It was a couple of days after Sheldon had told Penny he knew she was pregnant and she was getting ready to tell Leonard, the meal had been prepared and he would be home from work in a couple of minutes.
About a minute later he came through the door, giving Penny a hug and kiss, "hey, dinner smells great, check you out, learning how to cook".
"Thank you sweetie, how was work?"
"It was okay, bit strange Sheldon not being there".
"Have you spoken to him today?"
Leonard shook his head as they sat down at the table with their plates, "no, have you?"
"I took him to the hospital but there wasn't much talking, poor guy, he must be going through hell".
"Yeah, I feel really sorry for him, maybe we should go to the hospital and see if he's okay".
Penny nodded, "maybe later, I need to tell you something first". She put her knife and fork down and took a deep breath, "Leonard, I'm..I mean, "we're.."
Leonard's phone starting going off and he looked at the caller ID, "I'm so sorry honey, it's Sheldon, I should really answer and make sure he's okay".
"Yeah, of course"
Penny watched as Leonard answered the phone and waited a couple of minutes for the call to finish.
Leonard put the phone down on the table and looked at Penny, "Sheldon says that Amy's woken up".
"That's great!! How's she feeling? Is Sheldon with her now?"
"No, he's not, he's sat outside her room, unable to go in".
"What? Why?"
"He said, the accident at Amy's lab damaged her spine, leaving her unable to walk, but he's afraid to go in and tell her by himself, he wants us there with him".
Penny nodded and stood up, "okay, let's go".
"Wait.. what did you want to tell me? It sounded important". He stood up and looked at her.
"Not as important as this is, our best friends need us".
Leonard nodded and put his jacket on, taking hold of Penny's hand after she had put on hers and left the apartment with her.
