Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews,
Disclaimer Big Bang its characters belong to someone else. The story belongs to me, Congrats to Kaley Cuoco on her wedding to Ryan Sweeting
Present Day
"Can the Doc make house calls?"
Howard sat in the apartment, watching Sheldon lie there, he had called Raj and Bernadette to advise them of what had happened to Sheldon. Now he waited for the phone to ring hoping that the Doc would be able to see Sheldon.
Meanwhile at the hospital, Nurse Walker knocked on Doctor Wallace's door.
"Yes"
"Sorry to bother you"
"Anne what is the problem"
"Its Sheldon, it would seem he had a breakdown of sorts last night, Howard called and wondered if you could make a house call"
"Ok I will ring him shortly and be on my way, Anne, get Penny ready for a trip, I think she needs to come and see this"
"Ok"
Anne left the room and Louise looked up Penny's file for Howard mobile number.
"Howard here"
"This is Doctor Wallace"
"Great Doc, Sheldon seems to have flipped out last night"
"Ok well I am on my way and I am bringing Penny"
"The both families will be here in 45 minutes what should I do"
"Have them gather in Penny's Place, I need to deal with Sheldon with Penny, I know they will want to see him and help him but I need to see him first"
"Will do, I have told Raj and Bernadette so they will be able to explain the basics, when they get here I will direct them to the other apartment."
"Thank you Howard"
"See ya soon Doc"
Doctor Wallace hung up the phone and grabbed her bag and headed towards Penny's room, Nurse Walker handed her the necessary paperwork for Penny to go with her.
"Good Morning Penny" she said as she entered her room
"Morning Doc, any news on Sheldon"
"Yes but I need you to get changed into some clothes so we can take a trip to his apartment."
"WHAT HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO SHELDON"
"Penny calm down please, Sheldon it would seem went a little bit crazy last night, he worked himself to exhaustion, instead of bringing him here so we can all talk, I want us to go to him"
"Ok but he is alright"
"As far as I know he is, Howard is with him"
"Ok I will get dressed"
"Good, see Nurse Walker at the nurses station and I will get you there"
In about 15 minutes Penny and Dr Wallace were arriving at the apartment, they parked the car and entered the building. Penny sprinted ahead up the stairs but stopped at the fourth floor when Doctor Wallace asked her not to go straight in.
Doctor Wallace knocked and entered the apartment, Howard quickly rose to his feet and greeted her
"Hi Doc, Sheldon is just coming around"
"Good to see ya Penny, well I will wait outside and direct everyone to the other apartment"
"Good Morning Sheldon"
"Morning Moonpie"
"Huh oh Hello Doctor Wallace" Sheldon said still getting his bearings "PENNY" he shouted as he stumbled to his feet
"Sit down Sheldon please"
Penny wandered over to the whiteboards and took a look at all the notes, formulas and graphs, Doctor Wallace quickly scanned the boards and asked Sheldon "What are these all about"
"Huh"
"The white boards Sheldon"
"I could not sleep, too many thoughts in my mind, I needed to get it out and try to work it out"
"Did you succeed?"
"No"
"Sheldon did you do all this to work us out" Penny asked
"Yes I was seeking to prove that I would be the man that you need Penny"
"Sheldon" Doctor Wallace said taking one of the seats "Come and sit in your spot, Penny you too next to Sheldon"
Sheldon sat up and made himself comfortable, Penny left the whiteboards and made her way to the couch and sat down.
"Sheldon you cannot work out your relationship with Penny or anyone else by writing it down on the whiteboards"
"Given time and enough whiteboards I believe that I could"
"No you could not, you may be a one of the smartest men I know but emotions are not things that you can define"
"How so"
"Emotions are not uniform, each person feels things and relates to things differently, no two people are the same, we may have similar experiences but how we react to them is unique to who we are"
"I am listening"
"Ok tell us what you were feeling last night"
"I was feeling that I would fail Penny, that she would get bored with me, that she would seek someone more open than I am, that once she was healed she would move on or Leonard would come back and she would go back to him"
"Like Hell I would" said Penny
Sheldon turned to Penny "You may feel that way now but how do I know that in a few months of being with me that you would not go back to Leonard who was easier for you to get along with"
"I wouldn't Sheldon"
"Penny I think Sheldon has a valid point"
"He is wrong"
"Have you said before that it was over with Leonard and then gone back to him"
"Yes but that was different and a different time"
"Penny" Sheldon said "I am not an easy person to live with, I cannot be like Leonard and automatically be physical with you"
"Sheldon that is not important to me"
"But it has been in the past"
"Yes but I want something different"
"So Penny" Doctor Wallace said "You are wanting something different, so Sheldon would be like trying the grass on the other side of the fence"
"No I care for Sheldon, I love Sheldon"
"I do not doubt that, you are not getting my point, Penny I want you to listen, Sheldon please correct me if I am not conveying what you mean"
"In the past your relationships have had a sexual portion, sex is important to you, it is how you feel you need to express love"
"Maybe"
"Well in this relationship Sheldon is saying that at the moment, that he may not be able to perform that activity for you"
"I know that but I will wait for him"
"Penny" Sheldon said taking her hand "I am afraid that if I am not fast in opening up to that area of a relationship, you will seek it elsewhere"
"Oh"
"Penny do you have an answer for Sheldon"
"I can see that Sheldon would be frightened that I may seek someone or fall under Leonards spell, if he offered"
"Or you got drunk"
"Sheldon, that is something I will need your support, I am going to have to cut down my drinking, I do not believe I am an alcoholic but I admit my judgement is off when I drink to excess"
"Sheldon is that something you would like to support Penny to achieve"
"Yes, I would prefer she stopped all together but I would provide support as long as she would not hit me"
"Sheldon when have I hit you, oh yeah second thoughts do not answer that"
"Penny, can you honestly say that you will be able to stand being with me"
"Sheldon, I am going to get frustrated, annoyed with you because you are Sheldon, but I have realised something, it is because you are you that I love you and probably always have"
"I could not commit to Leonard" Penny continued "I could not commit because I wanted to be with you"
"Why?"
"You challenge me, you stand up to me, you go for what you want and never give anything less than you best, when I am with you I am better"
"But what can I offer you"
"Your love Sheldon, your unconditional love"
"Ok let's for a second deal with the ass in the room" Doctor Wallace asked
"Doctor Wallace there is no donkey in this room"
"Sheldon I think she means Leonard"
"Well why did she not say the ass known as Leonard"
"Sheldon!"
"Penny"
"Ok focus you two, Leonard seems to wield some significant influence over the both of you at the moment"
Sheldon and Penny looked at each other silently so Doc Wallace continued "He seems to have an effect not positive on you separately, though if you were together I do not think he would attempt to manipulate your relationship"
"I will concede that point"
"What we need to do is discuss how you are going to deal with the things that Leonard may throw your way, but first I think it would be good if you both went next door and mingled with your families"
"Ok"
"As this will be the first time for Penny going back to her old apartment, Penny if you feel uneasy, I want you to grab Sheldon's hand, if you need to leave both of you come back over this apartment"
"I should be fine Doc, I might be more shocked by how clean it is"
"Yes I do believe that Penny will have never seem her apartment so clean"
"I will go first as I want to let everyone know some ground rules, so it is a comfortable experience for both of you"
Doctor Wallace exited the apartment.
Penny turned to Sheldon
"Sheldon I am as afraid that we will hurt each other as you are"
"You are"
"Yes but we need to promise each other we will talk things through, that we will not stand by while the other is in pain and that above all no one not even Leonard can come between us"
"I will do my best"
"Sheldon in saying that I am even more convinced that we will succeed"
"I do not understand Penny"
"Sheldon, you doing your best, ensures success as you do not like to fail"
"Then I promise I will never fail to do my best"
"Thank you Sheldon"
The door open and the Doc stuck her head in. "Come on you two, there are two mothers wanting very much to hug their children.
Standing up, Penny and Sheldon held each other's hand and went toward the door, suddenly Penny stopped turned to Sheldon, leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"Penny"
"For the future Moonpie, and for luck"
Sheldon went to explain that there is no such thing as luck but he stopped himself. He smiled and they left the apartment to join their family and friends.
