It was another beautiful day in Pasadena. Sheldon had been sitting looking out the window for so long, even he wasn't sure how long any more. All he knew was that he had seen the sun rise and most of the occupants of the building start their day. It had been three weeks since he had found out Amy's news, and he still wasn't sure he'd dealt with it properly. Mary had stayed for a week to talk Amy through it all and she seemed much better, had a new lease of life and had gone back to work.

"You ready to go?" Amy interrupted his thoughts "I am"

"Not today" Sheldon turned to her with a look that she had never seen before, there was a smile, but it wasn't as creepy as some of the smiles he had given her over the years "I thought we'd have a day at home together"

"why?" Amy was puzzled, it was very unusual for Sheldon to take a day off work, even when he was sick, which he didn't seem to be "Sheldon, it's Friday, we go to work on Friday"

"I know" Sheldon winked at her "but today I thought we could start trying for another baby"

"What?" Amy felt her legs go like jelly and stumbled forward to the back of the sofa, leaning on it to break her fall "you want to try for a baby?"

"Don't you?" Sheldon feared he had done the wrong thing again "I thought it was what you wanted"

"It is" Amy smiled "I want a baby more than you will ever know, but are you sure you're ready? I mean, what if it happens again, can you deal with that?"

"It won't" Sheldon responded, a little more positively than he truly believed "this baby will be fine, the odds of it happening again are low"

"are you sure?" Amy could feel her voice quivering "I don't think I could go through it alone again"

"Amy" Sheldon looked her in the eyes, something that was still rare, but happening more and more recently "I can't promise that we won't lose another baby, I can't promise the pregnancy will be plain sailing, I can't even promise that you'll get pregnant again, but I can promise you that, whatever happens, you will never be alone again. I will never walk out on you like I did last time. That was wrong, and I'm truly sorry. I promise you, that I will be here for you every step of the way, or at least do my best to be"

"Thank you Sheldon, that means a lot"

Penny walked into the maternity unit at the hospital and sat down on the first chair she could see. She wondered why hospitals always had the most uncomfortable chairs; she thought that, with the prices they charge for insurance, they would be able to afford some slightly comfortable chairs. Leonard sat down next to her, on many occasions he went to say something, but thought better of it. He knew that she was nervous, and didn't want to make it worse for her. Penny held her hand out to watch it; she was visibly shaking, and looked at her watch every two seconds

"You okay?" Leonard asked her before he had a chance to think "you're shaking"

"I'm just so nervous" Penny told him truthfully "I'm worried our baby will die like Amy's did"

"Oh Penny" Leonard took her hands "what happened to Amy was tragic, but with every day you go through this pregnancy, the chance of miscarriage gets slimmer and slimmer. I'm sure this baby will be fine"

After a few more agonising minutes the sonographer came out, Penny looked at her longingly, hoping upon hope that her name would be called

"Penelope Hofstadter" the lady called

"yes!" Penny got out of her seat and practically ran across the room to her "sorry, I'm really nervous"

"There's no need to be nervous" the lady smiled, trying to comfort her "let's take a look"

After the scan, Penny felt much better, the baby was doing fine and was very strong.

"Do you feel better now?" Leonard smiled at her as they climbed back into the car "Now you know she's okay"

"Oh much" Penny responded, clearly much happier "I need to just enjoy this pregnancy now, or else I will go mad"

"yes you do" Leonard chuckled, relieved "so, have you thought of a name for this little one?"

"Yes" Penny smiled; she was very honoured that Leonard had given her the final say over the baby's name "Megan"

"I love it" Leonard smiled "Megan Hofstadter"