"I'm playing a drinking game. Every time you say the word 'change,' I take a slug"
"Are you gonna be able to drive me home?"
"Mm. Not unless you change the subject."
"Huh. Now I said it."
I took an Uber home with Sheldon, and when I got home I went in search of one thing. My husband. I found him, sitting at his desk, playing one of his games. I kissed his cheek, hit pause on the game and dragged him into our bedroom. Once there I asked a very important question..
"Do you wanna?"
"Sure!"
That was all I needed to say and Leonard took the hint. We started in bed, and moved to the shower. We just enjoyed ourselves. What we didn't know is that we had conceived our first child that night.
**6 weeks later**
"Leonard, when's the trip again?"
"2 weeks babe"
"Okayyyy"
Leonard met me in the living room, we grabbed our work bags and headed down the stairs with Sheldon and Amy. Despite the fact the elevator was working, someone (Sheldon) wanted to take the stairs. We all went to our respective cars, the other three drove away. I sat in my car. I checked my app.
"No, no, no. Shit"
"That can't be. We went out in mid October. I have to have had one since"
"No, no, oh god"
I immediately tossed my phone on the passenger's seat and drove to CVS. I quickly walked down the aisle, grabbed a few, hit up self check out and quickly ran back to the car.
"Damn, one night"
"Oh god. Leonard didn't wrap"
"Oh shit. shit. Shit"
I decided to leave work a little early, citing a doctors appointment. I wracked my brain, trying to think of an idea for a sweet way to tell Leonard.
I went home and locked the apartment door. I went to the bathroom and opened the box. I did what I had to do, set the test upside down and went to put on sweats and one of Leonard's big tees. I heard the timer ding and I cautiously turned over the test. 2 bright pink lines looked back at me.
"Holy crap on a cracker here we go"
**later that afternoon**
"Penny, I'm home. Koothrapali's bringing food over in 20"
I appeared from the hallway, Leonard could tell I was on the phone. I wasn't but it was part of the surprise.
"On hold for a work thing, check your mancave."
Leonard kissed my cheek, and walked into Sheldon's old room and saw a package.
It was a USPS box, with a card that said
'You're not just a great husband, but you're a genius, so figure this out, my boobs are about to be shared between two'
He opened the box and saw a cute photo of the two of us from our second wedding, and a shirt that said 'My dad jokes just got real' and underneath, was the positive pregnancy test.
I tiptoed behind Leonard, put my phone on the bookshelf, and started recording. Leonard opened the card, looked puzzled and opened the box. He turned around, looked at me, looked at the box, I could see the gears turning in his head. It took him a minute and then he finally said
"You're serious?"
"Yep"
"You're okay with it"
"Yep, I thought I wouldn't be but I am"
Leonard quickly changed his face from concern to the biggest smile and hugged me.
"You're gonna be a great mom"
"And you a daddy"
**A few days later**
"You pick up your dresses?" I said as the girls walked in. Sheldon & I had been working on gluing some DNA thing together.
"Yep. The tailor had to take mine in and let Penny's out. Best day of my life." Amy said
"What about the day you met me?" Her husband noted
"I stand by my statement" Amy said with a smile.
"Well, thank you guys so much for the clothes and the shoes, the plane tickets. You've been so generous." Penny said
"Well, it's important that all of our friends get to share this moment with us." Amy said as she turned to Sheldon
"And then for years to come, you can tell others you had a front-row seat to history. Although, technically, I think your seats are in the second row." Sheldon said, not noticing Amy
"Do you want to go back to the apartment and see me try on my dress?"
"Shouldn't I see it for the first time at the Nobel ceremony?"
"It's not a wedding."
"Okay. Well, give me a minute to think of another reason I don't want to see it."
"How about this- you can practice your acceptance speech while I try on the dress."
"Ah, great. You can help me whittle it down to 90 minutes."
I didn't hear any of what they said, I was focused on my wife. As soon as I heard their door close, I asked penny..
"Was Amy suspicious when they had to let your dress out?"
"No. She was so happy, she didn't even question it."
"Someone's gonna figure it out. Why don't we just tell people?"
"No, it's too early. I haven't even wrapped my head around it."
"I have. My head is wrapped."
"Yeah, well... if something else had been wrapped, we wouldn't be in this situation."
"Excuse me, but if I recall, you're the one who went out drinking with Sheldon, then came home and attacked me."
"Attacked you? I said, "Do you wanna?"
"Yeah. I was helpless."
"Uh-huh."
"So... Do you wanna?" I said with a laugh
"Well, I can't get more pregnant."
"Mm-hmm. We'll see about that."