When he had entered apartment 4b, he had been happy. A little nervous perhaps, but happy nonetheless.

During the ride back to his apartment in Pasadena, he had some time to think about what Amy had told him, about keeping the fact that they had kissed hidden from everyone.

While he had agreed to it, and still believed it to be the right thing to do, he now started to doubt his ability to keep the truth from both Leonard and Penny.

Amy had been so confident about it all, from the short time he had been there in the living room.

He now must try to be as confident, self-assured too. Not just for his or even Amy's sake, but for theirs as well.

Amy never failed to explain anything to him, she always used logic when she tried to make him see something her way, and as frustrating it could be from time to time, she always succeeded.

Earlier on in their relationship, this got him upset, how could he be bested by a Neurobiologist from Glendale. But now he was feeling nothing but pride about it all, just like he had done when she had bested his friends from time to time in exactly the same way.

So now came the true test for him. He had thought of something when he was sitting in the back of the bus, thinking about all that had happened the last 24 hours. His mind tried to continue on processing everything, but his thoughts kept drifting off to the moments he and Amy had kissed. Each one had been so amazing to him, even the last short one before he left her apartment made his stomach do backflips.

"I have a request for both of you, regarding Amy"

"A request? What kind of request?" Leonard asked, while Penny was still trying to figure out the signals Sheldon was sending them.

"Hold on, Leonard. I have a few questions for him first" she interrupted her boyfriend.

"Of course you do" Leonard sighed, shaking his head from side to side.

"Oh, don't give me that. You know me, I have to know what happened between him and Amy" Penny responded, now looking at Leonard.

"You already know what happened, Amy told us everything only a few hours ago, don't tell me you've already forgotten it?" he said.

"No I haven't forgotten any of it, I just want to hear Sheldon's side. It was an important night for both of them, and I just want to know as much as possible about it."

Sheldon stood there, watching, studying his best friends. He couldn't help himself, and started to smile.

This was noticed by Penny, getting angry at this whole situation.

"What's so funny Sheldon? Did I use a word wrong again or something?" she almost hissed at him.

"No, actually you didn't. I just see think it's amusing that you think I'll tell you anymore then Amy already did" he responded calmly.

"What happened between Amy and me is exactly that, it's something that only Amy and I will ever know about."

"And I ask you to respect both our wishes regarding that" Sheldon continued.

"But I just want to know how you feel about everything now?" Penny asked, showing a look of desperation on her face.

"Everything? That's a vague term" Sheldon said.

"You know full well what I meant, tell me about how you feel about you and Amy now"

"Not that it's any of your business, but Amy and I are just as we always were" he responded.

"Like Amy probably told you, we talked things out, and we now can start moving on with our relationship."

"Which brings me back to my original reason for being here, I want to ask you both something"

"What is it Sheldon? You said it had something to do with Amy" Leonard now asked again, hoping he wouldn't be cut off again by Penny.

"I was hoping I could persuade both of you to spend your evening and night tomorrow here, or at least not in our apartment" Sheldon responded, looking at his roommate.

"Why's that?" Penny asked, in a sincere tone.

"Well, I've had some time to think things over while sitting in the bus back to Pasadena, and I decided to start a next phase in my relationship with Amy" he said.

"I plan on organizing a romantic evening for just the two of us, and that will be a lot easier if neither of you are there."

"Sheldon wants to organize a romantic evening?" Penny asked out loud, as if neither Sheldon nor Leonard were sitting a few feet from her.

"Sheldon, I am happy to honor your request, but I have to ask, where is this coming from?" Leonard said.

"Is this because of what has happened between you and Amy last night?"

"Obviously it has something to do with that, but it's been something I've been thinking about for some time now. You could say that all that has happened this last week, resulting in the events of last night, was the final push I needed to take this next step."

"Well then, I am more than willing to oblige Sheldon, it's sweet to see you moving on, and I am sure that Amy will appreciate the gesture" Leonard said, smiling at his friend.

"Ah yes, that is another thing I need to ask you" Sheldon replied.

"I prefer to keep my intentions hidden from Amy, so I would like it if you both didn't tell Amy about it" he said, looking straight at Penny now.

"Why are you looking at me like that, like I ever spill things like this" Penny said, while throwing Sheldon an angry look.

"Do I really need to answer that? I think you know why."

"Fine! I won't tell Amy anything. But if you aren't going to tell her anything, how are you going to invite over?" she asked.

"I will of course invite her for a nice evening of dining together, but I won't tell her too much about the rest of the evening" Sheldon said.

"And neither will I tell you about it" he immediately said, preventing Penny from asking for more details about his plans.

"So, can I count on you both?"

"Yes, you can Sheldon" Leonard spoke happily.

"Fine" Penny agreed, still showing signs of anger in her expressions.

"Thank you both. I really do appreciate your support in this matter" Sheldon said, standing up from the couch, and moving towards the door.

"See you two later, Thai food okay for both of you? Let's say around seven tonight?"

"Sure Sheldon, we'll be there" Leonard replied.

"All right, enjoy the rest of the afternoon" Sheldon said, followed by him walking out the door and closing it behind him.


When Sheldon had left her apartment, Amy was finally starting to feel relieved.

She couldn't believe they both had gotten away with it, even though it had not been easy, especially Penny had been very hard to stop.

She was glad that Leonard had been there, since his presence and his attitude seemed to reign Penny in enough to make her story plausible.

After she had cleaned up the dishes from when she had breakfast with Sheldon, she just sat down on her couch, and started to think things over.

This was the first time since last night she had been alone in the apartment, and now her mind could start processing the events that happened from the moment Sheldon had appeared at her door.

Sheldon had shown up in the middle of the night, they had talked about all that had stood between them without realizing it. He had also told her she was the one for him, and of course, the kisses.

Only thinking about that first kiss made her relive those few seconds in her mind again and again.

Sheldon had kissed her. She had never seen it coming at that moment, especially after what they both had gone through that night.

But he had kissed her, and it had been better then she could ever had imagined it.

And when she had thought about that it would have been the highlight of their time together, Sheldon had actually agreed to sleep in the same bed as her. That moment when they been there together, staring into each other's eyes, had been divine.

And after when she had woken up, showered and checked on Sheldon, she had seen him now lying on her side of the bed. This had made her smile, to see him comfortable enough to move over to her side, even in his sleep.

When Penny and Leonard had finally accepted her story of events, and they all noticed Sheldon was standing there, she had to focus to keep it all together.

But he had been amazing all the time his best friends had been there, he easily steered the conversation around the subjects he didn't want to talk about.

Even when Penny had thrown her arms around him, he responded perfectly.

Even though he hadn't left her apartment all that long ago, she already started to miss him.

It was like finally all the pieces of the puzzle that was her life were now starting to fall in place.

And Sheldon was a big part of that puzzle now. He had always been from the moment she had met him, but it was as if she never knew where that specific part fitted.

But now she did know. His piece was the heart of the puzzle.

She remembered Sheldon had agreed to call her later tonight, but waiting for it was going to drive her insane. She needed something to distract her, and fast.

After turning on the television, and flipping through all her usual channels, nothing seemed to catch her attention.

Eventually she just turned it off again, knowing that nothing was going to keep her from thinking about her boyfriend, only a few miles from her. The distance however felt like light-years now, considering how close they had been after they had entered her bedroom.

At that moment she decided she needed to get out of the apartment, a bit of fresh air would do wonders to her hopefully.


Later that day, Sheldon had ordered the Thai food, and when it was delivered he paid for it and closed the door.

Not long after that same door opened once again, and he saw Penny coming in, with Leonard following right behind her.

"Foods here?" she asked, already knowing the answer.

"Of course it is, we agreed to enjoy our dinner together at seven, and since it's now 2 minutes past seven…" Sheldon replied.

"Yeah, yeah I know" Penny sighed, sitting down and started opening up the food containers.

After they had finished off most of the food, Leonard took out the leftovers and cleared out the table.

"So Sheldon" Penny said.

"Need any help with whatever you have planned tomorrow night?"

Sheldon looked surprised at her. Had he not only a few hours ago told her he was going to keep it hidden, especially from her?

"You might hear about it afterwards, if Amy decides to tell you. None of you will hear about it from me" Sheldon said, sounding very confident.

"But I doubt she will tell you."

Realizing she wasn't going to get anything out of him, she decided it was time to head back towards her apartment. If she had stayed here, she would have kept trying to persuade Sheldon to tell her what he had planned for tomorrow.

Leonard stayed for a few minutes longer, gathering some things from his apartment.

"I am going to sleep at Penny's tonight, and since I will do so again tomorrow, I'll just grab a few things and be on my way" he said.

"Thank you Leonard, you really are a good friend" Sheldon responded with a hint of a smile on his face.


When Leonard had left for the night, Sheldon locked up the door and checked the time.

Seeing it was almost 8 in the evening, he decided it was time to call Amy.

When Amy answered the Skype call, both of their faces lighted up.

"Good evening Sheldon, hope you had a pleasant day?"

"Yes, thank you for asking. I hope you did too?"

"Yes, I took a long walk to clear my head, my mind was very distracted" Amy said.

"I too have noticed my mind wondered off from time to time today" he replied, giving her a coy smile, which made her blush a little.

"I would like to invite you to my apartment tomorrow evening, I thought it would be nice if we could have dinner together?"

"Will any of the others be joining us?" Amy asked, surprised by his request.

"No, it will be just the two of us" Sheldon said.

"I would love to, sounds like a date" she now replied, giving him a little wink.

"That's not an accident, it is a date."

"I do have one additional request to make though" Sheldon continued on.

"What's that?" Amy asked, waiting eagerly to hear what her boyfriend had on his mind.

"That you bring over some items you might need if you are going to spend the night here" he said.