Playing the last notes of the Little House on the Prairie theme song on her harp, Amy smiled and turned to Sheldon. He was sitting next to her and looked up from his comic to return his fiancée's smile.
More than a week had passed since the plumbing incident in their apartment, and thankfully things seemed to have settled a bit in the cohabitation with Leonard and Penny. Sheldon couldn't have his bathroom schedule back, but Amy had been careful not to leave their room ever again without being dressed, Leonard had learned to always knock before entering any room, and everyone had tried to be as quiet as possible at night - or at least to ignore whatever he or she could have heard.
As proof of this, now Leonard was knocking at the door to inform them that he and Penny had just returned from picking the dinner.
"Guys, dinner's here," Penny announced.
"Come in!" Amy granted them and stood to put away her harp, as their friends finally entered.
Penny looked at her husband, "See?" She whispered to him, "there's no need to knock every time."
Leonard waited that they were both in the kitchen area to answer back. "Do you remember what we have done on that couch? You can never tell…"
"I do remember what you have done here," Sheldon exclaimed from the couch. Damn his Vulcan hearing, Leonard thought.
Amy looked confused at Sheldon, "What?"
"Aquaman," he just said.
She turned back to Leonard and Penny, both suddenly busy in retrieving cups and plates, and decided to keep for herself the doubt if Sheldon had suggested that past Sunday to relax on there because of anything he could have seen through the eyes of the hidden camera she knew was inside the statue.
"Oh, before I forget," Leonard said, "Wolowitz and Raj won't join us tomorrow night."
"Why?!" Sheldon burst out in a disappointed tone. "If we are not together, our chances go down!"
"Howard caught a cold, and Raj got framed by Bert in some … party? I don't know. I'm just sure rocks are involved and I kinda feel sorry for him."
"What are you talking about?" Amy interrupted them.
"What are we talking about?" Sheldon echoed her, "Amy! I told you already three times. Star Wars!"
Amy sighed. Of course Star Trek or whatever was involved. Still, she couldn't remember what he was referring to. Sheldon realized she still hadn't a clue and finally explained, "Tomorrow night the final trailer of the next Star Wars, The Last Jedi, will be released. Around the same time, pre-sales for the opening night will open."
"That's why he complained for Wolowitz and Raj; it's easier for them to coordinate if they are in the same place." Surprised, Amy turned to Penny who had just added the last chunk of information. Her eyes were saying 'How the heck do you know that?'
The blonde shrugged. "I guess you just get to learn something over the years."
The guys nodded to confirm Penny's statement. Then, as Leonard joined Sheldon on the couch with part of the needed dishes, Amy rushed to Penny with the excuse to help her with beverages.
"Did you know about this thing?" She hissed to her. "What we are gonna do now?"
"I found about it just a few minutes ago, but I think we should go on as planned anyway. We'll find a way to make it work," Penny reassured her.
In fact, the Star Wars euphoria was jeopardizing the women's plan for the following night. After a successful first execution the previous weekend, the two had soon understood how the only way to make things work was to keep the distance from time to time. They had agreed to a schedule to go out in turn with their respective partner, so that the other could have some alone time home with her own. The concept was so simple to be silly, still even so tricky to be put into action because of the two men's resilience to leave the house if not to work or the comic book store. The following night was Leonard and Penny's turn to leave, and the latter had every intention to make it so.
"Has Leonard already agreed to go?" Amy urged Penny.
"Yes, he has. Well, he tried to cancel, but then I swore to him we would be home by the time the trailer and the tickets are out," Penny recalled.
"And will you?"
"You'll see. I'll find a way to keep him distracted eventually. As for you, I don't think you'll have problems at all. Sheldon ditched Star Wars already in the past, and he still didn't know how sex was like. I can bet he will for sure now that has tried it."
Amy blushed at her friend's last observation. As she was probably right on that point, she still felt a little embarrassed discussing their sex life just like that. Which was in the end a curious thing, Penny had noted to her the first she had complained, considering how she and Sheldon didn't do that much to hide their being active.
They turned toward the guys, who seemed to not have noticed their conversation. On the way back, Leonard had found some Star Wars PEZ dispensers and bought them. Now he was enthusiastically showing them to Sheldon, who on his part was trying to obtain at least the Darth Vader shaped one.
Still looking at them, Amy leaned to Penny. "Are you sure we are going to distract them from that?"
Sheldon and Leonard were now having Darth Vader and Luke battling, making noises with their mouth.
The two women kept staring at them, perplexed. Penny turned back to Amy, "It's too late for me, but are you absolutely sure you want to marry into this?" She joked.
ii.
Leonard frantically knocked at the door, "Sheldon! Sheldon! Sheldon!" He cried.
Penny looked at him, "Geez, you ended up knocking just like him."
Her husband ignored her remark and kept calling Sheldon. "Sheldon, open up! The trailer is out!" He shouted.
Since no one was answering, he dared to carefully open the door. He peeked inside, then turned to Penny to assure her it was possible to enter.
"Sheldon, are you home?" He asked again.
Penny followed him inside, closing the door behind them. Penny, who had alerted Amy of their arrival as soon as it had been clear they were hurrying home, tried to stop him from rushing to his bedroom.
"Leonard, why don't we sit and watch it? I'll help you to get the tickets too, once they are available."
"I'd love to, but we both know he's not gonna forgive me if I watch it without him," he reminded her.
"Okay, but what about poor Amy?" She tried then. "Do you really want to interrupt her, considering all the years she had to wait?"
Leonard frowned, "With all due respect for her long waiting, trust me, they did make up for the lost time."
Without waiting for any further protests from his wife, he finally marched toward Sheldon's room. He knocked and called him, and soon the door opened.
"Hi, Leonard," Amy greeted him. Her hair was wild and mussed up, and she was trying to keep her robe tightly closed, being the only thing she was wearing. Definitely, she hadn't appreciated the interruption.
"What would you say," she continued, "if I told you where Sheldon's head was before I stood to open the door for you?"
"That I think I don't want to know the details of that," he answered back.
"Good. Bye!"
Before he could add anything, Amy had already closed the door and hurried back in the room.
Leonard didn't desist, though.
"Sheldon, the trailer is out. I'm watching it alone if you are not interested!" He announced.
He attempted a smirk when he saw the door's handle came down, but it went away right away as soon Amy reappeared in front of him.
"Wasn't I explicit enough?" She hissed. "Do I really need to get graphical in explaining it to you?"
Leonard understood he had to change the approach. "Please! With all the times your fiancé interrupted me. He once broke into my room from the window!"
Amy shrugged, "I'm not responsible for that," she said, but then she felt a little sorry and tried to change her strategy too.
"Leonard, please," she begged him. "You know how long it took me to mount this stallion."
Leonard remained silent for a moment, trying to think of anything that wasn't Amy riding anyone and especially Sheldon, then he spoke, "I think I do, but please understand this is nothing person-"
The door slammed again.
"Oh C'mon, you can't be serious!" He snapped. He moved to knock again when suddenly the door swung open and he met Amy's face a few inches from his own.
"Don't. Try. To. Knock. Again," she threatened him.
"Leonard! You wouldn't believe what I've just seen in the Star Wars trailer."
Amy turned, and Leonard looked with her same surprise to see Sheldon standing in the bedroom's doorway. Just like Amy, he only wore his robe.
"I know I said we would watch it together," he started explaining, "but I was getting bored waiting for you two ending your argument, so I peeked. By the way, what were you squabbling about?"
Amy raised both her eyebrows, and blinked aggressively, "I give up!", she announced, and just went back in the room, leaving Sheldon outside with Leonard.
"So, are we watching?", Leonard asked. Sheldon nodded enthusiastically.
iii.
"How many times do you think they have already watched it?" Penny asked, pouring more wine in Amy's glass.
"Before or after the ticket-buying crisis?"
"There's nothing sadder than a man who's afraid to lose the Star Wars premiere," Penny commented back, opening a new bag of chips.
Amy took one chip and looked back at Sheldon and Leonard, lost in the building of theories and exchange of interpretations. She drank from her glass and almost emptied it when she thought to where Sheldon's face really was when Leonard had first knocked at the door.
"You know what," Penny said, "It's not that late. We could go at Lucky Baldwins' and see what we can have with the beer."
She expected Amy to suggest another destination after the half bottle of wine they already had, but instead she nodded in agreement. "Give me some time to dress, and I'm up for it. What about making a stop at the Latin dance club after?"
Penny gaped at her in pride. "Oh, I trained you so well," she said with a content smile. "You bet. Hurry, and put on something pretty."
"And red bra?"
"That's my girl!"
Amy returned shortly after, fully dressed and ready to party. "Guys, we're going out," Penny announced them.
Finally the two men looked up to their significant others. "Where are you going?" Leonard asked.
"To a pub, then Amy wants to go dancing. Don't wait for us," Penny informed them.
"On a work night?" Sheldon complained. "I see you Penny, but Amy? I can't understand how you could do such a thing. And then, we are having already such a night here!"
Penny turned to Amy, "He surely improved a lot, but I'm afraid your stallion still needs training…" she observed, before leaving with her.
A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long to come to a new chapter. I hope this was worth the wait, and remember: don't take any of this too seriously. It's mostly for fun and things are often exaggerated for laughs.