Amy walked slowly into the apartment, Penny and Bernadette trailing closely behind. Her dress was floor length and didn't have a train, but all three of them moved in unison as they made their way along the living room and started walking toward the flower festooned archway. Leonard stood proudly at his friend's side and snuck a glance over his shoulder as Amy approached the makeshift altar. "She looks great, Sheldon, you're a very lucky man."

"I know." Sheldon murmured back, only turning to look at Amy as he felt her draw near to his side.

"I didn't know your family was coming!"
"Neither did I…the guys arranged it as a surprise and they flew out this morning. Do you mind?"

"Mind? Not at all, it makes it all the more special." Amy's fingers twitched at her side, and Sheldon reached out to clasp it tightly; not willing to let her go for even a second. Raj looked over to them and when Sheldon gave him a nod, he began.

"Sheldon and Amy would not be standing before us today if not for the help of two cupids in the form of myself and Howard. No one would have believed that two people could be more suited to one another and yet here they are…two hearts willing to be joined together as one for all time. Sheldon is there something that you'd like to say to Amy?"

Sheldon turned slightly to face his fiancée, reaching up with one hand to cup her soft cheek. "Amy Farrah Fowler, when I met you I would never have thought that we would end up together, ready to be joined in matrimony. You managed to worm your way into my heart and that's where I hope you will stay…Though lovers be lost, love shall not and death shall have no dominion…"

"Aw, that was so sweet!" Raj blinked back a tear and then coughed to clear his throat, turning to Amy. "And Amy, do you have something that you'd like to say to Sheldon?" Amy blinked back tears of her own as she brought Sheldon's hand to her mouth and pressed a soft kiss against the back of it.

"Sheldon Lee Cooper, when we first met I told you straight out that everything up to and including coitus was off the table…"

"Call the fire brigade people, 'cos someone's butt is burning up!" Penny hooted from the front row and Wil tugged her back in her seat. Amy grinned over at her bestie and picked up where she left off.

"I tried to blame it on an alien parasite or a brain tumour but knew that only you were capable of making me feel such things like I never imagined. You're an infection in my blood that I hope they never find a cure for… 'You must allow me to tell you how much I ardently admire and love you.'"

"If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever." Sheldon quoted back to her and Amy smiled through her tears.

"I love you, Sheldon Lee Cooper and I take you for my husband."

"I love you, Amy Farrah Fowler and I take you for my wife." In perfect synchronisation, they each slid a plain, wide, gold band onto each other's ring finger and held on tightly.

"I now pronounce you, man and wife. Sheldon, you may kiss your bride." Raj closed his folder and waved his hand in front of Sheldon's face. "Yoo hoo, I said you can kiss her now!"

"Oh, sorry..." Sheldon flushed as he realised that he'd been staring into Amy's sparkling eyes and completely missed the end of the ceremony. He suddenly found himself yanked forward as Amy gripped onto the front of his jacket and captured his mouth in a warm, lush kiss.

"Get a room!" Wil yelled out through cupped hands, and Amy reluctantly pulled away from her new husband, Sheldon trying to follow her mouth backwards.

"Ladies and Gentlemen…I present to you Doctor and Doctor Cooper!" Raj led the round of applause as Sheldon picked Amy up by the waist and whirled her around in his arms, finishing off with another kiss as he dipped her over his arm. Laughing, they ran down the makeshift aisle and were surrounded by their family and friends who gathered around them, hugging and laughing with the newly-weds.

"Come on, there's someone I'd like you to meet." Sheldon tugged on Amy's hand and led her over to where his Meemaw was waiting patiently in her chair. "Meemaw, I'd like to introduce you to someone very special, my wife, Amy." Sheldon sounded incredibly proud as he introduced Amy as his wife for the very first time, and Meemaw rose up from the chair to enfold Amy in a warm hug.

"Darling girl, it's so very nice to meet you after all of this time. Let me take a look at the woman that's managed to capture my sweet Moonpie's heart." Meemaw stood back a little and ran her eyes over Amy's heavy cream gown, and then back up to stare into her eyes. "You'll do just fine, you've got that special glow about you and it just about shines from your eyes…I can see why Shelly's so taken with you, my Tom had the same look every day of his life."

"Thank you, that means a lot to me." Amy hugged the tiny woman again and Meemaw stroked a hand over her hair.

"Now you just make sure you give me a whole bushel of great grandbabies to look after and we'll say no more about the two of you moving in together before you were married!"

"How did you know?" Sheldon gaped in surprise, he felt certain that none of his family knew that they were living together and Amy suddenly clapped a hand over her mouth.

"The parcels! I had Missy and Meemaw send them here, and I should have had them sent to a post office box or something." Meemaw tapped the side of her nose and winked slowly.

"I won't say anything to Mary if the two of you keep your promise…I want at least two grandbabies before I go off to join your grandfather."

"Meemaw, you're too ornery to die just yet."

"If the two of you don't get started on those babies, I may die just to prove a point! Don't leave me waiting too long, now." Meemaw waved her finger at the couple before walking over to speak with Mary and Missy. Sheldon just looked at Amy, who shrugged her shoulders.

"We do both have a long sabbatical from the university…there's no reason why we shouldn't start trying for a baby, if that's something that you think you might be ready for."

"Oh, darlin'…I think I'm more than ready to take that journey with you." Sheldon breathed out, running his finger through one of her long curls that had slipped down from where they were casually pinned on top of her head.

"Okay then, I'll come off the pill and we'll start trying straight away."

"Yeehaw!" Sheldon yelled out as he scooped her up in his arms and whirled her around in a spin. "We're gonna have a baby!"

"What?"

"Come again?"

"You're kidding me!"

They were bombarded with questions from all sides, and Sheldon looked a little bashful as he set Amy down and hung his head a little.

"Sorry, what I meant to say is that we've decided to try for a baby as soon as possible…not that we were actually pregnant at this very moment."

"Aw…and there I was ready to pack up some of Mikey's old things and ship them down to you." Missy ran her fingers through Sheldon's hair and teased him with her slow drawl. "You just give me a yell as soon as it happens and I'll send you everything I have…There's no way in hell I'm going through that again in a hurry."

"I'll have Mary take me into Houston and pick out some soft wool for the shawl I'm gonna be knitting up for y'all." Meemaw winked over at Amy and tugged on Mary's arm. "Haven't you got something to say to the young 'uns Mary?"

"I'll be happy to help out in any way that I can, I know your parents are living abroad, Amy; so if you want me to come over and stay with you when your time comes near, you just give me a shout."

"Thank you all so much, I'm not even pregnant and here you all are offering to help; it's a little overwhelming to tell the truth." Sheldon wrapped his arms around his wife and kissed her cheek tenderly.

"Welcome to the family, Amy."