A/N: Here's the latest of the greatest prom of all time. All the songs featured in this chapter are found on the tubes of you and I recommend you check them out. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own BBT, but like to take them out to play sometimes.
Almost two hours later, Sheldon couldn't deny that he was enjoying the prom. He observed the main reason why dancing and singing along with the other girls to Ingrid Michaelson's Girls Chase Boys.
Immersing himself into his hippy dippy feelings, he was also glad he didn't go to his original prom twenty-three years earlier. This night would be added to his collection of firsts he had enjoyed over the last almost five years with his girlfriend…the first and only girl he knew he would ever love.
"Penny for your thoughts, Sheldon?"
The physicist turned and saw his best friend smiling. Pulling himself back from his sappy thoughts, he looked at the other man. "Oh just pondering how even though we were suckered into this pathetic attempt to relive our teen years, in spite of myself, it's almost enjoyable"
Leonard knew enough Sheldonspeak to know what the lanky man was really saying. "Well, my fiancée said it was the best prom she had ever attended. I think it's making her feel better after what happened a few days ago."
Usually, Sheldon tended to tune out Leonard's Penny stories, but he was in too good of a mood to be bored about her life in Nebraska. "What happened?"
"She was on Facebook with one of her friends from high school. Penny told her about the prom thing and her so called friend made fun of her for even thinking about doing this. To make things worse, she also said her haircut made her look like a man. Penny told her off and immediately unfriended her, but it was pretty harsh. It's why she was a bit snarky when we were talking about Prom that night at dinner."
"Well, reliving your early years can be tedious and Penny should have thought about it might have affected me more or even given me some warning before she changed her hair so drastically."
Sheldon pondered his next words for a minute. "But as stated previously, tonight is almost enjoyable"
The physicist watched his girlfriend dance and was momentarily mesmerized by the rhythmic bounce of her breasts before coming back. "And, Penny's hair is something I've become used to. But if she shaves her head I can't guarantee that I will accept it"
Leonard smiled knowing what his friend was trying to say and merely patted Sheldon's back in reply. When the music changed to Ash's Lost In You, Leonard grabbed the other man's arm.
"Come on, let's get our women"
The prom continued to be a flurry of activity throughout the night.
New Radicals' You Get What You Give came on and Penny, making out with Leonard in the corner, pushes him away to dance. Feeling uncomfortable, he dashed behind the drink table to compose himself.
When the beginning notes of Twilight Time by the Platters started to play, Bernadette led Howard while dancing. The other couples danced along to the music.
Raj attempted to discreetly grope Emily's breast during the dance. He was spotted by Howard who made a face at him. Emily saw the engineer's shaming and came to her date's aid by nibbling Raj's ear while eyeballing Howard in a silent screw you.
Howard knew when to walk away.
Procol Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale brought forth a discussion among the dancers, except Stuart who was still talking on the phone with Howard's mother.
"I've never got the point of this song. Some guy sings to a lot of people, he orders a drink, he looks into a mirror and some chick turns pale" Penny said
"It is thought that this story is based on Chauncer and it's 'miller' and 'mirror'" Amy stated.
"Very interesting, Doctor Fowler. I believe that you have informed me that The Canterbury Tales tend to have a ribald nature?" Sheldon asked.
"Indeed Doctor Cooper" Amy replied with a smile
"I just used it as a make out song" Howard said in an attempt to be clever.
Bernadette saw Jeanne's horrified face from across the room and smacked her husband. "Howard! We didn't need to know that about you two"
"I didn't say it was with Jeanne"
Bernadette pointed back to her husband's cousin, who gave Howard a look that made him turn white. "You didn't have to"
Sheldon turned to Leonard when everyone started to laugh. "So we're laughing because it is assumed that he had this song play while he was having coitus with his cousin"
"Most definitely, Sheldon"
Sheldon replied with his breathy laugh while everyone else laughed at Howard but Jeanne, who stared at him with a laser focus.
Everyone but Sheldon danced when Rocky Horror Picture Show's Time Warp played. Almost immediately, Amy led Leonard away from Penny and walked him to her boyfriend, followed by the befuddled blonde.
"Amy, what are you doing?"
The neurobiologist turned to Leonard. "We don't need a repeat of the wedding we attended, Doctor Hofstadter. You are supposed to have coitus with my bestie later tonight and there are no ice swans available.
Sheldon turned to Leonard as the ladies left to return to the dance. "Use your fiancé to loosen up. Remember, my neurobiologist is not for you"
The diminutive physicist just gave Sheldon a look before returning to watch everyone dance, even Stuart as he held his phone.
When The Zombie Song came on, Sheldon and Amy came out to slow dance to the up-tempo song, followed by Raj and Emily.
"Why are they dancing to a song about Zombies?" Penny asked as she heard the initial lyrics. After the chorus, Penny took her fiancé out on the dance floor to Leonard's delight.
"Okay, I can see the romance in this"
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"But they're like us. I'm Jewish and you're Catholic"
Bernadette turned to her husband. "You're comparing us to a couple where one is a zombie?"
"Come on Bernie. This song is about true love"
"A song about not eating brains. How sweet." Bernadette said with sarcasm as the couple remained to the side.
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Emily caressed Raj's nape while they danced. "This song is so romantic"
Raj smiled as he held his date close. "True love conquers all, even with the undead"
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Stuart and Jeanne were heading to dance when the phone rang again. He immediately answered it. "Deb, don't worry about me"
Jeanne merely stood with her arms crossed and an annoyed look on her face.
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Sheldon pulled apart long enough to face Amy. "I'd never eat your brain, Amy Farrah Fowler"
"Neither would I, Sheldon Lee Cooper" Amy said with a smile. "It's too valuable"
"As is yours, Doctor Fowler"
A short time later, Only You by the Flying Pickets began to play as Stuart and Jeanne were quietly arguing in the corner of the roof about the numerous phone calls he got from Mrs. Wolowicz.
Howard and Bernadette were dancing in the corner when suddenly his hand moved lower into onto her butt. Bernadette squealed. "Howie!"
Emily and Raj were dancing while pawing each other all over. In another corner, Penny and Leonard were alternating between a shared bottle of Chardonnay and kissing each other.
As for Sheldon and Amy, they continued to dance with her head on his shoulder while he continued to hold her close, lost in the feeling of her. As the lyrics over a lost love continued to play, each are lost in their own thoughts.
For Amy, she remembered this summer. For forty five days, she felt alone and abandoned. It was only recently she began to feel a sense of security again since her physicist returned. The intimacy level had progressed faster than she had ever dreamed over the last several weeks and while it was exciting, part of her was waiting for the other shoe to drop. Earlier that evening, Sheldon said the three words she had dreamed of for the last four years. Her question was when Sheldon would realize what he said before he freaked out and left again.
Meanwhile, Sheldon was at peace for the first time in a long time. He couldn't believe how much better he felt since he told her how he felt. Once Amy said she understood he wasn't ready for coitus, he felt more of his walls coming down.
Suddenly he felt her heart begin to race. He was about to inquire why when he saw Howard grab his wife's posterior and looked at her like he looked at Amy's posterior when no one was looking. His eyes bugged out as Bernadette's hand reached down and touched her husband's bathing suit parts over his tux. Just as quickly, the diminutive engineer grabbed his wife's hand and pulled her out the roof door.
Even Sheldon knew what the couple were up to and his nerves started to kick in again. He struggled to make his breathing calm down as not to panic his girlfriend.
Amy felt her boyfriend breathing at an accelerated rate. Concerned, she moved to look up, but then saw the Wolowiczs' exit. Realizing Sheldon's distress, she debated on what to do to calm her physicist down when his stomach growled. Seeing an opportunity, she seized the moment.
"Ready for breakfast, Doctor Cooper?"
He was embarrassed by his lack of décor but was grateful to his girlfriend's understanding. "Of course, Doctor. It is part of the prom rituals, of course. We must follow them to the letter"
Amy smiled back at Sheldon. He suddenly felt calmer and his breathing slowed to his normal fifteen per minute. Suddenly, he felt her pulse calm down to a normal rate and he felt completely at ease before he turned to the others.
"Is anyone else here hungry? We have the post-prom breakfast to complete before you all can have drunken coitus. The coffee shop is open all night tonight and they make French Toast properly, oh I forgot...past my bedtime and it's Saturday. They have cereal that I approve of"
Emily turned to Sheldon. "I am a little hungry"
Raj got a lustful look on his face. "So am I my red-headed goddess"
Emily blushed. "I meant for food, Raj" She leaned into him and whispered. "We can satisfy yours later if you behave"
Raj straightened and turned to the others. "Breakfast would be nice. We can take the limousine"
Sheldon turned to Leonard and Penny, who continued making out in the corner while he held their almost empty Chardonnay bottle. "Penny? Leonard?"
The couple was oblivious as they continued their activities. Sheldon exhaled in frustration. "Hello? Can you stop having drunken pre-coitus and answer our question?"
Their response was Leonard's free hand making his way around to Penny's ass. Amy saw this and took matters in her own hands.
"Penny, we're out of wine and Leonard's out of condoms!"
Amy got the desired effect as the couple suddenly broke their embrace and spoke to the group at once.
"One of you should drive" Penny said
"Stop at the CVS around the corner after we get done eating" Leonard spewed
Sheldon turned to his girlfriend with admiration. "You are very clever, Doctor Fowler"
Amy turned to her boyfriend. "Years of studying the brains of everyone I know. Now" She put her arm inside of his. "Shall we?"
Sheldon smiled at the woman he loved, forgetting what he saw with his friend and his wife. "We shall"
The three couples headed for the door, ignoring Stuart and Jeanne, who continued to argue in the corner.
A short time later, the group made their way towards the lobby. As Raj opened the door to the outside, he turned to the others.
"Shouldn't we find Howard and Bernadette and ask them to join us? We have the limousine after all"
"Where are they anyway?" Leonard asked.
Just as he finished speaking, they saw the limo driver sitting on the ledge of one of the cement pillars reading his smart phone. As they were going to ask about use of the vehicle, they saw the automobile shaking in its spot.
"Who's up for a nice walk this evening?" Leonard said.
"Yeah" Raj said
"Sounds nice" Emily replied
"Wait!" Sheldon asked. "Why are we walking seven blocks to the coffee shop? It's the Wolowiczs' who are being rude"
Penny smiled. "Okay, Sheldon. Walk up to that limo, open the door, and tell that couple to stop mating"
Sheldon straightened his back and got cocky. "All right"
He got three steps in before he heard a scary voice from inside the limo.
"Touch that door and I'll get one of your trains and shove it where no train wants to go"
Sheldon shrank back as the Honey Badger's words sunk in. Not wanting one of his beloved trains to be destroyed, he turned to the group.
"A walk would be nice"