The Alternate Dimension

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"I can't believe you guys are moving." Raj says as he helps stack the boxes in Sheldon and Amy's apartment one afternoon. The guys were all at Amy and Sheldon's apartment helping their friends move their boxes into their new home. After Amy saw the house they plan to purchase, she fell in love and urged Sheldon to sign the contract. It took them a few weeks to get all the papers done right and as Sheldon suggested, read over a few times and they finally are moving into their own home.

"Hey, that box is labeled as fragile. Don't break anything." Sheldon warns them.

"Sheldon, we are doing this with the goodness in our hearts, don't be rude." Leonard rolls his eyes at his best friend.

"So.....are you excited that you're moving in tomorrow?" Howard changes the subject.

Sheldon proceeds to take a break from packing and everyone follows him. "Well, I am. It's just surreal to see everything change so fast."

"14 years isn't that fast, Sheldon." Leonard corrects him.

Sheldon rolls his eyes at him and continues, "I mean, who would've believed if we went back in time and tell ourselves that Howard, Leonard, and I would be all married, and Raj...would have a dog?" Raj rolls his eyes at him. "Think about it. I would be probably find my future self, hilarious."

"What I find hilarious is you being this sentimental..." Howard teases him.

"Sheldon is right. Who would've thought that all of us would lead this kind of lives?" Leonard muses and everyone agrees.

"Break time's over, everybody back to work. Chop. Chop." Sheldon suddenly says out of the blue which startles them.

"And there's the Sheldon we all know and love."

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"Aren't you excited? This would be a big step for both of you." Bernadette says. "Halley! Take care of your brother and play quietly!!!" she then looks back at her friends "Sorry, when toddlers grow up they can be so restless it would be like when they didn't give you any sleep as newborns"

Penny laughs and sees that Angie is looking after Luke and Leia who were in turn napping. "Well, let kids be kids." She turns to Amy, "Well?"

"I'm surprised that Sheldon is even hands on with this move. It's kind of scary thinking of him being okay with everything like I'm in another universe."

"But you're okay with it, right?" Bernadette asks her.

"At first I wasn't but now I'm looking forward to spending future celebrations in our own home. Especially now that Leonard and Penny are moving in next door." Amy looks at Penny and smiles. "We'll be together forever, bestie."

Penny laughs, and Bernadette turns to her "I'm surprised you and Leonard also decided to move."

"Well, we thought that we would move someday too so why not now?" Penny stands up to give Angie her toy "Besides, living next to Sheldon and Amy is a familiar comfort in a different environment. And we would just be a few minutes away from you and Howard, so it would be like the old days, just in a different location."

"It's funny thinking about it now, right? I never thought that our lives would change drastically when I first met Howard."

"I never thought I would be capable of marrying Leonard and have his baby." Penny adds.

"And I never thought we would even go past a kiss when I first met Sheldon. The last time we had this talk, we were stuck in a bookstore parking lot that was supposed to be a bar. And here we are now." Amy muses.

"I still couldn't believe that we are mothers at the same time. Everything is changing, in a good way." Penny says.

Bernadette and Amy were about to agree when they hear thud at the door. They look in unison and see the guys carrying their dinner.

"Did you remember the mango sticky rice?" Sheldon asks Leonard while carrying their drinks into the apartment.

"I did, Sheldon." Leonard shakes his head

Howard sits beside his wife, "You know technically even if Sheldon and Amy move to their new home, you guys will still be neighbors."

"Yeah! When are you guys moving to their neighborhood?" Bernadette asks the other couple.

"We have to fix some papers for this apartment first then move a month later." Penny tells their friends

Amy scoots over to give room for her husband, she smiles "It would be like the old days except in a different location." She winks at Penny.

"And the most important thing is that they'll be a few minutes away from Howard and Bernadette..." Leonard jokes in which Howard rolls his eyes at him.

"What Howard is saying is that: don't worry, you and Penny will spend the rest of your lives with Sheldon and Amy. Kidding aside, everything is changing for us. All of you are now planting roots and growing your family, while I am still living above Bert's garage with Cinnamon. It just isn't fair." Raj whines.

"At least you're the only constant thing in this world: still a whinny baby." Howard tells him.

"Hey!" he retorts, and everyone laughs.

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"Have you packed your comic books, Sheldon?" Amy asks him as she was busy rummaging through the boxes. She gets no response so Amy looks over and sees him looking over at what could be the last night in their apartment. "Are you okay?"

"I am. I just can't believe we are doing this."

She walks over to him and kisses him, "You know that sometimes big changes could be good, right? This is one of those changes I love very much."

He smiles at her and couldn't believe all the things they had to go through to get here, "Amy, this is our last night in this apartment. I know it isn't your birthday but..." he winks at her.

Her face brightens up when she grasps what her husband is driving at, "Yes?"

"I know we don't do schedules anymore, and I want to have a last good memory of this place, so I was thinking of having coitus. No, as you would say it...I want to make love." He smiles at her surprised face.

"The children?"

"Leonard and Penny offered to look after them for the night....so?"

She drags her husband to their room in excitement, "Wait, can we just rip off our clothing and not fold it this time?"

He whispered into her ear that sent shivers down her spine, "I really don't care. Just prepare not to sleep a wink, my dear."

Amy opens her mouth in delight as she pushes her husband towards their room and locks the door.

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