A/N: The answer Howard gave to Halley in the first part of the last chapter was my own answer to a test paper I did in science... I didn't get the mark. :(

A Valentine's Special! xx

Episode 2 - The Trip Proposal

Leonard and Penny take Raj and Rayna to Big Bear for a Valentine's weekend away.

"Leonard," Penny began, grabbing her husbands attention, whilst he was being playfully attacked by their four-month-old twins. "I've been thinking, why don't you and I go up to Big Bear this weekend for Valentine's Day, we can invite Sheldon and Amy." She smiled.

Leonard nodded his head as one of the boys began to pull his hair. Penny knelt down and picked up her son.

"Yeah, I like the sound of that." He grinned, thankful that Penny had taken one out of two of the rambunctious boys from him. "One question. Where would the boys go?" He asked.

"I was thinking we could get a babysitter, or ask Howard and Bernadette. If worst comes to worst, they can come with us."

"That would be fun. See if Sheldon really does want a baby." Leonard joked, before placing his second son on the floor after he attempted to lean up against him.

"He doesn't want one. He's bluffing." Penny insisted, still convinced that Sheldon was caught up on baby-fever.

"I love the sound of it." He smiled as he watched Ben pull on Penny's hair.

Sheldon was still complaining on the idea of going to Big Bear. When it came to nights away, that wasn't at Comic-Con, he definitely had a lot to say.

Leonard sighed loudly as he tried to block out his former roommates voice. He felt a relief as he saw Raj come around the corner.

"What you guys talking about?" Raj questioned, joining them at the table.

Sheldon chose to ignore him and continue ranting on. Leonard rolled his eyes at almost every word he said.

"You know what, Sheldon? You obviously don't want to go." Leonard started before Sheldon interrupted him.

"I don't."

"Raj, do you and Rayna want to come with me and Penny up to Big Bear this weekend? It would be for Valentine's Day." Leonard offered.

"I'd love too, but I'd have to check with the fiancée." He sighed. "Wow, first time I've said that. It actually gave me goosebumps." He smiled.

Sheldon thanked his friend for uninviting him. And Leonard thanked himself for making Sheldon shut up.

"Okay, for the next two days, we've got five kids in the house." Howard mentioned after having Leonard and Penny's twins dropped off.

Bernadette smiled over at him, whilst wondering why she actually said they would take care of the twins.

"Well, it's a good thing they all get along then, isn't it." Bernadette joked.

Howard sarcastically laughed at her, before walking through to the living room. Bernadette quickly followed him.

They both stopped in their tracks as the noticed Halley and Reuben both sitting outside the play pen that contained the three younger kids.

"This will be fun." Bernadette smiled, noticing that the two eldest were interacting with the infants.

Howard joined the children on the floor as Bernadette walked into the kitchen, to continue preparing dinner.

Halley laughed over at one of the twins as he started babbling into space.

"Daddy, why is he talking to himself?" Halley wondered.

"He's not talking, he's babbling. That's all babies can do for a while." Howard explained, before Halley nodded her head.

"Then why doesn't Ainsley babble?" She asked, still having trouble saying her sisters name.

"She's not old enough yet." He replied, looking at his youngest daughter as she was lying on her back, trying her hardest to get on to her stomach.

"Oh." Halley sighed.

Rayna looked around the cabin living room with her jaw open. Raj placed one hand around her waist and smiled.

"This place is amazing." Rayna managed to speak, still astonished by the rustic feel.

"Yeah, this is said to be the best cabin in the area." Leonard smiled, placing his bag by the front door.

"I actually can't believe we got this cabin for Valentine's Day." Penny smiled, trying not to squeal.

"I can't believe how close it is to Valentine's Day." Leonard added, looking over at the fireplace.

Rayna smiled over at Raj as he moved through to the bedroom with his and Rayna's luggage. She followed him through, leaving Leonard and Penny alone in the living room.

"This is the first time we have ever been alone since the boys were born." Leonard grinned.

"Uh-huh." Penny nodded, before looking over at their luggage. "You wanna go.. Unpack?" She asked, before winking.

"Okay." Leonard smiled, without hesitating an answer.

Leonard jumped up and grabbed the bags by the door.

"Sweetie, by 'unpack', you do know that I meant-"

"I know what you meant." Leonard interrupted, allowing her through first.

"Okay. Just clearing it up." Penny nodded, before slamming the door behind him.

Sheldon happily greeted his wife as she left the bedroom. Amy rubbed her eyes with astonishment as Sheldon placed the already made breakfast on the table.

"Sheldon, what is this?" She asked, whilst still wishing she was asleep.

"It's Valentine's Day, silly." He smiled, allowing her to sit down.

Amy laughed the same way she always did when Sheldon did something unusual for him, to make her happy.

"Thank you." She blushed.

Sheldon didn't answer. He just smiled over at her, before inviting her to sit across from him at the table.

Amy was starting to get intrigued on why Sheldon suddenly started to do things like this. They had been together ten-years, not including the small break in the middle, and this was the first time he had introduced Valentine's Day into the mix of surprise breakfasts.

She decided not to question his odd behavior, in case he was just being nice. And fighting with Sheldon wasn't currently on her list of things she wanted to do.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Mommy." Reuben beamed, waking his mother.

Bernadette slowly lifted her head and smiled over at her two children, who were currently perched next to her.

Howard walked through the door, carrying a tray with breakfast on.

"We made you breakfast-in-bed." Halley pointed out, moving to the side as Bernadette took the tray off her husband.

"Well, thank you." She gushed, as Howard sat next to her.

"Happy Valentine's Day." Howard smiled, before giving his wife a kiss.

Halley covered her brother's eyes with her hand, before squinting her own.

"Don't worry, Halley, that's not the worst they've done." Stuart mentioned, making both Howard and Bernadette jump.

"Stuart!" Bernadette squealed, her face turning red with embarrassment.

"Why do you still live here?" Howard asked the question he had been thinking in his head for years.

"WE WERE ON A BREAK!" - Ross Geller.

*I'm sorry, I wrote the part about Shamy being on the break in the middle of their relationship, and I had too.

Please Review! I love reading them! And happy valentine's day. XX