Penny knew Sheldon was avoiding her. It had been three days since he had eaten at her apartment and he hadn't spoken to her once, nor had he been at the Cheesecake Factory. It felt like she had just moved into the apartment and she knew no body in the building. Switching on the TV and eating out of the tub of ice cream, she let her feelings be drowned out by the distraction of the horror movie that was on.

'No, don't do that! If you go in the bathroom you'll be killed! Don't go in there you idiot!' She yelled at her TV but as predicted the girl on the tv went into the bathroom and screamed as the masked figure jumped out with a chainsaw.

Knock knock knock

'AHHHH!' Penny screamed at precisely the same time the character on the television did, however the tv character ended up being sawed to death, her body landing in the bathtub. Her heart pounding and her hands trembling, she turned off the movie and opened the door to the apartment to see Amy and Bernadette standing in her doorway.

'Hi bestie,' Amy smiled and Penny smiled. In truth she had been hoping to hear "Penny" come after those three knocks.

'Heya.'

'We heard screaming, are you ok?'

'Yes, I was just watching a horror movie alone and you knocked on the door in the height of suspense and scared the life out of me. Come in, come in,' Penny stepped aside to let Amy and Bernadette walk in. Penny picked up her ice cream, sat down and began to eat it again.

'So we haven't heard from you in a couple of days so we came to check if you were ok,' Bernadette said softly in her high squeaky voice and Penny shrugged.

'I've been busy I guess and I just wanted some alone time to you know, indulge myself in ice cream and stuff that makes me feel good. Leonard cheated on me and I will never forgive him for it. Knowing that every night he comes home and sleeps less than 50 meters away from me just bums me out.' Penny half lied. She had wanted to be alone, but the real truth was that it wasn't because of Leonard. She no longer cared what Leonard did, as far as she was concerned his existence wasn't valid to her. She sought solace because she was still upset over Sheldon's reactions. It was Wednesday today and tonight was Halo Night and/or a trip to the comic book store night, so it meant all 4 boys would be over.

'You know, you can talk to us Penny… we don't bite,' Amy smiled, sitting beside Penny. Penny hugged her friend and smiled.

'Thank you Ames.'

'I'll put the kettle on,' Bernadette said, going over to the kitchenette.

'So I suppose I should ask the big question, how is it going with Burt?'

'It's actually going really well. He doesn't belittle my work, he actually takes an interest in it and he told me the reason as to why he insulted Sheldon in Klingon, actually I would hardly say it was insulting.'

'Really now? What was it?'

'Whilst we were in the bathroom, they were talking about Star Trek and they got into a tiff about who was a bigger fan. Sheldon said only true fans could speak Klingon and then apparently they had a Klingoff.'

'A Klingoff?'

'It's like a playoff… but with Klingon,' Amy sighed and Penny shook her head.

'Wow you really know how to choose them…' she muttered.

'Do you want sugar in your tea Penny?' Bernadette called.

'Two please.'

'Amy, what about you?'

'None for me thanks Bernadette, I'm sweet enough,' Amy laughed, turning her attention back to Penny, 'Anyway, I have come to my decision about my predicament with Sheldon.'

'Oh?'

'It's over between us. I mean, Sheldon didn't even care I was with another man when we saw each other on Sunday. Sheldon won't marry me, nor will he have children with me through coital relations. We're better off as friends I think. He can't give me what I want but Burt… he's sweet and he's funny, he holds my hand willingly, he doesn't care what we eat or where we go, he drives and he's taken me out every evening since Sunday… I think I'll be happier with him.'

'I'm happy for you Amy, truly I am,' Penny hugged her friend again.

'Now to break it off with Sheldon,' Amy smiled and Penny nodded.

'When will you do it?'

'I was going to do it now, because at least if it does cause him pain he can come to you and cry.'

'Sheldon. Cry? I highly doubt that Ames.' Penny laughed as she accepted the tea Bernadette handed her.

'He might, you never know.' Bernadette smiled, 'I'm not sure Sheldon knows the meaning of romance to be honest.'

'Actually I think that people assume it's a mystery to him but secretly he knows that its chemistry is in fact very simple, yet also very destructive. I'll bet he can be extremely romantic when he wants to be,' Penny said, mimicking what Sheldon had said to her back at the restaurant, 'He's clever, handsome, kind, caring but he just doesn't like to show it! And I hate it when people judge him like that!' There was a little bitterness added to her tone of voice and both Amy and Bernadette picked up on this and looked at each other. Amy decided not to say anything but stood up instead.

'I'm going to go over there now, I'll be back in a bit,' Amy said before exiting the apartment.

'Alright Penny, tell me the truth… now.' Bernadette said softly.

'What are you on about?' Penny laughed nervously, only to be met with a raised eyebrow from Bernadette.

'Do you have feelings for Sheldon?'

'What? No!' Penny cried and Bernadette raised her eyebrow again and looked at her in disbelief.

'Penny…'

'OK fine, I confess... I like him, I like him a lot.' Penny sighed, 'and he likes me too, he said so himself on Sunday. I don't know if I did something wrong but I tried to reach out to him on an emotional level, saying I wanted to spend more time with him and he just clamped up and ran. He's been avoiding me since. I don't want to go over there for the fear of bumping into Leonard and also I don't want to push him into something where he'll be uncomfortable.'

'Do you think you'll get together after he and Amy split?'

'I don't know… I've been contemplating the idea of a relationship with him but we're so different. I don't know if we'd work, plus Amy is one of my closest friends, Leonard and Sheldon live together… would it work?'

'Well, you just have to try. If you don't take the risk, you'll never know and it might be something you end up regretting for the rest of your life.'

Amy opened the door to apartment 4A, walking in on the guys playing Halo.

'I can't even imagine the backwards logic you used to rationalise shooting that corpse… he was already dead!' Leonard said, swigging beer from a bottle. Sheldon scoffed, shooting more enemies

'Well if I'd shot a live person and they happened to be on our team, there'd be a lot more paperwork.' He said.

She still couldn't see how they were all still friends with Leonard seeing as to what he had done to Penny, however they were men. They were from another planet and to be honest, she wasn't sure she even wanted to know, especially when it came to walking in on a random mid conversation.

'Sheldon? May I speak with you?' Amy asked.

'One minute Amy, let me finish this level—AHHH come on! Die!' Sheldon screamed at the television, 'Oh yes! Told you I'd win… cough up the cash Wolowitz! I am an ace at Halo.' Sheldon stated smugly and held his hand out as Wolowitz reluctantly forked out a 20 dollar bill from his pocket and handed it over.

'Your smugness is such an attractive quality Sheldon.' Howard said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

'Thank you; it was either that or getting my hair highlighted. I find that smugness is easier to maintain.' Sheldon pocketed the money and gave his koala face.

'I was being sarcastic Sheldon.' Wolowitz rolled his eyes and Amy followed suit.

'Sheldon, can I have that word now… in private'.

Sheldon sighed and put the console controllers down, 'Alright,' he said and they both made their way to his room.

'Sheldon, I'm not going to beat about the bush. I wish to terminate the relationship agreement.'

'You do?' Sheldon asked, finding himself a little surprised but not dismayed.

'Yes, I think we have drifted apart these last few months and I have met someone else that I wish to embark on a romantic relationship with. I hope we can remain friends.'

'Ofcourse, I wish you well Amy. Though, let me find the relationship agreement so we can both sign it. That way we acknowledge that we are no longer in an intimate relationship.' Sheldon said, getting up and bringing out the relationship agreement.

'You're taking this extremely well,' Amy said and Sheldon shrugged.

'Upon reflection on recent events, I know and understand that I cannot give you what you want. Thus this makes your decision perfectly viable and I agree with you. I also must confess that I too have found someone I wish to try connecting with on a romantic level. Therefore it seems logical that we end our understanding of one another,' Sheldon said, laying out the document on his bedside table. Both of them signed it and Amy smiled at her former boyfriend turned friend.

'I'm happy we can remain friends,' Amy smiled and Sheldon nodded.

'Indeed. Good luck with this man you wish to date, Amy. He's very lucky to have someone like you,' Sheldon said softly. Amy grinned at Sheldon as she opened his bedroom door.

'Thank you Sheldon,' she smiled and as Sheldon turned around to file the document away, she chuckled to herself, 'oh and Sheldon?'

'Yes?' he looked around to look at her.

'Good luck with Penny.'

Awww so Amy figured it out :] Well 11 chapters in and Amy and Sheldon have finally split amicably in order to make room for some Shenny! Thank you so much for your reviews, we've made it past 100, let's keep it going! Next Chapter should be up tomorrow hopefully, just got to make some tweaks to it. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think! xx