Authors note: I do not own The Big Bang Theory or its characters. Also I made this a M rating for the things coming up and for some of the language so do not be frustrated just yet.

Amy wakes up in the morning unsure of where she is, certainly not her comfortable bed with her blue quilt. Then the events of the previous evening come flooding back and she turns to see Sheldon sound asleep his hand still dangling off the edge of his bed. Amy gets up quietly trying not to disturb him, he has had a rough go of it he deserves to sleep.

Amy tiptoes down the hall trying not to disturb anyone to use the bathroom. On her way back to the bedroom she hears voices in the kitchen and smells something delicious. Amy's stomach rumbles it has been ages since she last ate. Amy remembers that they had been on their way to dinner when Sheldon received the call. Amy walks into the kitchen and sees Mary standing at the stove flipping bacon. A tall beautiful woman with long dark hair is stirring something in a bowl with one hand and balancing a baby on her hip with the other.

"Hi." Amy says tentatively "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Oh hey sugar!" Mary calls. "No honey you are a guest in this house you just set on down." Mary says indicating a chair.

"I really don't mind." Amy says walking in.

"In that case hold Ayden while I cut the biscuits." The other woman says Amy sees that her tummy is swollen with another baby. Amy thinks this must be Missy and the baby is Sheldon's nephew. Amy takes the baby who by Amy's calculations must be around eighteen months old. He is cute with wide blue eyes and dark hair like his uncle. The baby is he is fat and sweet, Amy likes his warm cuddly feeling in her lap. Amy bends down to sniff him surreptitiously and giggles to herself he smells like his uncle too ,baby powder. Amy sits down with the baby and plays with him she does not have much experience with babies but this one is quite nice. He looks up at her and says clear as day "You are pretty" Amy is shocked.

"Did he just…" Amy begins

"Lord help us yes!" Missy says "Takes more than his middle name from his genius uncle! Been talking since he was nine months old."

The woman continue to work on breakfast and George Jr. makes his way inside the kitchen. He seems to take up more space than should be allowed as he graps a cup of coffee. He takes giant gulp and looks at disdainfully.

"Momma! What is this decaf shit I ain't ever gonna wake up with this shit." George says dumping the rest of the cup down the drain and grabbing a coke from the fridge.

"Georgie! You know I will not tolerate that kind of language in my house!" Mary wails popping him on the shoulder.

"Oh! screaming and cursing so early in the morning! How,I have missed the sweet symphony that is home!" Sheldon says walking into the kitchen and sitting next to Amy.

"Ya'll are just in time! Breakfast is served." Missy says taking the biscuits out of the oven. Mary and Missy make everyone plates then Missy takes Ayden from Amy and pops him into a high chair. Amy is about to dig in to the plate before her. Amy's stomach is gurgling with hunger but Sheldon taps her lightly under the table and indicates his mother with his head. Mary has her eyes closed and is bent over her plate preparing to say the blessing. Amy turns red she is not used to saying the blessing before meals. Amy is not used to big family breakfasts either. Breakfast with her mother was usually oatmeal and staying silent as possible.

"Let's all gather hands and say the blessing." Mary begins. Sheldon grabs her hand and squeezes and she grabs Missy's. Amy closes her eyes and bows her head she hopes she is doing it right. She opens her eyes and sees she is doing what everyone else is doing.

"Oh Lord please bless this food for this family, please see fit to cleanse our hearts that are heavy with grief today. Please lord we thank you for allowing our family to reunite again no matter how far apart we are. Thank you lord for seeing fit to grace our Sheldon with Amy who is an answer to our prayers." Amy turns beet red and she feels Sheldon squeeze her hand extra hard. The blood is pounding so hard in her ears that she can't make out the rest of what Mary says until the Amen. Sheldon does not release her hand immediately after the amen and continues to hold it under the table for awhile. The food is delicious and Amy embarrassingly cleans her plate her mother always told her that a lady always leaves something on her plate. A lady must have never had Mary Cooper's cooking.

"Shelly do you think that you could come with me to the lawyers this morning. You understand more of that legal mumbo jumbo than I do.," Mary asks him.

"Yes mother that would be fine." Sheldon tells her.

"Missy and Amy do you think that you could help clean up around here for the wake tonight?"

"Yes Mamma." Missy obliges

"Certainly." Amy confirms.

"Wait I thought Amy would be coming with us. Amy is as intelligent as I am and it would be a waste to use her talents cleaning up like a maid."

"Oh and my talents aren't being wasted cleaning up?" Missy challenges him.

"Good god no, your whole life now is cleaning up after the messes of others." Sheldon tells her pompously.

"I am a stay at home mother! If you do not think that that is an important.." Missy begins but Amy interrupts.

"Sheldon I would feel more comfortable staying here with your sister. As a relative outsider it would be inappropriate for me to sit in at the lawyers. I am no stranger to cleaning I clean up my lab on a nightly basis."

"Alright that makes sense." Sheldon tells her mollified.

"What should I do?" George Jr. asks

"Stay out of trouble!" Missy and Mary say together.

Mary and Sheldon leave a short time later promising to not be very long. George Jr. takes Ayden and puts him on top of his shoulders and gallops out the door with him. Leaving Amy and Missy alone together in the kitchen to clean up.

"So how did you do it?" Missy asks handing Amy a soapy dish to dry.

"Do what?" Amy asks.

"Turn my brother from an emotionless robot boy who didn't even like being touched let alone like girls, into a man shares a room with a girl and who holds his girlfriends hand secretly under the table long after the blessing has been said." Amy blushes again.

"Oh you caught that did you? Well that was a bit out of character for him in our relationship agreement it states that we only hold hands at the movies or during long walks."

"Your relationship what?" Missy asks confused Amy tries to explain it to Missy the best that she can but Missy keeps giving her a crazy face."And it does not bother you that my brother has to plan out every aspect if y'all's relationship into some stupid document? "

"No not at all, actually I think that it is kind of romantic." Missy gives her another look and Amy tries to explain. " Sheldon has never had a girlfriend before, never had the want or need for one. The fact that it was so important to him to include me into his life in a way he found acceptable really warms my heart. " Amy tells her.

"Gosh, I guess he really did find the perfect woman, no one else I know would put up with that kind of thing." It is Amy's turn to give Missy a look. They finish cleaning up the kitchen then move on to other areas of the house.

"So tell me what Sheldon was like when he was young." Amy's asks as they dust the kick knacks on Mary's shelves.

"Besides a pompous annoying prick?" Missy says. "Well we stopped being in the same grade in kindergarten, all the other kids were scared of him because he was so smart."

"Why were they scared because he was smart?" Amy asks.

"Oh you know, he would use them big ole words and then he always knew things he oughtn't it was creepy. In fact if there was one word to use to describe Sheldon growing up it would be creepy."

"My mother says the same thing about me." Amy muses.

"Momma was always trying to get him to make friends, but he never did if course it is hard when you are nine years old and in the ninth grade."

"That must have been hard for him." Amy says.

"You wouldn't know it, he was so involved in science barely lifted his nose from a book or video game. The only friend we ever knew him to have was that Leonard boy. Of course that ,brought my momma more worries than relief at first."

"Why?"

"Well having the whole town think your son is a witch is one thing but a gay witch in Texas? Might as well move out right now!"

"She would still love him if he were gay right?"

"Of course! but being in east Texas it would be hard. But judging from what I have seen today our little Shelly is not gay right?,"

"No he is not gay, we have been dating for four years. But even if he was we would still be friends. Sheldon is the best friend I have ever had." Amy says coloring slightly.

"Of course! Sorry if it seems like I am prying, its just can't imagine, Sheldon being with anyone ,boy or girl. Growing up he did not like being touched or fussed with. 'Bout the only person he would let fool with him was Memaw. Used to sit in her lap and she would rock him in her chair. We were all a little jealous Sheldon was her favorite, called him her little Moonpie." Amy takes a minute to appreciate the mental image of little Moonpie being rocked in a chair.

"Sheldon is really torn up , I have never seen him this upset. I know how much his Memaw meant to him. Her, and your mother are the only people he will ever admit that he loves."

"Oh, I think there is one other person that he loves." Missy says winking at her and Amy is about to protest when George Jr. bounds in holding Ayden aloft.

"Your turn Missy! Little bugger smells six ways to Sunday! I might be the best uncle ever but I am not changing no shitty diapers!" George says thrusting the baby into her arms.

"Watch your language, around him Georgie! You know how he picks up on words."

"Sorry Missy." George says hanging his head.

"I went poop! I was outside, I forgot the potty!" Ayden tells his mother.

"That's OK, little monkey, you'll remember next time." Missy tells him carrying him off into the next room to change him.

George walks off again leaving Amy alone in the room to finish dusting and to collect her thoughts. Amy wonders if Mary is giving Sheldon as much of the third degree about their relationship.