Carrying on from the same day as previous chapter

Saturday proved to be very busy, both Sheldon and Leonard worked for a few hours at Caltech doing various experiments and equations, they also had department issues to sort out and catch up with from their recent vacation and Penny had already arranged cover at the store on the women's floor, as Alex would not be working her usual Saturday hours due to the engagement party, so Natasha was working as well which left Amy with all the children but Bernadette and Kelly came over to help as well

Penny had got to the store for 10am as she had a client at 12pm and was planning on leaving at 3pm,so before that she set about sorting the rota for the next few weeks, with Natasha reducing her hours and Kelly not due back for two weeks, she needed to find a solution, Penny had put herself at full days for some of the weeks and after speaking with her most experienced employee Christine, she agreed to work the weekend shifts as well as 3 days during the week, she had also agreed with the men's floor assistant manager Scott that he would take over from George while he was on Paternity Leave for three months

Satisfied that everything was in place, Penny returned home and went to Amy's house, where Amy had a suggestion for Penny

"You know, I think its time for Marie to spend more hours at nursery, if she is starting school in September next year, she is going to have to get used to it, I think Richard can still go every day but with his usual half days" said Amy

"That's a good idea, Archie can join Marie for full days, Corey is about ready to go more often now as well"

"That way it will give my mom more time for herself as well and a little break before the new ones come along" said Amy

"Good idea, did you get a dress for the party tonight? You know it's formal?

"Yes I have one of the dresses I got from your store a while ago, I tried it on earlier and it still fits"

"Did you hear back from the social worker?

"No and I probably wont, she just said she would be in contact once the baby is settled with a new family, my mum will be here shortly to take all the kids to her house" added Amy

"Oh yes, where are they by the way?

"In the pool house or garden with Kelly and Bernadette"

"Bernadette's mom is taking Kelly and Bernadette's kids for the evening, which is a lot to handle" said Penny

"Yes, Kelly told me when she came over, also she brought Cinnamon with her to stay here overnight, so she is probably racing around with the dogs somewhere" said Amy

Not long after, Sheldon and Leonard arrived back to the house, Barbara arrived shortly afterwards in her people carrier and informed Amy that she had made a bid on a house that was opposite Natasha and George's house and it was them that told her about it

"It also has three bedrooms, so plenty of room for visitors especially as there will be at least 4 babies here at Christmas and extended families" said Barbara

"Well I am glad that you are moving closer" said Amy hugging her mother

"Thank you, I should be moving in there in a couple of weeks, once the owners have moved out" replied Barbara

"Well if you need any help, we are here if you need us" said Sheldon indicating himself and Leonard

"Thank you, George has offered as well, so that will be handy" replied Barbara gathering up the rest of the children's things and making sure the kids were strapped in the car properly

Penny and Leonard returned home to get ready for the party and Amy went up to have a long soak in the bath, Sheldon offered to give her a massage while she was in there, this led to them having coitus in the bath and having to rush to get ready for the party which started at 7pm

Sheldon, Amy, Leonard and Penny arrived at Raj's house at the same time that Natasha pulled up in the car with George, Kelly invited them and they saw that there was already quite a few people there, it was a formal dress party but an informal buffet style meal, Raj had borrowed extra chairs from Sheldon and Leonard and the first person Amy saw on entering the kitchen was Stuart, she hadn't seen him since he turned up on her doorstep one night a couple of years previously

"Hello Stuart, didn't think I would see you here" said Amy

"Well Raj invited me and not wanting to make myself look bad with the reasons for explaining why I didn't want to come, I just accepted the invitation" replied Stuart as Sheldon arrived in the kitchen and took in the scene, Leonard and Penny also came in

"Stuart" nodded Sheldon

"Hi Sheldon, how are you"

"Very well, Raj never said where you disappeared to when you left" said Sheldon

"Yeah that's because I asked him not to, I was in a bad place at the time but Raj helped me out"

"Where are you living now? Asked Penny

"With the money Raj gave me for the sale of the Comic Book store I was able to put a deposit down on an apartment in San Francisco with a comic book store below it, which I also run, its going well" replied Stuart

"I still don't understand why you didn't tell us" said Leonard

"I had my reasons but I can see you are all happy and expecting more children, congratulations" said Stuart extending his hand to Leonard who shook it and then Sheldon who looked at him curiously

"Come on lets get back to the party" said Amy taking a drink and walking out of the kitchen and taking Sheldon's hand

As Amy and Sheldon went in to the lounge, Alex and Mitchell arrived with both sets of their parents and one of Alex's brothers, the party got underway and carried on for several hours Raj had hired a DJ, soon the couples were dancing as well, Bernadette feeling sorry for Stuart and not knowing the reasons why he left, offered to dance with him and he accepted, he was also staying the night at Raj's house so couldn't escape.

Alex took the opportunity to talk to the ladies about her wedding dress while the guys chatted

"I was thinking about going to look next weekend if you would like to join me? Asked Alex

"Sure, as I said to Natasha, if you wanted something from the store let me know" said Penny

"Thank you, also Natasha if you find something you like for a maid of honour dress let me know, obviously you being pregnant it wont fit but it will afterwards, that's partly why we delayed getting married until March because we want you to feel comfortable" said Alex

"I did wonder and probably by March I will have lost a bit of weight from the pregnancy also"

"True, also as its still a few months until the wedding, no point in choosing outfits for the little ones, they will probably have grown out of the outfits by then" said Alex

"If you're getting married on the beach are you still going for a traditional wedding dress or something lighter? Asked Penny

"That's partly why I need to go and have a look, I liked Natasha's style of dress so maybe something similar, not sure yet" replied Alex

"What about you two having kids? Asked Amy

"Oh we will have children but not just yet, probably wait a year or so before we decide to have any" replied Alex

"Oh by the way Missy got married and she's also pregnant" said Amy as she explained the whole story

"Do you think Missy and Sheldon's mom and Meemaw would like to come to the wedding? Asked Alex

"I can ask and you can invite them" replied Amy

Throughout the party Amy was deliberately ignoring Stuart, she didn't want him to come near her after his ridiculous statements the last time they met at a party and she was now sitting on the sofa with Sheldon after becoming tired out from the dancing, Sheldon was playfully feeding her and they were giving each other little kisses, Alex and Mitchell danced together a lot, the DJ was booked until midnight and after Alex and Mitchell had requested their own special song, Sheldon and Amy did the same and soon the couples appeared again, Amy and Sheldon were swaying and kissing to their wedding song, they decided to go home afterwards

"Raj thank you for a lovely night but I am just about done" said Amy

"Glad you could come" said Raj hugging her and Sheldon

Sheldon and Amy went off to find Alex and Mitchell to wish them luck and said goodbye to everybody else, they arrived back at the house a few minutes later

"I fancy a dip in the hot tub, if you want to join me? Said Amy taking her swimming costume from the tumble dryer and passing Sheldon his swimming shorts

"You bet I do" replied Sheldon going to the kitchen to get some drinks for them and following her into the garden and to the pool house

"The hot tub doesn't appear to be working, so lets just go in the lounge instead" said Amy walking back in the house and easing herself on to the sofa

"Well we have the house to ourselves after all" said Sheldon sitting down next to her and kissing her

"We do and it would be a shame to not make the most of it" replied Amy returning the kiss

Sheldon put some music on and they lay in each others arms, kissing and cuddling for some time, before Sheldon helped Amy and they went to bed

"If we are going to do this, then the best position for me at the moment is me on top of you" said Amy as Sheldon stripped off his clothes and then helped Amy out of her dress, he started to kiss her shoulders and then walked her to the bed where they lay kissing and fondling each other before Amy moved on top of Sheldon and guided herself onto Sheldon's erection, as she felt him penetrating deeper into her, she leant down to kiss him as he fondled her breasts and then started to bounce on him, both of them moaning in contentment and desire for each other until Sheldon felt his orgasm coming and he released his load into Amy, a few minutes later when he had recovered they resumed kissing with Sheldon this time using his hands to make Amy orgasm

"I think we both needed that, hope it was as good for you as it was for me" said Amy afterwards

"It was more than good Amy, it was fantastic as always, your not hurting in anyway are you?

"How do you mean?

"From your stomach, that was some physical stuff going on there" replied Sheldon patting her bump

"Oh no that's fine, I would tell you otherwise" replied Amy smiling at him and then yawning

"I can see you are tired, shall we spoon while we sleep?

"That seems to be the best way and we can lie in as much as we like in the morning, my mom is not bringing the kids back until 2pm" said Amy kissing Sheldon and then turning over with Sheldon wrapping his arms around her waist so they could spoon together

"Goodnight Amy love you"

"Love you more" replied Amy turning her head to smile at him as he turned the light out

The next few weeks were busy for all of the gang, Amy was left in charge of the Neurobiology department while Dr Carter was away, Natasha was working her reduced hours and found that it suited her well and she wasn't so tired in the evening because of it, everybody helped Barbara move into her new house and Amy's new monkeys got settled into the addiction study, Penny was working more and the kids were enjoying spending all day at nursery, Alex found her ideal wedding dress which turned out to be perfect for the beach and she had also found a minister to perform the wedding as she couldn't decide between the gang as to who she wanted to perform it, Rose also started primary school which she enjoyed and told Marie and Archie about and Kelly went back to work at the weekends with Raj looking after the children

The 2nd week of October, Missy and Brett paid a weekend visit, they had their 12 week scan not long before and Missy wanted to introduce Brett to her extended family and friends and Sheldon had invited all the friends over for a pool and pizza party as it was also Amy's birthday

"Are you both coming for Christmas? Asked Sheldon

"Yes of course" replied Missy

"You can stay in the attic conversion where you are now then, Mom and Meemaw can have the annexe, the spare room will no longer be spare by then" said Sheldon

"Did you find out the sex of the baby? Asked Amy

"No the doctor couldn't tell as the baby wasn't facing us, never mind though it's only 8 weeks until the next scan" said Missy

"You've started to get a little bump as well" said Natasha

"Yes, are you still working?

"Yes but only until the end of the month, if I can make it by then, I reduced my hours after my 22nd week scan but then I had to reduce them more so I am only working 3 half days a week now" replied Natasha patting her bump

"You look like you are about to burst" said Missy looking at the bump and seeing movements coming from it

"It feels like it as well"

"By the way I have decided on godparents, mom won't let me get away with not christening this one" said Missy

"Who have you chosen? Asked Sheldon

"You, George and Brett would like his sister Julie to be godparent" said Missy

"Thanks, talking of Brett, shall we go and get more acquainted playing video games, there is enough of us here to do teams I think" Said Sheldon

"Sure why not" replied Brett as Leonard, Howard, Raj, George and Mitchell followed Sheldon to the game room, this left the kids who were in the pool with only Bernadette, Alex and Kelly to supervise them until Amy sorted the problem by calling them out

"You can all go back in later, if something happens it's not like Penny and I can rush into help" said Amy to Marie who was complaining

"Fine, mommy can we go upstairs to my room then?

"Yes of course" replied Amy as all the kids ran inside and went to Marie's room to play

"Amy when are you giving up work? Asked Bernadette

"Around the middle of November, just depends on how I feel really" replied Amy

"How are you feeling now? Asked Missy

"Ok, if I go by previous pregnancies then so far I have had less problems" replied Amy

"Same here, I have already informed my clients that I wont be available and have passed them onto my staff, though some of them are happy to wait until I return" said Penny

"Are you still filming the Christmas advert for Macys? Asked Missy

"Yes they are doing it earlier this year on the 20th November because of me being pregnant, I will be only three weeks from giving birth then anyway" replied Penny

"How's the wedding plans going Alex? Asked Amy

"Yes very good, the house we stay at sometimes has been booked for that weekend so there will be somewhere for you all to stay, Mitchell and I will be staying at my parents house to ensure there will be enough space" replied Alex as the doorbell could be heard ringing, Sheldon who was closest went to answer it and came to the garden with somebody that Amy recognised

"Hi Amy" said Karen

"Karen, what are you doing here?

"Well it was Leonard I wanted to see and there was no answer next door"

"Let me go and get him" said Sheldon going back into the house

"So how have you been doing?" asked Amy

"Fine, the social worker let me see the baby again before she was adopted out" replied Karen as Leonard appeared

"Hi Leonard, I just wanted to say thank you for giving the social services your mothers email address, I have been in contact with her and she's been very helpful and I will be flying out next week to see her"

"No problems, she can be overbearing at times but I guess she knows her stuff and if she can help you figure out your problems then that can only be a good thing" replied Leonard

"Well I better be going and thanks again" said Karen turning to leave

"Hang on, did you want to stay for a drink and Pizza? Asked Amy

"No I can't, I have a 9pm curfew for the hostel" said Karen

"Well at least take some pizza with you, Sheldon will you get a container and put some pizza in please? Asked Amy

"Sure"

"You don't have to do that" replied Karen

"Its ok, I wanted to" replied Amy

"Also sorry for scaring your daughter that time" said Karen again

"No problems, your welcome here anytime" said Amy as Sheldon came back with a container which contained the pizza

"Anyway cheers for this, see ya" said Karen as Sheldon led her back out of the house

"What was that about? Asked Missy

"Oh it's a long story" replied Amy

"Well I am here all weekend" replied Missy, Amy told her what happened and not long after the boys came back from playing the video games to toast Amy's birthday

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