The next day Amy woke up before Sheldon. He hugged her with one of his hands while sleeping. Amy carefully put his hand away as he stood up from the bed. She felt happier than anytime in the past weeks or maybe ever in her whole life. She had to warn herself that she still had to talk to Penny and to her mother and Sheldon's mother and even Meemaw, then they have a lot of issues to talk about and none of those things will be easy with Sheldon. But she couldn't really worry about all this, she could only think about Sheldon's kind words, about his touches his kisses and about their baby.
She got dressed quickly and decided she wanted to call Penny while Sheldon was still asleep.
" Hello, Penny, it's me, Amy. "
" Hi Ames! How are you? " Penny sounded unreasonably overjoyed.
" I'm fine. Look, I have to tell you something. "
" I kind of have to tell you something too. But promise me you won't get upset and stay home. " she said. Now, that's why she seemed so happy. She was hiding something.
" How could I promise you all that before you tell me what is going on. What happened, Penny? "
" Don't be upset about it, but Sheldon's missing. "
" Oh. " she sighed with relief. " Penny, now you're the one who shouldn't be upset, because he is not missing. He is actually here with me. "
" Do you want us to come over to take him away? "
" No. Penny, I didn't do it. I didn't had the abortion. I'm still carrying that baby, so Sheldon got here tomorrow night, he was worried about me. I told him the truth, then he asked me to marry him. I said no, but we still got back together. "
" Oh my God, that sounds like an eventful day. "
" Penny I'm sorry. "
" Why are you sorry? You shouldn't be sorry about being happy"
" But you trusted me and supported me and... "
" I knew it! I knew you were going to keep that baby. Yes, I would have supported you all the way even if you didn't. But now I'm happy for you. And maybe a little for Sheldon too. "
" But, you.. "
" Amy, I am not you. The nineteen year old version of me was even further from being you then I am now. It's okay that we have different stories. "
" Penny, thank you. "
" You're welcome. So now tell me everything about what happened to you and Sheldon. "
" I think we'll go back to Los Robles after work. I mean like after you're finsihed with work, because it seems like we don't go to the university today. Then I'll tell you everything. "
She was so relieved she thought she could call her mother too. Her reactions were far from Penny's, as she told her she was so irresponsible about sleeping with a man without using proper protection, but she's seen worse from her. She promised her a visit sometimes and decided to make breakfast. She was ready when Sheldon was still sleeping. Ay didn't know what do in a situation like this, but she finally sat next to him on the bed and started to wake him while stroking his back.
" Sheldon... Sheldon"
Sheldon sat up suddenly with a frightened look.
" What? Who? " he asked still afraid.
" Relax, Sheldon, I just woke you up. "
" But somebody touched me! " he yelled.
" It was me. I tried to be gentle. Sorry. I should have known better, but since last night I thought... " she said.
" Amy, please don't do this. It's not a big deal, I just can be scared easily. "
Amy still felt bad and afraid what will happen to Sheldon and to his touch phobia but she decided to drop the subject.
" Fine. Anyway you were sleeping really late, it was so unlike you "
" I haven't had a good sleep in a while. You know, we had some hard times. "
" Sure we did. I called Penny and told her we go and visit them in the evening. I also called my Mother. Well let's say she will be okay with having a grandchild once it's out there. "
" Good. Now I think I should call my family after all. "
As Sheldon hung up the phone she turned to Amy.
" Meemaw is really happy for us. So is Mom, but I think she'll come over soon to convince us into marriage. "
" She'll fail with that. " Amy replied.
Since both of them called sick into work they had the whole day ahead of them. Amy was nervous, but it turned out to be pretty well: they played chess, then they watched Netflix: everybody picked a show. Sheldon was helding not Amy's hand more proudly than ever. Then they went to meet Penny and Leonard.
It turned out as they stepped in, that the whole group was there.
" Why is everyone here? " Sheldon asked first.
" I've been such a good friend, I kept her pregnancy a secret for weeks, and also I didn't punch you in the face. I couldn't keep all this in any longer and since you weren't here, I had to make some phone calls. I just called Bernadette. Then Howard. Then Raj. Then Emily... Then Stuart. And Will Wheaton. And your assistant, Alex. And your mom too. " Penny said laughing.
Sheldon smirked. Everyone was really happy for them, but they laughed a lot at the unlikelyhood of the pregnancy. After lot of champagnes Raj started to share his opininon really loudly.
" I mean, what if Sheldon hit puberty the same time like everyone else? The world could be full of little Sheldon's by now. Just think about it, he only had sex once...! "
" Well, tehcnically that's not true anymore. " said Amy. Then she gave Sheldon a worried look. She really didn't intend to upset him right now. But Sheldon didn't mind it for once.
" You DOG! " Leonard laughed.
Bernadette apologized to Amy being insensitive to her, but Amy said she didn't really mind, because how could she have known? Penny was a little bit annoyed talking about pregnancy issues but she felt happy too, basically because now she could finally move in with Leonard.
After 9. pm Amy looked at the clock. " I'm really happy guys, but I should get some sleep. I already ditched work more in the last few weeks then my entire life, so tomorrow I really have to go. "
Sheldon looked at her with disappointment.
" Why don't you stay? " he asked.
" Here at Penny's? "
" No. But with me. "
Amy cosidered the opportunity. " I'd love to stay with you but I only have clean clothes at home, so I would have to go back in the morning before work and I'm really tired. How about tomorrow? "
" What if I go to your place with you then we could go to work together in the morning? "
" I'd be happy to do so "
After Sheldon packed a bag and they said goodbye Amy turned to him in the staircase.
" That's really nice of you that you want to stay with me. But I'm gonna be fine and we are going to live together anyway, so if you'd feel more comfortable, enjoying your last days alone, I won't get mad. "
" No, Amy. I don't think I will ever want to sleep alone again, after last night. " he said.
...
Two weeks later Amy moved in to Los Robles and Sheldon, Penny and Leonard all helped her to unpack.
" If I knew that you could get the elevator repaired in two weeks I would have made you do it years ago. " Penny said to Sheldon.
" And I would have never done it for you. " said Sheldon smiling.
" Sheldon, this Game of Thrones thing doesn't belong to Leonard? " Amy asked looking at the wall on the sigil of the House Stark.
" No. It's mine. "
" Well, what if I ask you to remove it? "
" Why? " Sheldon asked.
" We are about to have a baby and I'm sure we can find a home decoration with a warmer and friendlier message than 'Winter is coming.' "
" First of all as our baby was concieved in December it's very likely that he or she will be a sweet summer child, and as a sweet summer child he or she should be warned about the difficulties of life, so I'd say it's the perfect message. Second: you had two conditions. Home decoration wasn't one of them.o unpack with the help of Sheldonions 'lse? The world could be full of little Sheldon't? And your mom
" Well, it should have been. " she said.
" Yes, honey it should have. And that was said by the new and proud owner of the world's most ugliest and biggest X-Wing picture. Who also feels sorry to know what an X-wing is. " Penny laughed.
After they finished packing Leonard and Penny went home. Amy looked at Sheldon.
" So what now? Are you freaking out? "
" A little bit. " he admitted. " I just don't know what will happen. You know what will we eat on what day and what will we play or do... "
" What if we wrote a weekly schedule? " she asked.
" I thought you don't want an other relationship agreement. "
" I don't. I don't want our feelings and the level of our intimacy be ruled by a paper. But a reasonal schedule to make living together more effective and less argumentative makes sense, and babys need some order of the day too. Just promise me not to hold on to that too strictly. "
" I'll try." Sheldon agreed. " Don't you think we'll become horrible parents? " he finally asked.
" I'm worried too. But I think we could handle this. " she smiled.
" I hope your assumptions are right."
Amy hugged him as she couldn't resist him, but he didn't pull away just smile at her.
Sheldon Cooper had a strange feeling that day. He felt like he had a family now.
So here we are, you had to wait this time, bacause I kind of didn't know what to do with this story further. I decided to share my thoughts with you. So first I planned to go through Amy's pregnancy, have their child born, then write a Shamy wedding and some family life with the baby, but then I decided I won't.
This fic is drama and if it even weren't, I really didn't want to write in any genre without tension. And I didn't know how to make tension, since Amy and Sheldon suffered already a lot and it wouldn't be realistic for me if they had another really rough patch in their relationship during this time period. Other conflicts they'll have for sure, but they can solve most problems really easily since they are able to change their mind if there are enough logical reasons to do so and also they can negotiate really effectively with each other. That's why they do have a sparkling chemistry which is fun to write, but it doesn't creates enough tension for me, to make a story. I love Shamy fluff, and I read it often and adore it, but as for myself I really do believe that a longer story needs an acutal story too, to get from somewhere to somewhere else, and I didn't see that coming. I already thought about killing off someone to create a story, but it's also not realistic for me, and as I said the genre I intend to continue this story in is still drama and not tragedy.
So I chose a different path. Which means this is the end of part one.
But not the end of the fic! Stay tuned, we are about to jump ahead in time for the next chapter! : )
Any thoughts on this chapter or my struggles about writing are welcome in the review section. And thank you guys for your support, it still means a lot to me, I hope you stay with me. : ) I have my next two chapters already written, so that will be a close update. : )