Sheldon sat in the movie theatre on Thursday night with his drink in the holder next to him and Amy's hand in his. Amy had persuaded him to go see some silly 'chick flick' she had heard Penny and Raj raving about. As a result Amy had swooned and sighed for the past 60 minutes whilst Sheldon had eaten all his popcorn and begun tracing equations on to the palm of Amy's hand. Now he was bored and wanted to leave.

Trying to see the time on his watch without Amy noticing was quite a task, but seeing he had 30 minutes left to endure he decided he would set himself a challenge and see if he could mimic the actions of the man in the row in front. This man had moved from sitting next to his date, to holding hands, then having his arm around her shoulder and now they were enthusiastically kissing.

Never having been one for such displays it was new territory for Sheldon, but he decided as the film was boring him rigid he would use it for personal growth. He just wouldn't tell Amy that!

Shifting slightly in his seat Sheldon let go of Amy's hand and moved his arm around her shoulders. He held still for a moment to see if she would react, but she just smiled dreamily at the screen and snuggled closer. Amazed at this progress Sheldon unclenched the fist he had unconsciously formed and let his fingers stroke Amy's hair. Tonight she wore it down and with her now leaning against his shoulder Sheldon was able to twine the ends round his fingers and smell the sweet smell of her shampoo.

He stayed playing with Amy's hair for about five minutes, enjoying the soft silky texture, before the couple in front caught his attention again. They were still kissing but now the woman had abandoned the film too and was as enthusiastic as the man.

If it had been any other film Sheldon would have thought this behaviour just resulted in a waste of their admission fee, but seeing as he had absolutely no interest in what was occurring on the screen a quick visit of his own to first base sounded like a good alternative.

Moving his fingers from the ends of her hair to her chin Sheldon gently tilted Amy's head towards his and lent down and kissed her.

Amy's eyes widened in shock at Sheldon's public display of affection; he normally whined if she wanted to even hold his hand! As she closed her eyes and let him kiss her Amy resolved to bring Sheldon to more films like this if this was the response she got.

Enjoying the relative darkness of the theatre Sheldon held Amy's chin and continued kissing her. Remembering her actions from their previous kiss Sheldon, slightly tentatively, opened his lips a little and let the tip of his tongue trace Amy's lower lip.

Amy pulled back and looked at Sheldon. Seeing his big blue eyes staring back at her nervously Amy turned further in her seat and, resting her head into the crook of Sheldon's shoulder and neck, raised her arm to the back of his head stroking his hair at the nape of his neck.

Sheldon felt Amy's fingers stroke his hair and his tongue gently stroked her lip again. This time Amy opened her mouth a little and the tip of her tongue grazed Sheldon's.

Sheldon heard a groan and realised the noise had come from him. Just as this thought hit him the house lights came on and the couple realised the film was over and couples around them were leaving.

Sheldon was not sure if he was disappointed or relieved.

That kiss had been like none he had experienced before. But at the same time he was suddenly very aware that he had quickly lost grip of his control and they were in a very public place.

Amy blinked up at him still resting her head on his shoulder.

"Wow Sheldon!"

"Yes indeed." Sheldon replied. Embarrassed now that his little experiment had had the effect it did.

"If bringing you to a romantic movie has this effect on you we should come more often!"

"Amy really! As if I would be influenced but such trivia. I could not tell you so much as one characters name in that drivel.."

"Really?" said Amy not sounding at all convinced.

"Really Amy. I just happened to be testing my own personal limits for public displays of affection by copying the couple in front of us."

As soon as the words left his mouth Sheldon knew he had made a mistake.

"Uh oh!"

"Uh oh indeed. I think we should leave." Amy snapped, backing away from Sheldon, gathering her bag and jacket in one swift movement and heading for the door leaving Sheldon scrambling behind her.

The car journey was completed in silence.

Sheldon was frantically racking his brains trying to think of something to say to make his previous admission not sound so bad.

Amy was just angry.

She knew Sheldon would not have chosen to see that film, but she thought he should have at least made more of an effort.

She had thought he was moved romantically by the plot and now she found out he was conducting his own little experiment with her as a guinea pig.

What made her sad more than angry was it was the best kiss she had ever ever had. She recognised the progress and effort Sheldon was making and part of her wanted to go home and continue where they had left off when the lights came up. But she was so mad at him she wasn't sure if she could.

"Amy I'm sorry" came the tentative voice beside her.

"Why are you sorry Sheldon?" Amy asked.

"Because I have upset you. And because I should not have said what I did."

"But you were only telling me the truth Sheldon."

"I know Amy. But I now recognise that sometimes I should keep the truth to myself!"

"humph" was the only response Sheldon got to this.

"Amy while I confess the reasons for my kiss started out for maybe the wrong reasons..."

"MAYBE? MAYBE Sheldon?"

"No, no definitely the wrong reason! But Amy I have never kissed anyone like that and I really really liked it!"

"I liked it too Sheldon. I just feel now it didn't mean the same to you as it did to me"

"It did Amy, it really did. Amy we have an agreement. Tonight I have kissed you 'hello' and have given you 1 kiss so far on our date. Let me invite you back to my apartment make you some soothing tea to calm the nerves I admit I have rattled, and maybe if you agree we can try another kiss to see if you feel better after."

"Humph" muttered Amy, but Sheldon smiled to himself as he saw her flick her turn light to indicate she was turning towards Los Robles Avenue.