"It's Christmas!" Penny squealed, shaking Sheldon until she heard a groan.
"Good morning" Sheldon yawned and gave Penny a kiss on the cheek.
"Good morning? Sheldon it's Christmas!"
"I prefer Saturnalia" He smiled and pulled her closer to him.
"Mmm do you now? Wait until I tell your mother" She joked and Sheldon's face dropped.
"You wouldn't"
"Try me Moon Pie" She winked.
"Penelope Rosalie Cooper there will be no sex if you do" He laughed and brushed away a stray curl.
"Mmm that's playing dirty" She nuzzled into his neck and pressed her lips against it.
"You love it really"
"Mmhmm and I love you"
"I love you too" They stayed curled up in their bed until they heard a knock on their door.
"You two awake?" Mary asked.
"Yup, we'll be out in a minute" Penny said.
"You take your time, breakfast is ready downstairs, Merry Christmas" They heard her soft footsteps heading down the hall and crawled out from under the duvet.
"Penny you're still wearing my flash shirt" Sheldon said, pulling her against him by the fabric.
"I know" She smirked and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down for a searing kiss.
"You might want to put on something else, I doubt either of our parents would approve of you going around the house in just my t-shirt"
"Mmm suppose you're right" She sighed and grabbed her pair of pink polka dot pyjama bottoms.
"Merry Christmas guys" Penny said, her voice still a little sleepy.
"Merry Christmas" The group chorused. Mary, Mee Maw, George, Missy, Raj and Vivian were all seated around the dining table eating Mary Cooper's traditional Christmas breakfast, pancakes with cranberry sauce, mini cinnamon rolls and eggnog.
"Howard and Bernadette said that they would be over for dinner and the movie later" Raj said, passing Penny the bowl of cranberry sauce. Penny shot up out of her seat, holding her hand over her mouth and ran to the bathroom. Sheldon went into the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water before heading in after her. Her head was hanging over the toilet and she started crying.
"There there" Sheldon soothed, rubbing her back and handing her the glass of water.
"It's not fair" She wiped her mouth on a towel and took the glass off him before slouching on the ground against the wall.
"I know" He slid his arm around her shoulder and she started to cry even more.
"I just wish these two would hurry the hell up"
"I have to agree, I don't like seeing you so upset or sick" He pressed his lips to her forehead and she snuggled up against him.
"I mean I love cinnamon rolls and pancakes and it's not fricken fair that the thought of eating them now makes me gag"
"Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur, happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. Would you like a hot beverage?"
"Mmmhmm" She whimpered and wiped her eyes. Sheldon got up and held out his hand for her.
"Tea or hot chocolate, I don't think coffee would be suitable"
"Hot chocolate please, I'll just go brush my teeth okay sweetie"
Sheldon made his way to the kitchen to start making Penny's hot chocolate. As much as he was glad it wasn't him that had to deal with the morning sickness, he hated seeing Penny so ill and the fact that it wasn't just in the morning didn't help either. Lately she would just randomly burst out crying for about ten minutes and once she was done she'd curl up with Sheldon on the sofa and he'd run his fingers through her hair and rub her back until she fell asleep.
"She alright?" George asked, sitting up on the counter.
"Is that a rhetorical question George? Of course she's not okay, she's five months pregnant, she's extremely hormonal and she has been vomiting on a regular basis for the last four months, she hates being sick especially during the holidays so no she is not okay"
"I'll be fine once I've had my hot chocolate" Penny gave them both a wobbly smile and wrapped her arms around Sheldon.
"If you need anything just let me know" George said and left the couple on their own.
"Thank you sweetie" Penny took the mug of hot chocolate from Sheldon, dipped her finger in the cream on top and put a little blob of it on Sheldon's nose.
"Penny!"
"Hey I'm your wife, I'm allowed" She smirked and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"Penny, I don't recall the priest saying that you had the right to leave blobs of dairy products on my face when we got married" Sheldon laughed and tore off a piece of kitchen paper to wipe his nose with.
"Doesn't matter Moon Pie"
"You're a minx, you know that don't you?"
"Indeed I do, c'mon lets get back out to the family"
"You alright baby?" Wyatt asked, looking up at his daughter.
"Yup" Penny popped the p and sat down between Sheldon and Wyatt.
"Drink up Penny, you need to keep your sugar levels up" Sheldon said and Wyatt smiled at him. It wasn't often Wyatt smiled at anyone besides Penny.
"So what about Avengers for the movie?" Penny asked, sipping her hot chocolate and leaving a cream moustache just above her lip.
"I like the sound of that" Sheldon smiled and wiped the cream off with the reindeer printed napkin on the table.
"Ohh yes, I haven't gotten around to watching that yet" Mee Maw smiled to herself.
"Any objections?"
"No? It's settled then" Sheldon said quickly before anyone could reply and Penny giggled.
"Sheldon can you grab that chair?" Penny said while she tried to put the star on top of the eight foot Christmas tree.
"Penny, you are wasting your time with a chair, I will go and get a small step ladder" He smiled and headed off to the closet down the hall.
"Now" He opened out the step ladder and held Penny's hand.
"Still insisting on puttin' the star on the tree I see" Wyatt laughed and got a smug smile from Penny when she popped the star on the top of the tree.
"You know it" She winked and stepped down into Sheldon's arms.
"Sheldon, is it okay if I skype my parents in your office?" Raj asked, swallowing a mouthful of mulled wine.
"Here you can use the computer in my workshop sweetie" Penny offered.
"Thank you Penny" He smiled and she lead him to her Penny Blossom workshop.
"Wyatt, did you and Penny always leave the tree until Christmas day?" Sheldon asked.
"Normally we put it up on Christmas Eve but hey you already know how busy yesterday was"
"Indeed, it was quite hectic" He sighed and sat down on the sofa across from Wyatt.
"Now Sheldon seeing as it's just you and me I think it would be a good time for us to have a man to man chat" Sheldon simply nodded in response.
"I never really gave you a chance and I'm sorry for that but my little girl's been through a lot, with the rest of the family, her mother especially and of course that little shit who got her knocked up when she was only sixteen and then knocked seven bells out of her when he found out" Sheldon winced at the thought of someone hitting Penny. "She's my baby and you've been good to her, treated her right from day one and I wanted to say thank you for that, she aint never been with a man that treated her the way she deserved to be treated but you have"
"Thank you sir, all I have ever wanted for Penny was happiness, whether it was with me or someone else but it seems she has found happiness here with me and I love her dearly. I want nothing but the best for Penny"
"I know son, I know" Penny appeared back in the living room and snuggled up beside Sheldon, tucking her legs under herself.
"How you feeling now baby?" Wyatt asked.
"Good uhm Missy and Mary said dinner will be ready in about an hour and that none of us are allowed near the kitchen to help and if we try to go in again we're getting no dessert"
"They're so stubborn" Sheldon said, more to himself than anyone else.
"And you're not?" Penny laughed, rubbing her bump when she felt a thud.
"Point taken" He smiled and wrapped an arm around her, giving a light squeeze.
"Penny darlin' have you picked a name for the second baby?" Wyatt asked, sipping a bottle of beer.
"Well me and Sheldon were thinking of Finn"
"Sheldon and I" Sheldon corrected.
"Shut up" Penny giggled and gave Sheldon a light punch in the arm.
"Wyatt do you see this? This is domestic abuse" Sheldon chuckled and pressed his lips to her temple.
"I do, I think Finn is a lovely name baby"
"Oh The Grinch is on" Penny squealed and turned up the television, tugging a blanket over herself and fixating her eyes on the hairy green creature on screen.
"Shelly shut your trap and say grace" Missy hissed.
"But why do I have to do it?" Whined Sheldon.
"Because you're the man of the house Shelly" Mary said, taking deep breaths.
"C'mon Sheldon" Penny said from the other side of the table.
"Fine" Sheldon huffed and recited the prayer the way his mother taught him to.
"Proud of you Moon Pie" Mee Maw said, clinking her glass with her grandson and Sheldon smiled like a shy little boy.
"Now eat up you lot" Mary said cheerfully.
"You know The Avengers is hardly a Christmas movie" Missy poured the popcorn into a bowl for her and Raj.
"It's Penny's favorite and the boys are more relaxed when it's on, Missy everyone loves The Avengers" Sheldon told her, grabbing a bag of maltesers to mix into the popcorn for Penny.
"I know Shelly but could you have chosen somethin' a little more festive"
"I could have but I didn't now hurry up because Penny will start getting irritable if she doesn't have food and a hot beverage"
"You really love her don't you?"
"Of course I do, she's Penny, how could I not love her?" Sheldon laughed and carried in the first few bowls of popcorn into the home theatre.
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"Goodnight and Merry Christmas guys" Penny hugged Bernadette and Howard before closing the door and wrapping her arms around Sheldon.
"Today was nice" He looked up at the mistletoe.
"You know you have to kiss someone under mistletoe" Penny smiled.
"I know, why do you think I put it there?" He dipped his head and locked lips with Penny.
"I love you even though you're bat crap crazy"
"I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested" She could feel his lips quirk into a smile during the kiss. "I love you too and I must compliment you on your choice of movie for the evening"
"Why thank you, I thought you'd approve"
"I think we should go to bed, it's quite late and you need your rest"
"Mmm, can we cuddle?"
"Penny we cuddle every night, why would tonight be any different?" He smiled and gave her another kiss.
A/N: Eh? I hope it's up to scratch and hope you like the names for the babies. Thank you all for being so patient with me!