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_Well, I hate to say it, but I think everyone is being incredible selfish_ complains Sheldon.
_Well, you would be the authority on the subject_ remarks Amy sarcastically.
_What does that mean?_ inquires Sheldon, not so much dumbfounded.
_Sheldon, no one is happier than I am to win the Nobel. But it's not more important than our friends_ she reminds him.
_How can you call them friends when they’re abandoning us?_ asks still self-centered.
_They are abandoning us because you broke their hearts_ says, more angry.
_I didn't mean to_ says Sheldon somehow apologetic realizing what he had done.
_I know! You never mean to! It's the only reason people tolerate you_ snaps Amy.
_Does that include you?_ Sheldon's voice sounds so fragile that it's a surprise it didn't melt Amy’s anger away.
_Sometimes… yeah_ answers her, without mercy, leaving him
V=∆s/∆t
I have a very long and somewhat self centered speech here, but I’ll like to set it aside.
Because this honor doesn't just belong to me.
I wouldn't be up here if it weren't for some very important people in my life. Beginning with my mother, father, Meemaw, brother and sister.
“And also the people for whom I came to care deeply for in the past years; Dr. Ammy Ferrah Fawler, Dr. Rajesh Koothrapali, Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, Astronaut Howard Wolowitz, Penny Hofstader and Dr. Leonard Hofstader. They have been there for me in many important moments of my life, and have helped me to change until I’ve become the person I am now. For that, I am grateful. I have always hated changes, but I guess sometimes they are necessary, I may as well keep the initiative given the case”.
_Aww, Moonpie, you just brought me to tears_ half-jokes Penny getting a side smile that somehow makes her uncomfortable. She opens her mouth to indagate it, but Leonard interrupts her.
_I can't keep mad at you if you dedicate me a Nobel prize_ he says and the group keeps the conversation flowing, no one notices Sheldon doesn't use any remarks, on anything. Even Penny, who seemed to sense something before, gets carried away by some casual jokes and old memories they shared. They part ways, and it's not until the next month they hear about him, in the form of a brief text, with an meeting announcement in Leonard and Penny’s apartment, for the “old time's sake”.
α=v-u/t
_I summoned you so I can inform you of an important matter. I decided I can't keep being with you the way we are_ Sheldon drops the bomb with no time to prepare themselves _I have been thinking, for the last twenty eight days, in our relationship. And I have reached the conclusion that we should spend some time apart_
_Moonpie, what do you mean?_ inquires Penny, and being the emotionally smart girl she is, she is also the first to notice that Amy has been looking down since she and Sheldon arrived.
_I have been told, not long ago, that I made you sad. I would normally apologize and move past the incident, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. It was not the first time I acted selfish, as your words would say, nor was the first time I put my happiness over yours. I have an eidetic memory, so I remember each and every occasion I did. Before I had not the emotional maturity required to understand the pain I have caused you, but now I realize how deeply I have wounded you these past years_
_Sheldon, buddy, it's okay now, we appreciate the apology but…_Leonard’s words are cut off by Sheldon's.
_Uh-uh-uh-uh, don't interrupt me when I’m talking_ says rudely so as to continue speaking _As I was saying; I have hurted you so many times that I can't have enough words to express my feelings of regret. But as I came to remember the times I’ve done wrong to you, I also remember the times you also hurted me. I investigated this matter and between the multiple solutions proposed to this dilemma, I have decided that putting a distance between us would be beneficial for personal growth and may lead to a new and non-toxic bond within each other. Being that said, I would like you to not contact me under any circumstance other than a health emergency. Even though I hate changes, you have shown me in these past years that some of them are necessary, that not everything will remain the same _ explains Sheldon in his robotic voice, hiding how much feeling it took to get this decision, everyone was too dumbfounded to react as loudly as they normally would, so Sheldon being still bad at social cues took that as an agreement to his speech _Now then, with no further due, I shall say my goodbyes and part my ways_ in a quick fluid conjunct of moves, he leaves the apartment before everyone can say anything.
_Amy, what the hell is he saying?_ finally explodes Penny. He may have used all those fancy words, but she had spent many years beside her wackadoodle to know he actually just meant ‘since we hurt each other, let's split up’. But she was not taking it.
_He talked to me yesterday, he said he would leave for a month to “think thoroughly if we should be together” and then, if the answer was unsatisfactory, then we should consider a divorce. I knew it before since last week I retook reading his daily log. But still_ complicated emotions filled Amy’s chest, so she could only spit the facts with a resented voice.
They all started to talk and complain almost at the same time, except Penny, who just followed her wackadoodle stomping every step.
Nuh-uh, if he thinks he could just leave her, leave them all of them like that without even letting them talk then she’s gonna talk some sense into his beautiful and stupid brain. She would even go Junior rodeo on his ass if she needed to. Her moonpie has grown
so much on her to just let his stupidity separate them.