Disclaimer: I own nothing. Just having fun.
Amy was feeling very excited. It was date night. Yay!
She had gone to her office an hour before her usual time, so that she could go home early and get ready for the date.
Sheldon had texted her in the morning saying that he would be there at seven as usual.
As usual she read with a smirk. Nothing was going to be 'as usual' today. As Penny had put it, she was going to take matters into her own hands, she thought with a determined smile.
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The idea was conceived at the girl's night last week. As usual Penny, Bernadette and herself had met up at Penny's flat. They had been consuming wine and discussing about their lives when the topic of their date night came up.
"So Amy what exactly do you and Sheldon do at these Thursday dates of yours?" Penny asked well on her way of being tipsy.
"Well...the usual, eat dinner and watch movies." Amy said with a shrug.
Bernadette furrowed her eyebrows. "But isn't that what you guys do on any normal day?"
"Um…." Amy really didn't know what to tell. That was true. But just because it was date night Sheldon wouldn't do anything besides the 'normal'.
And then she remembered. "We also hold hands" she said triumphant grin.
The look she got from her friends was not what she expected. She sighed.
"Yeah, it's just like any other night." She said in a dull tone. Once again Amy was reminded about how different her relationship with Sheldon was. Though she was very happy to just be with him, she was ready to move forward. But Sheldon being his usual self was not ready for any change. Even for hand holding she had to fight tooth and nail. Thinking about it she immediately became sad. The harp and she will be having a long night.
Penny and Bernadette looked at each other. They knew that being Sheldon's girlfriend was one hell of a work. It was the opinion of the social group that Amy must be a saint in disguise. Though they all only put up with Sheldon, Amy seemed to truly like spending time with him.
Weird.
Anyways there was only so much a girl could take. They were afraid that at one point Sheldon will succeed in driving Amy away. And they had already witnessed how disturbed Sheldon would be if that happened. (It took a whole month to get the smell of cats away from the flat.) Penny shuddered at that thought.
So with their survival instinct on hyper drive, they had nodded at each other.
"Oh! Amy. Cheer up." Bernadette said in sympathy.
"Yeah Ames. It's time you took matters into your own hands." Penny said with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
Amy peeked at them past the walls of her irritation and sadness.
"You're brain scientist right?" Penny asked with her Nebraskan twang.
Amy and Bernadette both frowned at her.
"I am a neurobiologist." Amy said. "You should have truly gotten the hang of the word right now." Bernadette nodded.
Penny rolled her eyes. Sometimes she really wondered what had she done to deserve being around a bunch of nerds.
"Whatever. Now are you going to listening to my advice or not" she huffed in irritation.
Amy said back to listen to her.
"Now listen up. According to the recent update you" she pointed a finger towards the neurobiologist, "and Sheldon have finally begun to hold hands. This in itself is quite unbelievable and a huge leap for Sheldon. But you want more, so you get more."
"But how?" Amy whined.
Penny smiled devilishly.
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The idea was so simple that Amy was embarrassed that it hadn't occurred to her.
Penny has suggested that she use the knowledge of the functions of human brain to increase Sheldon's emotions towards her. And fortunately Amy had an entire bag of tricks.
After getting off from work early she headed home. The traffic was mercifully less so she made it home in fifteen minutes.
She checked her watch. It was four. She had three hours before Sheldon came knocking at her door. She decided to first take a long shower to relax. After the extremely refreshing bath she switched on her laptop to consult the details she had stored under the folder named Cuddles. Hmm…..
Equipped with the details she went to the kitchen to cook Sheldon's favorite. While the spaghetti was boiling in the pan she opened her fridge and peeked into it. Yup, she had a bottle of YooHoo alright. She resumed cooking while humming happily. After cooking, she needed her laptop again. She needed to download the theme music of a certain video game her boyfriend was fond of. When she was done she consulted her clock again. She still had half an hour.
Might as well change, she thought.
She changed into her usual clothes: grey skirt, tights, grey blouse and green cardigan.
Now all she had to do was patiently wait for her boyfriend to fall into her trap. She sat on her couch, bidding her time.
AN: It's my first attempt at Shamy. Reviews are welcome. :)