Chapter 15 - The New Years Day
Constance took one last look at Leonard and then pulled the covers over him, making sure his head was securely on the pillow, he was really passed out, moving him had been like moving a lifeless body, after getting him in the bed. However, once she had him tucked in she just stood and looked at him, not even noticing how long she just stood there, until she heard the sound of people shouting in the street below. The noise broke her from her trance she was in, making her walk to the window to look out at the people running around and celebrating the New Year. It was after midnight now and there were young people running around not only because it was New Years, but also because the snow was seriously accumulating and people were having fun in it. Constance thought it would be hard to get a cab in this weather, and as she looked back at the bed with Leonard in it, she knew she really didn't want to leave him. It only took her a second to decide, so she went back to where she placed his clothes and picked up his t-shirt, then went to the bathroom.
Constance stripped down to her panties, then washed her face, used the bathroom and when she walked out was wearing Leonard's t-shirt. She hesitated for only a second, at the edge of the bed, then got in, on the other side of Leonard, scooting up to him and pressing her body against his back. He felt comfortably warm and it made Constance pull herself closer to him as she put one arm over him to snuggle against him. His warmth on that cold night, his gentle breathing, the alcohol she had in her system, and just the whole comfortable feeling she was experiencing being close to him, quickly made Constance relax and succumb to sleep.
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Amy walked up to Sheldon's door at 7 PM sharp, nervous about what he wanted to talk about with her and scared that their status was going to change that night. The last 24 hours she had convinced herself that he would break up with her because of the baby, so in that last 24 hours she had spent most of the time in her bed crying. Now standing in front of his door, her urge to run away was stronger than her urge to knock and as she stood there, fighting the need to flee, the door opened.
Sheldon looked down at her and even though he was usually ignorant of facial expressions he could not help but notice Amy's red eyes that he knew were from crying. A sudden feeling of confusion, something he was not really use to, and the urge to comfort her started to bubble up inside him, to his puzzlement. "Amy is something wrong?"
Amy slightly shook her head, then half heartedly said 'No', as she quickly walked into the apartment her head held down not even looking at him. Sheldon just stood there watching her make her way to the couch, not even sitting on the cushion next to his spot, instead sitting on the other side of couch. Sheldon was now extremely perplexed, even though she said nothing was wrong, she acted like something was amiss by her actions, so he closed his apartment door and walked to the kitchen to put some water on, thinking that Amy was in serious need a hot beverage.
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Penny woke up when the stewardess shook her shoulder, she last remembered laying her head against a pillow, that was against the inside of the airplane, thinking about Leonard. Now though the women stood over her smiling. "Miss we've landed in Chicago and you are the last on the plane, so you have to get up and leave now." the woman's eyes were kind.
"Thank you, I need to catch another flight to Omaha." Penny answered.
The woman smiled again. "Let me see your ticket." she told Penny.
Penny stood up and gave the stewardess her ticket, while she slowly grabbed her stuff out of the seat and then her overnight bag from the overheads. She was then lead out of the airplane to the counter, where the stewardess talked to the gate agent for a minute then turned back to Penny smiling again, "Your connecting flight is down to the right at gate A24, it should only take you a few minutes to get there and it will board in about 20 minutes."
Penny nodded, "Thank you very much."
The stewardess nodded back. "And good luck with Leonard."
Penny froze in place staring back at the woman, "How do you know about Leonard?"
Again the stewardess gave Penny a sympathetic smile, "You were talking in your sleep before I woke you…"
Penny swallowed, suddenly feeling very vulnerable, "What was I saying?"
The stewardess gave her a very sympathetic look, you kept saying 'I love you Leonard, please come back to me'."
Penny looked down and sighed, "I love him." she said more to herself, then looked back up to the stewardess again, "Thank you." she then turned slowly and walked the way the woman told her.
"What was that about?" the gate agent asked.
The stewardess just shook her head, "I don't actually know, but I can't help feeling sorry for her." she then watched Penny walk slowly away down the corridor the way they told her. She was soon out of sight, mixed in with the other travelers. "Well, I got to get home and rest, I actually work the Omaha flight tomorrow morning."
"Take care." the gate agent responded, as the stewardess gave her a little wave then headed towards the airport exit, pulling her roller bag behind her.
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Sheldon put the tea in front of Amy, it was actually disturbing to him that Amy hadn't said a thing since she sat down, it was so not like her and Sheldon didn't like the change. He put his tea down and sat in his spot, a funny feeling passing through him as he looked down couch to see his girlfriend on the other end. She wasn't even looking at him, her eyes on her lap and Sheldon couldn't help the strong urge to do what he did next. He clearly remembered how when he felt bad about Kripke, her hug did help, so he scooted down the couch next to her and put his arms around her.
Amy had been in a bad place at that moment, then suddenly she was pulled against a warm body, a body that smelled of talc, a body the back of her mind told her was her boyfriends. She was being held tight, she was being comforted and the grief in her seemed to just pore out as she began to cry. She buried her face into the soft clean smelling t-shirt, it was unbelieving soothing to her right now, and she melted against him, he was the only thing she wanted in the world and the thought of loosing him tore at her soul.
Sheldon knew something was really wrong, he had seen Amy sad before, even crying, but there was something worse about what was happening now. Even though the physical contact was bothering him, he was actually afraid to let go of her, because a fear had built down deep inside of him that if he now let go of her he would loose her. So they just sat there, Sheldon afraid to let her go and so confused he didn't know what to do, and Amy never wanting to leave his embrace.
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Penny settled in her seat on the airplane, she had been thinking about what the stewardess said to her, and her feelings of extreme loneliness without Leonard. She told herself she should have tried harder to keep him, she should have begged him more, she should have sat in front of his door till he believed her, that she did love only him and she only wanted him, plus she especially needed him now. Every moment alone made her realize how much she needed him, he was the only man that made her feel safe, the only man she truly knew that had loved her. Penny really didn't believe she could do it by herself, even though she told him differently, she believed two people were needed to raise a baby and she wanted Leonard to be the person to share that with her. Penny didn't even realize the plane was lifting off the runway as she stared out the window lost in thought.
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Sheldon held her until he couldn't stand it any longer, not only because he had been holding for over a hour, but because he needed to know what was wrong with her. She hadn't said a thing the whole time he held her, just cried, then whimpered and not just quietly laid against him, it was nerve racking to him to not know what was going on with her, especially if it had something to do with him. "Amy why are you so upset?"
Amy slowly removed herself from his arms and after sitting upright again, she looked at him with red eyes, she needed to ask him. "Sheldon what are you feeling about Penny having your baby?"
Sheldon never expected her to ask that and it actually stunned him, he had no response, so he took the easy way out, asking her a question. "Why are you asking that?"
"Sheldon, Penny is having your baby, don't you have some feelings about that?" Amy asked with more strength in her voice.
"Amy feelings have nothing to do about it. I was made drunk by Penny, then when I was beyond my ability to exert free will, she had sex with me. If I was a woman and her a man, I could have her arrested for rape, but because I am a man they will do nothing." Sheldon told her.
Amy looked at him confused, "What do you mean they will do nothing. Who won't do nothing, what are you talking about?"
"The police after I told them what happened." Sheldon told her like she should have known.
"You called the Police!" Amy said in shock.
"No, I stopped by the police station to ask about Penny violating me." Sheldon further explained.
Amy shook her head in disbelief, and then calmed herself before she spoke to him. "Sheldon what did the police say."
"They said, since we were all drunk and I didn't specifically say 'No' there was nothing I could do about it. Then I heard several of them laugh and whisper some disgusting things about me, so I left." he further explained.
Amy wanted to feel sorry for him, but she couldn't believe he tried to get Penny arrested. "So did you try and file charges on me too?"
"NO, of course not. This was all Penny's fault, she just dragged you into her web of promiscuity." he told Amy.
Amy just nodded, and she hoped Penny never found out Sheldon almost had her arrested, her blonde friend had enough troubles already. However, now she thought back to her own problem, "Sheldon what are you going to do about the baby?"
"Nothing, that is Penny's spawn, she caused it to be created, she can deal with it." Sheldon said matter-of-factly.
"You have no feelings about the baby or Penny?" Amy now asked in amazement.
"NO, Really Amy, I am curious about this path of questioning?" Sheldon looked at Amy in disbelief.
"Sheldon, what if the baby is a genius….another Homo-Novus?" Amy asked.
Suddenly Sheldon stopped and thought about her words. "I never thought about that."
Amy's eyes got wet again, this was it, he would leave her to be with Penny and take care of the baby, she thought. But she continued her questioning, she was like a moth flying to the light and couldn't stop even though there was danger, "Penny would need your help and the child would need your guidance." she figured she might as get it all out tonight, even though it hurt her.
"Of course it would, I would have to make sure the child was raised right and given the opportunities that I was denied when I was young." Sheldon thoughtfully agreed.
Amy nodded, "You will have to talk to Penny about being in the child's life and maybe…be with her to help." There Amy said it, it hurt even more than she thought, Sheldon would have to be with Penny to help raise the baby and her, Amy Farrah Fowler, would be alone again.
"There would have to be a lot of planning done and agreements drawn up." Sheldon said in thought. "That will require a lot of planning and some research, I should start working on that immediately." Sheldon now just looked ahead thinking, Amy realizing he was in the zone.
The need to flee again was overpowering Amy, it was painful here to her now, "Well you have a lot to do Sheldon, I should get going and let you work." Amy sadly told him, she needed get out of there before she began sobbing.
Sheldon nodded, still in the zone, "Thank You Amy, I do have a lot of work to do."
"Good-bye Sheldon." Amy got her bag and walked out the door, closing the door behind her, then stopping just before going down the stairs, fearing she would fall, her legs feeling so weak. She just stood there for a couple of minutes, taking deep breaths, until her mind could concentrate, then she slowly went down the stairs, each step a painful reminder of all the happiness she use to have there before with him.
Sheldon was fully in the zone now, not even thinking about how Amy was acting, before he went right to his white board to start planning, just saying over his shoulder as Amy left. "Good-bye Amy." He then got to work writing down probabilities and variables about his and Penny's baby, to determine the chances of another genius being brought into the world.
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It was really late when Penny's flight landed in Omaha, Meryl and Wyatt both waiting for her to come out of baggage claim, because Meryl wanted Wyatt to drive them home so she could sit with Penny. Meryl and Wyatt had talked a lot since Penny called them to tell them she was coming home, and Meryl had become more worried about how her daughter was dealing with all that was happening with her. Meryl's concerns were immediately validated when her daughter came directly from baggage claim to wrap her arms around Meryl and hug her hard while sniffling. It was almost 5 minutes before Penny let go of her mother so that Wyatt could lead them to the car and the trip home.
They had just left the airport parking lot when Meryl looked at her daughter whose head was on her shoulder. "Penny…Sweetie….what happened?"
Penny wanted to talk to her mother, she wanted someone to tell her what to do, because she seemed to be making all the wrong decisions lately. "I told Leonard I was going to raise the baby and I didn't need him."
Meryl sighed, she didn't think that was good idea when Penny told it to her before, but it was her life and her decision. "What did Leonard say?"
"He said I needed help and he wanted to help." Penny answered.
"Isn't that what you want Honey, Leonard back in your life?" Meryl asked, and she felt Penny nod on her shoulder, but then she also heard more sniffles. "Penny what did you tell him when he said that?"
"Mom, he got offered a job with Dr Stephen Hawking, with tenure, it is a dream come true for scientists like him." Penny started to explain
"Did he tell you that?" Meryl wondered if Leonard was trying to distance himself from her daughter.
Penny shook her head, "He never said anything to me, the girls told me about it, I don't think Leonard would ever say a thing. I think he was sacrificing for me again, I don't want him to do that."
Meryl suddenly had a feeling things had went badly. "What did you say to him, Honey?"
Penny sniffled harder, "I can't screw up his life more Mom, so I told him I didn't need him, I could raise the baby by myself." Penny now started crying.
Meryl wrapped her arms around her daughter and let her cry, it was going to be a long ride home. Wyatt, who was driving while the girls sat in the back seat, just shook his head, he had really liked Leonard and had been trilled Penny and him were engaged, however, now his daughter was pregnant with no man to help her. Well Wyatt thought, that is what families are for, they would take care of her.
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It was 8 AM when Leonard's eyes slowly opened and with the morning light came the pain, plus the feeling that if he moved his head it would explode and his insides would fall out of him. He had never been this hung over in his life, he just wanted to die, but before he could think about his fate his stomach announced it was going to turn itself out. Leonard got out of bed the best way he could, with his pounding head, and just made it to the toilet before his insides did come out, the immediate retch of his stomach contents offering no relieve as he then threw up again, then again. Leonard felt so bad he didn't even feel the robe put over his shoulders by Constance, as he sat on the bathroom floor, his eyes were closed and all he could do was just pray for his life to be over quickly.
Over an hour later, Constance helped a moaning Leonard back to bed, just barely getting a little water down him with a couple aspirins before he passed out again. She was still tired too, so she crawled in bed again with him and gently ran her hand through his hair, finally snuggling up to him and falling asleep with him. It was almost four hours later when she woke up to him moving again and moaning, about his head being about to explode, her again getting him to drink more water and take another couple aspirins before he went to sleep again.
It was now past 1 PM, so Constance got up, taking another couple of aspirins herself and downing another bottle of water to get her hydration back to normal. Leonard had one of those one serving coffee systems so Constance decided to make a quick cup, then grabbing a couple strawberry pot tarts from the box he had, sat down on the chair in his bedroom, eating, drinking and just watching him. Constance didn't know if it was because she already knew him and knew how nice he was, but now just looking at him now made her want to be with him, the thought of waking up every morning with him in his apartment going through her mind. She watched him for over an hour, then the cool room, from being so cold outside, and the laziness from just sitting made Constance crawl into bed with him again. Once under the covers, she moved towards him and cuddled up against his warm back, putting her arm around him to quickly fall asleep again.
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It was dawn when Sheldon finally stepped away from his boards to look at the calculations, shaking his head, he knew he was tired, but still the results he came up with were accurate. After spending all night on the internet, looking up genetics and breeding, then running calculations of his own, there was now no doubt in his mind, there was a probability that his and Penny's offspring could be a genius like him, another Homo-Novus that would bless the world. What really surprised him was that he had missed it and only Amy had been able to lay the logic out to him that made him understand. She was an amazing girlfriend and Sheldon mentally patted himself on the back that he was wise enough to find her.
However he now had a problem, one that fully came to mind since he determined the probably of the child to have the mental facilities equal to himself. That problem was Penny, although she was an excellent vessel for growing a Homo-Novus, with her strong physical attributes and wide farm girl hips, she was not up to raising a genius in Sheldon's mind. He remembered how his potential was stymied by his upbringing and Penny didn't have the potential to even be as good a mother as his own, so her raising a gifted child could only inflict irrevocable harm. He would have to do more thinking on how to rectify that problem, but right now he needed to make some breakfast, because Dr Who would be coming on shortly and his mind needed some rest.
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Leonard woke up again after 6 PM, still feeling horrible but at least now not wanting to die, he was also now able to think about things other that the pain in his body. He rubbed his pounding forehead, "God, I need aspirin." then he reached to his glasses, only to have them put in his hand by someone else. He was confused but being always polite, "Thank you."
"You're welcome, are you feeling better, Honey?" Constance asked, now up on one elbow behind him, her breasts pressed against his back as she leaned forward to see his face. She had been sleeping with him all night and most of the day, the intimacy of it making her more than a little desirous of even more intimacy now with him in his bed.
Leonard didn't really know what was happening, he was sick, confused and clueless why a woman was in with him. He tried to become alert, and managed finally take stock of his surroundings to determine what had happened to him. He first noticed he was in his own apartment, that was at least some relief, and his own bed, as he looked at the headboard, his mind too muddled to understand that his bed was the only bed in his apartment, so where else would he be. The next thing he wanted to know was who was with him, so he carefully tried to turn in the bed, feeling himself rubbing against the other person as he turned. Finally he was on his back, and as he tried to concentrate on the other person, several things went through his mind, the first the thing he noticed was that the part of the other person's body he had been rubbing against was a large breast because now, on his back, it was on his chest. The second thing he noticed was that the breast was covered by one of his t-shirts and as he looked up at the owner of the breast he was stunned to see Constance looking down at him.
"Darling are you feeling better?" She said to him, still smiling.
Leonard swallowed, his throat dry, he was surprised beyond words and had a million questions, but he decided to ask something safe, plus he was still hurting. "I could use some aspirin and water."
Leonard swore her smile got bigger, then she tapped his nose with her finger, "Of course, you probably don't feel too well yet." She then quickly reached over him to the nightstand, again dragging her breasts over his chest, almost hitting him in his face, before she was on her knees over him with a bottle of water and aspirin in her hands. It was then Leonard noticed that she had his t-shirt on and maybe panties on under it, but definitely nothing else, it made him confused as hell as he now wondered what happened the night before.
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Meryl was in the kitchen drinking coffee waiting for Penny to get up, to join her, but knowing it might be a while since Penny had gone to sleep so late the night before, in Meryl's lap. Hence hearing the front door open, surprised Meryl, because Wyatt had left a couple hours ago to work in the barn, that was behind the house. "Who's there." Meryl yelled out.
"It is just me mom." Lindsey answered, walking to the kitchen where she heard her mom's voice come from. No sooner Lindsey entering the kitchen, her walking to her mom to hand over Carl, her grandson, then going over to the kitchen counter to grab a cup of coffee.
Meryl gave little Carl a kiss then watched as Lindsey sat at the table across from her. "So what makes you two drive over two hours to be over here so early?"
"I needed to get out of the house before I killed Todd in his sleep." Lindsey stated.
"Why, what did he do now?" Meryl was use to problems between Penny's sister and her husband, hell Lindsey even shot him once, and Meryl still didn't believe it was an accident like the police report said.
"He went out with his friends all night to drink, then came home drunk at about 5 AM." Lindsey explained.
Meryl knew Todd was always getting drunk with his friends, so that was no surprise, "Are you mad because he went drinking with his friends or are you mad he didn't take you?" Meryl thought she knew the answer but asked anyway.
"It was New Years night, of course I'm mad he didn't take me." Lindsey said loudly.
Meryl just nodded, wanting to change the subject. "Your sister is visiting."
Lindsey's frown now turned to a smile. "Really when did she get in?"
"Last night." Meryl responded.
"Well at least this time I get to see her." Lindsey then thought for a moment. "Did she bring her boyfriend?"
Meryl sighed, "No she didn't."
Lindsey seemed confused, "Really? During the holidays, she didn't bring him?" Lindsey then thought some more and noticed her mother's demeanor. "Is something wrong?"
Meryl nodded, "Your sister is pregnant and she is broken up with Leonard."
"What the crap." Lindsey said in anger. "That bastard got her pregnant then dumped her!"
Meryl shook her head, "It's not Leonard's baby."
"Holy crap on a cracker." Lindsey said in shock.
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Penny wandered into the kitchen about 1 PM, she didn't look like she slept at all, her eyes were red and she walked around like a zombie. Meryl had just made lunch for Wyatt and Lindsey, Wyatt now back at the barn doing his afternoon chores and Lindsey in the living room watching over a sleeping Carl, tucked in and asleep on the couch. Penny really didn't know what she was doing, she had just went to the place her mother was, she wasn't hungry, she just wanted company.
"Afternoon Sweetie, are you doing any better today." Meryl asked her.
Penny shook her head, "Not really. But I'm better here then at my apartment right now."
Meryl sympathetically nodded, "You know you are always welcomed home Honey."
Lindsey then walked in the Kitchen, "Hey Sis."
Penny looked at her in surprise, "Hey Lin."
They looked at each other for a couple moments before Lindsey took her younger sister in a hug and held her tight, feeling Penny squeezing her too. They stood there hugging for several minutes, until Lindsey pushed back a little and looked a Penny, "Do you want to talk?"
Penny just nodded, "Okay." then both girls went back to the living room to talk and watch over Carl.
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Leonard sat on his couch, sipping some soup that Constance had made for him, still trying to understand what was going on. He now knew she was wearing panties, red ones, and she seemed not concerned about him seeing them as she moved around the apartment making him food and basically mothering him. The thing was, he couldn't understand why she was doing all this for him, especially only in his t-shirt and those red panties, they never ever had anything going on between them the whole time he was at Cambridge.
Leonard finished his soup only to have Constance take the empty bowl from him, and give him a smile. "Feeling better Leonard?"
"Yes thank you. Really thank you for everything, you were the one that got me home last night I guess?" Leonard was trying to figure out what happened.
"Honey, you were so drunk, I thought I was going to have to carry you. Do you usually drink like that?" Constance was smiling the whole time she was talking to him.
"No." Leonard said quietly, thinking about Penny.
Constance smiled more, slightly relieved that this wasn't a normal occurrence for him, she really liked him and she didn't want him to be like some of the constant drunks around the university. "Let me get you some more water, it will hydrate you." Leonard nodded.
Leonard watched her go into the kitchen, finding himself staring at her ass as her hips seem to sway it a way that only made her more alluring. Leonard blinked, as he realized how beautiful she was, her gorgeous bare legs sticking out the bottom of his t-shirt which barely covered those red panties. Leonard tilted his head back and closed his eyes, he still felt the remnants of a headache and his stomach was still a little funny feeling, he hadn't been this drunk since, he thought about it and suddenly remembered. It was the day he drank a fifth of alcohol, because he was really depressed about how Penny used him to have drunken sex then acted like nothing happened. She wouldn't even talk to him about what happened, just telling him it was mistake and he should forget about it, though it brought back all the pain of their breakup again to him. The next day he was really hung over and instead of Penny being there to help him, like Constance was now, he had to deal with a annoying Sheldon who had absolutely no sympathy for him. Thinking about Sheldon made Leonard angry, it was now hard for him to even think of Sheldon without contempt, after all he was the man who screwed his fiancée.
Leonard opened his eyes and turned to the kitchen now watching as Constance walked back to him, then got on the couch with him, sitting very close and handing him a water. "Here you go, this will make you feel better." she told him, sympathy for his hangover evident on her face.
"Thank you Constance." Leonard now smiled at her, she was being so nice to him and something more than just being friends was happening between them with her walking around his apartment half dressed. It got Leonard's slowly recovering mind thinking, maybe it was finally time for him to move on, time to stop being so pathetic.