Tuesday was fairly uneventful for both Amy and Sheldon. Amy spent the day cleaning the apartment and talking with Mary, while Sheldon continued to stare at the equation he had been stuck on for nearly a week. Leonard and Sheldon picked up take out on their way home, which Amy joined them for. Returning to their apartment was the first time they really had to talk all day.
"I'm sorry you're still struggling with that equation at work. If you want, we could get out one of the white boards and work on it together. I don't understand much of the high-level math, but sometimes you figure it out when you explain it to me," offered Amy.
Sheldon paused, "Are you sure? You aren't really trying to distract me from something that happened today, are you?"
Amy was already pulling the white board out of the closet. "Nothing of significance happened today. I already told you everything I did. I just thought it would be nice to work together a little before going to bed. I know how frustrated you get when you've been stuck multiple days on the same problem."
An hour later, Sheldon had made progress on solving the equation. "Thank you for suggesting we work on this together. I'm sorry for doubting you. I miss working with you since you've gone back to your research."
"I miss it, too, but I also enjoy seeing you at lunch and talking about our days on the drive home. It's nice to not know everything that has happened already."
"I enjoy that as well. I think I've made enough progress on this for tonight. What do you say we head to bed?"
Sheldon woke Wednesday morning to find the other side of the bed empty. The bed was still warm, so he knew Amy had only recently gotten out of bed. He rolled over and found the bathroom door was open and Amy wasn't there. Putting on his slippers and robe, he walked into the living room and saw Amy standing over the stove. "Why are you up so early? You aren't going to work today, are you?"
"I think I'm going to stay home at least today; I haven't decided if I'll go in tomorrow, but I wanted to make you breakfast before you meet Leonard. I think your mom and I might go out for lunch. I know the guys haven't been over all week, so if you want to stop at the comic book store on the way home, that'd be fine. Bernadette, Penny, and I were going to have a mini girls' night, just for a few hours. Bernie isn't going to come over until after dinner. If she comes for dinner, Howard will come and that means Raj will want to come, and that's still a lot of people all at one time for me. I thought you'd be able to spend some more time with your mom tonight since she leaves tomorrow morning," explained Amy.
Sheldon sat at the kitchen island, watching Amy place pancakes on a plate for him. "Maybe my mom and I can do something while you're having your girls' night. I'm not sure Leonard would appreciate my mom and I taking over his apartment for the evening. Can we use your car?"
"Sure. Are you going to make your mother drive?"
"Well, I'm not driving and I don't think she'll want to take the bus for whatever we end up doing," Sheldon quipped.
Sheldon returned to the apartment late that evening, expecting Bernadette and Penny to still be there, but found the living room dark. The bedroom door was cracked and he could see light coming through. He took off his jacket and set down his messenger bag before approaching the bedroom. He slowly pushed open the door, unsure of how girls' night went and worried about how Amy was feeling. "Hey, I'm home. How was girls' night?"
"It was okay," Amy rolled over to face her husband. "What did you end up doing with your mom?"
"We went to the train store and got ice cream. I don't think I've gotten ice cream with my mom like that since before I started college. It was nice to have some one-on-one time with her. We talked about work and the Nobel, she filled me in on some of the neighborhood gossip back in Texas. She mentioned that you're driving her to the airport tomorrow morning?"
Nodding, Amy explained, "I thought it would be stupid for Leonard or Penny to take off work to drop her off. I'm thinking about going into work for the afternoon once I drop her off. I'd get there before lunch, so I can probably sneak in without a lot of people noticing I wasn't there all morning. By not showing up first thing in the morning, I might be able to avoid everyone asking me how I'm feeling. I know everyone except the guys think I've had the flu, but I still don't want to be asked a bunch of times if I'm feeling better."
"Maybe I'll join you to drop my mom off. We could all stop for breakfast on the way. What happened during girls' night? You usually never shut up about it, but all you could tell me tonight was that it was okay," Sheldon asked, having changed into his pajamas and joined Amy in bed.
"I know the girls were trying to be considerate by not bringing it up, but I kind of wanted to talk to my friends about it. I know you and I have been talking, and I've talked to your mother, but it's different talking to your friends about something like this. I think they were just happy to see we were trying to get back some sort of sense of normalcy."
"Talking to the guys has been helpful for me. I think you're right that the girls didn't want to say anything that might upset you. The guys asked if we'd be having our regular video game night on Friday, maybe you can suggest another girl's night?" Sheldon wasn't sure if Amy was upset or sad about how the evening had gone.
Sighing, Amy answered, "Maybe. Something else did come up that I can't stop thinking about, but I'm not sure if I should tell you."
Sheldon shifted to face Amy, "What happened? I can talk to them if I need to."
"I don't even know who brought it up or how it came up, but they asked if I thought we'd try for another baby. I told them I didn't know because we haven't discussed that since it's only been a few days," Amy was watching Sheldon's face for any sort of reaction.
"I don't know, Amy. That's a lot to think about. What if we do try for another baby and this happens again? I know I was excited since we found out you were pregnant, but what if we do have a baby and I'm not a good father?"
Amy took Sheldon's hand in her's, "I know you blame yourself for this, but I'm going to tell you again, you don't get to blame yourself. Besides, I know you'll be a great father. Do you know how I know that?" Sheldon shook his head before Amy continued, "Because you've already been a great father for me and our baby the past few months. Sheldon, we've talked about having a baby together since before we were officially boyfriend and girlfriend. I'm terrified of this happening again, but we can't let this keep us from living our life. I don't want it to happen unless we both agree that we're in a good place and that it won't destroy us if this does happen again. But let's not talk about that tonight. Let's just go to sleep," Amy suggested.
"I like the way you think," Sheldon reached over and turned out the lamp on the night stand.