Chapter 38 Parental Predictions

Midnight Musings

Penny snuggled into Leonard's bare shoulder. The orange comforter was pulled up under her arms as she laid her head on his chest looking up.

"Sweetie, Amy got me thinking today about having children and being pregnant. What do you think our kids will be like?"

Leonard smiled and tilted his head to the side, "I told Sheldon when we first met you that our babies would be both smart and beautiful. He said they'd be imaginary."

Penny grinned, "Well we'd already have a boat load if it wasn't for condoms and then birth control. I guess you won that one."

Leonard looked over toward her, "A boat load, well let's go with a passel. Anyway the point was our children will beautiful, smart, caring and loved."

"Leonard what the hell is a passel?"

Leonard chuckled, "A large group."

Penny nodded slowly, "I think boat load was a good description then."

Leonard sighed, "Your right, just being pedantic I suppose"

Penny snuggled into him, "You know the last time you used that word I had to look it up. So yes you are being pedantic. What kind of kids do you want?"

Leonard chuckled again, "I love that question, human would be good."

Penny drove her left fist gently into his ribs, "Be serious for a minute, boy or girl?"

Leonard furled his brow for a moment, "A little girl I think. I could take my girls out for the day and show them off. "

Penny grinned, "You'd have to fight off the boys and at some point have two women having PMS at the same time."

Leonard looked serious for a moment, "Like I said a little boy, blonde haired with your green eyes."

Penny punched him again, "I was thinking one of each. A blonde haired boy and a little brown haired, brown eyed girl would be nice. I could teach them to play baseball and sports. You can help them with their math and science homework. "

Leonard pulled her close, "When would you like to start working on that project."

Penny smiled, "A couple years after we're married. We can just do a lot of practice until then."

Leonard reached over for the light, "Well they say practice does make perfect."

Penny closed her eyes, "I wonder if Amy and Sheldon are going to get any more practice?"

Leonard nodded, "I think so. Sheldon is talking about pre-testing the condoms"

Penny giggled, "Oh my god"

Rocket child or fruit loop fruition?

Howard leaned his head over laying it on Bernadette's lap. He was dressed in his black silk pajamas. She was in her baby blue pajamas with little fish on them on top of the comforter. She was holding her tablet in her hand reading

"You know Bernie, Amy and Sheldon kind of got me thinking about having kids again."

Bernadette did not look up but reached over patting Howard on the back, "That's nice honey, but I think we have to separate you from your mother first before you can become a father."

Howard smirked, "I've only spent one night there this week."

Bernadette lowered the tablet, "I know Howie you're trying, I'm just saying we need to be a couple on our own for a while before we think about having children."

Howard frowned, "Okay, I guess you're right. When we do have kids what do you want?"

Bernadette returned to looking at her tablet, "Quiet ones Howie, now shush"

Howard rolled onto his spot on the bed, "Oh come on Bernie, what will it be girl or boy."

Bernadette lowered the tablet, "If we have a little boy then you mother will spoil him. If we have a little girl your mother will also spoil her and give her a complex."

Howard looked shocked, "So we have to wait for my mom to die before we have kids?"

Bernadette smiled, "No Howie, we want our children to know their grandmother. We just need to be an independent stable couple first."

Howard seemed relieved, "Well that's better because my mom's family tends to live a really long time."

Bernadette pursed her lips, "That might have been something to let me know before we got married."

Howard smiled back, "Think of it as my own little pre-nup."

Dream a little dream

"Leonard wake up"

Leonard jerked awake, "What is it Sheldon?"

"You're not sleeping with Sheldon Leonard."

Leonard rubbed his eyes then sat up then turned on the light, "Sorry. He's usually the one who wakes me in the middle of the night."

"I had a bad dream. I dreamt that our daughter was sneaking out at night and running around with boys"

Leonard smirked, "Did they go cow tipping?"

Penny glared back at him, "I don't know, she was sneaking out the window and I caught her then I woke up."

Leonard nodded slowly, "Did your mother ever catch you?"

Penny looked shocked, "No, not that I remember. Daddy caught me coming home in the morning once but he never let on to mom."

"You're just having a dream about your own adolescent years and putting yourself in the place of your mother. You're afraid your daughter will do the same things you did."

Penny was sitting up now, "Oh my god its karma, everything I did will come back three fold to me"

Leonard lay his head back on the pillow, "Our children will do the things we did. Our parents did similar things to theirs."

Penny looked over at him, "What wild thing did you do as a teenager?"

Leonard kept his eyes closed, "There was the time I, ah I, oh forget it I got nothing. How about you what's the wildest thing you ever did?"

Penny laid her head back down on the pillow, "I told my parents I was spending the weekend at my friends then moved to California."

Leonard nodded, "Well considering we live here I think it's a pretty low probability our daughter will run off to Nebraska."

"I don't want to be my mother Leonard and I don't want my daughter doing the things I did."

Leonard pulled her close to him, "That won't happen Penny. Our children will have parents that love and nurture them. They'll never want for a hug or feel like they disappointed us because they aren't good enough, or the right sex, or have typos in there paper for Christmas. "

Penny snuggled up into Leonard's shoulder, "You're right sweetie. We aren't our parents and our kids won't be us."

Leonard turned the light back off, "And as long as are kids aren't like Sheldon things will be great."

"Thanks for that Leonard, now I won't be able to get back to sleep"

"We could always practice."

"Shut up sweetie"

Other Tests

Raj sat next to Selene on the couch in his boxers and a white wife beater t-shirt. Selene sat beside him in a long grey silk robe. In her hands was a pregnancy test. She turned it over in her hands and looked at it.

"Positive again Raj, that's three positive tests. I'm pregnant."

Raj looked at Selene and tried to speak and nothing came out. His face was shocked. Selene just nodded and shook her head.

End of Episode 19. Oops, the unexpected, the expecting and the pensive. It should be a great season finale when I finally get to it, only 5 more episodes and 10 chapters to go. How are you liking the season of the big bang theory that's on TV so far? Let me know, so far I like mine better, but the last episode gives me hope.

Hope you enjoyed it

SOK