"Oh for goodness sake, how hard is it to find a damn harpist!" Sheldon slammed the hotel phone down in frustration after being turned down by yet another musician.
"Whoa, language!" Leonard joked, "Why do you want a harpist?"
"Amy plays the harp…She likes harp music…So it's only fitting that we have one at the wedding." Sheldon replied.
He had called Leonard to help him that day, and whilst the girls were out shopping, they were trying to find a musician, but none of them seemed to like being asked on such short notice and had other bookings for Saturday.
The hotel minister had happily agreed to conduct the service on Saturday, and had commented that the beach was the perfect place, and even offered the hotel's gardens as the place to celebrate afterwards.
Sheldon had changed his mind from Ruby Tuesday's being the caterers, to the hotel kitchen.
Being a five star hotel, the food was amongst the best he had eaten, so he had decided upon them over the restaurant, and would use the garden.
"They do realise they're only catering for four people, right?" Leonard had asked.
"Did you not hear my phone call?" Sheldon had replied; "I stated it twice, and they said that it wasn't a problem. They are honored to have a highly regarded neurobiologist staying with them with her highly regarded theoretical physicist boyfriend…Well, fiancé."
"Yeah, no I heard that part." Leonard replied, faintly irritated.
Now, Sheldon was saying: "We have the venues, the caterers, the minister…Now we only need rings, music and suits."
"Only!?"
"Yes Leonard. It's not a big ceremony so we don't need much. Just each other, really."
"Oh, but Sheldon…You're forgetting the bachelor party!" Leonard grinned, devilishly.
"Oh…I don't think so. I'm not a drinker, you know that." Sheldon protested.
"Okay, well what would you like to do for your last night of freedom?"
"Well, I'd like to make love to my fiancée."
Leonard stared at him. "Wow…Never thought I'd hear that from you!" He grinned, "You stud, you!"
He clapped Sheldon on the shoulder.
Sheldon flinched.
"Please refrain from hitting me, and I'm not so sure about the 'stud' part!" He said.
"No, that's right…You said 'make love'!" Leonard grinned, pulling his phone out of his pocket and playing the whip sound app.
Sheldon rolled his eyes. "Oh good God." He muttered.
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"How about these?" Penny pointed to a pair of six inch silver heels on display.
Amy spluttered. "I'd never be able to walk in those! Especially on the beach!"
"Hmm, you're right." Penny moved along and was about to point out a lower heeled pair of white shoes, when she heard Amy gasp.
"These are perfect!" She exclaimed, taking a pair of shoes off the display in her size.
Penny wandered over and let out a gasp of her own. "Oh Amy, those are perfect for a beach wedding!"
Amy had found a pair of white jewelled sandals with a wedge heel.
The jewels were silver in colour, and the sandals were similar to flip-flops with the toe post.
Amy tried them on and was surprised at how comfortable they were.
"These are beautiful." Amy gasped.
She took them off and glanced at the price tag. "$40."
"How about if I wear a pair of plain white flip flops with beads or sequins on?" Penny suggested.
"Sure, that'll look pretty." Amy smiled.
Penny picked up a pair of plain white flip flops in her size, with light pink beads on the toe post.
The two women paid for the shoes and made their way to a dress store.
Penny picked out a polyester tight-fit, short light lilac bridesmaid dress with Amy's approval, but Amy was struggling to find the perfect dress.
They browsed all of the rails, but Amy couldn't find one that she really liked that would also suit the beach wedding theme.
She sighed. "This is pointless. I'll never find one."
"There are other dress stores; we can look there." Penny reassured.
They paid for Penny's bridesmaid dress and as they entered another store, Amy gasped and ran towards one of the mannequins.
"This is perfect!" She said.
The dress was a designer white cotton maxi dress with a halterneck and jewelled empire waist that matched the shoes perfectly.
Amy found the dress in her size on the rail and tried it on. She was pleased that her short height meant that the dress reached floor length like a wedding dress should.
She pulled the curtain back, and let Penny see her dress.
"Amy, you look beautiful! Try it with the shoes." Penny handed Amy her wedge sandals, and as she put them on, she was thrilled that the dress was still floor-length, even with the wedges, but it gave her some height at least.
"So pretty!" Penny complimented. "Perfect for a beach wedding…Oh I am so jealous!"
Amy smiled.
"You know what you need? A tiara!" Penny exclaimed.
"I already have one." Amy replied.
"Yeah but isn't that in your apartment back home?"
"Um…Not exactly." Amy admitted, "I brought it with me to remind me of Sheldon…Obviously I had no idea he'd come after me though!"
"Aww! You should totally wear the tiara Sheldon gave you, and I will give you beach waves in your hair!" Penny replied.
"I'd love that." Amy answered. "Now, I'm going to change back into my clothes and pay for this, get his wedding ring and then I'm done until Friday when I need to buy flowers and makeup. Then tonight we can all go for dinner and celebrate!"
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"I got it!" Sheldon cried out, triumphantly.
Leonard stared at his friend as they walked down the street, and Sheldon ended a call on his cell phone.
"Okay, so it's not a harpist…I know this is Florida and not Hawaii, but we have a Ukulele player." Sheldon explained.
"That's great!" Leonard grinned.
Penny and Amy had texted the guys earlier about their dinner plans that evening, and the color scheme and theme of the wedding, and Sheldon and Leonard had ended up going out to buy the suits, shoes and Amy's ring.
"I think she would have preferred the harp." Sheldon said, as they sat on a bench to wait for the girls.
"Yes, but there's only the four of us, and it's a beach wedding. Harp wouldn't have fit into the theme." Leonard replied.
"Hmm you're right."
"You okay Sheldon?"
"Just nervous…Am I doing the right thing?" Sheldon asked.
Leonard frowned. "Uh oh…You can't get cold feet now! Think of it this way: do you love Amy?"
"Of course I love Amy!"
"Do you see yourself spending the rest of your life with her?"
Sheldon blinked. "Yes, I do. I really, really do." He admitted. "That's not what I'm nervous about."
"Then what is it?" Leonard asked.
"I'm more worried about me being marriage material." Sheldon confessed, "I want to marry Amy more than anything, but I keep letting her down. I don't want to hurt her or risk getting a divorce. What if we end up having children? That wouldn't be healthy for them. I wouldn't want them to go back and forth between their mother and father's separate houses."
Leonard's eyes widened. "You think about having kids with Amy?"
"I think about lots of things, Leonard. I'm not saying I want children right now, because there is no way I want children at the moment! But my main concern is hurting Amy. She's going to be my wife…I've upset her enough in the past, and I don't want to do it again."
"Sheldon…That's a risk you're going to have to take. Couples argue and hurt each other all the time, but they don't mean to. You and Amy found your way back together and are stronger than before. You've come such a long way…I think you're ready." Leonard comforted. "Especially if your main worry about getting married is whether or not you hurt your wife…Or your future family."
Sheldon nodded.
"Seriously Sheldon, you two are meant to be together." Leonard finished. "You're doing the right thing."
Sheldon nodded again and smiled. "I do love her." He said quietly.
"I know you do…Now, enough of the girly chat. What's the sex like?" Leonard asked, mischievously.
"I can't tell you that!" Sheldon retorted, eyes wide. "That's personal!"
"Oh come on you stallion!" Leonard joked. "Spill."
"It's very enjoyable." Sheldon replied, awkwardly.
"Uh oh…" Leonard replied, "Is that bad?"
"Oh no, not bad at all! That woman has a way with me, Leonard. I don't know what it is, but she really excels in the bedroom, and makes me erupt like a volcano!" Sheldon said, "I never knew that I could emit such a large quantity of…Well…You know."
Leonard frowned. "Um, okay…That's really gross, but good for you!"
"Is it meant to feel that good?" Sheldon asked in a hushed voice.
"How good?" Leonard queried.
"Well…When I'm having intercourse with Amy, I feel this mixture between torture and extreme pleasure; I have to carry on or I feel like I'm going to die, and then I just can't hold on any more."
"Wow…" Leonard replied. "You've got it goooood!"
Sheldon grinned a little smugly. "Oh yes I have!"
"You do know that extremely heightened, almost torturous pleasure during sex could also make your 'guys' more active and more likely to fertilise an egg?" Leonard said.
"Of course I knew that, but I won't be needing fertility for a long time." Sheldon reassured. "We both use contraception anyway so that I don't get her pregnant or anything."
"Ah good!" Leonard nodded.
At that moment, they looked up at the sound of voices approaching them.
It was Penny and Amy.
The guys stood up and kissed their girlfriends in greeting, before making their way to the restaurant.
"Come on, let's go to dinner and celebrate!" Penny grinned excitedly.
"Won't it be weird?" Amy said, looking up at Sheldon. "We'll both be Dr Cooper!"
Sheldon grinned. "I know; I can't wait! Also, confusing the mailman will certainly be amusing!"