Leonard's Mother Visits

by NatashaS99

After Leonard's mother comes for a surprise visit, she becomes much closer to Sheldon. Amy becomes upset as he spends more time with Leonard's mother than he has done with her, causing much controversy between them. Meanwhile, Howard visits Bernadette's parents for dinner but this results in an argument between him and her dad, and she is forced to choose between them or him.

3. Chapter 3

While Sheldon is getting his brain scanned

"I think I have said this before but you have a remarkable brain Sheldon" Leonard's mother told him, to which he replied "I know - it has to be in order to contain all my genius ideas" he laughed at his own comment. Soon afterwards he heard his phone ringing, so he excused himself from the conversation he was having with Leonard's mother to answer.

"hello?" he said, while wondering who it might be. "hello Sheldon, this is amy" the voice from the phone replied. "oh hello Amy, how are you doing?" "I would be doing fine if you had turned up at the cinema we were going to tonight - where are you?" "with Leonard's mother getting my brain scanned" (Amy's voice starts to sound worried) "oh what happened?" "nothing, I just thought getting my brain scanned was a great deal more interesting than having to watch some sort of romance film, and possibly having to hold hands" to which Amy hangs up, and Sheldon feels somewhat guilty.

"sorry for that interruption Mrs Hofstadter, I had to speak with Amy" Sheldon apologized. "oh, that's fine, you know your brain has great potential, I think we should discuss our knowledge sometime" Leonard's mother asked, "yes I would like that, shall we arrange a time and place where we meet?" Sheldon asked, to which he soon added "what about tomorrow, 5:00 pm, at the cheesecake factory?". "yes, that seems a suitable arrangement" she replied, and they drove back to Sheldon and Leonard's appartment.

meanwhile in the house of Bernadette's parents

"so... what is this important 'thing' you have to discuss with us" Howard asks. "well, Bernadette's father has got himself a promotion..." Bernadette's mother says to them, to which they both say "that's great" in unison, and Bernadette carried on "but why would that affect us greatly, why did you call us both over here?" she queried, to which her parent's felt a little uncomfortable, perhaps almost guilty about whatever they were about to say. "the new job is in Australia" her father finally replies.

Both of them sat there gob-smacked, without saying a word. After a long awkward silence Bernadette asked "so, are we going to come too?" and her parents said "you have a choice. you can stay in California with your friends and work, or you can move to Australia with us, so we can still visit each other frequently". Howard realized guiltily "Well, I am in a decent work place now, which I think that I will struggle to find one as good somewhere else, so I'm afraid I will have to stay here" This left Bernadette with a life changing decision, will she choose to stay in California with Howard and her friends, or will she go to Australia with her parents to discover new opportunities?