A/N - hey guys, i had trouble with my laptop yesterday so i couldn't upload this then. no matter because its here now :)
i decided to end this story here but give you the epilogue ever! (well i hope that it is ok) i pretty much just tell you everything that has happened to them since Sheldon won his Nobel Prize.
im sad that my story is over but i am wiring a new one now so look out for it :) Enjoy and thank you all again for your awesome reviews and support x
Chapter 12 – The happy ever after to my fairy tale.
''Hi, we're looking for Dr Sheldon and Penny Cooper's Room.'' Leonard rushed out in one breath to the nurse behind the desk of Huntington Hospital.
They all entered the waiting room after being told where to go, to find a pacing Sheldon. Mrs Cooper was sparing knowing glances with Meemaw in the corner. Missy was reading a book next to them, trying not to laugh at her brother.
Leonard rushed over to Sheldon, ''Hey, buddy. What's wrong?''.
Sheldon stopped and stared at him glazed eyes. ''Nothing is wrong Leonard. I am about to become a father. The reason for my pacing was a result of my inpatients because I have been waiting in this room for my friends to arrive for nearly 15 minutes.'' Sheldon exclaimed with exasperation. ''Oh, you're here. All of you take a seat, I have to go attend to my wife now''. Sheldon says after finally focussing on them and composing himself.
Sheldon turned away from everyone before they could ask any questions, with a small smile on his lips after calling penny his wife. It's been three years since he won his Nobel Price. They moved into an apartment in New York together in the first year, after Penny got a part in a play and Sheldon was asked to do lectures and more interviews there. Sheldon took Penny to central park in December of that same year and proposed to her in the snowy, winter wonderland on Central Park Bridge. Sheldon used his Nobel Prize money to buy a house for them both in Pasadena a year after the wedding.
Sheldon stepped into the room and watched as penny tried to sleep. They have been doing this for 8 hours now and Penny is a dangerous person to be around at the moment. So he takes this precious moment to be in her companion without her raising her voice or hitting him.
''Are you going to just stand there or are you going to-'' Penny began when she opened her eyes but stopped when a sharp contraction splintered through her abdomen.
Moment over, Sheldon thought, but quickly discarded it as he rushed to her side as she pressed a hand to her stomach at the target of the pain.
''Penny?'' Sheldon manages but doesn't know what else to say. He just squeezes her hand to let her know that he is there whilst she squeezes her eyes shut.
A nurse comes in and checks how many centimetres she is. She looks at them both with a smile, ''it's time''.
-20 minutes later-
''One more time, Penny!'' the nurse calls to penny.
Sheldon scrunches up his face as Penny demolishes his hand as she screams. He keeps repeating supportive words to her, 'deep breaths' 'in and out' 'you can do this' but mainly they are for him as he tries not to faint. He keeps his eyes on penny and tries not to think about what's happening between her legs. However he can't help but watch as she pushes one final time and he meets his son.
''Sheldon, he's beautiful'' Penny gushes after getting her breathing back to normal, as the nurse places her son in her lap in a blue blanket.
''interesting choice of descriptive word…I would say he is more like…breathtaking'' Sheldon says slowly as he stares at his small fingers and toes.
They sit in silence for a while, just admiring the small boy in their arms until penny is hit with another contraction.
''You might want to take him outside now, unless you want him to whiteness his sister's birth?'' Penny says through clenched teeth as she rides the wave of pain.
Sheldon stands and thinks about her comment. What if he has an eidetic memory? He doesn't want to scar his child so he places him into the nurse's arms and watches her take him away.
The nurse's all take stances again to help bring their next child into their lives.
Sheldon, after feeling a bit more comfortable with his environment, finds it easier to comfort penny. He helps her thought the contractions and screams with her when she pushes until he hears his daughter's cries.
They watch as they wrap her in a pink blanket and Sheldon looks at penny in confusion when she laughs.
Penny, noticing his look says ''it's like 101 Dalmatians when they give the puppies little blue and pink collars to tell you their genders.'' In a sweet voice as she looks into her daughters eyes.
Sheldon just shakes his head with a beaming smile as the nurse's laugh quietly around the room.
The room is swallowed in silence as the new parents fuss and coo over their twins. They are given some alone time to think about names and to be with each other.
Everyone was waiting outside, they could just about here the couple talking so they thought that it was ok to go and see their new members to the group. Mary stepped in first with Missy glued to her back as she tried to get in second.
Sheldon and penny were both lying on the bed with the twins in their arms.
''oh my lord, they are just precious'' said Mary, she took the chair next to the bed as Sheldon passed over his son.
''What's his name?'' Meemaw asked when she got passed all their friends to stand next Mary.
''Everyone meet, Clark Isaac Cooper'' Sheldon announced.
''Superman?'' Howard asked ''Did Penny let you name the boy?'' he asked surprised and looking at her like she was crazy.
''Clark is a lovely name and yes, I did let Sheldon named the boy. He did a good job, I even like Isaac as the middle name'' Penny jumped in and reassured Sheldon.
''So your son is Superman and the man who discovered gravity…awesome!'' Leonard commented.
''Your son defies and discovered gravity. I hate to know what Sheldon 2.0 will become in the future'' Howard said as he feigned horror. Raj stood next to him nodding and silently laughing.
''Penny, that was a lot of trust you put in ma son, but I agree that he did a good job'' Mary praised while Sheldon looked very proud of himself.
''so what's this little cutie pies name?'' Missy asked whilst standing next to Penny and brushes the baby's cheek.
''This is Anastasia Marie Cooper, or Ana'' Penny said with adoration for the warm bundle in her arms.
''oh that's a beautiful name for a beautiful baby'' Meemaw gushed.
Penny smiled at her with sleepy eyes which everyone got the hint that she needed more rest.
''Thank you all for coming for this. It means a lot to both of us and we appreciate you being here.'' Penny said sweetly to everyone in the room. She received smiles all round and then a whole bunch of questions that she was just too tired to answer.
After everyone held the babies, they left and Mary, Meemaw and Missy headed for Penny and Sheldon's house.
-3 years later -
''Hey guys, come on in.'' penny greets Leonard, Stephanie and their son at the door and walked them into the main living room of their home.
Leonard and Stephanie moved into apartment 4A together when they left for New York. They got married a year later, just before Stephanie became pregnant with their son, Jack.
Seconds later, penny is at the door again, ''hey guys'' penny greets Howard, Bernadette and their two children.
Howard and Bernadette had their first child just before penny and Sheldon moved to New York. They had a girl called Ruby, she has brown hair but luckily didn't inherit Howard's nose. They had Milo, their son, the next year and he unfortunately did inherit Howard's nose but got Bernadette's blonde hair.
Penny got them all drinks and answered the door for the last time. ''Hey, Raj and Amy'' penny greeted them.
Raj met Penny's number one fan, Amy online. She found his selective mutism to be fascinating as a neurobiologist and after talking with him they went on a few dates and eventually moved in together after two years. Amy still gets excited being in Penny's social circle but doesn't scream anymore but she does insist that they are 'besties'.
Penny got settled and the idle-chit-chat begun.
''Where's Sheldon and the twins?'' Leonard asked after a few moments.
''Oh he had some work to do in his office so he was watching them when I went out to buy food earlier. I think that he is still in there but he has probably all ready heard you all arrive so he is probably packing up his work now'' penny answered him.
''oh no. he isn't already trying to teach them science is he?'' Bernadette asked.
Before penny could answer, Sheldon came into the room and answered for her.
''hello everyone'' Sheldon said with both twins in his arms and a proud smile on his face. ''I have not been trying to teach them, I have been teaching'' Sheldon smiled at them all and placed Ana and Clark with the other children playing on the floor. He then sat next to penny on the couch (in his new spot) and put an arm over the back of it.
''So when is this party getting started?'' Howard asks.
''the main event for the evening will be taking place in the kitchen, shall we?'' Sheldon replies and stands up from the couch and picks up Clark. Penny follows him and gets Ana and then they all move down the hall to the kitchen with their own kids.
''Well hello darlings. We didn't hear you arrive. Where's Missy and Junior at?'' Mary exclaims as they all enter the large, modern, clean, kitchen.
''I believe that they said that they were going to steal my children and head off home to Texas, the last time I spoke to them'' Sheldon informs her as he places Clark into the baby chair and as Penny did the same for Ana.
''Funny. I was just saying the same thing only a moment ago.'' Meemaw chimes in.
They all laughed and gathered around the large marble island in the centre of the kitchen to pick at the volcano of food that Meemaw and Mrs Cooper made for Clark and Ana's third birthday.
They talked and laughed with each other as they ate. Junior and Missy joined them shortly after that and teased Sheldon about his childhood and what they used to do to him. Any chance they got, they would tell people their stories. They told them about all of the pranks that they pulled on him. This made penny and Sheldon look at each other and pull challenging faces as they recall their previous prank wars with one another; old ones and new ones. They had actually just stopped a prank war because penny got Sheldon as he was doing a lecture at a university. He was surprised and confused when his PowerPoint on string theory was replaced with a video of Clark puking on him. The students filmed the scene and posted it on YouTube. Penny thinks that the war is over and that she has won but Sheldon wants his revenge and he will never back down.
They got the birthday cake and everyone joined in to sing happy birthday. Once they all received a slice of Meemaw's special cake that she made, they travelled back to the living room to watch the twins open their presents.
Sheldon and Penny looked at each other and both nodded after their silent conversation. ''Sheldon and I have something that we want to tell you and this is a perfect time to do so. …I'm pregnant!'' penny exclaims happily.
She receives all of the usual, 'congratulations' and 'how far along are you?' and that's wonderful' with smiles all around. However there is always one that wants to be different.
''Can I have the next one then?'' Junior jumps in when there is a gap in the conversations in a casual tone.
-15 years later-
Max Alexander Cooper is their third child and he is 14 years old. The name was a mutual decision but penny thinks that Sheldon got what he wanted in the name. Having a son named after Magneto and Lex Luther was a sign apparently. She liked the names so she didn't mind at all; it was a win situation. Max inherited Sheldon's eidetic memory and has used it to his advantage; if he sees a book, he reads it. He started college when he was 10 and got the highest grades in his classes. He has already achieved his first PhD and is working towards his second.
Ana says that the only reason why she hasn't got her PhD yet is because Clark stole some of her IQ points when they were in the womb. Clark and Ana are now 16 years old. Clark is the muscles in the family after joining the football team and he has only just started high school. He didn't go to college at age 13 like his sister but he does get straight A's in all of his classes. He plays the drums and he has just started to play piano. Ana is a bit more artistic than her brothers; she can play piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums and uncle junior taught her how to play the harmonica. Also she was lucky enough to inherit her dads singing voice and not her mothers.
Penny walks past the library and finds Max reading a new book. It's the only room in the house that isn't modern. After Sheldon's Nobel Price banquet in that amazing hall, penny wanted to have a room designed in the same way so that she could forever remember the occasion. The walls were a vintage design covered in book shelves and classic edition books. There was an ancient leather couch and lounge chair to one side of the room. Everything had real character and she could sit for hours in this room with Sheldon.
Max has brown long hair with a side fringe and vibrant sapphire eyes like Sheldon. His face is handsome and his body is thin which gives him the geeky look. He is very tall and they both think that he will be smarter and taller than Sheldon by the time that he is 20. He is wearing beige corduroy skinny jeans and a blue knitted jumper; penny could never make him wear jeans, Ana said something about him being indie. Sheldon was proud that he didn't let people tell him what to wear, even though penny makes him change into something other than superhero shirts whenever they go out in public. She doesn't want him to get rid of them though otherwise what will she wear as pyjamas.
Just as she is about to continue walking, she spots the twins sat on the floor reading as well.
Ana is wearing a yellow summer dress which goes perfectly with her long blonde hair. She inherited penny's Green bright eyes that light up when she grins. Penny jokes with Sheldon about Ana being a Penny 2.0. She has caused many heads to turn in the past but has never had a boyfriend, whenever penny asked about it the answer would always be the same, 'all the boys at college are too stupid and immature'. Penny is always relieved to hear that her daughter doesn't like any of the boys around her; she is glad that her daughter hasn't followed her own teenage mistakes. She doesn't even want to talk about what Sheldon's reaction will be if she ever does get a boyfriend; the 20 questions attack and IQ test for compatibility will definitely scare them away.
Clark is a bit different; he has girls at the front door asking to say hi every day normally. He inherited both his parents' aesthetics just like his siblings. He is tall with blonde tussled hair and Sheldon's sapphire blue eyes. He is wearing pale blue skinny jeans and a checkered shirt complemented by the superman socks that she spots as he get up and walks over to her.
''hey, mom. Can we go out and do something…when your children escape to the library you know that they have nothing to do'' Clark jokes with her and wiggles his way into doing something fun. ''can we do something?'' he asks sweetly.
''Sure, what do you want to do?'' Penny concedes.
''Bowling?'' Clark asks which gains the attention of his siblings.
''fine, let me go tell your father'' penny actually wouldn't mind a bit of family competition right now. ''where is that Wack-a-doodle any way?'' penny asks and receives three bright smiles; they all love her pet names for Sheldon.
''yesss!'' all three of them exclaim. ''I believe that he is in the music room…In fact I know he is in there because I can hear him'' Max offers after the twins run off to get ready for the evenings activities.
Penny smiles as she heads up stairs; max also inherited Sheldon's Vulcan hearing, although max hates it when you call it that.
She steps into the room and is instantly hit with beautiful music. She leans against the door frame and listens. She doesn't know what the melody is but doesn't want to disturb him and cause him to stop. Finally Sheldon opens his eyes and sees her watching him. He smirks when she drops her head to break the intense eye contact. She slowly walks over to piano whilst listening.
''what are you playing?'' penny asks as she sits on the rectangle stool with him.
''Moonlight Sonata'' Sheldon said casually as he continued to play the song with ease.
She listened and watched as he closed his eyes again and his long skilled fingers gracefully glided across the keys of the black Grand Piano.
''it's beautiful, sweetie'' Penny breathed as the song ended and the room fell silent.
.She was snapped out of her trance when Sheldon slapped his hands onto his knees
''what shall we do today then?'' Sheldon asked with genuine interest and a soft smile.
''The guys all want to go bowling, so let's go and teach our children the real way to bowl.'' Penny said with excitement. All her children were prodigies so it was nice to be able to actually beat them at something; especially in a competitive family like theirs is.
They smirked at each other and stood up from the stool; face to face. They were in their competitive stances to represent the 'bring it' pose. They raced each other to the door giggling and pulling each other back to get down stairs before one another.
They reached the bottom of the stairs without any injuries and were faced with three impatient teenagers.
''Really, Who are the children in this house?'' Max asked but he was trying to hide his smile.
''You two have got a lot to learn from dad, and I think that they are adorable'' Ana said sweetly but she earned scoffs from both of her brothers ''whatever losers'' Ana waved them off with her hand and headed for the door with everyone else close behind.
Sheldon walked round to driver's seat of his Red Ford Mustang 1966 convertible and got in. after getting his driver's licence after the twins were born he decided to follow up on what he said that he would do and bought his dream car. Clark and Max opened the side door and stepped in whilst the cheeky one of the family jumped over the door and landed in her seat.
''Anastasia!'' Sheldon scolded her and pursed his lips when she rolled her eyes.
Penny hopped into her seat just light Ana did and smirked at Sheldon when he pouted. Ana is definitely a Penny 2.0. she leaned over and kissed him and all was resolved and they made their way out of the drive way after a chorus of 'ewwww's' from the back seat.
All three of their children have been raised with both Sheldon and Penny's strong points. Their kids are socially capable and are good with other people. They are all very intelligent and have an amazing future ahead of them. They have good fashion sense thanks to Penny and they all know the consequences of being unhygienic, thanks to Sheldon's lectures. All in all they did pretty good jobs with their life. All of their goals have been accomplished and now they have the rest of their lives to celebrate.
...THE END... And they lived happily ever after.
I hope that you all liked it :) its over though which sucks because I enjoyed writing this and it was my first story which makes it special.