Amy

As Amy and Sheldon walked back to their chairs, Amy felt like she was floating. Sheldon thought she was pretty. She had been disconcerted by his refusal to talk with her and had been certain it was because she looked differently than normal. She knew he disliked change.

Now that she thought of it, this was the first time a boy had ever said she was pretty. She looked over at Sheldon as they both sat down and beamed at him. He looked everywhere but at her before giving her a tiny smile. Penny raised her eyebrows at Amy and smiled.

Amy decided to break the awkward tension at the table. "So Leonard, Penny tells me that your work is going well. Tell me about that."

Everyone around the table let out a breath as Leonard started talking about his work. Sheldon looked bored and ate his salad in silence, excepting the occasional snort in Leonard's direction.

After Leonard finished explaining his work Amy turned to Sheldon. "Sheldon, it's been awhile since our last Fun With Flags webcast. I have had a few ideas."

He perked up and smiled at her. "Oh, you do have some truly inspired ideas. Please, go on."

"Well, what if we did a piece on the oldest flags and then another on the newest. Especially since the newest flag is not even a year old yet. I was looking up trivia the other day and discovered that the newest country is the Republic of South Sudan. Perhaps we could gather information on the formation of their flag and have Ferdinand T. Flag present the information."

"Amy, what a brilliant idea!" Amy could see the wheels start turning in his mind. They spent the remainder of the meal discussing possible new topics for the webcast. Amy was happy that they were talking to each other normally. She didn't like feeling uncomfortable around Sheldon.

After the meal was over, it was time for Howard and Bernadette's first dance. Amy watched them with a grin on her face. They looked so happy and she was happy for them. She looked over at Sheldon and was a little startled to see that he was looking at her rather than the couple on the floor. He immediately looked away and started watching Howard and Bernadette. That was very curious, Amy thought.

As the song ended Howard sent Bernadette out in a spin and then dipped her. Amy clapped along with the other guests and then realized that it was time for the bridal party dance. She hadn't talked with Sheldon or Raj ahead of time about it, so she supposed that she would just dance with Raj.

She stood up and turned to Raj, who had his arm out, ready to lead her to the dance floor, when she felt someone grab her hand. She turned around and discovered it was Sheldon.

"Raj, you can dance with Cynthia. I will be dancing with Amy."

Without waiting for a response he turned and started pulling Amy towards the dance floor. When he reached the center of it, he immediately put his hand on her waist and grabbed her other hand. The music started playing a song set to waltz beat. She put her hand on his shoulder and said, "Sheldon, I was supposed to dance with Raj."

"Nonsense. You're my girlfriend and we're both in the bridal party. Why shouldn't we dance together?"

Amy had no answer for that. "I thought you hated dancing."

"I do." He had started twirling her around to the waltz beat and she discovered that he was a very good lead. Apparently he had excelled at his cotillion training just like everything else. She again tried to remember the last time they had danced, but it was still a hazy memory.

Just then Raj and Cynthia danced by, almost running in to them. Sheldon pulled Amy against his chest to avoid either of them being hit and glared at Raj. Amy expected him to let her go back to her original position, but he continued his expert dancing with her alarmingly close. She had nowhere to look except up at his face, as she was so close that her only other options were to stare straight into his chest or lay her head against it.

When she looked up, he was looking down at her, an unreadable expression on his face. She lifted the corners of her mouth into a small smile. He blinked and returned the smile with one equally as small. She noticed a new expression in his eyes, but had no idea what it could be. She felt her heart rate increase and wondered if he could feel it. As they danced, she saw his eyes dart down to her lips and felt her breath catch. He looked back at her eyes then and twirled her out and then back into a dip as the song had ended.

They held the position for a moment longer than they should have, and then Sheldon pulled her upright. Amy realized that the next song had started and they were still standing there. It wasn't a waltz, but was still a slow song.

"Thank you for the dance Sheldon."

"You're welcome."

She started to turn to walk away but Sheldon pulled her hand. She turned back and gave him a curious look.

"I would like to keep dancing with you." Sheldon put his hand back on her waist and pulled her close again. "If that's alright."

Amy answered a little hoarsely, "Yes."

He started moving across the dance floor again, and Amy was yet again impressed by his dancing abilities. He held her slightly further apart than at the end of their last dance, but he was still very close. When she snuck a glance upwards, she saw that he was looking down at her again. She noticed he was breathing faster than normal, as was she, but she quickly attributed it to the dancing.

She thought about trying to start a conversation, but realized it would be difficult given their extreme proximity. Instead she decided to boldly look at him. He held her gaze and they simply stared at each other throughout the dance. When it was over, a faster song started, so Sheldon removed his hand from her waist, but held on to her other hand as they walked back to the tables.

When they sat down, everyone at the table was looking at them in shock. Raj's mouth was open and Penny's eyes were wide. Leonard was looking at Sheldon like he had never seen him before. Amy smirked at Sheldon, who was glaring at Leonard, and then looked at Penny and winked. Penny laughed and turned to ask Leonard to dance.

A/N: Thanks yet again for reading. I know this is short, but I want to switch back to Sheldon's POV. There is yet a little more of this reception to go. ;) Please review! If you don't review then I'll think you didn't like it, throw my arms over my eyes in dramatic despair and quit writing. ;)