Sheldon lied on the floor, breathing heavily his heart racing with excitement. He had never felt like this before. For the first time in his life he felt sheer bliss. Letting go off all his fears was easier than he expected, he just let Amy swoop into his arms and nothing else mattered anymore. A few years ago, the mere thought of touching someone would be enough to make him him cringe, but it was different with Amy. He wanted to feel every inch of her body, he wanted to kiss her until his lips went numb, he wanted... He wanted her!He had been considering having sex with Amy ever since they kissed on the train on Valentine's day almost 2 years ago, but his fears always hindered him. Now though, Amy had just agreed to become his wife and there's was nothing else holding him back. She was his and he was hers.

The beginning of their first sexual encounter, however, had been cruelly interrupted by the phone. Sheldon, slightly annoyed and fully aroused, was waiting impatiently for Amy to finish her conversation. He assumed he was talking to Penny. Penny had finally taken her revenge on him for the all times he interrupted her and Leonard.

"I have to go!" announced Amy and started taking clothes out of her suitcase.

"What?" exclaimed Sheldon and got at once on his feet.

Was she having second thoughts about their engagement?Or did he do something wrong during their romantic embarace?The old fear returned to him and gripped on his insides.

"I'm sorry, the girls called me and there's, um, a wedding emergency... I'm the Maid of Honor, I have to go!" she rambled on without looking at him.

Sheldon wasn't convinced by this because Amy looked visibly upset. She seemed panicky and her body language indicated that she was lying.

"Amy, is everything okay?Do you have any second thoughts about getting married?" he dared to ask

"No, of course not." she sighed "I'll expain everything to you when I get back, but now I have to get dressed, Bernadette will stop by in 5 minutes."

This time Sheldon believed that Amy didn't have any doubts about their engagement. A burden was lifted from his heart, but there's was still the possibility he had been too forward and had scared her. He needed to test that.

"Oh you want to get dress?Let me help you." he said and came close to her.

She was wearing a pink long-sleeved nightgown which was buttoned at the front. He started undoing the buttons.

"What are you doing?" asked Amy

"I'm undressing you. In order to get dressed you need to be undressed first, right?

He had undone enough buttons so he was able to slide down the nightgown and reveal her bare shoulders and the top of her breasts. Amy didn't react, so he planted a kiss on her shoulder and moved the nightgown further down, leaving her torso completely naked. Delicately, he placed his hand on her left breast while resting the other one on her bottom. Amy gave a sigh of pleasure and tilted her head back, so he started kissing her neck. He quickly laid her on the bed and took off the nightgown completely, leaving her only in her underwear. He removed his own T-shirt, lied on top of her and they started to kiss passionately. The feeling of her naked body on his was amazing, unlike anything he had felt before. Amy obviously wanted him as much as he did and now he felt absolutely relieved. The reason Amy wanted to leave had really nothing to do with him.

Suddenly, Amy pulled away from him.

"God, I can't believe I'm saying this, but we have to stop!I really need to go." she said breathlessly

"Is it that serious?Can't Penny and Bernadette handle it on their own?"

"Yes, it serious. Trust me, I wouldn't even consider going if it weren't necessary. I'm sorry!"

"Fine" he fussed and let her get off the bed "But I'll punish you for this. Maybe it's time you had another spanking."

"Stop, you're killing me!" she laughed and started to dress. Sheldon got off the bed and picked up the ring box

She was putting her shoes on when Sheldon asked:

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"What?" she asked

"This" he said and showed her the diamond ring that once belonged to his Meemaw.

"Aww, I can't put it on!"

"What?Why not?"

"We can't announce our engagement now!Our friends are, um, getting married!We have to wait a couple of weeks."

"That means more lying... I hate this!" he complained

"I know, I'm sorry..."

At this moment there was a knock on the door.

"It's Bernadette, I have to go." she said and left him lying on the bed, alone, holding an engagement ring. This isn't how he imagined celebrating their engagement.

However, Amy had a good reason to leave him like this. He was curious to find out.

He decided to take a cold shower and join Leonard and the others... Maybe they knew something he didn't.

"Tell me again, what happened?" asked Amy

"We were in my room and we were talking about if she should get a veil or something. Everything was normal and then I went to the bathroom and she was gone!She also sent me a text saying that she can't do this and she needs time to think!What are we gonna do?"

"Did you try calling her?"

Amy wanted to resolve this as quickly as possible and return to her room. Bernadette had interrupted the most beautiful moment in her life, and though she didn't do it intentionally, she couldn't help but feel a little resentful torwards her.

"What do you think?" she asked sarcastically "Her phone's off."

"Did you look for her?"

"No, I called you so we could figure this out together!"

"Why?" retorted Amy

"Are you kidding me?You're the Maid of Honor, when the bride goes missing you have to look for her!What's wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm still really hangover!"

"Well, suck it up, we have to look at every bar in this hotel. She propably needs a drink before she dumps her fiance."

Every bar in the hotel?Amy's hopes to get this done quickly just went out the window.

"I hate you." she muttered under her breath

"What?"

"Nothing" she murmured

It didn't take them too long to find Penny at a bar, drinking tequila alone.

"I knew I had to get out of here quickly." she said when she saw them

"Penny!What's wrong?Why did you leave?" asked Amy

"Please tell us!" implored Bernadette

"I can't do it... I just can't. That's all I can say now."

"Did you get cold feet?" asked Bernadette "You know it's perfectly natural..."

"Nope, my feet were pretty warm, I'm the one who asked him to get married in Vegas."

"Then why did you change your mind?" asked Amy

"I can't tell you now... I just have to go!" she cried

"Penny, you're not making sense!Did you think of Leonard?He'll be crushed!"

The mention of Leonard seemed to infuriated her and she took a shot of tequila.

"Leonard?Don't talk to me about Leonard!" she slammed the shot glass down "You know what, I'm sick of always being the bad guy in this relatioship!Leonard cheated on me..." she screamed

"What?" exclaimed Amy and Bernadette in unison

"Yeah, he told me himself yesterday, he wanted to come clean before the wedding!"

"Oh my God, when?" asked Bernadette

"When he was on that boat for 4 months... He kissed another woman!"

"So it was just a kiss?" asked Amy

"Just a kiss?How would you feel if Sheldon kissed another woman?" bellowed Penny

"I'd find the bitch and cut her lips off... Okay, I get it, I'm sorry. But, if he told you yesterday why did you agree to come here?"

"I thought I was okay with it... He said it was just kissing and he was drunk, so I told him we could put it behind us."

"Well, if he was drunk..." started Bernadette

"I'm drunk all the time, I never kissed some random guy!" she snapped

"Anyway, I thought I could get over it, but when I went to bed last night... I couldn't get it out of my head. The thought of Leonard touching another woman, kissing her... It's more than I can stand!" she started to cry

"Aww Penny!" said Amy and put her arms around her friend.

"I tried... I tried to keep it together today, but I snapped!I have to leave, I need time to think."

"So, you're not breaking up with him?" asked Bernadette

"No, I need to see if I can find a way to forgive him... I still love him!"

Penny took off her engagement ring and gave it to Amy. She never expected to be handed two diamond rings in one day.

"You want me to give it back to him?"

"Yes" she sniffed "I can't talk to him, tell him not to contact me... I'll be away for a while, maybe I'll go to Nebraska. I have to get out of here!"

So Penny said goodbye to her friends and left for the airport.

How ironic, on the happiest day of Amy's life, her bestie was suffering. And she was also charged with breaking Leonard's heart...