Love all the reviews guys! You really are encouraging me to write and write! The longer the reviews the faster I write!
To all of those faithful reviewers who were glad Sheldon didn't forget his friends,
"Of course he wouldn't forget them, he has an eidetic memory." *cue condescension*.
Disclaimer from previous chapters applies.
(Amy)
Amy clicked the door shut of her new apartment that had two bedrooms and a decent sized living room (the important thing was that it was in her price range), after having a mini panic attack in Penny's house at hearing the news that Sheldon was less than 24 hours away from re-entering her life she was exhausted and put the twins straight to bed before going to take a hot shower.
In the shower, memories started to flood into her mind about moments with Sheldon. He had suggested one time that she stay over and they had spent the night cuddling in bed, no talking but listening to the silence and being content with it. Amy found herself smiling at what were the best memories of her life with Sheldon.
(Sheldon)
He sat in the plane staring out the window, even though visibility was close to zero. His mind wandered to the day he left, to completing his life's work and to Amy.
He could never bring himself to call her, said he was busy and nothing worth telling her had happened to him, he regretted it. She probably moved on…
He regretted leaving her behind and indulging himself into his work when she gave him everything she had to give.
(The next day)
Amy woke up to the sunlight coming into her room; the day was going to be happy and bright, unlike her. She was so nervous that she didn't eat breakfast but only prepared it for the twins. She carried on with her daily routine as she had specifically asked for a day off from her job at UCLA.
When the time to go to Penny's came, she was so nervous she was about to throw up any minute, she got Marie and Tyler into their respective car seats and left for Penny's, she arrived there at 6:00 on the dot.
"Hey Amy," Penny said a look on concern on her face, "Penny!" the twins gurgled happily as they hung on her legs.
"Hi guys!" Penny said smiling and walking into the house with the twins hand in hand, "Why don't you go and play with your toys, huh?" Penny said pointing to a box of toys.
"Yay!" the twins squealed and ran towards it. Penny however turned to face Amy who was pale and trembling, "Amy, sweetie, are you okay?" Penny said putting a hand on Amy's forehead, "Amy, oh my god, you're burning up! Come with me, let's go upstairs." Penny said guiding a silent Amy up the stairs, "Here lie down and get some rest," Amy did as she was told because she was finding it hard to stay standing and she felt her stomach doing backflips, "Here, take this, it will help the temperature go down." Penny said handing Amy two tablets and a glass of water, Amy took it graciously.
"Just relax, everything is going to be okay, I promise," Penny said rubbing Amy's back, "I'm going to check on the twins," she continued whilst getting up.
"Thanks Penny" Amy finally spoke, her voice shaky. "That's alright sweetie, you just rest." Penny said leaving the guest room and shutting the door.
Amy was left alone with her thoughts, her mind made up different scenarios about what Sheldon was going to say and a large part of her wanted to jump out of the window and run away.
Slowly, her eyes closed.
(Sheldon)
He had just greeted Leonard and was currently in his car. He was currently describing his newly born son.
"He looks just like Penny, but we agreed to disagree because she thinks he looks just like me but then-" Leonard was cut off by Sheldon.
"As much as I am enjoying your detailed description of your life, I really think it is unnecessary as I will be seeing him in person when we arrive at your house." Sheldon said matter-of-factly, Leonard just rolled his eyes.
"Same old Sheldon" Leonard said smiling.
"Well of course, what did you expect? That I morphed into a creature of different species? Really Leonard your tendency to state the obvious has me jaded." Sheldon said, condescension scribbled all over his facial features. Suddenly Sheldon looked down at his lap and started to fidget with his fingers as if mulling something over.
"You okay there, buddy?" Leonard said confused by his ex-roommate's body language.
"Leonard, have you spoken to Amy recently?" Sheldon said quietly looking directly into Leonard's brown eyes. This time however, it was Leonard who kept his gaze fixed on the road; he could feel Sheldon burning holes into the side of his head with his stare.
Leonard cleared his throat loudly before starting, "Umm, well during the 4 years that you were gone, I may have seen… or may not have seen… the person you are referring to… with a lot… or minimal frequency, it really depended on… work." Leonard was trying to divert the conversation from its current topic.
Sheldon had his eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "What? Leonard what are you saying?"
"Umm, work has been very tough these last few years, loads of experiments to carry out and just recently I was offered the position of head experimental physicist at Caltech." Leonard said grinning and looking at his best friend for the first time.
Sheldon snorted haughtily and said "Then they surely ran out of options."
Leonard glared at him and they rode in silence for the rest of the journey.
It was half an hour until they arrived home. Leonard took Sheldon's bags and currently they were both standing at the door of the Hofstadter residence, Leonard fiddling with the keys and Sheldon folding his arms impatiently, just then however, Penny appeared in the doorway.
"Moonpie!" Penny said hugging Sheldon tightly.
"Penny cease and desist from such frivolous behaviour this instant. Who knows what germs your procreation has transferred to you and now to me," Sheldon said pulling away and taking hand sanitizer out from his ever-present messenger bag.
"Same old Sheldon" Penny said causing Sheldon to look at Leonard and roll his eyes in annoyance.
The three friends walked in and only then did it occur to Penny that the twins, Sheldon's children, were in the kitchen sipping some juice.
"Umm you know what Sheldon let me show you to your room." Penny said quickly pulling Sheldon along the corridor, when she remembered that Amy was currently in the guest bedroom, she stopped suddenly in her tracks causing Sheldon to knock into her.
"Penny?" Sheldon said irritation in his blue gaze.
"On the other hand, let's just stay right here in the living room, yes that's right." She said pushing Sheldon into the living room. "Just take a seat, I'm going to get you a drink. Come on Leonard." She said to her husband who had been looking at his wife as if she had grown two heads.
When they arrived at the kitchen, realisation dawned on Leonard. The twins were sitting at the table drinking juice from their juice boxes whilst playing with miniature toys on the table.
"Leonard what are we going to do? Amy is upstairs because she seriously looked like she was going to pass out and Sheldon is in the living room and here are their children!" Penny said quickly.
"Shhhhhh! Sheldon has Vulcan hearing, be quiet!" Leonard said frantically. Just then Sheldon walked into the kitchen and Penny and Leonard froze.
"Penny it just occurred to me that you didn't ask for my preference of beverage-" he stopped talking as he noticed his friends' panicked features.
Suddenly Tyler got up off the table and said "Thanks, Aunt Penny!"
But Tyler was so distracted with his toys that he walked straight into Sheldon's long legs, "Oww!" Tyler said rubbing his forehead and looking up at Sheldon.
As soon as Sheldon looked at the boy in front of him, he was perplexed. The boy had those eyes; the same eyes that made him lose all control and give in to her demands.
Tyler who had started to whimper just after he hit Sheldon now started to cry full on. Sheldon panicked, he didn't know what to do but he couldn't bear to see those eyes shed tears so he did the unthinkable.
Slowly, he bent down and picked up the small boy, at this Penny and Leonard's eyes bugged out so much that it was lucky they didn't fall out.
"I'm sorry about that, what's your name?" Sheldon said still looking deep into his eyes, he felt a strong connection with this boy, but he didn't understand why, usually he was repulsed by children.
"My name is Tyler Robert Fowler-Cooper."