Chapter two - The trip, some M-Rated stuff going on.

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Venice

The group arrived at the airport, quickly went through security and were waiting in the departure lounge for their flight to be announced when Amy noticed how quiet Sheldon was, their flight was then announced and Sheldon started to fidget as they walked towards the gate.

"Sheldon you will be fine, don't worry" whispered Amy as she could see Sheldon starting to panic.

"I hope you are right" replied Sheldon as they stepped forward to show their boarding cards.

A few minutes later they had boarded the plane, Amy had deliberately booked herself and Sheldon into first class and just before take off, Amy took Sheldon's hand in hers and started to stroke it, he looked at her hand and smiled at her.

"I take it this is one of your focus diversion tactics? Asked Sheldon.

"Yes and you are about to see the next one" replied Amy as the plane started to gather speed.

"Which is?

"This"

Amy moved closer to Sheldon and as the plane went quicker, she stroked his face and kissed him, the kiss carried on for some time and when they broke apart a few minutes later, Amy noted Sheldon was no longer in panic mode.

"That was a very good diversion if I must say so" commented Sheldon as they shared a moment of eye coitus.

"Good, now I will do that for you on landing as well but it's also time for sleeping" replied Amy.

"Can we kiss again?

"Of course"

They kissed again and then reclined their seats and dozed off holding hands, both of them slept for several hours and only woke when the stewardess came round with the drinks trolley.

"We will be starting to serve breakfast in 2 hours, if you wish to have anything let us know now"

"Thank you" said Amy as she and Sheldon perused the menu and gave their order.

They dozed off again and then had breakfast, their plane landed in London at 9am and they only had to wait an hour before their connecting flight to Venice, Amy repeated the same actions to Sheldon on take off and landing by kissing him again.

Once they had collected all their luggage the group made their way to the hotel, the hotel was right next to the canal.

Pretty quickly they checked in, then as it was close to lunchtime they booked a table for 8 for lunch for an hour's time, then a butler showed them to their rooms which were all on the same floor and next to each other, Sheldon and Amy's suite was the first so they were shown in by the butler.

Amy and Sheldon had settled for booking a suite with two double beds and now they stood before the beds staring at them.

"What bed would you like Sheldon? Asked Amy.

"This one is fine" replied Sheldon placing his bag on the nearest one.

They both quickly unpacked and decided as they had some time to make full use of the time and were kissing on Sheldon's bed, when he suddenly stopped, he looked into Amy's eyes and stroked her face before talking

"There are two of us in this relationship and it shouldn't just be about what I want, I know you want more from me and since we have resumed our relationship, you have said you are happy to wait but we have the opportunity here to progress and that's what we shall do" replied Sheldon

"In what way?

"I can't say for sure but perhaps we can start by sharing a bed but please don't be upset if I don't like it, you know I am not a cuddly person"

"I beg to differ, you enjoy cuddles and kisses with me when we have fort sleepovers so sleeping in the same bed shouldn't make much of a difference" replied Amy.

"Lets see how it goes shall we" replied Sheldon

They both went out to the living room area, as they did so a knock came from the door, Sheldon answered the door to find Penny and the rest of the gang there.

"I have an idea to do something this afternoon" announced Penny as the group sat down in various places.

"What's that? Asked Amy.

"Well how about after we have lunch we play a little game, where I will hand out envelopes to the ladies with locations on and then the same to the guys and whoever you end up with you have to spend an hour with them"

"So we won't know who we are spending the time with until we get to the location? Asked Howard clarifying

"That's correct and I will make sure all the locations are no more than 20 minutes from the hotel, I have already checked this out and I think it will be fun" replied Penny

Sheldon and Amy shared a look and nodded to each other, the others did the same before answering.

"Count us all in" said Bernadette

"Excellent, I have the envelopes here, I will give them to you after lunch and the plan is that I will give the guys theirs and I will text all four of you to leave at the correct time, that way the ladies can get to their locations, its just a bit of fun that's all"

An hour later they had finished lunch and returned to their rooms, Sheldon and Amy were sharing a kiss when Penny came in without knocking. This had happened a lot recently and Penny was now used to seeing them kiss.

"Sorry I keep doing that, Amy here's your envelope, you must not open it until you leave the hotel, you wont know who you are meeting until the guy arrives" said Penny passing the envelope over and then leaving

"Sheldon I know this is outside your comfort zone and I will say try to have fun" said Amy giving him another kiss

"I will try" replied Sheldon as he watched Amy leave

Amy discovered her location was not too far away and was waiting patiently, checking her phone when she felt somebody tap her shoulder, she turned around and grinned delightedly when she discovered it was Sheldon, he had however come bearing facts.

"Amy did you know why the Bridge of Sighs is called that? Asked Sheldon indicating the bridge they were standing next to

"No but I am sure you are about to tell me"

"It was the last view of the city the prisoners had before going to prison back in the 1600's" replied Sheldon as they walked onto the bridge

"Fascinating" replied Amy

A familiar voice could be heard from below them, they looked down onto the canal and saw Howard and Penny on a gondola waving at them as they went under the bridge.

"Oh that looks like fun, maybe we could do that" suggested Amy.

"We are here for another two days, maybe we could do it tomorrow unless you have other plans?

"Not really, but maybe we can just walk around St Marks Square and see what its like"

"I am glad that we got chosen together, I am not sure I could have tolerated an hour of forced fun with Bernadette, Penny or Emily" replied Sheldon.

"We can make fun together, fancy going back to the hotel? Asked Amy.

"To do what?

"For progress reasons you know" winked Amy as they held hands and continued walking and avoiding the crowds who were milling around them.

"Amy Farrah Fowler you are a vixen" said Sheldon smiling back at her.

On the way back to the hotel they stopped by the gondola station and booked a gondola ride for later that day and made their way back to the hotel and to their room, both of them became suddenly nervous about what they were about to do.

"Lets just stay in the lounge and that way there is no pressure" suggested Amy as she made them both tea.

"If you are sure, I am trying here Amy" replied Sheldon as he waited for Amy to finish the tea then sat down on the sofa in the living area

"I know"

Once Amy had joined him, Sheldon pulled her close to him and kissed her gently on the lips, Amy wrapped both arms around his waist and deepened the kiss, Sheldon copied Amy's hand movements and pressed into Amy, Sheldon's hands moved from Amy's waist to running over her hair, Amy reached under his top to caress his tummy, just as she reached his nipple, Sheldon stopped kissing her and gazed into her eyes for a long time, Amy continued to tease his nipple and started to draw circles around it and gently squeezing it, this made Sheldon growl and kiss her harder, he came to his senses a moment later when Amy's other hand wandered down to his pants and his very obvious erection.

"Stop"

"My apologies, I know you are not ready for that just yet"

Amy moved away from Sheldon and straightened her clothing, Sheldon immediately felt cold without Amy near him, he pulled her back and put his arms around her to cuddle

"We can continue this later" replied Sheldon turning her head to give her another kiss.

"If you are sure"

"We need a little break, I feel like I was going out of control there" replied Sheldon

"Out of control is good sometimes but I understand" Amy smiled at him and was about to give him another kiss when Penny arrived back and again walked in without knocking

"Hey you two, did you have fun?

"Oh yes, we came back here and made out for a while" replied Amy still gazing at Sheldon

"TMI, by the way I didn't know who was going to be with who, so I bet you are glad you got each other?

"Yes of course, did Howard behave himself? Asked Amy tearing her gaze away from Sheldon

"Yes although he did mention swinging again but that's never gonna happen, you two up for going out to dinner tonight with us all?

"Yes sure, we are going on a gondola ride at 5pm though so text us to meet you wherever you to go" replied Amy

"Will do, am going to find Leonard, he text earlier to say he got Emily and we are going to meet for a drink, laters" Penny waved and disappeared.

Amy and Sheldon finished off their tea relaxing on the balcony for an hour before setting off down to the gondola stand, they were asked if they wanted a singer on board, Sheldon wanting to please Amy agreed to this and they were introduced to a handsome man calling himself Luigiano, he greeted Amy with a double kiss cheek and a handshake for Sheldon and helped them onto the gondola.

Once they were on the little boat they sat side by side with Sheldon cuddling Amy close to him, enjoying the sights and the sound of Luigiano singing in Italian, neither of them understood it but they both enjoyed it, they passed under the Bridge of Sighs again and this time they spotted Penny and Leonard waving to them, they waved back as they passed under the bridge, Sheldon whispered into Amy's ear that he wanted her to sit in front of him, he helped her up and she sat in between in his legs while he held her tight, Amy turned her head to smile at him at the same time as he leaned into kiss her, they continued kissing and were still kissing when they reached the end of the ride, they asked Luigiano to take pictures of them and thanked him before Amy checked her phone to find Penny had text them the location of the restaurant they were meeting at.

"See that wasn't so bad was it? Asked Amy as she and Sheldon held hands.

"No it wasn't and you helped with your diversion techniques" replied Sheldon.

"If it helps you to enjoy something maybe we can do diversion techniques all the time" chuckled Amy.

The group had an enjoyable evening together and it was 10pm by the time they arrived back at the hotel, Penny was tipsy and didn't want the evening to end just yet.

"Let's all go to the hotel bar and do shots" said Penny clapping her hands excitedly

Amy and Sheldon were the only ones not agree on this and bid goodnight to their friends.

"Sorry guys but Sheldon and I are going to turn in, see you in the morning"

"Woo Shamy in bed together, about time as well" cackled Penny.

"Penny if you could keep your unnecessary comments to yourself in the future" replied Sheldon glaring at her for her lack of tact

"What's the matter Shelley are ya scared? Asked Penny again.

"I will not be discussing this with you, come on Amy lets go"

Sheldon took Amy's hand and marched off towards the lift, Amy noted that angry Sheldon was also quite sexy and pounced on him as soon as the lift door closed, they almost missed their floor thanks to kissing passionately, they entered their room and locked the door before continuing into the bedroom.

"Now then just because I have suggested we sleep together doesn't mean anything will happen" said Sheldon placing Amy down on the bed

"Oh I know, just with you by my side will be plenty to keep me happy" replied Amy smiling at him.

"Very well, I am going to get changed, I suggest you do the same"

Amy went through to the bathroom to get changed while Sheldon did the same in the bedroom, she and Penny had been shopping for clothes before the trip and Penny had tried to encourage Amy to buy some sexy nighties, Amy had resisted the sexy nightie but had picked out a much flattering knee length one instead and quickly got changed into to it, she wondered if Sheldon was ready and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Sheldon are you ready yet?

Amy received no answer so went out anyway and found Sheldon sitting cross legged on the living area floor meditating and muttering to himself.

"Is something wrong? Asked Amy.

"Not at all, now we decided on my bed didn't we? Replied Sheldon hauling himself off the floor.

"I think so"

"Good then lets go" Sheldon waited for Amy to exit the room and then noticed her nightie for the first time, he gulped nervously when he saw how it clung to her body, he was already trying hard to resist her.

"Do you want a drink before bed? Asked Amy.

"No thank you"

Amy nodded at him and climbed into the bed, not noticing that her nightie rose up and showed a little of her bottom, Sheldon in his pyjamas experienced immediately an erection, his arousal straining against his pants made it awkward to get comfortable next to Amy but he pulled her close and they cuddled for a few moments.

"That's not too bad is it? Asked Amy to be sure.

"No you are right and I take it you are not too sleepy just yet?

"How can I be when I have you in bed with me" replied Amy.

She felt Sheldon's fingers wander down to her legs and start to stroke them, they immediately started to kiss frantically as their bodies met with so little clothing between them, Amy already felt that Sheldon was aroused for her but was too busy enjoying Sheldon caress her legs, his fingers wandered up higher to her inner thighs and made Amy shiver in lust at his touch.

"Oh Sheldon" murmured Amy happily as they continued to kiss.

Sheldon manoeuvred himself so they were now laying side by side facing each other, with their legs wrapped around each other, both of them using their hands to explore each other, Amy had resumed caressing his nipples before reaching into his pants and caressing his butt, this however only made him thrust against her, her nightie had ridden up completely now exposing her underwear.

"Amy we need to stop before this goes any further" moaned Sheldon into Amy's neck

"Ok"

"There you go being nice again" exclaimed Sheldon sitting up and throwing his arms up in frustration.

"I thought you wanted to stop? Amy was confused.

"What I want and what my body wants are two different things, Amy I am scared that I will not perform to your liking"

"Sheldon I have nothing to compare it to and I know you like to excel at things, lets just relax and go to sleep, I am not putting pressure on you to do anything"

"Thank you, perhaps you are right" Sheldon ended the conversation by kissing Amy and holding her close.

The next morning Amy was the first to wake up, still in the same position as the night before with Sheldon holding her tightly, she started to get out of bed when Sheldon woke up and pulled her back into his arms.

"Don't go"

"I was only going to the bathroom" replied Amy.

"Be quick then" replied Sheldon

Amy did as she was told and rejoined Sheldon in bed, she snuggled up close to him and they shared a kiss.

"I must say I wasn't expecting to enjoy sleeping with you so much" replied Sheldon.

"I enjoyed it as well" replied Amy stroking his face

"Perhaps when we return home we can make it a regular thing"

"Sleeping together?

"Yes, I know we have the fort sleepovers but I think last night indicates that we can sleep together in the same bed and not let things get out of control" replied Sheldon

"As long as you are ok with it, then I am happy" replied Amy.

"Good now we should get dressed and go down to breakfast, what do you want to do today?

"I think us girls are going to go shopping this morning so whatever you guys wanted to you can do, we can all meet up later on"

"There are plenty of museums here, maybe we could go to those" pondered Sheldon

"You do that"

Amy went off with Penny, Bernadette and Emily to shop and met up with Sheldon in the afternoon where they had dinner together, the jet lag which hadn't been a problem now set in and they returned to their suite to have a short nap, after which they spent the evening watching TV, the next morning they were woken by a knock from the door, Sheldon went to answer it and came back with a bouquet of mixed flowers which he presented to Amy

"I know I don't often do romantic things but these are for you" said Sheldon giving her a quick kiss.

"Thank you, they are beautiful" replied Amy.

Amy spent a moment sniffing them before placing the flowers on the bedside cabinet and beckoned Sheldon to her with a finger and as he leaned down, she pulled him down on top of him and gave long and lingering kiss that made them both breathless, both of them unable to speak for a while.

Sheldon ordered room service for them both and also decided that they would have breakfast in bed, to hell with the crumbs!

They had muffins and croissants with marmalade, Amy decided that as they were making lots of progress to be a little daring and used some of the marmalade to dab on Sheldon's nose and saucily licked it off, Sheldon was looking on wide eyed in surprise as she did this.

"What was that?

"Just a little fun Dr Cooper, maybe we can take off your top and I can do something else to pleasure you?

"Like you just did?

"Yes, did you like it?

Sheldon responded by taking Amy's hand to his evident arousal, he growled at her touch and kissed her hard on the lips, Amy took the chance to undo his pyjama top and rub some of the marmalade on his tummy and immediately licked it off, when she looked up at Sheldon, he had his eyes closed and one hand was running through her hair, she slid her tongue up his chest to his lips and they started to kiss again, Sheldon was sitting up in bed so Amy straddled him and moved against his erection straining through his pyjama bottoms.

"A very good morning to you Dr Cooper" whispered Amy into his ear as they bucked against each other.

"Amy" moaned Sheldon as he felt things he hadn't felt before.

"Yes Dr Cooper? Asked Amy stopping suddenly and nibbling his neck.

"Don't stop"

Sheldon grabbed her waist and pulled her down so he could move on top of her, he immediately ran his hands up and down her legs, as they kissed Amy parted his mouth with her tongue and searched for his, their kisses becoming more frantic and hands wandering over each other before Sheldon rolled off Amy needing to stop again.

"Sorry, I can see myself going to far when I want to plan for our special moment" said Sheldon.

"That's ok, I am not ready either, let's just enjoy each other and finish breakfast, then we can meet our friends"

The group spent the majority of the day together and it was when they returned to the hotel for dinner that they all received a surprise as the restaurant manager made an announcement over the microphone, he spoke first in Italian and then repeated it in English.

"Ladies and Gentlemen tonight at 8pm we will be holding our annual Summer Ball, you are all invited"

"Ooh Sheldon you will be able to dance with Amy" called Penny from Leonard's other side.

"I have no problems with that" replied Sheldon.

"But you hate dancing? Queried Penny.

"Not when I am with Amy" replied Sheldon pulling Amy close and giving her the sort of kiss that had the other girls fanning their faces in astonishment.

"When did you learn to kiss like that? Leonard said you were not romantic" said Raj watching from across the table

"Plenty of practice Rajesh, Sheldon sure knows how to bring pleasure to a lady, now we are off to get changed for this ball, see you all later" replied Amy speaking for her and Sheldon.

Once they were back in their suite, Amy went through to the bathroom where she changed into the prom dress that Sheldon had told her to bring, she spoke to Sheldon through the door while she did this.

"Sheldon you know you might get asked to dance by the other girls tonight?

"If that happens I will say no, I only want to dance with you Amy"

"You are already stepping outside your comfort zone, I will dance with the guys if they ask me"

There was silence while Sheldon contemplated this answer and then he opened the bathroom door.

"They are not for you" said Sheldon sternly and with that he marched straight up to her and kissed her hard on the lips.

"Hoo"

"Who what?

"Nothing I meant Hoo as in oh wow I can't speak right now" replied Amy.

"They are not for you" repeated Sheldon as he gave Amy another kiss and went back to getting ready.

When Amy was ready, she left the bathroom, she noted Sheldon was already dressed in his tux.

"You look lovely" said Sheldon eyeing her up appreciatively.

"You look very handsome"

"Thank you, now you know I am not big on public displays of affection so please don't be upset if I am trying to control myself downstairs" said Sheldon.

"I won't get upset, it's an honour to have the great Dr Sheldon Cooper on my arm" replied Amy gazing at him with adoration.

"Well obviously" Sheldon held out his hand for Amy to take and they left the room, bumping into Leonard and Penny at the same time.

"Hey shamy looking forward to the dance? Asked Penny.

"Of course, are you? Replied Amy

"Yes although Leonard would have liked to keep me in the hotel with the way I am dressed" replied Penny indicating the black dress she had on that showed much of her cleavage.

"I bet he would" replied Amy.

They reached the ballroom and were given complimentary glasses of champagne on entering, they quickly found a table to sit at, Sheldon and Amy snuggled up together watching other couples dance, Leonard and Penny were dancing and Sheldon decided he wanted to dance with Amy, the band started up with a new song and he helped Amy up and walked her to the dance floor, he held her close as they moved around to the music, they only had eyes for each other though and Sheldon forgot about his aversion to public displays of affection and swiftly kissed Amy, she responded back with passion as they moved around the floor, they had wolf whistles from Penny as she and Leonard passed by them, Amy came up for air and beamed at her bestie, soon the song came to an end and they went back to their table for drinks.

"That was very enjoyable, thank you Sheldon" said Amy.

"Ditto, I may dance again later but I am happy to sit here with you for now" replied Sheldon as Raj appeared.

"Sheldon do you mind if I take Amy off to dance?

"I do mind"

"Oh" Raj started to walk away before Sheldon spoke again.

"You may dance with her, but not the way I was dancing with her"

"Oh no I wouldn't do that"

"You better not had" replied Sheldon letting Amy go past him.

"Come on Shelley lets dance together" said Penny as Emily had taken Leonard off to dance.

"Do I have a choice?

"Nope" Penny took his hand and led him onto the floor, she noticed that he was not enthusiastic about it and was watching Raj and Amy constantly.

"You know Amy is crazy about you Sheldon, don't worry"

"I'm not worried"

Penny didn't have a chance to say much else as the song ended and Raj brought Amy back to Sheldon and they went back to the table.

"That was fun, how was it with Penny?

"I only like dancing with you Amy, I hope Raj was not inappropriate?

"He was the perfect gentleman, shall we get some more drinks?

"Yes but that one glass of champagne has made me light-headed so I will stick to soft drinks" replied Sheldon as they went to the bar and returned back to their table

"I guess you are really looking forward to the train trip now?

"Of course, its what I am excited most about" replied Sheldon.

"Good"

"Whatever makes you happy Sheldon" Amy silenced Sheldon with a kiss.

"What was that for?

"Because I love you and I am not afraid to kiss you without worrying about it anymore"

"Can we leave yet, I want to have private time with you"

"Maybe soon its only 10pm after all" replied Amy.

"Can we compromise and leave at 11 then? Asked Sheldon again.

"Sure, I am a little tired actually"

They stayed for a few more drinks, Amy was asked to dance by Howard and Leonard and then Howard again when the band started singing "Sweet Caroline" and eventually the couple made their way back to the hotel room, with Amy a little tipsy Sheldon helped her to get changed and she dozed off in his arms when they sat down in the living room, he took the chance to look over the website for the train trip and started to get excited thinking about riding the train, Amy stirred next to him so he picked her up and carried her to bed, holding her in his arms he drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 3 will have the train trip and will be up shortly.