A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews. It makes me feel great. Anyway I know some of you are excited for the wedding which will be coming up during their next stop. However, they are not getting married for several days and I have some fun things planned for them along the way. First we will spend a couple of days at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. So here we go.
Just a few disclaimers: I don't own BBT or any of the characters. I also don't own Universal Studios or any of their cool attractions.
They left Philadelphia on Sunday and were due to arrive in Orlando at around 10:30 on Monday morning. Their plan was to rent a car, drive to the hotel and then head to Universal where they would spend the next two days. After that was Disney, where their friends would join them Wednesday afternoon for dinner that evening. He knew his friends would be traveling all day so he hoped they wouldn't be too tired to dine with them.
When they arrived in Orlando, they rented a car and then drove to the hotel. After settling in a bit, they left for the park.
"You know, you really should learn to drive." Amy said. They had this conversation before but he always blew if off with some excuse.
"I've told you this before; I am too evolved to drive."
"And I've told you, you're full of it. You're too stubborn to learn not too evolved. I could teach you to drive in one day."
"We aren't even married yet and you are nagging me."
"Nagging you? You think I am nagging you? I am merely suggesting that I could get you driving in one day. You are unbelievable."
Sheldon knew he had said the wrong thing. He had to figure a way out of this one or she could be mad at him all day. "Perhaps nagging wasn't the correct word." He said hoping to smooth things over.
"Do you have a better word then?"
He knew he was in trouble. There wasn't a better word for nagging, more like a worse word. "I think you were only making a suggestion and a good one at that. Maybe I should learn to drive."
"You are getting better at saving yourself, Cooper." She said to him. She was still angry but she wouldn't be for long.
"Well good to know. I will try again I promise."
"Now see that wasn't so hard was it?"
"I suppose you are right. Now I have a serious question for you."
"Okay what is it?"
"Are you going to take my name after the wedding? I know that some women are keeping their names and well I am old fashion and would really like you to have my name, but two Dr. Coopers in one household could get confusing."
"I had not thought about it. I always assumed if I ever got married I would take my husband's name but you are right about the Dr. Cooper thing. Maybe I could hyphenate, Amy Fowler-Cooper. Dr. Fowler-Cooper sounds good to me."
"I like the sound of that myself."
"So speaking of the wedding, you said you took care of everything, right?"
"I have, what do you want to know?"
"Did you get a marriage license?"
"Yes, it was easy to apply online. You will have to sign it obviously."
"You said you have rings, right?"
"Leonard picked them up on Saturday. He sent a picture in a text."
"Who is marrying us?" She knew he had taken care of all the other details. He was meticulous in his planning. This was what she was most curious about though.
"Well my mom wanted me to find a minister. I told her that would be tedious and then she was going to bring hers with them but I talked her out of that one. Raj will be marrying us. He has kept his license up since the Wolowitz wedding and I knew he would make it special."
"It won't be in Klingon will it?"
"No, Raj told me you wouldn't like that. So it will be in English only."
"Then it sounds perfect."
"It will be. Now what do we want see at Universal?" He asked as they were driving into the parking lot.
"Well as I have never been here, I want to see everything. What do you most want to see?"
"I am most looking forward to the Marvel Superhero Section and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I can't wait to ride the Hogwarts Express."
"I look forward to that section as well. Why don't we start there." She said to him as they were entering the gates.
They made their way over to Universal Studios where the new expansion of the Wizarding World was located. As they walked through the park they decided they would wait until the next day to explore the rest of the attractions at this park. It was very crowded. When they got to Diagon Alley, they explored Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. They rode Escape from Gringotts and stopped by Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor for a treat. They got in line for the Hogwarts Express which would take them to the other park and the rest of Harry Potter.
"I can't believe we actually got to run into Platform 9¾! It's like we are really in the books." Amy said excitedly.
"I can't believe I didn't know you were this much into Harry Potter."
"Oh I love Harry Potter. I identified so much with Hermione. She is so smart and didn't have any friends until she met Harry and Ron. She lived my life. I didn't have any friends until I met you."
"I can see Hermione in you. I guess I recognize Harry in me. I was bullied by family members, well not my parents, but certainly my siblings and cousins. I felt safer when I went away to college, ironically at 11. Although that wasn't always easy either. It became easier when I met Leonard and his friends. I guess my life is like Harry's. Once he found his true friends, his life had meaning. Hopefully I won't ever have to destroy the most evil man in my world."
"Well then you could be a true superhero." She laughed.
"That would be something, wouldn't it?"
They boarded the train after waiting about an hour and it took them to Islands of Adventure and Hogsmeade. They continued the exploration of all things Harry Potter. They rode all three rides in this section. They each tried Butterbeer and enjoyed it very much.
After they finished in Hogsmeade, they began to work through the rest of the park. They like Seuss land and Toon Town. Sheldon enjoyed the Marvel Superheroes section and made Amy ride Spiderman 3 times. They left the park at closing and worked their way through the crowds to the car.
They were exhausted when they arrived back at their room and were asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows.
The next day they went to the Universal Studios and continued their journey. They enjoyed the Transformers 3D ride and Springfield.
"I'm so glad you suggested coming here." Amy said to him.
"I'm glad you suggested Florida otherwise we may never have gotten here. Speaking of places to go, we haven't discussed a honeymoon destination. After all, we have two weeks left on your vacation after Sunday. Is there anywhere special you would like to go?"
"Oh well I hadn't thought we would be traveling after this week. There is so much to be done at home now. Maybe we can take a trip somewhere nice at Valentine's and call that our honeymoon. I think I really just want to get home."
"Are you sure? We can do whatever you want."
"I think I want to go back to California. Like I said there is so much to do. I will have to pack my apartment in order to move in to our place."
"What are we going to do with it all?"
"I'm sure we will figure it out. So you see, with only two weeks until I have to get back to work, we will have a lot of logistics to work out. I don't want to leave that to you in your second month. You need that time for you."
"Well than California it is."
"Has Leonard completely moved out of the apartment?"
"When I spoke with him last, he said he was going to be out by the end of this past weekend. I wasn't sure what we had planned and I let him know we very well could be back. He didn't seem to mind. He and Penny had been together every night anyway it was just a matter of getting his things out. We still have many things that we bought together that will need to be sorted though. He said he would put them all in his room."
"At least that transition has taken place. It would have been awkward to come home and have Leonard living with us as well."
"We would have just stayed at your place until he was gone then."
"Well I am glad you guys came to an arrangement. I didn't want to see you fighting."
"I am glad the four of us won't be living together. Can you imagine living with Penny?"
"Even though she is my best friend, I must say, I would not want to live with her. She has no routine. The few times I have stayed at her place were not pleasant. She is completely unorganized."
"Well let's hope Leonard is a good influence on her. If I have one thing to say about him as a roommate, he was very neat. My roommate before him was a slob. It was awful. I swore if I had to get another roommate he would have to be organized. The thought of another slob was abhorrent."
"You won't have to worry about that ever again. I know for a fact your new roommate is neat as a pin."
"But I am not getting another roommate."
"Excuse me?"
"Now wait, hear me out, I am sure you will like this answer. I have nothing to save myself from. I am not getting a roommate, I am going to have a wife."
"I like that answer."
"I thought you would." He gave her a kiss. "I am turning into a hippie."
"I won't allow it."
"Too late." He kissed her again.
"Well maybe I could learn to live with it." She smiled. "Do you want to see anything else here?" She asked him indicating Universal.
"No, but I would like to go back to the sweets shop at Hogsmeade and pick up something."
They took the Hogwarts Express back over to Hogsmeade and entered Honeydukes. Sheldon wanted to buy everyone a chocolate frog. He really was turning into a hippie as he was buying presents for his friends. He had such a sweet tooth he ended up spending more money than he originally intended but he wanted to try so many different things.
"I can't believe your sweet tooth." Amy said to him. "I'm surprised you have any teeth."
"Well as I brush my teeth at least twice a day, more when we are at home, my teeth are in perfect condition. I have never even had a cavity."
"That surprises me but as you are meticulous with your hygiene, I should be at all surprised."
"How about you? You are much like me. Have you ever had a cavity?"
"Unfortunately I have. I had braces when I was a teenager, just another thing for the kids to make fun of me. So they were a lot harder to brush under. I still was just as meticulous as you were but when they came off I ended up having 10 cavities at once. I haven't had one since then though."
"Ten at once? Wow that must have been painful."
"It wasn't fun."
"Well I am not worried. I have never had a cavity and I don't plan on ever getting one."
"Never say never."
"I'll take my chances."
They ended the day at Islands of Adventure riding Spiderman another 2 times. When they got back to the hotel they were again extremely tired and fell asleep quickly.
I know Sheldon has a sweet tooth and he would have fallen in love with Honeydukes. I wanted to paint a picture of a true child in a candy shop. Oh and that thing with Amy, happened to me. Never a cavity before the braces came off and I had 13 at once. So it can happen. If any of you have been to Universal I hope I made it just as much fun for them as I had when I went this past winter. I know Diagon Alley just opened and these guys are there a full month early but let's pretend okay. I don't know everything about the workings just what I saw on the special NBC put out about it so if they don't really run through Platform 9 3/4 it is okay that I embellished right? So now that this chapter is over...on to Disney. Reviews help me write the story for you.
