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I know I said previously that this chapter would include the weekend away but I still need to do a little more research into that and I want to dedicate an entire chapter to the weekend away so that will be in Chapter 5

In the meantime, Enjoy!

Monday Morning

Amy had just dropped Sheldon off at work when Penny called her

'Amy the garage has called to say my car is fixed and I need to return the hire car but its all in Sheldon's name and he needs to sign it off, I don't want to antagonise him by asking him when he's not speaking to me'

'Are you working today' asked Amy

'Yes I'm working the evening shift'

'Ok bestie, here's what we shall do, I will collect the car keys from you at the cheesecake factory tonight when we all come for dinner and I will arrange for temporary car insurance to cover me and tomorrow I will take the hire car back with Sheldon and he can sign off the release papers and then I will bring your car back for you'

'Oh Amy are you sure?

'Yes it's not a problem, I need to ring Sheldon and tell him now'

'Ok thank you for doing this, see you later'

Amy immediately phoned Sheldon to inform him of what was happening and they both agreed to take Tuesday morning off to sort it out.

Cheesecake Factory

Amy and Sheldon arrived at the cheesecake factory together and Sheldon went to join Raj and Howard while Amy went to see Penny at the bar who had again swapped duties to avoid Sheldon, she took the keys and gave them to Sheldon and they had a delightful evening before returning home

The next morning after Sheldon and Amy had gone to the garage, Sheldon asked Amy to drop him back at the apartment as he had some things that he needed to do with regards to the weekend away and asked Amy to come back when she finished work as he wanted to discuss arrangements for the trip

Sheldon was somebody that always looked after his money and he had several thousand pounds worth of pay cheques in his draw so after checking on how much he would need to pay for the trip he took them to the bank and got them cashed in and returned home to pay for everything online

Later that day

Penny decided that she needed to thank Sheldon again for the use of the hire car and steeled herself for whatever was to come when she went to his apartment, she had already spoken to Amy about what to say but decided to just go with whatever happened so she knocked and waited for him to answer

'Penny, what are you doing here?'

'Sheldon I just wanted to say thank you again for the hire car and for paying for everything, I know you could have changed your mind over what happened and I'm thankful that you didn't'

Sheldon realised that he also had a thank you and being a gentleman said so

'Penny that's fine, also I know you went out of your way to arrange for meals at the cheesecake factory to be delivered as normal so I thank you for that'

Penny found herself getting emotional and wanted to see whether Sheldon would reconsider his previous ban

'Sheldon do you think you could forgive me for what I did, I am mortified with what happened and im so sorry for everything'

'Penny you need to do a lot more than just arranging or a meal to arrive, I cant forget what you did so quickly' he could see that Penny was looking tearful but chose to ignore the emotion as he wasn't sure how to deal with it.

'Sheldon dammit I miss you, even your funny little ways I miss and I don't want you to punish me forever'

'Do you mean you actually miss me or the free meal ticket?' Sheldon knew he was being harsh but he wasn't going to forgive that quickly

'I mean you of course'

'Right well thank you for coming over' and with that he closed the door and got back to his work arranging the weekend away

Penny was not happy with this turn of events but what could she do but give him time

Amy came over after work having gone home to change into a summer dress as it was so warm and arrived with a Chinese takeaway

'Hi Sheldon, how are you doing'

'Im fine' said Sheldon

'What's the matter' said Amy noticing he looked a little weary

'Nothing it doesn't matter' said Sheldon moving closer towards Amy and giving her a hug, Sheldon felt very relaxed when he was hugging Amy and could feel his weariness fading away.

It was while they were eating that Sheldon discussed his plans with Amy.

'Amy I made all the plans for the weekend away and we definitely need to take the Friday and Monday off because of the amount of travel, unfortunately its far too long by train so we will be flying and we have to change flights because there are no direct flights so we will be going by plane from LAX to Denver and then onto Dane County Regional Airport in Madison and with the change of flights included it takes around 7 hours to get there, so we will be leaving here on the Friday morning at 6am' and he showed Amy the flight time details

'That's fine, I can do that now, did you also do the same?' asked Amy as she took out her phone and sent an email to her immediate manager to arrange for the time off

'Yes I have already requested the time off, Dr Gablehauser was very enthusiastic about it, I can't think why, Amy I must say your dress is very nice'

'Oh this old thing, I was very warm in my work outfit and I needed to feel cool, do you know if we will need formal wear at the hotel?'

'Possibly for dinner if we go to the formal dining area, we will be staying at the Radisson, it's the closest one near to the university and which also appears to be well recommended but perhaps if we find a nice restaurant to go to in the evenings'

'Ok that means I need to go and get something then and also to impress you' said Amy

'Amy you don't need to dress up to impress me, you know I admire you for what you are already' said Sheldon as he took her hands and kissed her on the lips

'Well I will still need something dressy, I think I will go shopping tomorrow night with Penny and Bernadette' Amy found herself smiling at Sheldon's comment it was something that she had suspected but it was always nice to be complimented

Sheldon winced slightly at the mention of Penny but didn't say anything other than agreeing with her

'Well Raj and Howard have said they will be over tomorrow night after we go to the comic book store for an impromptu games night, why they can't wait till Friday I don't know' sighed Sheldon

'Maybe they miss hanging out with you'

'That could be why' said Sheldon smirking

Sheldon took Amy to the sofa where they sat kissing and cuddling for a while and enjoying each others company until it was time for her to go

Sheldon was thinking about what he had said to Penny, he hadn't forgiven her but he didn't want to carry on punishing her for something that she seemed to be genuinely sorry about, he too wanted things back the way they were but he was still unsure and didn't want Penny to think he was weak by letting her back into his life so quickly in case she thought she could take advantage again, after all it had been less than two weeks

Amy had sent Bernadette and Penny text messages to meet her at Glendale Galleria to find an outfit to take to Wisconsin

They met outside the mall

'Penny how did it go when you spoke to Sheldon'

'Not very good, he is still mad at me though he did thank me for arranging his meal at the cheesecake factory then we parted ways with him shutting the door in my face'

'I see, I did notice he looked unhappy last night when I arrived but that soon went away'

'Do you think he regrets banning me?'

'No because you know he feels you went too far with him and he wants to be away from you until he can trust you and as his girlfriend I support him in that'

'But you are here with me' said Penny confused

'Yes Sheldon has said he won't stop me from spending time with you'

'Oh' said Penny

'Enough chatting lets go shopping' said Bernadette

They went to several shops and Amy found a dark blue v-neck dress that was knee length with gold pattern around the v-neck and at the hem of the dress

'Amy that looks great, are you going to buy it? Asked Penny

'Yes I think so, you know Sheldon said to me yesterday that I don't need to dress up to impress him and he admires me for what I am already' said Amy happily

Bernadette and Penny both responded with the same comment

'Aw go Shamy!"

Thursday night was date night and they went to their now favourite new Chinese restaurant and chatted happily about the planned trip to come and for their plans for this weekend

Later on back at Sheldon's apartment sitting on the sofa

'Amy do you think I should invite Penny to vintage video night tomorrow'

'Sheldon it's up to you but I think she will be happy that you want to see her'

'It's not about me seeing her but everybody will be there and I'm sure she will want to hang out with them'

'Only you can decide if you will be comfortable with her there' said Amy

'You are right, I will need to think about it

They watched telly for a while and Sheldon found himself at the mercy of his baser urges and wanting to kiss Amy all over so he leant over to her and softly kissed her neck before turning her head and doing the same to the other side of her neck, Amy was shivering with pleasure at the kisses and was gently caressing his back, they had unspokenly decided to "explore", Sheldon took things a little further by letting Amy sit on his lap with her legs on the sofa and her arms around his neck for support and carried on kissing, sometimes with tongues and sometimes without, they both reluctantly broke away as Amy needed to get home, they were both looking very flushed

'Tell me Amy why did I take so long to do that' said Sheldon laughing

'I don't know but I'm glad that we are doing it now'

Sheldon walked Amy to the door and kissed her goodbye at the open doorway just as Penny who was arriving home from work had reached the top of the stairs and saw them, she looked at them in shock having never seen them so close before and Amy sensed somebody behind her

'Hey bestie, how are you?

'Great though I think you are better by the looks of it!

'Oh I am' said Amy as she said goodbye to Sheldon promising to skype him when she returned home and walked down the stairs.

Sheldon stood there for a moment watching her go and then turned to Penny who was still standing there

'Penny a moment please' and motioned for her to come into his apartment

'Do you want to come to vintage video game night tomorrow?

'Sheldon are you sure? You made it very clear the other day that you are still mad at me'

'I am and just because I'm inviting you does not mean everything is forgiven, or that this will be a regular thing, its going to take time and I know you would like to see everybody together'

'Ok then I will come, wait there a moment I need to get something' said Penny as she went to her apartment and come back with some money

'Here is my share of money for the Chinese you will be getting, I don't want you to think I will be mooching from you' said Penny half jokingly

'Very well I will get Amy to collect you when everybody else arrives'

'Thank you' said Penny realising that Sheldon still wasn't comfortable with her but she was happy that he was allowing her to join the group

Friday evening arrived and the whole gang was there along with Stuart and Sheldon deciding that safety in numbers was appropriate also had invited Barry Kripke. The group had a great evening eating Chinese and drinking plenty of alcohol, though that was mainly the boys and playing games and swapping team mates and by the time everybody left it was almost midnight, Penny knowing that alcohol was the cause of the problems with Sheldon had stuck to Coke all night

Amy and Sheldon quickly worked together clearing up the remains of the Chinese and then walked hand in hand to the bedroom, Amy went to the bathroom and had a shower then retrieved her laptop to do a little bit of work whilst she was waiting for Sheldon to come to bed and then they snuggled down together kissing and cuddling until they found they were exhausted from the evenings events and fell asleep

They both woke up the next morning at the same time and said good morning to each other with a long and passionate kiss

'Amy do you want to go to the movies this afternoon' asked Sheldon as they lay in bed

'Yes what do you have in mind to see?'

'Well you know I like Animated films so perhaps we can watch the new movie that is out called Monsters University'

'That sounds good to me' said Amy as they left the bedroom and walked down the hall to the kitchen where Sheldon started to prepare breakfast.

They went to the movies in the afternoon and had extra large bucket of popcorn and held hands during the movie then afterwards went for a walk around the streets of Pasadena before returning home so that Sheldon could prepare for laundry night.

Sunday morning Sheldon went off to paintball and Amy was with the girls for breakfast, Sheldon had told Amy not to do anything for dinner as he had a surprise for her for when he returned home and had asked Bernadette to keep Amy out for as long as possible until he sent a text to say everything was ready

Amy returned back to the apartment and went to let herself in as Sheldon appeared from his bedroom

'Hello Amy I want you to come with me up to the roof' said Sheldon taking Amy's hand and kissing her

They walked up to the roof and Amy was surprised that Sheldon had brought up a little table and two chairs and a picnic basket filled with little sandwiches, cakes and a selection of cold drinks and he had brought up his ipod player and a speaker to play some music

'Oh Sheldon this is a perfect way to spend Sunday afternoon'

'As I have said before Amy, I like treating you and this is one of my favourite places to be, other than when I am with you'

'Well I have been told that I am delightful company' chuckled Amy

'Amy you are more than just delightful, you are a breath of fresh air to me and you have brought me out of my previous cynical existence! Said Sheldon as he took Amy in his arms and passionately kissed her

'Oh Sheldon that's the nicest thing I have ever heard you say'

'Well Amy you deserve it' said Sheldon as he prepared the food

The afternoon passed by with Sheldon and Amy chatting and occasionally dancing even though Sheldon tried to say that he "didn't" dance but he found he couldn't deny Amy anything and that he didn't want to deny her anything.

Thanks for reading

Chapter 5 will be up by the weekend