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National Honesty Day (April 30th)

Penny and Amy sat on the couch and watched the guys pour over the calendar and argue fiercely. Amy looked over at Penny and rolled her eyes. "You realize that they are never going to agree, right?"

Penny listened to the men debate with holiday to celebrate. Leonard jabbed at the calendar. "April 23rd is World Laboratory Day! We all work in labs! It's perfect!"

"The 28th is International Astronomy Day," Raj said. "We have to celebrate that one! Come on, dudes! A trip to the conservatory, maybe some stargazing. It will be fun!"

Howard rolled his eyes. "I want to do the barbershop quartet holiday! Listen, think of all the fun we could have! Bernie and I sing all the time, and it's loads of fun! We're supposed to be doing something fun! Not something that we do all the time anyway!"

Sheldon crossed his arms and sighed in a put-upon manner. "Wrong. Wrong. Wrong," he said. "We are celebrating April 3rd, Tweed Day. We will all wear our favorite Tweed suits."

Penny shook her head and spoke up loudly. "No, we won't!"

Sheldon spared a moment to glare at her, and she saucily blew him a kiss. Raj took a drink of his beer and huffed angrily. "Dudes! How often is there a holiday that celebrates my field of work? Come on," he begged. "I really want to celebrate it!"

Howard shrugged. "Then celebrate it! But this is supposed to be a group activity! Let's form a barbershop quartet!"

"None of us can sing!" Leonard exclaimed.

A short knock on the door brought Penny off the couch. She opened the door for Missy, Mark, Bernadette and Priya and waved toward the kitchen. "Welcome to the freak show. Today's special performance features four insane geniuses arguing over who gets to pick the holiday for April."

Bernadette grinned. "I know. Howard sent me a text that the guys wouldn't let him sing."

"We brought a solution," Priya said confidently. She reached into her purse and pulled out a small object.

Penny looked at it with a frown. "How is a 20 sided die going to help?" Penny placed a hand on her forehead. "And how is it I know exactly how many sides that die has?"

Priya grinned and patted Penny's arm in commiseration. "We've all been affected by their nerdier tendencies to a degree." She walked over to the table and snatched away the calendar. The men looked up in surprise. Mark motioned the ladies over and they all watched Priya. She held up the die for everyone to see.

"Okay, here's the deal. Highest roll gets to pick the holiday. After last month's argument, I figure this is the fairest way to decide from now on."

Sheldon shook his head. "Now wait a minute! What about the law of averages? It's likely that the any one of us could conceivably win the roll several months in a row."

Priya shook her head. "No. There are 10 of us. Each month the active participants will decrease by one, with each subsequent winner eliminated from the next rounds until everyone has had a turn. Then we start over with the entire group."

Leonard smiled warmly. "Smart and beautiful. I hit the jackpot."

Sheldon grabbed the die from Priya. "I'll go first!"

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"Priya," Mark said with a grin, "have you ever broken a law?"

Priya nodded without hesitation. "I once told my parents I was spending the night with a girlfriend. Instead I went with a boy from the neighborhood to a bar and got drunk. I was 16."

Raj gasped. "Priya! That is scandalous!"

Bernadette giggled. "Your turn Raj. Have you ever done anything illegal?"

He looked around the room. "Of course not! I am a good Hindu!"

Penny quirked an eyebrow. "Oh no, sweetie. It's Honesty Day. Missy got to pick the holiday and we all have to play along."

Raj blushed and sipped his wine cooler. "I once ate a whole bunch of grapes before going through the line at the grocery store."

Howard handed out fresh water bottles to everyone as the giggles subsided. "Okay," he said. "My turn to ask a question." He looked around the room and smiled. Ever since Penny had called him last night and asked him to set her up, he had formed various theories about what she had to say. He really hoped he knew what she was up to. "Penny, on this day of honesty, is there anything you've ever kept secret from Sheldon?"

Penny took a deep breath before looking at Sheldon and smiling. "Actually, there is." Sheldon's expression became anxious and he swallowed nervously.

"Sweetie, I love you. But there is also someone else I love just as much as I love you. This person became part of my life last month on St. Patrick's Day." She reached out and took Sheldon's hands in hers. There were a few joyous gasps around the room as Penny smiled and pressed his hands to her stomach. "Sheldon, I'm six weeks pregnant."

She expected him to either (A) faint or (B) freak out. What she didn't expect was that he would snatch her up, plant her on his lap, and kiss her until she was breathless. She decided National Honesty Day was her new favorite holiday.