Amy clearly was nervous when she entered the restaurant. They had met in the hallway but decided to drive with two cars, if any of the couples wanted to go home earlier. "For whatever reason" as Leonard had added with a sassy smile.

Amy wasn't sure anymore that this was a good idea. They had worked out the details, yes. But she still didn't feel good about lying to their friends. Sheldon on the other hand seemed happy and in cheerful spirits. With easy light steps he walked over to the table where Penny and Leonard were already waiting for them. Amy and him sat down.

"We ordered wine, I hope that's okay" Penny smiled.

"Oh god, yes" Amy sighed relieved and waited till Leonard was done pouring the red alcohol into her glass before she took a huge sip.

Sheldon eyed her from aside, then he looked at his friends again. "I suppose we are not only here to eat"

Both of them stared at him quizzically.

"I think you might wanna hear details about our intercourse"

Amy choked on her wine and coughed and Leonard got up to pat her back until she could breathe again.

"To be honest, we're quite curious" Penny grinned apologizingly.

"But" Leonard suddenly said. "It's none of our business. We respect that it's something very intimate and you don't have to say anything about it."

"But we have all the detai… OWW" Sheldon had gotten punched in the ribs by Amy.

Penny cleared her throat and sunk her look onto the menu.

Amy couldn't believe it. They hadn't even had real sex yet and Sheldon already wanted to spit out all the details like there was nothing like privacy? Even Penny had realized that it would have been too much to ask them about it and now her boyfriend suddenly saw no boundaries anymore.

"I think I'll have the steak" Leonard mumbled and tossed Amy out of her thoughts.

She felt uncomfortable and therefore not really hungry. But she knew it would have been impolite so she decided on a salad.

Only half an hour and a few smalltalks later the waiter brought their food to the table. And an extra milkshake for Sheldon.

"Did you know that after coitus the male body needs a lot of protein?" To underline his statement, Sheldon took a sip from his milkshake.

"Okay, I know this is very personal now but I just need to ask… how often have you… well" Penny shoveled a few tuna noodles into her mouth.

"Only once" Amy quickly answered before her obviously brainwashed boyfriend could.

"Yes, I suppose it was overwhelming enough" Penny smiled at her and she looked genuinely happy for her best friend.

Amy appreciated that but it made her feel even worse about lying. "Yes. We have settled it in the Relationship Agreement. Once a month."

"Are you sure that will be enough?" Leonard looked around between Amy and Sheldon.

"We can always change it if we're not happy with it" Amy murmured and kept eating her salad.

It was deadly quiet at the table until they all were finished eating.

Leonard cleared his throat. "I have to go to the bathroom"

"Yes, me too!" Penny jumped up and followed her boyfriend.

"Sheldon" Amy hissed as soon as she was sure their friends were out of earshot. "So far I don't have the impression our plan is going so well"

"And whose fault is that?" He grumbled back. "We could have just told them the details and…"

"They didn't want to hear them and if someone doesn't want to hear it you don't rub it in their face!" She couldn't believe this was so impossible to understand for him.

"They'll soon understand we didn't really have sex if you keep acting like a nun"

"Like a nun?" Amy took a deep breath to not say something mean she'd regret sooner or later and then looked at him. "Then show me what you got. Make me a sinner!"

They stared at each other angrily when Leonard and Penny came back.

"Anyone in for dessert?" Leonard looked worried, apparently he had seen them argue from afar.

"I am totally in the mood for mousse au chocolat" Penny tried to ease the situation.

Amy found it nice that they tried to rescue the situation so she decided to play along and not think too much about what Sheldon had said. "Me too. The triple kind."

"Definitely!" Penny seemed relieved and raised her hand when the waiter came by. "Excuse me?"

While Leonard was still looking in the menu to find something that would go along with his lactose intolerance, Amy tried her best to ignore Sheldon. That plan failed badly the moment she suddenly felt his right hand on her left knee. She almost screamed in surprise but managed to swallow the scream down last second.

"We have a fruit plate, sir" The waiter seemed to become impatient.

"He has a melon allergy" Penny smiled and patted his shoulder pityingly.

Amy swallowed hard as she felt Sheldon's fingers painfully slowly slipping under the hem of her skirt. What was he planning to do here? She turned her head to him and his look was deep and dark. She shook her head hardly noticeable but he just slightly pulled up an eyebrow and then took a sip from his wine. He knew exactly how to make her crazy and Amy was distraught because she had no idea what to do. He definitely wouldn't stop and for some reason she didn't want him to.

"We have vegan cheesecake but it's not listed here" The waiter sighed in the meantime.

"I'm glad you told me that now afterI studied the menu about fifteen times" Leonard glanced at the rude waiter. "I'll take that, then"

"Fine. So that was triple mousse au chocolat twice, cobbler once and vegan cheesecake once" Without waiting for an answer the waiter left the table.

"What an ass" Leonard murmured grumpily.

Penny smiled and it was clear she felt sorry for her boyfriend. "It's not his fault that your body can't proceed milk. And yogurt. And cream. And melons. And…"

"I get it"

Sheldon's hand had already reached Amy's upper thigh and slowly slipped on the inside. She couldn't believe he did this. Most of all here. She had always thought that if Sheldon would ever become intimate with her, it would be far away from anyone else… like in the bathtub the other day. They had been completely alone – at least until Leonard had disturbed them – and it had seemed to be in Sheldon's comfort zone. On the other hand it was possible that he was just angry and that his anger had taken over and forced him to do crazy things.

She wanted to go home and she wanted him to continue what he was currently doing. But she didn't want it here. It felt wrong and most of all she couldn't enjoy it since it took all of her strength to not moan, press against his hand or do anything else that would have given Leonard and Penny a clue of what her boyfriend was doing.

When one of Sheldon's fingers traced the outside of her panties, Amy had enough. She pressed her thighs together so tightly that she could feel one of his finger knuckles crack.

"Well played" He mumbled and pulled his hand back.

"What?" Penny looked at Sheldon confused.

"Nothing" Amy smiled and fast but firmly stepped on Sheldon's foot under the table. He had understood. He had gone too far.

"You are completely out of your mind" Amy pulled the car door shut and started the car. She backed out of the parking space and then hit the gas pedal with her foot. The tires screeched as she drove away.

Sheldon put on his seatbelt quickly and angst-ridden, then he cleared his throat and stared down at his hands that were folded on his lap. He knew he had overdone it. He knew he should have listened to her and he knew that she was angry. He also knew her leg must have hurt like hell the way she was kicking that gas pedal.

"Don't you get that bandage off tomorrow? We have to wake up early to get you to the hosp…"

"Stop changing the topic!"

"Why are you so angry?" Sheldon asked sheepishly.

"Because you were being impossible!" Amy fired back at him.

"I'm sorry. I'll never do it again."

The tires screetched again. This time because Amy had jumped on the brake. Luckily they were on a pretty lonely road. She stared at her boyfriend. "Is that what you think? That I am angry because of it?"

"Yes" Sheldon seemed totally confused now and Amy started feeling sorry for him, even if she hated herself for it.

"Sheldon" She sighed, slowly starting to drive again. "It was not what you did. It was where you did it and the circumstances."

He kept quiet and it was a sign that he needed more explanation.

"More than anything, I love it when you touch me. But I want you to do it because you… well, because you want me. Because you like the feeling of my skin under your hands. Not because you are angry. And I'd very much appreciate it if it could stay between the two of us. When we're alone. Not somewhere in a public place."

The sound of his relieved sigh filled the car. She looked at him briefly and saw that he had relaxed. Amy wasn't sure how he could have even thought about her not liking his touches at all. It was something she had to reassure him about. And she had a plan.

"Can I come now?" Sheldon shouted from the bathroom.

"In a second!"

Amy had promised him a surprise and even if he would have never openly admitted it, he loved surprises. Most of all because he knew that Amy knew him pretty well and all the things he liked. So if anyone was capable of making a perfect surprise, it was her. He sensed the smell of popcorn made in a pan with butter and he loved it. Amy and his meemaw were probably the only people on earth who managed to make his popcorn on point, so whenever one of them was making it, he could have jumped around joyfully . Which of course he didn't. He was a grown man and a well-esteemed theoretical physicist.

"Okay, come here!" He heard Amy's tender voice from the living room.

Sheldon opened the bathroom door and wandered down. He felt terrific. His girlfriend had made him a surprise, his Thursday-pajamas felt cosier than ever since he had used Amy's fabric softener and the smell of popcorn was hanging in the air.

"Sit down!" Amy chanted from the kitchen, pouring the salty deliciousness in a huge bowl.

"Oh goody. You have no idea how excited I am for this!" Sheldon let himself fall on his spot and then looked over to his girlfriend again, who appeared from behind the kitchen counter.

He swallowed when he realized she was only wearing a tank-top and shorts. "Did you borrow this outfit from Penny?"

"No, I have one set myself, I just… never wore it" Amy evidentally blushed as she quickly walked over, turned the light off and then walked to the sofa.

"You should have" He didn't stop looking at her until she sat down.

Quickly Amy grabbed the blanket from the other end of the sofa and put it on her lap. Then she set the popcorn down on the couch table and grabbed the remote control.

"What are we watching?"

"Star Trek"

His mouth hung open. "Really? You'll actually watch that with me?"

She nodded and looked at him. "Yes. So before we start… here we have popcorn and over there in that Thermos bottle we have Strawberry Quick. There's also some Yoohoo in the fridge, if you'd prefer that."

"No" His eyes wandered over the table and a happy smile formed on his lips. "It's perfect. Thank you."

Amy snuggled down in the blanket and then pressed the Play button on the remote control. Sheldon knew he should have concentrated on the TV screen but he couldn't stop looking at Amy. All the things she had done for him after he had basically been an ass today. He felt kind of guilty and like he needed to give her something back.

When the theme song started playing, Sheldon moved closer to Amy, got under the blanket and put his arm around her shoulder. Amy was surprised but started to enjoy it the second Sheldon had relaxed back against the sofa.

Slowly and carefully she put her head on his shoulder. He smelt like baby powder and she loved it. She couldn't help but sigh peacefully and snuggle up against him a little more. Almost subsconciously he turned his head aside and kissed Amy's forehead. He only realized what he had done, when she started holding her breath.

"Sorry" He whispered and cleared his throat.

Amy raised her head from his shoulder and looked at him. When he didn't look back, she rose her right hand and carefully moved his head to face her direction. He stared right into her eyes, then his look dropped onto her lips. That was her chance. She closed her eyes and tenderly put her lips on his.