The Turning Point Chapter 2, a big bang theory fanfic

Disclaimer:

This story revolves around rape. I don't have any intention of offending someone with the story and if it's a trigger to anyone who decides to read, please read it carefully.

Chapter 2:

Amy walked out of the apartment as Penny walked out of 4B with a bag in her hand.

"What's that?" Amy asked her.

"Your underwear. I want to take it to the hospital and we need to stop at your place as well to take your clothes. Maybe they can run some tests and find some… evidence." Penny said and Amy was taken aback.

"W-Why would we take my clothes to the hospital?" Amy asked Penny as they walked down the stairs.

"Sweetie, we need them to find some evidence that it was him. You didn't wash them yet, right?" Penny told her softly.

"No. I didn't. But why?" Amy asked her.

"So that we could press charges and the police could arrest him for what he did." Penny said with confusion.

"I don't know Penny." Amy said quietly.

"What do you mean?" Penny said, even more confused.

"Penny, I just want to go to the hospital and get over with those checkups. Can we please do that?" Amy said with a little annoyance combined with desperation in her voice.

"Sure. but I still want those clothes, so let me just grab them and I'll put them it that bag, okay?" Penny asked softly. She didn't want to pressure Amy in any way at the moment.

On their way to the hospital Amy and Penny stopped at Amy's apartment and Amy gave Penny every single item of clothing she wore that night and Penny put everything in the bag she had. She planned on keeping those clothes until the day Amy will be ready to deal with what happened and press charges.

In the hospital Amy was going through some invasive examinations, amongst some standard ones, but all she could think of was that she wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. As Penny promised, she never left Amy's side and was with her through every single test. They gave Amy some pills for contraception and STDs, and also informed her that they will keep all the results in a file if and when she'll decide to press charges, and they informed her that the HIV results will be in three weeks.

When Amy and Penny was on their way home it was already morning.

"Where do you want to go? My place or yours?" Penny asked Amy who was quiet the whole time except for answering some of the doctors questions. Penny wanted to scream or punch someone as she heard and saw Amy going through all those exams. She could see that all Amy wanted to do was get out of there, but both of them knew that it's an important thing that needs to be done.

"I think I'll go to my place." Amy said quietly.

"Oh… wait. Isn't your car at our place?" Penny asked and Amy shook her head in the negative.

"So how did you get to our place?" Penny asked. she wasn't used to Amy using public transportation.

"Bus." Was all that Amy said and Penny just nodded and drove to Amy's place.

"Do you mind staying with me?" Amy asked quietly.

"Sure. I'll just let Leonard know that I went to your place and let Sheldon know that we're done at the hospital. He sent me some texts while we were at the hospital." Penny said and Amy just nodded.

Back in Amy's apartment Amy went to take another shower after the visit to the hospital and in the meantime Penny sent texts to Sheldon and Leonard, letting them know that she's at Amy's apartment with her.

As soon as Sheldon got Penny's message, he called her, asking her how Amy was.

"I don't know what to tell you Sheldon. her test results were okay, but she still doesn't feel so great." Penny told him. she didn't want to let him know what happened without Amy's permission. It wasn't her story to tell, even though she wanted Amy to have all the support she could get from her friends and boyfriend.

"What do you mean okay? is there something more?" Sheldon asked, worried.

"Sheldon… the tests were okay. nothing to worry about…" Penny said with her most convincing tone.

"You should work on your acting skills. I want to talk to Amy." He insisted.

Penny rolled her eyes and was about to tell him that Amy's in the shower, but at that moment Amy came out of the shower in her pajamas.

"Is that Sheldon?" She asked Penny, who nodded.

"I'll talk to him." Amy said and gesture Penny to pass her the phone.

"Hey Sheldon." Amy said.

"Hey. How was it? Penny said the test results were okay. is there something more?" Sheldon asked her with concern.

Amy took a deep breath and started to speak.

"The test results were okay. nothing to worry about…" She faltered. She contemplated if she should tell him that she still waits for some tests back.

"But…" Sheldon snapped her out her musing.

"Nothing. But nothing. As I said; nothing to worry about." Amy tried to muster her most confidant voice.

"Amy… I remember you told me you'd tell me what happened and I'm not asking to do it right now, or maybe I am. I'm not so sure. but… please trust me and don't leave me worried this much." Sheldon said and Amy nearly burst in tears right then. Penny saw it and gesture Amy to give her the phone, but Amy shook her head.

"I'll do my best. I promise." Amy said and hung up the call and started crying.

"What did he say?" Penny asked her as she rushed to her side and hugged her.

"Nothing bad. He was just so caring and I could hear in his voice that he was worried about me. How can I tell him what happened? He can surprise me sometimes in so many ways. What if he'll get angry with me?" Amy cried out loud.

"He won't. and if he will, I will personally kick his ass." Penny told her as she stroked her hair.

"How are you so sure about this?" Amy asked her.

"Because he can be a real jerk but I see how much he loves you. he sent me tons of messages when we were at the hospital, none of them was about how it will affect him. he only asked for updates about you and how you were doing. he truly cares about you Amy. You have to know that."

"What did you tell him in the messages? And what did you tell Leonard?" Amy asked.

"I told Sheldon that it's taking a while, but that you're okay and I only told Leonard in the morning that I'm here with you because you didn't feel well and wanted to be in your apartment. but I don't know what Sheldon told Leonard this morning." Penny answered honestly and Amy just nodded.

During the rest of the day Penny and Amy passed some time in Amy's apartment, during which Amy tried to sleep for a while, but had troubles falling asleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw flashbacks from the previous night that ended up in Amy going to the bathroom to throw up and then they went on another trip to the hospital so she could take the medications again.

Eventually they decided to head to Los Robles in the hope it'll distract Amy a little. And it did help, until it was time for everyone to go home. Amy didn't want to go home and spend the night alone and Penny saw it on her face.

"Amy, I need some help with something in my apartment, will you come and help me?" Penny asked Amy after everyone left, and Sheldon looked at them suspiciously.

Amy nodded and they went across the hall.

"You can stay here if you want. I'll take the couch. I can see you're troubled." Penny said as they entered her apartment.

"Thanks Penny. I don't know what's up with me. I'm scared of being alone in my own apartment. it's not like Timmy knows where I live." Amy said and as she said it she shivered from the thought.

"I think it's a valid thing to feel. I can only imagine how you feel, and even then, I won't be able to comprehend it." Penny said with a sad tone.

There was a knock on the door and Leonard came into the apartment.

"Hey. How are you doing here?" Leonard asked with concerned voice.

"We're fine. why do you ask?" Amy answered and Leonard took a deep breath.

"S-Sheldon told me that you went to the hospital during the night after he and Penny found you on the bathroom floor crying and that he saw a blue mark on your calf. I don't want to pry-" Leonard was cut off by Amy.

"Then don't." She said and went to Penny's room and Leonard looked after her in shock.

"What happened?" He asked Penny.

"Look, I can't tell you what happened. I promised her." Penny said with a sad voice.

"Look Penny, I admire your commitment, but Sheldon is worried sick and frankly, I myself am starting to get worried. Whatever it is… just try and reason with her that we want to help her." Leonard said and took Penny's hand in his.

"I know, but I can't do it right now. It has to come from her." Penny said and caressed Leonard's hand.

"Are you coming over tonight?" Leonard asked, trying to lighten the mood.

"No. She needs me and I can't leave her." Penny said.

"Is she staying over again?" Leonard asked with a little surprise in his tone and Penny nodded.

"I hope it won't turn into a Sheldon situation." Leonard tried to break the tension but instead he gained an angry look from Penny.

"Not cool Leonard. Amy will stay here as long as she wants and needs and you will have to deal with that." Penny berated him and he realized that it wasn't a time to joke about Amy's situation.

In that moment the door to Penny's apartment opened and Sheldon entered.

"What do you mean Amy will stay here as long as she wants and needs? Is Amy sleeping here again? Can you please tell me what happened to my girlfriend?" Sheldon was practically shouting.

"What are you doing here? Were you eavesdropping?" Penny asked him with surprise.

"No. I just came back to the apartment after I took the trash out. now can you please stop deflecting the subject and tell me what is wrong with Amy?" Sheldon asked again.

At that moment Amy came out of Penny's room and went straight to Sheldon.

"Sheldon… Let's talk in your apartment please." And with that they went to Sheldon's apartment.

Back in 4A Amy sat next to Sheldon, but not too close to him.

For the first time, Sheldon could actually read Amy's body language and it told him that she was nervous about something. He guessed that it was because of whatever it is that happened to her. he reached out to put his hand on hers but then he saw how tensed she got, and decided that maybe he shouldn't do it.

"Amy… please. I'm worried about you. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't work properly. What happened to you? how did you get that bruise on your calf?" Sheldon begged her to let him in. he never did, but this time he could sense it was something serious.

Amy took a deep breath and was about to tell Sheldon that she's sorry and needs more time before she'll tell him, when a sudden sound from the TV interrupted her and she couldn't help but look.

Timothy Walsh, was chosen to be the new captain of The Dodgers. Walsh was the captain of his baseball teams in high school and in college which lead to a professional career.

Then it showed Timmy and Amy was invested in the news.

It's funny how things turn out. I never planned on being a professional player, I just really loved baseball, but I'm really excited about how things turned out and about this opportunity and I believe I can take the team to new levels.

"Amy… Amy, are you okay? I didn't know you were into baseball." Sheldon said after Amy didn't answer for a while. The look on her face was blank and Sheldon couldn't tell what she was thinking about.

"He's the new captain?" She whispered.

"Yeah… that's what they said." Sheldon looked at her confused.

"He's the new captain?" She said again, a little louder and before Sheldon answered her he saw that Amy wasn't even paying attention to him. like she was lost in her own thoughts.

"HE IS THE NEW CAPTAIN?" She finally yelled and Sheldon was terrified. He never saw Amy like that.

"He gets promoted? He gets success while I don't want to live? What is the matter with this world?" She talked to the room with anger and started to cry.

Sheldon didn't know what to answer.

She doesn't want to live? What happened to her last night? Sheldon was really frightened now and moved himself closer to Amy so he could hug her and for the first time since last night she went willingly and cried hysterically.

In the corner of his eye he saw that Leonard and Penny were at the door looking at what was going on and he exchanged looks with Penny who mouthed him if he needs help. On the one hand he wanted nothing more than to tell her yes, but on the other hand he felt like Amy was about to tell him what happened so he just shook his head in the negative and they went back to 4B.

"Do you know him?" Sheldon asked gently as he hugged her and all she did was nod her head.

"Why are you so angry with him? is he someone from your blind dates?" Sheldon asked her.

Amy just tightened her grip on Sheldon's arms.

"Amy… please I'm begging you…" Sheldon nearly cried himself.

"He was in high school with me." She whispered between sobs, and Sheldon realized that she might have met him last night.

"Was he at the reunion last night?" Sheldon asked and Amy nodded her head again.

"Did he offend you?" Sheldon asked, now hugging Amy tighter. Amy didn't know how to response to that so she just nodded again.

"What did he say?" Sheldon asked with rage in his voice. A rage that Amy never heard before.

"He didn't believe me when I said that I have a boyfriend." Amy whispered. She didn't know how to express the rest of the night.

"Is that all he said?" Sheldon asked in a calmer tone. He didn't understand why it would bother her this much.

Amy shook her head again.

"Then what else did he say?" Sheldon asked.

"That… that now I can say I've been fucked by the captain of the baseball team." Amy said quietly.

"Why would he say that? did you… did you sleep with him?" Sheldon asked her shocked. He never thought that Amy would cheat on him. not after saying that she loves him. he felt like someone just punched him in the gut.

"No… No! I swear I didn't." Amy said quickly, her face still buried in his chest.

"Then why would he say something like that?" Sheldon asked her.

Silence. Amy didn't know how to tell him. those three words would change everything.

"Amy… Why would he say it? Can you answer me?" Sheldon asked her with panic in his voice.

"He raped me." Amy whispered and Sheldon couldn't hear her.

"He did what? I didn't hear you." Sheldon said and Amy finally straightened and looked at Sheldon in the eyes.

"Last night… in the reunion… Timmy, I mean Timothy Walsh talked to me and said no one would want to be my boyfriend. He then grabbed me by the arm to a secluded area and…" Amy faltered and tears started streaming down her face.

"And what?" Sheldon pressured. He was now panicked that Amy might have cheated on him and couldn't wait another moment to have coitus, but before he could open his mouth to say anything Amy uttered the four words he never thought he would hear from someone close to him.

"He raped me, Sheldon." Amy said, and with that she broke completely and all Sheldon could think of was that he wanted to kill that son of a bitch, but he then saw how Amy was sitting next to him in a fetus position and crying, and all his attention went to his girlfriend.

"Can I offer you a consoling hug?" Sheldon asked her and she just laid her head on his lap and cried.

All Sheldon could do was stroke Amy lightly as she calmed down. After a while like that, Amy fell asleep. Sheldon didn't want to move and wake her up so he gently took off Amy's glasses and put them on the coffee table. He then grabbed his phone to text Penny to come to the apartment.

"Hey. Is everything okay?" She asked Sheldon who shook his head in the negative.

"Can you bring a blanket and cover her?" Sheldon asked with a shaky voice and she did as he asked.

She then went to sit on the white couch as she looked at them. Sheldon's eyes were fixed on Amy. He was still caressing her arm while she slept in his lap.

"Why didn't she tell me yesterday? Why didn't you tell me?" Sheldon asked her with a little anger in his voice.

"It wasn't my place Sheldon. you know that. She didn't tell you because she didn't know what to expect from you." Penny explained.

"But I'm her boyfriend. I love her. and she loves me." Sheldon said quietly, not moving his eyes from Amy.

"I told her that, but it's not something that a person can say so lightly. she didn't even tell me. She made me realize it. Sheldon, you have to be understanding about this whole situation. It's something that crushes women and men who experiencing it on so many levels." Penny told him and Sheldon nodded his head, and as he did so something dawned on him.

"She was a virgin Penny." Sheldon whispered and Penny nodded and tears started to stream down both their faces.

"He took it from her and turned it into something horrible. How on earth am I going to make her feel better?" Sheldon asked with shaky voice.

"You just have to be attentive to her and have a lot of compassion and you have to be understanding towards her. She's going through a difficult time and she needs your support now more than ever." Penny said.

"Of course." Sheldon said as he looked at Amy. it seems that she relaxed a little.

"I knew she could count on you." Penny said with a sad smile.

"Why wouldn't she?" Sheldon asked.

"She was afraid of your reaction and what you would think of her." Penny said honestly.

"After all these years?" He was shocked.

"Sheldon honey, I love you, but when it comes to different topics, such as this, I can't tell what your reaction would be, and maybe that was Amy's concern too. You did go on a trip because things were changing." Penny said as she looked him straight in the eyes.

"I know what you are talking about, but things still changed and I'm learning to embrace it. I thought it wouldn't matter, but once we proclaimed our love to one another, I realized how much I really care about Amy and how important she is to me." Sheldon said, now looking at Amy again. He couldn't look Penny in the eyes as he said those things.

"And the thought of someone hurting her is infuriating Penny. I never felt like this. I honestly want to physically hurt that man." Sheldon said and Penny heard the anger in his tone.

"Sheldon, right now we need to focus on Amy. Once she's better we can move on to that jerk and hopefully Amy will decide to press charges so he'll be behind bars after all of this." Penny said.

"She's not going to press charges?" Sheldon asked her, outrageous.

"I don't know yet. I don't think she even knows. Whatever she'll decide, we have to support her." Penny said and Sheldon nodded.

"Who else knows?" Sheldon asked.

"Just you and me. Don't tell anyone Sheldon, unless we really have to." Penny said.

"Why not? If she needs support she has to know she has it from everyone who cares about her." Sheldon was confused.

"Because it's her decision who should know about this, not ours, and we can't take that away from her." Penny said and Sheldon nodded his agreement.

They sat there in quiet for another twenty minutes before Amy woke up.

"Hey… sorry I fell asleep." Amy said as she opened her eyes and sat down.

"It's okay. are you feeling any better?" Sheldon asked.

"I don't know. maybe a little." Amy answered honestly.

"I want you to know that I'll be here for whatever you need Amy. I mean it. and so will Penny." Sheldon said and Penny nodded.

"Thank you. I really appreciate it." Amy said.

"Do you want to go to sleep?" Penny asked her and Amy nodded and started to get up.

"Wait." Sheldon got up from his seat as well.

"What is it?" They asked him.

"Um… would you like to sleep here?" Sheldon asked Amy and she looked between Sheldon and Penny.

"Where will I sleep?" Amy asked him, confused.

"In my bed." Sheldon said matter of factly.

"And where will you sleep?" Amy asked him.

"If it's okay with Penny and Leonard, in Leonard's room." Sheldon said shyly.

"It's okay with me. I'll go tell Leonard we'll stay in my apartment and text you his answer, okay?" Penny asked.

"Okay. sure." Sheldon said.

"Amy, is there anything you need from my apartment?" Penny asked and Amy nodded.

"Yes… I'll come with you." Amy said and went to grab her things from last night.

In the meantime, Sheldon organized his room for Amy to sleep in and then went to the bathroom to get ready for bed. When he got back to the leaving room he saw that Amy was back in the apartment.

"Well… um… everything is ready for you in my room. If you need anything call or text me. I'll be in Leonard's room." Sheldon said quietly and went to grab his phone from the coffee table. There was a text from Penny confirming it was okay with Leonard that Sheldon will sleep in his room.

Amy then nodded and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed and Sheldon went to Leonard's room to sleep.

After a while he heard the door to his room closes. It took time for both Amy and Sheldon to fall asleep, but eventually they did.

It was 2 am when he heard someone screaming. He woke up with a start and it took him a few moments to realize where he is and where does the screaming come from. It was Amy.

"Stop! No! stop it!" Amy screamed and Sheldon went quickly to his room.

He didn't know what to do. Amy was screaming and crying in his bed and it looked like she was fighting with someone. He rushed to her side and called her name.

"Amy… Amy wake up." She still screamed.

"Amy… it's Sheldon… please wake up…" Sheldon tried again and touched her hand lightly, but she slapped it.

"Stop! No!" Amy said again, but her voice was weakening and so were her movements.

"Amy… wake up." Sheldon tried again and this time it worked. Amy woke up with a start and looked around her like a mad person. she then saw Sheldon and just threw her arms around his neck and hugged him and he hugged her back, tightly.

"It's okay… you're safe." Sheldon whispered as he caressed her hair. Amy just cried straight into his neck and Sheldon sat on his bed with Amy clinging to him like her life depends on him.

"I won't let anything happen to you ever again. I promise." Sheldon said, trying to convey Amy all the love he feels for her. And he will keep his promise.

They sat there in quiet, until Amy calmed down. Sheldon didn't know if she fell asleep.

"Amy…" He whispered.

"Yes?" She whispered back.

"Are you feeling a little better?" He asked her.

"A little." She answered truthfully.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Sheldon asked her.

"Just… um… could you stay here tonight? Meaning… sleep here with me?" She asked with a shy voice. She didn't want Sheldon to think she takes advantage of the situation, but she couldn't think of sleeping alone at the moment.

"Um… okay…" Sheldon said.

They sat on the bed, still hugging each other before Amy detached from Sheldon and made room for him to come and sleep in his bed.

Sheldon entered his bed and looked at the ceiling, as did Amy.

"Thank you Sheldon" She said quietly.

"Sure." He answered back. Right there and then he made a promise to be a better boyfriend to Amy.

Another moment of awkward silence and then they said their goodnights and closed their eyes so they would fall asleep.

The rest of the night passed quietly and Sheldon and Amy slept much more peacefully than how they slept during the first half of the night.

Amy was the first one to wake up. She looked to her side and for the first time she was grateful that Sheldon didn't like touching. He was a little closer to her than when he was when he entered the bed during the night, but other than that he was keeping his distance and Amy couldn't love him more for the fact that he didn't like touching people (even though she knew he made some exceptions for her). Even in his sleep.

A/N:

Thank you for keeping up with me. I really appreciate it. I you enjoyed this chapter and I would love to read your reviews and thoughts about it.

Again, I have no intention to offend anyone with this story.