Amy turned to look at him, "What are you thanking me for?"
"For all of this" he said gesturing to the twins, "I love you" he said kissing her on the lips
"Guys" Penny said from the door, "its late, so we're going to come back in the morning." She said before she and Bernadette slipped out the door.
"Can I hold one?" Sheldon asked, stretching out his hands.
"You don't have to ask Sheldon" she said offering him their daughter.
Sheldon cradled her in his arms and studied her features. "She doesn't look like you" he pointed out
Amy glanced over, "I guess she doesn't"
"What name did you decide on?" he asked
The next morning as promised the whole gang came in, eager to meet the new additions.
"She looks so much like Sheldon" Howard pointed out about the baby in Bernadette's arms, "Its kinda creepy" he said causing everyone to laugh.
Penny picked up their son, "Hey cutie" she cooed at the baby, "I'm your aunty Penny. What names did you guys decide on?" she asked
"Our daughter's name is Marie Leigh Cooper and our son's name is Stephen Leonard Cooper"
"Aww that's so cute" Raj said
"You guys named him after me?" Leonard asked
"Yes" Amy said the same time Sheldon said "No". They stopped to look at each other, "You said it was after someone who helped you in life, was always there for you, wasn't that Leonard?" Amy asked
"No, it was Leonard Nimoy" Sheldon said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world
"That's my best friend" Leonard muttered
"Sheldon" Amy chastised
"Fine" he sighed, "I guess it could be Leonard"
"Gee, thanks buddy" Leonard said sarcastically
"We could always change it" Sheldon said
"No. I'll take it" Leonard quickly said
Marie started to whimper in Bernadette's arms, and she quickly handed her back to Sheldon, who cradled her to his chest. "Its okay" he whispered to her while slowly bouncing her.
"I never thought I would see the day" Howard said looking at Sheldon calm his daughter.
"I can't believe I'm the only one here who doesn't have a child" Raj pouted, "I really thought I would be the first" Howard patted him on the shoulder, "You'll get there buddy"
Penny continued to coo at Stephen in her arms and he gave a small smile, "Look he smiled at me. You love your aunty Penny don't you. This is making me want another one" she said and Leonard's eyes bugged out of his head and Penny laughed, "Not now Leonard, but maybe sometime later. I miss them at this stage. Trust me it's the best Ames" she turned to look at Amy and realized she was sleeping. "I guess that's our cue to leave" she said putting Stephen in the basinet near the bed, "We'll come visit later" she whispered to Sheldon, who just nodded in return.
Sheldon looked around the now empty room, he thought winning the Nobel would have been his greatest achievement, but as he looked at his sleeping family he realized that this was better than any Nobel.
*2 weeks later*
'Where is Sheldon?' Amy thought. She was trying to feed Marie but Stephen insisted on screaming bloody murder. She tried shouting for Sheldon, but he wouldn't answer. She couldn't hold and comfort Stephen while also feeding Marie and Sheldon had just dropped off the planet. She looked at Stephen in the crib, his little face scrunched up and red from crying, "I'm sorry kid but I could only do so much"
Mary had stayed for almost two weeks after the twins were born, and Amy and Sheldon didn't realize how important she was until she left 3 days ago. Amy couldn't remember the last time she had slept, or even showered, she was sure she was wearing the same shirt for the past 3 days, even though it had trace amounts of spit up. As soon as they decided to close their eyes, one of the twins started crying which woke up the other one. It would take forever to get them settled and the cycle would continue every 2 hours. Even thought they were small they already had their own wants. Marie would continue to scream if anyone other than Sheldon sang Soft Kitty to her, and you had to rock her and walk at the same time or she would continue to cry. Stephen only liked to be held by Amy and only on her left side and only liked when she sang Somewhere over the Rainbow.
She tried to feed Marie as quickly as possible, so she could get Stephen to stop screaming. She placed Marie in the baby rocker that her mother had bought and turned it on and picked up Stephen, but the little girl knew the difference between arms rocking her and a machine rocking her and started to cry. Her crying made Stephen continue to cry even though Amy tried to quiet him down. And both of their crying made Amy start to cry. She tried to think of a way where she could pick the both of them up and rock them. She was just about to shift Stephen in her arms when she heard shuffling in the hallway.
"Sheldon?"
"Yeah, I'm here" he said shuffling into the room
"No you were not here. Where were you? I was calling you for the past 15 minutes"
"I went to get us something to eat."
"Sheldon that was 2 hours ago" she stressed, "Can you pick up Marie, so she could stop crying"
"I may or may not have fallen asleep in the car in the parking lot" he said cradling the girl to his chest
"Really you took a nap? You left me here to take a nap"
"I didn't plan to. It just happened. I was just so tired"
"I'm tired too Sheldon" she hissed. She realized that Stephen had fallen asleep and placed him gently in the crib and turned to leave the room.
"Where are you going? Sheldon asked
"To take a nap" she snapped
She walked into their room and just face planted into the bed. She wasn't even sure why she was mad at Sheldon; they were both exhausted. She felt the bed dip next to her a few minutes later and Sheldon's arm around her waist, "I'm sorry I fell asleep"
"Its okay. I know you didn't mean to. Let's just sleep while we can."
"Alright. Amy remember when I said I wanted 15 kids?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I changed my mind. We're not having anymore"
