Chapter 4
"You're what?"
"I'm pregnant"
"How could you do this to me Penny?"
"I don't think it was planned Sheldon" reasoned Howard.
"Congratulations Penny"
"Thank you Raj"
"What am I gonna do?"
"Enough you big cry baby, this isn't about you, it's about Penny"
"What's Leonard said?" asks Raj
"Nothing, I haven't told him"
"Oh he's gonna be so happy you told us before him"
"I was thinking about not telling him, you know leaving it a surprise until he gets back, I mean I won't be anywhere near ready to give birth by the time he gets back"
"Penny?"
"Yes Sheldon"
"Would you be up to moving?"
"No"
"What about soundproofing your apartment?"
"That's exactly what your brother said you'd say"
"You've seen my brother!"
"Yes, and your mother and your sister" informs Amy.
"Why?"
"Where do you think we've been, we left really early this morning to go to Texas to talk to your mom about how I should tell you my news and then we met your brother and sister there as well"
"You did?"
"Yes, oh and your mom says don't forget to eat your vegetables and to say grace before you eat, now if you excuse me I have to be sick"
Penny then runs across the room, down the corridor and into the bathroom where she is heard by the others vomiting into the sink.
"Wait... couldn't you have done that in your own apartment?"
"No Sheldon"
"Fine, use the disinfectant to clean the sink"
"Will do"
A few hours later Penny is in her apartment and on her laptop when she gets a Skype video chat request from Leonard. She accepts it and is soon looking at her boyfriend on the screen.
"Hi Leonard"
"Hey Penny, how are you?"
"I'm good, I miss you though"
"I know, I miss you too. So what have I missed so far?"
"Well first of all I'm gonna tell you the thing I keep forgetting to say because usually we spend all of our Skype time talking about how we miss each other"
"And what's that?"
"Raj"
"What about him?"
"Well on my way back from the airport when I dropped you off, I stopped by his apartment to see how he was and he started talking to me, you know, without the aid of alcohol"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah and now we can't shut him up"
"Anything else?"
"Wil Wheaton was round yesterday playing Mystic Warlords of Ka'a and watching Star Trek with the guys. Oh and Sheldon believe it or not has won another science award at the University".
"Oh great, like he needed another excuse to get boast to everyone"
"Yeah, exactly what I said to the girls. So how's your work going?"
"Good, great even, I had a video chat with Stephen Hawking yesterday and he seemed really happy with the results we've gathered so far"
"Good for you Leonard"
"Thanks, oh I gotta go, my help is required"
"I love you"
"I love you too Penny, tell everyone I said hi"
"I will, bye"
"Bye, talk to ya soon"
Penny then closes down Skype and sits there for a few minutes in the quiet.
End of Chapter