After dinner, Amy was feeling much better, and Leonard was glad he'd asked her to dinner. They drove back to Amy's apartment in silence, both just thinking about dinner, and what they had talked about. At first it was mainly about how they felt about their ex's dating, and eventually made it's way to their lives. It was nice to get out and laugh for Amy.

"Leonard, was this a date?" Amy asked, curious, glancing over to him as they sat outside her apartment building. "I don't have much experience, and I'm not sure what constitutes as a date." She added, knowing that he would understand. 'Dating' Sheldon didn't give her all that much experience.

Leonard wasn't sure how to answer at first. He'd just figured it was two friends going out to dinner, but it did seem like a date. Smiling slightly, he nodded. "Sure, why not?" He had no objections to calling it that.

"Well, in that case, I had a lovely evening." She smiled back, feeling pretty good from the drinks she had. At least now she didn't get too buzzed from just a couple glasses of wine. Being friend with Penny helped her with that.

"I did, too, actually. Would you like to go out again?" He asked, somewhat cautiously. Leonard didn't know how Amy would feel dating her best friend's ex, even if Penny was with Sheldon. Not only that, but getting told 'no' was something that he was used to by now.

Amy nodded. "I'd like that." She admitted, slightly surprised with herself. "And Leonard? Thank you for tonight. I needed that. Maybe now I can really start to ease back into hanging out with everyone. Or just start trying to hang out with Penny again. One step at a time."

"Only do what you're comfortable with, Amy." He agreed. "Don't do too much. I can tell it bothered you when you came over tonight." It was hard on him, living with Sheldon, so he was actually a bit envious of Amy. She didn't have to see either of them daily.

"Yeah, you'd think I could get over this quicker with my knowledge of the human brain." She said with a half chuckle.

Leonard shook his head. "Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean it won't effect you like everyone else. Although, it is just Sheldon..." He said, glancing at her. "I'm sorry, that was mean."

Amy shrugged. "It's okay. But, I think I'll let you get home. I'm going to head up." She said, planning on take a warm bath.

"Alright. I'll text you and we can plan something again." He told her, wondering if he'd be getting questioned by Penny next time he ran into her.

Amy put her hand on the handle, and then shifted to face him. "Leonard, seeing as being Sheldon's girlfriend didn't really give me any of the...benefits of such, could I request something?" She asked, slightly blushing. He nodded, not saying anything, but he was very curious to see where this was going. "I kissed Sheldon. Once. He never kissed me back. Do you think we could...?"

He chuckled, shifting towards her. "Are you sure this isn't the alcohol talking?" Leonard had a feeling he should just go with it, but didn't want to do anything to make things worse for her.

"I'm sure." She replied after thinking for a moment. Of course, having her first 'real' kiss from Leonard wasn't something she'd ever thought of. However, when him and Penny had been together, she'd always talked about what a great guy he was. Hell, even when they weren't together she said that.

Leonard was about to ask if it had anything to do with Penny or Sheldon, but he knew that Amy wasn't like that. Hesitantly at first, Leonard leaned forward, surprised at how things had come in the past couple years. Putting his hand on Amy's head, he closed his eyes and kissed her. Amy had no experience, but did was felt right. Her eyes closed as well, kissing him back tentatively.

A couple moments later, they pulled away from each other. Amy smiled and let out a nervous chuckle. "So, that's what all the hype is about." She said. "Goodnight, Leonard." With that, she moved to open the door.

"Goodnight, Amy." Leonard said with a smile as she slide out of his car. He was oddly optimistic about where things seemed to be headed.