Penny was still trying to take in what Amy had said to her. She tried to imagine how she would have felt if it had been her, but then stopped. It was far to painful to even consider. There was no way she would have coped with that even with Leonard's help. Penny felt a tear run down her face, quickly followed by a massive sob as all the anger, guilt and frustration fell down her face. She felt guilty about not being sure if she was ready for the baby, she felt frustrated that she hadn't seen it and realised before now. She knew that Amy wouldn't be worrying about all this, she probably felt so much better now that she had told someone.

"You okay?" Leonard asked her, as he walked through the door "Amy told me you're a little upset"

"No" Penny shook her head "no I'm not"

"Oh my God, is it the baby?" Leonard panicked in the cute way he always did "what's happening, do we need to go to the emergency room?"

"No, our baby is fine" Penny could feel herself welling up again "but Sheldon and Amy's baby isn't "

"Sheldon and Amy's baby?" Leonard repeated, unnecessarily "they don't have a baby"

"They did" Penny wiped the tears away from her eyes "Amy had a miscarriage"

"What?"

"I know"

"when did you find that out?"

"Just now, while you were at the comic book store dealing with fantasy, we were here dealing with real life"

Sheldon sat himself down on the couch and pulled out the latest copy of Spiderman that he had just purchased from the Comic Book Store. As Amy watched him she thought her heart might burst with love for him, she knew Penny was right, she had to tell him, but she didn't want to break his heart. She slowly walked over to him and sat down next to him on the couch

"Sheldon, we need to talk" Amy closed her eyes mentally preparing herself to go through it all again, months after it had happened, but only for the second time "something's happened, and I need to tell you"

As Amy went through the sad story again, she watched his face change. He wasn't sure what to say, or to be honest, what to feel. He knew Amy was obviously hurting, and now realised why she was so jealous of Penny and Leonard. He also knew why she had been spending less and less time with Halley and Michael.

"So" for the first time ever Sheldon didn't know what to say "Why did you leave it until now to tell me?"

"I didn't want to worry you" Amy sighed "and then Penny announced her news, and I didn't want her to worry that it would happen to her, it was all such bad timing"

"But we're married now" Sheldon's voice started to raise "we're not supposed to have secrets, I told you about getting my driving licence"

"this is a bit different to getting a driving licence " Amy couldn't believe that they were having this conversation "I was pregnant, Sheldon, and our baby died. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I was trying to get my own head around it"

"Excuse me" Sheldon just walked out, just like every time things got tough, and Amy was just left there on her own. Amy knew that she was right to have told him, but couldn't believe the way he had responded. It was all bad timing, she didn't blame Penny, there was no way she could have known, or planned her baby around Amy's loss, but she couldn't help but think that if Penny hadn't become pregnant this would have been a whole lot easier.

The meal that night was a sombre occasion. Leonard was glad it was just him and Penny, he wouldn't know what to say to Sheldon and had even less idea on what to say to Amy. He watched Penny play with the food on her plate, hardly touching any of it and he did the same. A couple of times he went to say something, but stopped himself for fear of upsetting Penny more that she clearly already was

"I just can't get my head around it" Penny interrupted his thoughts "Amy's Baby died"

"I know" Leonard responded "its a real shame"