More lunch talk

Still own nothing

Howard quickly turned to look at Leonard. "So, what did you and Penny talk about?"

Leonard looked back from Sheldon's remark to Howard. "We talked about a bunch of stuff. How I am overthinking that Penny might resent me and the kids because she has had to give up everything. We talked about what she might want to do in the future. Stuff like that".

Raj joined in. "Not good enough Dude, what did she say about her career?"

Leonard thought. "She kept saying that she wasn't giving up on her dreams. She said that she was doing just what she wanted. She said that taking care of the babies was just what she wanted. She basically said I was over thinking things again, worrying too much. She said that she was not giving anything up, that she was just on a break."

Howard commented. "That's pretty big of her."

Leonard continued. "Yeah, but she did want to talk about something that she was thinking about since we got back from the TV station. She said that when the girls got together, they talked and they told her that she should maybe change her focus to some college courses in communication. That way, if she wanted some kind of job in broadcasting, she would have the right education. She wanted to know if I thought that was a good idea".

Raj leaned in. "And, what did you tell her?"

Leonard smiled. "I told her that I thought that that was a great idea. I told her that I would support her one hundred percent. I was so happy that she was not giving up stuff just for me and the kids, it really made us both happy."

Howard now was curious. 'Did you ask her about the other thing? You know,… about you and her…. And not… you know…"

Leonard smirked a little. "Yeah, we did, I told her that I felt selfish at wanting to…. Anyway, she pretty much said I was crazy there too. She said that she loved me. She was afraid that I thought she was letting herself go and couldn't figure out why it had been so long. I told her that there was no way I thought she was not attractive. I told her she was still the most beautiful Woman on the planet. So…. Yeah…. We had a good talk".

Sheldon looked over. Yes, I can say for a certainty, they had a "Good Talk". I'm sure that the floors above and below their apartment knew that they had a GOOD TALK. It was just like old times".

Leonard looked to Sheldon. "Sheldon, that is quite enough".

Raj and Howard just smiled and nodded.

Leonard turned to Sheldon. "What about you Sheldon, Did you give any of our comments serious thought about you and Amy?"

Sheldon put his fork down. "As a matter of fact, Amy came over and was waiting for me as I returned from our rather useless attempt at vintage video games. She apparently had been having some rather spirited conversations with the other girls of our group and wanted clarification as to how I felt about her."

The other three at the table were now listening intently, just staring and waiting for more information to be given up by Sheldon.

Sheldon looked form one friend to the other, finding the same questioning expression on their faces. "All right, since this conversation will probably not come to a quick end without some additional information…I admitted to Amy that her presence in my life had elicited certain physical responses from myself that I had not fully anticipated".

Again, each f the three of his friends at the table had that same questioning look, with the addition of each sporting a gaping mouth. Howard couldn't take it any longer. "Oh my god… Sheldon's horny".

Raj quickly followed. "What did you do Dude?"

Leonard tried to bring the conversation back to reality. "Hey, it's none of our business what Sheldon does or doesn't do with Amy".

Sheldon responded. "It's really not an issue".

Leonard turned to Sheldon. "How so?"

Sheldon responded. I told her that the evening needed to come to a quick end in order for us to have enough sleep to ensure productive days at work, and she left for her apartment".

Howard jumped in. "Sheldon, this "issue" is not over. You just told your girlfriend that you felt physical responses to her being around. You are going to have to figure this out for once and for all and fess up to the fact that you are having physical feelings for her and not just intellectual ones."

Leonard agreed. "Sheldon, you are going to have to take your relationship with Amy to the next level. You are going to have to show her how much she means to you."

Sheldon looked mortified. "How am I supposed to do that? What if she doesn't feel the same way?"

Raj smiled. "Sheldon, Amy feels the same way. She has been wanting to move things in your relationship along for quite some time now. We talk about this all the time at Girl's Night. You need to kiss her. You need to GET PHYSICAL".

Sheldon started to twitch. "I couldn't do that. It's too soon. You have to help me. What am I going to do? I don't want to take things anywhere. I like things where they are now".

Leonard put a hand on his friend sitting next to him. "Sheldon, we will help you with whatever you need. But, what you need is to move your relationship with Amy forward on a physical basis. We can answer all the questions you have. If you are embarrassed at all about any of this, there is always that book we got you, it should be pretty comprehensive".

Sheldon looked back at Leonard. "I told you once before. That book gave me nightmares".

Howard looked up. "Sheldon, Amy clearly has physical feelings for you, just ask her. She will help you move forward. You just need to keep an open mind. Treat this like a new experiment. Your white board is a clean slate. You can map out all kinds of new experiences".