The couple left after the proposal. They both felt a little awkward with the people in the coffee shop staring at them. Sheldon kept his arm around Amy. She was smiling and looking at the ring and tears were falling from her face.
"Are you okay?" Sheldon asked when they got in her car.
"Yes. Of course. That was the most romantic thing you've ever done," Amy said as she started car.
"Really? Even more romantic than the time that I took you to the train store and that Richard Feynman exhibit on the same day? That was pretty romantic," Sheldon said without any hint of sarcasm or irony.
He was cute. She loved him more than she had ever loved anyone, and he just asked her to be his forever. Or maybe he asked to be hers forever.
"The ring was my grandmother's. She gave it to me when we were in Texas," Sheldon said suddenly as Amy started parking.
Once she was stopped, Amy looked at the ring again. It was beautiful, but knowing it belonged to Sheldon's grandmother made it practically glow on her finger. It felt more real that he would give her something that had once belonged to his other favorite person. Asking her to marry him was just words, but this showed a trust in her. He was trusting her with something important. Of course, she trusted him with her heart, so it seemed like a fair trade.
"She gave you a ring a few days after I threatened to move out? How did she know we would get better?" Amy asked.
"She's a smart lady. MeeMaw knows that I love you. She has faith in us, and so do I," Sheldon said.
Amy looked at him and pressed the button to remove her seat belt before throwing herself at him. She wasn't sure how she moved so deftly across the car with so little space, but Amy found herself being caught by Sheldon with a little breathy noise and pulled into his lap. She was glad that she didn't seem to have hurt him with her impulsiveness. Amy wrapped her hands behind his neck and kissed him. She kissed them the way that she wished she could have in the coffee shop; the way that would express how much love and passion she held for this man who was holding her now. He held her close for a moment, but then there was a woman walking a dog just outside the car.
"Maybe we should take this celebration inside," Sheldon said.
"Yeah. That might be best," Amy said. She leaned over and took the keys from the ignition and then opened Sheldon's door and got out. Sheldon took her left hand and kissed her ring before they went upstairs.
When they got to the fourth floor, they started toward their apartment, but then Amy suddenly stopped. "Can we tell Leonard and Penny?" Amy asked.
"Yes. They knew I was asking, but we can tell them that you said yes," Sheldon told her.
"Did everyone know you were asking? This what the Wyatt thing was about too, right?" Amy asked. She wasn't mad, but Sheldon wasn't usually one to ask for anyone's opinion on anything. Well, he often asked her opinion, but she was different. Maybe he needed all of those other people's opinions because he couldn't ask hers.
Sheldon nodded and said, "Leonard and Penny knew, my mother, my grandmother, and Wyatt all knew. Oh, and your parents. I asked your father for his blessing, but he warned me not to tell you that because you would be mad if you knew that I asked him before I asked you."
"I'm not mad, but I'm not anyone's property. Including yours. This ring doesn't mean that you own me. We're partners; got it?" Amy told him firmly. She liked that he was honest with her about it despite her father's warning.
Sheldon nodded again. Amy turned to knock on her friends' door and Sheldon resisted reaching out above her to knock correctly. Penny answered the door, and Sheldon couldn't believe that Penny hadn't revealed anything in the several days that she knew about the proposal. She looked at Amy so expectantly that even Sheldon could read it on her face.
"We're getting married," Amy said with a big smile.
Penny made a very squeaky noise and pulled Amy in for a hug. Leonard came over and shook Sheldon's hand in congratulations. Penny pulled Sheldon in for a hug too, but she added, "Get over it, Dr. Whack-a-doodle," when he complained.
"Do you guys want to come in for a drink?" Penny asked when she finally let go of Sheldon.
"No. We should get going home. We just wanted to share our good news with you two. You are the first to know," Sheldon said.
Amy looked up at him. She wondered why he was in such a hurry to get home. She knew he didn't drink alcohol, but Penny and Leonard usually had Yoo-hoo or Kool-Aid or something for him.
They walked across the hall and into their apartment. "That was rude, Sheldon. They wanted to celebrate with us," Amy said.
Sheldon took her hand and sat her next to him on the couch. "I thought you would want to continue our private celebration from the car," Sheldon said as he put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him.
"Oh. Yes. That," Amy said as she turned toward him. It didn't take either of them long to be lost in kissing each other. That was until Amy realized that Sheldon was unbuttoning her sweater. She didn't stop him or stop kissing him while he did it. She pulled her arms away from his neck and rolled her shoulders to help him remove the cardigan and only paid a little attention as he threw her sweater onto the other side of the couch. He didn't make any attempt to remove any of the rest of her clothes and he barely touched her though her blouse, but it was the first time he had ever removed a piece of her clothing. Sheldon had obviously seen Amy without her sweater, and he often touched or held her while she was only wearing a nightgown that was much thinner than the clothes she was currently wearing.
When they finally came up for air, Sheldon said, "That was technically against the Relationship Agreement. Kissing and touching are allowed, but removing clothing is not. You just wear so many layers," Sheldon said with a smile.
"I could punish you," Amy said with a smirk. Sheldon swallowed hard, and Amy laughed. "I won't, but might we suggest a few changes to the agreement. We are engaged now, and it seems silly to live by the old boyfriend/girlfriend rules. Why don't you get a copy of the agreement and your notary kit. We have some changes to make."