"Amy!"- Bernie yelled.
"We´re upstairs."- Amy responded, breaking up the kiss.
They came down the stairs: "We were just putting the children asleep."- Amy said.
Bernie thanked her and Sheldon for taking care of the kids and Amy and Sheldon left the house.
Sheldon drove. Speechless driving.
They got to 4B, changed clothes and got to bed. Still not a word.
"I´m sorry, Amy, but I have to ask. What´s wrong?"- He said, worried.
"I spent all day with the whole baby story on my head, thinking that it´s too soon for having them. Then I saw you with Michael. Now I can´t think straight about the subject."- Amy confessed.
"I know. I thought the same thing about you with Halley. We both want children, right?"- He asked.
"Yes. But…"- She answered.
"But not right now?"- He finished her sentence.
Amy smiled.
"I understand. And also, we don´t have to rush things. If you could wait for so long for me, I´ll wait for you until you´re ready. As long as it takes, because I love you."- Sheldon told her.
"I love you too, sweetie."- She said.
They kissed goodnight and when she turned herself to her side, he hugged her from behind.
He put his face on her shoulder, he kissed it. He rested his head on her shoulder and eventually fell asleep.
The next day…
Sheldon woke up first and went to the kitchen. He took his laptop out of his backpack and noticed an email.
He couldn´t believe his eyes.
After staring at the laptop screen for a while, he came back to reality. He had to tell Amy.
He went back to the bedroom. Kissed her on the cheek and whispered: "What if our baby weren´t a human?"
Amy woke up, confused. She sat on the bed: "What are you talking about?"- She asked.
"Our super asymmetry project."- He said, excited.
"What about it?"- She said.
"We won the Albert Einstein World Award for Science. I just got the email."- He answered.
"Are you serious?"- She asked surprised.
"Yes. We´re the first team to win this award. They say amazing things about it on the email."- He told her.
"I´m so proud of us, Sheldon."- She said with a huge smile.
"You are the best partner I ever had."- He said.
"Work partner?"- She asked.
"Life."- He said.
Her eyes were sparkling. He kissed her on the forehead and, as walking towards the kitchen, he said: "Can´t wait to see you on your night-gown."
"Wait, what?"-She asked, surprised.
Amy got out of bed and followed him to the kitchen.
"What´s that story about a night-gown?"- She asked.
"The acceptance ceremony is in a week. You should go find a cute dress."- He said, mocking her.
They had breakfast and, after changing clothes, Amy went to 4A ask Penny to go shopping for a dress with her.
Amy took the day off and spent it with Penny trying on dresses.
After trying multiple dresses, Amy fell in love with a red gown. She bought it and a matching tie and a pocket handkerchief to Sheldon.
When she got home, Sheldon was already there. He saw her walking with the bag.
"Is that your dress?"- He asked.
"Yes."- She answered.
"Can I see it?"- He said.
"No. But I got you these."- She told him while giving him the red tie and pocket handkerchief.
"What´s this for?"- He asked.
"For the ceremony."- She answered.
A week passed by and Sheldon hadn´t seen the dress yet.
She took it out of the closet and laid it on the bed. She went to take a shower and left it on the bed.
Sheldon was already on his suit. A black suit. With his red tie and red pocket handkerchief.
He knocked and after getting no response, he walked in. There was no Amy in it, but there was an amazing dress. A backless, V-neckline, lace-sleeved dress. He picked it up and started to imagine Amy in it.
He heard the bathroom door opening and left the bedroom. Amy didn´t want him to see the dress until she was wearing it.
20 minutes passed and Amy got out of the bedroom.
Sheldon stood up. The last time he had seen her all dressed up was on their wedding. She was looking as beautiful.
"WOW"- He let escape.
"Do you like it?"- She said, giving him a little spin.
"I love it."- He answered.
She hugged his arm and they left the apartment.
They got to the street and Amy asked about the car.
"We aren´t taking ours."- He said.
A limousine parked in front of them.
The driver got out the vehicle and opened the door for them: "Good evening, Mr Cooper, Mrs Cooper."
"What did you prepare for your speech?"- He asked.
"Was I supposed to say something?"- She asked, scared.
"Of course. When you accept an award you have to give a speech."- He said.
"You didn´t tell me."- She said.
"Don´t worry about it. Only one of the winning team as to speak. I´ll do it."- He calmed her down.
"Thank you."- She said.
They got to ceremony place.
There were a lot of people in there. Lots of tables. A huge stage.
Before receiving their award, they had a lovely dinner. A table for two.
A few hours had passed and the award was now on stage. The World Cultural Council representative walked on stage.
"We are all here tonight to celebrate the advance of science. To recognise and encourage for scientific and technological research and development. This year we recognise the work of Dr Sheldon Lee Cooper and Dr Amy Farrah Fowler-Cooper, who I now call the stage, by assigning them with the Albert Einstein World Award of Science."- He said.
Sheldon raised his hand and Amy put hers on his. They walked towards the stage while people were cheering them up.
When they got to the stage, Sheldon moved towards the microphone.
"Good evening everyone. For starters, I would like to thank you all for being here tonight and the World Cultural Council for giving me and my wife the joy of being here on stage, receiving this award. This award means a lot to me. Not only because of the story behind it but also it is the first of hopefully many awards that I win with the most important woman in my life. My wife. So, Amy, I hope you like my board pens that smell like blueberries because you´re going to be around them for a long time.
When we were working on this project, I used to call it our baby. We were both a part of it. We were both worried about it. And we both love it so much. I think that a future child will be no different.
I know that my speech is not a normal one. And I never meant to write it talking about the science behind out theory. Because, for me, this award would have meant so little if it was just about science. But sharing it with my love, means the world."
Sheldon put his arm around her waist and they both got down the stage.
"That was beautiful, Sheldon."- She told him.
"You are beautiful."- He replied.
Sheldon kissed her and walked her to the dance floor.
The night was far from being over.
The music started. Sheldon grabbed her close. Her head on his shoulder. Her arms around his neck. His hands on her lower back. His lips touching softly on her cheek.
("The lady in red is dancing with me
Cheek to cheek
There's nobody here
It's just you and me
It's where I wanna be"
Lady In Red, Chris De Burgh")
When they were on their way home, they notice that all their friends have been there all night.
"We wouldn´t miss it."- Leonard said. - "It´s your science baby."
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Thank you so much for reading the whole story. I´m so deeply sorry for making y´all wait for so long, I hope you think it was worth waiting. I know it wasn´t the baby you were expecting but I promise that I'll write one ff about a real baby as soon as they put it on the show ( btw, I think that if Amy gets pregnant they´ll name the child Stephen, if it´s a boy.)
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