Quick A/N ~ I am so sorry for the delay in updatingthis chapter! A big thank you to everyone who is following my story or has left reviews! You guys rock! And for those of you who have asked when Sheldon will confront Penny, it will be coming up in the next few chapters!

Chapter Seven

Taking the opportunity while Amy was still asleep, Sheldon started up his computer. As much as he had surprised himself at this thought, maybe it would be a good idea to start looking for a house. A place with a little verandah out the front so they could have a swing seat like at his MeeMaw's house, with 4 bedrooms for their children and a nice big backyard where they could go outside at night and he could teach the children all about the stars and constellations. Sheldon was beginning to get excited now! Maybe this whole house hunting business would be fun after all!

Sheldon was engrossed in his research on suburbs and house prices when Leonard walked through the door.

"Hey Sheldon, has Amy gone home already?" Leonard looked over to Sheldon, hunched over his laptop.

"Good morning to you too, Leonard. No, Amy is still asleep so I would appreciate it if you did not wake her." Sheldon was still focused on his screen, looking at a list of houses that were currently for sale in Pasadena.

Leonard shrugged off his jacket, hanging it over his chair. "Ok, well I just need to go in and get a change of clothes. You don't think she will mind do you? I need to get ready for paintball. Oh, by the way, are you coming to paintball? I thought you would have been dressed and ready to go by now?" Leonard was curious, normally Sheldon would have been dressed and ready, bouncing up and down on the sofa waiting to leave.

"I don't see why that would bother Amy considering she is asleep in my room and no I will not be playing paintball today, I have other plans with Amy." Sheldon's eyes darted over his screen. This house kept popping up in his searches and now he was curious. He clicked on the link and his eyes popped when the image loaded. This was it, this was the house he wanted. Sheldon quickly scrolled down the pages taking in all the specifications and noting the real estate details at the bottom of the page.

Leonard was about to launch a tirade at Sheldon for his lack of notice in regards to paintball when he realised what Sheldon had said about the sleeping arrangements last night.

"Wait … whaaaaat? Did you sleep in my bed then?"

Sheldon sighed and turned around in his chair. "No, I also slept in my bed. After spending the day comforting Amy over the inappropriate comment Penny made about our relationship, I thought it was best for Amy to spend the night here with me."

"Speaking of which, what did Penny say to Amy? I asked her last night after you sent me the text and she didn't think she said anything upsetting to Amy." Leonard was sure this was another over reaction from the pair.

Sheldon sighed shaking his head. Of course Penny didn't think she had done anything wrong. "I really am going to have to banish her from the apartment." Sheldon murmured as he looked up at Leonard, crossing his arms. "Whilst out shopping for your wedding, Penny told Amy that I would never get married, not even to Amy." Sheldon suddenly felt anger rising up again over Penny's brash statement.

Leonard shrugged his shoulders, "Well, Sheldon honestly, none of us think you will get married. We kind of assumed you and Amy didn't have that kind of relationship." Sheldon felt his jaw drop open at Leonard's statement. Was that really what all their friends thought of their relationship, of Amy?

Sheldon stood up, feeling his anger boiling over. "Well, that is where you are all wrong. In case you had forgotten Amy and I have a far superior relationship to every other couple in this group and at this rate we will be married and starting our family before you and Penny even walk down the aisle!" Sheldon spun around and walked into the kitchen. Needing to calm down, he decided to make a cup of tea for himself and Amy.

Leonard rolled his eyes at Sheldon and turned to walk to his room to get ready for paintball. As he walked past Sheldon's computer however, the webpage caught his eye and bought him to a halt.

"Ummm Sheldon, why are you looking at houses on the internet?"

Sheldon panicked for a moment, realising he had been caught out in his research. "I am researching houses for sale in Pasadena if you must know." Sheldon's anger was still bubbling at the surface so he tried to keep his reply as short and snappy as possible.

"Ooookay then … why?" Leonard was confused. Sheldon had chucked a hissy fit in the past over the thought of leaving this apartment so why was he now looking at houses that were for sale.

"I just told you Leonard … research." After Leonard's little revelation about the groups thoughts on his relationship with Amy, Sheldon wasn't too sure how much he wanted to tell Leonard of his plans. Sheldon sighed grabbing the two mugs of tea and headed for his room.

"Ooookay then." Leonard shook his head, rolling his eyes again. "Whack-a-doodle indeed. Wait did he say starting a family …"