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The next day flew by.

Sheldon worked furiously, white boards filling up with equations faster than Raj could read them.

It was like a door in Sheldon's brain had been thrown open, and Sheldon was in his element.

He didn't even stop for lunch.

When Raj protested, Sheldon informed him that he would be eating out with Penny tonight, so he had no time for lunch.

He needed to get these thoughts written down before he forgot them.

Raj reminded him that he never forgot anything, and Sheldon shrugged, "It's a saying Raj, it means I don't wish to stop for lunch."

Raj very much wished to stop for lunch, but he knew if Sheldon discovered anything while he wasn't present, that Sheldon would somehow wiggle out of publishing Raj's name alongside his when the findings were made public.

So Raj stayed.

Penny spent the day much as she always did, at work, with an audition in the morning and the afternoon shift at the Cheesecake factory..

As soon as she was done however, she broke the speed limits getting home, so that she could have a bath and shave and paint her toenails.

She wanted to look hot.

Tonight was the night.

The first time.

Sex.

With Sheldon.

She liked him.

She had to admit it, she really, really liked him.

She was looking more forward to this than... Than anything she had ever done with Leonard or anyone else.

Touching Sheldon made her skin tingle.

Him touching her made her knees weak and her heart race..

She knew it always had.. Those first hugs from Sheldon had lit up her world for weeks.. They still brought a smile to her face, reliving those memories.

Sheldon didn't like touching people.

But he liked touching her.

She wasn't just people to him.

She wasn't just, 'that hot chick across the hall', or 'that actress wannabe', she was SPECIAL.

And she wanted to make tonight special.

For Sheldon.

So that no matter what happened in the future, he would always be able to look back and know that his first time, was SPECIAL.

She'd bought a new bra set, she knew he'd like it.

It looked just like his costume had that first halloween party.

She put it on, with a nice green dress on top.

He liked her in green.

He'd never said so, but she'd noticed.

She had heels that would make it easier to kiss him standing up, and she had flats waiting in the car so he wouldn't freak out when she was driving.

She was ready...

When Sheldon knocked at her door, she threw it open and smiled at him, a brilliant, happy smile.

He smiled back, and complimented her on her appearance.

Arm in arm, they descended the stairs..

The evening went perfectly.

The cooks wore gloves.. The servers got his order right, and the restaurant was clean.

He didn't seem the least bit nervous.

He didn't pause at her door when they reached it, and he actually suprised her when it was closed.

He pushed her up against it, and kissed her thouroughly.

They left a trail of clothes to the bedroom.

He apprecaited her bra set as he took it off.

And she screamed his name repeatedly for the rest of the night.

Turns out it was true, what he always said..

When you understand physics, you understand the whole universe, and everything in it..

THE END