The whole gang was gathered at Sheldon and Leonard's apartment for dinner. It was Thursday, which meant it was pizza night but to everyone's surprise, Sheldon decided to cook an amazing feast for everyone instead. This feast featured some of his home cooked favorites: fried chicken, corn on the cob, mac & cheese, green bean caserole and home made dinner rolls.

Everyone sat around the coffee table in their usual spots and dove into their meals.

"Wow, Sheldon, you aren't messin' around!" Penny was amazed at how wonderful the food tasted.

"Yeah, this is the most amazing fried chicken I've ever eaten!" Emily said.

The rest of the group nodded in agreement as they continued eating.

"Well, I don't know why you all are so surprised. I excel at so many things. Why would my cooking be anything less than excellent?" Sheldon replied.

"Yessss, youuuu do." Amy said to him with a wink. Sheldon winked back at her knowing what she was implying.

Howard looked at Amy and then at Sheldon and said, "Ugh! I think I'm gonna lose my meal before I even finish it..."

"Howarrrd, come onnn. Sheldon and Amy only had sex for the first time a month ago. Can we really expect them to be any different from the rest of us? You have to admit, it's romantic."

"Thank you, Rajesh." Amy smiled at him.

"Was it romantic that night when you stroked my hair in bed and said my kisses are so delicious?...only it wasn't me, it was Cinnamon?" Emily mocked.

Everyone bursted out with laugher as Raj rolled his eyes. "Very funny, Emily...but I still love you."

"I love you too, Raj." Emily replied with a loving smile.

"Awww, Raj, you truly are a romantic though. Never change." Bernie smiled at him.

"Thank you, Bernadette." Raj said.

Howard rolled his eyes and turned to Bernie. "Am I not romantic?"

"Of course you are! Don't be silly, Howard. Can I give your boyfriend a compliment without you getting jealous about it?" She said before sticking her tongue out at him as everyone erupted in laughter again.

"Hahahaha! You girls are killin' it tonight," Penny laughed.

"No kidding..." Leonard said while wiping a tear from his eye from laughing so hard. "...Anyway, Sheldon also made pumpkin pie and we have whipped cream and vanilla ice cream to go with it if anyone wants?" Leonard said while getting up and heading towards the kitchen.

"Want!" Amy said as she shot up from her seat and headed towards the kitchen. Everyone else followed suit and headed towards the kitchen as well before heading back to their spots to sit down again to begin eating their dessert.

"So, perhaps we can now take the time to discuss our group trip to San Fransico since we leave tomorrow?"

"Sure. Thanks again, buddy, for the amazing wedding gift." Leonard said with a smile.

"Yeah, thanks, Sheldon. We figured since the three of us were already going, why not the rest of the gang too?" Penny smiled at him.

"Yeah, it's gonna be fun!" Amy said excitedly.

"The best part of all...we get to travel there by train! Then, once we get there, we get to enjoy the cable cars all weekend long!" Sheldon said wiggling in excitement.

Amy couldn't help but smile at her boyfriend. Nothing made her happier than to see him happy.

"Anyway, tomorrow morning, we wake up 6 a.m..." Sheldon started.

"6 a.m.?" Howard complained.

"Yes! There are 8 of us that need time to get ready in the morning, have you forgotten? Even though the girls will be sleeping at Penny's tonight and will get ready there in the morning, I still sense that no time will be better for us to wake up than 6 a.m." Sheldon replied.

"Fine, Sheldon, what's next?" Leonard asked.

"A shuttle will be here at 8 a.m. to pick us up and take us to the train station in Burbank. Our train will leave at 9 a.m. and we should arrive in San Fransico by roughly 9 p.m." Sheldon said.

"WHAT? We're gonna be on a train for that many hours?" Penny asked, shocked.

"Yes, Penny. It's wonderful, isn't it?" Sheldon replied happily.

"I'm gonna need a lot of potion to get through this train trip..." Penny sighed as Leonard reached over and rubbed her arm.

"Well, if anything, we have plently of time to sleep on the train before we get to San Fransico." Bernie said.

"Yes, when we get there the night will still be young and we can go out for a late night meal or something fun like that." Raj suggested.

"Sounds fine to me." Howard replied.

"Let's do it then." Leonard said with a smile.

"Well, I guess that's about it for now. It's currently 8:35 p.m. Perhaps we should start getting ready for bed soon. We'll need all the rest we can get anyway ." Sheldon suggested.

"Agreed." Amy said.

"Thanks again for the beautiful meal, Sheldon. We'll help you clean up and wash the dishes." Bernie said.

"You're very welcome. I'm glad you all enjoyed the meal." Sheldon said with a smile.

Everyone smiled back at him before gathering up their dishes and bringing them to the kitchen. With 16 total hands at work, the clean up was done in a flash and everyone headed off to get into their pajamas.

"Good night, Sheldon." Amy said before kissing him on the lips and giving him a hug. Sheldon hugged her back before pulling away and saying, "Good night, Amy. Sweet dreams and I'll see you in the morning."

The three other women kissed their significant others "good night" as well before they all exited the apartment and headed over to Penny's.

"Good night, gentlemen." Sheldon said before he and Leonard headed towards their bedrooms for the evening.

"Night, guys!..." Howard said before turning to Raj and saying "...Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock to see who gets the couch?"

"Why bother? the Indian guy always gets the floor..." Raj said half jokingly "...I'll tell you what. You get the couch but you buy me dinner tomorrow night."

"Deal." Howard replied with a smirk while tossing Raj a sleeping bag and pillow.

"Now that your romantic evening together is all planned out for tomorrow, can I come in and grab my purse? I forgot it." Bernie said with her head peeking in from the door that was now cracked a little bit open. The guys look up, surprised to see her there.

She comes in, grabs her purse, walks over to Howard, kisses him once more and he smacks her on the behind with a pillow before she gets to the door.

"Good night, Bernadette." Raj says. "Good night, guys." She replies back with a smile before closing the door behind her.

***More to come as I write more. It'll probably be 4 more chapters at the most, we'll see. Thank you for reading!***