This chapter takes place about FOUR YEARS after the last one. I figured it was best not to do a sex scene or anything, but needless to say they went to Switzerland to see the Hadron Collider, and I'd imagine he and Layla are doing just fine bed-wise.
This is beginning of Daddy!Sheldon
Five Weeks:
Sheldon had to stop himself from leaving the apartment at a dead run that morning after he'd heard his wife being sick in the bathroom.
"Are you alright Layla?" he called through the door.
"I'm fine, dear," her weak voice responded. "But would you call Barry and tell him to cancel my classes?"
"Of course," he replied, doing that errand before he'd dashed across the hall (before eleven AM) to warn Penny, then up the stairs to demand bathroom privileges and a ride to work from Leonard. When he came back down to check on her once more before they left, she was out of the bathroom and sitting in the kitchen with Penny. The blonde was nursing a massive cup of coffee (where did she find mugs that big?) and Layla was sitting, chin in hand, with a bottle of water before her. Dahlia, who had lived with Penny since Layla had moved apartments, sat on the floor at their feet on a length of plastic sheeting.
"I disinfected thoroughly and brushed my teeth," she said before he could ask. She must have noticed his reluctance to enter their home, although he had tried his best to hide it. He wasn't a very good actor, or so his wife and friends told him.
"Good." He said. "It's oatmeal day."
"Mm hm." Layla grumbled. "None for me, but you knock yourself out."
Seven Weeks:
Knock knock knock
"Penny."
Knock knock knock
"Penny."
Knock knock knock
"Penny."
Penny opened the door to Layla with a raised eyebrow.
"Married couples do start to act alike." She said.
"Yeah…" Layla blushed. "Sorry."
Since it was after eleven AM, she wasn't running the risk of being punched in the throat (though she suspected that rule was only for the boys). Penny stepped back to let her in, and they settled on the sofa.
"What do you need?" Penny asked.
"I'm home from work again today, but I need a favour."
"Sure."
"I need you to go to the pharmacy and get something for me."
"I'm assuming that since you could buy tampons your damn self, it's something else."
"Um… yeah. Actually, you'd better get some of those too, I don't want Sheldon realising I'm out of them and finding out before I've had a chance to tell him."
Penny raised both brows and looked at her suspiciously. "Oh?"
"I haven't had a period in seven weeks." Layla almost whispered.
Suddenly she was pounced on by five feet and seven inches of squealing blonde Nebraskan, and fell back against the arm of the sofa.
"OHMYGOD! You're PREGNANT! OHMYGOD! Oh, who should we tell first?"
"How about you don't tell ANYONE until you've gone to the pharmacy and bought me a pregnancy test?" Layla replied, fighting her ecstatic friend back to her side of the couch.
"Okay, I promise, but OHMYGOD. I'll go right now." She was half way out the door before she turned on her heel and asked, "Wait a minute, why and I going to the pharmacy?"
"Because—" Layla cut herself off by letting out a little moan and running to Penny's bathroom. The sound of vomiting could be heard, and Penny's eyes widened.
"Oh, THAT'S why I'm going."
Thankfully she didn't see anyone she knew at the pharmacy, and made it back to her place inside of thirty minutes. Layla had locked up her apartment, so she headed across the hall.
"Here, go pee," Penny demanded, tossing the box to the brunette who was sitting in her husband's Spot on the sofa. "I'm making more coffee."
"Peeing," Layla sighed, getting up and heading for the bathroom. About ten minutes later she came out and flopped into the armchair. "Fifteen minutes."
Penny sat in Sheldon's Spot, and Layla paced behind the sofa. After ten minutes she stalked to the bathroom and paced in there. The blonde followed her.
"It isn't going to turn blue just because you stare at it."
"You don't know that," Layla replied.
"Maybe I don't, but you do." Penny retorted.
"Yeah okay," Layla sighed. She pushed off from the sink and began pacing again. After a little while, Penny spoke again.
"It's time."
Layla broke her stride and rounded on the vanity. "I can't look. You do it."
"Sure," the blonde shrugged. "I've had a few of these moments in the past." She jumped up on the counter and studied the test. "But none of mine were positive. Like this one."
"Positive?" Layla breathed. All of her nervous energy seemed to leave her and she sunk down onto the side of the tub. "Oh my god."
SLSLSLSLSLSLSLS
"Layla?" Sheldon called when he came home that night. The television was on and there was a blanket scrunched up on the sofa, but his wife was nowhere to be seen. Then he heard the toilet flush and the bathroom door open.
"Still sick?" he asked worriedly, side stepping toward her reluctantly. Layla's long brown hair was tied up in a messy knot and she was wearing a pair of black cotton pants and his Green Lantern t-shirt. Usually he didn't like it when she did that, but she was pale and her skin was waxy, so he managed to keep his mouth shut.
"Yes, but… it isn't contagious, I promise." She gestured over to the sofa. "We need to sit."
"What do you mean it's not contagious? You've been vomiting for weeks." Sheldon looked adorably confused, but sat in his Spot nonetheless.
"I… I need to talk to you about something."
"Surely you're not seriously ill?" he was nervous, she could tell, and he kept talking. "Because frequent vomiting could be a sign of some sort of serious stomach condition, or perhaps an inflammation of the sphincter. We should call Dr. Stephanie—"
"No," Layla said a little louder to get him to stop. "I'm going to need a doctor, but not an ER surgeon. I have something very important to tell you."
Thankfully, her husband stayed silent, and she was able to continue. "I'm pregnant."
So how do you see Sheldon reacting to this news? I have a couple scenarios. One is where he gets VERY vocal, ala Ross' reaction in Friends, or he could run for Penny, or he could have to call Leonard's mum, or his own, I suppose. Or he could just go catatonic and need Thai food to break him out of it. Please review or PM with your opinion, and I'll try to take them into account!