Hey everyone! So... here's more.

I don't own TBBT.

A bit of angst thrown in, cause, well, I don't know how to write without it.

Just random tales from the pregnancy.

Snoogans and Snoochie Boochies!

"Med pack! I need a med pack!" Howard yelled to Raj.

"Die MIT scum!" Penny yelled back.

"Behind you." Sheldon said, keeping his tone level. He hardly ever got as worked up as the rest of them.

"Cover me damnit!" Penny told Sheldon.

HALO night.

"I've got you now…" Penny practically laughed maniacally. Howard was in her sights. She was about to deliver a kill shot. "Ow!" she said, dropping the controller, placing her hand on her belly, bending slightly. Game play stopped immediately and everyone's attention was on her, eyes wide, ready to take action. What kind of action, none of them were really sure, but they were ready.

The slightly contorted look of pain on Penny's face slowly turned to a smile and she grabbed Sheldon's hand, placing it where hers had been, keeping her hand on top of his, holding it in place.

The boys all watched silently. Sheldon was motionless, standing there with his hand on her stomach. He was about to ask what this was about when he jumped slightly and then was smiling as big as Penny.

HALO was quickly forgotten, and the boys all took turns sitting to Penny's right on the couch, as Sheldon sat in his spot to her left, having her place their hands on her stomach, and feeling little Alex kick.

Knock Knock Knock "Leonard."

Knock Knock Knock "Leonard."

Knock Knock Knock "Leonard."

"Coming!" Leonard yelled, half awake, making his way from his bed to the door of apartment 4B. He opened it, wiping the sleep from his eyes to find Sheldon, fully dressed, but looking as tired as Leonard. "Yes, Sheldon?" he said, staring up at his friend.

"I need a ride to Jack-In-The-Box." Sheldon said.

Leonard just looked at Sheldon before turning to check the time on his wall clock. "At two-thirty in the morning?"

"Yes." was all the answer Sheldon supplied. But it wasn't hard for Leonard to guess why. He reached for his keys that sat on the stand next to his door and shuffled past Sheldon. "Aren't you going to get dressed?"

"Just shut up and lets go." Leonard said, still a bit groggy.

The trip for the fast food was quick, and Penny practically tackled Sheldon for the bag when he arrived back. She caught a glimpse of Leonard returning to 4B and yelled a quick thanks, watching his hand go up in the air in acknowledgement before he retired back to his bed.

"This couldn't have waited until morning?" Sheldon asked.

"Nope." she said, popping the 'P' and smiling as she pulled the first taco from the wrapper, and squeezing some of the hot mustard she'd grown so fond of over the top of it.

Sheldon just shook his head and walked back to their bedroom.

Their curiosity got the better of them. Sheldon was supposed to be watching this with Penny later that night after she got home from work. Their OBGYN had given it to them on their last trip, given that Penny was a first time mother, and… curious.

It was Anything-Can-Happen-Thursday, and the anything happened to be the four boys sitting around 4A watching a birthing video.

"Oh good Lord!" Sheldon exclaimed as the baby's head crowned. He covered his eyes. He shouldn't have agreed to let Howard put the video in. Of course this was all Howard's idea, and why he'd agreed to ANYTHING Howard had suggested in the first place was beyond him.

"I don't think I can watch this anymore…" Leonard said, covering his eyes like Sheldon had.

"Come on guys, don't be sissy's." Howard said, and smiled. "You know, you're going to be seeing this when Penny goes in to labor. You're planning on being there with her aren't you?" he asked to Sheldon.

Sheldon just shook his head. "Not anymore."

"Dude, she'll kill you if you aren't there." Raj said, watching the screen as intently as Howard.

"I don't care, you can't make me." Sheldon said, eyes still practically glued shut.

Raj and Howard watched the rest of the delivery, and Raj begged Sheldon to open his eyes once the baby on screen started to cry.

Leonard opened his as well, and they all watched as the doctor placed the new born in it's mothers arms. It was all slimy and gooey and screaming. But the mother and father were smiling, crying even.

Raj looked to Sheldon, a tear escaping his eye as he spoke to his friend. "That makes it all worth it." he said, smiling back at the screen. He was such a girl sometimes.

Penny and Bernadette walked in to 4A to find the four men watching the birthing video she'd gotten earlier that week.

"What the hell?" she practically laughed as the four nerds instantly wiped their eyes before turning to see the two girls standing in the doorway.

"What's wrong?" Sheldon asked as Penny started to sob.

"It's so sweet." she said, grabbing for a tissue, blotting her eyes.

Sheldon just looked at her, and then back to the television, and then back to her. The things that set her off now a days never ceased to amaze him.

"It's a car commercial." he said, still puzzled at what exactly about it had caused her to cry.

"I know it's a car commercial Sheldon!" she barked at him, sniffling again.

"But I don't…" he started, but just shook his head. There seemed to be a lot of things lately that he just didn't understand, which was an entirely new sensation for him to get used to.

"He wanted to use the force to bad. And then his dad… with the key… it was so sweet…" she said, sobbing between phrases.

Penny was a natural when it came to being a waitress. Not even her pregnancy got in the way. So when she dropped her tray full of food meant for table eleven, every waiter and waitress turned towards her section. She'd never dropped anything before.

Someone, Penny couldn't tell you exactly who, came over and asked her if she was alright. Penny was only aware of two things in that moment. One, that was no kick she just felt from Alex, that was something else. And two… "It's too soon." she said in a whisper, looking up at her co-worker as she held on to her stomach with both hands.

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Leonard didn't bother knocking as he practically ran into Sheldon and Raj's office. Raj looked up from his desk and Sheldon turned from his white board, ready to chastise Leonard for just barging in.

"It's Penny." Leonard said, and it must have been the look on his face, because neither Sheldon or Raj said a single thing, and the three men were on their way out to Leonard's car quicker than any of them could register.

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Sheldon, who nearly always had something to say, was surprisingly quiet on the car ride to the hospital. "I'm sure she and Alex will be fine." Leonard said, breaking the silence. "We know he's healthy. We've seen him." he smiled nervously.

But it didn't matter what he said, Sheldon was still a nervous wreck. What if this was some alternate timeline? What if in this timeline, Penny and Alex weren't okay? Alex had already changed things just by showing up. He and Penny hadn't fallen in love like they originally had. Their relationship could be completely different than the one from where Alex had come from. Which meant that all sorts of things could be different. He knew he should have insisted that she stop working after the six month. She should be resting and taking it easy. He should be waiting on her, not letting her wait on strangers at a job she didn't seem to like very much.

There was no guarantee that Penny and Alex would be alright. And Sheldon couldn't even begin to think of what he would do if something happened to either of them.

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"We managed to stop the contractions." the doctor told them. Sheldon had dragged Leonard and Raj with him, and they were now standing outside of Penny's room. Sheldon hardly heard the doctor. All he wanted to do was see Penny. "But she's on bed rest for the next two months. She need's to take it easy. We were lucky this time, and the drugs are working. But if it happens again, we may not be so lucky."

Sheldon nodded. "May I see her?" he asked.

"Of course. She's resting now. We gave her something to relax her. She was quite worked up, understandably. But we need to keep her stress levels down now and for the rest of the pregnancy. It's not good for either of them." the doctor said, and Sheldon nodded in acknowledgement.

Penny was sleeping. Sheldon pulled a chair to her side and sat down, taking her hand in his, careful to mind her IV. He watched the monitors above her. There was a band around her stomach, and a monitor on her other hand. He watched both hers and Alex's heart beats. Timing both separately to ensure the accuracy of the monitor.

He reached out and put his other hand on her stomach, gently rubbing circles, counter-clockwise.

From the other side of the door, Leonard, Raj, and the doctor heard him start to sing Soft Kitty.

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Penny wasn't sure how long she'd been out, but she knew it must have been a while. She instantly went to touch her belly, but felt someone gripping her hand, and looked down to see Sheldon, sleeping in a chair next to her bed, his hand holding hers, his body bent forward, and his head resting on the mattress of her hospital bed.

She decided to leave that hand where it was, and used her other to rub her stomach. "You gave us quite a scare today." she said as she rubbed circles counter-clockwise, out of habit.

Sheldon sat up with a start. "Danger!" he yelled and Penny jumped, her heart monitor spiking for a moment.

"Jesus, Sheldon." Penny whispered.

Sheldon, groggy from a restless and fitful sleep, took a moment to register that Penny was now awake. He smiled at her and stood to kiss her, never letting her hand go.

"How are you feeling?" he asked her.

"Better now." she half smiled.

"You've been put on bed rest of the remained of the pregnancy." he told her. She nodded.

"I know."

"I'm sorry I missed your call." he told her. After he had found out she was alright, he'd chastised himself for not answering when she'd called him earlier.

"It's okay." she told him. She wasn't mad. She knew he was working, and that he'd sometimes put his cell phone on silent if he was immersed in his work. Neither of them had thought what had happened today was a possibility. They'd just assumed, after seeing Alex, that she'd had a normal, healthy pregnancy.

They both knew better now.

"Don't ever leave me." he told her. He'd never been so scared in his life, and he would know, he remembered every single second of it. She'd become such an intricate part of it. She'd assimilated like a Borg into the collective that was his routine. Resistance on her part had been futile, just as it had been on his when she would look at him with her emerald green eyes, or smile softly at him, how peaceful she looked when she slept, and how she would touch him ever so gently when he was stuck, and it would be just what he needed.

But unlike the Borg, he wasn't sure if he'd be able to function normally again if she was lost. Either now, or somewhere down the line.

Now, he didn't mean that she was irreplaceable simply because she was part of his routine, no. It ran much deeper than that. More than he cared to admit to her, and even to himself sometimes, because frankly, it was scary. How human he was under all his layers. She'd managed to assimilate herself into him so completely, sometimes he wasn't sure where he ended and she began. But it was quite the delightful feeling. The type of feeling that made him smile, brighter than his koala face.

She squeezed his hand as tight as she could. She swore to herself then, she'd do her best not to.

Frankly, he'd rather listen to her snore, on repeat, for the rest of his life. Just so long as it meant that this part of her pregnancy was over.

They never really spoke about it. Well, Sheldon tried to once, but it earned him a swift punch to the kidney, and three nights of sleeping on the couch. (Which he wasn't sure in the end if it really was punishment or a reprieve.)

Penny was gassy.

And it smelled like something had died.

Sure, it was natural for this to happen. Everyone did it, pregnant or not. It was a natural bodily function.

But good Lord, could she clear a room.

At first, she was embarrassed. She'd apologized to Leonard, Howard, and Raj, and turned so red, they'd felt guilty for making a face when she'd let one rip in front of them.

Now, she was just to big and tired and sore to even care.

Sheldon had grown somewhat accustomed to it. How could he not? He lived with it. And he understood just as well as the rest of them that it was a natural function. He'd even done it in front of Penny once when she'd tried to take him jogging.

But he also understood why she might be a bit embarrassed about it, because frankly, if it were him this was happening to, he'd be hiding in his room.

But instead, being the good husband that he was, he was there for her, the best way that he knew how.

"Oops, sorry guys." Penny said, ever so dryly, not really being sorry, but now just saying that out of habit. Howard tried not to gag. The further along she got, the worse the smell was. Sheldon, without saying a word, took the bottle of Fabreze he now kept with him in the living room, and sprayed around her backside. Penny looked over and smiled at him. "Thanks sweetie." she said, and Sheldon smiled back at her before setting down the bottle.

"Penny! You're supposed to be resting!" Sheldon cried as he and Leonard walked in to 4A. Penny, who should have been relaxing, on the couch or in bed, was instead in the kitchen, on her hands and knees, (which had been no easy feat to get in to that position) scrubbing the kitchen floor.

"I can't relax when this place is a mess!" she yelled back, looking up at them long enough to say that, and then returning her gaze back to the floor, scrubbing away.

Sheldon was taken aback at her statement. He kept their apartment impeccable. Even with Penny living there now, you'd never know it. He was constantly cleaning up after her since she moved in. She wasn't lazy, and she did try to help him, but he'd tell her she wasn't doing it right, (not what he considered right, anyway) and shoo her away to let him do it himself.

But this last week or so, it was a complete role reversal. She'd complain to him that he wasn't doing it right, he was missing a spot, he wasn't scrubbing like he should, the place was filthy, no matter how much either of them cleaned it, according to her. Nothing ever got as clean as it could be in Penny's eyes.

She had told him the place needed to be perfect for when Alex arrived. It needed to be clean. Everything needed to be in it's place.

Sheldon set down their food and started to go to Penny. Leonard set down his bag and headed towards the bathroom. "Don't you dare go in there." she practically growled at him. "I just spent the last hour mopping. I don't want you tracking dirt all over my nice clean floor. Use your own bathroom." Penny told Leonard, never looking up from the kitchen floor.

Leonard just looked at Sheldon as he made his way back through the living room. "And I thought you were bad." he smiled before he made his way over to 4B to use the toilet.

Up next... labor and delivery.