There have been a lot many times when Sheldon Cooper was quite proud of himself. The time when he got accepted to college when he was only fourteen, the time when he finished his ScD, when he won for three weeks in a row during their gaming nights without Penny's help and so on. Leonard kept telling him that he bragged a lot. Pfft…he never bragged. He had been merely stating facts on those occasions.

Now was one such moment.

When he had been faced with the predicament of hiding the failure of experiment from Amy he had used all his mental faculties to their limits to come up with a solution. He was almost on the verge of full on panic when he remembered something Amy had been told him.

They had been playing Giant Jenga for three hours continuously when Amy suggested they stop the game to take a break. They had settled back in their spots and started discussing about their work and science in general. Leonard who had been playing with them rolled his eyes and had muttered "Right! Break!" and shuffled off to get a drink.

While discussing Amy had told him about camouflage in animals. She had described it as animals lying or tricking the observer to keep themselves alive.

And with that a simple idea took form in his mind. And as always, the simplest solution was the best.

He would lie.

Granted, lying was not his strongest suits but Amy wanting to progress further into their relationship was a life or death situation in his head. He had to fight his own weakness for the greater good. Just like a hero. Also to his advantage he didn't have to utter the untruth. Simply show cues that the experiment was working.

After giving himself a figurative pat on his back, he decided to carry out his own plan an almost evil smirk appearing on his face.

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Amy was feeling content.

After years of people telling her otherwise, she had a boyfriend. A real, alive and breathing boyfriend who was spending time with her. Who as he had put it accepted her with quirks and all. She smiled fondly at the memory. Though she had been irritated at that time by his behavior and his attempt to apologize, she knew that beneath all that belittling he had been expressing his emotions.

Now with the help of her neurobiology tricks she would make sure that he was comfortable with her. Though her original intention had been to trudge ahead in the physical aspect of their relationship she later realized that she didn't want to force such feelings out of him. All she hoped now out of the experiment was that Sheldon be happy and comfortable around her.

She decided that she would be patient with him. Isn't that what Mary Cooper had said? 'You have to take your time with Shelly.'

They were currently sitting side by side watching the latest star trek movie which had an extremely hot villain so she was more than ok to watch the movie instead just bear the movie till the end. Sheldon had been unusually quiet but she chalked it up to the effect of the experiment.

She had been so engrossed in the movie that when she felt a hand enclose her own she gasped and froze. Slowly looking down she saw that Sheldon was holding her hand. When she looked up to see his face, he was staring straight ahead at the TV apparently lost in the movie.

It was all Amy could do to control herself from whopping in joy. Yes!

The experiment was working. There was no way in heaven or earth or in any other alternate universes in which Sheldon believed that he would hold her hand on his own accord. Her face broke into a huge smile. She decided that he had acted subconsciously and didn't want to startle him by bringing it up. She held his hand in return and went back to watch the movie all the while beaming at the screen.

She was so caught up in her happiness that she missed Sheldon's side long gaze and his tiny sigh of relief.

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"I had a nice time" Amy said to Sheldon in a somewhat shy tone as he stood near the door. She was yet to come down from her cloud nine from his unexpected yet expected gesture.

"I had a nice time too, Amy" Sheldon said. They just stood there for a minute both fidgeting and looking everywhere but at each other.

Sheldon cleared his throat. "I better go. Leonard will be waiting."

Amy nodded. "Goodnight Sheldon" she said as he walked out of her flat.

"Goodnight" he called back.

Sheldon on his part was feeling quite smug. Amy had believed that the experiment was working. He was picked up by a grumpy Leonard who would have rather spent time with Penny that pick up his annoying roommate.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Leonard asked after a while seeing a weird smile plastered on his face.

Sheldon looked at his confused friend and answered "My plan is working." Leonard was disturbed by the fact that Sheldon was sounding like an evil scientist.

"What plan?" he asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"I cannot tell you."

Sheldon was sure that if Leonard knew Penny will most definitely know and in turn Amy. That would ruin everything. So he was going to keep his plan a secret.

His roommate being used to his usual 'quirks' let it go and enjoyed the rare silence for the rest of the drive.

When they arrived at their flats, Sheldon headed into 4A while Leonard headed to the opposite flat. Penny grinning from ear to ear answered his knock and ushered him in. She had just received Amy's call and she could practically see Amy bouncing up and down with joy.

"Why are you grinning?" he asked.

"Yay! Leonard. Our plan is working." Hearing the same answer upon questioning people's happiness Leonard had to wonder.

"What plan?" he asked and he received the same answer Sheldon had given him minus the 'sorry sweetie'. She couldn't risk Leonard questioning Sheldon and startling him.

He just shook his head. He was surrounded by wierdos.

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