Chapter 6
[Flashback 2 Years Ago]
Sheldon and Amy sat in silence. Amy had broken the news to Sheldon a few nights ago that she was being offered a job in Sweden under a 2-year contract. Unable to look at Sheldon, she asked "So what do you think, should I take the offer." Trying to push away the hurt he was feeling at the possibility of Amy leaving, he thought to himself. It would be unfair of him to ask her not to go, if he had been in the same situation in his career he knew Amy would want him to stop at nothing at achieving the Nobel Prize. Sheldon wanted to ask Amy to stay, but he couldn't. Instead he recited back to Amy the sentence he's practiced over and over in his head, "This is an opportunity of a life time, and you'll be working with the worlds top scientist in your field. Of course you should go." Amy fought back the tears, it made sense for her to go but the thought of being without Sheldon destroyed her inside. She didn't want to be one of those girls that through away there career for a guy, but he wasn't any ordinary guy, he was Sheldon Lee Cooper.
A few days later, Amy walked up to apartment 4A and knocked on the door. Leonard answered; "Hi Amy" and he pushed the door open to let her in. Sheldon sat at his desk staring off into space. "Ill give you two some privacy", Leonard said as he walked back towards his bedroom. Sheldon unable to look at Amy asked, "All packed and ready to go?" It was a rhetorical question, he already new the answer. Amy hesitantly walked over to Sheldon's desk and stared down at the papers he was holding in his hands. "What's going to happen to us Sheldon?" Sheldon looked up at Amy, forcing a smile on his face, "Were going to be fine, we went through this, no matter how many different ways we looked at it, the most logical thing to do is for you further your career in Sweden."
Sheldon and Amy had talked about it extensively the night before, regarding what would happen to their relationship. They both concluded that the most logical thing would be to terminate their relationship. Amy felt that it would have been unfair to put Sheldon in a long distance relationship for such a long period of time. Amy remembered back to the stories Sheldon would tell her about how Leonard had a tough time with Priya being in India. Sheldon also agreed that it would make logical sense to terminate their relationship, as they both would be very busy with Amy doing extensive research in Sweden and Sheldon being busy with his research in String Theory. Amy checked the time, "I better get going. My cab is waiting to take me to the airport." Standing up at his desk, "Last order of business" Sheldon started as he swallowed the lump in his throat, "I Sheldon Lee Cooper in agreement with Amy Farrah Fowler declare our relationship terminated from this day forward." With those words, Sheldon tore up the relationship agreement he held in his hands and dumped it in the trash next to his desk. Amy unable to hold back the tears any longer headed for the door. Amy had one hand on the doorknob, "Sheldon, are we doing the right thing?" Sheldon walked over to Amy and leaned against the door, "Logically… yes…" Amy took one last look at Sheldon and stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek to say goodbye.
[Present Day]
Amy only had a few days left before she had to decide whether or not she was going to sign a 5-year research contract in Sweden. Pulling out the contents of her mailbox she flipped through bills and a few periodical journals, out of the corner of her eye she seen a bright red card. She pulled the postcard out from within the stack of mail and examined it. The post card displayed a superhero with a bright red suit on with a lightning bold going across the front. Knowing immediately who it was from she flipped the post card over to read the message, "Amy, congratulations on your publication in Neuron! If you are ever find yourself in Pasadena, I owe you a celebration dinner." At the bottom of the postcard it was signed, Sheldon Lee Cooper B.S, M.A, Ph.D, Sc.D smiling from ear to ear, Amy ran upstairs to her flat.
Pulling a thumbtack out of her desk drawer, Amy added her newest postcard to her bedroom wall. Staring at her collections of postcards and thinking back to her life before going to Sweden. Amy stood there for a few minutes before making up her mind. Pulling her suitcase out from underneath the bed, she started filling it up with clothes. Amy decided that she was going to spend that last few days she had left before having to turn in her decision to Dr. Adalstein, visiting her friends in Pasadena.
Leonard's eyes shot open and the sound of the telephone ringing. Putting on his glasses he glanced at the clock that read 3:00 am. "Who in the world is calling at this ungodly hour?" Leonard spoke to himself as he got out of bed. Stumbling towards the phone Leonard picked up and let out a groggy hello. Sheldon also awakened by the sound of the telephone, walked over to Leonard and asked, "Who is it?" Without saying a word Leonard simply handed the phone over to Sheldon. Putting the phone against his ear Sheldon said, "Hello….Amy!"