[2 hours later]

"Oh, they are so beautiful!" Penny gushed. "Even the one with three shoulders."

"Yeah," Howard agreed. "Look at their noses. That's all Rostenkowski. Thank goodness."

"I want to see, too!" Raj called, leaning in through the window.

Howard looked down at the unappreciative Bernadette. "Katie, look," Howard said, tilting up the single-headed sweetie. "It's your uncle Tarzan."

"Is that humor I hear?" Sheldon asked.

Howard shrugged it off. "Like I care about some dumb contest; I'm a father."

Sheldon looked in worry at Amy. "Will being a father mean I can't play as many games?"

"On the contrary," Leonard said, "It means you get to play more without seeming as weird."

"Suh-weet," Howard said, and Bernadette closed her eyes and sighed.

"Can I hold my niece?" Cecile asked, and Howard lovingly deposited his daughter into her arms. The Kodak moment was interrupted when a crack came from outside, and looking to the window they saw the bare branch shaking.

Penny, Leonard and Amy hurried to the window. "Raj!" Penny called, and he looked up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he called sadly.

"Are you injured or expecting surgery?" the guard demanded.

"No."

"Then I'm going to have to ask you to leave, before I call the police."

Raj stuffed his hands into his pockets. "My friend just had babies."

"I don't care if she spawned aliens. Off the premises."

Raj nodded, turned and dejectedly walked toward the exit.

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"Look at them all," Amy crooned. They peered through a big window into a room filled with babies. "Look how tiny they are!"

"I know. It's hard to imagine they could grow up to be rock stars...scientists...Yet it's perfectly believable for them to become engineers."

Amy withdrew from the glass. "I don't want babies, Sheldon. I want kids."

"What about us?"

Sheldon and Amy turned to look at a boy and girl. He was a bit taller and they both had blond hair. His eyes were brown, hers were blue and they were dressed in extremely casual clothing.

"Oh, um, where are you from?" Amy asked.

"The orphanage."

A well-dressed man walked up behind them. "I told you not to speak to strangers if I'm not there. I thought you were smarter than that."

"Wait, wait, wait," Sheldon said, as the man began to herd the kids away. "How smart are they?"

"Y=MX+B," the girl said quickly.

Amy looked up at Sheldon, then back at the man. "Oh, we're interested."

"Yes, we want to take your kids," Sheldon added.

The man walked away, pulling the kids with him; and when Sheldon tried to follow him Amy put a hand in front of him.

"What are you doing? It's interview time," Sheldon said importantly.

Amy sighed. "You just failed your class."