a baby blue sheath dress partnered with a white blazer, and Penny found herself nodding at the outfit.
As the woman turned, they saw her stiffened as she looked at Sheldon. The two people stood there, looking at each other without saying anything. "Do you know this woman Leonard?" Raj asked, knowing that he and Sheldon had been roommates for a long time.
The physicist shook his head, "not that I recall."
They continued to watch, they saw him mutter something similar to a, "hello." The woman's posture relaxed and released a soft laugh. Their jaws dropped as Sheldon leaned into the woman and gave her a kiss on the cheek and put a hand on her waist. With Sheldon's face blocked by the woman, the group noticed her whispering something on his ear and he pulled back with a bright smile.
"Am I the only one seeing this?" Bernadette looked around the table and noticed the others mirroring her own facial expression.
Moments later, Sheldon spared them a glance and they pretended not to eavesdrop. They failed to see him scoff at their lousy attempt at feigning ignorance. He looked back at his companion and grinned, "come with me, I'd like to introduce you to my friends."
She nodded and rolled her eyes when she felt his hand on her lower back, "since when did you become a gentleman, Dr. Cooper?"
Sheldon raised an eyebrow, "excuse me but as a southern gentleman, I am required. Especially to a nice lady such as yourself, plus, mama would tear off my ear if she knew I treated you any less."
She laughed and was about to reply when they reached their table. She pursed her lips and looked at Sheldon, feeling like the others were practically judging her right now.
Sheldon gave her a wink, which did not go unnoticed to the group, before he cleared his throat and looked at his friends, "Everyone, I would like you to meet Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler."
"Hello," she greeted politely.
"Amy these are my friends and colleagues, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, Penny, Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski, Engr. Howard Wolowitz, and Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali." The group also greeted her politely and smiled.
"Wow, and here I thought you were too 'advanced' for social relationships," Amy used finger quotations and raised a playful eyebrow at him which earned her a mock glare from Sheldon when his friends snickered.
"That's because I'm a delight Dr. Fowler, people are attracted to me," he said smugly.
Amy patted his cheek and pouted at him, "keep telling yourself that, my innocent baboo." She ignored Sheldon's protest at the nickname and turned to his friends. "So all of you work together?"
"Um, no, the four of us work at CalTech," Leonard replied pointing to himself, Raj, Howard, and Sheldon. "Bernie and Penny works at Zangen."
"Really? Pharmaceuticals, that's interesting," she turned to the other ladies before she thanked Sheldon as he got her an extra seat.
"It is, I can't believe I found myself enjoying my job as a sales rep," Penny commented with a chuckle.
"Oh, why is that?"
"Because she sucks at being a waitress and couldn't land a job as an actress," Sheldon interrupted and everyone at the table looked at him.
Before Penny could open her mouth, Amy looked at Sheldon sternly, "was that nice? Apologize to Penny, a gentleman always treats a lady nicely," she reminded him.
Sheldon rolled his eyes, "fine," he turned to Penny and offered a small smile, "I apologize Penny, that was inappropriate for me to say."
Penny nodded, "thank you," she then turned to Amy in astonishment, "where have you been all this time, it's like you're the key to the Sheldon test!"
Amy looked at her confusedly, and found the others nodding in agreement, "what?"
"We never succeeded in making him apologize for anything, basically," Howard muttered under his breath.
Amy couldn't help but laugh and waved off their comment, "he just tolerates me because I'm smarter than him."
The guys smirked and looked at Sheldon as he crossed his arms with his mouth open, "you take that back, I have the same IQ as you!"
"Is that true?" the group asked her.
Amy nodded and smirked as she mocked whispered, "but my social skills give me an edge."
Sheldon didn't say anything but slouched on his chair, "go ahead and ruin my reputation, I made a mistake introducing you to these guys."
Penny grinned, "oh no sweetie, we're just getting started." All of them laughed and continued to get to know Amy.
"So Amy, what field are you in?" Raj asked.
"I have a PhD in Neurobiology, in fact I met Sheldon during my last year at Harvard," she looked at him with a soft smile which he returned.
"That's awesome! I recently got my PhD in Microbiology, I hope we could work together one day." Bernadette interjected.
Amy looked at Bernadette clearly impressed and grateful to know someone in the same field as her, "I hope so too, maybe one day I could give you a call or I could refer you to some of my colleagues."
"Wow, how come you didn't mention her before Sheldon?" Howard inquired. They had this belief that they were the only friends he had.
"Oh um…" Sheldon looked at Amy for help and she nodded, "we went through a rough patch two years after she finished her degree. If I told you about her, it would raise questions that I'm not yet ready to answer."
"But, everything's fine now," Amy assured the group when she noticed them frowning.
"Are you from around here or just visiting for the conference?"
"I live in Glendale, so we're practically just a few miles away from each other," she laughed, despite the sadness of the fact that Sheldon was already living near her.
"That's nice! Maybe we could invite you to one of our dinners. We usually have it at Leonard and Sheldon's apartment." Bernadette offered.
Amy looked at Leonard and winced, "I only have one question for you, why?"
Everyone laughed and Leonard shook his head, "I know, I should've listened to the warnings of his previous roommate. But months after that, I just became grateful, Sheldon could be a pain in the ass but he's a great friend," he looked at Sheldon who smiled at him.
"Thank you, Leonard."
"Does he still have a schedule, like Saturday is laundry night, then there's this Anything Can Happen Thursday?"
The gang groaned and nodded, "but Anything Can Happen Thursday stopped already because he refused to do anything he's not familiar with. So we just mostly have takeout every night."
Amy gasped and asked, "you mean Sheldon doesn't cook for you?"
"SHELDON KNOWS HOW TO COOK?"
"Well, yeah…when I used to visit him in Cambridge, he always cooks."
Penny narrowed her eyes at Sheldon, "okay mister, next dinner it's on you and you're gonna cook for us." She then turned to Amy and invited her, "you have to join us, please?" she begged and so did the others.
Sheldon surprisingly agreed, secretly glad that his friends were warming up to Amy. He gave them all a smile, "well if you insist that I prepare dinner, then I suggest you better ready yourselves because when we do it the Texas way, it's go big or go home. No in between."
Amy grinned widely and unconsciously put a hand on his knee and squeezed it for comfort. "Wonderful," she looked at her watch and noticed the time. "I have to go everyone, I still need to go over my notes tonight for my early lecture tomorrow."
A chorus of good luck was said to her and she smiled. She stood up and was surprised when Sheldon grabbed her hand, "may I borrow your phone, please?"
"Oh, sure," she searched for her phone in her purse and gave it to Sheldon. She watched as he added his number in her contacts and laughed, "wouldn't want me out of your sight now huh?"
Sheldon stood beside her and shook his head, "well you go about in here spilling my secrets, who's to keep an eye on you now?"
Before she could reply, two men appeared in front of them, "um Dr. Cooper and Dr. Fowler, right?"
The gang and Amy furrowed their eyebrows at their presence. Raj leaned into his friends and whispered pointing to the man on the left, "he works for Contemporary Science Magazine and he always gets assigned to interview people on top of their field."
Sheldon and Amy nodded at them, "can we help you?" she asked.
The man smiled, "my name is Joseph Bakers from Contemporary Science Magazine, I've been following both your works for years now and I gotta say, I tried to get in touch with either of you but your department heads always tell me your unavailable. I was wondering if you both would agree to do an interview with me. If you have spare time during the conference."
The two scientists looked at each other and shrugged, "very well," Sheldon replied.
"Great! Um, how about a picture? People are talking that you are the ones to beat in your respective fields."
"Sure, I guess," Amy said hesitantly.
Sheldon moved closer to her and put a hand on her back as they smiled for the camera. It was over in a second and the writer scheduled their interview before thanking them for the opportunity.
Amy turned back to the group bid them good night, "I really had fun talking with all of you. Maybe we could have lunch or dinner again before we head back home."
The guys agreed before she faced Sheldon again and found him staring at her, "so, Dr. Cooper, I had a lovely evening. I guess I'll see you around."
Sheldon moved them a few steps away from the others and took her hands in his, "Amy," he sighed, struggling to form coherent thoughts on his head, "you know I'm not great with all these hippy dippy things, and we still have a lot to talk about after 10 years of not seeing each other…but can you promise me something?"
Amy was surprised at the sudden change in his behavior. She saw the pain in his eyes and knew he was trying his best not to break his resolve in front of his friends, "what is it?" she whispered.
"you'll stay this time," he finished.
Amy gasped and bit her lip in contemplation, "Sheldon…"
He heard the hesitation in her voice and couldn't help but shudder from the sinking feeling in his stomach. He avoided her gaze and looked at the ground, "I know it's too much to ask right now and I'm not asking for you to be with me again, I just—if you could just give me another chance, be patient with me, wait for me. The last 10 years have been the worst and now you're here, I couldn't, I don't know if I—" he took a deep breath as a lone tear fell on his cheek, "I cannot make any promises, you know that, but I will give you my word that I will try harder to be the man you deserve."
He didn't realize that he wasn't whispering anymore so their whole table heard his confession. Amy just stared at him, tears filling her eyes at his honesty. "Sheldon," she called him but he refused to look up. She reached out and lifted his chin, wiping his tear in the process. She gave him a genuine smile and saw him relax a bit, "do you really think I wouldn't wait for you?"
He looked at her confused, but his eyes widened as she grasped the jewelry on her neck. Hanging from the chain was the promise ring he gave her before they parted ways. "You kept it," he said in wonder.
Amy nodded, "I have it with me everywhere I go. It's a reminder that when the time comes, we'll meet again and by then we're ready to give it another go."
The smile on his face could light up the room as he pulled her close and wrapped his arms on her waist. Amy chuckled and hugged him back. After a while, they pulled back and Amy placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, "good night Sheldon."
He bid her good night as well and watched her as she stepped into the elevator. When he turned away, he saw all his friends giving him a smug look, "what?"
Howard leaned back on his chair and smiled, "Dr. Whackadoodle has a heart after all, I gotta say Sheldon, you're one lucky man."
"Yeah, buddy, Amy's brilliant," Leonard chimed in.
Penny suddenly felt a wave of affection for Sheldon, knowing that underneath all his Homo Novus façade, he's still a simple man with feelings for another human being. "Well, Sheldon, I hope you get to keep her, you're gonna need someone like her in your life."
Sheldon smiled at his friends, "thank you for your kind words," he looked back to where he saw her last and sighed, "I really hope she stays this time," he whispered to himself.
On the night of the first day of conference, Bernadette and Penny went down to the bar and got seats on the counter. They flagged down the barman and ordered their usual Cosmo. When their drinks arrived, Penny turned to Bernadette and smirked, "so how's married life going? Should I apologize for setting you two up or…"
Bernadette smiled and rolled her eyes, "Howie's more gentleman than you think. But, yeah, he could be gross sometimes but he's my little man and being married to him," she sighed in content, "it's going smoothly so far."
"Well I am happy for you, I'm sure Howard's a very lucky guy. Who knew he got it in him to settle down?"
"How about you and Leonard, you've been having this on-again off-again ever since you've met. Are you sure this time would be any different?"
Penny chuckled nervously, taking a big gulp of her drink, "honestly? I have no idea where we're going but being with Leonard is something I'm happy and content with. I just don't know why there's always something that screws up the relationship. I guess we're both afraid to say or do the wrong thing, we never really talk about those kinds of stuff."
"There goes your problem, you really should talk about what's bothering you, instead of waiting for it to blow up."
Penny sighed, knowing that what Bernadette said was true, "it's just that, I feel like when I lay down my cards Leonard would be hoping for something I'm not yet ready for. You know how he is."
"I'm still rooting for the two of you, so here's to longer relationships," Bernadette cheered.
Penny followed suit and shook her head. Later on she noticed a familiar face from one of the dining tables across the room, she squinted her eyes and tapped Bernadette's arm, "hey isn't that Amy? Sheldon's friend?"
Bernadette swiveled on her seat and searched for the familiar face, "oh yeah, she must be having a working dinner." They saw her talking with a man and a woman and they seemed to be engaged in a formal conversation. "What do you think her and Sheldon's story is?"
"I don't know, but from what we've seen and heard last night, Sheldon's life has more drama than we thought."
"That's true, I couldn't imagine Sheldon being with someone though," Bernadette commented.
Almost five years of being with the group, never had she seen Sheldon took an interest in a woman. Except for the time when a grad student named Ramona Nowitzki was able to manipulate him, and based from what she heard from her husband, it got messy at the end.
"Me too, but did you look at them last night? And that promise ring? God that's one hell of a promise, especially from Sheldon."
As if on cue, Amy and her colleagues stood up and they parted ways. They saw the neuroscientist walked towards the bar, eyes glued to her phone. They turned on their seats to avoid getting noticed as they saw her sit down three chairs away. "Long Island Iced Tea, please."
Penny leaned into Bernadette and whispered, "I can see where Sheldon got his order."
Seconds later they heard her talk on the phone, "hey Oli, what's up?"
Being the eavesdropper that they were, they peered a bit to look at her, without being seen, they saw her expression change into anger.
Amy took a sip of her drink and hissed, "why would you tell mom about that!"
The two women saw her rest her head on the palm of her hand and shook her head, "you know what mom thinks of Sheldon, I don't need a repeat of what happened 10 years ago Oliver," she paused. "How could it have slipped out? Just because I told you what happened yesterday doesn't mean you have to blab it to our mother!"
Bernadette and Penny looked at each other, eyes wide. "Should we go or should we stay?" The shorter of the two asked.
Penny shrugged, "there's no harm in staying, I mean, she's practically screaming at her brother, it wouldn't be our fault if we overheard their conversation," she whispered back.
Amy let out a heavy sigh, "no, we didn't exactly talk about things. He introduced me to his friends, and he may have said some things to me—which will stay between the two of us because god forbid you're such a tattletale." She paused as she listened to her brother talk, "I don't know what to think Oli, I was taken by surprise I didn't plan on seeing him last night. You're the only one who knows what exactly happened between us. I just, I'm so embarrassed by it I didn't think he'd be happy to see me."
Amy shrugged and looked to her right and saw the other two women, "hang on a sec Oli," she smiled at Penny and Bernadette before she moved next to them, "I'm gonna have to call you back." She hang up the call and looked pointedly at the other two, "so?"
The two blondes looked at Amy sheepishly, "we're sorry, we didn't mean to overhear," Penny reasoned.
"Yeah, and you were talking kinda loud," Bernadette added.
Amy sighed, "I guess it's alright, no need to deny things, from what happened last night, I don't know what you guys even think of me."
Penny's jaw dropped, "are you kidding? You're like a cool person, Amy! You have a great job and you're on top of your field. And last night was, well, I don't know what to make of last night."
"I am telling you now I am not a cool person, other than my brother and Sheldon, I don't have any friends at all."
"Well now you have us," Bernadette smiled at her.
Amy chuckled, "thank you." After a few moments of silence, she looked at them and saw them squirming on their seats. She shook her head, "go ahead and ask away."
The two women relaxed, "we don't mean to pry, it's just that knowing Sheldon for years now, you're the only woman he had an interest in, what happened with you two?"
Amy felt warmth spread over her body, "oh I'm not so sure about that, Sheldon gets pretty interested in a woman especially if he knows he could be challenged mentally."
Bernadette waved her off, "oh we know that, what we're talking about is, he willingly touches your hand, you back, hugs you, he winks at you, hell he smiled last night more than I've seen over the years!"
Amy furrowed her eyebrows, "you mean he doesn't do that with any of his friends?"
They nodded, "he always brings a Purell with him everywhere he goes. He has all these antics that we can't understand, it drives us crazy most of the time."
"So what did happen with the two of you?"
Amy looked between the two, "if I tell you, promise not to mention anything to Sheldon and his other friends? Please?"
They nodded, "I swear upon the girl code," Penny raised her glass.
"Alright, where do I start, um, as you know we met at Harvard during my last year."
"How old were you then?"
"I was just about to turn 20 back then," Amy chuckled, remembering the good old days. "I was ahead for my deadline of my thesis so I got some time on my hands, and I heard there were a few visiting lecturers on campus and I decided to listen to one. It was crazy of me to attend a lecture about Physics but it was informative enough and I found out the professor was highly arrogant," all of them laughed.
"Did he notice you right away?"
Amy smirked, "not really, I sit in on his third day, and there was like less than a hundred students there, but I kept asking these questions for like every couple of minutes until he asked me what my name was. He was looking at his roster and I straight out laughed at him."
Penny and Bernadette's mouth opened in shock, "you did not!"
Amy nodded, "I did, took me a few seconds to calm down before I told him I'm not on the list. I swear I saw smirk forming on his lips that day."
"What did he do?" Penny asked.
Amy sipped her drink and tried to remember, "narrowed his eyes at me and for the rest of the lecture we kept catching each other looking at the other. By the end of his lecture I came down to him to apologize and he asked me to join him for tea."
"Oh my god, you're the first person I know who got away embarrassing Sheldon in front of other people! Are you a witch?"
Amy laughed, "I told you, he's interested in a person when he feels challenged."
"So that's the start then?" Bernadette hoped.
"It was, but we didn't start dating 4 months after that."
"WHAT?"
Amy shrugged, "he was busy with lectures, I'm finishing my thesis, we settled on being friends."
"What made him asked you out?"
"His mother did," she paused. "He told me he got some lecturing from his mother that he was stringing me along and all that. She mentioned a thing about what if time comes another man pursue me and that's when he decided to go out for dinner.
"After three months, I became his girlfriend, our visits became more frequent, dates more intimate. Time passed by so fast during those months, next thing I know I'm graduating. I couldn't have made it without Sheldon. There were times I was ready to give up the degree, but he kept cheering me on."
"Aww, Sheldon knows how to be sweet after all," Bernadette squeaked.
"During my graduation I introduced him to my mother and she had her reservations about him."
"Why?"
"Like Sheldon, my dad was very workaholic, his career always comes first, and my mom saw that in Sheldon and she was afraid that one day he'll leave me and worried that I won't reach my potential."
"Didn't he try to change her mind?" Penny asked, feeling sad for the turn of events.
"He did, he tried talking to my mother but she wouldn't budge. We've known each other for more than a year then, so we agreed that we try for one more year to prove to my mother that we can make it work."
"Didn't turn out well, did it?" Bernadette asked softly.
Amy shook her head, "we stayed together in Cambridge... I was doing my postdoc, he's on sabbatical so he still taught at Harvard, everything's going well. By the end of our two years together, things started to go downhill, CalTech called him and said they need him back, my mother became more overbearing and gave me an unexpected visit. She told me she arranged for me to fly to New Jersey by the end of the week since my cousin found me a job with better pay. I—" she stopped as she wiped a single tear that rolled down her cheek.
Penny pitied her and felt guilty, "you don't have to tell us everything."
Amy shook her head, "I-I kinda want to, I've been carrying this for so long and seeing him last night, I think I'm gonna explode with plethora of emotions." She took a deep breath and continued, "when I told Sheldon my mother's plan he assumed I agreed and we got into a fight. He said it was for the best. We said some mean things to each other and I asked him why is it easy for him to ask me to leave and," she stopped and looked at the girls in front of her as she shrugged.
It dawned on them what she meant, "he told you he loves you," they whispered at the same time.
Amy let out a bitter laugh, "it took two years to hear that. Two years and a week before we part ways. I was so mad at myself that I haven't fought against my mother back then. That's why I'm so embarrassed, I didn't know how Sheldon could still stand to look at me," she sighed. "What made it harder to leave is that, we barely spoke with each other that last week, Sheldon refused to talk, he only wanted to be intimate almost every night," she saw their eyes bugged out and she shrugged, "day before I left, he gave me the ring."
"What did he say?"
"He told me it's his promise of loving me and no one else. That it's a way to give a part of himself to me even if we're far apart. What I didn't know is that, my mother asked him to cut all contact with me. Month after month I've tried to reach him but not a word came back. It was only a year after I moved to New Jersey that I found out what my mother did."
"Oh no."
Amy nodded, "I only stayed a couple of months in New Jersey after that. I can't go back to Glendale, because my mother lived there until before she needed to stay in a home, so I went to Seattle first and stayed there for a few years. I went back to California 5 years later."
After telling the story, a heavy silence filled them, "so enough about me and my boring life," Amy chuckled nervously, "what about you two? Tell me about yourselves."
The night went on and the ladies got to know each other, sharing stories about their personal lives, their work, friends, and through the course of the evening they went as far as exchanging contact numbers, little did they know that the same conversation was happening with the guys at Sheldon's hotel room.
Raj got up from his place at the settee and enveloped Sheldon in a hug, the physicist began puttering trying to get out of his friend's grip, "will you stop that?"
Leonard sighed, "that was pretty rough story Sheldon, I didn't know how you could keep that to yourself all these years."
Howard nodded, "yeah man, do you think she found out about what her mom did?"
When Raj went back to his seat, Sheldon shrugged and sighed, "I honestly don't know, but it was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life. I tried to be strong, changed my number, got out of any social platforms, I ignored her emails, I thought she'd hate seeing me but I guess I was wrong."
"Did you try to contact her though? After several years?"
Sheldon nodded, "it was a long shot, she changed her number already, so I had no idea where she was or if she was doing okay. I lived on hope for 10 years, wondering if after all these years she's waiting for me. And she was. I feel stupid knowing she was just miles away and yet," he sighed and looked down. "I should've stood my ground. I should've fought for her, for us. But I also felt that my career was starting to move forward and I was torn. And knowing that a better opportunity was out there for her, I couldn't stand the idea that I'm holding her back from what she could achieve."
Leonard gave his shoulder a firm grip and smiled, "what matters is that she's here now. Maybe…maybe everything that happened before needed to happen. Maybe…seeing her now is your chance to get back what was stolen from you."
Raj and Howard agreed with him and Sheldon found himself with new determination to get his life back on track.
What do you guys think? Should I stop? Is it bad and cringey? Or does it have potential and I could continue?
~kingdomfictionalia