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I don't own The Big Bang Theory. All rights reserved to CBS, Warner Brothers, Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steven Molaro.
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 it, please read it carefully.
Chapter 3:
Sheldon woke up about ten minutes after Amy, who was still lying in bed and looked at the ceiling.
"Hey." He said as he saw that Amy was awake.
"Hey." She said back, still looking at the ceiling.
"How did you sleep for the rest of the night?" Sheldon asked as he turned his head to look at Amy.
"It was better. Thank you, Sheldon for agreeing to sleep here with me." Amy said quietly. She never thought that the first time she and Sheldon will share a bed would be under those circumstances.
"Of course, Amy. You're my girlfriend and I love you, and as I said last night, I will be here for whatever you need." Sheldon said with emotion, trying to catch Amy's eyes so she will see the sincerity in it.
Amy kept looking at ceiling. She knew Sheldon was telling her the truth.
"I know. It means a lot to me." Amy said quietly.
After a few moments of quiet Sheldon broke the silence.
"Do you need to use the bathroom?" He asked Amy awkwardly and she nodded her head and left the room.
They both didn't know how to function in this new situation that was forced on them. it was too fresh for them, but they knew they have to figure it out.
While Amy was in the bathroom, Sheldon chose his clothes for the day and waited for Amy to be done with the bathroom. He wasn't sure if she was planning on going to work, but he knew he didn't want to leave her alone for another moment.
After about fifteen minutes, Amy came back to the Sheldon's room and he went to take a shower and get ready for the day, and while Sheldon was getting ready, Amy changed her clothes.
When Sheldon came out of the bathroom he saw that Amy was already in the kitchen making them both tea. Amy put the cups on the island counter just when Sheldon came into the kitchen.
"I made some tea." Amy said in a small voice.
"Thank you." Sheldon said and took his cup. After they stood there awkwardly, sipping their tea, Sheldon started to speak.
"So… Um… are you going to work today?" Sheldon asked her with a small voice. He still tried to navigate this new situation.
"I think so. But I need to stop at my apartment first." Amy said.
"Oh… okay." Sheldon said. There was another short silence before Sheldon spoke again.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Sheldon asked her softly. He didn't know how Amy would feel about it, but he couldn't stand the thought of leaving her alone.
Amy looked at him with wide eyes. She was shocked that Sheldon volunteered. She thought about asking Penny, but she also didn't want to push Sheldon away. That's the last thing she wants to do.
"Only if it's okay with you and you won't be late for work." Amy said.
"It's okay." Sheldon said.
"Okay. we'll go after we'll finish our tea." Amy said, and after a few moments they grabbed their things and went out of the apartment.
When Amy went to the bus stop, Sheldon got confused.
"Where's your car?" He asked. he knew that Amy stayed there for two consecutive nights, but he thought she came with her car as she usually did. it was rare of Amy to use the public transportation.
"At my home." She said shortly.
"So how did you come to our place two days ago?" Sheldon asked.
"Bus. I didn't want to drive." She said shortly as they waited for the bus. Sheldon only nodded. now he was glad that he came with her. he didn't want her to use the public transportation alone with all the people that were on bus after what happened.
The ride on the bus was uneventful and Sheldon and Amy sat next to each other and barley talked to each other. They were both deep in thoughts. Amy was thinking about the results of the tests she's waiting for and how to tell Sheldon about it, and Sheldon on the other hand, thought about Monday. The day before Amy went to her reunion.
Monday, March 16th 2015:
Sheldon and Amy were talking over Skype.
"Oh… and tomorrow I have my high school reunion. I can't wait for it to be over." Amy said.
"Then why are you even going?" Sheldon asked her with confusion.
"Because it's the polite and mature thing to do." Amy said.
"I don't know. I never liked those things and I never went to any reunion I had." Sheldon said and shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know… I guess I'm curios to see if they changed and if not, maybe they aren't doing so well in life… I don't know…" Amy sighed.
"And you're sure you don't want me there and that you won't get mad at me for not coming with you? because I remind you that I asked but you were the one who said it's not necessary." Sheldon pressured. He didn't want to face the wrath of Amy, and if she's letting him off the hook she shouldn't be angry at him later on.
"Yes. I'm sure. I won't get mad at you. I told you I plan to be there for half an hour top. I love you, but I'll already be uncomfortable there and I don't want you to ask me every five minutes when can we go during the short time I'll be there." Amy reassured Sheldon.
"Okay. but you can come to spend the rest of the night with us afterwards, if you'd like." Sheldon said.
"I'll keep it in mind, but I think I'll pass. I'll probably be too tired and I have to be up early for work the next morning." Amy said with a smile.
"Okay then. I think I'll go and get ready for bed." Sheldon said with a smile.
"Goodnight Sheldon." Amy said.
"Goodnight Amy." Sheldon said and they ended their call.
Sheldon looked at Amy who was looking at the window and all he could think of was how selfish he can be. All he did was complain to Amy and because of it she didn't force him to come to this event and ended up being hurt by an ass from her high school.
I should have insisted on going with her. Damn it, I should have just go regardless what she said. Sheldon thought to himself.
At that moment he had an urge to hold Amy's hand and let her know he is going to be by her side, but he remembered how she reacted to his touch, so he just put his hand very close to hers and let his fingers touch her fingers lightly.
Sheldon didn't know if Amy felt his touch or not at first, since she didn't react in any way to his action, but after a few moments she threaded their fingers together and they ended up holding hands the entire ride to Amy's apartment and they were still holding hands when they got to Amy's apartment.
Once they got to Amy's apartment, Sheldon squeezed Amy's hand and let it go. Amy looked up at him and smiled a small smile before she went to her bedroom to changed her clothes for the day. After Amy changed they went to Amy's car and drove to Caltech.
Most of Amy and Sheldon's day went by uneventful. They were trying to focus on their work and not thinking about what happened, to no avail. at some point they both just sat in their offices and were deep in thoughts. As Amy's mind drifted to two days earlier, she decided to go to lunch with her friends, for a change.
Sheldon found Raj and Howard already sitting for lunch and joined them.
"Hello." Sheldon said with a small voice.
"Hey." They responded. There was a silence for a while during which Howard and Raj exchanged looks.
"Is everything okay? you didn't come to lunch yesterday and at dinner last night you seemed worried." Raj asked Sheldon.
"Um… what? Yeah… I'm okay." Sheldon brushed it off. He didn't want to tell them anything. As Penny made it clear last night; he shouldn't decide for Amy who will know about what happened.
"So… how come you didn't come with Leonard this morning?" Howard asked.
"Oh… Amy didn't feel so well last night, so she stayed at my place." Sheldon answered shortly. He didn't notice the looks Raj and Howard exchanged.
"She stayed at your place?' Howard asked again.
"Yes." Sheldon said, without looking at his friends.
"And she didn't feel well?" Raj asked again.
"Yes." Sheldon said annoyed.
"And did you take care of her?" Howard asked.
"Yes. As much as I could." Sheldon said. He was confused about all these questions.
"So wait… Amy stayed at your place and you got together to work?" Raj asked. both he and Howard had stupid smiles on their faces.
"Yes. We went to her apartment first, though, so she could change her clothes." Sheldon said and at that Howard and Raj smiled widely.
"What? What's up with you two?" Sheldon asked confused. He didn't understand what was going on with them.
"Congratulations." They both said.
"What for?" Sheldon asked. even more confused.
"You and Amy… finally doing – " Raj started to say, but was cut off by Sheldon.
"Don't ever discuss my intimate relationship with Amy ever again! Did I make myself clear?" Sheldon said with rage in his tone.
"Come on Sheldon. that's what friends do. It's not like I want the details. Believe me I don't." Raj continued, but Sheldon got even more angry.
"I don't care what friends do. You shall not discuss that part of my relationship with Amy. You will respect Amy or I swear to you, there will be consequences." Sheldon said with rage and got up to go to Amy's office.
Both Howard and Raj were mortified. They never saw Sheldon so protective of his relationship. They didn't know what got into Sheldon and they were curios to know what happened.
In the hallway, Sheldon ran into Amy and Leonard who were entering the cafeteria for lunch.
"Hey. Aren't you going to eat lunch?" Amy asked him as she saw him coming out of the cafeteria.
"I'm not so hungry, but would you please bring your lunch to my office. I want to talk to you." Sheldon said with a shaky voice and Amy just nodded and they split ways.
Back in the cafeteria Amy and Leonard grabbed their food and Leonard went to sit with Howard and Raj and Amy went to say hello to them.
"Is everything okay with you two?" Leonard asked Amy before he sat at the table next to Howard.
"Yes. Everything is okay." Amy answered as calmly as she could and Leonard nodded. he didn't want to pry, even though he was worried about them.
"Hey. How are you?" Amy asked Raj and Howard as she and Leonard approached their table.
"We're okay. just got scolded by Sheldon." Raj said bitterly.
"I'm sure he was just on edge. He's going through some stuff." Amy said, trying to sound convincing and not let any information slips away.
"We may have crossed the line a little, though." Howard said as he looked at Amy shyly.
"What did you do?" Leonard asked exasperated.
"Well he told us that Amy stayed the night because she didn't feel well and we kind of… assumed… they… well that you two… finally slept together. He got really mad and told us to never speak of that part of your relationship ever again" Howard said. Scared of Amy's reaction.
"He was right. This is none of your business and don't ever discuss it like it is." Amy said with anger and left to Sheldon's office.
"What's with them?" Howard asked, confused.
"Look. This is none of our business and you were way out of line. We should respect them." Leonard said to them. he didn't want to spill the beans about last night.
"But we always do that, and they ignore us. What's different now? Do you think they did it for real?" Raj said with curiosity in his voice.
"None of our business." Leonard repeated and both Raj and Howard looked at him.
"Look, something is going on. I don't know what, but I know that something happened and we should respect that." Leonard said.
"Do you mean you know if they had sex or not?" Howard tried again.
"No! not that. I mean something serious happened, that I don't know what it is and only Penny knows, and I think that Sheldon knows too. Penny is saying that we should be patient with them." Leonard said with a sad voice and both of them nodded.
"And it's not about them – " Raj tried last time but got glares from both Leonard and Howard. If Penny is not telling what happened, then it's probably serious and they should respect that.
Back in Sheldon's office Sheldon was pacing nervously. He was furious; with Raj and Howard, with himself, with the entire situation. He wanted to punch someone. He never really wanted to punch someone, but right now he did.
There was a small knock on his door and he opened it to see Amy standing there all shaken up. He gestured her to come in and he closed the door behind her.
Amy put her lunch on Sheldon's table and as she did so, Sheldon noticed she was shaking. He came closer to Amy and put his hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Amy?" He asked softly and she turned around to face him and he saw the tears in her eyes.
"What happened? Did Wolowitz and Kootthrappali said something to you?" Sheldon asked with fear.
"Yes. They are jerks and I told them off as well. they told me what you told them. Thank you Sheldon, so much." Amy said and before Sheldon had time to react Amy wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly and sobbed into his shirt.
At first Sheldon didn't know how to react, but he soon wrapped his arms around Amy's back and hugged her even tighter and put his head on hers.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, crying himself. Amy was confused and was about to ask him why, but before she said anything Sheldon just hugged her tighter and repeated his words.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Amy. I was an idiot and I should have insisted on coming with you to that reunion. maybe somehow my presence would have prevented that. I don't know… I just feel awful and I wish I could have done something to prevent this from happening, but I can't and all I can think about is how much I want to punch that idiot for hurting you. Amy, I promise you I'll be a better boyfriend, I promise I won't let anything happen to you ever again." Sheldon sobbed and hugged Amy tight and Amy just listened to him, thanking a deity she didn't believe in, that Sheldon was more understanding and supportive than what she thought he would be, but at the same time felt bad for not giving him the credit she should have given him in the first place.
"Sheldon. it's okay… we'll get through this together. I promise you. I'm sorry for not trusting you more – " Amy started to talk.
"You shouldn't apologize to me. you have every right to choose who you want to tell and when. I never give you enough reason to trust me with things like that." Sheldon said as he parted a little from Amy so he would be able to see her face.
They looked at each other and smiled a small smile. In that moment they were thankful they had each other to rely on.
They separated from each other and sat next to each other at Sheldon's table, so that Amy will eat her lunch. After they sat there in silence, Amy finally decided to tell Sheldon about something she was worried about.
"Sheldon, remember that I told you that everything at the hospital went well?" Amy asked him with a little fear in her voice. She knew she could trust Sheldon now, but nonetheless, it was still nerve racking.
"Yes. Did something happen?" Sheldon asked with panic.
"No… well…" Amy hesitated.
"Amy… please." Sheldon pressured a little.
"There is still one test I'm waiting for the results." Amy said quietly.
"Okay… what is that test?" Sheldon asked.
"HIV." Amy said.
Sheldon gulped. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but after some thinking he knew how to reply.
"Whatever happens, we'll get through it together." He said and laid his hand over Amy's.
"Are you sure?" Amy asked with surprise.
"Absolutely." Sheldon said and squeezed her hand.
After that lunch, both Amy and Sheldon felt exhausted and decided to go home and spend the rest of the day in a much calming environment and doing relaxing things.
They went to Amy's apartment and watched some comedy shows, to distract them from their reality for a while.
A/N:
Thank you all for reading. once again, I have no intention of hurting someone with the story. it's an idea I've had for a long time and I found a way to write it. I would love to read your thoughts about it.