Amy put the blowdryer aside to only realize then she had no clean clothes left. She hadn't thought about that… she needed clothes! She looked around… no, there was no way. There was only one thing she could do now.

She limped over to her crutches, fixed and adjusted the towel around her again, and walked outside the bathroom.

Sheldon, who had been in the kitchen, immediately went over the corridor, just to stare at Amy quizzically. „Didn't you want to get dressed?"

„Well… yeah" Amy started, taking a deep breath. „But… I don't have any clean clothes"

„Oh" Sheldon thought for a moment, then smiled and made a wavy gesture with his hand. „No problem. I have enough clothes."

He walked over to his room with Amy following him. Then Sheldon opened his perfectly ordered dresser while Amy got herself comfortable on the bed.

„Is that… really okay for you?" She asked insincerely.

„Well, of course. You are my girlfriend. And in some relationships, at least from what I have heard, men give their woman a t-shirt. I don't know why but, just like average people would say, whatever floats their boat, man!"

Amy pulled up an eyebrow and looked over to Sheldon who hummed a song she didn't know while proceeding to look for clothes. Even after his explanation she found it still strange that he was so easy with borrowing her his clothes. Even a little unsettling.

„Here" Sheldon handed Amy a red t-shirt. She took and unfolded it and then stared back at Sheldon with wide open eyes. It was his Flash t-shirt.

„Well, it's the most comfortable shirt I have and I think a broken leg is already uncomfortable enough, so…"

„Thank you Sheldon. I… really don't know what to say."

„Considering that would mean you'd find no words, that was a pretty long sentence."

Amy hadn't even listened to him. She was still completely in awe. Her hands ran along the shirt as if it was the most precious thing he could have ever entrusted to her.

After a few seconds she realized the next problem. She bit her lip for a second and then looked up at Sheldon. „I, uhm, also need… well…"

Her head pointed down.

„Oh…" This seemed to overcharge him a little. Or make him uncomfortable. Or both. It was hard to tell.

He opened the drawer of a shelf in his room, went past the bad and dropped black boxershorts on it, then he went out of his room without a further word.

Amy wasn't sure but she could have sworn she had seen some redness on his cheeks.

She dropped the towel and put on his boxershorts and his shirt. Yes… maybe a broken leg wasn't even that bad in her case.

Sheldon was on the phone, when Amy came back into the living room.

„But she needs her clothes, Penny. Yes. No, right now she is wearing some of mi… Penny… what is so fu… oh, grow up!" He hung up, sighed and shook his head, before he faced Amy. „Your best friend is really immature sometimes!"

„She's also your best friend and you love her. Don't deny it." Amy let herself sink down on the sofa.

Sheldon walked over to her and sat down next to her. „Raj, Howard, Leonard and Penny are out to get Chinese food. They should be back soon."

„Alright" Amy smiled.

Then it was silent. Something Sheldon didn't like at all. He found it awkward when he was sitting next to someone without anything else happening. He grabbed the remote and turned the TV on. The Walking Dead was on.

Sheldon sighed. „This show used to be really nice the first season. Now it should be called The Walking People Who Only Talk And Cry And Sometimes Shoot A Zombie"

Amy leaned back and tried to follow the happenings on screen but it was hard to keep track. She had no idea what was going on, she had never seen that show before.

Sheldon also leaned back but he was concentrated. He just shook his head from time to time and presented scientific facts to Amy which obviously got ignored in the show.

After a while Amy cleared her throat and leaned her head gently and carefully against Sheldon's shoulder. As always she could feel him tensing up but he relaxed pretty fast this time.

When he took a deep breath Amy could feel something scratching against the side of her head a little. She raised it and looked at Sheldon. There were stubbles on his chin and the side of his face.

„Is everything okay?" Sheldon asked and looked at her.

„You… you haven't shaved?"

„That is correct"

„But why? I mean, it looks good, I like it! But that is very… unusual for you."

„Well… I wanted to be ready when you wake up and eventually need help so I cancelled all the not so important parts of my daily bathroom routine."

„Wow" Amy smiled. „That is very nice of you, Sheldon"

„That's my duty", he replied and looked back at the screen.

Amy drew her head closer to his. Sheldon realized that and looked back with a blank stare on his face, yet very confused.

Amy's look slid down to his lips. Sheldon's eyebrows were pulled down, his look was very sincere now. Amy drew closer again… closer… Sheldon didn't back away… she moved closer.

The door flew open. „Here comes the food, guyssss!"

Amy and Sheldon both backed off immediately. Penny walked in with a few bags in her hand, followed by Leonard and Raj who also carried bags.

Howard was the last one, he closed the door and fell down next to Amy, who had put a blanket over her half naked legs.

„So Ames, how are you?" Penny asked from the kitchen, helping Leonard and Raj putting everyone's food on the right plate.

„As long as I am on painkillers, I'm alright" Amy replied. „Did you bring my clothes?"

„Sweety, I don't have the keys to your apartment. But the Flash shirt looks awesome on you."

Only when Penny had mentioned it, Leonard, Raj and Howard stared at her all in the same time. Then Raj sprinted over to Howard and whispered something in his ear. Howard listened, before giving him an annoyed look. „Yes, that is Sheldon's t-shirt. Who else wears Flash shirts around here?"

Raj bent down again to whisper.

„No, I think he has never let anyone else borrow a shirt ever before. And the term ‚Shut your ass' does not exist in the English language!"

Penny brought over the plates and boxes with a huge grin and handed Howard, Raj and Amy their food.

Leonard gave the box with the chicken to Sheldon and another box to Penny.

„Thank you, sweetheart" Penny smiled and kissed Leonard on the lips softly.

Amy blushed immediately and sank her head deep down to her box as if she hadn't seen anything to eat for days.

„Leonard" Sheldon poked around in his chicken. „I think you can move back in"

Leonard and Amy both looked up with the same expression on their face: confusion.

„But… she's not healthy yet?"

„I know and she's not going anywhere. She just won't be sleeping in your room anymore." Sheldon picked up some pieces of chicken with his fork and put it into his mouth.

Silence.

Everyone was staring at him but he didn't realize.

„Sheldon" Howard let go a little laugh. „Maybe you should explain this a bit more"

Sheldon looked up and around, realizing everybody was looking. „Oh. Well, Amy will sleep in my room."

Raj and Howard choked on their food at the same time and Amy's face went from red to pale and back to red.

„Well, Sweety" Penny reacted fastest of them all. „I would like to keep Leonard a little longer, if you don't mind."

„Alright. Fine with me, too. Then no one will turn the heater down at least." Sheldon smiled at Penny and proceeded eating his food.

Raj looked to Howard with wide open eyes and wanted to bend over but Howard stopped him by raising his hand. „I know what you wanna say and yes; what the hell."

„Oh come on, guys. Shelly is just taking care of his girlfriend. That's very cute." Penny smiled broadly and took a mouthful of rice.

„That is not cute. Once again, it's my duty. I am the boyfriend. I'm the man. And a man needs to take care of his woman when she is injured. That's like in the old times when a cowboy had to take care of his horse. The only difference is that he shot the horse when it broke its leg."

Amy pulled her eyebrows down and looked at her boyfriend but he was already busy with eating again.