Chapter 11
Epilogue
Penny's Journal
Star Date blah blah blah. Oh geez, my boys are getting to me. Well this is my first entry into my new "mommy journal" as it were. Lee Nimoy Cooper should be showing his face here any time now. The adventure of pregnancy has been something else. Long distances traveled to be ensured by "the most reputable scientists in the galaxy" that the pregnancy would not be posing any hazards to my health. Strange ceremonies to be officially "pair-bonded" and a small, low-key wedding right here in Pasadena just to have the legalities taken care of. And a honeymoon with a view of the rings of Saturn, not that we left the bedroom often enough to really see much scenery! I even got to visit Meemaw, which I must say is the farthest I have ever traveled. "She" was quite a hoot, though not at all what I expected. He was younger than Sheldon!
N-E-WHO.
Poor Sheldon, he's stuck here with us earthlings for now. He argued for a half/half split of our time between… homelands. I was fine with it, but his "superiors" were anything but. Something about dangerous powers of deception, unfathomable mastery of sarcasm and a hybrid child that could take over the planet. Nonsensical blather. Sheldon mumbled something about Lee becoming a "benevolent overlord" before giving up. I have a feeling he'll be trying again at some point.
It turns out that Sheldon's a lovable weirdo even with his "own kind". Though, come to think of it, I'm not sure anyone else would agree with the lovable statement if I assume that eye rolling and face palming mean the same thing to them. I started to think he was just a normal guy if you got him back into his own cultural mores. WRONG. Granted, his intelligence isn't quite as impressive to his own people as it is to us here, but he's still definitely a standout in that department. And while his inability to lie seems to be normal for his people, his distaste for emotion, his aloofness and condescension was anything but. So he's still my Whack-A-Doodle, not much normal about the man. Sometimes I wonder just how much Lee will inherit.
We had to move out of the apartment. Sheldon is worried that Lee will have the same issues he had as a baby, abilities of the mind developing early that he is too young to control. We need some distance just in case there's anything to hide. Ah, what the Kents must have gone through. UGH. Why do I know this stuff? Anyhow, Leonard finally stopped his sulking and started being a friend again. He wanted to keep the apartment so it all worked out. He's moved Leslie Winkle in, horror of horrors! Howard is dating my friend Bernadette now. I met her at the Cheesecake Factory before I quit. Oh yeah, I quit! Hard to waitress when pregnant. Plus now I film dramas for Sheldon's… people. And no one says I'm too midwestern! Screw you, Hollywood! Totes famous, bitches! Oh and Raj met a sweet girl named Amy and is currently dragging her out of her shell. They aren't dating yet - the poor girl has some crazy views on romanticism, but I have a feeling they'll get there. Sometimes the way she looks at me gives me the shivers. Raj needs to tame the beast within and quick, if you know what I mean.
Speaking of the beast within, that whole "molding us into kickass mates or whatever" thing… yeah, that made some changes in Sheldon and let's just say his libido is more than adequate. Well, he says it was the genetic transference, but I kinda think the guy was just a tiger hiding in a kitten's body for so long that he just had to shed the skin. Go get em tiger. AGAIN WITH THE COMIC REFERENCES. Damn whack-a-doodle husband of mine. Whatevs.
Well crap.
Water broke.
Time to go welcome little Lee to the planet.