Sheldon woke up in the middle of the night to a knock on his bedroom door.
"Who is it?" He sleepily called out.
"It's me." Ivy whispered from outside.
"Come in." Sheldon said, sitting up, turning his lamp on and rubbing his eyes.
Ivy came inside and shut the door behind her.
"What's the matter?" He asked her as she sat down on the bed.
"I can't sleep." She said, chewing absent-mindedly at her lip. "Can I sleep with you?"
Sheldon looked at her. She looked very different when she wasn't wearing her big black glasses.
"Of course you can." Sheldon smiled.
"Thank you." Ivy said sleepily, getting in next to Sheldon and taking one of his pillows. She turned off the light and wrapped her arms around him.
"I love you." She said quietly.
There was a momentary pause.
"I love you, too." Sheldon replied and smiled to himself.
In the morning, Sheldon got up and made Ivy a warm beverage. On the way back to his bedroom he met Leonard.
"Good morning." Sheldon said politely, not looking at him.
"Is that Ivy in there?" Leonard asked, looking past Sheldon.
"Yes." Sheldon said, turning away from Leonard.
"Did you two have sex last night?"
"Even if we did, why would it concern you?" Sheldon retorted and slammed the door in Leonard's face.
Stupid Leonard, getting involved in my relationship with Ivy… Sheldon thought.
Ivy stirred, opened her eyes and sat up. Sheldon passed her the warm beverage he made.
"Thank you. Why did the door slam? You woke me up." Ivy said.
"I apologize, but Leonard was interfering again." Sheldon said, looking through the basket of clean t-shirts and picking out a black Batman one and a white long-sleeved shirt to go under it.
"What do you mean, again?" Ivy asked.
"Leonard has become incredibly interested in our relationship and quite frankly it's becoming tiresome." Sheldon said, slipping on his shirts. "This morning he wanted to know if we'd had sex or not, I mean, who asks that kind of thing?"
"He actually asked that? Why would he care?" Ivy wondered aloud.
"That's what I said. Based on his actions, I think that Leonard is jealous of me." Sheldon said. "When the time comes that we do have sex, why should it be his business?"
"We're going to have sex?" Ivy choked on her drink.
Sheldon turned around.
"Certainly. I mean, we're together now and I'm taken to understand that that is what couples do -unless of course you don't want to have sex." Sheldon said, slightly confused.
"Of course I do, it's just… Well, I'm just a little surprised because Penny just said that you weren't into all that stuff." Ivy said, getting out of bed.
"I've already told you that you are an exception and I meant it." Sheldon said, looking through the laundry basket.
"You're so sweet. I'd better be going, I mean, don't want to be late for work on my first day. What did he say I had to wear?" Ivy asked, giving Sheldon a hug
"Black jeans, black shirt, black shoes. You're allowed to wear a hoodie if it's black." Sheldon said.
Ivy left and Sheldon finished getting dressed. He would talk to Leonard about interfering later, but for now if he asked any more questions, he would have to ignore him.
