A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews. They made me write this chapter faster. I have some ideas where I want these two to go in their relationship. It is moving at a brisk pace but may stall for a while. I hope you are all good with that. Thanks for the many kind words about Mary and how Sheldon dealt with her. This chapter is rated M just because...

As always I own nothing from the BBT...I wish I did.

They were so tired from the events of the day they fell asleep quickly in each other's arms.

The next morning Sheldon woke first. He had his arm slung around Amy's waist. He marveled at how beautiful she looked when she slept. He got up quietly and made his way to the bathroom. When he came back he snuggled up close to her again, this time waking her up.

"Good morning, beautiful." He said to her.

"Good morning." She said.

"How did you sleep?" He asked her.

"Wonderful, you?"

"As soundly as ever."

"What do you want to do today?" She asked him

"I was thinking we could maybe go to the zoo later. But first I want to do this." He said and he leaned in and kissed her.

"I could get used to waking up like this." She answered and kissed him back.

They soon couldn't get enough of the kissing and began exploring each other. Sheldon had taken Amy's top off and his own and he was fondling her. He took her left breast in his mouth and continued playing with her hard nipple on the right. She arched into him as he did this. He ground his body against her and she began to moan. They were lost in each other and soon they both felt their release. It was the most intense thing either had felt before.

"Well that was different." Sheldon said to him as he came down off his high.

"It sure was." She said as she too came back to reality.

They hadn't taken anything off below the waist so Sheldon had a sticky mess he needed to clean.

"I think I must take a shower now and then we can get ready for the zoo." He said to her.

"Okay, I will need to shower as well." She said to him. She wondered if maybe they should talk about what had just happened.

Sheldon went into the shower and stood under the warm water thinking. He couldn't believe he had done that with Amy. He knew he wanted to have a more intimate relationship with her, but ever since they came on this trip, things had moved at a more rapid pace. He didn't mind it though. And from the way she had responded, he knew she didn't either. He also knew they had to talk about it as well. A person couldn't just do that with another person and ignore what happened.

Amy took her shower after he did. Sheldon had been quiet when he came out of the bathroom. She was afraid they had moved to fast, but he hadn't stopped it. She had to say something to him. She would ask him when she was finished in the bathroom.

She came out 15 minutes later dressed and ready to go.

"Sheldon Amy." They said at the same time.

"You go first." She said to him.

"I think we need to talk about what happened with us this morning."

"I was going to say the same thing."

"Good then we are on the same page. A few days ago we talked about getting more intimate. We began to share a bed. Yesterday, we were exploring each other before we were rudely interrupted by my mother. Today we took it further. I don't know about you but I feel we have progressed rather quickly in a few days."

"I agree with you on that. I am afraid we moved too fast for you though."

"Now Amy, you know if we were doing something I was uncomfortable with doing, I would have stopped us, just like I did the other night. I didn't feel that way today. I actually didn't feel that way yesterday either, but as you recall we were interrupted."

"So you are saying that what we did this morning was planned?"

"I wouldn't exactly say planned but I definitely wanted to explore my comfort levels. I needed to know how I felt about doing certain things with you. I also was hoping to find what feels right. I don't know what I am doing. I have been doing some research and let me tell you some of the websites about this stuff are just vulgar."

"You've researched sex online?" She laughed at this.

"What is so funny?" He did not find any type of humor in some of the things he saw.

"I am curious as to what you typed in a Google search?" She was almost crying she was laughing so hard.

"I am not seeing what you find so humorous." But he was starting to laugh too. Her laugh was just too contagious. "I tried to type in how do I get my girlfriend excited?"

At this point she fell off the bed she was laughing so hard. He just looked at her and laughed too.

"Are you okay?" He asked her as he helped her up.

"I am fine." She answered taking a deep breath to stifle more laughter. "It's just I don't think there is a great way to research that topic without getting extremely intense images. I have seen some of those types of pictures. It scared me too."

He laughed at this. "You've done research too?" He asked her.

"Of course. I am just as inexperienced at this as you are. I want to know what to do when the time comes as well. But I don't think us Google searching is going to help us get through it. I think the best way is communication. I can tell you what feels right and you do the same. Like this morning, I loved it all. You found a spot on me and made me feel something I never have experienced with another human. I was stimulated through brain waves years ago, but this morning was a different feeling."

"I felt something different this morning as well. I have engaged in self-abuse on occasion and there was definitely a difference from that with the activities of earlier. It was much better."

"I agree, whenever I have used Gerard, it never felt as good as this morning."

"Um, Amy?"

"Yes, Sheldon?"

"Who's Gerard?"

"My electric toothbrush."

"Why would your electric toothbrush make you feel like I did this morning and why would you name it?

"I don't use Gerard to brush my teeth, Sheldon."

"Then what do you use him for?" He asked. She just gave him a look that told him everything he needed to know. "Oh, I see. So a couple of weeks ago after we had been kissing on your couch and you said you had to brush your teeth? Is that what took you so long?"

She just looked down a bit embarrassed.

"I'm curious, how many times have you used Gerard since we met?"

"Um….." She wasn't sure how to answer that question. She had used him on occasion before meeting Sheldon, but only because after that study she had participated in had shown her the pleasure of orgasm. But since meeting Sheldon she seemed to use him on a more regular basis.

"Amy? Are you going to answer my question?"

"I don't know an exact number of times. I know I have used him more recently then when we first met, but I don't know how many times exactly."

"How about this, how many times a month do you engage in the activity?"

"Okay fine, I will answer, I have used him 2 times a week in the last year. How often have you engaged in self-abuse since meeting me?" She was ashamed to admit it but she would turn this around on him.

"I very rarely did it before meeting you, but after we first met, I would say I started at 1 time a month. More recently, within the last year I would say I engaged on average 1-2 times per week."

"So basically we have been self-abusing the same amount of time for the last year and never did anything but kiss for the last 3 and a half months. Well until this morning."

"I guess you are right."

"So what do you suppose we should do about that now?" She asked him and leaned in to kiss him.

"Oh I think I can think of a few things." And he deepened the kiss.

They had just begun a second exploration of themselves when Amy's phone rang rather loudly.

"That's my mom. I can tell from her ringtone."

"Can't you ignore it?" He said frustrated.

"We didn't ignore your mom yesterday."

"That was because she called 4 times in a row. And remember I did want to ignore it since she called from Leonard's computer. You insisted we answer it." He answered

" Well if you think your mom was insistent then wait til you meet my mom. I guarantee my mom will continue to call until I answer. She has done it in the past." She reached over and grabbed her phone.

"Hi mom, how are you?" She said as she answered her phone.

"Wondering where you are." Sandy Fowler answered her daughter.

"Why would you be wondering that mom?"

"We had plans to go shopping this afternoon if I recall and I am currently standing outside your apartment knocking. So I ask again where are you?"

Amy covered the phone. "My mom is at my apartment. We were supposed to go shopping. I completely forgot."

"Oh brother." Sheldon said

"Who are you talking to? Is that a man's voice? Do you have a man in your apartment?" Her mother asked.

"Yes mom, it is a man. I am with Sheldon."

"Oh him." She said dismissively. "Well if you are inside just come let me in."

"Mom I am not in my apartment."

"Well okay, tell me where this Sheldon lives and I can come pick you up there. And may I ask why you are there in the morning? Did you spend the night at his place?"

She ignored her mother's questions. "Mom, we are not at his apartment either. We are in Colorado."

"Colorado? What are you doing in Colorado?"

"Sheldon and I are on vacation. It was kind of a last minute decision. I left Monday with him. We went to the Grand Canyon and then came here. I completely forgot to let you and dad know I was away. I also forgot our plans. I am so sorry."

"You went on vacation with him? Are you sleeping with him?"

"Mom I am a grown woman, I will not discuss my relationship with you. If I am sleeping with him it is my business not yours."

"Did he tell you he loves you? That is how they all get you in bed!"

"Mom! Again it is not your business. We have been seeing each other for a long time. I am not having this discussion with you now. I will bring Sheldon over to meet you when we come home in a month."

"You are going to be gone for a month? Why?

"It's complicated mom."

"What's so complicated?

"We have a lot of things to work out between us. And everyone around us is always getting involved. We needed to be away from everything and mom this includes you as well. We told Sheldon's mom the same thing yesterday. We are not trying to be disrespectful but we need the time alone. Sheldon is also having some issues with his job and he needed time to think about his career path. He was granted a sabbatical to do some soul searching. He wanted my help with the decision as it may affect us both. He has been through a lot in the last few weeks. My latest study ended last week. Sheldon arranged for me to take the month off before my next study begins at the beginning of July. So mom if you don't mind I am going to go now. We are going to the zoo. I will call you later in the week. I will let you know where we are going next. I hope you can find that acceptable."

"Amy."

"Goodbye mom. I will call you." She hung up the phone.

"Did you just hang up on your mother?"

"I did, she was pushing me to talk about our relationship, just like yours was yesterday. Let's just hope they don't get together about this. I told her it was none of her business. She had the audacity to tell me the only reason you said I love you was to get me to sleep with you. She is always doing that to me."

"You know that is not true, right? I know we have moved progressively faster since I said those words but I didn't say it to 'get you in bed' as so many put it. If that was true I would have said it long ago."

"I know Sheldon. I know you truly love me. And I truly love you."

"That is such a relief. I was afraid you would believe your mom."

"Sheldon, I told you before she is always trying to manipulate me into her will. I wouldn't be surprised if there was another man at their house when we visit in a month. She probably thinks I am made this trip up to avoid her. I hope she doesn't go looking for us at your place."

"But she doesn't know where I live."

"She knows your last name, she could find it. It wouldn't surprise me. Maybe we should call Leonard to warn him. I would hate for him to be the one to deal with my mom. When she gets something on her mind she doesn't let it go. I just don't want her to come in between us."

"Amy, I love you. I won't let her come in between us."

"I love you too." She kissed him gently.

A/N: Okay now we have met Amy's mom. Maybe she and Mary will conspire together. Reviews help me write faster.