Corn maze

"Here we are!" Jarod exclaims as they get to their destination. "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you California's largest corn maze!" He proclaims. Amy nods along with the announcement, while four-year-old Marie enthusiastically claps. Sheldon just raises his eyebrows.

"It has an area of over 63 acres," Jarod continues, "Plus, at the other end of the maze, there is a nice petting zoo. A great occasion for Marie to meet some animal, don't you think?"

"Doesn't count playing with Koothrappali's dog?" Sheldon asks. The last time they visited, he had to chase his daughter and that evil beast in the whole house.

"No," Amy gently reminds him, "Plus, ponies are cute, aren't they?"

Sheldon sighs. "Very well. Jarod?"

"Mom and I have been studying satellite maps of this area. Courtesy of uncle Howard," the boy explains to Sheldon's intrigued look. "We found the optimal path and a few detours for entertainment."

Sheldon turns to Amy, "Entertainment detours?"

"You heard him!" She replies, and he is pretty sure there is a note of pride in this.

Marie is impatient. "I wanna see ponies!" She dictates and pulls Jarod's hand. "Go!" She pulls harder, and the boy can only let her drag him toward the entrance.

"Look after your sister!" Amy recommends as they enter the maze.

"He'd better do," Sheldon comments. How could Amy ever think this was a good idea? He gulps, thinking to whatever it may be inside - and that his progeny just enthusiastically ran into it.

Amy holds out her hand. He takes it and admits that her touch makes him feel a little better.

"Jarod and I studied the way out very well," she says, expecting his objections, "Trust me, we will be out soon."

Still Sheldon keeps throwing distrustful looks all around them. He tries his best not to wonder what hides behind the high cobs.

"What about the animals?" He insists, "We are in an open field, and the farmer who welcomed us really doesn't look like someone who worries about what enters his land."

"There are so many people in here, so many children! All animals must have run away." Amy reassures him again. Thirty seconds later, the rest of her family makes sure her words fall on deaf ears.

"Puppy!" Marie shouts.

Much with Sheldon's horror, a raccoon has just popped from the depths of the maze, and Marie is reaching out to touch him. "Puppy!" She exclaims again.

Sheldon screams and jerks toward the girl and the raccoon. The sudden twitch shoves Amy against the maze's cobs wall and scares the animal away.

"Puppy don't go!" Marie cries as she runs after it. Jarod runs after them both.

"You two! Stop!" Sheldon tries to call them back. Amy takes his hand back and stops him.

"Don't worry about this. They are going into a dead end," she explains. "They will be back in 10 minutes tops."

He is about to go after them anyway, but Amy smiles and gently reaches for him with a reassuring kiss. When he opens his eyes back, he can't help but notice some leaves left in her hair. He feels sorry for having pushed her into the cobs, and also finds her extremely cute with that ruffed hair. She finds her so much so that he ends up pulling Amy to him and returns the kiss - way more eagerly than she did.

"How's that?" Amy mutters against his lips. He pulls her closer and kisses her again.

"Do you prefer this or me worrying about every other single living being in here?" He finally says. Again she is into the corn, except this time because her husband is actively pushing her in the heat of the moment.

"What if someone arrives?" She tries to tell, but his mouth is already on her neck.

Amy grins, "I see, then- Hoo!" She moans: Sheldon's hands have slipped down on her posterior and he is greedily squeezing it.

"Um, are we going to have a little brother or sister soon?"

Sheldon gulps and immediately detaches from Amy, who stares at Jarod and Marie and flushes with embarrassment.

"The raccoon escaped," he explains. Amy and Sheldon weakly nod.

"Mama and papa cuddle?"

"We- we-" Sheldon stammers. Thankfully for him, he doesn't have to come up with an explanation on how babies are born as the girl has already turned away and ran after something else. For once, he is happy for her daughter's non-existent attention span.

He looks back at Amy. The redness on her cheeks has been replaced by a amused look. Oh, well…

"You heard Jarod. Are we making a little brother or sister to them?" He jokes.

Amy gapes, he just shrugs back with a smirk.

"Let's go retrieve the ones we have first," he adds then.