Raj knocked on Priya's door repeatedly until she opened it up, looking at him incredulously.

'Rajesh? What are you doing here?' she asked, but Raj just pushed past her and entered the apartment.

'I forbid you to see Leonard!' Raj yelled and Priya raised an eyebrow, looking at her brother bemusedly.

'You forbid me?' she smirked. Raj knew that she wasn't taking him seriously… again but this time he was going to lay down the law.

'I know you are pregnant Priya! How could you do this to yourself? To the family? What are Mother and Father going to say when they find out?'

'I don't know what you're talking about Rajesh,' Priya scoffed as she made her way into the kitchen to pour her a cup of jasmine tea.

'You are pregnant with Leonard's baby. 1-2 weeks. So don't lie to me little sister.'

Priya sighed and picked up her tea, sitting down at the breakfast bar. 'How did you find out? Did Leonard tell you?' she asked quietly and Raj snorted.

'No, Sheldon did.'

'Sheldon! How does he know?'

'That brings me onto our next topic of discussion. There's something else I need to tell you too.' Raj said and Priya looked at him.

'Well?'

'I'm not sure how you're going to take it,' Raj said, softening his voice.

'Rajesh, I'm already pregnant… nothing can surprise me at the moment.' Priya sighed, looking at her brother in boredom.

'OK, well, when I arrived at Leonard and Sheldon's apartment, Sheldon was pinning Leonard up against the wall. I have known Sheldon a long time Priya and in all my years of knowing him he has never lost control like that.'

'What? Is Leonard OK? Why did he throw Leonard up against the wall?'

'From what I gathered upon walking in, Leonard made a pass at Penny last night, a pass that ended badly and Penny was left feeling extremely scared.'

'What?'

'I don't know the full details, all I know is Sheldon was extremely angry and because of it, he kicked Leonard out.'

'I don't believe you…' Priya whispered.

'Priya, I know it's difficult to believe but it's the truth and I'm sorry. I know there's not much you can do now that you're pregnant but please don't be a fool and stay with Leonard.' Raj took his sister's hands in his own and squeezed them. 'I won't tell our parents about your pregnancy, I just want to make sure that you're going to be ok.'

'But I love him…' Priya whispered, 'I don't want my baby growing up without his father. I need to speak to Leonard, Rajesh; find out from his point of view.'

'You're making a mistake…' Raj pleaded but Priya shook her head.

'I need to speak with him, now goodnight Raj.' She opened the front door and motioned for him to leave.

Sheldon sat at his computer, gleefully signing up Leonard's e-mail address to all these random sites on the internet. Both he and Penny had decided that it would be best for him to stay over at Penny's until Leonard was gone.

'Do you want me to sleep on the sofa tonight?' Penny asked and Sheldon looked up at her.

'No, you're my girlfriend now. The logical thing to do is to sleep besides you.'

'Well, I don't want to be an inconvenience.'

'I find that I rather enjoy sleeping beside you Penny,' Sheldon smiled and Penny grinned.

'I like sleeping beside you too.'

Sheldon grinned, 'I'm booking Leonard's car in at webuyanycar. com,' and Penny rolled her eyes and sat beside him in her nightie, 'I've also signed him up to all these different sites so he gets spammed with junk.' He said showing her the list of websites in his history browser.

'Hey! Cosmo isn't junk!' Penny gasped, pointing at his screen.

'It is if you're male and a physicist.' Sheldon argued back, 'Oh and that paper he has submitted to Gablehauser in order to obtain a grant for his department at the university? Hacked into it and changed it so it's contents reads the entire history on toilets.'

'Sheldon, you are bad!' Penny giggled, playfully batting his shoulder.

'I'm just getting started. He will regret the day he tried it on with my Penny.'

'Come on Sheldon, its late… let's go to bed.' Penny yawned, getting up and turning off lights. Sheldon shut the lid of his laptop and stretched as he stood up.

'Alright, I'll just get ready for bed then. I trust you have installed adhesive ducks in your bathroom so that it's safe to use.'

'If you mean I put a bathmat in the shower… yes.' Penny rolled her eyes.

'Good, well I shall be with you in you 5 minutes then.' Sheldon smiled, walking into the bathroom. Penny slipped into bed, her heart beating fast Sheldon was going to be willingly sleeping with her in bed for the first time as her boyfriend. She wasn't expecting anything to happen because he was still Sheldon but in time, perhaps that would change.

Soon enough, the door opened to reveal Sheldon in his pyjamas and dressing gown. He turned the bathroom light out and slipped into bed next to her. Penny snuggled into his body, feeling his arm wrap around her waist.

'Sheldon?' Penny whispered.

'Mmm?'

'I want to thank you for supporting me and helping me after what happened with Leonard.'

'You're welcome,' he said and Penny felt him press a kiss to her temple, 'and you know what you could do to show me how thankful you are?'

'As long as it's not signing a relationship agreement, I'm up for anything.'

'….' Sheldon paused and Penny sat up, looking down at him.

'Really Sheldon?'

'No, I was going to ask er… darn.' Penny laughed to herself at his inability to lie and bit her lip before attempting something bold. She was pretty sure that Sheldon had never passionately kissed anyone before, so tonight she was going to change that. Slowly, she straddled him. 'Penny? What are you doing?'

'Shh,' she whispered, lying down on top of him. She cupped his face with her hands and caressed his cheeks with her thumbs before slowly bending down and pressing her lips to his so that she captured them in a soft kiss. She felt his heart rate quicken and his hand move the small of her back. She bit the bottom of his lip in order to try and spice up the kiss but all she received was a whiney

'Owwww! What was that for?!'

Penny giggled, 'I'm sorry,' she said, pressing a soft kiss to his lips again. She looked at him, her eyes now adjusted to the dark, and smiled gently. He reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear, 'Kiss me,' she whispered to him and he willingly obliged. He found that kissing Penny was extremely pleasurable and it gave him a warm feeling in his tummy. If he wasn't careful, he'd give into sexual desire and he couldn't have that just yet. He could feel Penny fumbling at the knot in his dressing gown and he knew then that she was eager for more than this. As Penny undid Sheldon's dressing gown, she felt a firm object press into her.

'Is that a batman gun or are you just happy to see me,' she giggled, kissing him again. Sheldon reached down and put his hand in his dressing gown.

'It's actually my lucky Flash Gordon Ray Gun replica, I must have left it in my dressing gown,' Sheldon said, showing her. Penny clambered off him and crossed her legs, taking the replica out of his hands and looking at it. She started to laugh at the situation, 'besides Batman doesn't have a gun Penny. Because of clashes with the National Firearms Act, which was supported by the US government, Batman was disarmed in 1940, therefore he has no use of a gun.'

'Well, thank you for telling me that information sweetie… a real mood enticer.' She said and Sheldon smiled.

'I'm glad you agree,' Sheldon said gleefully, not picking up on her sarcasm. After another kiss, they both fell asleep.

The next morning, Leonard looked around the place he had called home for the past decade. All his belongings were boxed up and packed in his car, he was about to carry the last few boxes down when all of a sudden he came face to face with Sheldon.

'I thought you might've gone by now.' Sheldon said in a cold, monotonous voice.

'Well, don't worry. I'll be out of your hair soon.' Leonard sighed, not in the mood to fight. He just wanted to have an adult, calm conversation with Sheldon now. Suddenly his phone buzzed, 'dammit! More spam mail!' he muttered to himself before turning to face Sheldon, 'Listen, I want you to know that I am truly sorry about what happened with Penny. I was drunk; I didn't mean to hurt her or to scare her. I mistook her signals because I was totally hammered, Sheldon. I don't want to be a dad yet and I want to apologise to both you and Penny. I hope you two will be very happy together and I hope that you will treat her far better than I ever did.' Leonard's voice was surprisingly sincere and apologetic, 'I wish I could turn back the clock and then none of this would ever have happened. I wish I had never cheated on Penny, I wish Priya hadn't come back; I wish you were my best friend again! God dammit Sheldon, I don't know why but I enjoy living with you! I'll never forget that day we came back home after you got kicked out of Walmart for lecturing shoppers about personal hygiene.'

'Leonard, if this is an attempt to relent and let you stay, it isn't working.'

'No it's not. I'm not asking to stay with you at all, I just want us to try and be friends again. I promise to stay away from Penny, I want to go back to when it was just Wolowitz, Koothrapali, you and me playing Halo 3 on Wednesday nights.'

'Leonard, the world changes, and even if we both wanted to go back to that we can't. Wolowitz is married now, you're going to be a father, Raj is still…well he's still Raj and myself, I'm with Penny now. What you need to do is to find your own place and start getting ready for fatherhood.' Sheldon said calmly, 'Now, please drop your keys off in the bowl on your way out.'

'Sheldon?'

'What?'

'Will we ever be friends again?'

Sheldon didn't answer, he just walked off to his bedroom and began playing Penny's song on his piano. Perhaps he would give his mother a call… he wanted her to know about Penny and his new relationship with her. Meanwhile, Leonard sighed as he closed the door to apartment 4A behind him. He had officially moved out of the apartment. He now had to embrace fatherhood and a whole new lifestyle. Penny was his past now. Priya and their unborn child was his future.

Hey everyone, thanks for the reviews so far! Love getting them from you! Gonna be, as Sheldor of Azeroth would say, AFK for the next few days so we're probably looking at the next update being on Sunday/Monday time. Sorry for not being able to update for you :[ Anyways, let me know what you think of the chapter and have a nice day! xx