Chapter 21
a/n *Hey guys(: Sorry for the wait, I know the last chapter was pretty short… by the way, #fb means Flashback and #p means Present. And if it's just # it's basically like switching scenes or POV's.I was just really lazy and I figured that was a lot of typing, then again, explaining it requires more typing… ah whatever. Please enjoy(:
#fb "Why can't we just have that again?" Amy asked patiently. Sheldon swallowed. He really didn't have an answer for her. He began thinking of possible answers to tell her in his head, but those would most likely result in her being mad at him yet again. He basically had 2 options; don't say anything at all (which would probably upset her) or…admit…there was a question that he…didn't…have an answer too. Sighing, he turned slightly so he was on an angle from Amy.
"I…don't…know…" he practically whispered to her. She was silent for quite some time and he began to think that she had no intention of replying. By this time, it was nearing the later part of the night and Sheldon was exhausted. He waited several more seconds and when Amy was still silent, he opened his mouth to tell her he planned on going to sleep but she spoke first.
"Sheldon," she said, about a fraction of a second before he said "Amy," and they stared at each other, eyes wide and shy smiles.
"You go first." Sheldon told her quietly, secretly relieved that he may have avoided an argument if he would have told he wished to go to bed.
"Are you sure?" Amy asked, surprised. Sheldon nodded gently and Amy's shy smile turned even shyer, if possible.
"Sheldon," she began and he turned his full attention to her, slightly nervous as to what she planned to say.
"Do you think that maybe…we could possibly…" Amy's cheeks turned bright red and she glanced down, avoiding his gaze. Sheldon displayed his confusion on his face in a slight frown.
"What do you mean?" He asked, truly confused but curious nonetheless.
"Maybe…we could…you know…" "Amy," Sheldon said firmly. "Get back together…" Amy finished quietly, her heart pounding. The frown on Sheldon's face deepened.
"Get back together? What on Earth do you mean?" He asked, moving closer to her. She smiled lightly to herself, amused at Sheldon's child-like behavior. "Get back together Sheldon." Amy said, slightly more confident. "I wish to be your girlfriend again." "Oh." Sheldon replied, his frown turning into a strait line. "I see."
Amy's nerves began to build up once again. Did he not want this? She couldn't even bring herself to look at him once she asked him, afraid she would get rejected. What followed was silence, a think, heavy silence that seemed to mock Amy, setting her up for rejection. "Amy," Sheldon finally said. She managed to move her gaze up to him, and she decided to study his reaction.
Unfortunately, his expression was emotionless. After a moment, Amy brought her eyes to his and she could have sworn she saw a glimmer of happiness in his eyes. It was gone just as quickly as it had come and Amy was left wondering if she had seen it at all. Their eye contact lasted for what seemed like several minutes before Sheldon broke it and cleared his throat. "Amy," he said was a small smile on his face. Amy glanced curiously at him, a goofy creeping onto her face as well. "Yes," she asked, looking up at him. "I'd be more than happy to."
#p As Amy finished writing in her journal about what had happened the previous day, her phone went off. She lightly smiled to herself upon re-reading her last sentence, still re-living the events she had written, before she moved to retrieve her phone. Glancing at her screen, she saw that the text was from Sheldon.
"Amy, first of all, I'd like to know if you have cleared a day to be able to come over so we can re-write and re-establish the Relationship Agreement? Just let me know when. Also, I'd like to thank you for last night, as it was a very productive night and I have found myself…missing your company…over the time that we were not in contact. Back to a general topic, Penny's over with Bernadette and they are having a girl's night and wondered if you wanted to come. Actually, one of the reasons I was so ecstatic about testing you was because I…" Amy was up and out of her chair, grabbing her purse; her phone still on the chair, with the end of Sheldon's text, unread and blinking at the ceiling.
# "Amy?" Sheldon asked, surprised. He quickly made sure that Penny and Bernadette were distracted and made his way over to her and leaned in, inches away from her ear. "Can we go out in the hallway for a second?" he asked.
"Of course we can Sheldon." Amy whispered back. Sheldon pulled away and flashed her a small smile before turning to Penny and Bernadette who were stood in the kitchen and said to them "Amy and I will be right back, then you three can have your girls' night."
Then he turned, ready to go out the door with Amy when he quickly turned back to them. "And please, refrain from consuming too much alcohol. Thank you." With that, he walked out the door with Amy, closing it behind him. He missed Penny and Bernadette rolling there eyes at him.
"So, do you think they got back together yet?" Bernadette asked. "It sure looks like it." Penny replied. Even Amy thought she looked completely emotionless, Penny could actually tell she was really happy. Sheldon was even happier too. They didn't even have to call his mom this time, he fixed it himself. "I wonder what they're talking about out there." Penny wondered out loud.
"Penny," Bernadette said gently, sipping at her wine. "We shouldn't be assuming things about them. It's just not… fair to them I guess." "Yeah, yeah, I mean you're right. I shouldn't be assuming things. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Amy tells us later." Penny told her.
"You really think she's going to do that?" Bernadette asked curiously. "I mean, sure what she and Sheldon are talking about if what they consider 'intimate'. I just don't see her sharing that kind of stuff with us." "If we get her drunk enough then she might." "Penny, stop that." Bernadette said.
"We're not going to force Amy to tell us anything. If she chooses to tell us, well then that's on her. You know how we always share stuff about our relationships?" she asked. "Well, yeah," Penny replied. "But do we ever talk about the…private…stuff?" she asked. Penny thought for a moment, and then pursed her lips. "Well, I guess not…" she said, slightly unsure of her words.
"Exactly, It's completely up to her what she tell us about it, if she tells us anything." Bernadette's tone was firm and Penny knew she was not going to budge on this. "Fine." Penny muttered under her breath, downing the rest of her wine.
# "Amy," he said quietly "What happened?" Amy's expression turned to one of puzzlement and she furrowed her brow, deeply in thought. "What do you mean?" she asked, confusion dripping from her voice,
"Amy, I sent you a text at exactly 5:57 PM, expecting a reply shortly after, as you said all you were doing was watching your monkey. Instead, I received no reply." He looked extremely devastated and Amy's confusion was still quite evident and she said "I'm sorry I didn't reply to your text Sheldon."
Sheldon still looked quite upset. "Amy, I spent 10 minutes writing that text. I poured my feelings out and you ignored it." Hurt was extremely present in his voice and Amy suddenly felt awful. When she didn't reply, Sheldon's eyes grew wide.
"You mean…you didn't read my text?" he asked, now more curious than hurt. "I'm sorry Sheldon." Amy stated sheepishly, looking at the ground, as if she was a kid getting in trouble. Sheldon wasn't sure why but seeing her that upset made his stomach hurt.
"I had read your text and read the part about last night and skimmed over the part about the girl's night. I figured that you didn't want to have everybody in your apartment and I didn't want to keep them waiting so I got ready and hurried over here." In my process of leaving, I must have left my phone at home." Amy stated.
"Well, despite you having to hurry getting ready… I happen to find your appearance today…very pleasing…" Sheldon was blushing like crazy, his expression turning softer.
"Amy," he said gently before she had time to reply to what he was said. "It's okay. It's just, when I texted you and you didn't respond, I assumed the worst." Amy felt terrible to have put Sheldon through that. "The worst?" She asked.
"Sheldon only nodded, his gaze on Amy's arm. "I'm just glad you're okay." he said softly. Then, he moved in closer to her, closing the gap between them. He proceeded to wrap his arms around his tightly –not like his usually loose hugs- and he stood there, unmoving, for a split second, before abruptly pulling away from her and clearing his throat.
"Well, that's enough of that." He said in a cracked voice. He moved around the hallway awkwardly, obviously trying to hide his little member's excitement from her. She never missed anything when it came to Sheldon.
"Shall we?" he asked formally, gesturing to the door. A confused Amy smiled back up to him and nodded gently before moving to the door, in front of him to save him the embarrassment. Within seconds, Amy had wiped the smile off her face and replaced it with her usual emotionless look. She hoped, if anything, she would not attract any unnecessary attention from her Bestie.
"Hey Ames," Penny greeted her from her spot in the kitchen, a half-filled wine glass in her hand. "Hi Bestie," Amy replied in a neutral tone.
"Ooh, Ames, look at you! You're glowing! What did Sheldon do to you?" Penny was only teasing but Bernadette had been firm and she glared at Penny from across the room. Penny was grinning nonetheless and Amy blushed but attempted to hide her face from further teasing. Sheldon had walked strait to the bathroom from the door way, uninterested in the girls' conversation. What he didn't know was that Bernadette had spotted his little member's excitement, but chose not to say anything. She was waiting for the right time-if ever.
"I'm just teasing you." Penny joked, moving to Amy and wrapping an arm around her shoulder, squeezing it lightly. "It's quite alright Bestie." Amy replied quietly, wishing she were with Sheldon instead of going for a girls' night. Meanwhile, in the bathroom Sheldon was hunched over, sitting on the toilet with his head in his hands, breathing heavy.
"Dear Lord," He muttered to himself several times. Looking down at himself, he groaned. Earlier in the year, he had dealt with this exact thing and in the many years that he had been alive he never had to deal with this more than twice a year. The year was only ¾ of the way over. One more time and he couldn't say that anymore. Sighing, Sheldon stood up and started the shower, making sure it was really cold before stepping in.
"Really Sheldon?" Raj mumbled from Leonard's room. "You pick now to take a shower?" "Relax Raj," Howard breathed. "The longer he takes, the longer I have to make sure I get this thing right." "Yeah," Leonard added. "And the longer the girls will have to wait. I recommend not going through with this if Bernadette isn't very happy with you." Howard rolled his eyes at him.
"The thought never occurred to me." He muttered. "What's exactly keeping them from going right now?" Raj asked in a curious tone. "I asked Penny through text the other day if she would bring Bernadette here today for a while and stall her." Howard replied, busily shuffling through the many papers laid out in front of him, studying them.
"Is that why Penny made such a big deal about making sure that Amy came with them for their girls' night, just to stall Bernadette?" Leonard asked. "I believe so," Howard replied.
"Why?" Sheldon quietly asked himself. He was getting dressed in the bathroom, his little member finally asleep, when he heard Leonard and Howard's conversation through the wall. He was frustrated, steaming with anger. He had put up with every single one of Howard's disgusting girlfriends, and even Bernadette, why couldn't he put up with Amy?
"Sheldon," Leonard called from the living room. "Yes Leonard?" He answered in his usual expressionless tone. "Are you done?" He asked. "Why should it concern you?" Sheldon retorted, now irritated. "Because we have an announcement and we'd hate for you to miss it."
"What kind of announcement?"
"An important one,"
"I don't buy it."
"Sheldon, just come out here!" Leonard snapped.
"In that case," Sheldon pondered, I'm just brushing my teeth. I will be out afterward." He said dryly. Leonard then moved back to his room, closing the door tightly behind him. "Okay guys," he said. "It's time," and nodding, Howard moved into the living room slowly, Raj following closely behind him. They were only in the living room for a few minutes, talking to the girls, when Sheldon entered.
"Okay Leonard, I'm here. What's the big announcement?" he asked, rather loudly. Bernadette looked completely confused and Howard and Leonard simultaneously glared at him before Leonard said "Don't ask me, ask Howard." All eyes turned to Howard and he felt his breath hitch. Sheldon saw Howard and Raj glance at each other, almost as if to reassure one another, before Howard slightly nodded and shifted his gaze to Bernadette.
"Bernadette Rostenkowski," he said, dropping to one knee. "Will you marry me?" he boldly asked. In the corner stood Raj, silently weeping to himself, wishing that could have been him.
a/n *Sorry that chapter took a while, I'm also sorry if it's bad, or if there's any grammar errors. I tried. I got somebody else to help edit it too, Thanks Samuelandcandy(: Reviews would be nice and than you to everybody who reads this, you make my life better(: Next chapter should be up by Friday!