A/N: Thank you for your great reviews and my betas Hazelra7 and ShAmy4eva! Btw, if you don't know Hazelra's new Sheldon 5 story yet, you're really missing something!
Apt. 4A, 2311 Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, May 27th 2015, 7:57 p.m.
Amy was still leaning against the door of Sheldon's room, now more than ever grateful for the support. Her normally emotionally reticent boyfriend had not ceased to amaze her since the agreed addendum to inform her about any feelings he had that related to her had been included in their relationship agreement. Not to mention the other amendment, to considerably expand their kissing activities that had formerly been restricted to the end of date nights. Now she was looking at him, her mouth agape, as he had just asked her for a sleepover at her place after having dry-humped her against his door – while their friends were eating pizza in the living room, for God's sake!
As she still hadn't replied, Sheldon shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, think about it. You know how I feel about leaving things unfinished. And it might be easier this way than getting another call from me in the middle of the night."
As if to emphasize his great idea, he went to his closet and started to change his pants and underwear, seemingly without a care in the world while Amy stood there ogling his naked butt. Now that was a sight to behold, even better than what she had guessed from seeing him in his tuxedo pants at prom, firm and… well, crispy, she thought with a dreamy smile. Her fingers itched to grasp him – simply to confirm her theory, of course. Well, he never had problems dropping his pants in front of her, Amy thought as she remembered his attempts at humor or when he got naked after he told Penny they had been experimenting on her. She had to admit – to herself only – that he did have very convincing arguments to support his request.
Sheldon grinned as his Vulcan hearing detected the low 'hoo' escaping her lips.
When he was dressed again, he asked Amy, "What do you think?"
"Uhm… you look great," Amy stuttered, her mind a bit foggy after having admired the view.
"Obviously," he agreed, "but about my idea?"
"Oh. Uhm, Sheldon, I'm not sure… it's a big step…" she replied haltingly as she came closer and sat down on his bed, looking at her entwined fingers as if they were the most interesting things she had ever beheld.
"It wouldn't be our first sleepover," he said, raising his eyebrows.
Amy nodded reluctantly. "Yes, but I've got the impression that what you have in mind might be more than G rated with a warning for families with babies and toddlers…"
"Wait. Are you telling me I'm moving too fast now?" Sheldon asked incredulously, taking a step towards her so that he stood next to her as she sat on the bed.
"Well, you do like the Flash, and given your completion rate… anyway, never mind," Amy mumbled. "It's just… I've never been comfortable… letting go… even on my own. It can take a long time… I know I talk big… but I am scared that this will just get weird and awkward... There are body fluids… you might be repulsed… or bored… and never want to do it again…" she trailed off.
Sheldon sat down beside her to better decipher her facial expressions. She really confused him sometimes – wasn't this what she yearned for all along? "First of all, Amy, the intelligent are never bored," he said, raising his brows at her. "I also remember you being quite into our phone call last night – at least until I sort of ended it. Or did you just play along to help me?" He suddenly asked her in a small voice uncertain now.
Amy hurried to reassure him, shaking her head vigorously, "Oh no, I would never do such a thing! You know our relationship is based on honesty and trust…"
Sheldon released the breath he hadn't known he was holding. "And mutual admiration," he finished, both of them being aware that he had left out the part 'that skews in my favor'. "Alright then. So secondly, you don't need to tell me about body fluids," he said self-deprecatingly, causing Amy to smile and look at him again as a rosy hue crept up on her cheeks.
"Thirdly, weird and awkward, that's how the mentally deficient rest of the world behave, not us. Fourthly, I'm actually counting on it taking a long time so that I can put into practice some of the knowledge I've gained from that book Leonard and Penny insisted I read." His comments made Amy blush even more.
"And finally, where's the scientific curiosity and neutrality in arguing to never try something because it might not turn out the way you imagined it? If Schrödinger never hypothetically opened the box with the cat because he was afraid of the results it would have turned out dead anyway due to lack of food and water."
Amy smiled more widely at him now. "It seems your logic can not be defied, Dr. Cooper," then taking a deep breath she said, "Looks like you've got yourself a sleepover."
They got up from the bed. "Come on, let's go back out there," Amy said, and unable to contain herself any longer she gave him a pat on the bottom. 'Indeed as firm as it looks,' she thought, smiling all over at his shocked expression.
Sheldon gulped as he took her hand to get back to the others. Well, that was probably called for, he thought.
"Hey, there you are," Leonard greeted them when they returned, "Everything okay?"
"You guys have been in there for quite some time," Raj added, looking at their joined hands.
"Yeah, did you have a panic attack?" Howard inquired.
"Sort of," Amy answered quickly before Sheldon could tell them the truth, "but he's calmed down now. Isn't that right Sheldon?" She asked as they sat down on the couch.
"Oh, I'm perfectly cool, like the pizza here, just as long as you keep your hands to yourself," Sheldon retorted, then realizing that he was still holding her hand he quickly released it to grab his pizza.
"Look who's talking," Amy muttered as she bit into her own pizza slice.
"Excuse me? You've got the worst methods ever trying to cool me down." Sheldon mumbled, chewing on his food while he eyed her up and down.
"Your one track mind is hardly my fault," Amy said in a low voice, slightly blushing.
"I strongly disagree; you are a vixen after all," Sheldon said matter-of-factly as if that explained everything.
"If I'm a vixen, then you're a fox, mister," Amy whispered back.
So engrossed were they in what they thought was a muted conversation, they were unaware that their tennis match style exchange was being watched by a confused but very interested audience.
"What kind of one track mind are you talking about exactly?" Leonard finally asked, suddenly becoming interested in the way Sheldon was obviously ogling Amy.
"Yes, if he were a normal red-blooded guy I'd have some idea, but this is Sheldon," Howard snickered.
"Must have been some more Flash comments, then," Raj shook his head looking at Amy sympathetically.
"I don't know why you think this should be any of your concerns, but I assure you there was no Flash involved this time," Sheldon said with indignation.
"You don't say," Amy muttered under her breath.
"Now what's that supposed to mean?" Sheldon asked confused.
"Nothing, I'll explain it to you later," Amy quickly said, cursing her big mouth again. What was wrong with her today, she wondered.
"This keeps getting weirder and weirder," Howard said shaking his head.
"Hey, hasn't anyone else noticed that Sheldon is wearing new pants?" Raj suddenly asked with a grin.
"Of course I do, because there was a stain in them…" Sheldon started.
"From the pizza!" Amy hastily clarified before he might think of going into the details. "You all know how he feels about cleanliness," she explained, grateful for Sheldon biting into his pizza again so he couldn't talk at the moment.
Thankfully, for the rest of the meal the conversation turned to other subjects as the guys discussed their recent comic book purchases and started to get excited about Comic Con which was about to take place in six weeks already. Amy breathed a sigh of relief when they had finally finished their pizza as she had been in constant fear not only of more comments from the guys, but even worse how Sheldon might have responded. With his honesty you never knew. So as soon as Sheldon had finished eating, she stood up. "Now chop, chop, Sheldon, get up. Don't you have someplace to be?" She asked.
"My, you sure are one impatient little lady," Sheldon grinned at her. "Can't you wait to see what I might have in store for you?"
"Let's just go, please?" Amy's nerves were returning, not wanting to risk any more chances of further awkward questions from the guys or Sheldon spilling the beans.
"Where are you going?" Leonard asked.
Sheldon looked at him with haughty derision. "Oh, as it seems to have become customary to change plans as one pleases without prior notice to the roommate, I will be sleeping at Amy's tonight," he informed him.
'Here we go, let the jokes begin,' Amy thought.
"Just to clarify," Howard interjected, "When you say sleeping, you simply mean sleeping, right?"
Sheldon looked at him confused. "It wouldn't be healthy to stay awake all night. Of course there will be sleeping involved."
"Among other things?" Raj kept digging wide-eyed and leaning forward.
Amy held her breath as Sheldon opened his mouth again. "Obviously. It would be highly disconcerting if we both fell asleep the moment we entered the apartment. Why are you that obsessed with our sleepover anyway?" he demanded.
Amy exhaled again. Not a bad reply indeed, and now the others had to come up with an answer.
"No offense, Amy, but I think Howard finds it peculiar that Sheldon would willingly engage in such an activity," Raj explained innocently.
Howard folded his arms and glared at Raj "Does Howard? Well, then Raj is wondering why you don't just stay here?" he shot back.
"As we are in an equal relationship and our first sleepover took place here, it would only be logical to have the next one at my place," Amy hastily explained.
"Oh really? That was the reason?" Sheldon wondered, biting his lip.
"Among other things," Amy sighed. "Come on, let's get your overnight bag ready," she quickly added before more questions could be fired at them from their overly curious friends.
As Sheldon returned to his room, Leonard, Howard and Raj were already engrossed in their discussion about Comic Con again. Amy sat in the midst of them, her hands resting on her knees, patiently awaiting her boyfriend to return. They were arguing about costumes now, and Leonard was just dreamily going on about how great it would be if Penny might think about accompanying him this year dressed as superwoman when Sheldon re-emerged from his room with a bag, shaking his head at their conversation.
"Gentlemen," he interjected matter-of-factly, "Isn't it obvious? Nothing beats Amy in her Nurse Chapel costume. Now, shall we?" He turned to Amy who was looking at him with her mouth agape.
As his overnight bag was packed, he made one other quick stop at his desk in the living room and after some hasty fumbling with the drawer put some small item into his bag – 'Please don't let that be condoms falling out of the bag in front of the guys now,' Amy thought as she got her own bag with her purse and car keys – they were finally heading towards the door. Amy still couldn't believe her luck that they had made it without further incident and she held the door open with a big smile for Sheldon.
Sheldon suddenly stopped. "Oh, wait, I forgot that book Leonard and Penny gave me," he stated.
'Nooo,' Amy screamed internally. "Come on, Sheldon, we don't need that," she assured him.
"You're sure? I thought it might be helpful," Sheldon said, as his eyes took in the whole of her body.
"You've got an eidetic memory!" She hissed, her face now red with embarrassment. Turning towards the guys, "We're solely talking about educational purposes here," she tried to explain before she tugged Sheldon's elbow as she pulled him out of the apartment behind her.
The last thing they heard was Sheldon's voice whining in the hallway, "Did you really mean that? I thought it would be something we could both enjoy…"
"What the hell just happened here?" Howard asked when they were alone again.
"Dude, I'd have an idea, but this is Sheldon we're talking about," Raj answered, shaking his head.
Only Leonard sat there with a small smile, not saying anything. Despite all their jokes over the years at Sheldon's expense, he knew that he did have hormones. There was still hope after all, he thought.
A/N: Please don't be mad at me, I had to split it up, because what will come next started to get very long… Soo, Amy has waited long enough now as well, don't you think? But I promise, good things will come to those who wait…