Leonard and Penny

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

"If that's Sheldon, we kill him in his sleep." Penny muttered.

Chuckling softly, Leonard picked up his cell. "Hey."

"Dude, where the hell are you?!"

Penny sat upright. "Oh, crap! We forgot Raj!"

Unfortunately for Leonard, the Indian heard this and the bespectacled man had to endure a five minute lecture on how could they have forgotten him, was he really that unimportant to them, etc. "Raj, I'm sorry," apologized the experimental physicist, helping up his girlfriend and picking up a chair. "It just slipped our minds." He motioned to Penny to open the door.

Penny pulled. It wouldn't open. Penny pushed. It wouldn't open. She tried twisting the knob. It wouldn't budge. She tried throwing herself against it and it still remained shut.

"Leonard, we have a problem." Penny announced.

"What is it?"

"Some bastard locked the door."

"What? Aw, man... Raj don't hang up!"

Five minutes later, they heard a boisterous knocking. "Hey, buddies!"

"Raj, are the keys still there?"

"Maybe!" came the cheerful reply.

"Raj!" Penny warned.

"Yes, they are." Raj jingled them around for proof.

"Will you unlock the door?"

"I don't know, dude."

"Look, we're sorry we forgot you, OK? Please open the door. It's freezing."

A pause. "What are you doing up here anyway?"

"We were watching the stars together."

"You went to see the stars without me?"

"Raj, you're a star scientist! You spend most your life with the damn stars!" Penny reminded.

"I like the stars! I.."

"Raj, we were up here for...romantic purposes." Leonard told the door.

"Ohh, I see!"

"By the way, he's an astrophysicist, not a 'star scientist'."

"Thank you Leonard." Penny responded monotonously.

"Do you guys...want to spend Thanksgiving, just the two of you?"

"If we say 'yes' you're gonna leave us here, aren't you?" Leonard said.

"No. I'll just go home and be alone for the whole weekend."

"Raj, we don't mind. Thanksgiving isn't just a time for lovers. It's a time for friends and family, and whatever the hell Amy and Sheldon are." Penny explained to the door. There was a moment of silence and then the door creaked open.

Penny tore into the warm building like a wild thing and locked her arms around Raj who responded in a considerably calmer manner. " Thank you, Raj. Happy Thanksgiving."

"Happy Thanksgiving, you guys."

Sheldon and Amy

"Amy?"

"Yes, Sheldon?"

"Are you awake?"

"Yes, Sheldon."

"I can't sleep."

"Neither can I."

"May I tell you something?"

"Of course you can."

"You have very unusual eyes."

"How? They're eyes. They serve their function as two fleshy objects that grant me sight and that's all they do."

"I meant their colour."

"How is the colour unusual?"

"They're very green."

"Like traffic lights?"

"No. I'm fairly certain eyes that colour are impossible to have. Your eyes are remarkable, though."

"Thank you."

"You know, green eyes are very rare."

"I never knew that."

"Few people do."

"Hmm."

"Amy, are you feeling better?"

"Yes. You were a wonderful help. I'm glad you were there."

"I'm your boyfriend. It's my duty to care for you, no matter how unpleasant it may be."

Amy closed her eyes. She loved him, but it went without saying that tact was not one of his strong points. "Thank you, Sheldon."

"It's alright. Would you mind if we stopped talking? I'm feeling tired now."

"Not at all. 'Night."

Howard and Bernadette

"You are kidding me!" Joey Rostenkowski shook his head as his big sister and brother in law recanted the whole sorry tale.

"We're not. I don't think that woman likes Jewish people." Howard told him.

"She's a dumbass. She's just like our grandmother. Anybody different to her and she hates them. I feel sorry for little Katie, I really do."

"Same here." Howard agreed.

"And when you think Bernie used to tell me not to spit in her mouth, too.." Joey went on mournfully.

"Because it was gross!" Bernadette reminded him.

"She deserved it."

Bernadette shook her head. "I can't believe you and I come from the same parents." She turned to her husband. "I'm gonna see if Mom needs help with anything. Behave yourselves, boys!"

Once his sister was out of earshot, Joey smiled at Howard mischievously. "What shall we do, Howie?"

"Do whatever you want. I'm not risking pissing her off."

"You didn't want to come either, huh?"

Howard wasn't sure how to answer. "Uhh..."

"Dude. I didn't want to either. The only reason I came was 'cos Bernie asked to. And I wanted to see Mom. And it's kinda fun to piss off Mike when he's going all holy!"

"I like annoying my uncles every Thanksgiving. One of them is a rabbi and I freak him out by pretending to lose my Star of David."

"I used to do that with Mike! I'd pretend to lose my Cross and then I'd be like 'Oh, hey, I found it!'"

"One Thanksgiving, I was like six, and I didn't want Turbriskefil so..."

"What the hell's 'Turbriskefil'?"

"Turkey stuffed with brisket stuffed with gefilte fish."

"Gross."

"Yeah. Ayway, I crept to the oven and was just about to turn the heat down so it wouldn't cook properly and then..."

"Your mom walked in!"

"No, my grandpa did. He looked down at me and I was like 'Oh, crap, he's gonna tell on me!'"

"Did he?"

"No, he said 'Howie, you mustn't touch the oven. You'll burn yourself.' So I stepped away from it and he turned the oven down to like 60 degrees, picked me up and walked out."

Joey guffawed. "I wish my grandfather was like that. He had Alzheimer's."

"I'm sorry."

"It's OK. He was a sweet old dude, but one Thanksgiving, he grabbed the sprouts and started sticking them down his-"

"Joseph!" Mrs. Rostenkowski was standing at the door, open mouthed at the story her son had just been telling. "You promised you wouldn't tell that story about my poor father."

"I'm sorry. But you gotta admit, it was pretty damn funny!"

Upon receiving no laugh from his mother, Joey walked over and planted a kiss on her cheek. "I love you, Mom."

"My son, you're the one who's put all the gray in my hair."

"What? You don't look a day over seventy."

She lightly hit her son's elbow, but was laughing too. "Go inside, boys, the turkey's nearly ready."

Can't think of anything else to say! :/ Ah, well. Sorry for the mistake there was in the info box. This is NOT a Shenny fanfic, sorry. So, feedback as always is appreciated, but tisn't vital. I'm just happy people are reading tbh! Have a good day, guys!

Love from Shania. xx