Six Months Later
Location: Pasadena
California
United States Of America
9:37 PM

Leonard glared at Howard after a new sarcastic comment. "There is nothing funny about my daughter and Penny's."

"I told you so," Bernadette said, playfully punching his arm.

"Well, I just never imagined that the two of them would have kids before Sheldon and Amy," Howard said, then laughing as he looked to Raj. "Or Raj and one of the women he's slept with."

Raj scowled. "Not cool. And, for the record, Missy Cooper is not pregnant right now because of me."

"Yes, you can blame her ex husband for that," Sheldon said, prompting a sharp look from Amy. "What? My mother has said far worse things about Missy than that."

"Sheldon…" Amy said tiredly. "Can you not make fun of Raj for being with your sister?"

He considered that for a moment but then sighed. "Oh, alright. Raj, I wish you the best of luck with my sister and the two children she has expelled from her uterus."

Raj grimaced. "Ew, but thanks, Sheldon."

"Howard," Amy said, eyeing him curiously. "Why were you surprised that Leonard and Penny had a child before me and Sheldon?"

"I can answer that one," Bernadete said as she squeezed Howard's hand. "Penny told us how when you and Amy were in the early stages of your relationship that Sheldon had wanted to procreate with you because he thought you two could have some sort of hyper intelligent child."

"We had discussed that," Amy admitted awkwardly. "But I had more of been using it as a way to get him to want to extend our relationship into an actual relationship."

Sheldon stared at her for a moment but then shook his head. "That makes so much more sense in hindsight."

"Didn't you also pretend to be sick so Sheldon would bathe you?" Bernadette rolled her eyes as Penny started laughing. "What? That's serious! And she later told me that she let Sheldon spank her for lying to him about being so sick because it turned her on!"

Leonard shared a look with Penny for a moment before both of them grimaced.

"Can we talk about anything else?" Leonard looked at all of them. "LIke how cute babies are?"

"See?" Bernadette said, perking up eagerly as she looked at Mackenzie in Penny's arms. "You had nothing to be worried about!"

Penny smiled as her daughter reached for her necklace. "Well, I know that now."

"I'm just glad we were able to kick my mother out," Leonard said, grinning as he wrapped an arm around his wife. "And I'm glad she hasn't tried to show up in the last...several months. We don't like her."

"Hey!" Sheldon said, looking at him in shock. "I happen to find Beverly delightful!"

Penny made an exaggerated gagging face which caused her daughter to giggle.

"Just one question," Leonard said, and Sheldon gave him a confused look. "How?"

"Well -" Sheldon started.

"Sheldon!" Amy exclaimed, and he hesitated but sighed.

"Sorry," Sheldon said, looking down at his hands. "I think my wife has bound me in servitude to her and her wishes forever and ever with the ring on my finger."

"Yes, I have," Amy said with an almost suggestive smile.

"It's just like the Little House On The Prairie fanfiction she wrote about herself and Sheldon," Bernadette whispered to Howard, causing him to start laughing. "I'll show it to you later."

"Dada?" Hallie said, staring at her father.

Bernadette gently lifted up her daughter. "Aren't you a sweetie? You know, marrying your father and having you and your brother really helped me learn the meaning of love."

Howard glanced at the time. "Bernie, it's way past her bedtime."

Bernadette sighed. "Yeah, yeah."

"Alright," He said as he stood up and picked up Michael in his carrier. "I think we're heading out."

"Me too," Raj said, exaggerating a yawn. "I'm going to pick Missy up at the airport and we're going to go stare at the stars."

Sheldon watched them as they all slipped out and then smiled at Leonard and Penny. "So, what have you done with my old room?"

Leonard raised an eyebrow. "It's Kenzie's nursery."

Sheldon sighed. "Well, I suppose that's an appropriate usage of it."

"Very appropriate," Penny remarked. "Considering that now there's an actual baby living in it."

Sheldon stared at her for a moment. "Well what's that supposed to mean? I am nothing like a baby! I'm clean, scentless, adhere to a rigid bathroom schedule -"

"Which you do not impose on your wife," Amy interjected.

"Which I don't impose on my wife," Sheldon paused and then went on. "So I really don't see how you can compare me to a baby."

"You said that you think of me as some sort of nanny to you," Penny reminded him. "Which, for the record, I'm not."

"You know, Sheldon," Amy said, looking to Mackenzie who was tightly in her mother's arms. "Now that Penny and Leonard have kids, we should have kids too."

Sheldon considered that. "Well, it would definitely be socially sanctioned…"

"Oh my god…" Penny muttered as she rolled her eyes.

"And…" Sheldon said, nodding thoughtfully as he went on. "I'm sure my mother would be happy to have grandchildren from a happy, stable marriage."

"You are not going to start that on our couch," Leonard said with a warning note in his voice, and Sheldon visibly recoiled.

"After the things I know you and Penny have done on this couch, of course not!" Sheldon shook his head. "Ugh, that is disgusting, Leonard."

"Hey, Sheldon?" Penny said as she gently rocked her sleepy looking daughter in her arms. "Do you think you can give me and Leonard some time alone with our daughter?"

Sheldon took Amy's hand and nodded. "Of course. Oh, and have the two of you solved our puzzle yet?"

"You gave us that puzzle almost a year ago," Penny reminded him. "And, yes, Leonard and I did. You know why? Because we're both just as smart as you and Amy."

Sheldon raised an eyebrow. "Then what was the riddle?"

"We didn't need to solve the riddle," Penny informed him with a smirk. "We just had Wolowitz come over and hack the system so we could have our wifi back."

Sheldon stared at her in horror. "But that's not -"

"Sheldon," Amy said, dragging him out of the apartment. "Not the time. We can complain about them using loopholes later."

"But -" Sheldon protested but groaned as she shut the door. "...Fine."

Penny smiled as she stood up with her daughter still in her arms. "I'm exhausted."

"Well, we do have a little human we created to take care of," Leonard smiled as he kissed her cheek. "That does require the expending of a decent amount of energy. If you do it right, that is."

Penny giggled as they walked into their daughter's room. "Still bitter about your childhood, huh?"

"Always," Leonard sighed as she set their sleeping daughter down in the crib. "She's so cute, Penny. I love her so much."

"I do too…" She whispered as he pulled her into her arms. "She's perfect."

"Mackenzie Penny Hofstadter…" He murmured as he rubbed his wife's back. "I could never ask for anything more than our family or you."

She softly kissed him. "I love you, Leonard…"

He brushed aside tears. "I love you too."

"Oh, don't start crying on me," Penny sighed as she tightened her arms around him. "You know it's just going to make me cry too."

"Sorry," He said, kissing her cheek. "You know how emotional I can get."

"Hey," She said, cupping his cheek. "That's one of the things I love about you."

Leonard smiled. "I'm glad."