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"This is your captain speaking. We are about to take off. Minimum turbulence is expected…"
Amy tuned off the pilot and sighed in relief for the first time since she left her flat in Glendale.
As the plane flight began to gather speed she thought about the events of that evening.
Amy took a deep breath and coaxed her fingers to loosen their grip on the steering wheel of her car. It was proving to be quite a difficult task for the neurobiologist. She was parked in front of 231 Los Rebels.
The thought of seeing Sheldon was making her a nervous wreck. Also the word awkward wouldn't even begin to cover the situation she was currently going to land herself into.
Initially the group to Las Vegas included Leonard, Penny, Howard, Bernadette, Raj, Sheldon and herself. However now, Emily was also going with them. Her colleague had offered to take care of things while she was away, as she had done the same for him.
So three couple were going along with Amy and Sheldon. Oh! God.
But a promise was a promise.
"Don't be a coward" she muttered to herself and left the sanctuary of her car.
Usually climbing the four floors would seem to take forever, but that day it was a daze. One minute she was on the first step and the next moment she was in front of 4A. Before she could chicken out and flee, she made herself knock.
It was Leonard who answered the door.
"Amy! Come on in" he said.
The moment she got inside her eyes fell on him. His tall and lanky figure impossible to miss.
As soon as Leonard mentioned her name Sheldon looked up.
Their gazes locked together, both standing still. Penny and Bernadette looked at each other, both unable to hide their glee.
After a moment they both seemed to become aware of their surroundings. Hastily Amy took a seat next to Penny on the sofa and Sheldon had rushed to his desk, arranging the already neatly stacked files.
Then Sheldon cleared his throat and commenced his safety lecture along with their itinerary, to the collective groan of their gang.
"Does he always do this?" Emily whispered to Raj as Sheldon explained the procedure to perform a CPR.
"Yes. Now Shush… Let me concentrate or I'll fail the quiz" Raj said motioning for her to keep quiet.
"Quiz?" she asked incredulously, but followed his advice to listen.
Turned out all of them sucked at the quiz except for Amy.
"Honestly, you would all die if it weren't for the fact that you are accompanied by Amy and myself" Sheldon said as he handed out the quiz sheets.
When he handed Amy's sheet to her he looked at her hopefully, before going over to the guys and preside over the luggage carrying.
Amy was about to put the sheet into her handbag when something on the sheet caught her eye.
Sheldon had drawn a smiley face next to her score.
Amy, why do you insist on using smileys when you text?
I find them cute, Sheldon. They also help one understand the tone of the text. It somehow adds warmth and emotions to the words.
Well, I find them annoying. Please, refrain from using them when you text me.
Fine.
Before she could probe the meaning further, she stuffed the sheet into her handbag and hurried to get out of the flat.
That had been two hours ago. Now she watched Pasadena shrink in size as the flight climbed in altitude.
Thankfully Amy wasn't seated next to Sheldon. She was sitting with Penny and Leonard. Sheldon was with Raj and Howard. Howard and Sheldon had formed some sort of comradeship as soon as they boarded the flight. Bernadette and Emily were sitting a few seats behind them and they were talking excitedly.
"I'm so glad you made it" the short blond said.
"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss it for the world. I'm always rooting for the Shamy" Emily said.
"Although it is not the first time that I subtly threatened a colleague into doing my bidding" she said with a smirk.
"Me too!" Bernadette said and the girls exchanged a high-five.
Needless to say, the business man sitting next to them hastily put on his headphones with a disturbed look on his face.
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The flight trip got over without any incident, however they were all exhausted.
Once they reached the hotel Penny and Bernadette volunteered to get the room keys telling the others to relax in the lounge. The guys literally collapsed on the sofas. Emily rolled her eyes at them and began to converse with Amy about the importance of a healthy mind for skin perfection.
She grinned internally when she saw Amy sneak glances at Sheldon who was also doing the same.
Penny approached the young receptionist.
"We've made bookings in the name of Mr. Hofstadter."
"One moment ma'am" the receptionist said as she consulted her computer.
"Ah! Yes. Four suite rooms" she said opening the drawer to get their card keys.
"Excuse me?" Bernadette said interrupting her.
"Two people will approach you in a few moments and will ask for a change of rooms. Can you make sure they don't get what they want?" she said nodding to the crisp dollar note she had placed at the desk.
The receptionist's face brightened.
"Say no more" she said pocketing the note.
They girls giggled heartily before assuming a confused and furious expression, as they approached the group.
"How could they?" Penny wailed, her acting skills coming handy.
"What happened?" Howard asked. He and Raj were in the middle of a heated argument about aqua man.
"Instead of booking three suites and two single rooms, they somehow booked four suites" Bernadette said.
Silence fell as they all knew that it would be really awkward for Sheldon and Amy.
"Hey! How about I…" Leonard was about to suggest he share the room with Sheldon and Penny share a room with her bestie. However a painful stomp on his foot by Penny shut him up mid sentence. "Ow…"
"This is unacceptable" Amy said.
"Not to mention negligent and irresponsible" Sheldon said.
Sheldon was thankful for the turn of events but Amy wasn't happy and he didn't want her to be unhappy.
Together they both went to the receptionist requesting a change of rooms. However the receptionist was unmoved. Maybe it was coincidence or fate but all the other rooms were full, since it was a weekend. No, a change of rooms was not possible.
They both returned to the gang, defeated.
Looked like Dr. Cooper and Dr. Fowler were going to share a room.
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