Chapter 3
"Penny, honey, what are you doing here and with two friends no less?" asked Mary.
"Hi Mrs Cooper, this is Bernadette, she's Howard's wife and this is Amy, she's ... well, actually she's Sheldon's girlfriend"
"My Shelly, are you serious?"
"Yes ma'am, I am in a relationship with your son"
"Hold on a darn tooting minute, there's a relationship agreement isn't there?"
"Yes ma'am"
"None of that ma'am nonsense, I'm Mary, no come on in you three and sit down"
The girls then go and sit down and a few minutes later Mary joins them putting a pitcher of homemade lemonade and 4 glasses on the table for them to help themselves to.
"So what's troubling ya'll that got you to come all the way to Texas?"
"Well actually it's nothing to do with these two, it's to do with me, they've just come for support" explained Penny.
"Go on, I'm listening"
"Yesterday I found something out about myself that is gonna affect mine and Leonard's lives especially but it will also gravely affect the life of your son and I'm not sure how to tell him this news"
"Oh honey, you're pregnant aren't you?"
"I am yes"
"Well first of all congratulations and second you are in so much trouble with Shelly"
"I know"
With the guys in the apartment who are taking a break from playing Guitar Hero.
"So, do you know where the girls have gone?" inquired Raj.
"Absolutely no idea, Amy just told me that she and Bernadette were taking Penny out to take her mind off of Leonard"
"Yeah, but who cares where they are, now we can freely do all the things we like that they don't without hearing them complain"
"I hear ya, so how's up for a little World of Warcraft?"
Back in Texas, the girls are sitting with Mary Cooper talking when Missy comes in the front door followed by a man.
"Hey momma, look who I found? Penny?"
"Hi Missy, how are you?"
"I'm good thanks, you?"
"It's complicated"
"I know that feeling, this is my brother George, George this is Penny, she's Shelly's neighbour in Pasadena and I'm sorry, I don't know your names"
"Talk about that in a minute, first I wanna hug my son, I ain't seen him in a long time"
"Hi Mom"
George and Mary then hug hello"
"Hi, I'm Bernadette, I'm married to Howard, one of Sheldon's friends"
"And I am Amy Farrah Fowler and am currently in a relationship with your brother"
"Sheldon, you're in a relationship with my brother, are we talking about the same Sheldon Lee Cooper?" questions George
"Yes"
"So Penny, what are you doing here?" asks Missy
"We're actually here to talk to your mom about how to tell Sheldon a big bit of news that I know he won't be happy with"
"You've got a bun in the oven haven't you Penny?"
"Yeah"
"Sheldon's gonna be mad at you"
"Yeah we've already established that, but how do I tell him?"
"You need to tell him as soon as you get back for starters"
"Yeah my mom's right, tell him as soon as and make sure he's involved as much as you want him to be so that he can get used to idea"
"Yeah, oh and he's probably gonna want to install sound proofing or some other technical equivalent to your apartment"
"You think, he'll go that far?"
"This is my Shelly we're talking about, he's extreme to say the least"
They sit and talk for a little while longer and then the girls leave to go home. A few hours later, the girls walk through the door of Sheldon's apartment.
"Hey Bernie, did you have fun today?"
"Yeah, but Penny's got something to say"
"Go ahead bestie, you can do it"
"I'm Pregnant"
End of Chapter