The Summertime Conundrum

This story starts a few weeks after Leonard left for the North Sea and sees Penny and the gang getting on with their lives without him. It will also see how everyone helps Sheldon with his idiosyncrasies and then possibly expand into a saga of stories.

Chapter 1

Penny, comes out of her apartment, locks the door and goes to knock on for Sheldon.

"Sheldon Lee Cooper, I'm not gonna wait all day for you, I have to get to work and so do you"

"I'm coming Penny, let me just grab my sonic screwdriver pen"

Some rummaging is heard from inside the apartment and then Sheldon comes out and locks the door.

"Sonic Screwdriver Pen?"

"Yes, you see Penny, the Sonic Screwdriver is one of the Doctor's gadgets from Doctor Who. It can do anything except, kill, wound or maim"

"Really, anything?"

"Yes, it can put up shelves, cause explosions, resonate concrete, fix light bulbs, however he mainly uses it for opening doors"

"That's fascinating"

"Is that sarcasm?"

"No"

All of a sudden Penny comes over a bit ill and Sheldon asks "Penny, you don't look so good, you're not contagious are you?"

"No Sheldon, I'm not, I just think it's something I ate"

"You went to that seafood restaurant with Amy and Bernadette last night didn't you?"

"Yes ... no ... maybe"

"Is it a yes or a no?"

"Yes"

"I told you all not to go, none of you had had seafood in a while and I told you it might upset your digestive system"

"Yes Sheldon, you did, do you mind if we stop off at the pharmacy?"

"I guess not"

"Thank you, now come on"

A few days later Amy and Bernadette go round to Penny's for a catch up and when they get in there they see that she is still unwell.

"Sheldon told me a few days ago that you were ill, he said it was food poisoning" said Amy.

"It is"

"Penny, if it was food poisoning it should've cleared up by now" commented Bernadette.

"Bernadette, what are you saying?"

"Is there a possibility that you might have a umm ... bun in the over?"

"You think I'm pregnant?"

"Well you have been vomiting and you did say you've been tired and you've been to the toilet 3 times in the 45 minutes we've been here"

"Yeah Bestie, those are all signs of pregnancy"

"Maybe I should take a pregnancy test"

"I have one" said Amy who then pulled a pregnancy test out of her bag.

"Err Amy, why do you have a pregnancy test?"

"Oh we thing one of the monkey's at the lab is pregnant and human pregnancy tests work on primates"

"Thanks, Amy, I'll be back in a couple of minutes"

Penny then takes the test off of Amy, goes to the bathroom and emerges two minutes later.

"Well, what's the verdict?" asks Bernadette.

Penny then proceeds to turn the test stick around and they see that's its two blue lines.

"I'm pregnant"

End of Chapter