The 78th Amendment
"Amy. Bernadette. Penny." Sheldon said as he did his ritualistic knock on Penny's door.
His blonde neighbor answered. "What is it, Sheldon?"
"I need to talk to Amy," he said.
"Not now, Sheldon," Amy said from her place in Penny's couch.
"Amy, please," he pleaded. "I didn't mean to insult your colleague's assistant I was simply stating the fact that his study wasn't very thorough."
Amy stood up to face him while Penny stepped back and watched the couple's conversation with Bernadette.
"No, mister. You did not simply state that fact. You compared him to a dolphin. And to Zac, of all people. Don't you think we already noted in our peer review of his paper that there are glaring mistakes in his study?" Amy said.
"Okay," Sheldon said, averting her eyes. "I promise I'll compare people to better animals and better…"
"No," she cut him off.
"Ahm, I promise never to give a straightforward assessment…"
"No…"
He sighed and lifted his face to give her a sincere, apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. I will be more sensitive next time."
Amy paused for a while and nodded. "Okay. You're forgiven," she finally said as she went back to join the girls but Sheldon lingered at the door.
"Anything else, Sheldon?" she asked.
"Well," Sheldon said, looking at the floor, a little embarrassed. "Given what just happened, I believe invoking the 78th Amendment will be in order, don't you think?"
"Oh," Amy said, a smile forming on her face, "you're right." She stood up, joined Sheldon at the door, and turned to the girls. "Ladies, I will make it up to you in the morning, okay?"
"Wait, what's the 78th amendment?" Bernie asked.
" Well," Sheldon answered, "the 78th amendment to our relationship agreement states that coitus is mandatory immediately after a fight."
"So, make up sex," Bernie said, more to herself than to others.
"Yes," Amy replied.
"Can't you do that tomorrow? Tomorrow's your regular coitus schedule, right?" Penny said, teasing her friends.
"It's not optional, Penny," Sheldon said, as he held the door for Amy.
"Oh, come on. You just want her in your bed tonight," she said, smiling as she always enjoyed teasing Sheldon.
But, the physicist merely shot her a playful look. "Yes, that too," he said, as he hooked his arms around Amy's waist and escorted her out of Penny's apartment.
Btw, 78 is a randomly picked out number. :)
