Bernadette knocked again a little louder this time. It was early so they might still be asleep but she had to come see Amy before work this morning after what Penny had texted her late last night. Bernadette had been just about to fall asleep last night after enjoying a rare evening alone with her husband since the kids were at her mom's and Stuart was at Denise's place when she heard her phone.

"Who could that be?" she asked. "It's Penny" she said to Howard. Howard didn't move. He had already fallen asleep after their lovemaking. He may have overdid it a little what with not having to worry about the kids interrupting them.

She read Penny's text. "Sheldon and Amy had a big fight! He left her! He's at our place. I'm with Amy. Call me in the morning!"

"WHAT HAPPENED?" Bernadette texted back.

"Amy kept a secret from him and he freaked!" Penny texted.

"What secret?" texted Bernadette.

"Last summer, she didn't tell him that this guy kissed her when she was in New Jersey" Penny texted.

"WTF?" texted Bernadette.

"Sorry, can't give details now. Call me tomorrow" read the last text.

"K" Bernadette texted.

She put down her phone. She could not believe what Penny had said. Some guy kissed Amy and Sheldon left her! But they were newlyweds. Oh, this was just like Penny and Leonard all over again. Well, let's hope that Amy and Sheldon get over their fight as quickly as Penny and Leonard did when they got married.

Bernadette knew she should try to get some sleep. She had to get up for work tomorrow. Why did Halloween have to fall on a weekday this year? she thought with a sigh. She remembered she would have a little more time in the morning since she didn't have to get the kids ready for daycare. Perfect, she thought. I'm not going to call Penny in the morning. I'm going over there, she decided.


And that's how she ended up on Amy's doorstep at 7:00 in the morning knocking on the door. After the third knock, the door opened and a sleepy Penny was standing there in her robe.

"Hey Bernie" she said with a yawn.

"How's Amy" Bernadette asked.

"Still sleeping, I think. I finally got her to sleep around 3:00" Penny said.

"Okay, so tell me exactly what happened?" Bernadette said coming in to sit on Penny's make shift bed on the couch.

Penny closed the door quietly and started to make her way to the kitchen. "Okay but first I need coffee".

"Done" Bernadette said as she handed Penny a to-go cup of coffee.

"Thank you, Bernie. Bless you" she said as she took a sip. "Ah," Penny said and looked at her friend who was waiting patiently. "Okay, so the last week that Amy was at Princeton last summer she worked with a marine biologist named Steve. He was at the party last night. He was the one dressed as Thor, remember?"

"Sure, huge gorgeous guy, yep I remember go on" she said.

"So apparently one night after work he asked Amy to dinner. They went out, had some drinks and he took her home and kissed her. Amy said he apologized right away and she accepted his apology. She said she hadn't talked with him or seen him again until last night when he showed up at Stuart's party." Penny finished.

"Wow. Okay that's not too bad. But she didn't tell Sheldon about it, right?" Bernie asked.

"Right. She called me the day after it happened and we talked about it. I told her to just tell him right away and she said she would but she didn't. She also begged me to not tell anyone. She made me swear. I wanted to tell you but I didn't even tell Leonard" Penny said with a sincere look of apology.

"No, I understand. It's fine" Bernadette said. What she couldn't say was that she understood because she had kept the secret from Penny years ago about Leonard kissing another women while he was away at sea on his expedition. She had no room to judge Penny for keeping Amy's secret.

"But she told Sheldon last night after the party?" she asked.

"She did" said Penny. "He was understandably upset but Bernie, he told Amy that he couldn't stay married to her. He told her he didn't trust her and he left her. He left her!" Penny said angrily. "How could it do that do her?" she asked.

"I don't know" Bernadette said. And then she had a thought. "Amy didn't kiss him back, did she? I'm mean did she have feelings for this guy? Does she still?" she asked.

Penny was quiet for a moment. "Honestly Bernie, I'm not sure. Amy told me the kiss meant nothing and I can't believe she would ever cheat on Sheldon. But I feel I like there is more to the story. Something that she is not telling me."

"And now that I think about it, I saw the way she looked at this Dr. Steve guy last night and well, it's how she used to look at Sheldon. You know, like when he was the best thing in the world. Like he could do no wrong. Remember?" Penny asked.

Bernadette did remember. For all of the teasing she gave Amy over the years about her relationship with Sheldon, her utter devotion to him was the something she envied about them. Amy adored Sheldon. Or at least she used to. "I remember" she told Penny. She had another thought.

"Penny. If you noticed how Amy was looking at this man, do you think that Sheldon noticed it too?" she asked.

Penny hadn't thought of that. If he had noticed it and then Amy told him that this man she was fawning over kissed her last summer, well maybe it made a little more sense that Sheldon would react the way he did.

"It's very possible he did" she said.

"What are we going to do about them?" Bernadette asked with a grave look of concern.

"I don't know" Penny admitted. "But we have to do something."

Bernadette agreed. "Are you coming in to work today?" she asked.

"No, I'm going to stay with Amy. Can you tell everyone for me?" Penny asked.

"Sure" she said. "Listen, call me with any updates, okay. And tell Amy to call me when she wakes up."

"I will" Penny promised and walked her to the door, quietly closing it behind her.

Bernadette turned to start walking towards the stairs but stopped to stare at Apartment 4A. She couldn't help but remember all of the wonderful times they had as a group sharing meals together there. If Sheldon and Amy split up, then… she didn't want to think about the implications that would have on everyone. Not to mention the devastation her friend would suffer. Amy did not deserve that even if she was a little confused about her feelings. She loved Sheldon. She had the patience of a saint when it came to him. They were made for each other. She had to help them fix this, she thought. She already started formulating a plan as she headed down the stairs to start her workday.