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Sheldon barely slept that night. Even the little sleep he managed to get was filled with dreams. In his dreams he was in a courtroom being accused with charges of lies and deception. A gorn was the judge who found him guilty and ordered other gorns to feed him to starving morlocks. He woke up with a start, drenched with sweat. Past experiences suggested that his guilt or sadness caused such disturbing dreams. And Sheldon definitely knew the reason this time.
He should tell Amy the truth.
He pulled the covers up to his chin and contemplated the thought. He shoud tell Amy that all he had done, the hand holding, the kissing, etc. was not a result of her experiments but his. He had been trying to push his limits without telling her. It made him feel guilty. She had clearly told him that she would be experimenting with his feelings, but here he was trying to be physically close with her without informing her.
He sighed and checked his clock. It was four in the morning. In exactly twelve hours Amy would be here with her surprise. The thought filled him with equal parts of dread and excitement. He hated surprises. But when Amy had said 'you would love it' in a low tone which had made her voice even huskier than usual he had felt his heart rate increase.
That green eyed vixen.
But he decided to come clean today. I would be unfair on her. All these years she had been hoping that he would have more feelings towards her and he couldn't and wouldn't deny her that. Now that he was resolved he was able to sleep better.
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Leonard couldn't take it anymore. His curiosity was killing him.
Both Penny and Sheldon sucked at keeping secrets and somehow they had both managed to keep something, something major, close to their heart without blabbering. Leonard had initially thought that they would let the cat out the bag eventually. But the situation didn't present itself. He remembered the time when Sheldon was asked by Penny to keep the fact that she hadn't finished community college a secret between themselves. Sheldon had had to move out to keep his mouth shut and yet he failed spectacularly. Given such backgrounds he was dying to know what was going on.
He decided to attack Sheldon on their way to office. After five minutes of barely suppressing his urge to badger Sheldon with questions he decided to approach the situation cautiously. However as he opened his mouth, Sheldon said "Leonard I need to advice on a particular matter."
"Is it regarding the secret you refuse to tell me?" he asked with a sagely expression.
Sheldon looked everywhere else without meeting his eyes.
"Yes" he said finally.
Score one, Leonard thought with glee.
"Go on" he said, suppressing his grin.
And so Sheldon told him all about Amy's experiments and his.
"In conclusion I already like her so much that there is no need to enhance my emotions" he confessed with great difficulty.
The entire time Leonard had a huge smile on his face.
"Oh! You dawwg" he said punching Sheldon lightly in his shoulders. Sheldon just gave him a shocked look but didn't give any comebacks.
"If you are done with the teasing and mockery I would like your advice" he asked, his nose high in the air.
"Yeah! Ok. What advice do you want?"
"I am being riddled with guilt for my behavior. You see it intervenes with my sleeping pattern. I want to tell Amy the truth, however I'm afraid of the consequences."
Leonard considered the matter for some time. By the time they had reached the office parking lot.
"Sheldon I think it is best that you tell her. Seriously, which woman wouldn't like to hear that her boyfriend likes her?" he asked in exasperation.
"That's the problem. She would like that a lot, and the next instant she may demand coitus and I'm not ready for that."
Leonard sighed. When all other men were dying to get laid, Sheldon thought he'd die if he got laid. Also he knew that Amy was pretty intent on taking their relationship forward. Sheldon was in deep trouble.
"You guys communicate the best amongst all of us. Why don't you just sit down and talk. Tell her about how you feel and also make it clear that you are not ready for sex, yet. I'm sure she will understand."
"Your advice is to sit and talk about hippy dippy stuff?" Sheldon scoffed.
Leonard threw him an irritated glare.
"Well you are feeling hippy dippy on the inside aren't you?" he huffed and they got out of the car.
Sheldon was silent when they parted ways. Yes he was feeling hippy dippy on the inside.
Amy!
He decided it was best to follow Leonard's advice. Amy would definitely understand. She was smart and cared a lot for him. He pushed the matter away and decided to focus on the equations on his board.
When it was time for lunch he decided against joining his social group. No doubt Leonard would have spilled the story to Raj and Howard and he wasn't in the mood for enduring their teasing. Amy had said that she would be meeting him at four. Maybe he should just head home and mentally prepare himself for the confession.
But how was he to get home? He could ask Leonard but that would mean going to the cafeteria. He could call Penny but she had already dropped him home once this week and would refuse for a ride again. The bus was not an option as he didn't have his bus pants with him.
He finally decided to brave it and go to the cafeteria.
He found them all sitting and discussing about something intensely. When Raj saw him approach he gave a weird facial expression and they all straightened and strained to maintain a casual demeanor.
"Leonard I want you to drop me home" he said without preamble.
"Why?"
"Amy is coming over at four."
"Ooooh! To perform more 'experiments' I suppose?" Howard asked. The others cracked up but Sheldon wouldn't budge.
"Will you drop me or not?"
"Sheldon I have to work. Why don't you take the bus?"
"Leonard, as someone with more IQ than anybody in this room don't you think I would have considered it? I don't have by bus pants so no, I can't take the bus."
"I have to get back to the experiment. I cannot drop you Sheldon" he said.
"Well I am going out anyway to get some stuff for the research I'm doing. I can drop you" Raj offered.
Sheldon was silent for a moment.
"Fine, that would do."
As long as it wasn't Howard with his innuendos he would take anything.
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He was regretting his decision. Maybe driving with Howard would have been better. Raj was playing a god awful music which was worse than what Leonard usually played and also he was gushing about how romantic the Shamy was.
He knew that social convention stated that he was to be grateful when someone did him a favor. But he wouldn't name what Raj was doing as a favor. More like torture. But he knew Raj might just leave him on the sidewalk to walk home if he made any comments so he just recited all the digits of pi up to two hundred places. He sighed in relief when they reached his flat at last.
"All the best Sheldon" Raj called out in a sing song voice and he was off.
Sheldon made himself a cheese sandwich and ate it, after cutting off the crusts of course. He took a long shower to calm his nerves. He contemplated on what he should wear. He decided to wear his favorite red flash t-shirt. It made him feel safe and comfortable. He checked his watch. Two thirty. He and an hour and a half.
Might as well watch something, he thought.
It took him sometime to decide between star wars and star trek. He finally decided on a star trek. Sitting in his spot and drinking Yoo-hoo he enjoyed the show. However when the clock struck three thirty he began to perspire. He switched of the television when the show ended and took to pace nervously.
For someone who loved preparedness, he hadn't prepared what to tell Amy. That itself made him more nervous. He was expecting the knock on his door as a victim in a horror movie. He knew Amy was very punctual and would be on time.
And at exactly four there was the knock on the door. He took a deep breath.
It's just Amy, he kept telling himself over and over.
He opened the door to find Amy. His heart did a fluttery thing when he saw her. He saw that she was wearing a trench coat. He looked at her in confusion.
"Hello Sheldon. Won't you invite me in?" she asked with a smile.
He kicked himself mentally.
"Right, sorry. Please come in Amy."
He locked the door behind them and headed to the kitchen to fetch her water trying to come up with why she would be wearing a trench coat.
When he closed the fried door and turned to head towards the couch, the water bottle slipped from his hand and rolled a few feet away as he froze.
There standing in the hall was Amy wearing a Star trek medical officer uniform. Despite the fact that he had a vocabulary that could rival dictionaries his mind just came up with one word.
Ravishing.
"Let's play Doctor, star trek style" she said with what Sheldon could only classify as a seductive voice.
Oh dear lord!
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