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Penny and Bernadette walked into the restaurant a few minutes late Friday night. Everyone was already there when they arrived and slipped into their seats. "Hey," Leonard and Howard both said to them at the same time. Penny smiled half-heartedly as Leonard slipped his fingers through hers, while Bernadette held back a jerk when Howard kissed her lightly on the lips. It was awkward for the two women to be around their significant others when they were probably carrying their offspring, and they had no idea – capital 'A' awkward.

"What took you guys so long?" Raj asked. "I've been waiting to toast myself since this afternoon,"

"Oh, because of your lecture? How'd it go?" Leonard asked.

"Did you give me credit?" Sheldon added. He was annoyed as is with his schedule being interrupted. Amy had forced him to come.

"Yes, good, and of course!" Raj said the last two words sarcastically, but Sheldon didn't pick up on it, he simply smiled to himself.

"But," Raj continued. "The best part is, I met a girl,"

All around the table, everyone paused. "A girl?" They said it sync. Some of them were shocked and some sounded proud, some were a combination of both.

"Her name's Danielle," Raj sighed, resting his chin on his hand dreamily.

"Danielle?" Howard echoed.

"Danielle," Raj affirmed. "She doesn't even go to Caltech – she came specifically to hear me. Me!" He sighed. "Danielle Koothrappali…has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" Across the table, Penny rolled her eyes.

"I have a cousin named Danielle," Amy said. "Sure, she was originally a Daniel, but I heard she just got surgery that made her a Danielle." Stares were the collective response. Amy was unfazed.

"Umm, excuse me," Raj said, flagging down the waitress.

She walked over. "Do you need anything?"

"Yes, can we get a bottle of wine for the table, please? Whatever you recommend," Sheldon cleared his throat and Raj sighed. "And a Long Island Iced Tea for this guy," He said, jabbing a finger at Sheldon.

Bernadette froze. She'd always somewhat resented her mother for those prenatal cigarettes, and there was no way she was possibly harming her child with alcohol. But, what would she tell her friends? They'd knew something was up if she wasn't drinking.

"Coming right up," The waitress chirped.

Bernadette shot Penny a wide eyed look. What am I going to do? She mouthed.

I got this, don't worry. Penny mouthed back. She dropped her napkin on the table and stood up. "If you guys will excuse me, I must…freshen up," Before anyone could say anything else, Penny was already walking off.

"Excuse me," Penny said, tapping their waitress on the back. She turned around, smiling brightly. She was so damn chipper...

"Is there a problem?" The waitress asked.

"Ummm, not quite," Penny told her. She looked precautiously over her shoulder before turning back around and lowering her voice. "You see, me and my friend – the little blonde girl with glasses in the dress? See?" She discreetly pointed to Bernadette so the waitress knew who she was talking about. "Well, we're pregnant –"

"Oh, congratulations!" The waitress said a little too loudly.

"Thank you. Umm, you see we haven't told our partners yet, we want to wait for the right time. So, obviously we can't tell them why we can't drink. Do you think you could just put some grape juice in our wine glasses and so they think we're drinking when we're not?"

"Of course," The waitress responded. Penny smiled and began to walk away. "Congrats again on your baby!" The waitress called out after her, loud enough so Penny heard but no one else.

Penny stopped, paused for a moment, and then turned back around. "Thank you," She said, her voice slightly strained, before she kept on going.

A few minutes later, when the waitress dropped off their drinks, Penny swore she winked at her. She took a swig of her grape juice and chose to ignore it.

"Hey, Penny," Amy whispered, leaning across the table. Penny paused from running her finger along the rim of the glass to look up. "Is Sheldon aware of the ingredients of-"

"Ssh!" Penny cut her off, raising a finger to her lips. "No, he's not!"

At this, Amy cast a glance at her boyfriend, who was on Long Island Iced Tea number three and getting sloppy. She smirked and glanced back at Penny. "Oh, interesting," She wasn't exactly sober either, Penny could tell by how she slurred.

Their waitress plopped the check down on the table. "Thank you, have a good night!" She smiled at them, and Penny looked away. When she turned back, she was gone and Raj was retrieving his credit card.

"Come on, Raj," Bernadette said, rising and grabbing her purse. "I'll drive you home, and Howard can follow us in your car," One toast had ended up turning into five for the astrophysicist.

"You sure you're okay to drive?" Howard asked, touching the small of his wife's back as she helped Raj stand up.

If only he knew…Bernadette thought to herself. "I only had one glass," She said to him. "I'm just a sober as you," Honestly, the one glass had been all Bernadette had been able to choke down. She couldn't think about the life possibly growing inside her, not tonight, not until she got a blood test next week. "Come on, let's go,"

"See you guys!" Raj called out as he was dragged out, Bernadette on one side and Howard on the other. He made a 'call me' symbol to a girl in a booth, causing an older man who was either her father or her sugar daddy to rise in his seat angrily, making Raj fearfully turn away.

"We should go too," Leonard said to Penny. He offered his hand to her and Penny hesitantly took it, standing up.

Leonard offered a half-wave to the Shamy. "Take the bus home, do whatever it is Homo Novus' do, goodnight,"

Once the other couple was gone, Amy turned to Sheldon. "So, you want to go back to my place for a Nightcap?" Sheldon opened his mouth to object. "I still have Yoo-hoo,"

He was sold then.