Shamy Baby – A Long Wait – Chapter 1
This story follows on immediately from the story "Shamy Baby" (see previous story, thank you).
Amy and Sheldon were at the very beginning of a journey; a journey they would take together, a journey that would see them both grow as people and as a couple, a journey that would change both their lives forever. Well, it would probably change Amy's life; but Sheldon's life? Well, maybe not so much.
After their friends had congratulated them on the news of Amy's pregnancy and asked about a zillion questions, most of which they couldn't possibly answer, like 'Will Sheldon ever get a Nobel Prize?' and 'How the heck is Amy going to explain this to her mother?' and 'Will we ever meet Amy's mother?'; Amy and Sheldon had finally escaped and were enjoying some slushies and burgers back at Amy's apartment.
"Are you sure you should be drinking a slushy?" Sheldon asked for about the forty seventh time, "What if isn't good for the baby?"
"It's fine, Sheldon." Amy told him. "I explained to the slushy vendor that I was expecting, and then, after you threatened to sue him for wilful foetus freezing he checked with the slushy manufacturer and they said that so long as I avoid the Wacky Whiskey Slushy I should be ok."
"Alright. But what about the burger?" Sheldon countered.
"What about the burger? It's been cooked thoroughly - erring on slightly over cooked but not enough to display any signs of burning, there's no blue cheese dressing, and as far as I can see it's of good quality beef and the bun is very fresh." Amy assured him.
"Yes, I'm sure it's an extremely good quality burger." Sheldon shrugged.
"So what's the problem?" Amy asked.
"Well, you're going to be getting a lot bigger, and there's absolutely no need for you to 'eat for two'; that's just an old wives tale; probably quite a chubby old wife at that, maybe one with whiskers; yuck. So, all I'm saying is, perhaps you'd have been better off choosing a green salad." Sheldon told her.
"I'm not eating for two!" Amy exploded. "I'm eating one burger and one slushy."
"You might want to watch those mood swings, sister." Sheldon said, taking a big slurp of slushie and instantly giving himself brain freeze. "Ow, ow, ow!"
Amy sighed, suddenly realising that she would certainly have her hands full looking after a baby and Sheldon. But at least the baby would become self sufficient after a couple of decades, she seriously doubted Sheldon would.