Chapter 3 - To Much Information
Sheldon wandered down the hall in the apartment, he still felt a little bad and was also fatigued as he moved towards the kitchen, when he stopped as he noticed Amy sleeping on the couch. It confused him why she was there, sleeping on the couch, and was about to go back to Leonard's room to ask him, when he noticed the sheet of paper on the kitchen counter. Sheldon's first thoughts were maybe it was a note about what was happening, so he padded to the counter and picked the note up. Sheldon had to sit down as he read the roommate termination notice and he read it exactly ten times before he assured himself that he completely understood what Leonard wrote.
Sheldon first checked to see that Leonard was not in his room, before he walked up to the table next to the couch, rapping it three times and repeating 'Amy', then watched as Amy slowly opened her eyes. Amy was slowly waking up and was rubbing her eyes when her mind caught up with her body, making her sit up and look at Sheldon wide eyed. "Umm…..Sheldon…how are you feeling?"
"My head feels a little like it has cobwebs in it and my stomach is not normal, plus my schedule is a disaster and I don't know how long it will be for me to poop right again." Sheldon then looked at the paper in his hand, then showed it to Amy. "Amy do you know what this is about?"
Amy swallowed, then nodded. "Yes."
Sheldon stared at her, waiting for her continue, but she didn't say a word. "It says that Leonard will not be my roommate anymore because I had coitus with Penny. Do you know where Leonard is and why he is saying this?"
Amy looked at Sheldon and nodded, "I don't know where Leonard is but I think he found us all nude in your bed yesterday morning."
Sheldon looked at her wide eyed. "Yesterday? What day is it?"
"It's Sunday morning." Amy told him.
Sheldon immediately thought about missing laundry night, before the subject of coitus with Penny came back to his mind. "Did Penny have coitus with me?"
Amy didn't really know what to say, she didn't see it, but Penny wasn't in the bed when she woke up, so anything could have happened between when Amy fell asleep and when she woke up next morning. "I don't know Sheldon. I fell asleep, and Penny was already out of the bed in the morning. But Leonard obviously thinks she did and she acted weird after she read that note."
The enormity of having coitus with Penny then hit Sheldon as all his fears of germs were amplified at the thought of him and Penny exchanging bodily fluids. He suddenly felt like he was covered by ants and he could only think about one thing, a shower and getting the germs off of him. Without saying a word, Sheldon ran to the bathroom and it was only a few seconds later Amy heard the shower come on.
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That same morning, Penny still sat on her couch from waking up there from the night before, a few tears falling down her cheeks as she again tried to get in contact with Leonard. She didn't even remember how many times she had tried, but the stress now had her hands shaking so much, she could barely hold the phone much less press a number on the pad, each time she tried. So after a few failed attempts she just gave up and put the phone on the table, to steady it, while she tried to push number one on her speed dial, the need to keep trying to call him more important than any sickness she still felt from the day before. However, as her call went immediately to his voice mail, her heart sank again. "Leonard, please we need to talk. Please call me. I'm so sorry Sweetie. I love you Leonard." She had left that message each time, she didn't know what else to say as dread took over her mind, more and more. She couldn't get out of her mind what she had done and her thoughts of what the result would be, where becoming almost unbearable for her to even imagine.
She had really hurt Leonard this time and it wasn't the first time she gave him such pain, the breakup at the bowling alley immediately coming to her mind. Her thoughts went to a bad place as all the times she hurt him seemed to come fully back to her and in a few minutes of self-examination she had used up all the fingers on her hand counting to herself. Even after that, she still remembered a few more times she caused him pain and that finally overwhelmed her as she began sobbing, mumbling how sorry she was through the tears, wishing he was there so she could beg for his forgiveness. She was madly in love with him and she needed him in her life, but the fear he may not want her anymore made her cry even harder.
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Sheldon came out of the shower after all the hot water was used up, still feeling like he needed to clean himself again, but just able to function once more without the overpowering feeling of panic. He quickly got dressed and rejoined Amy in the living room, noticing the timid look still present on her face and continued reluctance to talk to him. Sheldon, however had a few more questions for his girlfriend, who he was sure by her demeanor was not innocent in all that happened.
Amy swallowed as she saw Sheldon come into the living room and stop before he sat in his spot to look at her. She had cleaned off the couch after he started his shower and now sat on the extreme left side away from his spot. It took her a second before she realized why he was hesitating sitting down. "I don't think anyone had coitus on the couch."
Sheldon glared at her, "Are you sure?"
"No." Amy confessed.
"Amy did we have coitus." Amy thought it sounded like an accusation from Sheldon, than a question.
"No, Sheldon we did not have coitus." Amy at least felt relieved that she could honestly say that, things were already bad enough.
"But I had coitus with Penny? But you don't know where?" Sheldon asked her, making her feel more embarrassed.
"I don't think here. It is fuzzy, but I remember that we undressed here, to our underwear, then went to the bedroom and took off our underwear, so I don't think anything happened here." Amy told him what she remembered.
Sheldon seemed to accept that, because he sat down in his spot and continued to look at her. "What else happened?" he said in a low serious voice.
A chill went through Amy, at Sheldon's extremely solemn attitude, now. The next part of the story was something she didn't want to tell but Sheldon's staring at her broke her will. Amy looked away from him and started talking. "Once we all were in your room, Penny took off her underwear, then told me to join her, so I did. Penny then teased you about being chicken to join us, you were very drunk so you stripped too." Amy looked at him and flinched at his still severe look at her, it made her turn again, away from his gaze. "We then all got in the bed, but you laid down immediately went to sleep. Penny kept saying we needed get over your fears, but when you just went to sleep, it sort of pissed Penny off, so she told me to come and help wake you up." Amy's face was now beet red in embarrassment as she stopped talking.
"Amy." Sheldon said sternly, which made Amy look at him and just nod as she looked away again.
"We….." Amy swallowed, "Stroked you until…..you know." Amy confessed.
Sheldon swallowed his mind picturing a nude Amy and Penny touching him, till he…..he didn't want to think about it anymore. Sheldon got a little angry. "Sex, that is all you and Penny think about any more. Amy when I first met you, you were an intellectual being, but ever since you met that farm girl, across the hall, you have been ruled by your genitalia." Sheldon tried to control his breathing. "What happened then Amy."
Amy shook her head, "Penny got mad and said some things I don't remember, because suddenly I got very tired and just laid down against you and fell asleep."
"When did the coitus happen?" Sheldon asked loudly, scaring Amy a little.
"I don't know, I fell asleep, so I don't know what Penny did after that. She was out of the bed when I woke up, so she could have done anything that night." Amy told him defensively.
Sheldon turned his head away from her and stared ahead for a few moments, before he spoke again. "Amy, I think you should leave now."
"Sheldon, I'm sorry." Amy pleaded.
"Amy I want to be alone now, please show yourself out." Sheldon then stood up and went to his room, to strip it and start disinfecting it.
Amy got up and left, after she heard Sheldon's bedroom door slam shut. Though once in the hallway, she looked over at her Bestie's door, thinking maybe she should check on her, maybe ask if she had heard from Leonard. However, Amy really didn't want to talk to anyone, her conversation with Sheldon had left her shaken, she didn't know how she stood with her boyfriend now, she might have pushed him too far. The fear that sustained her just a short time ago had turned to sadness, as the thoughts that maybe she lost Sheldon, now occupied her mind, making going home now the only thing she wanted to do. Therefore Amy turned and went down the stairs, to her car and back home, tears sliding down her cheeks as she thought how much she just screwed up with the only man she ever loved.
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By evening Leonard was finally eating dinner at burger place close to where his new hotel was, it was his home now, if only weekly. His initial feelings of not wanting talk and see anyone had now passed, so he turned on his phone, immediately seeing the voicemails and texts queue fill up. They were all from Penny, but once he started reading and listening to her pleas it just brought back all the pain and seemed to make everything he had seen the day before seem more real. He finally couldn't take it any longer, the pain was just too much, however, no matter how bad it hurt to listen to her voice, she was right about one thing, they needed to talk, he just couldn't ignore her forever. The sooner they talked about it the sooner they could move on, instead of dwelling on the pain like he was doing right now, so Leonard hit one on his speed dial and waited for her to answer.
Penny had just been sitting at her kitchen counter, drinking more water and eating crackers, attempt to calm her nervous stomach, she knew that was upset, not because of the drinking, but because of Leonard. So the phone ringing surprised her and almost made her choke as she spit out the crackers when she saw Leonard's picture on the screen. "LEONARD! Thank you for calling. Sweetie I am so sorry. Please Sweetie we need to talk about this, I really need to talk to you."
It was a very calm Leonard that responded, "Yes we need to talk. Can you meet me at lunch tomorrow at that coffee shop near the university, the one we have met at before?"
Penny felt scared, "Yes of course. Sweetie aren't you coming home?"
Leonard swallowed, his previous calm dissolving, this was harder than he thought. "I can't, that is not my home anymore." he paused for a second trying control his emotions, "Is 11 AM good for you, tomorrow." Leonard said when he was finally able to continue.
"Yes of course, I can be there then." Penny answered confused.
"Good, okay I'll see you then, Goodbye." Was Leonard's only response, the phone connection severed before Penny could respond with her 'Goodbye'. He couldn't listen to her anymore, he was on the verge of tears.
Penny sat looking at her phone, now feeling even worse than she felt before, it was like she just talked to a different man than her sweet loving Leonard, and it scared her even more. In the short call, she couldn't get a feeling about what he was thinking, for someone who like to talk things out, he now seemed distant like he already made up his mind. Penny was not used to this type of Leonard, it was like she talked to a man who didn't want her anymore.
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A/N: I know some of you are wondering if this is Howardette, Shamy, Lenny or Shenny, but I'm sorry I can't tell you. The way the couples interface, and end up, is important to the story plot and I feel it would ruin it if I gave it away. Also, I know some people think Penny wouldn't cheat, but I need to remind you that she slept with Raj in the show, not because she wanted to, if anything she was sad over Leonard and definitely didn't want to bed Raj. However, that night Penny got so drunk that she didn't know what she was doing and didn't have a clue what she did until she woke up the next morning in bed with him. Raj even had to explain to her what happened the next day, she was so completely drunk that night and had no control. That event is one of the justifications I feel makes this story not so implausible, because like Sheldon says, alcohol and poor judgment have always been Penny's worse enemy.