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Monday morning came round too quickly for Sheldon and Amy but they would be seeing each other that night at the cheesecake factory with the rest of the group, Amy drove Sheldon to work and promised to pick him up when he finished

Monday at the cheesecake factory

Penny was working the afternoon and evening shift when she heard from Amy that she and Sheldon were coming and wanting to avoid any unease with Sheldon around managed to swap duties with a girl who was working on the bar, but before doing so gave the chef instructions of Sheldon's regular meal so that there wouldn't be any fuss from him with a new waitress

The group were gathered at their usual table and the waitress arrived mentioning to Sheldon that his regular order would arrive as normal and then taking the others orders

Amy went to the bar area to speak with Penny

'Penny thank you for arranging that, you know I don't want there to be any bad vibes in the group and they wont know what happened to cause the fall out with Sheldon, only Bernadette knows and she wont tell Raj and Howard'

'Its ok Amy, I feel the same, I am pretty mortified about it all really'

'You know Sheldon and I have been talking and he mentioned to me that you should probably tell Leonard about what happened and I agree, couples are not meant to have secrets from each other'

'You are probably right but I don't want to do it over skype, he's got this important project and I don't want to distract him from that but if I tell him when he comes home he will be devastated and I want to spend the rest of my life with him and I already nearly messed it up before with that incident with Raj

'Yes but you said afterwards that you never actually slept with him, you wasn't with Leonard at the time'

'I know but I came close to ruining something special with him and I don't want to do that again'

'Do you want to be with him knowing you are hiding something though, you don't even know if Sheldon will be speaking with you by then, he will sense an atmosphere especially if you are not coming over to the apartment'

'Look I really don't know how to tell him but I know I have plenty of time to think about it, he finally skyped me last night and told me that he loved me and that he missed me and I felt guilty about what I had done, not just to Sheldon but to you as well and I am still amazed that you are here talking to me to be quite honest'

'Penny I can kind of understand why you did it and I know that you won't do it again, I'm not saying that it didn't hurt because it did but I can overlook things when there are reasons behind it'

Penny couldn't answer Amy finding she was speechless and just nodded at her

'See you later bestie' said Amy as she went back to join the others

The group had an enjoyable meal together and left at around 8pm

As arranged previously Amy drove Sheldon home and then went to her own apartment as they both had agreed and also to go for date night on Thursday as they both had a lot to catch up on with work

Amy dropped Sheldon at his apartment and Sheldon leant over to kiss her very briefly and hugged her before leaving the car

'Amy skype me when you are home so I know that you are safe'

'Of course Sheldon' she waved and drove off to her home

Over the next 3 days they constantly checked in with each other and even when Amy hosted girls night on Wednesday at her apartment and skyped in the evenings and by the time Thursday came around they were desperate to see each other and had arranged to go back to the Chinese restaurant of the previous week and it was while they were seated that Sheldon mentioned the weekend away

'Amy have you heard of the brain museum at Wisconsin University?

'Yes but I have never had the opportunity to go, they have all sorts of brains there from different mammal species and human'

'Ok I was thinking we could go there for the weekend after next, I have already checked out the local area for things to do and have found a zoo that we could also visit and a hotel we can stay in'

'Oh that sounds like fun' said Amy

As they were sitting next to each other, Sheldon put his arm around Amy and pulled her close and kissed her

They had their meal and Amy drove Sheldon home and went back to her own apartment to get ready for the weekend at Sheldon's apartment, they had discussed that it would be a regular thing that Sunday mornings he would go paintball and the girls would meet for a late breakfast and they decided to include Alex in this one

Amy was due to pick up Sheldon at 4pm but was running late thanks to her new addiction study and told him that she would be there by 5pm but luckily Raj had offered to take Sheldon home and he told her to go straight to his apartment when she finished

Sheldon ordered a pizza which arrived at the same time as Amy and after the pizza had been paid for, let Amy get settled before greeting her with a cuddle because she looked a bit stressed from her busy day

'Thank you Sheldon, I needed that, I had to sort out a new addiction study and teach some students about the skills of cutting open brains and it just went on for ages'

'That's ok Amy, I want you to relax and enjoy yourself with me'

Sheldon wanted so much to kiss Amy again and not just for a few seconds but he restrained himself and took Amy in his arms to cuddle her again before giving her a short but sweet kiss

Amy remembered that she had her Harp with her in her car and went to fetch it because they were going to have some girlfriend/boyfriend sing-along time on Saturday

They settled down to eat their pizza whilst watching in Amy's words "a dopey" star trek film but she couldn't complain too much, Sheldon had compromised the previous week when watching the documentary about brains so she let him watch what he wanted

'Sheldon how much do I owe you for the weekend away, I want to pay my way as well'

'Amy it's my treat, I want to do something different and I want to do that with you'

'Ok but if we have the chance to go on another trip, I will choose and pay for it'

'Very well' said Sheldon

They carried on watching television but after a while Sheldon noticed that Amy had fallen asleep so went to get a blanket to cover her with and let her rest her head on his lap.

When the programme ended Amy woke up and as it was late, they both decided it was time for bed, Sheldon made them both some warm milk and took the cups into his room only to find that not only had Amy changed into her nightclothes but was fast asleep, he snuggled in next to her and was soon sleeping

Sheldon woke up to the smell of pancakes and went to the kitchen to investigate

'Morning Sheldon, I just wanted to make you breakfast to thank you for a wonderful evening, even if I did spend most of it sleeping'

'Amy it all smells lovely, I can't wait to eat with you, would you like to go to the Zoo today?'

'That sounds good to me' said Amy as they sat down and had breakfast

After breakfast Sheldon gave Amy a revised copy of the relationship agreement

'This is just to confirm that you will be staying at weekends and that you are happy to come away with me, you know I like things to be ordered some what'

'Ok that's fine' said Amy as she signed it

They left to go to the Zoo and to Amy's surprise Sheldon had arranged that she could go into the monkey enclosure where only the staff were allowed and that she could feed the monkeys by hand, with close supervision by the staff of course!

'Sheldon why don't you give that monkey over there some food as well, he's on his own just watching'

Sheldon looked up at the monkey that was on a high shelf in its enclosure and encouraged it down and the monkey delicately took the fruit from his hand

'Amy I'm glad we did this!'

'So am I Sheldon, I didn't even know it was allowed!'

'Well I phoned them to ask and mentioned your name and they of course knew who you were and were happy to do so'

'Well thank you, that was a nice surprise'

'Your welcome, now lets go find the Koalas!

They had a great afternoon at the Zoo and had also seen the bird of prey display, something that Sheldon would never have done before because of his fear of birds but thanks to that brief time with Lovey Dovey he was ok with the birds

They had just arrived home and Sheldon had switched his laptop on when his Skype rang, he could see it was Leonard so he answered it

'Hi Leonard how's your research and experiments going'

'Hello Sheldon, everything here is fine I just wanted to say a quick hello and for some strange reason I miss you and your quirky ways!

'Well hello back to you! Amy and I are just about to have girlfriend boyfriend sing-along night

'Glad im not there for that' said Leonard adding that he had to go as it was very late and he had to sleep and he signed off

Sheldon and Amy got down to their planned sing-along and were thoroughly enjoying themselves until it was time for dinner and Amy again made Sheldon's favourite meal

Sheldon then received a text from Raj asking if they would be having Chinese and Vintage video games night on Friday as this weeks had been missed and could he bring Stuart, so Sheldon agreed with Amy that it was going to happen and confirmed with Raj but also telling him that the week after that, they would away from Pasadena for the weekend so they would have to make their own arrangements

After dinner they were settled watching television and cuddling, Sheldon found that he had a warm feeling through his body whenever he was with Amy and wanting to pursue things physically with her, he pulled her close and turned her face to his and they were kissing softly at first before it came more passionate and for quite a while as well before Amy stopped and asked him a question

'Sheldon have you ever kissed a girl before like that'

'No Amy you are my first'

'Wow but you are so skilled and you know exactly what you are doing'

'Well Amy I do excel at many things, I don't see why kissing should be missed out!'

'Oh I agree' said Amy as they went back to kissing

Amy decided to take a little risk and just to see how far she could go with Sheldon without him freaking out, she parted his mouth with her tongue and searched for his, he froze slightly but then relaxed when he realised what she was doing and that was she was doing wasn't unpleasant

The evening passed by quickly especially when all they were doing was kissing but soon it was time for bed and they sorted themselves out and carried on kissing in bed, though this time they were laying next to each other on their sides with their legs entwined together and Amy could feel exactly how much Sheldon was enjoying what was going on!

Sheldon reluctantly stopped because he needed to be up early for paintball and it was now after midnight so they spooned again and fell asleep, holding onto each other

Sunday was a repeat of the previous weekend with Alex joining the girls for breakfast and Amy making dinner again for Sheldon and they found that they were settling into a cosy routine and Sheldon was more than happy to fool around with Amy for unlimited amounts of time and was happy to just do kissing while he wasn't quite ready for more. He knew that he was safe with Amy and that she would wait as long as it took but he also knew that having coitus wasn't the be all and end all of the relationship and he was starting to realise what he meant when he said that they were extremely intimate

Thank you for reading

Chapter 4 will include the weekend away and I checked that there is an actual brain musuem at Wisconsin university

Also I forgot to mention in the previous chapter that in case anybody was wondering, here in the UK Sunday dinner especially if it's a roast is usually had early J

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