A huge thank you to my research assistant, muse, and all around bestie Vamplover669 for her help with this chapter.
Sheldon sits on his bed and pulls on his shoes his jacket is laying pressed beside him and he really does not want to go to this banquet tonight. Sheldon looks around his room taking in all the changes that had been made to it in the past week since Amy had moved in. His second nightstand which had largely been unused now had the picture of him with Santa on , a bottle of lotion, and a small stack of books. Amy liked to read before bed and she was constantly starting a book then stopping it and picking up a new one, juggling three or more at one time. His closet had been cleaned out and parted so that half of it now housed her clothes. Luckily Amy was as fastidious in her habits as he was and the organization of the closet had not taken much negotiation.
Amy walks in the room wearing just a towel her face is made up and her hair is different. The contrast is striking her made up face in her state of undress. Sheldon always think she looks beautiful he normally can not tell if she wis wearing make-up or not but tonight the difference is noticeable. Her eyes lashes are long thick and heavy and her lips are painted a crimson red, he finds himself staring at her mouth. Remembering what it could do and how it made him feel when it connected with his. It has been almost two weeks since they were intimate, and it is driving him crazy. Amy will let him get so close, kiss him until he sees stars, rub her body against his as they lay in bed but when he tries to go further she stops him.
Amy drops the towel and puts on her bra a nude strapless one but the underwear she selects he notices are hot pink lacy and barely qualify as underwear at all. He watches her intently as she steps into her dress it is a deep purple and the color is striking against her porcelain skin. She is doing this on purpose, making him as crazy as possible, he knows it,
"Can you zip me up?" she asks and he is zapped out of his reverie, he gets up and walks over to her zipping up the dress then grabbing her from behind and pressing her against his body so she can feel what she is doing to him.
"You look wonderful tonight." He says kissing her neck running his hands down her body.
"You don't look so bad yourself, has anyone ever told you how your backside looks in tuxedo pants?" She teases him pressing backwards into him making him groan. He bends down to kiss her mouth and she turns away and he gets her cheek.
"You are going to mess up my make up! I worked so hard on this and I did it by myself." Amy says but he still holds her tight against him.
"You are gorgeous painted up or not." He says murmuring against her ear . "Besides do we really have to go?"
"Yes, we are going Sheldon!" Amy says breaking free. "Don't you try and use your pelvic sorcery on me!" Amy says stepping into her shoes and walking out of the bedroom
"Amy do you have any idea what it does to me when you quote movies like that!" he pleads following her out and pulling on his jacket.
They ride to the event in a limo shared with Penny and Leonard. Penny is wearing dress the same hot pink as Amy's undergarments and it is all Sheldon can think about. The day glo secret under his fiancé's fairly modest gown. Amy and Penny are chatting happily and Leonard is reviewing some speech notes he has made. Thankfully President Siebert is not requiring Sheldon to speak at the function and he rides quietly trying to steel his nerves for the crowd he knows is coming.
When they arrive at the event Amy clutches Sheldon's arm as the walk in together. Amy even in heels still has to tiptoe to reach SheldonIs ear.
"Sheldon, I know how you feel at big events like this so if it gets too uncomfortable for you we should have a code word so I can get you out of the situation without arousing suspicion."
"A code word? Like what?"
"How about christmas cookies, something innocent that only I will understand but does not sound to odd in every day conversation."
"Alright, Amy christmas cookies." He says.
"No, say something like 'My memaw makes the best christmas cookies'"
"Amy you make the best christmas cookies." he tells her and she smiles at him.
"Aww, Sheldon." She says looking up at him.
"Can we go now?" and her smiles disappears and she smacks him on the arm .
"Nice try mister, now come on." Amy says pulling him inside and he takes a deep breath there are more people than he is comfortable with. He had no idea the event would be this large and he grabs Amy's arm.
"Christmas cookies, christmas cookies." He hisses clutching on to her arm.
"Sheldon take a deep breath, and calm down." Amy says rubbing his arm in a calming manner as they walk into the banquet hall. They are greeted by President Siebert who grabs onto Amy's arm making Sheldon cut his eyes at him.
"Hello Dr. Cooper and the stunning soon to be !" he says greeting them.
"Actually President Siebert I will also be ." Amy reminds him.
"Well I think we have decided, that I will be Dr. Cooper-Fowler and she will be -Cooper." Sheldon tells him.
"How modern of you! I will be sure to alert the woman's studies sect of your decision. It will be sure to change a few opinions about you." President Siebert laughs and Sheldon looks at him oddly. "Anyways, Amy there is a donor here who is most excited to met you!"
"Really?" Amy asks "Who is excited to met me? I thought this was mostly for the physics department.?"
"It is but there is a gentlemen here Faisal Salem who was most excited to hear that you would be among the attendees at the banquet."
"Excuse me who did you say?" Sheldon asks as the color leaches out of Amy's face.
"Oh here he comes now!" he says and he motions a man forward. "Faisal! Here she is, you were just asking about her." Then he whispers into Sheldon's ear. "Do not mess this up, this man has deep pockets lined with Saudi gold so whatever you do play nice!"
"Hello, so we met again Dr. Amy Fowler." He says bowing to her he is handsome with dark black hair and caramel colored skin.
"Faisal, I did not think there was cause for us to met again after I sent you notice of the termination of our agreement." Amy says curtly as Penny and Leonard wander over curious who this new guy is.
"Yes , it pained me greatly to see you were planning on moving on from your research at UCLA to Caltech. I had such high hopes for the addiction study, I was hoping it would cure my brother of some of his evil ways." Faisal says his accent soft.
"You know that is not what I am talking about." Amy says coughing.
"I do wish you would have also continued to be my fiancé but your letter made it clear that your affections lay elsewhere now."
"Your whaa?" Penny asks shocked
"Its not what it sounds like." Amy moans
"Did you know about this Sheldon?" Leonard asks amused.
"Amy mentioned it in passing when we were first acquainted." Sheldon says deadly calm.
"Yes, see before Amy met her american boy-toy over here she agreed to give her hand in marriage to me in exchange for funding for her lab and studies." Faisal says to the group. "Then when she met him she abandoned her research to become his… what is the american term? His groupie." Faisal says staring Sheldon down.
"It is so cute you think of Sheldon as a boy-toy." Penny cackles
"That is not what happened." Amy says. "Sheldon don't those appetizers look like your Memaw's christmas cookies." She says pleading.
"Amy is still very entrenched in her research at Caltech, and she would never be anyone's groupie." Sheldon say ignoring her plea and looking at him incensed.
"I was just teasing you my friends!" Faisal says his demeanor changing to jovial. "I let Amy out of her agreement four years ago when she contacted me and told me she was no longer comfortable with the arrangement. Amy would have been just one of my many wives and free to do as she pleased. It seems however that she only had eyes for you. No hard feelings the best man clearly won her heart." He says slapping Sheldon on the back and laughing and Amy begins to laugh nervously.
"You had me going there for a minute Faisal! I forgot your love of humor." Amy says coughing.
"Humor, I don't think I have ever found anything less funny in my life!" Sheldon snaps at him.
"Oh come on Sheldon, he had you going there for a minute, you should have seen the look on your face, that was funny." Leonard says clapping Faisal on the back.
"Yes, Sheldon you should learn to take a joke." President Siebert tells him worried that his behavior will scare off the rich donor.
"So Faisal, what exactly does being your fiancé entail?" Penny asks curiously.
"Why are you applying for the job? I must admit you are not normally my type. I find a figure like Amy's her more alluring but I could make and exception in your case." He tells her taking her hand.
"Not so funny when it happens to you is it?' Sheldon sniffs at Leonard.
"Oh, no! Sorry I am taken as well." Penny says grabbing on to Leonard's arm. "This is my fiancé, Leonard."
"A shame, all these beautiful women and they are all taken." He sighs. "If you will excuse me, I must go now." He says bowing and taking his leave.
"So Amy he seemed nice, why have we not heard about him before?"Penny asks raising her eyebrows.
"Because he was not important." Amy says to her.
"Not important, I would say having a handsome Saudi Prince as a fiancé was something you might have mentioned before." She says.
"It was purely a business deal, there was never any romantic feelings involved with it." Amy says.
"I don't know about you but I am getting a little tired of this subject." Sheldon says walking away and Amy follows him.
"Did you know he would be here? Is that why you insisted on coming to this horrid event?" Sheldon asks her angrily.
"I had no idea he would be here! I have not seen or heard from him in five years. The day after I told you about him, I sent him a termination letter when I saw how adversely you reacted."
"We were not dating then, you did not owe me anything." He says still walking briskly away parting the sea of people around him as he cuts through. Amy tries to keep up and jogs at his elbow.
"Maybe not but , I still respected you! Respected you enough to know that you were upset by the arrangement and I terminated it. Even back then, before we even had the relationship agreement I cared about what you though about how you felt! Where are you going?" Amy asks almost out of breath as she tries to keep up with his long legs.
"I need to get out of here." Sheldon says opening the doors to the banquet hall.
"Christmas cookies? Do you want to leave?" Amy asks.
"No, if I miss Leonards lecture then he will throw a hissy fit. I just need to go somewhere quiet for a while."
"Where are you going to to do that?" Amy asks.
"I don't know Amy! That is what I am trying to find." He tells her racing through the hallway of the hotel. He finally stops at some glass doors he tests the door and then pushes it open walking out onto the pool area. Finally he comes to rest at a pool lounge chair and sits down putting his head between his knees and breathing deeply. Amy sits next to him on the chair and rubs his back softly.
It is a beautiful night and the pool area is abandoned the lights from the hotel sparkle on the water. There is a cool breeze and Amy shivers, Sheldon takes off his his suit jacket and drapes it over her shoulders.
"Thank you." She tells him pulling it tighter around her. "You know that he means nothing to me." She says softly.
"I't's not just that." He sighs looking up to the sky.
"Talk to me." Amy says.
"It is everything, this ridiculous event, meeting your prior intended, having to be President Siebert's lapdog, everyone will be expecting me to say something about Leonard and his grand lecture circuit. The truth is I don't care, I wrote the paper, I got my kudos, I am ready to move on. Leonard is going to milk the damn thing for all it worth. I am going to be expected to give a speech at every little event for it?"
"So, let it go, let Leonard ride out the fame, it was his idea after all. Think about it this may be all Leonard ever does. This paper may be is magnum opus but you, still have so much more ahead of you." Amy says kissing him on the cheek and he moves and kisses her on the mouth. It is like electricity the way they respond to each other. Amy runs her hands through his hair and he leans her back against the lounge chair covering her body with his.
"Then there has been this." He says breaking away from her and staring down into her face.
"What?" Amy asks confused and he grabs her hand and puts her hand on the bulge in his pants.
"I am not used to having such a large amount of sexual tension welled up inside of me. Before I used to use mind techniques to channel the energies but now that I have had a taste of it they are proving ineffective. " he says rubbing against her hand. "Even now that I finally have you alone and you seem willing I continue to be frustrated." He says kissing her neck biting and sucking the tender flesh making her shiver.
"Why is that?" my asks continuing to stroke him through his pants.
"Are you kidding? The walls in the hallway are glass, we may appear to be alone but anyone looking out would get a real sex show." He says sitting up and Amy pops up and grabs his hand.
"Come on." She says tugging him along and walking to the edges of the pool area where there are large curtained huts erected. Amy pulls aside he curtains to one of them and leads him inside.
"Amy these are the private cabanas, aren't we supposed to pay to be in one of these ?"
'In the middle of a crowded sunny day, yes, right now in the middle of a hotel function no one is paying attention." She says leading him to a plush lounge chair and pushing him down on it.
"What if we get caught?" he asks as she slowly and sensually removes his jacket and sets it aside. Then she peels down the zipper of her gown and lets it fall and she stands before him in just her underwear.
"What's the worst that could happen? They ask us to leave?" she says walking over to him and undoing his cummerbund, then unzipping his pants and pulling them and his underwear down. Amy kneels down in front of him and takes him into her mouth. Amy draws him all the way into her mouth hitting the back of her throat before slowly coming back up swirling her tongue around the the action until he is panting so close to release and she stops. He looks down at her and she smiles up at him licking her lips.
" Get up here take of your bra and lay down." He commands and she does as she is told and starts to take off her underwear but he stops her. "No keep those on for now." He says his voice a husky whisper. Then he climbs up her body kissing her mouth, kissing down her body. Stopping at her breasts and sucking each pink tip in turn. With his hand he gentle tugs at one as his mouth suckles at another. Amy writhes beneath him as his free and wanders between her legs and he rubs her through the material of her panties. Then just as she is about to come he stops and travels lower don her body placing soft kisses on her belly down her pelvic bone ans stopping at her hot pink panties.
"I think you and Penny were in cahoots to dive me crazy tonight." He says kissing her through the material.
"What do you mean?" she asks a little worried.
"I saw you getting dressed and I knew your hot pink secret. Then Penny wears a gown of the same hue and all I can think of when I see her is whats underneath your dress." He tells her kissing her again, this time sucking her and the material into his mouth.
"As long as you weren't picturing what was under her gown." She says and this earns her a smack on the butt, making her yelp. Sheldon finally peels down her underwear and sits up rubbing himself against her opening.
"Maybe, I should stop now make you endure what I have been experiencing for the past two weeks."
"Two weeks! Ha! That is cute, try feeling this was for four years and then we can talk." Amy tells him sitting up and kissing him deeply.
"So for four years you felt like you were going to ignite into flames whenever I was near?"
"Yep."
"You felt like that that we we did not at least kiss that a part of you might just break off and die?"
"Ditto." Amy says kissing his neck rubbing against him.
"I am so sorry." he says plunging into her, pulling him into his lap, then laying down so that Amy is on top of him. Amy moves riding him slow at first then working up to a faster pace harder pace. Sheldon grabs on to her hips making her slow down and then flipping her over so he is on top. He moves his hand in-between their bodies rubbing her sensitive nub as he drives into her. Amy comes around him sitting up and kissing him as he comes.
"That's okay you have more than made up for it now." She tells him and then looks at his watch. "Holy crap, Leonard is due to give his speech any moment."the get up to get dressed all Sheldon has to do is pull on his pants and put his coat back on. Amy is finding much harder to get dressed hastily. Sheldon watches her pull on her under garments with amusement in his eyes . "This is the double standards at play all you have to do is put on pants."
"You could go in there like that I am sure you would turn a few heads." He tells her smirking looking at her in just her underwear and heels.
"You want Faisal to see me like this?" She asks.
"Let me help you get dressed." He says finding her dress and shaking it out.
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Penny watches proudly as Leonard takes the stage and sits in one of the chairs in a few minutes he will make his speech for the fundraiser. She glances at the empty seats where Amy and Sheldon should be. Wondering where they could have disappeared to. Leonard will be disappointed if Sheldon is not there. There is a part where he asks him to stand up and take a bow.
"Where do you think Sheldon and Amy are?" Raj asks her.
"Sheldon probably flipped out after meeting her other fiancé and she is talking him off the roof or something." Howard whispers.
"I did not know Faisal would be so handsome." Bernadette says.
"You knew about him?" Penny asks shocked she thought Amy told her everything. "Why did she not tell me about him?"
"Amy wanted my advice about lab ethics and if I thought she should continue using his funding even though she had terminated the original agreement."
"What did you tell her?" Howard asks.
"I told her to keep using his money if he was willing to give it to her! Amy disagreed that is part of the reason she moved from UCLA to Caltech."
"I thought she did that to be closer to Sheldon, so she did not have to make so many cross town trips when Sheldon got a splinter or something." Raj says taking a sip of his champagne.
"In case Sheldon got a what." Sheldon asks as he pulls out a chair for Amy and she sits down.
"Where have you guys….never mind I know where you have been." Penny says taking in Sheldon's slightly rumpled appearance and Amy's mussed hair.
"You don't know where we've been, you would have to be psychic to know our exact location and we all know that psychics are fake. ." Sheldon says confused.
"I may not know exactly where you were but I know what you were doing." Penny whispers.
"Yeah dude, you are missing your cummerbund." Raj points out.
"Drat." Sheldon sighs as he sits down next to Amy.
"Can't you just keep it in your pants Sheldon! Egads man is all you think about sex?" Howard giggles happy to be able to echo Sheldon's words from years ago back at him.
"Ha ha." Sheldon says drily clapping his hands. "Let's just cut the jokes and watch Leonard give his speech shall we." He tells them.
"We didn't miss it did we?" Amy asks.
"No, he should be on any moment." Penny says.
"I must say Sheldon you are handling this pretty well, all the attention that Leonard is getting for your guys paper." Bernadette tells him.
"It was his idea and I am happy for him, to be getting the recognition that he deserves for it." Sheldon says and Amy beams at him.
"Really I thought you would be storming the stage and explaining to everyone that while this was Leonards idea it was your math." Howard tells him.
"Is that what you think of me?" Sheldon says angrily. "That I am some attention starved glory hound who can't sit back and let my friend get the recognition that he deserves?
"Kind of yeah." Raj says laughing.
"Excuse me." Sheldon says getting up.
"Where are you going?" Amy asks twisting around in her seat.
"You'll see."