Penny climbed the stairs to her apartment after a long day at The Cheesecake Factory. It was a hard day and she really wanted a drink of some kind. She glanced down at her stomach, knowing she'd have to continue not drinking for the next five months.
She unlocked her apartment and turned the lights on.
"Surprise!"
Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard jumped out at Penny from behind furniture, making her scream. It took her a few seconds to realize what just happened. She looked around her room to see her ceiling was cluttered with streamers and balloons floating around everywhere.
"What the hell is this?" Penny asked.
"Your baby shower!" Leonard said.
Penny placed her hand on her chest. "Oh, you guys! That's so sweet!"
Penny sat on the couch, beside a number of balloons. Some were blue that read, "It's a boy!" while the others were pink and read, "It's a girl!"
"Alright, Penny, we have presents for you," Howard said, placing something heavy on her lap. It was wrapped in pink and blue wrapping paper. "It's from me, Raj and Sheldon. It was my idea."
"Aww," Penny cooed at her present. She ripped the paper from the present, then stared at it, curiously. It looked like a makeshift conveyer belt with spikes at the sides. It was made of metal, rubber and plastic, but it was covered with stickers from various children's television shows to make it look friendly. It also had had some dangling baby toys on the part that wasn't a conveyer belt. "Wha...what is it?"
"Well, you are one lucky mother-to-be," Howard said, grabbing a baby doll. It was wearing an actual diaper. He placed its torso on the part that wasn't a conveyer belt, and its lower half on the conveyer belt. "This is a new device that makes a mother's job easier and you're the first to own it."
Howard pressed a green button and the contraption came to life. The spikes pierced the diaper and dragged it off of the doll. The diaper went down the conveyer belt and into what must be a garbage disposal. The conveyer belt switched directions, bringing a new diaper and slipped it onto the baby's legs.
"It changes diapers!" Howard said, looking proud of himself. "All my idea."
"It might have been your idea, but it wasn't safe for an actual infant. I made safe for all infants," Sheldon said, taking the spotlight.
Penny glanced at Raj to add something in, but he looked away from Penny timidly and stared at the diaper-changer.
"Well? You like?" Howard asked.
"It's...different. In a good way. It will be very helpful," Penny said, standing up. She gave Howard a thank you hug. She was about to hug Sheldon, but realized he hated hugs, and he probably wouldn't hug her ever again, since she gave him the flu. She then hugged Raj. It was hard to tell from his expression if he liked the hug, or if he was freaking out on the inside.
"I got you something, too," Leonard pipped up. Penny went back to sitting, and Leonard handed her something wrapped in the same paper as the diaper-changer. Leonard's present was more common than a diaper-changer and it looked a lot more safe. It was a mobile, with atoms.
"Aww, that's so cute," Penny said.
"The atoms are barium, boron and yttrium," Leonard explained. "The chemical names spell 'baby'."
"That's so cute," Penny said, hugging Leonard.
Penny quickly pulled away from the hug, and placed her hand on her stomach and looked concerned. All eyes were on her, wondering what was happening. Penny's worried expression soon turned relaxed when she figured what was happening. She grabbed Leonard's hand and placed it on her stomach. "It's kicking. It likes it...and so do I."
Yay! Baby showers! My good friend Buddi gets credit for coming up with the diaper-changer.
