"Together? Does that mean that you'll stop pushing me toward coitus?" Sheldon asked.

Amy sighed. Sheldon was always so straight forward that he was a little hard to deal with sometimes. "I can't promise that I will stop completely. I wouldn't be comfortable jumping right into bed with you right now even if you changed your mind, but it is something that I want with you. Eventually," Amy said, feeling shy. They rarely spoke so frankly about the intimate details of their lives together.

Sheldon looked conflicted and a little relieved. He constantly felt like he was going to lose Amy because he couldn't do the things she wanted. It felt good to know that much of her talk was just that. The fact that she seemed to be just as adverse to touch was one of the things that initially drew him to her. He wasn't afraid of holding her hand anymore even if he didn't understand why she liked it so much. He felt like they had made so much progress in the years that he had known her, but she always wanted more.

"You say that you want it eventually, but what if I can't ever give you everything that you want? What if I can't give you marriage and children and everything you've ever wanted?"

"You aren't a genie. You don't exist to give me my every wish. I told you; I want to work together to find acceptable affection for both of us. You didn't seem to hate holding my hand or having your arm around me. We could start there. It was hard for you, but you managed both very well this evening."

Sheldon nodded. He liked hearing that he had done well with his contact with Amy. Even if he wasn't very good at it, he wanted to make sure that Amy knew that he cared about her. He acknowledged that it was difficult to touch her, but not impossibly so. It got easier with time he noticed. Sometimes he found that he even wanted to hold her hand or touch her hair.

"Would you feel better if we arranged a timetable for various amorous activities in the Relationship Agreement or wing it?" Amy asked. She wanted to reassure him that she did love him and that his comfort and happiness were just as important to her as physical contact.

"I'm never a fan of 'winging' anything," Sheldon said. "I'll need time to do some calculations and research about all of this before the Agreement can be changed though."

"That sounds like a reasonable compromise. Would you like me to leave so that you can do that research?"

"You are eager, but no. I would rather that you stay a little longer if you have time. I feel like I didn't get to talk to you at all. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of this whole double date nonsense. It's a bunch of malarkey. It felt like pretend," Sheldon said.

"That might have been because you were working so hard to prove that our relationship isn't a joke," Amy commented.

"No it wasn't that. It felt like I was being held back from really spending time with you by the presence of Leonard and Penny. If I'm going to go through the whole bother of a date night, I would rather it be with just you."

"Bother?" Amy asked. She hated when he made it sound like such an obligation to spend time with her.

"Yes. The amount of time that it takes me to get ready for these dates takes away from my normal schedule. I like it so much more when we just go to the zoo or have dinner here at the apartment."

Amy wanted to laugh because Sheldon looked exactly the same as he did on every other day. It made her wonder what he did specially for their date nights.

"What do you do that is so special for our date nights?"

"I have to take an extra shower, iron my t-shirt, and get my haircut. Honestly, Amy, I can't believe that you don't notice," Sheldon said. "I notice every time you wear a new sweater and I noticed that you are wearing makeup, which I assume is Penny's doing. I think your skin looks better without it, but the color combinations do highlight the coloring of your eyes quite well."

Amy was speechless. It shouldn't have surprised her so much that he noticed all of these little things just because he didn't ever mention them. Why did he have to be so damn sexy, but untouchable. Amy flexed her hands a few times to regain control of her thoughts before rejoining his conversation.

Sheldon tried to explain why various ComicCons were better than others, and Amy tried to understand why anyone would want to dress up like cartoon characters and wander through crowded halls of people. Overall, it had turned into a pretty normal date for them once they were back to the apartment. They didn't even realize how late it was until Leonard came back into the apartment to go to bed.

"Oh, you guys are still up? Sheldon, shouldn't you have gone to bed, like, an hour ago?" Leonard asked as he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.

Sheldon checked the time. "Yes, that appears to be the case. I guess I should go to bed now. Goodnight, Amy Farrah Fowler."

He stood to walk her to the door and he leaned down to give her a hug. Amy reached her arms around Sheldon's waist to return the hug. She didn't get a goodnight kiss, but she felt encouraged by the fact that he ended the date with any kind of physical contact.

"I look forward to hearing the results of you're research," Amy said.

"You'll be the first to know what I find out," Sheldon responded. Amy liked the way he smiled when he said it. Maybe he was more serious about their relationship than she believed.