A/N: Thank you for the reviews again! ;) This is basically another filler chapter, I guess, but it does have some relevance. I am getting to the wedding, I swear! Just building up to it lol. Hope you like this chapter! :)
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Leonard, Raj and Howard snuck up the hallway to Amy and Sheldon's apartment the following morning, with Leonard turning round to his friends, putting a finger to his lips.
They nodded, and whispered to each other.
"Got the spare key?" Howard asked.
"Yep. Right here." Leonard replied, taking it out of his pocket.
"I think they're going to love what we bought for them!" Raj said excitedly, opening up the bag.
"Okay, let's go!" Leonard unlocked the door, and crept in. "Surprise! You guys, we came to apologise and…WHOA, WHAT THE!?"
Sheldon and Amy were awoken by the sudden intrusion, still on the rug, naked and under the blanket.
Sheldon and Amy looked like deer caught in headlights. They both covered themselves with the blanket, staring in shock.
"Ah, sex on the floor. Been there; it's great!" Howard nodded approvingly.
"Uh…I…What are you doing here?" Sheldon stammered.
"We came to apologise and to give you something." Leonard said, his eyes covered with one hand, as he held out the bag.
"But we can see that you have already given each other something, so if you're not interested…" Howard trailed off.
"Um, would you gentlemen mind turning around for a moment?" Sheldon asked.
His friends obliged, as he and Amy threw on the clothes they had worn yesterday, Sheldon grimacing at the thought of wearing yesterday's clothes.
"Alright, you can look now." Sheldon cleared his throat.
"Phew! So anyway, we bought you a little something as an apology for our behaviour yesterday." Leonard held out the bag again.
Sheldon gingerly took it, and opened it, with Amy peering into the bag.
They looked at the contents, confused.
Sheldon pulled out a black suit with a light lilac men's shirt, and Amy took out a white gold necklace, a white garter, a silver diamante bridal tiara and light blue lace panties with a matching strapless bra.
"How do you know Amy's underwear size?" Sheldon frowned.
"The girls took us shopping early this morning." Raj replied, "I picked out the underwear, they already knew your size."
"What is all this for?" Sheldon asked.
"Well, the suit is for you. The girls told us your colour scheme, and we picked this suit out for you. Do you like it? If not, we can return it. We kept the receipt." Howard explained.
Sheldon studied it. "It's perfect! Thank you." He smiled a small, genuine smile.
"And the necklace is something old, the garter is something new, the tiara is something borrowed from Bernadette, and the underwear is your something blue. For Amy to wear." Raj finished.
Amy's eyes shone, "this is so kind, thank you!" She hugged all three of them.
"So, are we forgiven?" Leonard asked, shyly.
Sheldon nodded. "You're forgiven. This is such a nice gesture!"
The guys all smiled.
Sheldon folded up the suit again, and placed it on the arm on the couch.
"And now I have something for all of you," He announced, stepping forward. "Leonard, Howard and Raj…Will you all be my Best Man at my wedding?"
The three of them exchanged a look.
"We'd be honoured." Leonard spoke for them. "And again, we're really sorry about last night."
"Let's just forget it ever happened." Sheldon said. He looked at his watch. "Well, it appears Isabelle has slept in late, like us, so we had better wake her up and feed her. She will be hungry by now. Let's meet for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. Say, seven?"
"Seven it is. Have fun you two!" Howard winked, leading the others out of the door.
"Well that was nice." Sheldon smiled. He turned to Amy, "I feel surprisingly well after last night's drinking, don't you? Only, you haven't said much."
"I feel fine." Amy replied bluntly.
Sheldon frowned. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No…Well, not knowingly. We both did." Amy replied, sighing.
Sheldon looked downcast. "I'm sorry if I have hurt or upset you." He offered.
"No, you haven't…We…We had sex last night."
"I know; I was there!"
"No, what I mean is…We weren't, you know, protected."
"Oh…Ohhh!" Sheldon's eyes flew wide, realising. "Oh no, Amy I'm sorry!" He pleaded.
"It's not your fault, we were drunk. I'm sure nothing happened. Let's just forget it and feed Izzy, yes?" Amy forced a smile and kissed her boyfriend, before heading to the kitchen to get Izzy's baby food prepared.
Sheldon's shoulders slumped and he shook his head, chiding himself.
How could I have been so reckless and stupid?!
He glanced at Amy, who was flitting around the kitchen, then padded into the hallway, heading to Izzy's room.
Sheldon thought for a moment, then bit his lip. He made his way to the bathroom, then changed, before grabbing his door keys and heading out.
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Sheldon pushed open the door of the pharmacy, just down the road from the apartment.
He walked over to the drugs counter, and a friendly plump woman greeted him.
"How can I help you?" She smiled brightly.
"Hello, I need to buy a single dose of Plan B." Sheldon said in a low voice.
The woman gave him an odd look.
"Obviously it's not for me. It's for my fiancée. You see, we got drunk last night and had unprotected coitus. We already have a six month old daughter, and aren't ready for another just yet." He explained.
"Okay…You had what last night?" She asked, turning around to take the requested medicine out of the cabinet behind her.
"Coitus…Intercourse." Sheldon said.
"I see. Well you're making the right choice." The woman totalled up the price, and Sheldon handed her the money.
"Keep the change. Thank you." And he rushed out and jogged all the way back to the apartment.
"Where were you?" Amy asked as Sheldon re-entered.
"Getting this." He panted, holding out the single pill, wrapped in its foil. "It's a single dose, so you can just swallow it with a glass of water."
Amy took it out of his hand. "Plan B?" She frowned. "You got me the morning after pill?"
Sheldon nodded. "I hope this doesn't offend you, it's just…We have a six month old as it is, and it will already be a challenge to bring her up, as she is so advanced for her age."
"It's okay Sheldon, really." Amy kissed him, "thank you for being responsible and on the ball." She swallowed the pill with some water.
Sheldon twitched. "Forgive me for being crude, but isn't that exactly where you were last night, that got us into this pickle?"
Amy looked up at him, and his eye twinkled as a smile crept upon his face. She chuckled.
"You're getting worse." She joked, kissing him on the lips, then breaking away after some time. "So; wedding plans! Let's get a move on!"
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"No lie, we walked in on them, butt-naked, curled up on the rug with a fluffy blanket covering them." Leonard stifled a laugh.
Penny chuckled. "Oh God, how embarrassing! So, how did they like their gifts? Did Sheldon accept your apology?"
Leonard nodded, taking a bit of his sandwich. "We're all meeting at The Cheesecake Factory for dinner tonight." He said.
"I have nothing to wear that fits me." Penny pouted. "Well, other than sweatpants or leggings."
"Not quite," Leonard got to his feet, and handed Penny a bag, which she peered into, and pulled out a stunning midnight-blue maternity dress, that was fitted at the top, and came to her knees, where it flared out a little. "I bought you this earlier today when you and the girls went to the bathroom. It was the one you were looking at."
"Oh, wow! Leonard, thank you!" Penny threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. "I love you."
"I love you too." Leonard replied.
There was a moment of silence.
"So, you were telling me about Sheldon and Amy doing it?" Penny giggled, at which, Leonard almost spat out his food, laughing.
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"Here they are; the bride and groom to be!" Raj called out, as Sheldon and Amy hurried over to the table, joining their friends.
"Sorry we're late." Amy apologised.
"Getting' busy, huh?" Penny winked.
"What? No! We were stuck on what to wear tonight." Sheldon answered, setting Isabelle into a highchair.
"Well, I'm liking your choices," Raj said, "Amy; very elegant yet casual. Sheldon; very smart but cool!"
"Thank you Raj." Amy beamed, sitting down.
"You're welcome Amy, you look radiant."
Sheldon glanced sideways at him. "Stop hitting on my woman." He whispered.
Raj gave Sheldon a look. "I'm not hitting on her, I gave her a compliment. You know I have a girlfriend."
"Regardless; you called Amy 'radiant', which, to my understanding, is one of the higher praises you can give a woman. Therefore, only her boyfriend/husband/fiancé can use it, or her other girl friends. So back off."
Raj just frowned, confused.
"Bazinga!" Sheldon said, breaking the silence.
Everyone rolled their eyes and groaned.
"Before we order I'd like to say something." Sheldon said, making sure he had everyone's attention. "In June, as you all know, I will be marrying Amy. I would like to thank Leonard, Howard and Raj for being my Best Men; and I don't just mean at the wedding…"
His three friends smiled and clinked their water glasses with him.
"Aw, Sheldon, that was nice." Penny smiled.
He smiled back, shrugging, as the waitress came to take their order.
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"I had a wonderful time, it sure made up for last night!" Amy sighed, exhaustedly as she and Sheldon arrived home with Izzy later that night.
Amy put the infant to bed, and flopped onto the couch. It was then that she noticed the coffee table still askew.
"Oops!" She giggled, manoeuvring it back into place.
Sheldon stood next to the sofa, biting back a grin, hands in his pockets. "Are you sure tonight made up for all of last night?" He asked.
"Well, there were some parts I enjoyed," Amy recalled, "Like spending time with you and Izzy, having sex in weird places…We should do that again." She got up and wrapped her arms around her fiancé, kissing him.
"Well, where were you thinking?" He asked.
Amy looked round and nodded towards the kitchen.
Sheldon looked stricken. "Amy!" He hissed, suddenly blushing, "We can't have intercourse in the kitchen; that's so unhygienic!"
Amy laughed. "Bathroom?"
"A little grotesque…"
"Then where?"
"Well we can't do it in Izzy's room, that would be wrong!"
"How about in the hallway?" Amy nodded to the front door.
Sheldon shook his head. "People will see."
"Fine, well those are our options other than in here and the bedroom. Which of the aforementioned sounds more appealing to you?" Amy asked.
"In truth, they both do. But…in the bathroom just sounds crude. Kitchen; we'll make the surfaces unhygienic to use…"
"We have disinfectant for the kitchen." Amy countered, "And ever heard of shower sex?"
"Thanks to Leonard and Priya a few years ago, sadly I have."
"We could try that!"
"Problem; I'm significantly taller than you, how would I…you know, get in…standing up?" Sheldon blushed.
"Hold me up? Or I could stand on the back of the bath…"
"I guess that could work…What would you propose for the kitchen?"
Amy rolled her eyes. "Obviously I would sit on the counter, you would be standing."
"Hmm, no. Like I said; not very clean." Sheldon shook his head.
"And like I said, we have disinfectant." Amy replied, taking out a spray bottle from underneath the sink.
"We flip for it. Heads, we do it in the bathroom, and tails, we do it in the kitchen."
"That seems fair." Amy dug out a coin from her purse, and flipped it in the air, and catching it, placing it on the back of her hand and covering it with the other.
"I call heads." Sheldon said.
Amy looked. "Tails!" She chuckled.
"What? No, you're kidding…" Sheldon walked over to look, and sure enough it had landed on tails. He looked behind him at the kitchen surfaces, which were gleaming.
"I don't know…This isn't very sanitary for the kitchen." He grimaced.
"What if we put down a towel or something?" Amy reasoned.
"Alright." Sheldon agreed, making his way into the airing cupboard in the hallway, and pulling out a towel, placing it on the kitchen counter. He stood back and frowned.
"Uh…How do you propose we do this?"
"Simple." Amy switched off the lights, then hopped up on to the towel, still fully-clothed; her legs dangling from the edge of the kitchen counter, and raised her eyebrows.
"I'm sorry, I don't follow." Her boyfriend cocked his head slightly, wrinkling his nose.
Amy rolled her eyes. "You stand up in front of me."
"Okay…" He stood in front of her in the darkness, then looked at her expectantly.
"Really? You're still not getting this?" Amy laughed.
"You know I'm inexperienced in this field." Sheldon pouted.
"I wouldn't say that. You seem to know what you're doing every other time."
"Yes, but I've never had sex standing up!"
"It's not that difficult. I'm inexperienced, and even I know that! Trust me, once you get there, you'll know what to do." And with that, Amy started kissing him, pulling him closer and undoing his shirt buttons.
She began to press herself up against him from her spot on the counter, and felt him go hard.
Sheldon made a noise, and pressed back against her. "Alright, I know what I'm doing!" He said suddenly, as the two of them removed their clothing.
"This time, you're protected!" Amy took a condom out of her jeans pocket and handed it to her boyfriend.
"Oh, and Amy, for the record; Kitchen sex? Big fan!" He smiled, cheekily.