Part 1. New idea
University café. Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Raj are taking their places at the table.
"I looked at the calendar yesterday and realized Christmas is coming very soon!" noticed Raj, taking his seat.
"I call this time pre – Christmas. The time of discounts, bunches and horrible romantic movies. Who can actually love it?" said Sheldon in a unsatisfied tone.
"Time is running faster than ever!" added Raj without noticing Sheldon's words.
"Please, I begged you not to say so! Time can't run faster than ever! Speed of light is a physical constant – remember about it!"
"C'mon, Sheldon, don't be so… " started Leonard.
"… usual, right?" asked Howard. "I start to miss old Sheldon sometimes."
"But don't forget that time can be perceived in different way sometimes. If you send one of the twins to the space, twin-astronaut will look younger than his brother left on the Earth", said Leonard to Sheldon.
Raj turned to Howard.
"You are lucky, Howard."
"Thank you. And thank you for your silence about my travel to…"
"Well, I'm a little bit envious. One month on ISS – and you don't need any surgery and continue looking young and beautiful."
Sheldon pulled a face.
"Let's stop this discussion, please. Don't mention the space with all this rubbish in one sentence!"
Leonard gave a deep sigh and decided to start another hare until Sheldon became too capricious.
"Actually it is a very exciting time now. 'The Hobbit' first night is coming!"
"Right! We could go to the premiere together and take our girls with us!" Raj kept being optimistic.
"Or watch previous parts together! Bernadette has never watched any part yet!"
"Great. Let's also suggest a cosplay too", said Leonard in a sarcastic tone.
"I'd like to be Thranduil – his hair is amazing!" suggested Raj.
Howard couldn't leave it without a comment.
"Yeah, and he drives an elk. Emily would be really amazed!"
"You don't understand anything. Emily loves me as I am."
Sheldon woken up from his thoughts and continued the dialogue.
"Actually it's a great idea. Cosplay is too much, of course, but we could give our girlfriends some souvenirs from "Lord of the Rings" and "the Hobbit".
"Great!"
"Wonderful!"
"Yeah, stuff from fantasy movie is all what they dream of!" said Leonard, looking at his friends.
"I've heard Penny, Amy and Bernadette are planning a girls' night tomorrow evening. We'll have a time to plan it all", continued Sheldon.
"Emily is leaving the city for weekend. I'll be free."
"Thank you for making a company for us", said Howard, rolling up his eyes. Raj couldn't stop taking about his girlfriend.
"What? I didn't say anything when you left us for dates with women."
"Real women or virtual ones?" asked Sheldon.
"Funny", said Howard. "So, we should decide now: are we planning the gifts or no?"
"Of course!" said Raj.
"Completely approve", Sheldon also liked it.
Leonard looked surprised.
"Wait, are you really accepting this idea?"
"Why not?" asked Raj.
"Yeah".
"I don't see anything bad in it. Anyway, it's not going to be the worse pre-Christmas time".
Leonard took a deep breath. "They've learned nothing in this life at all."