At dinner that night, the couples sat together at a table, talking amongst themselves.
"So Sheldon, when are you going to have sex with Amy?" A slightly drunk Penny questioned.
Sheldon looked up, and could see Leonard staring at him, holding his breath.
"Penny, that's a very personal question." Sheldon replied, quietly.
"I know, but come on, you're sharing a hotel room…You're sharing a bed! What if one day you find yourself really horny and you just have to have her there and then?"
Sheldon took a breath and held up his hand, signalling to a passing waitress. "Could we have the bill please?" He asked, shifting uncomfortably.
"Sheldon, I'm still eating dessert." Leonard whispered.
"Well, we can still pay the bill. I will go back to the room and you can stay here." Sheldon replied, clenching his jaw.
The waitress hurried away, and the table fell silent.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Amy asked.
"Yes please." Sheldon replied, silently taking her hand under the table as the waitress came back with the bill.
Sheldon and Leonard split it between them, and Sheldon stood up, still holding Amy's hand in full sight of their friends.
"You're holding Amy's hand in public." Penny grinned. "Awww!"
"Yes, I am in fact holding my girlfriend's hand in public. I am indeed going back to the hotel room with her that we share, and yes I will kiss her. Is that such a problem?" Sheldon snapped.
Penny looked taken aback, whilst Leonard just covered his eyes, muttering "oh God…"
"No, I just…You can be intimate in public but you won't have sex with her?" Penny asked, swirling the wine around her glass.
Leonard bit his lip. "Penny, I really don't think that you should…"
"No, it's alright Leonard." Sheldon interrupted. "If I choose to have intercourse with my girlfriend, then I will. It is of no concern to you! What goes on in that bedroom, stays in that bedroom. I will never tell you anything because you will go gossiping to your little gal pal Bernadette, who will then tell Howard, who will tell Raj, who will tell both Lucy and Stuart…Need I go on!?"
Penny blinked. "Sheldon, I was only…"
"No. You know that this is a topic that I find difficult to discuss! And I do not wish to discuss it anymore. Now, if you'll excuse us, we are going to our room…And no, that does not mean we are going to have sex!" Sheldon barked as he stormed out of the restaurant, leading a stunned Amy with him.
Once they reached the elevator, Sheldon manically pressed the 'up' button three times, breathing heavily.
It was taking far too long, and Sheldon was becoming more and more wound up. "Oh for God's sake!" He muttered.
"Sheldon, calm down!" Amy hissed.
"I'm sorry, I just…This is a big thing for me and I know Penny only wants to know so she can blab." Sheldon shook his head.
"She won't if we ask her not to." Amy responded.
Sheldon snorted. "Oh…Really?" He asked, sarcastically.
He growled, as the elevator took even longer to descend.
Knock, knock, knock,
"Come on!"
Knock, knock, knock,
"Come on!"
Knock, knock, knock,
"COME ON!"
At that moment, the doors opened with a 'ding'.
Amy raised her eyebrows. "Oh, look at that…It worked!"
..
Back in the room, Amy silently prepared some snacks in the kitchen, and filled a couple of glasses with bottled water, seating herself on the couch, gazing out the window.
"Amy…"
She looked around to where Sheldon was sat on the bed. "Yes Sheldon?"
"Are you afraid to be near me?"
"A little bit." She admitted.
Sheldon's expression looked crumpled and sad. "I'm really sorry." He replied. "Please will you sit with me? I didn't mean to ruin your last night before you start at the research facility."
Amy smiled softly and joined Sheldon on the bed. "You haven't ruined anything. I know this is an uncomfortable topic; I never wanted to force you into anything…Only give you a little push."
"And I am glad that you did. Amy, these past two days have been the best of my entire life." Sheldon confessed. "I just don't want Penny knowing."
"But you trusted her enough to bring you here, and to tell her that you loved me…" Amy pointed out.
"Yes, but coitus is different." Sheldon replied, "It's so…Intimate. I imagined never having coitus in my entire life, but now I have, it feels special and private."
Amy bit her lip. "Is that why you told Leonard?"
Sheldon blinked and swallowed hard as he looked at Amy. "How did you…"
"I could tell he knew by the look he gave you after Penny asked if you'd ever sleep with me." Amy smiled. "So why can you tell him but not Penny?"
Sheldon sighed. "Well…To be honest, I've known and lived with Leonard for years and have formed a close bond with him. Even though we drive each other nuts, he's like my brother. Penny…Well, Penny's more like my mother figure in the way that she guides me, tells me off for treating you badly etcetera. And come on, you don't tell your mother that you're having coitus, do you?!"
Amy raised an eyebrow, nodding slightly. "I see…Although it kind of weirds me out that Penny's sleeping with your brother if she's meant to be your mother figure."
Sheldon rolled his eyes. "I was speaking figuratively."
"I know." Amy giggled. "I do see what you mean though. Penny's like a sister to me too."
Sheldon frowned. "So, figuratively speaking, I'm sleeping with my aunt?"
Amy laughed and kissed him on the lips.
"She will find out eventually!" She reasoned.
"I know, but whilst it's still new to us, can we keep it between us for now?" Sheldon pleaded. "It's still a touchy subject with me, but I trust Leonard to keep quiet, and I will need someone to ask for advice."
"Fine." Amy agreed. "Now, how about we make my last night of freedom one to really remember?"
She kissed Sheldon again, gliding her tongue along his lips, and being genuinely surprised when he granted her access.
Wow, he's really taking this promise seriously!
He tried to slip his own tongue shyly into Amy's mouth, worried in case he did it wrong.
But Amy was happily shocked at how good he was.
The two of them started undressing each other, with Amy peppering kisses all over Sheldon's neck and nibbling his earlobe.
"What's that you're doing?" He asked, "I like that."
"I'm kissing your neck and nibbling your ear. Try it on me." Amy replied.
Sheldon gingerly pressed his lips against Amy's neck, and followed the line down from her neck to her shoulder, and back around to her collarbone, until he stopped just short of her breasts.
He hesitated.
"You've already hit second base before, so go ahead." Amy purred.
"I'm not sure what to do here." Sheldon blushed. "Do I kiss them too?"
"Do whatever you like to them!" Amy replied, running her hands along his chest and slowly down to unzip his pants.
Sheldon took a deep breath and lowered his lips to Amy's bare breasts, and kissed the flesh around her nipple.
Amy shuddered excitedly, as she rubbed his manhood, which was rapidly tenting his trousers.
"I need you…Now." Sheldon said at last, sitting up to roll the condom on.
Amy pulled her panties down and Sheldon positioned himself at her entrance, sliding himself in.
As the pair of them kissed feverishly, Amy reached up and ran her hands through her boyfriend's hair, and parted her legs more to let Sheldon push himself in deeper and faster.
This caused the bedsheets to fall onto the floor, exposing their naked bodies to the air in the room.
Amy moaned loudly as she orgasmed and Sheldon, also letting out a moan, came shortly after, just as the door opened.
"Hey guys, Sheldon left his card key and I just came to apologise for earlier…OH MY GOD!"
Even in their post-orgasmic and post-coital daze, Amy and Sheldon couldn't mistake Penny's shocked voice ringing through the entire room.
They froze for a few moments and gazed towards the door, where Penny had her hand over her mouth in shock and was turned away from them.
"Oh Lord…Penny…This isn't what it…Okay, it is exactly what it looks like." Sheldon stammered, covering himself and Amy with the bedsheets as they pulled their clothes back on and disposed of the condom.
Penny spun back around. "I…I'm so sorry. Sheldon you…You left your card key when you stormed out of the restaurant earlier. I came to return it and apologise. But…You were…Is this the first time you've…?"
Amy bit her lip and cleared her throat, too embarrassed to speak.
"Um…No." Sheldon answered.
Penny's eyes widened as it finally dawned on her.
"Hold on! All those times when you were acting all weird, and I kept saying that if it was anyone else, I'd guess they had sex, but because it's you, I don't think that…And all the time…You were having it?!" Penny stammered.
"Yes."
"Oh my God…I thought I was drunk enough, but clearly there is not enough alcohol in the world to make me ever forget this." Penny shook her head.
"Penny…I didn't want you to know because you would probably tell someone, and now you've…You've seen us having coitus! Oh God, please don't tell anyone. Please Penny!" Sheldon begged.
"Sheldon!" Penny looked hurt, "I would never tell anyone if it's that confidential to you. I can't believe you lied to me."
"It is. It's special and it's new to both of us." Sheldon replied. "Making love to Amy is so much better than I imagined. I always thought that coitus was dirty and pointless, but now I know that it isn't if you're with the right person." He smiled at Amy, who smiled back at him. "For the record, I'm sorry that I lied to you. I just wanted to keep this private and not have everyone know about it until we're ready."
"Sheldon, you're like family to me! You of all people should know that I'll take something like this to the grave. Amy has always wanted this kind of relationship with you, and I am so happy that you're finally there, and that you're doing it for love." Penny smiled. "Anyway, here's your key. I'll get out of your hair." She smiled, but she still looked a little hurt as she closed the door.
Amy sighed. "I feel terrible."
"Me too." Sheldon replied, "Do you think I should apologise tomorrow?"
Amy shrugged, leaning in to kiss him on the lips. "I don't know; maybe it's best that you do. Come on, let's get cleaned up."
Sheldon leaned his head back against the headboard.
He felt something inside of him; something he rarely felt.
Guilt.
He had said that Penny was a mother figure to him, even if she was younger than he was!
One thing he knew was that upsetting or lying to your family was never okay.
"I'll apologise in the morning." Sheldon promised himself as he slid out of the bed and joined Amy In the shower.