Raj, Leonard, Penny, Sheldon and Amy (and Howie and Bernie, I suppose)

Leonard and Penny came shuffling out of their respective bedrooms as they heard the door open and muffled voices came into the apartment. Sheldon blinked at Penny in astonishment.

"Penny, were you just in my room?"

"Yes. These guys are asses."

Sheldon looked at Leonard who was eyeing Penny with resentment. "I don't understand."

"Sheldon." Leonard said in a voice Sheldon found louder than necessary. "Do you remember the out of date YooHoo! ?"

"Vividly. It was one of the most horrifying things I've ever encountered than came out of a fridge."

"Well, I told you I wasn't the one who put it there. And guess what? Penny was the one who put it there!"

"Why would she do that?"

"I don't know."

"Penny, that's nine strikes." Sheldon told the blonde woman firmly.

"What?!" Penny shrieked. "It was an accident and if there's nine strikes, I'll have to take the class, like six times!"

"Three actually. Leonard, I'm so sorry."

"Oh, sure, you'll apologise to Leonard for a very simple mistake. But when it comes to apologising for insulting someone, you don't say a freaking word!" Amy snapped.

"What did Sheldon do?" Raj asked.

"He accused me of having, and I quote, 'germy hair'."

"Sheldon, that's mean!" Raj scolded.

"How is it mean? I was simply advising my girlfriend that it is not the best if you wash your hair and then put your newly cleaned head on a pillow which is home to millions of pathogens, bacteria and possibly dead skin."

"That's not the point!" Raj told him. "You would be upset too if someone said that to you. And she may be menstruating, did you think about that before you opened your mouth?"

"No. Although I did ask after, but she told me in no uncertain words that she wasn't."

"I'm right here!" Amy yelled. "God, Sheldon, if we talked about you like that when you were in the room, would you be very happy?"

"Yes. Because then I could control what's being said."

"You are impossible!" Amy told him and she pushed past him to go to the bathroom.

Penny sighed heavily. "This Thanksgiving is really starting to suck."

"I know." Leonard agreed. He sat down and looked up at her. "Penny.."

"I'm going to check on Amy." Penny said before Leonard could finish his sentence.

"Leonard?"

"What, Raj?"

"I'm sorry, dude. I feel I've screwed up your Thanksgiving."

"No, you didn't."

Raj looked at him. Leonard relented. "OK, it did screw up a little bit when Penny found out what I gifted to Priya. But it was the heat of the moment. You didn't intend on saying it. Right?"

"Right." Raj answered, nodding.

The phone started ringing. Leonard picked it up. "Hey. Hi, Howard."

"Can we come over? We're leaving in a couple of minutes."

"Sure." He paused. "Is there anything wrong?" Wolowitz sounded neutral, but Leonard instinctively knew that something had happened.

"I'll talk to you later, man. See you."

"Alright, bye."

Howard and Bernadette

(This takes place around 15 minutes before Howard called Leonard)

"What the hell did you just call me?" he couldn't believe it. He actually couldn't believe what that...being had just called him. Him and his people.

"I called you a..." she said it again.

"You didn't. You did not..."

"What did you just say to my husband?" Bernadette managed to wheeze out.

"Come on, we all know it's true about Jews." Joy defended.

"OK, you know what? My people did not survive countless wars, genocides, random attacks and circumcision just for people like you to say stuff like that!"

He glared into her dark, soulless eyes and went to walk out. Bernadette caught his arm. "Where are you going?"

"I'm getting my stuff and then I'm getting the train back to Pasadena."

"No, you're not getting the train. I'm coming with you."

"You can't go, it's Thanksgiving!" Isobel told her. Bernadette stroked the little girl's soft red hair and turned to her spouse.

"You're my husband. I love you and I'll always support you. Especially against anti-Semitic bitches." Bernadette explained to Howard.

"I love you, Bernie. But are you sure?"

"Of course."

Once the car had been packed up again, Bernadette went inside to say goodbye. Howard called Leonard to ask if they could hang out once they got back. he tried to sound nonchalant, but got the impression that Leonard knew something was wrong. A minute after he'd made arrangements with Leonard, Bernadette came back with Joey in tow.

"Man, I hate that woman." Joey said, mournfully. "I know, she's my sister, but what a c-"

"Joey!" Bernadette warned before her brother could continue. She had a suspicion that several nieces and nephews were watching them, as she could hear a whisper or two. The last thing she wanted was Peter's twins learning words they had no business knowing.

"Sorry." Joey reached down and pulled them both in for a hug. "Look after yourselves, guys."

"We will." they promised.

Too soon they were driving away from the eldest son of the Rostenkowski household. Howard sighed and leant back in his seat . Bernadette reached out and held his hand.

"I'm proud of you, Howie. You could've given up first thing, but you kept plowing through."

"Thanks, honey."

I don't know what Joy said. I really don't. So you people can use your imaginations! Hope you enjoyed!

Love from Shania. xx