A/N: It may seem like I am all over the place with this story but I promise I am following an outline.

In the lab Amy kept looking towards Risa's direction. She worked away in quiet contemplation trying to muster up the courage to ask. What if Sheldon was right, what if somehow the alignment was affecting her. Amy took a deep breath before calling out to her teammate.

"Risa can I ask you a personal question?"

Risa offering a smile, "Absolutely."

"Have you been feeling strange lately? Maybe doing things out of the ordinary or feeling like you can't control your own thoughts?"

Risa gave a perplexed look that showed she was unsure what Amy was asking.

Amy trying her best to clarify, "I mean, do you find yourself thinking about finding a mate more often these days?"

Risa paused a moment to let the question sink in before she burst into laughter.

"Are you asking me if I think of men? Sure I do, but that's only natural isn't it?"

Amy mentally scolded herself for allowing a tiny part of her to believe that Sheldon could have been right. Mating season? Not only was it an extremely far-fetched idea, it was the most ridiculous theory Amy has ever heard. Just because Sheldon is a highly intelligent man doesn't mean that he's always right.

Risa trying to stifle her laughter, "But don't worry Amy, I know the Alpha Quadrant Commander is off-limits." Amy looked back at her teammate with her mouth slightly hanging open. Risa with a large grin continued, "If you want my advice, just tell him. He seems like the type of person you need to be direct with."

Amy fumbled for a response, "Oh no, Sheldon and I…I mean the Commander… Alpha Quadrant… were just friends."

Risa unconvinced by Amy's words, "If you had the chance to see him naked, would you look?"

Amy trying to hide her blush could see that Risa was giving her a knowing look. Amy realized that it was pointless to deny it any further, "Fine, its true. I do have feelings for him…"

"I knew it!"

"But its not that simple." Amy added.

Risa took a seat next to Amy and bounced with excitement in her chair. "Why not? You know, for the longest time I thought you two were pair bonded."

"He only sees me as his friend and I'm almost certain that he has feelings for someone else."

Noticing the sadness behind Amy's eyes, Risa's excitement quickly dissolved. She sat quietly waiting for Amy to explain.

Amy continued, "The other day in the mess hall, I interrupted a dinner date…"

Risa's eyes went wide, she reached out her hand and placed it on top of Amy's to try to comfort her "Oh Amy, I'm so sorry."

Curiosity winning over Risa asked, "Whats she like, is she pretty?"

Amy gave a nod as she started to describe Seven, "I don't know her personally, but she has long black hair, she's on the Alpha Quadrant team so she's intelligent, she has deep blue eyes and a nice smile…"

Risa making a face, "She sounds awful."

Amy couldn't help but let out a laugh, she was thankful for Risa and that she finally had someone to confide in.


Sheldon lay in bed lost in thought as he stared up at the ceiling. Throughout the course of his friendship with Amy they had never gotten into any serious arguments. Sheldon was thankful that Amy was able to forgive him so easily and that they could go back to how they were.

Getting out of bed to get ready for the day Sheldon nearly tripped on something on his way to the bathroom. Looking down at the floor to see what it was he noticed a beaded bag. Letting out a defeated sigh, "Amy, you could have at least left your bag someplace where I wasn't in danger of breaking my neck." He picked up the beaded bag and placed it on his table.

Risa scanned thought Amy's files, "Wow you have so many, which one are you going to try?"

Amy reached over to open one of the files for Risa, "I have plenty to choose from, they're all just extremely embarrassing."

Risa reading over the test file, "What are you going to use as your trigger?"

"I asked Sheldon to help me. All he has to do is stand there and tell me how much he likes me and soon after tell me that he was just kidding. It's straightforward but I think it will be enough to bring the memory to the surface to get a good image."

Risa shook her head, "Why do you choose to torture yourself?"

Sheldon made his way down the hall towards Amy's lab, "Commander, could I have a minute of your time?"

Sheldon slowed his stride and turned towards the all too familiar voice.

Seven catching up with him, "I apologize for disturbing you while your off duty, but I was hoping that we could get together and run through the remaining equations for the week?"

Sheldon wondered why Seven didn't bring this up while he was on duty during the majority of the day, "Can this wait until another time?"

"It could, but were making a lot of headway and considering were behind on our timetable I was hoping we could meet so we can get back on schedule."

Sheldon took into consideration what Seven said about being behind, "Your desire to get back on track is commendable. I suppose for the sake of the team I could spare the time. I have to be somewhere now but we can meet at my console in a half hour."

Seven smiled brightly, "Ok great! See you in a few Commander."

Sheldon pushed the door open to Amy's lab, he was immediately greeted with the sounds of a woman sobbing.

Risa shuddered as she sobbed and held out her arm so Amy could draw her blood. Amy patting her on the back, "All done, you better head home early and sleep it off."

Risa stood up and gathered her things, she gave Amy a hug before heading out the door. Unsure what was going on, Sheldon moved out-of-the-way so Risa could leave.

"What is going on in here?" Sheldon asked as he watched the door close.

Amy showed Sheldon a small vial of blood, "Were gathering test samples." Sheldon quickly averted his eyes to the ceiling. It wasn't something he advertised but the sight of blood makes him feel queasy.

"Your experimenting on yourselves?"

"It's the only way we can focus the memories and see if our theory is correct." Amy looked over at Sheldon who seemed a little pale. "Do you have any qualms against human experimentation?"

Sheldon shook his head, "Not necessarily, but what exactly do you need me to help with?"

Amy went on to explain, "When I was younger I had a crush on this boy, unbeknownst to me these girls who I thought were my friends convinced him to kiss me and say that he liked me. When I finally found out that it was all a ruse it left me completely humiliated and I cried for a week."

"I think I'm following, you've asked me to help you because you need a way to enhance the memories of that day."

He looked back at Amy cautiously before continuing, "You need me to kiss you?"

That wasn't exactly what she had planned.

Amy could see that Sheldon was waiting for her response, "Precisely…."

Amy trying to sound as clinical as possible, "You just have to press your lips against mine for a few seconds and after I'll draw my blood. Any questions?"

"Yes, who was this guy?"

Amy waved off his question as she prepared the items behind her. Picking up a vial of green liquid she held it against her lips and drank it.

"Is that safe?"

"Perfectly safe, it enhances the atoms vibrational frequencies. If I end up crying hysterically like Risa just help me back to my quarters so I can sleep it off."

Sheldon gave a nod in understanding.

Amy turned towards Sheldon and closed her eyes, "Ready when you are."

She stood still for a few moments before she slowly allowed her eyes to reopen. She looked over at Sheldon who remained motionless. Having second thoughts, Amy was starting to feel guilty for being misleading and putting him in an uncomfortable position. "We don't have to Sheldon. I'm certain I can come up with another way."

Sheldon taking in Amy's words, another way? Did she mean asking someone else to help her with her experiment, like that brainless lump of meat over in battle fleet? There was no way that Sheldon would allow that. The thought of Zen's lips touching Amy's made his blood boil.

"No, its fine…"

Sheldon swallowed hard before continuing, "I'll admit that it's a little outside my comfort zone but if you think it will help your research I'll do it."

Amy watched as Sheldon slowly made his way over to her. She held onto the table behind her to hide her nervousness. Sheldon slowly leaned in and could see Amy close her eyes, he closed his in return. Hesitant, he gently pressed his lips against hers and began to count.

It was awkward at first, but as soon as their lips touched Amy could feel the fog coming back. It once again consumed her just as it had the night they played chess. After counting off a handful of seconds Sheldon pulled away. He looked at Amy and noticed that she stared back at him with her eyes glazed over.

"Amy?"

"I miss kissing you…" Amy said as she put her hands on Sheldon's chest before leaning in for another kiss.

This time she pressed her lips firmly to his. Without thought Sheldon responded by mirroring her movements. Out of instinct he put his hands on her hips and drew Amy closer to him. Lost in the moment, Amy wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. Sheldon could taste the sweetness of the green liquid she had drunk just moments before. Amy let out a soft moan against his lips, Sheldon responded by wrapping his arms around her waist holding her body against his. It felt like his heart was pounding out of his chest. Sheldon knew that he needed to regain control before he became completely undone.

Managing to break away from her kiss, "Amy…"

"Don't you miss me?"

Sheldon turned his head away as Amy placed kisses down his neck.

Once again closing his eyes, he focused on the feeling of her soft lips against his skin. Every kiss felt like it was inviting him in. It took everything inside himself to hold back.

With a shaky voice he manage to say, "Amy… please stop…"

Hearing his words Amy slowly pulled away and looked back at him questioningly.

Sheldon trying to get her to regain her focus, "You need to draw your blood."

Realizing what he was saying Amy slowly started to regain her senses. Amy turned around and drew some of her blood into a small vial. She looked over at Sheldon who was straightening out his uniform. She couldn't help but notice the redness in his lips. Did she just lose control again?

"Are you mad at me?"

Sheldon trying his best to reassure her, "Of course not…"

Amy didn't know what had just happened between them, she just knew she didn't want to be away from him.

"If you wait for me to close down the lab, I can go with you."

Sheldon reluctantly shook his head, "I can't, I told Seven I would meet her."

The sadness returned behind Amy's eyes.