Epilogue

It had been three weeks since Penny and Leonard's wedding. They moved in to the next door apartment while Amy moved in with Sheldon. They were talking about the couple's just-concluded honeymoon and arguing whose idea it was for the gang to pay for Leonard and Penny's trip to Paris.

"Oh, Howard, you are very forgetful. It was I, the only true romantic in this group, who first conceived of the idea. That is why Leonard, Penny, the two of you should be most thankful to me," Raj said.

"Yeah, I remember that, too," Emily agreed with her partner.

"Well, well. The two of you must have suffered from brain lesions. It was me and my husband who searched the internet and arranged the details of the trip before we presented the plan to you." Bernie said. "All that wedding excitement must have induced some sort of forgetfulness in this group. So, I believe that gives us the right to choose the location for our vacation next year."

Sheldon walked in from the kitchen and decided to settle the issue. He took his spot next to Amy and said, "Ladies, Gentlemen. On May 15 of this year at exactly 8:31 pm in this apartment, Penny said that her ideal honeymoon location is Paris, if they only have the money. So, in fact, the idea came from Penny originally which we all picked up and funded. If anyone should be entitled to pick the location of our vacation next year, using that idea as the criteria, then Penny should have the rights."

Penny squealed with delight. "Yes! I know this is gonna end up in my favor. I told you honey newly-weds are lucky. I'm so excited to plan our little adventure," she said, hugging Leonard.

"I must say, I'm relieved too. At least there'll be no murder mystery along the road," Leonard said.

"Fine. I concede," Raj said. "Sheldon that memory of yours is really irritating sometimes."

"Only sometimes?" Howard said and they all laughed.

Amy moved closer to Sheldon and said, "If you die and donate your body to science, you have to promise to give your brain to me so I could cut it open and see your wirings."

Sheldon raised his eyebrow at her. "Oh Amy didn't you read our updated agreement? Section 56-c bodily scientific exploitation after cessation of life. My brain has no other place to go but your lab and your adept hands."

The rest of the group listened amusedly as they continue their conversation.

"I suppose that will be delivered with the rest of your body?" Amy inquired.

"Don't be silly. Where else will they put it? Dead or alive this body is yours now." the physicist said.

"Boy, I have a feeling this is about to get creepy," Bernie whispered to her husband.

The conversation apparently was not yet over as Amy replied to Sheldon: "Thank you, examining your brain will surely give me a great deal of intellectual satisfaction."

Sheldon replied with a sexy smile. "That will satisfy me as well, if I ever succeed in doing time travel I will visit you so we can discuss our findings. In the meantime, I suppose we have to satisfy ourselves with external, superficial explorations."

"I concur," said the neurobiologist.

"They're flirting now, aren't they?" Bernie said, loudly this time.

"Oh sweetie, I think that's foreplay. We better go," Penny replied.

They all got up and hurriedly left the apartment, leaving Sheldon and Amy who simply nodded to acknowledge their goodbyes. Howard was the last one to leave. As he closed the door, he saw the two staring intensely at each other.

"Oh I wish we didn't leave," Howard said as he stepped out into the corridor.

"I agree, that would be interesting," Raj remarked. The rest vehemently shook their heads in disagreement to his statement.

"Aren't you a little curious about how two robots are gonna do it?" Howard pressed further.

"I bet they'd need a different kind of lubricant," Raj said, laughing as they walked down the stairs.

THE END

[I know the Epilogue is a little off but that's just because I wrote it ahead of all the other chapters (right after I made chapter 1 actually) and I really want to put it in. I just like to think that even though their relationship had acquired some conventional elements to it at some point in this story, their love remains unique in a lot of ways. Thanks for reading!]