Author's notes: I started writing this story in the beginning of Season 8, so just after Shamy got back together, and before Prom and I love you's.

This is the final chapter. Enjoy!

I own nothing and none of these characters.

Chapter 5

While waiting for Penny to return with the make-up, Sheldon and Amy finished dressing each other, in a slow, turtle speed, enjoying every single piece of skin they could touch, kissing and exploring even more each other's bodies, as if they wanted to memorize every detail, every freckle, every ticklish spot. When they finally sat together on the bench, Sheldon had his arm around her waist, and she laid her head on his shoulder. They didn't need to speak, it so felt great just being close to each other and resting, after that stressful incident at the party. But it all seemed long forgotten: all those moments they shared in the shower replaced the hurt and disappointment for the feeling of being loved and taken care of.

Amy raised her head slowly. Looking up she noticed that Sheldon had his eyes closed. She analyzed his expression, but she was not sure if he was just overwhelmed by everything they've done or if he was upset for missing the costume contest.

"Sheldon?"

He opened his eyes, turning his face to hers and offering a smile. "Yes?"

"Are you sure you're not upset about the possibility of not winning the contest?"

"I'm not upset, Amy." He took a deep breath. "Besides, it was not your fault. You fell on the pool by accident. It was all Howard's fault. But I'll give him a piece of my mind as soon as we return to the party."

"Do you think that will be really necessary?"

"I do. He keeps teasing me about these things, while they are none of his business. Anyway, are you still upset?"

"No, that's ok. I know they like teasing us."

"So... It didn't spoil Halloween for you?"

She raised an eyebrow, replying in a sexy tone. "When we're together, darling, every night is Halloween."

Hearing that he stood up, pulling her with him, then he held her by the waist, lowering her torso, kissing her neck in a trail moving down to her chest and back. Amy placed her hands around his neck to support herself, cherishing the feeling of his soft lips on her body.

He pulled back, offering her a final peck. "I pictured myself doing this to you when we watched that scene on TV. You know, when they were in the kitchen and the pan exploded while he was kissing her all over."

"We can replay all those scenes over and over if you want." She kissed his cheek, both chuckling, as he sat back on the bench, bringing her to his lap, finding her mouth in a passionate kiss.

*Knock Knock Knock* "Shamy!"

*Knock Knock Knock* "Shamy!"

*Knock Knock Knock* "Shamy!"

Suddenly breaking their kiss, they stared at each other's eyes for a second before Amy decided to stand up to answer the door. It was no surprise to find behind it a Zombie Princess Leia and a Nightcrawler trying to suppress a chuckle.

"Sorry if we interrupted something!" Penny said, as they entered the restroom.

"Not at all, Bestie, we were waiting for you." Amy replied, blinking at Sheldon, who smiled back warmly.

Raj placed the make-up case on the sink, soon separating all the items to redo his friends' costume. Just as he took the right color for Morticia's lipstick, Sheldon grabbed it from his hand.

"Thanks for bringing us the make-up, now if you excuse us," he said in a rush, immediately pushing both of his friends out of the restroom.

"Hey! We came here to help and we're not leaving, mister!" Penny argued in a serious tone.

Raj turned around as well. "Yeah! You can't just kick us out! We will get you both back to that party looking as gorgeous as when you arrived, or I'm not called Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali!"

"Raj, Penny, I appreciate your offer, but that's really not necessary. Amy and I rehearsed this make-up three times, not to say we did it today as well. So, again, if you excuse us."

"Sheldon! That's not nice of you, let our friends help us."

"But Amy!"

"No buts! My Bestie is staying and so is Rajesh!"

"Ohhh Amy, you won't regret it! I'll make you look like the hottest Morticia ever!" Raj replied, poking her nose with his finger. He took the lipstick from Sheldon and pulled her by the hand to sit with him.

Rolling her eyes, Penny shook her head, thinking how much of a diva Raj was. Maybe he should have been born a hair stylist or something. She pushed Sheldon to the other bench. "Come on, Moonpie, let's fix you a brand new fake moustache."

"Penny, I told you that only my Meemaw can-"

"Oh, shut up and just sit over there." She interrupted him, pointing to the bench.

"Yes, ma'am."

She walked towards the make-up case to pick up a few items.

"And you, missy, next Friday is girls' night and you won't escape!" She winked at Amy, before going back to start working on Sheldon's moustache.

The four friends left the women's restroom. Shamy on the back, Amy's arm on Sheldon's, their costumes fully redone to the detail, looking both gorgeous and sexy, as Raj promised. Ahead, Penny was trying to wipe Raj's tears with a handkerchief without ruining his blue make-up.

"I've just retouched all your face, stop being such a big baby."

"Hey, I'm no baby! Why can't a man be romantic?"

Penny smiled. "If I were you I wouldn't drink anymore tonight. You still have a contest to present."

"Maybe you're right. It's going to be memorable! I wonder why I chose to be an astrophysicist, I was born to be a party planner! And host!"

When they were just about to reach the pool area, a known figure appeared from under a tree, approaching them.

"Ms. Fowler, wow, I have no wowds! Coopew, you lucky bastawd!"

"Why, thank you, Barry! You look gorgeous as well as Beetlejuice. You know, Sheldon suggested we come as Beetlejuice and the Secretary, but we thought they were not really a couple." Amy replied politely.

"What a pity, you'd also look hot as the Secwetawy."

"Kripke, I didn't know you were invited." Cleaning his throat, Sheldon answered, glaring at Raj.

"Of course he was invited, I sent an invitation to the whole university staff. Everybody knows that you need to invite three times the amount of guests you want to show up at your party."

"Yeah! I just wish there were more single women at the pawy, but appawently evewy chick who came is commited."

"Hey, that's not true! Ms. Davis from the Human Resources department came."

"Well, if she's the black cat I'm sure she's more interested in that Jack Skelleton over there." He pointed to the couple dancing together.

"Don't worry, Barry, I will save a dance for you later." Amy said kindly.

He looked at her surprised, pulling her to a hug. "I'd love that!"

Without a thought, Sheldon pushed him away from his Amy. "Hey! Hands off, Kripke!"

"Sowwy, Coopew! Didn't mean to steal your lady! Dance with you later, Mor-ti-cia!" Kripke left with a smirk on his face, slowly walking back to the buffet to catch another glass of champagne.

Amy was shocked with how rude Sheldon was with Barry. "Penny, Rajesh, would you leave us alone for a moment?"

"Sure, sweetie." Penny took Raj's arm and they both walked away, following Barry. Sheldon was still fuming, staring at Beetlejuice as he walked back. Amy grabbed his arm to have his attention.

"Sheldon! That was awfully rude of you."

"Amy, that ogre just wants to take advantage of you! Not in a thousand years will I let you dance with him!"

"Excuse me? I didn't know I needed to ask your permission to dance with a friend!"

"A friend? Since when is Kripke your friend?" He yelled, horrified by the thought of his arch enemy being friends with his woman.

"We are coleagues at Caltech just as the others!" Suddenly, she realized what was going on. "Darling, you were acting like some jealous, wild animal! I love it!"

Sheldon looked at her, puzzled. Then he remembered. "Thanks, Tish. I don't know what came over me."

She embraced him, staring at his eyes, without breaking character."Remember, dear, I also don't like it when other women look at you, but I just remind myself where your true love lies."

Sheldon smiled. "Cara mia!"

"Oh, Gomez, you're the only man for me." He pulled her close and kissed her passionately, forgetting all the people around watching them.

Spinning on that dizzy edge

I kissed her face and kissed her head

And dreamed of all the different ways I had

To make her glow

Why are you so far away, she said

Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you

That I'm in love with you

Lights flashing in the dance floor, everyone seemed to forget about the events of that evening, all the couples animatedly dancing to that The Cure song. Even those who had no pair were on the corner, enjoying the music, eating and drinking. Raj was over the moon with the success of the party. His first Halloween party looked like a Comic Con. Almost everybody came wearing a great costume, and he was happy that soon he would count the votes and announce the winners. He took Scarlet Witch's hand and led her to the table where the ballot boxes were placed. Grabbing the mic, he lowered the music volume.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now going to start counting the votes for each category. Please enjoy the last two dances before we announce the winners!"

Another song started, the couples started joining in again the dance floor.

"Hey, Bernie, let's switch a little! I'm tired of two-left-feet Han Solo."

"Great! I was needing a break!" Leonard left to sit down a bit, grabbing his inhaler from his pocket and pumping it to his mouth.

"You can take Howie, he's an awesome dancer! I also need a break." Bernie said, joining Leonard at the rocks.

As Penny danced with Howie, and many couples taking the chance to change partners, Sheldon felt a finger poking his shoulder.

"May I have the pleasure to dance with the lady?"

Sheldon glared at him. "How dare you ask me that? Of course-"

"Of course you can, Barry. I promised you a dance, after all." Amy glared at Sheldon, and he stepped away.

"Alright. But if you disrespect my woman in any way you won't see the sunrise ever again."

"Sheldon!"

"Sorry. I will join Leonard and Bernie over there. I'll be back to the last dance. You hear it, Kripke? One dance."

"Jeez, relax Coopew!" He took Amy's hands and they started dancing to the song. Sheldon walked away, looking back from time to time to check on them. He sat between Leonard and Bernadette, but didn't take his eyes from Amy.

"Hey, buddie."

"Hey."

"I want to apologize again for the bet. I just wish you both to be happy, and you don't owe me or anyone any explanation about how you two deal with your intimacy. I'm sorry."

"Howard is sorry too, I'll make him apologize properly to both of you later." Bernie added, tapping his arm.

"That's ok, I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have punched him. My hand still hurts." He didn't look at his friends. His focus was still on Amy dancing with his archenemy. He trusted her, he just didn't trust him at all.

"Look at Kripke thinking he has any chance with my girlfriend."

"Well, I never thought you would let her dance with him."

"It's true, he is the last person I wanted to see with his hands on her. But she told me not to tell her what to do and that I had nothing to worry about, so, here I am. Worried as hell."

"Don't be silly, Sheldon, she only has eyes for you."

"Your boyfriend doesn't take his eyes off you."

"I know. And if you don't want to be punched in the nose as Howard earlier tonight you will behave."

"Of course I will behave, Amy. I'm not an animal. But you do look gorgeous tonight."

"Thank you, Barry. You too. It's a pity you couldn't find a match for the party."

"I guess I'm not as lucky as Coopew."

Amy smiled. They kept dancing until the end of the song. At the last second, Sheldon was already beside her.

"Amy, you can say farewell to Kripke." He took her hand and pulled her close to him, as they danced to the last song.

"Did five minutes hurt? You see, you had nothing to worry about."

"I disagree, but I trust you."

"I know." She laid her head on his chest, as they slow danced to a romantic song she never heard before. It was catchy, with a beautiful melody. She took a mental note to ask Raj about it, she could easily play it in her harp in their next girlfriend/boyfriend sing-along night.

The song came to an end and everyone left the dance floor to grab another drink or eat. The gang got together again, except for Raj, who was getting ready for the contest part.

"Who'd say Howie was such a great dancer!"

"Are you kidding me? I always took a high score in Just Dance." Bernie cleared her throat, glaring at him. He got the message right away. He called Sheldon to join him at the punch table.

"Sheldon, listen, I'm sorry for what I told you before. And just so you know, the reason why I bet you haven't done anything yet was because I know how Amy is special for you. And if I know you well enough, you want to take your time and do things right."

"Thank you Howard. I accept your apology. And you are correct. When Amy and I found we were going too fast, we decided to make a list of things we wanted to do and follow it in our own time."

"Great, how is that going?"

"Well, let's say that from 73 items we just have 3 more left after our explorations today in the restroom."

"You dog! I'm happy for you."

"And I want to finish that list tonight!"

"Too much information, Sheldon, but good for you! Let's go back now."

Suddenly, all the lights went off. A smoke appeared in the stage area, along with drums ruffling and soon a spotlight revealed Nightcrawler. Everybody watched as Raj performed a weird dance, Bollywood style. As he finished his last move, all the guests applauded his cringing performance, some laughing, some enjoying the moves. Howard whistled and yelled, and Emily walked towards the stage, embarrassed and proud at the same time, to hand him the microphone and the list of winners.

"Now, the moment everybody was waiting for. I am proud to announce the winners tonight!" He paused for cheers and applauses, as Emily raised a plate with "Applause" written on it. "The first category to be announced tonight is The Creepiest Cos-tu-tu-tu-tume!" His voice echoed, as in a cheesy TV show. "And the winner is: Stuart! In a perfectly thin Jack Skeleton costume! Come here, Stuart, grab your prize!"

Everybody applauded, cheered and laughed, as Stuart went up the stage to receive a silver statue of a pumpkin. "Thanks, I hope I can sell this and get a few bucks in return."

"The next category is Best couple's cos-tu-tu-tu-tume!" And it echoed again, before the continued. "And the winners are: that sexy Morticia and Gomez Adams! Come here Sheldon and Amy!"

The couple was really happy to win the contest, they hugged and kissed, and as they went up stage, Raj handed Amy the silver statue of two pumpkins kissing. Sheldon grabbed the mic from Raj's hand to make his speech. "Thank you for the prize. First, I'd like to tell you how we thought about the conception of the costume. We were in Amy's apartment watching movies, when-" Raj took the mic off his hand before he started telling every detail of it, so he could announce the next category. "Thanks, Sheldon, we are very happy for you and Amy!Now, the final and next category..."

Amy took Sheldon's arm before he complained and they joined their friends again.

"That's not fair! I wasn't finished! I barely started my speech!"

"Sheldon, it doesn't matter, you can make the whole speech to me later."

"Will you listen to it?"

"All of it."

Back to the stage, Raj announced the final category. "The most creative costu-tu-tu-tu-tume! And the winner is..."

"We are going to win it again, I'm sure!" Sheldon said, confidently.

"Beetlejuice! Come up here, Kripke to take your prize!"

"Whaaaaaat? Is that a joke?" Sheldon yelled, he couldn't believe Kripke won and he did not.

"Relax, Sheldon. We can't win it all."

"Well, I know. But I've got something he could never have, Querida!" He took her in his arms, swinging her around as he kissed her with all his passion, just like in an Adam's Family end scene.

Fin

A/N: It's been a while since I last published a chapter in a story, and I'm glad I could finish one more. After a long time without inspiration and dealing with a lot of real life problems, I finally could take some time to start writing again. If you're following any of my other unfinished stories, I'll try to update them and continue with them soon. Maybe I'll write a one-shot story following this one to conclude, it was meant to be a trilogy.

Song lyrics by The Cure, "Just Like Heaven"

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