Because ComicCon was still several months away, Amy thought they would be done planning for the time being, but she failed to account for her boyfriend's overreaching need to plan everything down to the smallest detail. There wasn't much in the beginning, but Amy started getting emails outlining their travel plans and giving her times to come by for more costume fittings. Some of those costume fittings were for Sheldon, but he wanted her to come over for them anyway.

There were also sewing lessons. Amy had never cared much for fashion, and obviously neither did Sheldon. Still, Amy spent every other Saturday evening at Sheldon's apartment while he taught her how to sew costumes. Well, he wouldn't actually let her sew, so Amy sat and watched as he made a lab coat for his Dr. Horrible costume. She was fascinated with watching how his long graceful fingers nimbly ran the fabric through the machine. In fact, she got a B- on two of his post-lesson quizzes. It was the lowest grade she had gotten on anything, possibly ever. Amy didn't really mind when Sheldon wouldn't let her do any of the sewing after all.

The costumes weren't the only part that Sheldon talked incessantly about. As more information about panels and guests and booths came out, Sheldon needed to talk to Amy about all of it. Somehow, not being a party to the actual trip had saved her from all of this the previous years. Before this year, ComicCon was just a weekend that Amy stayed at home and missed her boyfriend. She didn't even realize how much work he put into it because he never canceled date night or stop spending time with her in the weeks leading up to the convention. He wasn't doing that this year either, but the conversation always led back to the big event.

"Sheldon, can I ask you a question?" Amy asked during the next date night.

"You just did, but I'm assuming that another one is coming. Proceed," Sheldon said.

"We've been together for nearly four years now, and I've never seen you put this much work into going to ComicCon. Are you putting more work into it this year because I'm coming with, or have you been hiding how much work goes into planning to go to a convention like this?"

"I suppose it's a bit of both. I obviously am doing more work on things like costume alterations and packing because those things have been physically doubled. I've also been researching panels that I normally would have no interest in going to because I think you, Penny, and/or Bernadette would be interested in them. On the other hand, I know that you weren't interested in going in past years, so I did not want to bore you with unnecessary details. In addition, you have mentioned the last two years that you will "miss me" when I am gone and I did not want to cause you any undue stress from my absence."

"Wow. That's very sweet of you, Sheldon."

"What can I say? I'm a sweet guy," Sheldon said with no hint of mocking or irony.

Amy smiled because she thought it was true.

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The girls decided to do their own planning for ComicCon. If it were up to the boys they would all go see panels for superhero movies or something. Except, the girls realized how different they were from each other. Penny wanted to go see the panel for some werewolf show that Amy had never seen. Bernadette wanted to go see the panel for a situation comedy that she liked. Amy wanted to go see a panel for the movie adaptation of one of her favorite novels.

None of the panels were at the same time, so the decided to go to all three together. Sheldon warned that much line standing was needed to see any and all panels. Amy wrote down their plans and submitted them to Sheldon. He was still the travel supervisor even if Penny didn't believe such a position should even exist. Plus, Sheldon was the schedule master. He would be able to fit all of their panels in and tell them when they should arrive at each of the halls.

"Amy, how did Sheldon get you to agree to dress up? Leonard has been hounding it since we got in that fight, but I remember a New Years Eve party a few years ago where I had to dress as Wonder Woman because you wouldn't do it," Penny asked.

"I'm not dressing up every day, but it seemed really important to him. You should have seen him when he asked if I would go to ComicCon. It was like he was going to ask me to marry him; he was so nervous. Plus, I'm sure that you get told that you are pretty everyday by Leonard or by people at work, but Sheldon said I looked lovely in my Star Trek dress. There was no way I could turn him down after he said something like that."

"Amy, you are gorgeous, you don't need to dress up for Sheldon to see that," Bernadette said.

"You can say that with your tiny adorableness and Penny with her, well everything, but Sheldon doesn't think I'm beautiful. If he does, he doesn't say it. I'm not doing this so he'll love me, but I want to do this if it will increase his affections for me," Amy told them.

"Does Sheldon know why you are doing all of this ComicCon stuff? I doubt he would want you to be bored on his account," Bernadette said.

"I don't think the whole thing will be boring. I am looking forward to spending time with you both over the weekend. I am also looking forward to spending time with Sheldon. Especially since we'll be in matching costumes. People will see us together," Amy told them excitedly.

Penny and Bernadette shared a look. They were concerned that Sheldon's behavior toward Amy, and Penny decided to talk to Sheldon about it. Amy was usually confident, but when it came to Sheldon she was always nervous about saying or doing the wrong thing. It wasn't fair to her that Sheldon required so much of her.

Amy ignored her friends well intentioned concern. She was excited about ComicCon even if they didn't understand why. They were going for their significant others too. None of the girls would have willingly chosen going to ComicCon on vacation, so Amy was hardly the only one making sacrifices. Instead, she was focusing on the parts she was interested in.

"So, Penny, you said Leonard has been hounding you about dressing up. Have you decided if you are going to?" Amy asked.

"I've told him that he gets one day because I'm seriously not dressing in some weird costume for the whole weekend. I'm already taking off time from work, I'm not going to be walking around in some skimpy superhero costume so that Leonard can show me off like I'm a prize."

"I've told Howard that any costumes come out of his budget for the weekend and he pretty much gave it up," Bernadette said.

"I wonder if I'll look out of place with you two in regular clothes and me dressed up as Hermione Granger," Amy said.

"I doubt it. I saw pictures from last year and it seemed like a lot of the people were dressed up. Plus, one of Leonard's arguments was that I would be missing out on the full convention experience. I'm sure that you'll have fun being dressed up if that's what you want. We just don't want to let Sheldon bully you into something you don't want," Penny told her.

"Sheldon doesn't bully me, and I would appreciate it if you didn't say things like that. We might not have a relationship like yours, but he respects me," Amy said. She wanted to leave, but she remembered that they were in her apartment. She also didn't want to fight with her friends just because of some convention.

Penny apologized, but she thought she would talk to Sheldon anyway.