Hey all,
I just want to thank each and every one of you who have reached out asking me about my stories. I have had a bit of a rough year and I know it doesn't compare to some others but it affected me to the point where writing seemed to not matter. I thought I was going to be able to catch up on all three of my stories over the summer but then I just never wanted to turn the computer on to work. I was just done for a while. I didn't write or read anything. I have a lot to catch up on. But I am working my way slowly back into it and this chapter took about two weeks to write completely. I hope I did it justice. I will have one more chapter after this that I hope won't take two weeks but less but I will not promise anything. I have it worked out in my head , I just need to put it down on paper.
So without further ado, here is the almost conclusion to Forecasting an Engagement.
As usual I don't own these characters:
Sheldon walked into Amy's office. She was just hanging up her lab coat and grabbing her purse when he arrived.
"Ready to go?" He asked.
"Absolutely." She said.
The two left the building and headed out for a long romantic weekend.
The flight to San Francisco was mostly uneventful. There was some issues before they even took off when Sheldon made a huge fuss over sitting in front of children. He was afraid they would kick his seat the entire flight. He however had gone to the wrong seats. They were sitting two rows behind the children. Amy profusely apologized to the parents for Sheldon's behavior. She was slightly mortified. She even considered giving him something to relax but thought better of it after thinking about how he reacted to drinking on occasion. She had seen the YouTube video when he had to give a speech because he won some kind of award. Penny thought it was hysterical. Amy kind of felt bad for him but at the same time she did think it was rather funny. She didn't need any repeat performances this weekend. It turned out fine without any help from her end. After the tantrum he threw about the seats, he settled in with his phone and watched Sponge Bob.
Once they arrived in San Francisco, they picked up the car they rented and Sheldon gave Amy directions to the hotel where they were staying. When she pulled up she was shocked. She had been looking at different places they could stay when Sheldon had first brought up the trip and she had been hoping to talk him into staying near Fisherman's Wharf but then he told her he would take care of the whole thing. She didn't need to worry about it. One of the places she had looked at was now before her, The Loews Regency. She had checked out the prices and they were spectacularly high so she had quickly forgotten about booking it. Now she was here.
"Are we really staying here?" She asked him shocked.
"Of course we are, why else would I have directed you here?" He said to her.
"But it is really expensive." She told him.
"I told you not to worry about anything this weekend. I have no problems paying for this place."
"Sheldon, I would have been happy with a plain boring room with a bed." She said. "You didn't need to break the bank for us."
"But that is what we have every night. Besides, it is our anniversary weekend. I wanted to do something special."
"If you are sure." She said.
"I am now let's go check in."
They parked the car and Sheldon told her to wait because he had gotten her a parking permit as well. He knew that parking was going to be a problem in the heart of the city so spending the extra money was worth it.
"Wow you thought of everything." She told him as they headed back into the hotel to their room.
"I remember when we came here a few years back and parking was terrible for Leonard."
"You came to this hotel before?" She asked, curiously.
"Not this particular hotel but one close by. Leonard, Howard, Raj and I came up for a weekend about two years ago."
"For what reason?" She asked.
"We came for a symposium. There were discussions on bioorganic cellular computer devices, the advancements in multi-threaded task completion, plus a roundtable on the non-equilibrium Green's function approach to the photoionization process in atoms. And the keynote speaker was George Smoot."
"That sounds work related not vacation related."
"Well in a way it was but we did come because we wanted to come not because we were forced by work to be here. Plus we rode the train and saw Summer Glau. And we did go to Alcatraz." He added at the end.
"Who's Summer Glau?" She asked him.
"She was in the Sarah Connor Chronicles and Firefly" He told her. "You watched Firefly with me and said you liked it."
"I did like it. I am just not as good with the names of actors and actresses like you are. Which one did she play?"
"She was River." He answered
"And you saw her here in San Francisco?"
"Actually she was riding the train. Raj and Howard tried and failed miserably to hit on her. She actually broke Howard's phone when he tried to kiss her while taking a picture."
"Like Penny did to his nose when he tried that with her." She stated.
"When did that happen?" Sheldon asked her.
"Wait, you have an eidetic memory and you don't remember that happening?"
"I remember when Howard broke his nose but he said he slipped in the tub. It was when Penny told Howard he was a loser who had no game and he was going to wind up alone. He was hitting on her again. Come to think of it, that happened a few weeks before the Summer Glau incident. Geez, you'd think he'd learn."
"Yeah well anyway, Penny said he was going on and on about how all these girls were cruel to him and she complimented him and said he had some good in him. Apparently he took that the wrong way and tried to kiss him. She then sucker punched him in the face."
"Well good for Penny. He did stop hitting on her afterwards. Of course she started dating Leonard about three months later. And then she introduced him to Bernadette."
"And now they are married. So I guess it all worked out in the end."
"I guess so. They seem happy. I just hope they don't procreate any time soon." He said.
"I am not sure they will be at all. Bernadette hates kids. I don't think she will ever have them."
"Oh Howard told her he would stay home so she could work. I mean she makes way more money than he does."
"Can you see Howard raising a child?" Amy asked him.
"No that is why I said what I said." He laughed.
"Good point." She laughed along with him.
They walked in the lobby and headed up to their room. Amy was still amazed that they were staying there. When Sheldon opened the door to the room she gasped. The view was spectacular. She could see both the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges out the window. She was in awe. This place was breathtaking.
"Oh wow. This place is unreal." She said as she stared in disbelief at the view.
"How can it be unreal if we are standing in it?" He asked.
"Sheldon, I didn't mean literally unreal….I meant it was beautiful, spectacular, amazing, perfect and many other things. It was just a word."
"Oh you were using slang. Amy, you know how I feel about slang."
"It wasn't slang." She started but saw his face. "Fine, but Sheldon this place really is amazing. I don't know why you thought we had to go all out. I mean this looks like a honeymoon suite."
"It is." Sheldon told her.
"Why would you book the honeymoon suite? We aren't married."
"Now who is taking things literally? Just because it is called the honeymoon suite doesn't mean we have to be on our honeymoon. I have to be honest, I asked the guys what type of hotel room I should book and they all said a room is a room. But then I went to Penny and she told me to book this as it was very romantic. I am not very good at romance in case you haven't figured that out yet."
"I have been with you for a year and you have been very romantic. You waited until I was ready for a relationship, you waited to be intimate and most importantly you stuck up for me with my family."
"Those things don't make me romantic." He said.
"Well if not romantic then certainly a gentleman. Penny may have given you this idea but you have the rest down pat. The girls are jealous of the things you do for me. Can you see Howard saying the things he said to Nick?" She laughed.
"No he would have needed a pint of Pepto Bismol afterwards. I remember when we went to get money from Penny's monster of an ex Kurt. Koothrapali was ready to pee himself and Wolowitz was ready to throw up. It was not a pretty site. When we went to Todd Zarnecki's to get my World of Warcraft stuff, Wolowitz was no help at all."
"Didn't Penny get that stuff back from him?" She asked.
"Yes after she kicked him in the groin." He laughed.
"That sounds effective." She laughed with him.
"It was." He said.
"So my point is you stuck up for me when no one ever did before. I took a lot of crap from my cousins for years. You took care of that for me. For me that was very romantic, even if not in the traditional sense of the word. "
"Well let me be more traditional this weekend." He said.
"I can live with that." She said. "So what are you in the mood to eat tonight? I think I saw a Chinese place up the road. We could go get food and bring it back. Then we could watch a movie or something."
"I like the idea of the or something." He said, suggestively. "But first food. Chinese sounds great."
They headed out and found the place Amy had seen. They decided to eat in and take a walk around the wharf. They talked about what they were going to do the next day, took some pictures of Alcatraz from the wharf and headed back to the hotel.
Amy found a robe in the closet and put it on so she could take a shower. She handed Sheldon his as if she was hinting that he should join her. He got the hint and they showered together, slowly washing each other and teasing parts as they did so. They got out and dried each other and Sheldon led her to the bed where they made love for the better part of the night.
When they woke up the next morning, Sheldon had a surprise for Amy. He had paid for a spa treatment, which included a massage, manicure and pedicure.
"I thought we were going to spend the day together." She said to him.
"We are, just after 2. I have a few things I need to make sure are taken care of and you get to be pampered for a couple of hours. Afterwards, we are taking the ferry across to Alcatraz."
"What kind of things?" She asked.
"I have to make sure we have all our reservations taken care of. You go have fun and then we will meet up after you have been treated."
"I thought the reservations were already made?"
"They are, I just have to call and be sure that we have everything we want."
"What are you up to?" She asked.
"Just making sure we have the best weekend." He told her. He was trying to avoid looking her directly in the eyes because he was lying. He needed her out of the room so he could call all their friends to make sure they were coming. If he left she would be even more suspicious than now. Penny had given him the idea to treat her to a spa day. Of course it was also her idea that they all be there when he proposed to Amy. He knew he never should have told her. But the more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea of his friends sharing in the moment. He remembered how Howard had proposed in front of all of them.
"We will and we don't have to be separated to do so. I don't need a manicure or a pedicure and I especially don't need a massage."
"Nonsense. What woman doesn't like to get pampered? Listen, if you don't want the massage you can cancel it, but get the manicure and pedicure. I remember how much fun you had when you did it with the girls a few weeks ago. Then we can meet at noon instead of two, deal?"
"You know you are a terrible liar. But I don't think I am going to change your mind about this so I will go and have my nails done. I just hope you aren't doing something crazy."
"Why would I do something crazy? I am a perfectly sane person." He said to her.
"You know what I mean. I just want these couple of days to be carefree. We don't have to go all out to enjoy ourselves."
"You are right as usual. Now go get ready, you have an appointment in an hour. And I am hungry."
The two showered and got ready for their day. They ate breakfast in the restaurant at the hotel and then Amy went for her spa treatments. Sheldon headed back to the room to make his phone calls. He called Raj first since he knew he would have the most to say.
"Good morning Raj. I was calling to make sure you are definitely coming tomorrow night to San Francisco." Sheldon said to him after he answered the phone.
"Yes Sheldon I am coming. We all are coming and we are so excited. Well I am anyway. I can't believe you are going to propose to Amy. I knew she was the one when we set you up on that blind date."
"You didn't set me up on a blind date. You blackmailed me with dirty magazines and forced me to meet her."
"And see what happened. Now you are in love and ready to get married." Raj told him. "If I hadn't put your name on that site…"
"I would still be fine." Sheldon interrupted.
"Come on Sheldon. Are you telling me that meeting Amy hasn't meant anything to you? I don't believe it. A year ago you were existing. Now you are living. Amy did that for you."
"Perhaps you are right but I still maintain I would be fine if Amy had never entered my life. But I will say my life is much improved with her."
"Sure it is. Now where is she that you are able to have such a lengthy conversation with me. Please don't tell me you left her in a hotel room while you made some excuse."
"Of course not. Amy is at the spa getting a manicure and pedicure."
"Oh perfect. She should get a massage too. Those things are amazing."
"She chose not to get one. I told her she should." Sheldon told him.
"Oh well her loss. Listen, I will see you tomorrow on the sunset cruise. You don't have to call the others, we all have the same plane reservation and know exactly where to be. There is no need to bug anyone about it."
"I am glad to hear that but I still must talk to Leonard."
"Alright well I will see you tomorrow." Raj told him and hung up.
Sheldon took Raj's advice and decided not to call Howard. He trusted that they would be there the next day but he did need to speak with Penny and Leonard. So he called them.
"Hey buddy how is San Francisco?" Leonard asked when he answered the phone.
"Well we haven't seen much of it yet but the weather looks good for Alcatraz later." Sheldon told him. "I am calling to confirm that you made all the arrangements for tomorrow night."
"Of course I did. It is all planned. We have a 1pm flight from Burbank that lands in San Francisco at around 2:30, give or take a few minutes, we are staying at the Omni Hotel. You said it is near where you are staying."
"It is about a mile up the road. We passed it coming in last night."
"So we are checking in there and then we are heading to Fisherman's Wharf for the Red and White Fleet cruise around the bay at 6pm. We are going to surprise Amy when we all get seated at the same table, which I took care of already. They were super nice about the whole thing when I called."
"Terrific. Then after dinner we will be close enough to the bridge we can go out and take pictures then I will propose while we are taking pictures. I will find the perfect opportunity."
"It sounds perfect. Way better than I did to Penny. You are doing it right."
"Thanks. I am so glad you guys are going to be there. You were the first friends Amy ever had and she will be so grateful you are here to share the moment."
"What moment?" Amy asked coming back in the room earlier than expected. "Who are you talking to?"
What do you think? Will Sheldon be able to wiggle his way out of this one? Okay please leave me a review to let me know you have read it. And now back to the writing table...