A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who has begun to follow this story. It warms my heart.

So notes: Sheldon is going to Houston with Howard in a few days. He wants to spend some time with Amy before he leaves. Perhaps a sleepover should happen. Okay I've already said I'm not sure if or when I will have them engaging in the act but I can have them sleep in the same bed again right? I wanted a lot of detail in this chapter so it turns out this is my longest chapter as of now. I hope you enjoy.

As always I own none of it...

Chapter 10: Date Night

Later in the day Raj stopped by and asked Amy if she had heard from Emily. Amy explained to him that Emily decided that maybe he wasn't right for her. He seemed too passive since he had to have someone else write for him. He was upset at first and asked her to try again. She told him she would when she met her for coffee the next evening. That sadness turned to anger. He couldn't believe she stole his date. She told him they had a lot in common. They both went to Harvard, they both love Chaucer and they both are into quilting. Raj left with a plan of his own.

Sheldon met Amy at her lab at 4:30 and they left to go to her apartment so she could change. He told her Leonard had agreed to pick up the take out tonight. She was relieved. She didn't mind getting it but she hated the amount of time it took to get 7 different orders.

"I told him we would be back at 7."

"It should only take me about 20 minutes to change. Why would you tell them we would be back so late? We should be there by 6."

He gave her a suggestive look. He was in the mood for a little make out session before going back to his place.

"Oh I see." She said to him. "Well let's get going. I don't want to be late."

They arrived at her place 15 minutes later. Amy went into her room to change while Sheldon got a Yoo Hoo out of her refrigerator. He knew she always kept some in there for him. He made himself comfortable on her couch while she changed. He grabbed the remote and started flipping through the channels. He settled on a rerun of Star Trek Next Generation. Amy came out 20 minutes later wearing the jeans and shirt she wore on their Valentine's weekend. He really liked the way she looked in the outfit. She sat down on the couch next to him. He put his arm around and she settled in to the crook of his arm. She loved the way she fit perfectly with him.

He leaned over and gently kissed her on the lips. It started slowly before he gradually began to deepen the kiss. After a while he left her lips and slowly kissed her neck. He started with his hands around her waist and eventually had them in her hair. Slowly, his hands began to roam. He rubbed her arms and eventually found her breasts. It was the first time he had ever ventured into this territory. She gasped when she felt his hand on her.

"You finally found second base." She smiled at him.

"I'm sorry, I probably should have asked you before I did that." He replied to her.

"Don't be sorry. I was just surprised is all. It is okay that you did that. I enjoyed it."

"I enjoyed it as well, but I think we should stop for now." He gave her another kiss. "You might want to straighten you hair out. I don't think we want our friends to know what we spent our extra time doing."

"You're right" She went quickly into her bathroom to straighten up.

"Oh and Amy, you should wear those jeans more often." He smiled at her.

On the way back to the apartment Amy told Sheldon about her conversations with Emily from the dating website.

"So let me get this straight," he said to her, "You couldn't get him a date with her but somehow you ended up getting a date for yourself. Should I be jealous, Dr. Fowler?" He winked at her.

"Oh yes Dr. Cooper, I think this woman and I have great chemistry. You better watch out." She wasn't sure where this flirty side of Sheldon was coming from but she sure was getting a kick out of it.

When they got back to the apartment everyone was already there. It wasn't like Sheldon to be late.

"Hey what took you guys so long?" Penny asked them.

"Yeah if we didn't know any better we would have thought you guys were having sex." Howard weighed in. Bernadette punched him in the arm.

Amy gave the girls a knowing look and Penny then said, "Alright leave them alone. It's none of our business what they were doing."

"Thank you Penny." Sheldon said to her.

They spent the rest of the night talking about Raj's failed attempt at dating and Howard and Sheldon's trip to Houston. They ended the night watching an episode of Firefly.

Sheldon walked Amy to her car at the end of the night. They spent about 10 minutes saying goodnight at her car. Sheldon then reminded her to text her that she got home safely and said he would see her at lunch tomorrow.

The next day there were no interruptions for either Sheldon or Amy. They enjoyed a stress free day and an entertaining lunch. They played Counterfactuals in Sheldon's office instead of eating in the cafeteria. Amy reminded Sheldon of her plans with Emily that evening and that he would see her tomorrow for date night. Since it was Wednesday and Wednesday meant new comic book night and Halo with the boys, she normally would have girl's night with Penny and Bernadette but Bernie was working late this week and Penny had an audition the next day. They planned on spending Friday night together since Sheldon and Howard would be out-of-town.

Amy met Emily at the coffee shop around 6. They thought they could get to know each other and then maybe have dinner afterwards. The two seemed to be getting along really well. They were big Chaucer fans and had tentatively scheduled going to a reading the following Monday evening. They had got along so well Amy thought it was a good time to bring up Raj.

"Look I admit it was odd that Rajesh didn't write to you himself, but if you get to know him, you'll see he's just a sweet regular guy." She happened to glance at the door and was stunned to see Raj walking in to the shop. "As a counterpoint here he is uninvited and visibly sweaty." Raj walked up to them

"Hello Emily." He said to her. "Amy told me that you were concerned that I might be too passive and shy. Let me ask you something. Would a passive guy barge in here to look you in the eye and say, 'Hey dew kissed flower what's up?'"

"No but a weird guy with no boundaries might." She got up to leave.

"Uh okay, that's a separate issue. Let's put a pin in that and focus on the passive thing."

"I'm leaving." She started to walk away.

"Are we still going to that Chaucer reading Monday?" Amy asked her before she left.

"You know I think I'm just going to go by myself." And with that she left.

"Not my best first date, but not my worst." Raj said out loud. Amy just looked at him before responding.

"Why aren't you at new comic book night with the rest of the guys?" She asked him. "And how did you know where I was?"

"I thought I would come and show Emily that I wasn't a passive guy. I told the guys I would be by later for Halo if things didn't work out. They told me they would see me at 8. They had no faith."

"Okay that answered my first question, what about my second, how did you know where I was? There about 10 coffee shops in the area, how did you know I was at this one?"

"That's simple. This is the coffee shop where you met Sheldon. I figured this is the one that you like to come to."

"Oh I hadn't thought of that."

"Well I am sorry I ruined your evening. It was out of line for me to crash your meeting."

"It's okay, Rajesh. I understand you just want to meet someone. Maybe you can find someone else on the dating site and next time try to be a little less creepy."

"Next time I will take your advice. Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow at work. I am going to meet the guys for Halo"

"Goodnight."

The next day Amy left work early so she could prepare for her date with Sheldon. The first thing she did was go to the store and pick up all the ingredients for spaghetti with hot dogs. She knew that it was his favorite and since he was leaving first thing in the morning, she wanted this night to be special. He had made extra time for her earlier in the week so she wanted him to feel appreciated tonight. After the grocery store she went to the mall. She decided after Tuesday that she would get a few more pairs of the jeans that Sheldon liked so much. She also thought she could use a few new shirts. So that is exactly what she bought. When she arrived back home she showered quickly and put on one of her new outfits. She had gotten a pale blue shirt. She knew that was Sheldon's favorite color so she wanted to surprise him with that one. She put the spaghetti on boil and started the sauce with hot dogs. She also put a salad together. She had also saved one last bottle of the wine that she knew he liked and put that in the refrigerator to cool.

Right at six o'clock a familiar knock was at the door. She waited for his 3rd knock and pulled the door open. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw her new outfit.

"Wow don't you look extra nice tonight." He said to her as greeted her. "I really love that color."

"I knew it was your favorite color so I bought it for you."

"It is very flattering on you."

"Thank you. Dinner is just about ready can I get you something to drink? I have some of that red wine that you like."

"You know what I think I will have a glass, but just one. I have an early morning tomorrow. Which reminds me, do you want to come and see me off at the airport?"

"What time is your flight?"

"We take off at 9, which means we will need to be at the airport no later than 8. We are leaving at 7 from my place. Bernadette is driving."

"Oh I don't know Sheldon, I would have to get up really early to get to your place by 7."

"I had thought about that. I was wondering if maybe you would like to stay the night at my place since you said you would drive me home tonight."

"And where would I sleep?"

"In my room of course. We have slept in the same bed before and I didn't find it objectionable than, I can't see why I would this evening. Of course, once again it would just be sleeping. As we have an early morning, I don't think we should engage in anything else."

"Well of course. Okay Sheldon I believe you talked me into it. I will stay the night at your apartment and see you off to the airport. I just hope Bernadette doesn't mind driving me back to your place before going into work."

"I have already talked to her about it. She thought that since you guys were meeting at Penny's tomorrow night that she could drive you straight to work and Leonard has agreed to drive you back to the apartment building afterwards. I asked him since I had to tell him that I may have an overnight guest. It is part of the Roommate Agreement after all."

"Well I guess you have thought of everything. Well dinner is ready shall we eat."

The dinner conversation was filled with Sheldon's excitement about the trip. He couldn't wait to tour NASA, even if he had to listen to a speech from Wolowitz first. He was looking forward to seeing his mother. He knew his Meemaw wasn't going to be in town as she was going on a trip to Dallas with her senior group. But he figured he had seen her at Christmas and that wasn't that long ago.

The conversation then turned to the previous night. Sheldon had thought about warning Amy that Raj was on his way, but the guys had talked him out of it. They wanted for him to get a chance even if the chances were slim. She told him exactly what happened. He laughed at Raj's choice of words to the girl.

"Did he really think that would work?" He asked her.

"I had told him to be himself when he had written those words in the original email he was going to send. I told him it was creepy and desperate. He apparently didn't believe me. I think he believed me when she called him a weird guy with no boundaries. It is a shame too since I think she would have gotten along well with the group and with him. She even told me this story about a guy with whom she had a blind date. He came to her apartment and used the bathroom. He was in there forever and when she looked in he had not only climbed out the window but also clogged her toilet. Her friends call him 'Clogzilla.'"

"Clogzilla? That's pretty funny. And it seems she and Raj have that in common as well. Didn't his last attempt at a girlfriend end up with her climbing out a window twice? Not for the same reasons but still."

"I forgot about that."

They finished their dinner and Amy suggested that she pack an overnight bag and they head over to his apartment. Sheldon had told her Leonard had decided to spend the night at Penny's since he was going to have company as well. She figured they could watch a movie or something over there. He had a better variety of movies that he enjoyed anyway.

When they arrived back at his apartment, he went into the kitchen to start the water for tea. He got down two mugs and told Amy to pick something they could watch together. She didn't much care what they watched so she decided on the new Star Trek movie. He was pleasantly surprised by her choice. He brought over her choice of tea and they relaxed on the couch together. She snuggled close to him once the movie started. He began to rub her arm slowly and she looked up at him. He leaned down and kissed her. She kissed him back and wrapped her arms around him. He quickly deepened the kiss and licked his tongue against her lips. She moaned into him and parted her lips just slightly. He took that as an okay and he slipped his tongue into her mouth. She did the same with him and soon the movie was completely forgotten. His hands began to wander on her body and they soon found their way to her breasts. He slowly began to rub her and she moaned against his touch. It was at that point that the door opened. Leonard and Penny stood just inside the door in stunned silence.

"Oh sorry" Leonard said to them. "I didn't realize you guys were home. I thought you were having date night at Amy's tonight."

"We were but Amy thought we should come back here early since we are getting up early to go to the airport. I thought you were spending the night at Penny's."

"I forgot my inhaler." Leonard said sheepishly. He felt bad for interrupting whatever was going on. "I will just be a minute and then we will leave." He ran back into his room to retrieve his inhaler. "Okay see you guys later. Sheldon have a great trip. Amy I am leaving at 4:30 tomorrow from work. I will see you at lunch maybe."

"That sounds good. See you tomorrow. Bye bestie." She said to them.

"Goodnight." Penny finally was able to get words out of her mouth.

The two left the apartment and Sheldon went to the door to make sure he put the chain on so there would be no more interruptions. He couldn't believe he hadn't thought to do that when he arrived at home. As he was putting the chain on he heard Penny say. "Holy crap on a cracker did Sheldon have his hand on her breast?" He just shook his head. They always seemed to think he couldn't hear them when they were outside.

"Well that was embarrassing," Amy said as he returned to the couch.

"Believe me I have walked in on the two of them doing way worse than what we were doing. Leonard always seems to forget to put the chain on or use his room for those kinds of activities."

"Well I know what we will be talking about at girl's night tomorrow now. Penny will not be able to keep this to herself."

"It's not like they didn't know we were kissing now." He said to her.

"Oh I know that but they don't know how far we have gone with that. I haven't divulged any of that information to them. And they walked in when your hand was on my breast. I don't think she missed that."

"She didn't. I heard her asking Leonard if she really saw what she think she saw."

"Well I guess I am going to find a way to avoid the topic tomorrow night."

"I'm not sure you will be able to do that. She is a very persuasive at times."

"That's true."

"Well should we continue watching the movie?" He asked her.

"I don't think we were really watching do you?" She replied back.

"I agree but I didn't think it proper to ask if we could continue making out."

"Oh I believe you just did." She said to him suggestively.

He leaned over and kissed her. This time he didn't wait he put his hands right where they had been when they were rudely interrupted by his roommate. "I think this is where we were in the movie." He laughed and continued his kisses.

"I believe you are right." And she wrapped her arms around his neck and enjoyed every moment of what Sheldon had to offer.

Sometime later they decided it was time for bed. He offered her the bathroom first while he put their mugs in the kitchen. She came out about 15 minutes later to find him reading. He made his way into the bathroom and she got into bed. She figured she would sleep on the same side as she had in Napa. He came out sometime later and climbed in with her. He gave her a kiss goodnight and wrapped his arms around her.