Author's note: Guys, this is the second to last update on this story. But don't worry, I've already have something new (a little more smutty) in mind. And also, if you like my stories, you should go check out "The Soft Kitty Treatment" which I'm also gonna continue writing :) by the way, thanks for your reviews, they are awesome. You are awesome!

The moment when Amy finally closed her eyes, a thunder as loud as a thousand marching bands, went down on Pasadena. The lightnings lit the room up constantly and Amy found it difficult to calm down enough to find sleep.

She sighed and sat up again. It was cold somehow and she felt lonely but turning on the TV would probably be too loud. She could have read a book but there were just scientific books in this apartment. She knew the one about Genetics and the others were about physics… definitely interesting but not exactly something you would read to get tired and fall asleep. The problem wasn't even that she wasn't tired. It was just too cold, too loud and too unfamiliar.

Amy bit her lips and stood up. She carefully and quietly made her way to Sheldon's room. She already raised her hand to knock on his door but then just put her hand against it and let it slide down, sighing.

She turned back around and went to the living room again. Another lightning flickered up, followed by another groundshaking thunder.

Amy went over to the window and looked outside. It was raining heavily and there was a lot of wind.

"Amy?"

She turned around. It was Sheldon. "Are you unable to sleep?"

"Yes…"

"Why?" He went over to her and stopped next to her.

"Lightning. Thunder. Wind." Amy sighed and looked back out.

Sheldon nodded and then closed the curtains. Another thunder went down and Amy shuddered.

"Would you prefer if… if I stayed with you tonight?" Sheldon cleared his throat.

Amy's mouth hung open for a second or two before she nodded and smiled. Sheldon held his hand out to show her to walk back to the sofa again.

She did and then laid back down. Sheldon sat next to the sofa on the floor and looked at her.

"I don't really like thunderstorms" Amy whispered. "I hated them as a kid. I'm not afraid of them anymore now, but still, they leave me sleepless."

"Yes, the volume can be a little unsettling sometimes" He seemed to be in deep thoughts and without any further hesitation, grabbed Amy's hand.

"Thank you, Sheldon" The young neurobiologist closed her eyes and felt her breath calm down. The next thunders were not even half as bad as the others. Sheldon holding her hand had something relaxing.

Amy felt herself drift away… off and away to dreamland.

Sheldon hadn't dared to move all the time until he was 100% sure Amy had fallen asleep. He slowly pulled his hand back and quietly stood up. But as soon as he was ready to walk back to his room, he heard Amy grumbling. He looked down at her and she had her eyebrows pulled down and tossed herself around.

"Shh shh shh" Sheldon mumbled and let himself sink down on the edge of the couch now before slightly caressing her head. Her hair felt incredibly soft.

Amy calmed down again.

Sheldon knew what this meant: He couldn't leave her for tonight. He was her boyfriend and he felt responsible for her well-being. And if that meant he had to sleep on that sofa tonight, then so it was!

He carefully and slowly slid next to her and under the blanket. The couch was actually very narrow for two people to sleep on. Sheldon was sure that he would fall off several times during the night but he didn't mind. As long as Amy would sleep well, his job was done.

Insecurely he slung his arm around her waist and he felt her relax. His face was so close to hers, that he could feel her breath on his cheeks. He liked this. It felt nice and absolutely peaceful. Even if one of the biggest thunderstorms Pasadena had ever witnessed was going on outside.

Leonard yawned when he went out into the living room. Entirely drowsy he scuffled to the kitchen and started the coffee machine. It was early and he hadn't slept well. He stretched and turned around just to let his arms sink again.

His mouth hung open as he slowly and silently went over to the sofa. Amy was lying there, cuddled against Sheldon, he had one arm around her and his lips touched her forehead. They were both sleeping peacefully. Leonard couldn't help but smile. He was happy that his best friend finally had made the beautiful experience of letting a woman fall asleep in his arms.

Leonard hadn't realized that Penny had come out of the bedroom, too and stepped behind him.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" She squealed.

Amy and Sheldon opened their eyes and Sheldon was so shocked that he fell off the couch.

"Ouch" He mumbled.

Amy pulled the blanket up and stared at Leonard and Penny. "Good… morning?"

"Good morning, sweetiiiieeee" Penny grinned. "Coffee?"

"Yes, please…"

Leonard and Penny went back to the kitchen with huge grins on their faces and Amy reached out and helped Sheldon get up from the floor and back on the couch. He closed his eyes in pain and ran his hand over his hurting butt. Then he looked at Amy and sighed. "Did you at least sleep well?"

"Till those two came, yes, very well" Amy nodded towards the kitchen and then smiled at Sheldon. He smiled back.

"Be happy we woke you!" Penny chanted. "You have to go to work soon!"

"Oh!" Sheldon checked his wrist watch and his mouth hung open before he jumped up and hurried to the bathroom to get a shower and dressed.

Amy cuddled back under the blanket while staring at some undefined point in front of her. Sheldon had stayed with her and, at some point, apparently had slipped under her blanket and spent the night on the sofa with her, holding her close. The young neurobiologist couldn't help but smile… which Penny, of course, didn't fail to notice.

"So, what was going on between you two lovely-doveys?" The blond passed her best friend a cup of hot steaming coffee.

"Nothing. He just stayed because this thunderstorm was really really unsettling…" Amy downplayed the whole situation her bestie had witnessed her and her boyfriend in.

"Ah, that's all?" Penny asked with a seductive wink.

Amy sighed. "Yes, that's all. Really."

"It's Sheldon we're talking about" Leonard mumbled.

Penny tossed her long legs up onto the armrest of the chair. "True"

Amy just grinned and hoped Sheldon was soon to be finished with his shower. She wanted to get out of this situation as well.