Sheldon looked at his watch. It was 5:53 pm. Amy would be at his door in seven minutes.
It was thursday, or these days now more known as date night. Sheldon's feelings about date-night this evening was the same it has been the last few months. He was nervous. It was now his thursday feeling. He had felt the same way every thursday since the new year started. Ever since he got Amy's christmas gift and the event of new years eve.
New years eve was spent with the rest of their group at his and Leonard's place. Raj had been in charge for the party since he was jealous about all the nice comments about Amy's Victorian Christmas party.
The theme for the night had been James Bond. To Sheldon's big disappointment they had put back the table in their apartment so nobody needed to sit on the floor.
The place had silver, black and gold balloons all over the place and the theme song from James Bond was playing in the background on repeat.
Everyone arrived, but Sheldon couldn't concentrate on anything else but Amy. She looked so different in her outfit that evening. Her black dress was slim around her bosom and the rest of the fabric fell over her hips down on her legs just above her knees. Her legs were bare and on her foot she had a pair of black pumps with low clack. Her hair was curled and her eyes were surrounded of a small eyeliner and mascara on the inside of her glasses. Her lips was a clear red color that took his attention the entire evening.
The evening was actually enjoyable to everyones surprise. All of them had a good time. There were great food, invent full games by Raj, dancing and nice conversations.
At midnight all of them went up to the roof to see the fireworks over Pasadena.
"You know what social convention says right?" Amy asked Sheldon when they looked up at the sky and saw the rain of colors exploding over them, holding hands.
"What?" he said while looking down at her in confusion.
"A new years kiss," she smiled up at him.
"Everyone will look, Amy" he looked down at her with worried eyes.
"They wont notice us, they will be kissing at their own the same time."
The thought of kissing the part of Amy that had been on his mind the entire evening maid his knees go week. It was the thing he was most exited to do, but also the thing he was most afraid to do.
They looked up at the sky again. It felt like they had stand there for an eternity when everyone started to count down from ten. He turned over to face her. His hands placing theme self on her waist whilst her hands rested on his arms. He looked in to her eyes and lost himself until he heard "..One- happy new year".
When he met her lips he felt his knees go week again. He pressed her tighter to him so he wouldn't fall. When he felt her pushing back he had no idea how long the kiss had been or that everyone was watching them. The only thing he knew was that he wanted the kiss to keep going.
Every date-night this new year had been so different. There was this new spark. A new intensity. The both of them felt it was there but neither of them dared to make a move. They were both scared of the consequences. Amy was afraid that if she made a move she would scare him away, and go back to square one again. She was to afraid of losing the thing they had right now, even if she wanted more.
Sheldon was afraid of what a move would lead to. All he could think about was her, all he wanted was to touch her but he was to afraid of himself. That a move would lead to too much change.
His thoughts got interrupted when he heard a knock on the door. He got up from his spot and headed to the door. When he saw her he could feel the butterflies in his stomach tickle and his heart skip a beat like it did every time he saw her nowadays.
Her time spent with Penny had changed her in many ways since he met her the first time in the coffee-shop. She still had her style with skirts, shirts and cardigans but it was "upgraded". He liked it, but at the same time not. It didn't really matter what she was wearing to him. But she made it hard for him to concentrate and communicate like he could with her before, when she was "upgraded"
She was wearing a tight marine-blue skirt that went just above her knees. To that she was waring a floral pattern blouse and a unbuttoned white cardigan. On her feet she had a pair of marine ballerinas. Her hair was as usual loose and fell over her shoulders.
"Good evening Sheldon" he suddenly heard.
"Huh.. ehm good evening Amy" he smiled back.
"Are you ready to go?" she asked while smiling at him. "Yeah, sure. Let me just get my blazer."
Sheldon wasn't the only one that had a hard time concentrate. His looks made Amy have a hard time focus too. His grey shirt tucked down to his beige chinos made her troth dry. She could see that he had filled up the last few months. His shirt was tighter and when he bend over to grab his marine blazer she could see his strong back.
"You look really handsome tonight, Sheldon" she told him nervously.
He smiled back at her. "Thank you very much Amy, you look very pretty as well this evening". He grabbed his keys from the bowl at the little table next to the door. "Shall we go?".
Their awkward silence disappeared when she asked him about his day. As much as he hated smalltalk it was always a delight to talk to Amy about his work. Probably because most people not understood what he was talking about, but also because he knew she really cared when she asked.
"It has been a good day, thanks for asking," He smiled at her "It feels like I actually are making some progress with dark matter."
She smiled back at him. "that is great Sheldon".
"Also Leonard and I have been getting a lot of credit for our resent paper."
She smiled at him again. "Congratulations, you both really deserve the credit". He smiled back at her "Thank you Amy. So, how has your day been?"
They continued to chit chat in the car until they where at the Cheesecake Factory. They got their regular table and ordered their food. They night was lovely and they both had a great time. But the both of them got more nervous the longer the date went on. They both knew what they were expecting when the night was at an end.
After the dinner they went back to her car and headed to his apartment. "Do you want to come up for a cup of tea?" he asked when they where outside his apartment building. "I guess I could come up for a cup" she answered.
When he was on his way to go out from the car he accidentally encountered the glove compartment. When it opened a rock fell out on the floor. "Why do you have a rock here?" he asked when he picked up the rock.
"Oh, it is just a guy from work that gave me rocks every day for about a year ago. It's not a big deal" she answered while she putted it back in the glove compartment.
"Why did he give you rocks?" he asked in confusion.
"Well, first I only thought he was nice. Then one day Howard and Raj came to my lab to ask if I wanted to come with them for lunch. Bert came over and gave me a rock and then left again and Howard and Raj pointed out that he only did it because he was interested in me."
"Didn't he knew I was your boyfriend?" Sheldon interrupted.
"He didn't knew then-"
"You didn't tell him?" he interrupted again.
"After Howard and Raj explained to me that he was interested I told him a had a boyfriend, but he didn't believe me."
"So what did you do? Just let him give you rocks and believe that you would be his girlfriend one day?" Sheldon asked angrily.
"No, Howard and Raj told him I was a lesbian." she answered him.
He looked at her. "So that worked? He have left you alone?"
"Yes, he haven't bother me since then, or..."
He waited for her to continue. "Or what?"
She waited a while until she answered. "A week ago he came to my lab. He asked me if I wanted to come with him to this years rock and mineral show in Santa Monica."
"So, what did you tell him?"
She looked away from him and then back again. "I told him I would come with him." she said low.
"You did what? Why would you do that?" he asked even angrier than before.
"I didn't want to hurt his feelings again.." she answered without looking at him.
"So that makes it okay for you to go on a date with him? To think you are available. And when was you going to telling me about this? When the two of you were going to get married because you wasn't able to say no to his proposal?" Sheldon went out from her car and in to the building.
When she was in front of his door she stormed in without knocking. "How dare you say that to me Sheldon?" She asked. " I was going to tell you, but since we are talking about being not honest to each other, why don't you tell me about the rumors you spread about the two of us and our 'sexual relationship'?"
Sheldon's jaw dropped. "That is completely different. I only lied to Kripke so he wouldn't think that he was smarter than me."
Amy was furious. "Because God forbid that someone is smarter than the big Sheldon Lee Cooper. I only lied to Bert because I didn't want to hurt his feelings, you lied to Kripke so you wouldn't look bad. I am actually surprised that you even can lie about a sexual relationship, because it seems to me that you have no idea how that even would work."
Sheldon was hurt. "And you would know all about that, wouldn't you? Since we are talking about telling people about a imaginary sexual life, how about your fanfiction."
Now it was Amy's turn to drop her jaw. "Oh yeah, I know about it. The guys have made funny comments about it ever since they found out about it. When Leonard felt bad for me that I didn't know what they were talking about, he showed me your little story."
Amy looked at him. "The only reason I wrote those stories was because I didn't feel like it would ever happen in real life. I only wrote those stories to me. It was never for any of you to find out. Compared to you, I didn't do it to think that I was smarter than every one else. I only did it for myself. I didn't even tell or show Penny and Bernadette. Bernadette told Penny and then she looked after it at her iPad."
Amy reached for the door but before she could turn the doorknob Sheldon took her wrist and pulled her to him and pressing his lips against hers while pushing her against the door. The kiss was nothing like before. It had passion and heat like neither of them had experienced before.
She felt his tongue pressing on her lower lip and let it in. The kiss deepened and suddenly she heard a moan from him. They both were surprised and pushed back looking at each other.
"You are not allowed to leave the date without a kiss at the end... I mean according to the relationship agreement." he whispered to her.
"I'm sorry I wrote a fanfiction about us without telling you." she said looking him in his big blue eyes.
"Don't worry about it. Actually I kind of liked it." he smiled at her confused face. "And I'm sorry I told Kripke we had a sexual relationship. I shouldn't have. Tomorrow, the first thing I will do is to tell him that we don't have a sexual relationship."
She smiled at him. "And the first thing I will do is to tell Bert I have a boyfriend and that I wont go with him to Santa Monica."
They stared in each others eyes. "I should go. We both have work tomorrow. Thanks for tonight. Goodnight Sheldon." She grabbed the doorknob again.
"Goodnight Amy, I always enjoy spending time with you. I hear from you tomorrow." He answered before she went down the stares. When she was around the corner and couldn't see her anymore he went in to the apartment again and closed the door. "That girl is going to be the death of me someday" he said while resting at the door.
When Amy came out from the apartment building and headed for her car, she saw a man standing I front of it. First she thought it was a thief, but the closer she came she saw that it wasn't. It was Bert.
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