Sheldon stared at Amy with concern as she bit her lip.
He took a step towards her, glancing down at her stomach, and timidly reaching out a hand.
It took a moment, until he gently placed it on her stomach and swallowed.
"You mean you're…?"
Amy shook her head. "No."
Sheldon frowned. "What?" He withdrew his hand and took hers in his own.
"I went to get a fertility test. I was doing it as a surprise for you, thinking it would all be okay, but…it's not." Amy replied.
"You did it as a surprise for me?" Sheldon frowned.
Amy nodded. "Yes. "
"Why? I thought the plan was that we see how things go with Scooby, and then we try when we return to Pasadena."
"It is…Or was. Things were going so well, and I wanted to get a fertility test as a surprise for you two weeks ago. I was going to tell you the same night I got it done, but…It was bad news. I was so scared to tell you, and didn't think you'd notice if I stopped taking my pill. What's the point in taking it now anyway?" Amy wiped her eyes and sniffed.
Sheldon hugged her. "But…It's not completely impossible right?"
"Well…No, not completely. Just highly unlikely."
"Amy, the law of probability says that even when something is unlikely, it is still at least relatively possible." Sheldon said, reasonably. "We've obviously been having coitus unprotected for almost two weeks since your appointment; you could be pregnant right now and we would not even know it."
"I doubt it." Amy replied. "I have irregular ovulation…"
"But…You still have your menses, don't you?"
"Yes, but haven't you ever noticed that it's irregular?"
"I thought that was down to taking the pill."
Amy shook her head. "My mother always used to make me get some form of contraception, even though I was never sexually active. I stopped when we first got together, then after two years, I started taking it again." She explained, "It never regulated."
"Oh…" Sheldon looked downcast.
"If this means you want to leave me, I'll understand." Amy said.
"Are you crazy? What makes you think I'd ever leave you?" Sheldon asked, taken aback.
"Well I know you wanted to try for a baby, but…"
"Yes, but not just with anyone. I'm not interested in anyone else and never will be. Nobody else is you, so why would I want them? It's you I love."
Amy smiled.
"Besides, I highly doubt anyone else would manage to produce a highly intelligent offspring, other than you!" Sheldon finished. "Everything we do together is perfect."
"Thank you." Amy replied, softly, and then took a breath. "So…what now?"
"I don't know." Sheldon shrugged. "We can still try to conceive naturally. It hasn't quite been ruled out, has it?"
"No, but we could be trying for years. We're 31 and 32 years old Sheldon, we could be hitting 40 by the time we finally have a child." Amy sighed.
"Consider this…" Sheldon said, turning to fully face Amy. "We set ourselves deadline, and if nothing happens by then…Then we'll just have to accept that it might not ever happen. Then we'll have to look into other options."
"The only other option is IVF." Amy said, "If we want the child to be our own. I'm not even going to consider anything else."
Sheldon nodded. "Then we can do that."
Amy frowned. "I can't believe we're having such a grown-up conversation…You especially!"
"Hey!" Sheldon replied, "I am perfectly capable of having adult conversations!" He swatted her playfully, "What chances have they given you?"
"30%-40% chance." Amy made a face.
Sheldon nodded. "30 and 40 are greater than 0." He said, "It hasn't been completely ruled out, like I said."
"I know, but it's not much." Amy replied.
"Look at me." Sheldon said, and Amy looked up. "Remember in those extremely disturbing sex education lessons we had to take at school?"
"Ugh…Yes?"
"Well, they always told us to use protection if we planned on having sex at a young age or unmarried, because it only takes one time to get a girl pregnant."
"I know, but…"
"But the girls don't know that they may be infertile too, even then. I mean, they could have endometriosis or polycystic ovaries, or Lord knows what else, and yet they could become pregnant from that one time. So what's to say that you won't?"
Sheldon had a point.
"And having a fertility test with bad results only causes stress, and stress could also be a factor. Just remember that there is still a chance…Think of it as another Schrodinger experiment. You could get pregnant or you couldn't get pregnant; the only way of knowing is to just try." He summarised.
Amy nodded. "You're right…Wow, thank you Sheldon." She hugged him, and he squeezed her. "And again, thank you for being so adult and okay about this."
"Anything for you, Mrs Cooper." He replied.
Amy pulled back. "I think you'll find it's Doctor Cooper!" She grinned.
"So…We were going to have coitus anyway…Should we continue?" Sheldon asked.
"I think we should."
"Would you like me to wear a condom or not?"
Amy shook her head slowly.
She and Sheldon sat on the bed, and locked the door.
Their lips met, and they kissed passionately.
After quickly undressing, they lay down on the bed, side by side, still not breaking contact.
Amy reached down and took Sheldon's erection in her hand, gliding her hand up and down his soft skin.
She felt him groan in pleasure against her mouth, and he returned the favour, caressing her spot, before shyly inserting a finger.
Her breathing became heavy, and she felt herself needing him, her hips moving in time with his hand, as he did the same with hers.
"I need you now." She breathed.
Sheldon took his hand away, and slowly filled her entirely, as their bodies moved in rhythm with each other.
Knowing that his entire length was inside her, Amy needed to find another way to stimulate him further.
She ran her hand down his body until it reached his scrotum, and she massaged it slowly.
Sheldon took a sharp intake of breath, his entire body rippling with pleasure.
"Oh my God, Amy!" He breathed, "Keep doing that."
She obliged as her husband lowered his lips to her right breast, taking it in his mouth and suckling and licking on her nipple.
Their thrusts became harder and faster, as their moans of pleasure filled the air.
Sheldon felt Amy tighten and engulf him in wetness as she released, crying out his name.
He came in a rush, shocking both of them. "Oh… Amy…!"
They lay for a while, panting.
"Well…I think it's safe to say I ejaculated a lot!" Sheldon said at last.
"Yep. One of your guys is bound to find one egg, right?" Amy asked.
Sheldon shrugged. "Maybe. I'd like to think so."
Amy cuddled him, and he wrapped his arms around her, too, kissing her hair.