Episode 3
The Progeny Discovery
It's early in the morning and the sun is barely showing. Yet all is not quiet on the fourth floor. Penny in her 6th month of pregnancy was suffering from insomnia and Amy has woken up feeling violently ill.
Amy woke up with an uneasiness in her stomach which as she creeped out of bed only got worse. She all but ran to the bathroom,shut the door and vomited into the toilet. Despite her attempt of silence Sheldon was awoken to the slam of the bathroom door and the faint noise of retching.
Cautiously Sheldon crept over to the bathroom and knocked on the door.
" .Knock Amy, .Knock Amy, .Knock Amy?"
"Not now Shelodon"
"Why?Are you sick"
"No! I'm throwing a party"
"Was that sarcasm"
Amy was silent as she leaned over to the cabinet
"I'm taking it as a yes for sarcasm due to the hour and your manner of tone. I'm coming in" "Besides throwing a party in a bathroom would be terribly unhygienic and there would certainly be no room for a frozen yogurt machine"Sheldon thought,he would say it out loud but last time Amy was ill he ended up having toilet paper thrown at his head.
"Sheldon you hate sick"
"Its different with you, always has been"
"Fine."
Sheldon entered the small bathroom to see a very pale Amy curled up on the floor next to the toilet. "Amy?You don't look good"
"Thanks" She muttered as she turned to throw up some more.
After another half an hour of quiet conversation,Hairholding and retching, Amy finally felt well enough to progress to the living room with a worried looking Sheldon in tow.
"Sheldon can I have some ice cream?"
"Amy you have just spent 30 minutes throwing up and now you want ice cream?"
Amy's once hopeful eyes were now filled with tears "Bu-Bu-But I wan-want Ice cream" Amy bawled. Sheldon started to panic as he tried to calm he racked his brain for something that caused such strange symptoms. The only thing he could land on was her menses but that should not occur for another two weeks. His train of thought was derailed by a quiet tap on the door. Sheldon stood up to find Penny nervously peering at him.
"Sheldon I heard crying,Is everything okay?"
Sheldon motioned to a once tearful Amy eating ice cream by the spoonful and then replied " I honestly have no clue"
"Hi Bestie, why are you up at 5am?"
"I've had a bit of insomnia recently cuz' of the baby." She turned to Sheldon and questioned
"I have my excuse what's yours"
"Well Penny you see we have a conundrum" When he saw Penny's confused face he replied "A Puzzle."
"Oooh,What is it" Penny responded
"Precisely 48 minutes ago I was awoke to the slam of the bathroom door and Amy vomiting"
"She seems happy now?" Penny gestured to Amy who was watching contentedly
"Thus the puzzle, In the past hour she has Woke up,Thrown up,Cried, Ate Ice Cream and then was so chipper she called you 'Bestie'"
"Guys have you thought that Amy might be pregnant"Penny watched as Sheldons eyes creased as he thought and Amy dropped her ice cream spoon.
"No,We,We haven't thought about that"
"Wow for two geniuses you two ain't that smart"
"Amy" Sheldon began "When was your last period?"
Penny sighed at the bluntness of the question "Something's never change" She thought but as she saw realisation dawn on Amy's face she simply said "I'll talk to you guys later" and promptly left.
"So you had your period this month" Sheldon repeated
" N-No I haven't had it yet. But I don't wanna get my hopes up"
"Me neither but nonetheless at the end of the day we are scientists we have the data we just need evidence"
"Okay I still have a pregnancy test under the sink"Amy then turned to the bathroom and Sheldon followed, sitting on the bed staring at the door. Sheldon heard a flush and Amy poked her head around the door and invited him in. "We have to wait five minutes. One line negative,Two lines positive." She then leant over and placed her phone on the edge of the sink and perched on the edge of the bath. Sheldon nodded slightly and joined her. "What do we do if it's positive?" Amy asked almost inaudibly " Well we would make an appointment at the OBGYN and proceed from there"Sheldon replies "If it's negative we will keep trying" he continued "Either way it will be fine" they remained in the comfortable silence Sheldon boasts about so dearly until it was broken by the sharp echo of Amy's alarm.
"It's Time" Amy stammered as she silenced the phone as she began to pick up the test she dropped it and suddenly exclaimed "I can't look"
"Okay" he gulped "I will" Sheldon reaches over to the pregnancy test and turned it over " Amy?" "Yeh?"
"We're having a baby"
"Really!"
"Yes! We're going to be parents! I'm going to be a Father and teach our child the wonders of the universe and why Honey Nut cheerios are better than regular ones!"
"And I'm going to be able to read them to sleep and teach them all about their brain!"
As they began to calm down from the initial excitement Sheldon approached Amy and tentatively placed a hand on her stomach.
"We finally get to have our progeny"
Eventually they migrated to the aqua green couch and settled down to watch some television before they had to get ready for work. Amy was tapping on her computer and then reached for her a short conversation on the phone she turned to Sheldon.
"We have an appointment at 3pm this afternoon so we are going to have to try and talk out an excuse to exit"
"Amyyy you have known me for ten years and you know I can't lie"
"Well how about this,I will call Siebert and tell him we must leave early for a doctors appointment"
"Ohh Clever as we are technically going to a doctors appointment just not for an ailment"
"Precisely"
"Now we need to leave for work soon as despite the fact of your pregnancy it is not an excuse for tardiness so chop chop"
Amy smiled and went to finish getting ready. "Somethings never change" She thought.
At precisely 2:30 Sheldon was startled out of his thought process by a brisk tap on the door. He opened it to see a fidgety,uncomfortable Amy and a worried looking Leonard.
"Hey guys, we were looking for you at Lunch." he paused and looked at Sheldon
"You said,you'd join us in the engineering lab to see Wolowitz's robot he's made for general repairs on NASA equipment"Sheldon and Amy shared nervous glances before Sheldon stammered "I-We had Lunch t-together. Yes and now we have a doctors appointment to attend if you would kindly move away"
"Wait why do you both have to attend an appointment"
"Well Sheldon didn't want to take a bus and I-I was free"Amy cautiously replied
"What's wrong?"
"Leonard I would rather not disclose such information " Leonard looked at Sheldon and then glanced down. "Oookay, well uh have uh *cough* fun" as Leonard hastily exited. "Why did he feel he had to make such a hasty exit" Amy blushed and replied
"He thinks you have ,a uh 'Downstairs' problem"
"Why would I have an issue with the third floor"
"You know what never mind let's go"
The OBGYN
At 3pm they were called into the private room at the OBGYN. They had decided to use the same doctor as both Penny and Bernadette as both had been pleased with the practice. As Amy sat on the chair Sheldon had started yo nervously pace up and down the floor."Sheldon could you sit still you're making me dizzy" Sheldon nodded and perched on the stool next to her. They waited for a couple of minutes until a brunette doctor came bouncing into the room. "Good morning!I'm Dr Parker and I'll be with you now for the next 9 months,Before we start have you got any questions?" Amy and Sheldon glanced at each other then shook their heads. "Great! Now let's get a first peak of this baby." She reached round to the ultrasound machine and then added "Just a warning the gels is quite cold". Amy jumped at the unexpected frigidity of the gel and just as she was about to complain to Sheldon a strong "Whump,Whump,Whump" sound filled the tiny room. Amy had held it together all day but hearing the tiny heart pumping made her sob and from the dampness on her head Sheldon was shedding silent tears too. Dr Parker was quickly looking at the screen to check the babies health when she hesitated and went "Wait what?Ohhhh"
"What is it? Is the baby okay?Is Amy Okay" Sheldon practically yelled as he began to spiral."
"Actually it's Babies"
Dr Parker span round the monitor to show two tiny bean like shadows "They are from two different eggs but are both very healthy,And I predict that you are around 10 weeks but I need to do a few more tests, I'll leave you five minutes to talk"
And with that she briskly left the room.
" "Amy stammered
"Yes,One more than expected" Sheldon replied
"I'm scared Sheldon"
"I am too. But I am comforted by the fact that you're doing it with me,So when I'm heavily sleep deprived and covered in baby throw up so will you. Just because I'm scared doesn't mean I don't want to do it,it just means I want to do it with you"
"I love you Sheldon"
"I love you too"
"By the way Amy i am still absolutely terrified"
"Yeh but we have our friends and most of them will have kids by the time these two come out"
4A
"Penny are you okay?"
"I'm fine Leonard it's just none of my clothes fit so I'm trying to settle for good enough PJs"
"See here I am,but I blame your son"
"Okay?Everyone will be here soon so are we gonna tell them that it's a boy"
"Yeah let's do it!"
The door opens and Sheldon and Amy come bounding in.
"Woah guys did the pre dinner baby making go well?"
"Penny!"Laughed Amy when she saw Sheldon's face
Before they could continue Hallie and Michael came running in chased by a worn out Bernadette and Howard.
"I'm guessing Michael is running now" Penny smirked
"Shut up and give me my food " Bernadette jokingly snapped
"Yeah guys just be thankful your only having one,They are getting more and more intelligent and have started teaming up to get things they want" Howard as Howard finished Raj came in beaming.
"Guys I have just met the one"
"How does one define the one" Sheldon replied
"He means the woman he wants to marry" Amy whispered
"Ohh so you were my one"
Amy blushed and said "Yes"
"Go on Raj tell us" Penny forced
"Well she is a temporary Astrophysicist at Cal tech and her favourite film is Notting Hill and she hates Indian food and she is gorgeous and is called Jasmine."
"Are you going to ask her out?"Penny questioned
"I want to but I I don't know how"
"Well just ask her out what's the worse that can happen"Penny replied
Her statement was answered by a chorus of laughter and a shake of the head from Sheldon.
"Now that's the words of someone who has never been shot down" Howard said between laughter
"Alright,Alright"Penny yelled attempting to quieten down the giggling group
"Anyways Leonard and I have some big news!"
"..."
"We're having a boy!"
A chorus of congratulations filled the room and Amy got up and hugged Penny.
"Yes we are all looking forward to meeting your son and I hope that he is just as intelligent as you Leonard "
"Thank you Sheldon. I think"Penny said
"Now on the subject of news Amy and I have a good one"
Sheldon waited until everyone was paying attention until he continued
"As you know for the past few months Amy and I have been trying for a baby and" he brought his hand down to her stomach "We were successful"
"Wait what" Bernadette squeaked
"I KNEW IT" Penny yelled
"Yes Penny your hunch was accurate"
"I can't believe you guys are having a baby"
"Erm not a baby"Amy mumbled
"Hang on what" The gang shouted
"Babies" Sheldon replied
"We're having twins!"Amy yelled
Everyone jumped up and started hugging them
"Amy we're gonna be throwing up together,but NO FEEDING BABIES"
"Okay point taken baby buddy"
"I can't believe the Sheldon Cooper is going to be a dad"Leonard stated
"And I can't believe I'm not" Raj started to sob
Howard went to console him and Bernadette asked "So how far along are you"
"7 and a half weeks,apparently they are already larger than normal so are clearly taking after their Father"
Sheldon grabbed hold of Amy's hand and kissed her on the cheek
"Aww the Shamy are becoming a family"
"And I'm gonna be a Mommy"
"And I'll be a Daddy"
They spend the Evening talking about parenthood and Raj's unwanted advice on child birth.
