A/N: Thank you so much again Hazelra7! And thanks to all you wonderful people following my story and telling me your opinions about it! This is now the penultimate chapter…
Amy was now in the last trimester, and Sheldon didn't want her to drive on her own anymore, so he drove her around and to and from work now – and also to the prenatal classes they decided to attend together. One could never be prepared too well, Sheldon argued, although he got confused with all those huge bellies around him and the breathing exercises while they were sitting around on gym balls, but it never hurt to learn as much as possible. He revised his opinion a bit when the midwife who ran the course brought a model of the female pelvis and a baby doll. As she demonstrated how the baby moving on an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis would manage to work its way out through the birth canal, Sheldon wondered, 'We're screwed indeed, how should this design ever work out with all the things that could possibly go wrong…'
As long as she wasn't touching any chemicals, Amy was allowed to continue her work in the lab and even got an assistant to help her. Sheldon was so glad that she taught him to drive some time ago so that he could take care of his woman now.
From their newfound knowledge about child development they were aware that from the seventh month on their embryo would be able to hear noises. As early infantile enhancement of talents couldn't start early enough in Sheldon's opinion, he got into classic music and found out he loved Bach's fugues as they consisted of a complex mathematical beauty. He downloaded the whole Bach works catalogue to their phones, and they listened to it whenever they were in the car as well as in the evenings when he put the loudspeaker on Amy's belly.
On their way home from work, Amy was now fidgeting around on her seat and groaned in a very low tone, not wanting to bother him.
"Amy, what ails you?" Sheldon asked concerned, noticing her movements and sounds due to his excellent peripheral vision and Vulcan hearing even though he kept his eyes on the road and they were just listening to Bach's Musikalisches Opfer.
"Oh, it's nothing. I've been working in the lab all day and my back hurts a bit," Amy said evasively, a bit embarrassed that he caught her not feeling too well.
"Just wait until we get home. You're in for a special treat of the famous Cooper massage. You'll just have to lay back and let my hands work their magic on you," Sheldon grinned, wiggling his eyebrows.
Amy smiled back at him and blushed at her vivid imagination.
At home, Amy lay down on her side on a bath towel spread over the bed, her back facing Sheldon. He insisted that she removed her cardigan and top so that he could apply her pregnancy body oil for the back massage. She was now clad only in her jogging pants and bra, and he was kneeling on the bed behind her, her back facing him.
After a while of massaging the soft velvety skin of her back that soon began to glisten with the thin oil film and hearing her delicious soft little moans as he softly kneaded the tightness out of her muscles, he asked, "Uhm, Amy. Would you find it weird… if hypothetically… I happened to be… turned on by your baby belly?"
Amy was humming contently under his administrations, reveling in his touch and had to gather her senses again first to form a reply. "Hmm… Not at all. Although some men might also be repulsed by it, others might even be afraid to hurt the baby…"
"That's stupid, of course," Sheldon replied eagerly.
"Obviously," she agreed. "But you know how people are… Hmm, your hands feel so good," She moaned as she got distracted again. "However, what I was getting at… Being aroused would be a logical physiological reaction to bond the male to his pregnant female which is an important evolutionary advantage."
"Oh, logical. Good," Sheldon exhaled while he continued with his ministrations.
Amy had some thoughts of her own while his hands continued working their magic on her back. "Uhm… while we're talking hypothetically… during the last trimester the female often experiences an increased libido… which might be happening to me as well…"
Sheldon gulped. "Good," he said hoarsely, while his hands had moved forward and were now softly stroking her belly. "Oh look, she just kicked me again," he suddenly said, distracted by a movement under his hand. "Hey, you're a cheeky one," he spoke to her belly.
Amy grinned, "Just like her Daddy," and stroked his hand in return. She paused as he shivered, then asked, "Sheldon… are you being turned on by my belly?"
Sheldon was quiet first, then he took her hand, moved it back towards him and placed it in his lap. "Well, that's not your only body part doing that for me, but now that you're asking… take a guess…"
Amy gasped as she felt the hardness beneath her hand and moved it along a bit, applying light pressure which made Sheldon moan softly.
He had to know what she meant earlier. "Amy… are you… uhm… experiencing an enhanced libido… right now?"
"Hmm…. Very much so…" Amy confirmed in a husky voice.
"Would you mind if I did something… about that?" he further inquired while his hands moved down her belly, slipping underneath the rim of her jogging pants.
"Not at all," she said, wiggling her hips so that he could remove her pants. As she lay before him, he could also easily unclasp her bra.
"You are so gorgeous," He said huskily while he stroked her baby belly again.
Amy leaned back on her elbows to get a better view of him. "You too, but you are wearing way too many clothes," she winked at him.
Sheldon was already removing his shirts, but when she turned to face him, he quickly propped up some pillows beneath her back. "I have done some research," he explained. "Since lying on your back can rupture blood vessels due to the weight of the belly, you should pull up some pillows to avoid pressure on the back."
"I have done some research of my own," Amy said in sultry voice while she was ogling him unashamedly as he stripped down his pants. Sheldon just raised his brows, crawling towards her on the bed with a sexy smile.
"Since it has proven to be too difficult using your favorite position in the shower where you have pinned me up against the tiles…" she started, getting distracted by Sheldon eyeing her like his pray.
"Please go on, I'm all pro-research," he said huskily and began slowly trailing a line of kisses on the inside of her thigh towards her apex.
"Uhm… so I have looked up the most convenient positions for intercourse during pregnancy," she continued but then became lost in the sensation as he had reached his goal. "Mmmh," she moaned as he started kissing and lapping her swollen nub and slowly inserted a finger into her wet folds, soon followed by a second one. Amy was writhing in his arms now, her capability of speech lost at the moment.
Sheldon was in no hurry. He plunged his fingers into her again and again agonizingly slow while he rolled his tongue around her nub, only interrupting it to suck on it from time to time, slowly building up her pleasure. Amy was panting now; her eyes had rolled back into her head in bliss. When he suddenly stopped, she let out a frustrated groan.
Sheldon grinned at her, stroking her thighs but not going where she desperately needed him now. "How about a practical demonstration?" He asked in a deeper voice than normal.
"What?" Amy asked confused, finally focusing on him with dilated pupils. She just needed him to continue now, badly. Sheldon grinned smugly as he had managed to reduce her to monosyllabic sentences now.
"You spoke about research, and I'm very intrigued… would you like to show me what you had in mind?" He asked, raising his brows.
Amy was eager to share her results now. If he wanted to tease her, so could she. "A very comfortable position would be me lying down on my side," and she did so as she explained, "with you spooning me from behind – oh, there you are already," she gasped in pleasured surprise as she felt him entering her from behind. "Mmmh, not losing any time, are we?"
"If you assume that time can be lost and found again, then we've got enough lost time to make up for," he mumbled in between kissing and nibbling her neck, his hips thrusting into her with a steady rhythm. His hand had started fondling her belly, then moved up to cup her full breasts and rubbing and rolling her hardened nipples between his fingers. Her breasts had fascinated him as well, they had already grown a bit in preparation for future nurturing their baby, and her nipples were now less sensitive than at the beginning of her pregnancy. He loved playing with them and hearing her soft moans and gasps in reaction to his ministrations.
At some point in her haze, however, Amy remembered that she wanted to tease him back. "As much as I… mmh… love feeling you inside me," she began and clenched her walls down on him to emphasize, making him gasp and push into her more forcefully, "I wasn't finished with presenting my research. Oh yes," she got distracted again as he sucked on her earlobe.
"Uhm… this position is nice and comfy… mmh, very nice," she moaned as he started rubbing in small circles around her nipple, "but it allows only rather shallow penetration. This, however," and she sat up, smirking at his frustrated groan as he slipped out of her, then switching him on his back and climbing on top of him in a surprisingly agile manner given her increased circumference, "gives much more depth," and she finally impaled herself on him, meeting his hips that came up in desperate need to reconnect with her, "it also puts no pressure on my belly," and his hands came up to fondle her belly again, "and puts me in control of the speed," and she rocked on him agonizingly slow, "and it also works perfectly on a chair or couch". Yes, that was definitely the teasing she had in mind, she thought as she contemplated his dilated pupils and the way he bit his bottom lip to restrain himself.
Then she stopped and climbed off the bed. "What are you doing now, stop this torture woman," Sheldon groaned and got up to catch her. "Oh no, are you trying to teach me closure lessons again?"
But Amy was really quick, she had taken a bath towel and ran into the kitchen. "No, I would never do such a mean thing," she called. "You wanted a demonstration, and given your love for the number three, I will show you the third position I researched. Come get me," she said in a sassy voice.
"Come back here, I'm not gonna run around naked in the apartment," he cried from the door of their sleeping room.
"Too bad, then, 'cause I'd really prefer your company to finishing off on my own," she called back. "And you didn't have these inhibitions when you tried to prove a point to Leonard and Penny on the couch," she added.
"Oh, that vixen knows exactly what will get me," he groaned and went after her. When he came around the corner and saw her, he stopped dead in his tracks. That was a sight to behold indeed. Knowing his admiration for cleanliness, she had spread the bath towel on the kitchen counter and was sitting on it at the edge facing him, her left arm propped behind her to support her while her right hand was moving between her folds pleasuring herself. Her head was thrown back and her luscious belly was pointing towards him, her breasts softly swaying at her movements. He hadn't believed even more blood could rush to his groin, but that's exactly what happened, and she had rendered him completely mute.
"I'm glad you decided to join me," Amy purred, continuing to stroke herself. "I got a bit more creative here, because originally this position was meant to be on the edge of the bed, but I thought this height might be much more comfortable and you wouldn't have to kneel before me…"
Sheldon didn't even listen to her anymore. He was with her with three long strides and kissed her fervidly while he entered her not too gently now. Amy wrapped her ankles behind his bottom, urging him on while her arms went around his neck for support, her belly rubbing between them. He was thrusting into her hard and fast now, and Amy could only hang on for dear life. She liked it when he was gentle, but every once in a while she loved to see him that passionate and out of control, knowing that only she could do that to him.
Amy's hands ran through his hair, grabbing his short-cropped strands not too gently while their tongues kept dueling around each other, but he didn't seem to mind. Sheldon had grabbed her bottom with both hands, urging her even closer against him as their movements became more erratically. They were spiraling fast towards the point of no return after all that teasing before.
They broke their kiss as they needed more air now. "AMYYY… I'm so close…" Sheldon panted.
Amy moaned in response, "Me too… aww, don't stop… let it go…" and she started to shiver uncontrollably around him as she began circling her swollen nub frantically.
Through their haze they registered some knocks in the distance but couldn't make out its meaning. Then the sound was repeated and they heard Penny's voice through the door, "Come on lovebirds, open up, we've seen your car outside!"
Amy looked at Sheldon with large eyes, trying to remember whether they locked up the door, but he just stared at her intently with a slightly crazed expression and kept on pushing into her, and then she couldn't suppress moaning his name as her orgasm overwhelmed her.
Sheldon was too far gone, it seemed physically impossible for him to stop right now even if he wanted. He just hoped they wouldn't come in yet. "Just… a minute… I'm coming…" he groaned as he felt himself erupting in her tight passage while she was still convulsing around him.
They clung to each other, floating back to earth again as the reality hit them. "Come on, we have to postpone the cuddling session this time, they could enter every moment," he whispered in spite of the noise they just made while he helped her getting down on wobbly legs. They made a beeline to their sleeping room and dressed hastily. Amy put on her jogging pants and shirt which she preferred of late as they didn't corset her belly.
When they were decent coming back in the living room, Sheldon called, "It's open!"
Amy hissed, "What? You hadn't locked the door and kept on going after hearing the knocks?"
"What should I say… I needed closure first," he whispered and patted her bottom with a grin.
The door opened, revealing Leonard, Penny, Howard and Bernadette standing outside.
"Hi guys. We already thought with that tempo Guiseppe would be inviting us in," Leonard greeted them and entered with a grocery bag.
"What do you want?" Sheldon asked, ignoring his comment.
"Well, It's the third Thursday of this month, so we thought how about a good old Anything-Can-Happen Thursday," Penny grinned and came in after Leonard.
"Uhm, she thought that, I didn't. I know what you think about surprises," Leonard hastily clarified. "But we brought some food, here, I've got baguettes," he added.
"Hi, you're really glowing tonight, Amy," Howard greeted her with a sly smile as he entered. "Oh, and Raj might come by later with Emily, they're both still working."
"Mmh, they have food, isn't that nice, Sheldon? You must be hungry as well," Amy asked, and he nodded reluctantly. After their recent activities, food was very welcome.
"Hi Amy, Sheldon. I made a light salad," Bernadette said and went to put it on the kitchen counter.
"Whoa, whoa, wait," Sheldon chimed in, rushing past her and taking the Purell bottle from the sink to start sanitizing the counter – even though they had used a bath towel – while Amy was blushing and trying to hide her face in her hands at his obvious actions.
Penny was looking to and fro between them with a large grin, taking in their flushed faces and disheveled dressing state. "Whoa, don't tell me we just interrupted you doing it on the kitchen counter!" She cried. "And that's sex hair if I ever saw it," she leered at Sheldon.
"It's just Sheldon's need for cleanliness," Amy started meekly and disposed Sheldon's wipes to get out of view behind the counter.
Sheldon, however, was already answering, "Alright, we won't tell you. Just for the record, you didn't interrupt. A few minutes more would have been appreciated, though. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a quick shower now," he finished and strode off, winking at Amy who tried to bury her face even deeper in her hands at his words.
"That dawg," Leonard grinned and joined the others at the counter where they started to prepare an impromptu dinner.
"Are you still so much in love with his honesty?" Howard asked Amy who was trying to appear busy with cutting the baguette.
"Aw, what the hell," Amy said wearily, putting away the knife. 'Offence is the best defense,' she thought. "Okay, if you have to know, I did some research concerning the most convenient positions for having intercourse during pregnancy… so that one," she pointed to the counter, "was actually my idea." She turned to Howard and Bernadette. "I could also send you an abstract if you like," she finished earnestly.
"Wow, you guys really rock," Penny said while she put a bottle of wine in the fridge.
Bernadette was rendered speechless, but Howard grinned widely, "I can't believe I'm actually considering getting sex tips from Sheldon and Amy, but why not? You're the ones with the PhDs, so I'm sure you've done some thorough research. Just send it over if you're not… too busy," he winked at her. "Ow," he turned to Bernadette, "What did you pinch me for?"
"I'm not going to discuss our sex life here," she chastised him.
"But you have to admit it's starting to be more difficult with your belly getting in the way… Ow!" Howard yelled as he was pinched again.
"If I may interject, we had that problem as well," Amy said to Howard. "But with a bit of out-of-the-box thinking you could spoon her from behind or let her be on top – or get back to this version here," and she motioned again to the counter, "you can also use a chair instead, just any position where your belly is not confined between the two of you."
"Aw, thanks," Bernadette said sarcastically, now even more uncomfortable with being in the center of this discussion while Leonard and Penny were grinning at the exchange and Howard also didn't seem to mind.
"You're welcome," Amy replied; glad that for the first time in her life she could actually be of help with such a topic. "And you didn't seem to have any problems discussing my sex life – or apparent lack thereof," she continued more sternly. "I am so happy to have found someone who wants me to express my sexuality, even more so since my belly is growing."
"Who are you talking about?" Sheldon asked bewildered, coming back from the shower, clothed but his hair still damp.
"You, of course," Amy eased him quickly and came over to hug him. He looked even more sexy than normal with his wet hair. And he must have put on extra baby powder, she mused as she inhaled his scent.
Sheldon hugged her back and rested his chin on her head. "And why were you discussing that at all?" he inquired, not objecting to her statement.
"You started it with the Purell," Penny answered with a large smile at seeing the two of them so close together.
Howard chimed in. "Amy had just started to tell us about her… research." And he swayed his pelvis in an Elvis-like manner while Bernadette shook her head in resignation at her husband's tomfoolery.
Sheldon actually got the hint. "Oh, and did you learn something?" He asked him earnestly.
Amy chuckled in his arms.
"What's so funny," Sheldon murmured, gently kissing the top of her head and stroking her belly. He simply couldn't stop touching it lately.
Howard came also up behind Bernadette, taking her in his arms and placing his hands on her belly as well. She leaned back and smiled at his affection. Seeing all that hugging, Leonard embraced Penny as well. She quickly displaced his hands from her stomach back to her hips. "Hey, we're not doing it Shamy style," she grinned at him. "I'll first marry you and then we might think about kids!" Leonard nodded eagerly, glad that she was talking about marriage that openly at all.
"I just thought this might be my new favorite position for the time being," Amy explained in the meantime in a low voice intended for his ears only, "and then I remembered I haven't even shown you the other one yet… Uhm, I would be kneeling on the couch, my back facing you… then Leonard referring to you as a canine would finally be appropriate," Amy smiled.
Sheldon gulped. "You are insatiable indeed… but let's keep that in mind for next time, you really wore me out now," he whispered, smiling back at her.
"Ok guys, this is getting yucky now," Leonard interrupted before they might actually think of doing a practical demonstration. He stood closest to them and had heard most of it, though he wished he hadn't. "Let's just grab a bit to eat, alright? And then I'd rather talk about the latest shoe fashion," he said, earning a large smile from Penny. He was relieved as they finally all sat down on the couch just like old times and talked about their days.
