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Sheldon could not sleep. He looked at the clock. It was 4:34 AM.

He looked at Amy. She was fast asleep. Good.

A few hours earlier, Sheldon showed his Amy his diagram of circles of what information he could share with what people. He also revealed to Amy that he had a driver's license.

That was a secret Sheldon wished he would have kept, now that he thought about it. Now Amy would be expecting him to drive more often. And Sheldon was not a good driver. He was too cautious, too slow, especially when parking. And roads with lots of traffic overwhelmed him psychologically.

Sheldon gave up trying to sleep, and decided to get out of bed. Could he get out of bed without waking up Amy?

He proceeded with caution. Slowly he slid his left foot to the ground. His right foot followed slower than his left. Then he carefully sat up. Finally he stood up.

He left the bedroom and walked into the apartment's living room. While his relationship with Amy was better than it had ever been for the most part, he felt that it was on shaky ground because of last night. Maybe he could offer to drive Amy to something and he would do such a poor...No, that wasn't the answer.

He wanted to be a better driver, but how? Maybe virtual reality was the answer. He could buy a PS4 VR or an Oculus Rift headset, and one or more driving games.

Time to do some research.

He booted up his laptop, and looked up the PS4 VR and Oculus Rift on Google. The PS4 VR was cheaper. However, the Oculus Rift was lighter and had higher resolution. Plus, the Oculus Rift was compatible with his laptop.

Now all he needed was a driving game. With the help of Wikipedia, he found one, Euro Truck Simulator 2. It was a game where you drove on city and country streets and had to follow the rules of the road. Perfect. A screenshot showing the in-game on showed that the game had a larger playable area than Grand Theft Auto 5. Even better. So he bought it online via Steam for 20 bucks, only because it did not seem to be available in any store nearby.

The Oculus Rift headset, however, could apparently be purchased at Best Buy. Sheldon did not see when he would have time to go to Best Buy in the near future.

He checked the clock. It was 5:58 AM.

He decided to take the bus to work. So he got dressed, grabbed a quick breakfast, and left a note for Amy. Another pleasant surprise for her, he hoped. Not as big as what he and Amy did on Amy's last birthday, but perhaps the fact that it came on an ordinary day would make it more surprising.

As he waited for the bus, he decided he wanted to do something big for Amy. What he wanted to do, he didn't know yet. But he would have plenty of time to think on the bus ride to work as well as the bus ride home. Amy needed another surprise.

To be continued...