Two months later
It was the day of Richard's 2nd birthday and Amy had gone to work but was only planning on working until lunchtime so that she could organise the party that she and Sheldon were holding for him and she had just finished a Skype call from Professor McDonald at Harvard inviting her to give a series of lectures for the new term in September, she had gone back to working on her brain specimens when she was disturbed by a knock at the door and a familiar voice
"Hello Amy" said Faisal
"Oh my goodness, Faisal what are you doing here? Said Amy jumping from her seat and giving him a hug
"Well as you declined my invitation to come to Saudi for a summer holiday, I thought I would come to you and meet your family, plus I have some business to attend to here in LA as well" replied Faisal
"You are looking great by the way"
"Thanks so are you, am I going to meet your husband? I understand he works here"
"Yes of course, let me just go and get him, please take a seat, don't mind the brains everywhere" replied Amy smiling at him
Amy left the neuroscience building and made her way to Sheldon's office, he was in there but he had Leonard for company
"Hi Leonard, Sheldon" said Amy
"Amy are you ok? Asked Sheldon surprised to see her
"Yes but I suspect you might not be when I tell you who I have in my lab at the moment" said Amy
"Who? Asked Sheldon
"Ah well, Faisal has just turned up unexpectedly and he would like to meet you"
"That's a shame because the feeling is not mutual" replied Sheldon turning back to his whiteboard
"Sheldon! What is the matter with you" shouted Amy furious at his attitude
"Amy you seem to have forgotten about what happened the last time his name was mentioned"
"No I haven't and I really thought that you were over the petty jealousy thing, now are you going to come or spend the night somewhere else tonight and ruin Richards birthday? Asked Amy folding her arms and glaring at him
"Sheldon I think you should just go and meet him, he is no threat to you, in fact I would like to meet him as well Amy if that's ok" said Leonard trying to make things better
"Yes of course, Sheldon I am going now, if you want to come then come" said Amy turning around and walking out with Leonard in tow, she had just left the building when she heard footsteps behind her, looking round she saw it was Sheldon
"Amy I am sorry, you are right I shouldn't be jealous" said Sheldon giving her a quick peck on the cheek
"Good, glad we got that out of the way" replied Amy as she entered the Neuroscience building and down to her lab
"Faisal, this is my Husband Dr Sheldon Cooper and his best friend Dr Leonard Hoftstadter" said Amy introducing them
"Yes hello, I have heard lots about your work Sheldon and yourself Leonard" said Faisal shaking the hand that Leonard held out
"Its Dr Cooper thank you very much" replied Sheldon snappily and not shaking his hand
"Very sorry, Dr Cooper" said Faisal wondering why Sheldon was being off with him
"So Faisal how long are you in town for? Asked Amy
"Well I arrived yesterday and I plan to leave by Friday, would you all like to go for lunch today? I am staying at the four seasons" replied Faisal
"Oh sorry today is not good, it's our sons 2nd birthday and I am leaving at lunchtime to organise a party, perhaps you would like to come along? Asked Amy
"Amy! What are you doing? Exclaimed Sheldon
"Inviting a friend to our sons birthday party"
"Amy I would be delighted to attend, I shall bring one of my wives with me as well, I already have your address, what time would you like me to attend?
"Oh around 5pm if that's good for you? Asked Amy
"That's perfect, I shall see you then and I can talk more with your husband and friends" said Faisal as Amy came close to him and hugged him goodbye, Amy turned around and she could see that Sheldon was seething, Leonard made his excuses and quickly left
"Amy I am speechless with you" was all Sheldon could say
"Sheldon I have one question and I want you to answer truthfully, can you do that?
"Yes and I think I know what it is but I will let you ask" replied Sheldon
"Do you trust me?
"Yes but I am unhappy about you inviting this man to our house, I don't understand why you want him there"
"Because he is an old friend and we have a common interest in Neuroscience, its good to talk to people who have similar work fields" replied Amy
"You can always talk to me"
"Presumably you are coming to our sons party tonight? Asked Amy packing her things and tidying up
"Of course I am, what makes you think I am not?
"Because of the way you are behaving, change the attitude Sheldon, Faisal is of no threat to you" replied Amy picking up her phone and car keys and walking towards the door of the lab
"I think I will come home with you then and help you with the party" said Sheldon as he stopped her from leaving and shut the door then locking it
"What are you doing?
"Nothing just standing here with my beautiful wife and hoping that you forgive me again for my jealousy" replied Sheldon
"I forgive you but you need to trust me also, I have no romantic interest in Faisal, only you Sheldon" said Amy leaning against the side of the work bench
"Well I will make sure you continue to be romantically interested in me forever" said Sheldon as he came closer to Amy and pressing up against her, he kissed her for a very long time
"You know I only have eyes for you Sheldon" said Amy once they had finished kissing and were having an intense bout of eye coitus, then Sheldon moved Amy so she was back sitting on her work stool and kissed her again
"Come on lets go because if we carry on in here, Richard will end up without a party" said Sheldon
"I hope that reassures you Sheldon and you can be pleasant to Faisal later" said Amy as they left the lab and Sheldon walked Amy to the car park
"I will try, I will meet you back at home as I have to pick up my laptop and finish a few things off" said Sheldon
"Also I have been invited to Harvard to give some lectures and a welcome speech to the new students in September if you want to join me? Asked Amy
"Oh sure, thanks for asking me, when did you find that out?
"Not long ago, I had just finished a skype call from Professor McDonald when Faisal arrived
"Ok, see you at home Amy" said Sheldon, he went back to his office, stopping at Leonard lab on the way
"Hey you ok? Asked Leonard
"Not particularly, I don't know if Amy is trying to test me but I don't like that man Leonard
"Yes I could see that, look you will just have to get on with it, Amy has never given you a reason to doubt her, so just deal with it"
Amy pulled into the driveway as Penny turned up, Penny had already had a call from Leonard regarding Faisal and Penny wanted to know from Amy what was going on
"Hey Ames, how are you?
"Good, am just organising Richards's party, do you want to help me with these bags? Asked Amy indicating the many shopping bags in the boot of the car
"Sure, so listen Leonard called me earlier"
"Yes I bet he did and I wonder what the topic of conversation was" replied Amy
"He was just concerned, apparently Sheldon had steam coming out of his ears" said Penny
"You could say that but I don't know why, Faisal is a very old friend and I am not about to drop people out of my life just on Sheldon's say so" said Amy as they took the bags into the house, they were greeted enthusiastically by the dogs
"And you invited him here to the party as well?
"Yes" replied Amy as she started to unpack all the shopping
"Why?
"Because he is only here for a few days and it will be nice to catch up, his wife is coming as well"
"Well I hope you know what you are doing" said Penny
"What does that mean? said Amy looking curiously at her
"Sheldon already hates the man but you seem to be ignoring that"
"Sheldon needs to see that there is nothing to be jealous of, that is what I am trying to achieve here" replied Amy
"Mommy" said Richard on seeing Amy
"Hey baby, how are you? Said Amy picking him up and kissing him, he then stretched his arms out to Penny for her to hold him which she did
"We have party mommy?
"Yes later on"
"Nanny in pool" replied Richard
"Probably with Corey" said Penny walking out to the pool house with him
Sheldon returned home shortly after and helped Amy to set up, Penny had gone to collect Archie and Marie from nursery, Rose also came with them after refusing to go home with her childminder and Bernadette had agreed she could go to Amy's house
By 5pm everything was ready, Sheldon was cooking food on the BBQ when Howard and Bernadette showed up with Rebecca, Bernadette only had 6 weeks to go now and was looking enormous and had given up work, Alex turned up shortly afterwards and the party was underway with the children playing in the pool and enjoying themselves, Natasha and George were finishing early at the store to join in the fun and arrived at the same time that Faisal arrived, George still had a key for the house so asked him to wait while he fetched Amy
"Amy, Faisal is here" said George
"Where?
"By the front door" replied George looking at Sheldon who had tensed at the sound of Faisals name, Amy went to the door whilst George spoke to Sheldon
"Faisal hello how are you doing" said Amy letting him into the house
"Very well, Amy I would like you to meet my first wife Ariana" said Faisal introducing a glamorous looking woman beside him
"Hi" said Amy shaking her hand "Please come through and you can meet my family and friends" Amy took them through the house and to the garden where everybody was, Sheldon was the first person she saw
"Sheldon you remember Faisal, this is his wife Ariana" said Amy
"Yes I remember" replied Sheldon nodding at the two of them and turning back to the BBQ
"This is his brother George and his partner Natasha" carried on Amy with introducing them and ignoring Sheldon's rudeness
"Nice to meet you" said Faisal as Amy called Marie and Richard out of the pool
"Now kids, I would like you to meet a very special friend of mommy's, this is Faisal, Faisal, this is Marie and the birthday boy Richard"
"Hello" said Marie smiling at him and looking at his wife "You are like pretty fairy" said Marie to her
"Thank you that's very sweet" said Ariana, Amy took them round the rest of the people in the house and found that Faisal was getting on with everybody apart from Sheldon who was still ignoring him, Marie and Archie were sitting next to Faisal asking him lots of questions which he found amusing and answered them all, Faisal spotted Sheldon going into the house and excused himself to follow
Sheldon had gone into the kitchen to get some kitchen paper when he heard movement behind him, turning round he saw that it was Faisal
"Dr Cooper, I do believe we have a problem"
"What makes you think that?
"Well in the email that Amy sent to me rejecting my invitation to Saudi she mentioned that you were not happy about it, would you like to explain why?
"Not particularly, now if you excuse me I food to finish off"
"Oh no I think we will talk more, Amy loves you and I have no interest in her, I admire her work and her intelligence and that is why I fund her lab because Neuroscience interests me, I have my own lab back home and I admire people who take up a skill like that" said Faisal taking a seat the dining table as Sheldon stood staring at him
"I know she loves me but it doesn't mean I have to like you"
"I'm not asking you to but if you want to stay married to Amy then you need to trust her"
"I don't need a lecture from you thank you" replied Sheldon storming out into the garden and going back to the BBQ, Amy had seen him come out then she noticed Faisal as well and realised things had probably not gone well and decided to lighten the mood a little
"Penny do you want to help me light the cake for Richard" said Amy
"Sure"
"Mom can you bring Richard out of the pool please" said Amy going into the kitchen, she lit the cake and then called for everybody to get together and sang happy birthday to Richard and he blew the candles out, by now everybody was eating the food that Sheldon had cooked. Amy sat down on one of the benches in the garden with Faisal and Ariana opposite her and they were chatting about her work and her forthcoming lectures at Harvard
Sheldon was sitting in the pool house with George, Natasha and Leonard when Penny got out of the pool with Archie
"Sheldon are you not going to join Amy with Faisal? Asked Penny
"No it looks like she is perfectly fine without me"
"I think she would like it if you joined her, you can see they are just talking, his wife is stunning looking though"
"What's that got to do with anything?
"Nothing I was just mentioning it" said Penny as Sheldon scraped the chair back noisily and went over to join Amy
"Sheldon, glad you could join us, we were just swapping stories about Harvard, that's where I first met Faisal as we were in the same grad year"
"Very nice" replied Sheldon for lack of anything else to say
"What do you do Sheldon? Asked Ariana
"I am a theoretical physicist at Caltech" replied Sheldon looking anywhere but at Faisal
"Your children are a credit to you, perhaps if you come to visit Saudi one day you could meet ours" said Faisal
"Maybe, how many do you have? Said Sheldon looking at Faisal this time with new interest
"My wife and I have 4 together but I also have several others with my three other wives"
"Oh I see" replied Sheldon trying not to looked shocked
"I can see your surprise but in the Middle East I am allowed to have many wives, I am limiting myself to four though and Ariana is my number one and I rotate around them all when I am home" said Faisal
"If you do come to Saudi you can stay with us in our palace" said Ariana
"Thank you very much, we will think about it" replied Amy smiling at them
"Thank you for the invitation today but we must get going as we have a meeting tonight at 8pm" said Faisal
"Oh no problems glad you could come" said Amy hugging him and his wife, Sheldon did the same much to Amy's delight
Faisal said goodbye to everybody and Amy saw them out, she came back to the garden to find Sheldon still at the bench trying to control his laughing, he also had Leonard and Penny with him looking at him curiously
"So Sheldon does that help with your problem?
"Yes and I am sorry I doubted you"
"Amy did you know about all the wives and kids? Asked Penny
"Of course, I have always known which is why there was no reason for the jealousy issues, isn't his wife stunning though"
"Yes what does she do though? Asked Penny
"Before she met Faisal she was a model but not anymore"
"I think this calls for a few drinks, Amy come with me a moment" said Sheldon going to the kitchen and returning with a bottle of champagne and downing a glass in one and repeating
"Sheldon what are you doing?
"Celebrating our son's birthday and having my very lovely wife by my side" replied Sheldon looking at Amy who was leaning against the sink looking at him
"I think somebody is also relieved about Faisal" said Amy
"You got that right" said Sheldon coming closer to her and kissing her passionately
"Come on lets get back outside before people wonder where we are" said Amy
"No, I want to stay here with you" replied Sheldon refusing to let her go and kissing her again, Amy managed to extricate herself from him and led him outside to the hot tub which had just been vacated, she checked that Marie and Richard were ok and got in with Sheldon and cuddled up to him
"When everybody has gone then we can do more of what we just did in the kitchen but it's rude to ignore them all when we have invited them here" said Amy
"You might be right but all I want to do is never let you go" replied Sheldon kissing her again, they were interrupted by Marie standing beside the tub with Archie by her side
"Daddy, what are you doing to mommy?
"Oh we are just playing" said Sheldon in a slight slur and moving away from Amy for a moment
"Like I play with Archie sometimes?
"How do you mean? asked Amy
"We play together in the Wendy house"
"Yes that is correct" said Amy
"Daddy can I get in with Archie?
"No why don't you go back in the pool with Archie, George can you take them please" called Sheldon to his brother who was relaxing with Natasha
"Its ok Sheldon I will take them" said Penny taking their hands and leading them into the pool
"My mom will have the kids Friday night and we can have date night right here if you like" said Amy
"I like that very much" replied Sheldon moving Amy closer to him and kissing her again
"Also if you are coming to Harvard with me then I think we need to sort something out with the kids, we will be gone for three days" said Amy
"Amy less talk" replied Sheldon swooping back in for another kiss
"You two need to get a room" said Howard from the pool
"Oh we will tonight" replied Amy winking at him
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