The next morning, Amy woke up after spending nearly an entire week in Sheldon's bed. She and Sheldon had both been awake for over a half an hour, but neither of them felt like getting up just yet. She was feeling a little brave, so she asked, "Since it seems that we have chosen your room to sleep in permanently, would you mind if I moved some of my things back in here?"
"That's fine," Sheldon said.
Amy got out of bed and went into her room to collect some of her clothes and things to bring back. When she returned, Sheldon was still in bed. She was annoyed because he wasn't making space for her things.
"Where should I put these things?" Amy asked.
"Where they were before," Sheldon said as he gestured to the dresser and the closet. Amy opened the drawers where her things were before and they were empty.
"You never filled in your drawers again?" Amy asked turning to Sheldon.
He shook his head, wondering if he was somehow in trouble. Amy set the folded clothes down on the top of the dresser and got back into bed with him. She leaned over him and pressed her lips to his and kissed him with all of the force she could muster. She ran her hands down his neck to his chest. Sheldon was still for a moment until he got over the shock of Amy's attack, and then he started kissing her back. He wasn't sure how a few empty drawers motivated her, but he had had trouble initiating such a kissing session, so he was happy to go along with it. Her kisses were like waves coming on and then retreating only to become fierce again.
When Amy did stop kissing Sheldon, he kept his arms wrapped around her and pulled her closer to his chest. "What did I do to deserve that?" Sheldon asked.
"You kept my place. You knew I would be back," Amy said trying to hold back her tears. If she started crying, Sheldon would just become concerned.
"You weren't ever really gone. You were just in the next room. Plus, it felt like it would be the final step to giving up on us to put my things back in those drawers," Sheldon said, but he couldn't meet her eyes. Talking about their relationship had never been easy for him. They always had to communicate directly because neither of them were good at playing games or dropping hints, but that didn't mean he was able to do it easily.
"Aren't you going to put those things away?" Sheldon asked after a few more moments.
Amy laughed and got out of the bed to put her clothes away. It took a few trips, but soon enough, Sheldon's drawers and closet were full again. Then, even though he knew they still needed more time, Sheldon's mind went to that little box hidden behind his t-shirts. His thoughts went there a lot. Usually that meant that his thoughts went to trying to decode if he was ready for marriage and all that came with it. That time, they just went to how happy he was that he was actually managing to mend things with Amy.
"Penny's father is coming for a visit. We're trying to decide if we can afford to put him up in a hotel or if we are going to make him sleep on the couch. Or if I'll have to sleep on the floor while Penny sleeps on the couch," Leonard was saying the next week while driving Sheldon to work.
"Huh? I wasn't listening," Sheldon said. He didn't usually care much about Leonard's problems with Penny.
"We are trying to figure out where to put Penny's dad when he comes to visit," Leonard said again.
"Are you trying to ask if you can use our guest room? You know you need to put that kind of thing in writing and then I need to discuss it with Amy," Sheldon said, annoyed. Leonard was much more flippant about the Friendship Agreement than he ever had been about the Roommate Agreement, and he wasn't the most strict about that one. Still, Sheldon had met Penny's father a few times, and he knew that the man was much more responsible and considerate than his daughter. It wouldn't really bother him much to have him as a house guest.
"Your guest room? Do you mean Amy's room? I'm not kicking her out of her room for my father-in-law," Leonard said. He knew that Sheldon and Amy were fixing things, but he was surprised by the idea that they were living in the the same room again.
Sheldon sighed. "You won't be kicking anyone out of anywhere, but you still need to submit your request in writing and I need to discuss it with Amy."
"Well, thank you, Sheldon," Leonard said.
"Don't thank me yet. Amy may very well say no, and as you know, as her boyfriend, I'm obligated to side with her."
"You love her," Leonard said teasingly.
"Well, there is that," Sheldon admitted.
Penny mentioned the same problem of having to house her father for several days to Amy when they happened to arrive home at the same time that night.
"Do you know if there is a hotel around here that isn't gross, but isn't expensive either? I really don't want my dad sleeping on my couch when he comes to visit," Penny asked as they walked up the stairs together.
"You can use our guest room," Amy suggested. "Oh, maybe I should ask Sheldon about that first. He probably wouldn't want me offering to let guests just stay in our apartment. Or maybe you and Leonard could stay at ours and your dad could sleep in your apartment. It would be like the old days," Amy said, excitedly.
Penny just stopped walking and turned to her friend. "Wait. Wait just a second. Guest room? Does that mean that you and Sheldon are sleeping in the same room again? When did that happen? You have to tell me everything!"
"I figured you would assume that we were doing better after you all caught me sitting on his lap last week," Amy started.
"Better, yes, but it took months of you spending weekends together and your apartment getting broken into before he asked you to move in," Penny started.
"I never moved out. It was just a hiccup. It's been a lot better since we went to Texas. That trip helped us remember how much we love each other," Amy said. This was just as they reached the fourth floor, so Amy just sort of waved at Penny and told her that she would talk to Sheldon about arrangements before going into her apartment.
Sheldon was already there even though Amy wasn't very late coming home from work. She greeted him with a kiss and tried to figure out how to bring up Penny's dad and how to explain that she had probably told Penny too much about their sleeping arrangements.
"Leonard knows that we are sleeping in the same bed again, so expect to hear from Penny soon. Also, we may have Penny's father as a house guest for a few days next week unless you have a problem with it," Sheldon said before she could come up with a way to say anything. Sometimes it was nice that their best friends were married. Especially when Amy realized that Sheldon had the same tendency to let things slip that she did.