From now everything has change, she feels relaxed in the afterglow, hearing the beat of his heart turning regular. She smiles on the skin of his neck, subsiding in his talc scent, imaging how could they spend the rest of the evening together. He starts lightly caressing her back, untangling some strand of her hair. "Amy, despite I had skip the star wars premiere, I had cancelled a dinner reservation and I'm naked in a bed that it's not mine, I'm feeling very good" shyly she starts caressing his chest, trying not to be overwhelmed by his sweet admission. "Me too, Sheldon, I'm so happy that…" "But now I don't know what to do, I mean I was so worry about the before and the act that I never googled what to do after the act itself" He was expressing his distress in a weird relaxing way that startled Amy a little bit "Well we can decide together, what do you propose?" "It's your birthday you start" "okay….so if you want you can have a shower while I make the bed and I start cooking something for dinner, its Thursday and I know your schedule by heart" "Counterproposal: I appreciate having a shower first but it's your birthday so dinner it's my treat" "Done, make you comfortable" she says pointing the door.
Sitting up she feels like a stranger in her own bedroom, looking at her messy blankets and their clothes on her armchair, "I have prepared something for you" showing with her head a bag with a toothbrush, a toothpaste, two towels and a white t-shirt, "Thank you" he nods sitting up near Amy looking at her, focusing on her dreamy gaze and shyly he gives a kiss on her bare shoulder, definitely her best moment ever.
Back in the living room Sheldon finds Amy in her robe, waiting for her shower time, her hair no more tousled but a little wavy, setting some board games boxes on her coffee table, "she didn't get rid of my games" Sheldon thinks in wonder, dialing the restaurant phone number. She quickly hides behind the bathroom door, finally glancing to herself at the mirror, she was smiling without a reason, her hair were a mess and "Oh my…" a neat little redness on her neck, "…it's a hickey, it's a hickey, it's a hickey, I'm grown up and it's a hickey!". Completely revved up she have a shower for calming herself.
Coming back again in the living room she finds Sheldon intent filling some cards "Care to join me after dinner?" "Of course, it's a new game?" "Actually no, they are new quest for Counterfactuals" she looks down to the table "But you settled down scrabble" "We can play both" "Sure", so they eat in silence glancing at each other smiling.
Hoping not to sound too mushy "We can eat brownies for dessert" "And you can blow one of those spooky candles" smiling she blows a scented candle "Happy birthday Amy" "Thank you Sheldon".
After dinner she was already busying tidy up the table for dinner, she was humming and suddenly she startled a little hearing Sheldon behind her back whispering the same tune, Darlin' by the Beach Boys of course, "…Cause I think you're too outta sight…" smiling she gives him a shyly peck on the lips, then turning her back on the fridge door he starts kissing her more deeply, he really likes her brownie lips, she moves her arm around his neck and he lifts her up few inch from the ground "I can't carry you on the couch without hurting you, there is the kitchen island or the chair or…" "I get it Sheldon" a little hurt of this bump of reality.
"So…. scrabble?" "All right, you start" they play for a while, arranging acronyms, surnames of laureate, units of measure, then on the board Sheldon's index starts follow random tiles:"W…A…N…T….T…O…F…O…L…L…O..W…M…E…" he suddenly stops staring at her, "Yes", they stand up and he gives her a card, she takes it and she starts reading "In a world where men behave like bats…" giggling she says loud "Really Sheldon?" He quizzically looks at her "don't you know the answer?" blushing she quickly answers "Of course I do, but… I mean…" a bit scared he whispers "Say it" softly leaning over his ear "You mean Bedroom?" "I do" and they walk shyly to the bedroom hand in hand.