Chapter 1

"Sheldon mean! Sheldon stole it!"

Sheldon ran away from the horrid creature, lost, trying to figure out a place to hide.

"Sheldon stole it! MY PRECIOUS!"

"No! I didn't steal anything!"

"You stole! You stole Gollum!" The thin ugly creature ran after him, jumping from stone to stone, until Sheldon entered a cave and tried to hide.

"Dear Lord! How can I escape from here?"

"MY PRECIOUS!"

"Oh, I know how!" He quickly took the ring from his pocket, opening the small black velvet box, and taking the ring in his fingers. He admired it the way he did the first time Meemaw gave him the ring, during that Christmas he traveled to Texas to assist Missy at his nephew's birth.

"It's so perfect." He started to insert the ring in his little finger, the only one it would fit, but then he quickly removed it. "No, it's not right. This is meant just for Amy. I'm not supposed to wear this."

Suddenly Gollum appeared in front of him, his face so close that he could feel his disgusting breath.

"Gimme! Gimme the ring! MY PRECIOUS!"

Sheldon was desperate. If he didn't put the ring, he would probably die in the hands of that scary creature, but if he did, he would spoil it, as it was meant for Amy.

"I can't! This is Amy's ring!"

"MY PRECIOUS!"

The creature's eyes were fixed on his. He felt he was a dead man. That was when he saw those germy hands getting closer to the ring he yelled back.

"NO! HER PRECIOUS!"

And he woke up.

Alone.

In the safety of his room.

He quickly pulled out the covers and jumped from his bed, running towards the living room to search for the tiny velvet box that kept Amy's ring. He opened the drawer, taking a deep breath, relieved that it was still there, safe. He took the ring in his hand and stared at it for a while. "Maybe someday", he thought. He sighed, placing it back inside the drawer and shut it close. When he saw the Gollum figure on his desk, he shivered, grabbing it and throwing it in the trash can under his desk.

Turning his back to it, he walked back to his room, but then he felt he was still annoyed by its presence in his apartment. Returning to the living room, he took the plastic bag away from the bin and tied a firm knot in it, opening the apartment door and rushing with it downstairs, until he reached the place where he disposed it and climbed back to 4A.

"What's up, buddy? Bad night of sleep?"

"Yeah. I had another nightmare."

"Wanna talk about it?"

"No." He sat down on a stool, getting ready to eat his oatmeal.

Leonard was worried. It was not normal for Sheldon to have three nightmares in a row.

"Are you sure? Because I'm getting worried."

"There's no need to worry, Leonard, I'm fine."

"Was it about Amy?"

"Partially yes. But as I told you already, I don't want to talk about it, ok? I already solved the problem last night."

"Are you back together then?"

"Not that problem. The one which was giving me the nightmares."

Leonard shook his head and let it go. He was getting impatient with his stubborn roommate, ever since he and Amy broke up two weeks ago he was being weird. Even more than normal. They ate breakfast in silence, before he gave Sheldon a ride to work.

The whole way he was quiet, staring at the window, lost in his thoughts. Leonard couldn't help but worry, he didn't know what to do to help him. He didn't want to open up. Sheldon usually came to him for advice, but this time, nothing. Not even a single question, after Amy skyped him that evening. When he returned from Vegas after marrying Penny, they found him sitting on his spot, staring at the velvet box in his hand. That day he started suspecting he was getting nuts.

"Sheldon, are you all right?"

"No. Amy broke up with me."

"What? How? When?" Penny asked him, shocked. She was not aware of that. Amy didn't tell her anything. She also didn't tell Amy she got married, but that was completely different.

"Yesterday. Over Skype. She said it's exhaustive to be in a relationship with me and she needed time to sort things out."

"I'm sure it's not a permanent break up, Sheldon, she is just asking for time to think. It's completely normal, you two will get back together."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Just trust me, ok?"

"And buddy, if you'd like to talk about it you can count on me, you know that, right?"

"Yes. Now I'd like to be alone, if you don't mind. And as I see, you got married, congratulations."

"Thank you, sweetie, but don't worry, Leonard won't move out all at once, we'll do it gradually so you can get used to that, just like we've been doing before."

"Why? Just because of me? There's no need. You can move out, Leonard. I don't want to be in your way."

"We'll see, buddy."

Penny and Leonard left the apartment and went to 4B. After he closed the door, both sat on the couch to rest.

"I don't think it's a good idea to leave him alone while he is like that."

"Yeah, I agree, he's devastated. And Amy is probably the same way, I should call her later to check on her."

"I think you should, those two are like two broken robots needing urgent repairing!"

"Let's fix that before they short-circuit and explode."

After Penny called Amy, she didn't get much from her bestie either. Apparently none of them wanted to talk much about it. It must have been really serious.

The following days were not so different from that. Sheldon was quieter than usual, still functioning with his essential routine, but not willing to do anything else. He refused to go to the comic book store, he skipped vintage videogames night, he spent the whole Saturday doing laundry, spending most part of the day in his room, and Sunday was not different.

Leonard tried to cheer him up without success. He bought him a rare Superman action figure, but even that didn't make him feel happier. He was definitely in a bad mood, apparently using his time to think.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize the car in front of him stopped at the traffic light and he bumped his car behind it.

Sheldon didn't noticed when Leonard walked out of his car to talk to the guy from the other vehicle. After apologizing and exchanging numbers with the man for the insurance, he returned to his seat and started driving again. He was already expecting a lecture on how he needed to pay attention to the traffic, etc etc, but nothing happened. Sheldon was still lost in his thoughts. He was even wondering if he noticed the accident at all.

Amy arrived early at work. She didn't want to let her thoughts about Sheldon interfere in her career, she was a professional after all. By lunchtime she had already concluded all the cutting of brains she had to do all day. She decided she would grab something to eat at the cafeteria, risking to meet Sheldon or the guys in the way. She couldn't hide anymore. She was avoiding Penny and Bernadette the last few weeks. She was so happy her Bestie and Leonard got married, she didn't even bother that she wouldn't have the chance to be a maid of honor. She met her a week ago at Bernie's to congratulate her, but she was not really in the mood for partying, so she just complimented the couple and left after staying for around 20 minutes.

On her way to the cafeteria, she met Kripke, who thought she looked a bit down, and decided to ask her if she was ok, walking along with her.

"Hey Amy, everything's fine?"

"Hi, Barry. Yes, I'm ok."

"You don't look ok, do you need anything? Are you sick?"

"No, I'm not sick, you don't have to worry."

"Are things between you and Sheldon ok?"

She stopped, and right at that moment she saw Sheldon coming from the other hall towards them. He looked at her talking to his mortal enemy and he just couldn't control himself.

"So, is that why you needed time to think?"

"No, Sheldon, you know that this has nothing to do with that. And I don't want to discuss it in front of him."

"Hey, hey, what's going on here? Did you guys break up?"

"No."

"Yes."

They answered at the same time. Kripke looked confused, but not more than the couple in front of him.

"Wait, you broke up with me."

"No I didn't! I just asked for time to think."

"So we're still together?" His eyes lit up, feeling relieved that it was not over.

"In a way, yes, but I still need time to evaluate our relationship."

"Until when?"

"I don't know, Sheldon. Now excuse me, I need to grab something to eat."

She walked fast towards the cafeteria, leaving the two physicists alone.

"Dude, you screw up with Amy? Too bad!"

"That's absolutely none of your business, Kripke! Now excuse me, I have a class to teach at 2."

"Wait, wait, Sheldon, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. If you need someone to talk to you can count on me, ok?"

Sheldon looked at him confused, he didn't expect him to offer his help.

"Is that sarcasm?"

"Absolutely. I care about Dr. Fowler, if I can do anything to help you I'll be glad."

"Well, maybe I will. Are you busy after 4?"

"Not really, I'll be in my room, if you want to stop by."

"Thank you, Kripke. I'll be there."

A/N: Hello guys! I wanted to give my point of view about the finale. I hope you enjoy it!

This will be a short one, just 3-4 chapters long.

Thanks a lot for reading!