To: Sheldon Cooper

From: Amy Farrah Fowler

Hey Sheldon. Thank you for your email. Actually I am really pleased you emailed as on reading your thoughts it made me think about us in a lot more detail than I have for a while. Also I have not experienced the feelings you described, and this made me think about what I want.

I have always thought I was waiting for you, that I wanted a physical relationship, but now I just feel scared.

By admitting you had feelings for me of a physical nature I also had to consider moving forward myself.

Sheldon I am worried. I have never had a proper boyfriend before.

I know you know this already, but sometimes I feel I push you to move you forward and now I feel I have pushed us to a place that maybe I myself am scared to go.

With these jumbled thoughts in mind, I have a proposition for you.

How would you feel about taking the next stage of our relationship forward in the same way we did the kissing?

We set ourselves clear goals that have been mutually agreed upon and then we can assess each stage as we go?

Yours Amy

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Having thought hard about what she was proposing Amy wondered if Sheldon would agree. She would have to wait and see. She just hoped he saw it as a compromise as opposed to a threat.

Deciding she should maybe research this so she had a clearer plan if Sheldon agreed, Amy logged on to the internet and began planning her argument.

Sheldon was not sure how he felt when he read Amy's email. Was she saying she did not have physical feelings for him? He knew she had felt something for Pennys ex Zach. In fact now he thought about it when they had first started their kissing experiment Amy use to make a "hoo" noise that she no longer made. What did this mean?

Deciding he would ask Penny, Sheldon left the apartment and knocked on Pennys door.

Penny heard Sheldon knocking and waited for him to finish. While counting his knocks off on her fingers Penny wondered if he had emailed Amy as she hadn't heard anything.

"Hey sweetie, you feeling better today, Amy said you were not well last night?" greeted Penny as she moved to let Sheldon in.

"Yes thank you Penny I am feeling a lot better. Thank you for looking after Amy last night. It was remiss of me to leave her as I did."

"Hey no problem, that's what friends are for right! Is there a reason you called over?" Penny eyed Sheldon curiously, seeing he was struggling with something and not sure how to start.

"Penny do you think Amy likes me?"

Penny sniggered. "Sheldon the girl is crazy about you! Why on earth would you ask that?"

"Because I got to thinking and she used to make a noise if I kissed her and now she doesn't. Also I told her I had physical feelings for her yesterday and she said she didn't have the same experience. Penny do you think she wants to break up with me?" Sheldon said all of this in a rush, anxious to get Pennys advise but embarrassed he needed to ask.

"Sheldon, Amy like you, has not got much experience. Maybe she is as scared as you are."

"Yes she said as much. I don't know what to do Penny. Amy suggested we set ourselves goals. Is that going to work do you think?"

"Sheldon if you want it to work it will work. Look how far you have come with the hand holding and the kissing. Why don't you set up a timetable for going through the bases too!"

Penny couldn't quite believe she was having this conversation with Sheldon, but he seemed so anxious and was trying so hard to please Amy. Standing up Penny moved to the kitchen and made Sheldon some tea.

"Sweetie why don't you turn the TV on and just relax. Forget about it for a while and just drink your tea."

"Thank you Penny!"

Sheldon stayed at Pennys for an hour and by the time he returned to his room he felt much calmer. He decided Amy was right they could work through this as they had everything else.

Sitting down he typed his reply

To: Amy Farrah Fowler

From: Sheldon Cooper

Amy I find your suggestion most agreeable.

I will confess to speaking to Penny first as I had concerns about how this would work. I have found Pennys knowledge on relationships something to mock in the past, but a this present moment am most grateful for her vast experience!

Amy I expressed a concern to Penny I will now share with you.

When we first started kissing you used to make a noise that I will confess I used as an indicator that you found what I was doing acceptable.

You no longer make that noise.

I began to wonder if you no longer found me attractive, or if I was doing something wrong.

I feel it is better to address these issues now before we move forward and I would appreciate your honesty.

Penny also suggested we "work through the bases" I hope this makes more sense to you than it does to me.

Maybe I need to do some research so we can set up some sort of timetable.

I wondered if you would still be joining us Tuesday at the cheesecake factory? Maybe we could discuss the timetable after we have returned here?

Sheldon

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