Episode 13: The News Topology
Everyone finds out about Amy's pregnancy, and Sheldon has a small freak-out.
Bernadette walked into Amy's apartment to find Penny already there. She greeted her friends, placing her purse on the couch.
"Do you want some wine?" Penny asked, raising the bottle.
"Hit me!" Bernadette said with a small grin. "Halley's still being a pain with Reuben about him being at the damn school!" She added, moving closer toward the kitchen isle.
"Just think about it, next September, she'll be in kindergarten." Penny smiled, moving over a small glass of wine.
Bernadette nodded, not taking a sip. "Ames."
"Yeah," Amy said, turning to Bernadette.
"How come your wine is a different color to mine and Penny's?"
Amy looked away as Bernadette raised her eyebrows.
"I don't see a different color." Penny quickly replied, filling out for Amy.
"That's the best part about being a mom, you can tell when someone's lying." Bernadette sneered, looking over at Amy.
"Okay, if I tell you, you have to promise to keep it a secret. You can't tell anyone."
"Yeah, I can do that," Bernadette answered immediately, without hesitation.
Amy took a deep breath before sighing. "I'm pregnant."
Bernadette jumped up from the seat and hugged her friend.
"But you can't tell anyone... She's still got to tell Sheldon." Penny mentioned.
Bernadette nodded. "Not a word."
Amy stormed through into Leonard and Penny's apartment, and looked directly at Bernadette.
"Bernadette, can I talk to you, in private?" She asked.
Bernadette nodded, and Amy lead her to the kitchen.
"What is wrong with you? You told Howard and Raj!"
"Wha! No!" Bernadette defended, her voice higher than usual.
Amy raised her eyebrows at her friend, before she came clean.
"Okay, I told Howie. It was an accident, I didn't mean to. I have no clue on how Raj found out."
Sheldon approached the two girls in the kitchen to get a drink from the fridge.
"Ohh, I do like gossip. What are you two hens clucking about?" Sheldon questioned, turning to Amy and Bernadette.
"I'll leave you two to talk this over." Bernadette smiled, before walking out of the kitchen.
"So, what's the cluck?"
"Don't worry, Sheldon it isn't anything important." Amy sighed.
"Oh, but now I do want to worry."
"If you really want to know, go over to the apartment and I'll tell you there."
Sheldon hesitated for a moment, before agreeing and walking out of the apartment. Amy stared at the door, debating whether she would go over or not.
"What was all that about."
Amy hesitated, before realizing that everyone in the room, apart from Rayna, knew about the secret.
"Sheldon's gone over to the apartment. He's waiting for me. I'm going to tell him."
"That you're pregnant?" Rayna wondered.
"How did you find out?" Amy questioned, before the whole room looked straight over at Raj.
"You can't tell me any gossip!" He sighed.
"Go on, Amy. What are you waiting for?" Howard questioned.
Amy hesitated, looking at the apartment door. "I can't do it." She wimped out.
"I'll do it." Raj offered.
"No, I've got it." Amy butted in, before walking out the apartment.
Amy walked back into the Leonard and Penny's apartment after being told to leave by Sheldon so he could process the information.
"How'd he take it?" Everyone said in unison, pouncing up from their seats.
"I told him, and he asked to be alone," Amy answered.
"One moment," Leonard announced, before walking out of the apartment.
He knocked on the door of apartment 4B, before waiting for Sheldon to answer the door.
"It's open," Sheldon said behind the door.
Leonard opened it quickly, and noticed Sheldon pacing from the kitchen to the bedroom door, and vice versa.
"What's wrong, Sheldon?" Leonard asked after a moment of watching Sheldon panic.
"I'm not ready to be a father!" He shouted, still in complete shock. "I've heard your offspring from over here. It seems like a lot of work!" He added.
"Sheldon, sit down!" Leonard insisted, sitting down on the couch and inviting him too. When Sheldon had nervously sat down, he continued. "I know it might seem scary, but it's so rewarding! Also, for the past year, you haven't stopped about how much you've wanted a baby. Buddy, this is a great thing!" He smiled.
Sheldon began to slowly calm down, as the words Amy had told him replayed in his head, before he picked it back up again.
"But what about the crying? And the pooping? The midnight calls, with the screaming?"
"Yes, those things are hard at first. But you get used to it. You never know if that baby's first word would be during one of those midnight awakenings. Sam said his first word at two o'clock in the morning when I got up with him. Of course, he called me momma, but I'll never forget it."
Sheldon nodded slightly. "Okay, I think I can handle this." He reassured.