I decided to add another chapter since the first one got such lovely feedback. :D
Also, I know someone of this seems a little out of character, but I'm setting it up for another possible chapter.
I don't own anything, especially the first part since it came from the episode itself.
Enjoy!
"Oh hey, you're back. How was your trip? Leonard asked as Sheldon entered their apartment.
"It was wonderful," Sheldon replied enthusiastically.
"Great, what'd ya do?" Leonard asked.
"I made a new friend who likes trains as much as I do, uh, I kissed Amy on the lips, oh and, the conductor played his banjo for me," Sheldon said before he began to make his way to his bedroom. He was clearly trying to avoid the questions that he knew were inevitable from Leonard.
"w-w-w-wait. I'm gonna need more detail," Leonard said as he turned in his chair.
"Oh, well, my new friend's name is Eric, Amy's lips tasted like the brownie we had for dessert. Oh, and the banjo-playing conductor was missing a finger, but he made up for it with his can-do attitude," Sheldon replied, hoping that would satisfy Leonard's curiosity.
"No, hang on, hang on," Leonard said as he got up from his chair. "Are all those things equal to you?
"Hmm. It never occurred to me to pick a favorite," Sheldon replied.
"Well, give it a go." This had obviously peaked Leonard's interest.
"I can't answer that without collecting additional data," Sheldon replied. Truth was, he was just tired of answering all of Leonard's questions. It had been a long weekend for him and he just wanted to go to his room and be alone with his thoughts.
"Additional data. You dog!" Leonard exclaimed with a huge grin on his face. Sheldon was not having anymore of this conversation so he rattled off something about watching other nine fingered banjo players and began to make his way to his room again.
"That's not what I... you know what? Forget it. I'm going to Penny's," Leonard said as he walked towards the door to leave.
Sheldon was relieved once Leonard was gone. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk to his best friend about what happened with Amy. It was just that he wasn't sure what he would say. His head was still a little foggy from the trip.
Once Sheldon got to his room, he began to unpack is things. He put his clothes away neatly in their designated places. As he was reaching into his suitcase, he found the ticket stub from the train ride. As he picked it up, he felt a small grin creep across his face. The memory of what happened on Valentine's Day was still very vivid in his mind.
He remembered the feeling of excitement that he had when they first boarded the train. He remembered saying that it was going to be the best Valentine's Day ever. Looking back on it, he began to laugh to himself. He remembered meeting Eric and going to the engine room and how happy he felt just being there.
Then, he remembered the fight he had with Amy afterwards. His stomach began to turn. If he regretted anything from the trip, it was his fight with Amy. However, the feeling quickly passed when his thoughts landed on the kiss. The way Amy's lips tasted, the way her body felt next to his, and the way they looked at each other after the kiss.
Sheldon thought back to the comment that Leonard made earlier about picking a favorite out of the events that had transpired over the weekend.
"Am I really suppose to choose a favorite?" Sheldon thought to himself. His thoughts were quickly shattered when he heard Penny squeal from her apartment. Sheldon immediately snapped out of it and began to make his way to Penny's apartment.
*Knock, knock, knock,* "Penny."
*Knock, knock, knock,* "Penny."
*Knock, knock, knock,* "Penny."
Penny ripped open the door and leaped towards Sheldon as she wrapped her arms around him and began to squeeze him tightly.
"Penny, what are you doing?" Sheldon shrieked, clearly startled by Penny nearly tackling him.
"I'm so proud of you!" Penny exclaimed.
"What on earth are you talking about?" Sheldon asked as he began to separate himself from Penny's hug.
"You kissed Amy!" Penny squealed.
"You told her?!" Sheldon yelled at Leonard.
"She dragged it out of me," Leonard said in his defense.
"What's the big deal? I would have found out eventually," Penny said, confused at why Sheldon was upset that she knew about the kiss.
"The big deal is that it was something personal that I told my best friend in confidence!" Sheldon said as he slightly raised his voice. "Now, everyone is going to find out and I will have to figure out how to avoid all of the questions that I don't want to answer!"
"So what if they find out?" Penny asked, getting defensive.
"Because, maybe I'm not sure how I feel about it, yet!" Sheldon said. Leonard and Penny were shocked by Sheldon's brutal honesty about the kiss. "It was a really big step for me and, quite frankly, it only happened because I was upset with Amy."
"What do you mean?" Leonard asked.
"Amy and I were arguing. She had lied to me about her intentions of taking me on that train. She told me that it would be something that we could both enjoy, but what she really wanted was romance. I kissed her out of spite but then I began to enjoy it," Sheldon said, his voice beginning to lower.
"Do you wish you had never kissed her? Penny asked.
"Of course not. I am very fond of Amy and it made her happy," Sheldon answered.
"Sheldon, sweetie, there is nothing wrong with what happened on the train. I argue with Leonard all the time and then we have make-up sex," Penny stated.
"It is kind of nice," Leonard said sheepishly. Penny laughed and winked at Leonard.
"Honey, it's part of being in a relationship. You argue, you make up, everyone goes home happy," Penny added.
"Have you talked to Amy about the kiss?" Leonard asked.
"We were so caught up in the moment and the trip, we never really had the chance," Sheldon answered.
"Then it sounds to me like you have a phone call to make," Penny said.
"I suppose you're right. Wow, I never thought that I would say that," Sheldon said.
"I'm going to act like to didn't say that," Penny said as she pushed Sheldon out the door and closed it behind him.
"That was rude. She didn't say goodbye," Sheldon said to himself as he made his way back to his own apartment. Once he was inside, he took a deep breath before he reached for his phone and began to dial Amy's number. There were three rings before Amy finally picked up.
"Hello?" Amy said.
"Amy, we should talk about what happened on the train," Sheldon replied.
"OK, I will be over there soon," Amy responded.
After he hung up, Sheldon sat in his spot and began to think of what he would say to Amy once she got there. The thoughts were short lived when he heard a knock on the door. He opened it to see that Amy was standing there.
"That was fast," Sheldon said flatly.
"I was in the area picking up cigarettes for Ricky," Amy answered as she walked into the apartment.
"Very well. May I offer you a hot beverage? Maybe some tea?" Sheldon asked, his nerves beginning to get the better of him.
"No thank you. I would rather just skip straight to the reason I'm here. I have a feeling there won't be much time for a hot beverage," Amy said as her eyes lowered towards the floor.
"What do you mean?" Sheldon asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"You wanted to tell me that you regretted kissing me, right?" Amy asked as she raised her head to look him in the eyes.
"Why on Earth would you think that?" Sheldon asked, bothered by the fact that she would say that.
"That's usually what happens when someone calls you and says 'we need to talk,'" Amy shot back.
Amy's words ran through Sheldon like lightning. He could no believe that Amy would think such a thing. If we wasn't sure how he felt before, he knew, in the exact moment, how he felt. He led Amy over to the couch and sat down in his spot. He reached for her hand and looked her in the eyes.
"Amy, I never thought there would come a day where I said this to anyone, but I love you. I think I knew it the first day that we met, but I chose not to acknowledge it. My whole life has revolved around science and facts and I have always known certain things to be true, one of them being that love at first sight does no exist. But, there I was, standing in that coffee shop, meeting you for the first time, and feeling something that I had never experienced before. I've spent the last three years trying to understand this feeling that I get when I'm around you and I was never able to describe it until I kissed you on that train. That's when I knew it was love. I have not regretted kissing you for one second and I am sincerely sorry if I made you think that. This is all very new to me and I'm doing my best to figure it all out," Sheldon said sweetly.
"Sheldon..." Amy whispered.
Before Amy could say another word, Sheldon leaned in and kissed her ever so softly. It startled Amy at first, but she quickly fell into the kiss. Taking that as his cue, Sheldon leaned into the kiss a little more and then his head started to go fuzzy again, much like it did on the train. Once again, in the absence of his brain, his body started to take over and his hand reached for her face and landed delicately on her neck.
The world and time stopped for the two of them. They had no idea what was going on around them and they didn't seem to care. They didn't even notice that Leonard and Penny had walked into the apartment.
"Oh my God," Penny whispered as she covered her mouth with her hands, tears of happiness beginning to form in her eyes. Leonard stood at the door for a moment with a smile on his face. He was really happy for his roommate.
"Come on, let's go and give them some privacy," Leonard whispered as he shuffled Penny out the door.
Sheldon felt better after talking to Amy and he was really happy that he decided to kiss her again. He knew that he had come a long way from when they first met and he knew that he still had a long way to go, but as long as he had Amy, it didn't seem so impossible.