A/N: This is a sequel to my previous stories The Cohabitation Experiment and The Proposal Reaction. Sheldon and Amy have been married for a year at this point.

No one would have expected how well suited to married life Sheldon Cooper was. Not even his wife. However, Sheldon was undeniably good at remembering to take out the trash and knowing that his wife hated pine nuts and even rubbing her feet when she had a particularly bad day in her lab.

Sheldon wasn't surprised. He excelled in many things. Loving Amy Farrah Fowler-Cooper was just another one of those. Still, despite his abilities, Sheldon was a little nervous about their one year wedding anniversary coming up. He wouldn't forget, obviously, but he was worried about doing it right. Amy deserved romance. Sheldon knew that. He was thinking about exactly what he should do at lunch one day.

"Isn't yours and Amy's anniversary coming up this weekend?" Leonard asked before taking a bite of his salad.

"Yes," Sheldon said with a sigh.

"You didn't forget, did you?" Leonard asked.

Sheldon just looked at him in disbelief. Of course Sheldon hadn't forgotten. It was the only thing he could think about.

"Right," Leonard said.

"I have made dinner reservations and Amy has expressed that she would like to stay home for the rest of the night. I'm assuming there will be intercourse involved. It just doesn't seem like enough," Sheldon said.

"Are you getting her a gift?" Raj asked.

"Yes. As soon as I can figure out what that gift will be," Sheldon said. "The traditional gift is paper. Maybe I can write her a letter," Sheldon told them. Then it clicked. "That's it," he added before he got up and walked away from the table where Leonard and Raj sat staring after him.

Sheldon called Penny and asked her about his idea. She loved his idea, and told him it was uncharacteristically romantic for the physicist to have come up with on his own. Sheldon disregarded the second part of this and set off to find what he needed to give Amy her anniversary gift. He hoped that he still had everything. He never would have thrown them out, but things happened. Sheldon was so excited that he took the bus home instead of waiting for Amy to come pick him up.

Sheldon looked through their personal files and he found what he was looking for. He was careful not to tear or wrinkle the pages as he took them to finish getting his gift together. The people at the shop promised it would be ready in time.

Amy was having similar concerns about what to get Sheldon for their wedding anniversary. She decided that she was going to need some help. She thought that her first stop should be the comic book store. Stuart was always more than willing to help her when she needed to understand something involving Sheldon and his preference for things fictional.

She pulled up in front of the store and went inside. It was empty except for Stuart.

"Hi, Stuart," Amy said.

"Hey, Amy. It's been a while. How's it going?" Stuart said back.

"Good. I'm looking for something for Sheldon for our anniversary. Do you have any suggestions?" Amy asked.

"That's a tough one. Sheldon tends to buy the stuff he wants rather than letting others buy it for him. I could help you out with the rest of the guys, but Sheldon either owns it or doesn't want it," Stuart said.

"That's what I was afraid of. You don't have any suggestions?"

"I'm sorry. I do have your new issue of Thor in," Stuart said.

"Thanks, Stuart," Amy said as she paid for her comic book and left the store.

Amy decided that the train store would be a good place to try next. She suspected that Pete at the train store would tell her the same as Stuart, but it was worth a shot. It was becoming more worrying that she couldn't find anything for Sheldon.

Amy went into the train store, and found Pete behind the counter. She usually talked to him about his wife and kids while Sheldon wandered the aisles of the store looking for the perfect addition to his train set. Amy thought it was a little amusing that she was friendly with all of these proprietors because of Sheldon.

"Hey, Pete. How is the family?" Amy asked.

"Good, good. Where's your man?" Pete asked. Unlike the comic book store, Amy never went to the train store without Sheldon.

"Probably at home. I'm looking for something special to get him for our anniversary. Do you have any ideas?" Amy said.

"Not that I can think of. He was in here just yesterday and he spent two hundred dollars. I'm not sure there is anything left to get him that he didn't buy," Pete told her. Amy tried not to groan at the news that her husband was spending that kind of money on toys.

"I was afraid you were going to say that," Amy said.

"Sorry, miss," Pete said.

Amy sighed, "It's okay. I'll just need to figure out something else for him. He's a hard man to shop for."

"Good luck."

"Thanks, Pete," Amy said as she left the shop.

Amy decided to just go home for a while. She didn't know what else to try to find for Sheldon. She didn't want to just get him a gift. She wanted to get him the best gift. Still, she decided to go home for a while and do some research.

Turning on the computer, Amy made herself a cup of tea while she waited for it to boot up. Sheldon must have reorganized the tea alphabetically the day before because they had been rearranged. He was always changing the way the tea was arranged in the cabinet. He couldn't choose between alphabetically or by type. Amy could always tell if Sheldon was stressed because the tea would be arranged in a different way. It was an Earl Grey kind of day, so she also pulled out the milk and doctored the tea to her preferences.

It seemed like Amy would be unlikely to find an object that Sheldon would like. He had everything he wanted, so she tried to find him something they could do together instead. She scanned a calendar of events when she saw it.

Joss Whedon was holding a speaking engagement in the beginning of October in San Diego. It looked like it was nearly sold out, so Amy pulled out her phone to text Leonard and find out if Sheldon had tickets already. After a moment, she found out that he didn't.

Amy smiled at how perfect it was. She bought the tickets and then decided to check the train schedule. There was a train that was perfect to get them there and home, so she booked it too. The trip would require a hotel stay, so she decided to book that too. After another half an hour of research to find a decent hotel that she knew would meet with Sheldon's expectations, she had a room booked for them too.

"There. Sheldon Cooper, you are going to be blown away by this gift," Amy said to herself when she was done. She was also pleased by the idea of spending a whole weekend away with Sheldon. She printed out the itinerary and put it in an envelope ready to give him.

Sheldon came home over an hour later than normal. He found Amy watching television on the couch.

"Hey, babe. There you are. I was about to send out the search teams," Amy said with a smile.

"I'm not that late," Sheldon said.

"I was just kidding," Amy said. Even after a year of marriage he still didn't always get her jokes. She figured she should probably stop, but Amy had a hard time turning it off around Sheldon.

"Oh. Well, in more serious news, I have made dinner reservations for Saturday. Also, I believe I have figured out a gift to get you," Sheldon said as he took off his bag and sat down next to Amy in his spot.

"You don't have to get me anything," Amy told him.

"You're getting me something, right?" Sheldon asked.

"Well, yeah."

"Then I have to get you something," Sheldon said.

"I'm getting you a surprise, but I also got some new lingerie to wear for you," Amy said in her best "sexy" voice.

"You know I prefer it when you wear nothing," Sheldon said.

"You don't want a sexy wrapping?"

"Anything you wear is a sexy wrapping. I know what is under your clothes. It makes this sweater you are wearing sexy," Sheldon said simply. He always found his wife attractive.

"I guess I can return it," Amy said frustratedly. It wasn't like her sex life with Sheldon needed the help, but she wanted to feel pretty for him.

"I didn't say you should return it. I'd like to see it," Sheldon explained.

Amy wasn't surprised by his contradictory nature. Her husband tended to pretend not to care about her making the extra effort for him, but she knew he secretly liked it. "Oh, really? Do you want to see it now?" Amy asked.

"You said it was for Saturday," Sheldon said. He didn't notice that Amy was trying to seduce him, and just changed the channel on the TV.

"Sheldon, do you want to have sex with me or not?" Amy gave up on seduction and just asked him outright.

"Yes. I'd like that," Sheldon said as he looked over at Amy. She had already taken off her sweater, and she was smiling toothily at him. "Bedroom," Sheldon added before getting up. He wasn't worried about anyone walking in on them, but her always preferred to make love in the bedroom.

Amy got up and followed Sheldon into the bedroom. She sometimes wished he would be a bit more adventurous, but it had taken five years of them being together before he would even make love to her. She felt like she should be glad that he didn't restrict that days, times, or positions. He was even known to blow off a night of video games with the guys to stay in with her these days.

Even after a year, Amy knew that Sheldon would want to take a shower and change the sheets when they were done. It didn't bother her anymore. It was just a part of her physical relationship with her husband. She even found comfort in it now. Still, Amy wondered if Sheldon would ever be able to handle the messes that came with having children.

They hadn't spoken about it in a while, but Amy thought about having children with Sheldon often these days. They were just so happy that Amy was worried about bringing it up and causing tension between them. Still, she couldn't put it off forever. Amy sighed and tried to put it out of her mind for a little while.