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Leonard had bought tickets for him and for Penny. Sheldon was going to buy a ticket only for him but Amy said she was going to, so Sheldon bought two. Raj, Howard and Bernadette thought they should go to support their second family. So they bought a ticket too and left Halley with Bernadette's parents.

The thing was that there were three groups of people going to New Jersey. But no group knew about the other. They thought only Leonard was going. So when everyone got to New Jersey, and saw each other, everyone was confused. But they said nothing and entered a taxi: Howard, Bernadette and Raj in one and Leonard, Penny, Sheldon and Amy in another. Both taxis were silent, on the way to Leonard's old house.

The gang got out of the taxi and waited for Leonard to lead the way. Before he knocks on the door he looks at his friends and takes a deep breath. He then knocks on the door. Alfred is the one who opens the door. He looks at them all and lets them in.

"I thought you were coming alone" Alfred says, when everyone was already seated on the couch.

"I was... It's actually a very long story." Leonard answered, looking around at everyone. They all nodded in agreement knowing that Leonard didn't exactly knew what happened.

When they all stopped talking, Alfred's phone started ringing. Alfred excused himself and left. They all started to look around the house, noticing that there weren't many photos, only prizes that Beverly had won over the years. Bernadette finally spotted a family photo. They were all in black clothes, and their faces looked sad. She looked at Leonard in the picture. He couldn't be older than seven. He was in the middle of the picture. Alfred and his brother, Michael in one side and Beverly and his sister, Samantha in the other.

Bernadette pointed to the picture.

"When was it taken?"

"My grandfather's funeral." Leonard looked to the ground, hoping Bernadette would take the hint and stop talking about it. But she didn't

"When was-"Bernadette was going to ask, but Leonard interrupted her

"You want to know everything don't you?" Bernadette nodded. "If I tell you, will you stop asking questions about this subject?"

"I will." Bernadette noticed how much this subject bothered Leonard but she needed to know.

"Fine. My grandfather died when I was six. However, "Leonard stopped talking and took a breath. He hadn't been talking for a lot of time, but for some reason it was still hard for him to talk about it. "He had been sick since I was four. Don't know of what, I was young. But I do know this. Beverly was really close to him, and when he got sick she started to get weird. Like, she used to be really nice. Great mom. I remember a time that she used to tuck me in and all. But when he got sick, not for the first months but when he got into a bed and wouldn't leave it, that's when she changed. He was very important to her." Leonard than looks at Alfred that had an unfriendly face.

"What's wrong?" Leonard asked.

"We need to talk. Get in the car." Alfred said, opening the door.

"We can talk right here."

"No. I need to show you someone. That person needs to see you. Please, Leonard. Get in the car. I need to explain some things to you. Things I hope you understand."

"Who are we seeing?"

"Not we. You."

"Fine. Who am I seeing?"

"Your mother"

"What are you talking about? Really, dad? Not a good time to say things like that! Mother is dead!"

"Michael and Samantha's mom is dead. Yours isn't"

"What are you talking about?" Leonard asked. No one was really knowing what was happening there. They were looking at Alfred waiting for an answer.

"You're going to meet your biological mother." Alfred answered

The trip was quiet. Leonard didn't speak one word. Whenever Alfred tried to talk, Leonard looked to the window. Alfred explained everything while Leonard looked out of the window, pretending not to hear a word but he was actually listening to him trying to understand everything. Sadly, Alfred stopped talking when they got to their destination.

"We're here." Alfred says. He leaves the car. Leonard, however, stays in the car thinking of what he was going to do and say. He then looks at Alfred who is already looking at his son. Looking at Alfred, he sees this isn't being easy for him either. So, he leaves the car and walks behind Alfred until they reach the door. Alfred knocks and looks at Leonard

"I'll leave the two of you alone."

"Please, don't!" Leonard begs. "Stay. Please."

"Are you sure?" Leonard nods. "Okay then. I'll stay."

"Thank you."

A woman opens the door and lets them in. When they look around the house, they see various pictures and Leonard looks at them like he's trying to find his mother. 'Biological mother' Leonard thinks 'My mother is dead, I'm here because of that'

A woman in her 60's enters the room. She looks at Leonard and her hand immediately covers her mouth. Leonard looks at Alfred in confusion. He looks back at her, and sees she's trying to reach him. He backs out and she realizes she shouldn't do that to someone that didn't know that she exist before that day.

"Hi. I'm… It's so nice to finally meet you, William"

"William? Sorry, my name isn't William." Leonard says. Alfred looks to the ground and the woman looks at Alfred.

"What does the boy mean? You didn't name him William?!"

"Sorry" Leonard says, trying to get the woman's attention "My name is Leonard Hofstadter. I mean, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. What's yours?"

"You're a doctor?"

"I have a PhD. I'm an experimental physicist."

"Interesting." She says. She serves herself some tea that is at the table and takes a sip of it. She then looks at Leonard and remembers "Want some?"

"No, thanks. Like I was asking. What's your name?"

"You don't know my name, dear?"

"No, ma'am." Leonard answers, politely

"How could you?!" She angrily asks Alfred. "Why haven't you told my son my own name?!"

"You're his biological mother. He found out about you less than an hour ago. Why would I tell him your name?"

She looks at Leonard and puts down her tea.

"Sorry, sweetie. My name is Jacqueline."

"Can you please not call me 'sweetie'? I would appreciate it."

"Why?"

"I's just that my wife calls me sweetie and it's just weird for me to hear someone else saying it." Leonard lied. Truth was he didn't want her to call him any name other than his own. "Just call me Leonard"

"Okay." After a short break for Jacqueline to take a sip of her tea. "What has your father told you about me?"

"If you don't mind I prefer you tell me. I rather have two versions of what happened."

"Sure. Uh… Basically your father had an affair with me and I got pregnant. At the time I didn't want to be a mother so I told your father I was going to give you for adoption. He said he would take care of you. He didn't want you to go for adoption. So when you were born, Alfred took you and I went on with my life"

"Do you have other kids?"

"Yeah. I have three beautiful kids. Two girls, twins named Amanda and Jennifer and a boy named Ryan. Why do you ask?"

"Why did you have them?"

"I don't understand."

"You said you didn't want to be a mother but you still had three other children. Why?"

"I wasn't ready to be a mother when you were born, Wil-Leonard."

"I can't. I can't stay here. I need to go. Let's go, Alfred."

"Can we keep in touch?" His biological mother asks hoping for a 'yes'

"I don't know. Depends on a lot of things."

Alfred gets up and was going to follow his son when Jacqueline stopped him

"When he's ready, give him this. Please" She says, handing him an envelope that Alfred puts in his pocket. He then follows his son.

When he gets outside he finds his son kicking and punching a tree.

"It's not the tree's fault."

"I know. It's yours. My mother is dead, and then you show me this woman who starts talking to me like we always knew each other. Someone that didn't want to be a mother and has three kids!"

"She wasn't ready for you. She was married to the guy she had the three kids with." Alfred pushes Leonard away from the tree and near himself. "Look, I know that you're thinking that what she did was wrong. And that Beverly and I weren't good parents. But we loved you. And I know that if Beverly was here, she wouldn't say anything to you other than 'You're lucky I allowed Alfred to take you in' but I know she loved you. And she was so proud of you. It's my fault that she became the woman she did. I keep thinking that if we didn't get divorce she wouldn't have died. I would've known about the cancer. She could be alive. That's all I think about."

"It's not your fault, dad" Leonard said in the verge of tears.

Both father and son hugged each other, both tired of holding back the tears.

The funeral day arrived. Everyone was on the cemetery, wearing black clothes and hearing the priest. Even though Beverly didn't believe in God, her dad did and she wanted to be next to him. So, her last wish was done.

Alfred and Leonard were in front of each other, divided by Beverly's casket. They look at each other, thinking of the day before, of what it meant. Penny was holding her husband's hand and was trying to hold back the tears. Leonard looked at her and thought of how he was going to tell her that Beverly wasn't her real mother in law. Or his real mother. But at the end of the service, when the casket was put on the ground, Leonard realized that, even though Beverly wasn't his biological mother, she was still his mom. And nothing was going to change that.

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It seemed bigger while I was writing. Sorry! But it's still bigger than the one before. As always, not sure when I'll update again.