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The hug lasted longer than everyone thought it would. Penny was trying not to cry but tears came anyway. She wasn't sure she was crying because Leonard had just lost his mom and his sadness made her sad or if it was due to the fact that she and Beverly started to get closer in the past year. She realized that she was hugging him for too long when her clothes started to be humid and he started to shake. It seemed like he was using the hug to stay warm and since she was getting colder there was no use for him to still be a part of the hug.

They stopped hugging and no one knew exactly how to act or where to look. They didn't know if they were supposed to say Sheldon wasn't there either.

"How did you found out about it?" Penny asked with tears in her eyes. She tried to say the words correctly and without choking because of the crying.

"My brother called" Leonard answered, without any emotion. It seemed like he wasn't there. Since Beverly died it seemed like a piece of Leonard had died.

"And… where have you been?" Penny was proud on the way she was hiding her emotions and not messing with the words.

"I prefer not to answer that." He says. He looks around the room. Everyone looked at him like he wasn't human because he wasn't crying or showing any emotion. He was trying to hide it because he didn't know how to feel anymore. His mom was dead but they weren't very close and he didn't know how everyone would feel if he showed up crying. That's why he stayed in the roof for so long. He was trying to stop the crying but every time he felt like the tears were stopping they came back.

It took him a while but he finally realized Sheldon wasn't there.

"Where's Sheldon?"

"He left. He took the news pretty hard" Amy says. They all looked expectantly to Leonard. They all knew Leonard was jealous of the relationship Sheldon had with Beverly so they were waiting for a big fight. But they still said he was probably in his old room because they didn't know how to take Sheldon out of the room. Maybe Leonard would come up with something.

Leonard was taking his time to get to Sheldon's old room. He didn't know what to say. Sheldon was like a brother to him, and he had already told him that on Sheldon's birthday party and he knew that, to Sheldon, it almost felt like he was losing his mother. Leonard had no idea of what was going to happen once he opened that door so when he finally got there he just knocked on the door and hoped for the best.

"Sheldon, can I come in?"

Sheldon didn't answer. He just went to the door and opened it.

"What are you doing here?"

"I want to see how you're doing. Are you okay?"

"No. I'm not." It took Sheldon a while to answer that question. Even though Beverly wasn't Sheldon's mom he still cared for her and thought the world of her. And now he would never be able to tell her that. But there was still one Hofstadter that he knew and cared for. Sheldon just hugged Leonard and thanked him for everything he did for him. And then he said the words that still surprised Amy.

"I love you, Leonard. I want you to know that."

Leonard was still in shock with the news he got from his brother Michael. But when his brother Sheldon said those words he was speechless. He knew it took a lot for him to tell him that.

"I love you to, buddy." Leonard smiled for the first time since that awful night.

Maybe things weren't going to be that bad. Or were they?

End of Chapter 3

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I thought of make Amy talk to Sheldon instead of Leonard but I needed them to talk. You all thought Penny would take care of Leoanrd and Amy take care of Sheldon? If you did you're wrong. Sorry! As always don't know when I'm posting more chapters of this and the rest of my stories.

Also, sorry for the short chapters. I make no promises of the next one being longer.

The name of this chapter is a 'tribute' to Crossing Jordan, one of my favorite TV shows. There's an episode called 'Loves me not' and I thought 'Hugs me not seems like a great name for this chapter' It helps the fact that I absolutely LOVE that episode.

07-01-2018