Sheldon rushed into the emergency room and stopped to catch his breath at the triage desk.

"I need to see Dr. Amy Cooper" he said quickly.

"I'm sorry" the nurse said. "Is that an E.R. doctor?"

"No, no. She is a patient. My wife. She was brought in earlier" he explained still breathing heavily.

"Oh, forgive me" she said as she typed on her keyboard. "I'm sorry. I can't find a Cooper as a patient. When was she brought here?"

"Try Fowler. Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler" Sheldon said using her maiden name.

Using that name, the nurse found her in the computer system and quickly escorted Sheldon to the private observation area. The nurse went to find a doctor for an update on Amy's condition.

When she left, Sheldon stopped and looked through the glass window of the door. Amy was dressed in a hospital gown lying down in bed. Her eyes were closed and she was hooked up to an IV.

"Oh Amy" he said softly as he placed his hand upon the glass window.

Sheldon had always hated hospitals but seeing Amy in one was awful. His cute adorable Amy. She looked so pale and fragile. He had been away from her for only a week and she had ended up in the hospital.

Sheldon shook his head in disbelief and entered the room.

"Amy" he said.

"Sheldon?" she questioned as she sat up in the bed. "What are doing here? You're supposed to be on your tour."

"The University called me. I am your emergency contact" he said as he rushed over to her side. "Amy, what happened? Are you alright?"

Amy looked up at him. "Yes, yes much better. They're giving me fluids. I guess I was slightly dehydrated."

"Amy" Sheldon chastised her. "They told me your graduate student found you on the floor of the lab unconscious for who knows how long and you were brought here by ambulance. What happened?" he asked again.

Sheldon will never forget the way he felt when he heard the message that Amy had been found and brought to the hospital. It was like the entire world just stopped. Everything was still moving around him, but he was no longer part of it. The world may have still been spinning, but Amy was his world. Without her, everything ceased to exist.

Amy looked down and fiddled with her gown when she saw the anxious way Sheldon was looking at her. In all honestly, she had no idea what had happened. One minute she was fine working away happily in her lab and the next she was waking up in a hospital. The E.R. staff had immediately hooked her up to an IV and started a myriad of tests. Amy had been surprised, scared and quite frankly embarrassed. She didn't like all of the attention or the feeling of being out of control.

"I'm not sure exactly, she finally said. "I guess I passed out from the dehydration. I threw up this morning and probably didn't replenish enough of the fluids I lost."

"You were sick this morning?" Sheldon asked irritated.

Of course, he berated himself internally. He had not been there to take care of her when she was sick because he once again put work in front of his wife. And now, she was lying in a hospital bed! So much for "in sickness and in health". I am a terrible husband, he thought sadly.

"How on earth did you get here so fast when they called? You were all the way across the country?" Amy asked as she tried to change the subject. From his irritated tone she could tell he was obviously upset to find out that she had been sick. After all, her husband was a huge germaphobe.

"Actually, I was already here when I finally got the message. I wanted to surprise you by coming home for the day since my next speech isn't until tomorrow night. Looks like I was the one that was surprised by finding you in the hospital" he frowned.

No, this was not the surprise he wanted but he silently thanked a deity he did not believe in that at least he was here with her now.

Amy looked at him with tears in her eyes. She was touched that Sheldon would go to such effort to surprise her and spend the day with her. He really was working on making her a priority. He was changing so much.

"Thank you Sheldon. What a thoughtful thing to do" she choked out.

"Well, it is a good thing I decided to come back. And you can forget me leaving again. I am cancelling the tour" Sheldon said. He had promised himself and her that he would not put other things in front of her needs.

"Sheldon. You can't do that. You have to go and defend our paper and…"she started.

"Forget it Amy. I thought I had explained this all to you on New Year's Day. You are the most important thing in the world to me. More than our paper. More than science. More than anything. I am never going to take you for granted. You need me and I am not leaving" he declared strongly.

Wow, Amy thought.

It seemed Sheldon wasn't upset that she was sick because of the germs. He was upset that she was sick and he wasn't there to help her. Amy didn't get sick very often but when she had, Sheldon had always been there to take care of her in the past, despite the germs. She felt a little guilty for doubting him now.

Still, she knew how important his work was right now and he just couldn't give that up. Amy began to protest his statement again but was interrupted when the doctor entered the room reading what must be her chart.

"Dr. Fowler?" he asked.

"Yes" Amy replied. She assumed since she was unconscious when she arrived at the hospital they had checked her in under her professional name she used at the university.

"I'm Dr. Willis. Oh, you must be Dr. Fowler's husband, Mr. Fowler."

"No, his name is…"Amy began.

Sheldon interrupted her. "Yes, fine Mr. Fowler. Is Amy alright? What caused her to lose consciousness?"

Amy couldn't believe Sheldon did not correct Dr. Willis's mistake regarding his name or his title. He must really be worried about her.

"Well" the doctor began "technically Amy's blood vessels are dilated which led to a drop in her blood pressure. Her blood sugar was a little low too along with her electrolytes, probably from her vomiting this morning. However, it is nothing out of the ordinary for someone in her condition."

Sheldon's face dropped. "Oh Lord. What condition? Smallpox? Malaria? Rabies?" he asked fearfully.

The doctor made an odd face.

"Doctor?" Amy questioned.

"Pregnancy. Congratulations, your pregnant" he announced.

Amy could do nothing but watch from her bed as Sheldon slowly sank to the floor.

"NURSE!" the doctor called.

Amy flipped through her magazine. She felt a lot better now that she was sitting fully dressed with no IV in a regular chair. She looked up at her hospital bed which now had Sheldon laying in it. At least he didn't have to have an IV. The doctor just wanted to keep him for observation since he may have hit his head when he fainted.

"Amy?" Sheldon said.

"Sheldon. I'm here. Are you feeling better?"

"Oh, Amy. I had the oddest dream. I had finally published our paper on super asymmetry and it was a big success. I was giving lectures all over but I had to stop. I do not remember why exactly" he frowned.

"WAIT!" Sheldon yelled and sat up straight. "I do remember".

Amy smiled at him.

"Amy, you're…" Sheldon trailed off.

"Yes Sheldon" Amy confirmed smiling. "I'm pregnant."

Sheldon's eyes closed and his head tilted back as he slowly sank down into the bed fainting again.

Should I get the nurse? Amy wondered.

She looked at Sheldon. His vitals looked good. His color and breathing were fine.

Maybe, I'll just enjoy the quiet for a bit, she thought going back to her magazine.