After a dinner of delicious spaghetti and hot dogs Mary made, Sheldon and Amy went to continue playing with their toys before they knew it was nearly bedtime. But they needed a bath first, so Mary took Sheldon to the bathroom to bathe before she takes Amy. She was nervous and uncomfortable, but after trusting Mary more, she lets her bathe. Then she gave pajamas to them, having them brush their teeth and go to bed.
Mary says to Leonard that she's going to stay in a hotel and will come for the funeral before going back to Texas.
Then he was left alone in the living room, with two kids safe and sound in their bed. He puts on the tv waiting for Penny to return from work.
But he fell asleep sitting up without noticing it. It wasn't till midnight when Penny finally came home. She turns off the tv and went to her husband and puts her hand on his shoulder to gently wake him.
Leonard snorts jerking awake and sees Penny.
"Oh, hey babe," he says rubbing his eyes. "Just got back?"
"Yeah, my boss wanted me over. I knew it would be a while," Penny sighed sitting down next to him and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Are Sheldon and Amy in bed?"
"Yeah. Mary made dinner for us. She saved some for you in the fridge," he replied.
Penny asked concerned, "How are they? Amy seemed pretty upset and Sheldon was devastated by the time I got the phone call and left."
"Sheldon's mom calmed him down like she would always do…" He then said finally, "Penny I need to talk to you."
She asked, "What?"
"Remember when Amy was upset this afternoon?" Leonard asked.
She nodded.
"She finally opened up to me and told me how she feels," he continues, "It turns out that she had a bad relationship with her mother. I wouldn't say bad, but like smothering with verbal abuse."
Penny looked confused and concerned again. "What?"
Leonard continued, "She said her mother spanks her, hard even when she doesn't deserve it. And what's worse, her mother puts her in a 'sin closet'!"
"Wait… She told me about it."
"She told you before me?"
"Yes but… That was a long time ago! That was the night I pierced her ears and we called her mother."
Leonard asked wanting to know, "Where was I when that was happening?"
"That was the night you and the guys went to Mexico for your bachelor party," she answers. But then she continued, "I thought she was kidding about this 'sin closet'! When I told her mother, she made Amy sit in mine. Thought it was an act or something!"
He said, "That is why she's scared of everyone. That is why she never had a friend in the world because of her mother who would discipline her, being strict toward her, and verbally abusing her."
"That's not how I pictured it when we met her before the wedding," Penny says leaning back on the couch.
"Penny, Amy is a child now! Not a woman! They had a different relationship when she was young!"
But Penny retraced her steps. "Well, her mother was complaining almost the whole time."
"Oh yeah, I remember the day very well, she was going to take Amy away from Sheldon and my favorite hero steps in to stand up to her," he says with a cheeky smile.
Penny frowned. "Nice try."
Leonard's smile fades. "Yeah... And then her husband had to hide away from her across the hall. I feel bad for the guy. He couldn't stand up for himself. That's a pretty unhealthy relationship between both."
"Yeah. She was a nightmare."
He nodded. "Anyways, Amy had a difficult childhood and was pretty lonely without a friend or someone who cared. Her mother cares, but in a different way."
"Poor Amy..."
Leonard sighs, "Yeah... I feel terrible. But I comforted her."
"Knew she would come to you," she said smiling.
"But I don't like the fact that her mother would do that to her. Reminds me of when I was little, except my mother wouldn't be like that except neglect me. And furthermore, I couldn't help but feel that Sheldon could be going through the same problem," he said.
"What do you mean?" Penny asked getting confused again.
"Well remember the day we had a fight and Sheldon had to hide out in the comic book store?"
"Yeah. Very well."
"Well, while we drove him home, I can't help but think that Sheldon's father might've hurt him," he explained. "I wanted to ask Sheldon when we got home, but I didn't want to upset him any further... So I kept it to myself."
"But I thought Sheldon loves his father. He told me he was sad that he died..."
Leonard then said guessing, "I think it was the alcohol that changed his nature. Guess that kind of traumatized Sheldon a bit but he understands why."
Penny nodded. "I feel terrible."
"Me too. And I really want to do something to help them," he said sitting up on the couch facing his wife.
"Sweetie, there is nothing we can do."
"But there is only one thing we can do. That's another thing I want to talk to you about Penny," Leonard says a little nervous.
He then took a deep breath before starting, "Penny... I've been thinking about this all day, and I think it's best to give their new life another chance."
"I'm not following," she said shaking her head.
"I spoke with Sheldon's mother earlier and she decides that this would be the perfect thing for us..."
Penny starts to cringe a little. "I don't like where this is going."
And he says pretty slow, "And you will definitely not like it one bit but-"
"Out with it Leonard."
"I want to adopt them."
Alright ya'll, so I'm leaving this as a cliffhanger for a little while. I'm trying to write other drabbles and short stories in the meantime. Also, who else cried during the recent episode of TBBT, because that's probably the most touching moment in the entire series. Anyways, please leave positive reviews and give me some good ideas!