Chapter 2
" Come on people, let's burn off these calories! You can do it! And 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, and 6, and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10! And 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, and 6, and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10!", Delaynie chanted as she stood at the front of a large open room facing a large mirror wall at an LA Fitness wearing her fitness attire teaching several women and men a vigorous aerobics workout session to the tune We Have Arrived by Rae feat. Classic from the Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked movie soundtrack. She was wearing lime green sweatbands on her head, wrists, and ankles as well as a dark blue sports bra tank top, a pair of black gym shorts, and a pair of white tennis shoes. Her hair was also pulled back into a ponytail and her glasses were still on her face.
" This is a very intense workout don't you think?!", one of the women said to her friend.
" Yeah I agree but really well worth it!", the other woman said back.
" Couldn't have said that better myself!", one of the men said, butting into the conversation in the middle of the workout.
" Let's keep it up people! Show me what you got, let's go! And 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, and 6, and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10!", Delaynie chanted as she kept leading the workout session to the beat of the music.
" This class is so much better without Bruno in it!", another woman butted in.
" Totally! Thank god Ms. Konnerack kicked him out a long time ago because he was just really creepy!", another woman said.
" And 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, come on keep it up ladies and gentlemen! Burn those calories! Get those arms and knees up! I know you can do it! And 6, and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10!", Delaynie chanted as she continued the knee curls and arm lunges as well as running in place with everyone else following alongside her to the music. The whole workout lasted for about 60 minutes before Delaynie killed the music and said, " Great job everyone, go hit the showers! Keep up the good work, I'll see you next time!" as she then grabbed her water bottle to drink from it with everyone else dispersing sipping their water bottles, talking, and heading to the showers to wash off the sweat that they worked up.
Knock knock!
" Hey Delaynie, looks like you and your class worked up quite a sweat today huh?!", a woman named Danica Lynn McHanson said as she walked into the room wearing her fitness attire, sipping on her water bottle as well. She was caucasian, had crimson colored eyes, long straight blonde hair separated into two ponytails, and was wearing a white sports bra tank top, violet colored gym shorts, blue sweatbands, and black tennis shoes.
" Oh did we ever Danica! How did your class go?", Delaynie asked as she leaned against the mirror wall.
" It was great! We were really moving to which now I'm so exhausted that I feel like I could just drop dead on the floor if you know what I'm saying!", Danica laughed as she then took another sip of her water.
" I definitely do know what you mean girl! I am too, especially after what I just did last night!", Delaynie laughed as she did the same thing.
" Oh really? What did you do?", Danica asked.
" I met up with someone who I haven't seen in over 10 years since my childhood and had a drink with him at a local bar which surprisingly lead to us getting together as boyfriend and girlfriend at the end of the night!", Delaynie said with a smile.
" Shut up, are you kidding me?! That was a fast move from Bruno, congratulations!", Danica exclaimed.
" Thanks!", Delaynie exclaimed.
" No problem. So…?", Danica said.
" So what?", Delaynie asked in confusion.
" So come on, spill! Who's the new guy in your life?!", Danica asked as she playfully nudged her friend in the shoulder.
" Oh come on, do I really have to tell you this right now?", Delaynie asked as she hung her shoulders down.
" Yes, I so want to know! Who is he?!", Danica exclaimed.
" Ok ok I'll tell you! His name's Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, he's an experimental physicist who works at Caltech.", Delaynie said.
" Oh so he's a genius guy, that's nice! So you guys have known each other prior to this?", Danica said as she twisted a strand of her hair around her finger.
" Yeah we were pretty much best friends growing up together in New Jersey and absolutely inseparable. We hung out every chance we could doing absolutely everything together which included a very hilarious Halloween prank that we pulled on our school bully on Halloween night when we were 16!", Delaynie said.
" Oh fudge balls, are you kidding me Delaynie?! What did you and Leonard do to your school bully?!", Danica asked.
" We threw a bunch of eggs at her through the screen of her open bedroom window while she was sleeping! She was so pissed at us for that when one of the eggs cracked all over her face and woke her up!", Delaynie laughed.
" Oh my god, yeah no joke! I would be too if someone did that to me!", Danica laughed.
" Yeah well I'm going to hit the shower now, it was nice talking to you Danica! See ya!", Delaynie said as she waved goodbye and walked away.
" You too Delaynie! Bye!", Danica said as she went a different way. Then shortly after Delaynie got out of the shower and got dressed in her street clothes again she left the gym to drive home. Then a few hours later after she did some house chores Leonard called her to invite her over to 4A to join him and the others for Chinese food which she graciously accepted much to Sheldon's dismay about having dinner with someone who he still considered a stranger that he didn't know.
" Good Lord this dinner's going to suck! I might as well be Squidward Tentacles trapped in a room with SpongeBob and Patrick listening to obnoxious laughter enough to make my ears bleed!", Sheldon hissed as he sat in his spot with his arms crossed.
" Sheldon don't be a giant pain in the a** right now about this! This is a really big deal for me and I would really appreciate it if when my new girlfriend shows up that she didn't immediately think of you as a complete jerk and want nothing to do with you! I've known her since childhood and she makes me very happy so please just stop and suck it up for once in your life!", Leonard hissed as he started setting the coffee table with several plates, cups, and silverware before he started unpacking the Chinese food from the takeout bag while the others were gathered around the table as well.
" Yeah sweetie, just chill! It wouldn't kill you and the rest of us to make a new friend and get to actually know her instead of immediately thinking that she's a horrible person that we should avoid like the plague because that's just ridiculous!", Penny said as she started piling some food onto her plate.
" Oh really Penny?! Need I remind you that you were the one who called her a bi*ch last night when you were screaming at Leonard calling him every nasty name in the book while threatning to move back to Nebraska in the first place?! Because I specifically remember you saying that and don't say I didn't because I did! I have an eidetic memory after all and I never forget anything!", Sheldon shot back as he narrowed his eyes at her.
" Fine, you're right Sheldon. I did say that but I only said it because I was jealous but now I'm cool with her and I think everyone else should too.", Penny said with a smile as she looked at Leonard.
" Thank you.", Leonard said with a smile.
" Really? Why the sudden change of heart?", Bernadette asked in surprise.
" Because Amy talked to me and made me realize I was being completely out of line when she came over last night to spend the night to the point where I decided to go apologize to Delaynie this morning on my way to work and she accepted it.", Penny said.
" Well that's good that she didn't decided to slam the door in your face like most people would have done if they had been insulted like that. I know I probably would've if I was in her shoes.", Amy said.
" Really? You don't take crap from nobody Amy?", Stuart asked in shock.
" Yeah I really don't Stuart. The only reason why I put up with Sheldon's crap all the time is because I know he never means what he says.", Amy said.
" True.", Leonard, Bernadette, Howard, Penny, and Stuart said in agreement.
Knock knock!
" It's open! Come in Delaynie!", Leonard interjected as he was sitting in his chair piling food onto his plate with the others doing the same with their plates.
" Thanks Leonard! Hi everyone!", Delaynie exclaimed as she walked in the door and shut it behind her before she sat down in the empty chair that was set up around the coffee table.
" Hi Delaynie!", Penny, Stuart, Howard, Amy, and Bernadette said with smiles on their faces as they waved at her with Raj just giving a friendly smile and a silent wave due to his selective mutism.
" Sheldon?", Leonard said as he narrowed his eyes at his roommate/best friend as if to say, ' Say hello or I'm gonna kick you in your honey tree!'
" Aw alright, fine. Hello Delaynie.", Sheldon said with a sigh.
" Thank you. Delaynie you obviously know Penny from this morning after she apologized but these are the rest of our friends. My roommate/best friend Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper, his girlfriend Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler, Astronaut Howard Joel Wolowitz, his wife Dr. Bernadette MaryAnn Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, Staurt Bloom, and Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali.", Leonard said as he introduced the others to Delaynie.
" It's nice to meet you.", Delaynie said.
" You too.", Bernadette, Howard, Stuart, Sheldon, and Amy said.
" What's with…?", Delaynie asked as she pointed at Raj only for Leonard to say, " I was just getting to that, don't take his silence personal. He's got selective mutism around women so he has trouble finding the right words to say unless if he takes his placebo pills or he's under the influence of alcohol."
" Ah got it. I totally understand and respect your space Raj.", Delaynie said with a smile.
" Ok I'll tell her buddy.", Howard said to Raj after Raj whispered something into his ear.
" Tell me what? What did he say?", Delaynie asked.
" He just said thank you.", Howard said with a smile.
" No problem.", Delaynie said.
" So Delaynie if you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living?", Bernadette asked.
" Oh I'm a fitness instructor teaching adult unisex aerobics classes at a local LA Fitness center.", Delaynie said as she was piling food onto her plate.
" Interesting. How long do your classes usually last?", Sheldon asked in curiosity.
" They're usually between a half hour to an hour at the latest but sometimes I'll go up to 2 hours if I'm feeling up to it. They're pretty intense sessions so it doesn't happen too often.", Delaynie said.
" Nice. How long have you been working there?", Stuart asked.
" I've been working there for about 8 years so far. It's a great job, I love it.", Delaynie said.
" Have you ever had to kick anybody out of your class before or is everyone really respectful?", Amy asked.
" For the most part everyone is Amy. The only person I've ever had to kick out so far was a guy that I used to date until I found out he got registered as a sex offender which was about 2 years ago.", Delaynie said.
" Really?! Well who was this guy Delaynie?!", Penny asked.
" His name was Bruno Emilio Espanio, he was an illegal immigrant from Mexico.", Delaynie said.
" And you said he's a sex offender? What did he do to get that on his record?", Howard asked.
" I'll tell you exactly what he did to get that Wolowitz, he had the complete audacity to assault a 12 year old girl at some point during the beginning of our courtship behind my back that I didn't find out about until 6 years later when he suddenly disappeared and I didn't hear from him for a while shortly after he started acting very creepy around me.", Delaynie said.
" Oh balls!", Penny said as she rolled her eyes.
" That's just disgusting! How did you find out?!", Bernadette asked in shock and horror.
" My dad of all people when he called me one day and asked me if I was still in a relationship with Bruno. I was so angry when I found out that I called Bruno and I told him to never speak to me again and that we were so done before I dropped him from my class roster and explained to the rest of the class why he wasn't there anymore which was not fun but I had to do it anyway.", Delaynie said.
" Well good Lord that sounds terrible! This is exactly why I always say being out at night is not safe for any reason whatsoever!", Sheldon hissed.
" Yeah you think Sheldon?!", Delaynie said.
" Yes well let's just drop the subject of that for now and talk about something else, ok?!", Leonard said.
" Agreed.", the others said.
" Ooooh, I know you see me standing here! Do I look good my dear?! Do I look good today, day?!"
" Who's ringtone is that?", Howard asked.
" It's mine Howard. It's the ringtone I set for my sister Zoey when she calls me, excuse me a second. Hello?", Delaynie said before she answered her phone.
" Hey sis, how's it going?", Zoey asked on the other end.
" It's going… ook. Hey listening I'm currently having dinner with my boyfriend and some friends of his at his apartment right now so can I just call you back in a while when I get home?", Delaynie asked.
" Oh yeah sure totally, sorry about that. Talk to you later.", Zoey said.
" Thanks, bye.", Delaynie said as she quickly hung up the phone.
" Well that was the shortest conversation I've ever heard in my life.", Stuart said.
" Yeah well I don't want to be rude by making you guys sit here listening to me talk to my sister the whole time. Whatever she wants it can wait.", Delaynie said.
" How considerate, thank you.", Sheldon said.
" You're welcome.", Delaynie said.
" Told you it wouldn't kill you to make a new friend.", Penny said to Sheldon.
" Don't push it.", Sheldon shot back at Penny. The conversations continued for a while during dinner and shortly after the others left just as Delaynie was heading downstairs to her car to drive home Sheldon said, " I believe I owe you an apology Leonard for how I acted before Delaynie showed up. I must surprisingly admit I was wrong, she seems like a very nice woman and I'm happy for you."
" Thank you Sheldon. That really means a lot to me.", Leonard said.
" No problem. Shall we head to bed now?", Sheldon asked.
" Yeah I'm beat, let's just go…", Leonard started to say but just as the two men were about to head to bed they were suddenly stopped dead in their tracks when they heard a loud woman's blood-curdling scream coming from the parking lot outside the building.
" AHHHHHHHH!"
" What the hell was that?!", Penny suddenly shrieked when she came barging out of her apartment.
" I'm not sure but that sounded like Delaynie!", Sheldon interjected when he opened the door to his and Leonard's apartment.
" Yeah you think buddy?! For God sakes come on, let's go! Delaynie!", Leonard shrieked as the three of them then started sprinting down the stairs as fast as they could to go see what was happening just as Delaynie screamed, " SOMEONE HELP ME! MY EX-BOYFRIEND'S THREATNING ME WITH A KNIFE!"
" Oh what fresh hell is this?!", Sheldon shrieked as they reached the lobby running to the door moments later to see an average built Hispanic looking man holding Delaynie captive in his grasp outside by her car with a knife pressed against her neck as she was trying to get away from him.
" Not now Sheldon, sh*t! Hey what do you think you're doing to my woman pal?! Get away from her now before I punch your lights out!", Leonard shouted in anger as he was running towards the scene unfolding in front of his face.
" Leonard help, Bruno's gonna… ahhh!", Delaynie screamed in terror as Bruno slapped her across the face and shouted in Spanish, " Cállate Delaynie! No hablo ingles y si te acercas mas jacobo voy a matar a esta perra! ( Shut up Delaynie! I don't speak English and if you come any closer jack I'm going to kill this bi*ch!)"
" Not before I kill you first, come here! Penny call the police now!", Leonard shouted as he roughly grabbed Bruno by the collar of his shirt before he landed a hard punch to his face knocking him down on the asphalt after he let go of Delaynie allowing her to immediately start running back into the building to hide in the complex laundry room, screaming her head off as she ran past Penny and Sheldon who were still standing in the lobby doorway.
" Oh you don't have to tell me twice about that Leonard, balls!", Penny hissed as she took her phone out to dial 9-1-1.
" 9-1-1, where's the origin of your emergency?", a female dispatcher asked when she answered the phone.
" 2311 North Los Robles Avenue! My name is Penny and I'm calling on the behalf of my new friend Delaynie Ariel Konnerack! Her Hispanic ex-boyfriend Bruno Emilio Espanio is here threatning her with a knife!", Penny said in a concerned voice over the sounds of Leonard beating up Bruno to keep him from going after Delaynie.
" Someone's threatning Ms. Konnerack with a knife?", the dispatcher asked as she was typing the information into her computer.
" Yes! Her ex-boyfriend! Please send the police as soon as possible!", Penny said in concern as she gave some more information about what was going on and shortly after that the police as well as the border patrol officers showed up to take Bruno into custody after Leonard let go of him at their request.
" Delaynie!", Leonard shrieked as he immediately ran into the laundry room with Penny and Sheldon following him to find his girlfriend huddled on the floor underneath the washtub, shaking and crying in fear and shock.
" Leonard!", Delaynie cried as she immediately threw her arms around him.
" Shhh, it's ok. You're safe now. Are you ok?", Leonard asked in concern as he held held her against his chest.
" Yeah I'm fine now thanks to you! I'm scared, I thought he was gonna…!", Delaynie cried.
" I know but everything's ok now. Why don't you just stay here tonight and go home in the morning because after what just happened there's no way in hell I'm letting you drive home in the dark at this time of night. You scared the hell out of us, especially me.", Leonard said in concern as he was rubbing circles on her back.
" Are you sure about this?! I don't want to intrude!", Delaynie cried.
" Yes!", Leonard said in concern.
" Indeed. Normally I wouldn't say things like this but tonight I'm going to make an exception. This isn't an intrusion, this is an order. After what I just witnessed here tonight under no circumstances do I feel comfortable with you leaving either so please stay.", Sheldon said in concern as he shook his head.
" Ok, thank you!", Delaynie cried.
" Come on, let's go back upstairs and I'll call your sister.", Leonard said in concern as he helped Delaynie up off the floor and walked her back upstairs to 4A with Sheldon and Penny following them. Shortly after Leonard called Zoey to tell her what happened he fell asleep in his room with Delaynie after she borrowed one of his t-shirts to sleep in as Sheldon went to sleep in his own room and Penny went to her's across the hall in 4B. Then the next day Sheldon, Leonard, and Delaynie were woken up by someone knocking on the front door so Leonard went to the door with Sheldon and Delaynie following as Sheldon asked, " Good Lord, who's at the door at this time of morning?"
" It's Delaynie's parents and her sister, who do you think it is?", Leonard hissed before he opened the door and said, " Hi Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack, and Zoey."
" Hi Leonard.", Mr. Kenneth Rodger Konnerack said in concern.
" Where's Delaynie?", Mrs. Wendy Catherine Konnerack asked in concern.
" She's right here.", Leonard said as he pointed at Delaynie.
" Mom, Dad, Zoey!", Delaynie exclaimed.
" Oh thank God!", Zoey exclaimed as she threw her arms around her sister with their parents doing the same thing.
" Sweetheart are you alright?! You scared the hell out of us last night when we got that phone call! We thought the worst had happened!", Mrs. Konnerack asked in concern as she looked at her daughter.
" Yeah I know but I'm fine Mom, thanks to Leonard beating up Bruno and of course Penny for calling the authorities in the first place.", Delaynie said.
" Who's Penny?", Mr. Konnerack asked.
" My ex-girlfriend who lives across the hall. We decided to remain friends with each other.", Leonard said.
" Ah got it, and who's this?", Mrs. Konnerack asked as she pointed at Sheldon.
" Oh this is my roommate/best friend Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper, he's a theoretical physicist working at Caltech University which is the same place I work at as an experimental physicist.", Leonard said as introduced Sheldon to his girlfriend's family.
" Indeed, hello. Pleasure to meet you Zoey, Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack.", Sheldon said as he gave them the Mr. Spock salute with his hand.
" Nice to meet you too Sheldon.", Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack, and Zoey said.
" You guys want to come in for a moment? I can make some coffee real quick if you want.", Leonard asked.
" That sounds great, thank you Leonard.", Mrs. Konnerack said with a smile.
" No problem. Is that alright with you if they come in for a few minutes Sheldon?", Leonard asked.
" Aw alright, I suppose that's a fair request. Come in.", Sheldon said with a sigh as he motioned his finger signaling for them to come in.
" Thank you.", Mr. Konnerack said as him and his wife as well as their other daughter walked in and shut the door behind them.
" Of course. Sit wherever you want except for my spot please.", Sheldon said.
" Ok.", Mrs. Konnerack said.
" What does he mean by his spot?", Zoey asked in curiosity.
" Oh he means that spot right there on the couch Zoey. He put it in a ' state of eternal dibs' for some odd reason despite the fact that I'm the one who bought this couch when I moved in here in the first place.", Leonard said as he pointed at the couch cushion on the far left of the couch with the colorful throw pillow propped up against the backrest.
" You continue to underestimate me my good man.", Sheldon said.
" Oh just shut up and sit down you crazy bastard! I'm not in the mood to be dealing with your antics this early in the morning, especially while my girlfriend and her family are here due the craziness that happened last night with my girlfriend's ex! That guy pissed me off with what he did!", Leonard hissed as he began to make a pot of coffee in the kitchen.
" Yeah well you're not the only who's pissed off at him, I am too. In fact as I told Zoey on the phone before the next time I see that paca la idiot he's going to be sleeping with the fishes in the Gulf of Mexico with shotgun bullet right through his big fat la cabeza. That's a promise.", Mr. Konnerack said.
" Well that seems a little overly extreme doesn't it?", Sheldon asked as he sat down in his spot and stared at Delaynie's father.
" Not when it comes to my daughter. I find that completely justified with any punkholes that have the audacity to so much as put their threatning man paws anywhere on my little girl where they don't belong which includes Zoey too. Any idiots who dare to mess with her too are going to have to answer to my shotgun. That's the way it is with me, my way or the highway. No excuses.", Mr. Konnerack said as he shook his head.
" Yeah we get it Dad.", Delaynie said as she stared at her father.
" Well this certainly is an introduction into what your life is like, kind of like how my life was growing up in Texas.", Sheldon said.
" Yeah but it's not that bad. He's just really protective like most fathers are over their daughters.", Leonard said as he gestered his hand towards Mr. Konnerack who was sitting next to his wife while Zoey was sitting opposite of them.
" Thank you Leonard. This is why I tolerate you. You're respectful and you really care about my daughter Delaynie unlike that nut who shall not be named anymore.", Mr. Konnerack said as he gestered his hand at Leonard.
" True.", Zoey said as she nodded her head. She then decided to take her phone out and play some music from her playlist. The song she chose was Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5.
" Son of a bitch, Zo you really know how to make my day!", Delaynie said with a giddy laugh as she stared at her sister.
" Oh just shut up Delaynie and get over here!", Zoey laughed as she got up and started dancing to the music.
" Your wish is my command Your Majesty! Move over!", Delaynie laughed as she joined in with her sister causing their parents to start laughing in amusement as well as Leonard while Sheldon just stared at them as if they had lost their minds.
" Well that surely didn't take long, did it Ken?!", Mrs. Konnerack laughed.
" Not long at all Wendy! I love our girls so much!", Mr. Konnerack laughed.
" Me too!", Mrs. Konnerack laughed.
" Well dear Lord, what obnoxious social convention is this?! A night club of some sorts?!", Sheldon interjected.
" No I'm just having fun with my sister Sheldon! What do you think we're doing?!", Zoey laughed as she kept dancing to the music with Delaynie. The two of them even started singing as well.
" Yeah chill out buddy, I don't have a problem with it! This is pretty much a trip down memory lane for me! It's great!", Leonard laughed as he started nodding his head a little bit to the music that was playing on Zoey's phone.
" If you say so.", Sheldon said.
" What the hell is going on in here?! Who's… oh, I didn't realize there was other people in here.", Penny suddenly said when she walked in the door from across the hall when she heard the music playing.
" Oh goodie Penny's here for more annoying mooching off I presume which is no different than any other day of the the week.", Sheldon said as he rolled his eyes.
" No offense Sheldon but the day you say I'm mooching off of you is the day I start going Nebraska on your ass!", Penny shot back at her theoretical physicist neighbor and friend.
" Penny!", Leonard interjected.
" What?! He started it Leonard!", Penny hissed as she pointed at Sheldon.
" I don't care who started it!", Leonard shot back.
" Actually I don't think anyone does if you ask me!", Delaynie laughed.
" Well I do! Good Lord what is this nonsense?! This is just like the arguments my mother and father used to have with each other! Probably the worst several hours of my life!", Sheldon butted in.
" No it isn't and no you don't, zip your piehole before I slap you!", Leonard hissed at him before he let out a sigh and said, " Anyway you're probably wondering who these three are so I'll just tell you. These are Delaynie's parents and her sister Zoey, they just showed up this morning after I called them last night to tell them about what happened with Bruno." as he pointed at Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack as well as Zoey who was still dancing to the music with Delaynie.
" Oh, well hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Penny, Leonard's ex from across the hall.", Penny said with a smile.
" Nice to meet you too Penny.", Zoey said.
" Thank you for calling the police last night. We were really worried there for a moment that something bad happened when Leonard called us to tell us about the attack.", Mr. Konnerack said.
" Oh it was nothing, I would have done it period considering the fact that Delaynie did say that he's an illegal immigrant from Mexico. He shouldn't be in the United States period unless if he has a green card like Raj does.", Penny said.
" That's correct.", Sheldon said as he nodded his head.
" Who's Raj?", Mrs. Konnerack asked.
" He's a friend of ours from India. He works at Caltech too as an astrophysicist.", Leonard said.
" Oh well that's nice. Where exactly in India is he from?", Mr. Konnerack asked.
" New Delhi.", Sheldon said.
" Ah, got it.", Mr. Konnerack said.
" Yeah so anyway, enough talk about that. This may seem like a rude and completely random question to ask, but, do you have a girlfriend Sheldon?", Zoey asked.
" Zoey Kelly Konnerack!", Delaynie, Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack interjected as they stared at her.
" What?! I'm just curious! Is that so wrong?!", Zoey shot back at her family.
" Zo you don't just…!", Delaynie started to say only for Sheldon to cut her off with, " It's alright Delaynie, I get it and to answer your question Zoey yes I do. I'm in a relationship with a Caltech neurobiologist named Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler."
" Nice.", Zoey said. They all continued with their visit for a bit longer before they all went their separate ways.
" Well I enjoyed that visit from Delaynie's family this morning more than I thought I would.", Sheldon said to Leonard as they were about to head to their table in the Caltech cafeteria carrying their lunchtrays later that day on their lunch break.
" Great to hear you say that buddy because I really enjoyed that too. It's been a long time since I've seen them and they've always felt like family to me ever since I met them through Delaynie, probably even more than my actual family ever did which is why I mostly preferred going over to her house to hang out rather than having her over at my house. In my opinion my house always felt more like a dictatorship than a real home due to my mother constantly interrupting us periodically just to conduct science research whereas at Delaynie's we pretty much got to do whatever the hell we wanted without any interruptions at all.", Leonard said.
" Well in my personal opinion I don't find the research interruptions to be that bad but I suppose that everyone's entitled to their preferences to how they spend their time.", Sheldon said.
" Exactly, thank you.", Leonard said.
" No problem.", Sheldon said.
" Hey Sheldon, Leonard, over here!", Howard interjected as he held up his hand at the table he was sitting at with Raj and Amy.
" They already know that you dingus!", Raj hissed at his best friend after he took his placebo.
" Raj, must you?!", Sheldon interjected at him as he sat down with his food tray along with Leonard doing the same thing.
" Sorry buddy I was just trying to tell him something.", Raj said as he pointed at Howard.
" No you weren't Raj you were just…!", Howard started to say but Leonard interrupted with, " Ok ok we don't need to talk about who said what! Can we please talk about something else?!"
" Sure, sorry. What's got you so worked up right now Leonard?", Howard asked in confusion.
" Yeah dude, you were fine last night.", Raj said.
" I know, but that was before you guys left. Afterwards everything pretty much went to hell and I guess I'm just a little stressed over it.", Leonard said as he massaged his temples.
" Well what happened?", Amy asked.
" Well apparently after you guys left Delaynie was getting ready to head home as well when she was suddenly attacked by her ex-boyfriend Bruno.", Sheldon said.
" WHAT?!", Howard, Amy, and Raj gasped in shock and horror.
" Holy crap!", Raj shrieked.
" Well is she ok?! What exactly…?!", Howard shrieked.
" Yes she's ok, just a little shaken up. The guy was literally about to cut her throat with that knife he held against her neck while he was shouting a bunch of things in Spanish which included him telling me to stay away or he was going to kill her.", Leonard said.
" Son of a bitch!", Raj said.
" Yeah you're telling me. It was a complete nightmare but thankfully I was able to beat his a** up while Penny called the police after I told her to. Delaynie ended up staying the night afterwards because Sheldon and I didn't feel comfortable with her going home and possibly have something else happen to her on top of what already happened with her ex-boyfriend.", Leonard said.
" That's correct.", Sheldon said as he nodded his head.
" Well can't say I blame you. I think any normal human being would be terrified to go through something like that in general, especially if it's unexpected.", Howard said.
" Totally agreed man, someone would probably have to knock me out for me to go through something like that.", Raj said.
" So you're saying you'd have to be dead?", Amy asked as she looked at Raj.
" Yes.", Raj said.
" Ok that makes sense.", Amy said as she nonchalantly waved her hand off and rolled her eyes.
" Ha ha I know right?! Wait, really?", Raj asked with a slight laugh.
" No!", Amy and Leonard interjected.
" Aw nuts.", Raj said. They continued on with their lunch break just carrying on conversations with each other and shortly after they returned to work Leonard suddenly got a video chat call from his mother which was very rare because of the strained relationship that they had.
" Mom?", Leonard asked in surprise when he answered the call.
" Hello Leonard. I very certain that you're wondering why I am making this call?", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said conservatively as she sat at her desk in front of her computer at home.
" Uh, yeah I am. I'm in the middle of working, why? What's this about?", Leonard asked in confusion.
" Nothing to be exact except I just so happened to stumble across your Facebook and see the status that Delaynie Konnerack made about the two of you reuniting with each other. That's nice.", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said conservatively with a slight smile.
" Really? That's what this is about?", Leonard asked in surprise.
" Oh yes, such a charming young lady. I almost forgot about her since she moved away over 10 years ago. It seems like just yesterday.", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said conservatively.
" Yeah but we're back together… like nothing ever happened.", Leonard said with a nervous smile.
" Interesting. Are you currently in a stimulating sexual relationship with her now?", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said conservatively.
" What?! No! I mean… sure we had sex once so far but no it's not a sexual relationship, at least not yet anyway. We just got together.", Leonard hissed in denial about what his mother asked him.
" Hm… if you say so. Alright I suppose I should let you get back to work as I will as well but I just thought I would jump on here for a few to express my gratitude and congratulative thoughts on yours and Delaynie's newly established sexual relationship. I wish you two nothing but the best of luck in your endeavors.", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said conservatively as she brushed her hair over her shoulder with her finger.
" Thank you and again it's not a sexual relationship yet Mom! My god!", Leonard hissed in denial before he ended the call and returned to what he was doing.
" Wow, that's a rough denial if you know what I'm saying!", Howard snickered.
" Wolowitz not you too! Can it!", Leonard hissed at his friend.
" Ok ok, sorry!", Howard shot back as they continued working until they finally got to leave for the day along with the rest of their friends. The gang all got together again later that evening over Chinese food to dicuss how their days at work went before they all went their separate ways again with no incident this time due to the fact that Bruno was still locked up for what he did to Delaynie. Then as a few years began to pass by allowing both families to meet up again to get reaquainted with each other despite Alfred and Beverly Hofstadter's bitter divorce a long time ago resulting in the two exs unable to stand each other as well as Delaynie's friend Danica becoming friends with the others too after she introduced her to them Leonard decided that he couldn't wait any longer to make Delaynie his forever and so without further hesitation one evening he decided to make his move in front of everyone in the living room of 4A.
" Delaynie Ariel Konnerack, will you marry me?", Leonard asked with a smile as he was kneeling down on one knee in front of her holding an engagement ring in his hand.
" Oh my God, yes Leonard!", Delaynie happily cried as she held out her hand for him to slip the ring on her finger before she threw herself into his arms, kissing him as everyone around them started celebrating the new engagement. The ring that Leonard gave her was a beautiful gold ring with a red heart-shaped gem on the center top of it.
" I always knew that would happen someday.", Alfred Hofstadter said with his arms crossed.
" Sure you did you wrinklely old bastard.", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter said in a conservative voice as she scoffed at her ex-husband.
" Congratulations Delaynie! That ring is absolutely beautiful!", Danica exclaimed as she ran up to her friend and threw her arms around her.
" Thank you so much Danica! I can't believe this! I'M GETTING MARRIED!", Delaynie happily cried as she looked at her engagement ring again when Danica let go of her.
" Well hot d*mn biscuits, it's about time Delaynie! Your mother and I have been telling you to marry this guy for over several years now so that you would finally shut up about how one hell of a great guy he is! It was driving us completely nuts!", Mr. Konnerack exclaimed with a laugh when he walked up to his daughter to embrace her.
" Yeah I know that Dad, I'm not an idiot! Shut up!", Delaynie laughed as she embraced her father as well as her mother when she walked up too.
" Come here sis, I'm so happy for you and Leonard! I just know that you two are going to have a lifelong happy marriage together! I love you both so much!", Zoey happily cried as she came up to her sister and threw her arms around her as well.
" Thank you Zoey! We love you too!", Delaynie happily cried as she embraced her sister back before they let go.
" Get over here bitch!", Penny and Amy exclaimed as they ran over and threw their arms around her too.
" Leonard Hofstadter's bachelorette in the house, jack!", Bernadette exclaimed with a laugh as she walked up pointing at Delaynie.
" Yeah that's what I say too gals!", Danica exclaimed with a laugh as she did the same thing causing Penny and Amy to start laughing as well.
" Oh will you shut up Bernadette and Danica?! Quit stealing my thunder! This is my engagement!", Delaynie laughed as she threw her head back.
" We know that Konnerack! We're not stealing your thunder, we're showing you off!", Bernadette laughed.
" Oh my god, like it makes a difference!", Delaynie laughed as the 5 women continued talking and laughing together.
" Congratulations Leonard!", Howard, Raj, and Stuart said when they walked up to Leonard and gave him a friendly slap on the back.
" Thanks you guys, this means a lot!", Leonard said with a smile.
" Indeed. I believe I shall miss you when you move out. Thanks for putting up with me all these years.", Sheldon said when he approached Leonard too.
" Me too and no problem buddy.", Leonard said.
" Now hold on wait a minute! Nobody is going to be missing anybody here!", Delaynie interjected causing the others to gasp in shock, " What?! What are you talking about Delaynie?!" as they all stared at her.
" I'm talking about the fact that we're not doing this 'moving into my house crap' and having you two miss each other, hell no! I'm moving in here with you two!", Delaynie said as she pointed between Sheldon and Leonard as she shook her head before she pointed at herself and then back at them.
" Really?!", Penny, Amy, Bernadette, Sheldon, Raj, Howard, and Stuart exclaimed in shock.
" You don't mind doing that?!", Leonard asked his fiancee in complete shock.
" No I don't at all Leonard! I love you so much and I think it would make both of us happy, for me to be with you for the rest of my life and for you to continue living with Sheldon as his roommate!", Delaynie said with a smile as she shook her head again.
" Wow, I don't know what to say except… thank you.", Leonard said with a smile.
" Of course.", Delaynie said with a smile as she cupped his face and kissed him again, letting her brand new engagement ring glisten under the lighting of the apartment. A short time after they all moved some of Delaynie's things into the apartment donating the rest and putting her house up on the market, they all came back to the apartment to visit with Mrs. Cooper when she suddenly showed up and continued celebrating with each other to music playing from Danica's phone. Then about a week later while the guys were going to get their tuxedos fitted for the big day Delaynie decided to drag her sister Zoey as well as her friends Penny, Amy, Bernadette, and Danica out for some dress shopping and other things needed for the wedding shortly after they got their dresses.
" Oooh, Delaynie look at this fake bouquet of pink roses! Don't you think these would look nice as your table centerpieces for your wedding reception?!", Zoey exclaimed as she picked up the roses to show them to her sister.
" Those are beautiful Zoey! What do you guys think?!", Delaynie exclaimed as she looked at her lady friends.
" Hey I'm happy with whatever you're happy with girlfriend! This is your big day coming up in a few months, get whatever you want!", Danica exclaimed.
" Same here bi*ch!", Penny exclaimed.
" Us too!", Amy and Bernadette exclaimed.
" Ok I'm getting 'em!", Delaynie exclaimed as she grabbed several bouquets of those pink roses and put them in the cart.
" Yay!", the other women exclaimed, clapping their hands together.
" Alright that's one thing we can check off the list now! Let's move on to tableware next!", Delaynie said as she pushed the cart to another section of the store to look for plates, cups, and silverware.
" Sounds good to us!", Bernadette said.
" You know, in a way that we're walking around this store looking for wedding stuff kind of reminds me of being in a special scavenger hunt.", Amy said with a smile.
" Yeah I can see that Amy! I love scavenger hunts!", Danica exclaimed.
" Me too, unless if it's organized by Raj making you chase down some stupid gold coin in Sheldon's spot on the couch after running amok all over the city solving various puzzles only to discover in the end everyone had a coin in their pocket the whole goddamn time!", Penny said as she rolled her eyes.
" Yeah don't remind us of that Penny, that was not fun.", Bernadette said as she pointed at herself and Amy, shaking her head as well.
" Well whatever that means. Let's just keep walking. You guys can talk about how much Raj sucks at creating scavenger hunts later, ok?", Delaynie said as they kept walking through the store.
" Fair enough Delaynie.", Amy, Bernadette, and Penny said. They continued carrying on conversations while looking for wedding and wedding reception items and shortly after they checked out just as they were putiing things away in Delaynie's car they were suddenly stopped by a shouting woman's voice from behind them, " You got to be f*cking kidding me right now! Delaynie Ariel Konnerack?!" making all 6 women turn around to see another young caucasian woman standing there with long dark curly hair, amber colored eyes, and was wearing a dark green long sleeved turtleneck, a knee length blue jean skirt, and a pair of white sandals on her feet. She also had her arms crossed in front of her giving the women a complete angry death glare.
" Oh cripes sake! What the hell are YOU doing here Marni Shirley Rivera?!", Delaynie shouted with her fists clenched at her sides as she glared at hers and Leonard's childhood school bully who was standing just a few feet away from them.
" Might I ask you what you're doing here too loser?! Why is it that I'm seeing your stupid face right now when I'd rather stick my head in a vat of boiling oil?!", Marni shouted back at her, clenching her fists at her sides as well.
" Um newsflash for you, I'm getting things for my wedding thank you very much!", Delaynie shouted.
" Oh puhlease, like I would ever believe that ridiculous nonsense! Who in the hell would ever marry you?!", Marni shouted.
" Leonard Hofstadter, that's who! He just recently asked me to marry him! He asked me last week and I told him yes!", Delaynie shouted as she flashed her engagement ring in Marni's face.
" Oh for the love of fried bologna, you're seriously getting married to that geekface loser?! You really are pathetic Konnerack! You're the most pathetic witch I've ever met in my entire life!", Marni rudely laughed in her face.
" Why don't you come over here and say that again you little…!", Delaynie shouted only for her sister to step and shout, " Ook, Delaynie I got this! Get out of here Marni! No one here wants to be dealing with the lights of you! This is my sister's wedding planning and you're not going to ruin it for her!"
" Yeah well shut your face Zoey! I don't give a crap about what your sister wants! She's an annoying little witch!", Marni shouted.
" No she's not! Do you want me to go cornfed Nebraska on you?! Because I can do that in about 2 seconds flat if you don't shut up and quit insulting my friend!", Penny shouted at her.
" Why don't you shut up and who do you think you are bitch?!", Marni shouted.
" My name is Penny and I don't appreciate you insulting my friend Delaynie like that! Back off and vamoose before I take your witchy sorry a** down to the Nebraskan Rodeo!", Penny shouted.
" Yeah what she said!", Amy, Bernadette, and Danica shouted.
" Yeah well who the hell are you three now?! What is this?! A 'kick Marni Rivera's ass' party?!", Marni shouted.
" Amy Fowler, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, and Danica McHanson and no it's not but it could be if you don't get out of here and leave us alone! We don't need to start a fight here!", Delaynie shouted.
" Yeah well I don't care! Come here loser, I'm gonna… ahhhhh!", Marni shouted as the two women suddenly got into a catfight with each other right in the middle of the parking lot after Marni whacked Delaynie in the face with her purse making other people start running away screaming while somebody else called the police to report the public fight just as Penny, Amy, Bernadette, Danica, and Zoey started getting a few whacks on Marni as well while at the same time they were trying to pull her and Delaynie apart from each other.
BANG!
" Great! Thanks a lot Marni Rivera! You just got us all thrown in jail all because you refused to leave us alone! I oughta slap the chiz out of you for this!", Zoey shouted at Marni when her, her sister, and the other women suddenly found themselves sitting in a jail cell moments later at the Pasadena Police Station.
" Oh shut your face Zoey Konnerack don't blame me for this, blame your sister! She's the one that started it!", Marni shouted as she pointed at Delaynie.
" I did not you Cheech and Chong toad! You started it when you whacked me in the face with your purse! We were just fine until you showed up!", Delaynie shouted as she pointed her finger back at Marni.
" Oh balls this is ridiculous! Can we not put the blame on each other please?! It doesn't matter who started what! You guys are acting like the characters on Game of Thrones and it's driving me insane! Just stop!", Penny shouted as she rolled her eyes.
" Bestie you're not helping right now!", Amy hissed at her best friend.
" Ames shut it!", Penny shouted.
" Both of you shut it! No one wants to hear this!", Bernadette shouted.
" Bernadette!", Amy, Penny, Delaynie, Danica, and Zoey shouted.
" Ok fine, I'll shut up!", Bernadette shouted.
" Thank you!", Amy, Penny, Delaynie, Danica, and Zoey shouted.
" For God sakes what the hell happened here?! Delaynie?!", Leonard shouted when he suddenly showed up with the others to bail the women out.
" Don't get mad at me for this Leonard, Marni's the one that started this crap! She whacked me in the face with her purse for no flippin' reason in the parking lot outside the store we were at getting things for the wedding in the first place! What was I supposed to do?!", Delaynie shouted at her fiance as she pointed at Marni again.
" You could have called me to come handle it for you instead of just going off like a complete lunatic! What were you thinking?!", Leonard shouted.
" Why don't you shut up Hofstadter because I don't want to hear or see your face right now!", Marni shouted at him.
" Yeah well I don't either Rivera, especially after what you just did to my fiancee! You know what you're really lucky that Star Wars is only a movie because if it wasn't I would so blow your face off with the Death Star right now if I could, Queen of the Darkside Rebel Alliance!", Leonard shouted using a Star Wars reference.
" Nice trash talk dude!", Raj laughed making Sheldon, Howard, and Stuart start laughing as well while smacking hands with each other.
" Yeah well say that again you punk and I'm gonna…!", Marni shouted only for Leonard to shout, " You're not going to do anything to my friend! So why don't you shut your face Marni before I shut it for you! What do you think about that?!"
" I'd say get out of my face Leonard before I make you, you four eyes asthmatic a**hole!", Marni shouted as she slapped her hand on bars of the cell to make him back up a bit away from it.
" Ok I believe that's enough here ladies and gentlemen! The 6 of you ladies can leave now except for YOU!", an officer interjected at Marni when he suddenly came to unlock the cell door to let Delaynie, Zoey, Amy, Bernadette, Penny, and Danica out.
" Yes!", Delaynie, Zoey, Amy, Bernadette, Penny, and Danica exclaimed as they walked out of the cell before the officer slammed it shut in Marni's face and locked it again.
" WHAT?! That is so unfair peebrain! Why I oughta…!", Marni shouted as she gripped the cell bars with her hands.
" Later you wicked witch! Ha ha!", Leonard and Delaynie laughed as they walked away with the others leaving Marni alone in the cell to scream and curse under her breath.
" Oh man that was awesome! We so totally owned her a**!", Delaynie laughed, smacking her hands together.
" We sure did! She absolutely sucks!", Leonard laughed.
" Yeah she does! Especially after what you just said to her a moment ago about the Death Star! Leonard Leaky Hofstadter that is the funniest thing I've ever heard you say in my entire life, way funnier than what you said to her on Halloween when we were 16! You are seriously the best future husband ever and I so can't wait until our wedding day!", Delaynie laughed.
" I can't either! I love you Delaynie!", Leonard laughed as he kissed her.
" I love you too!", Delaynie laughed as she kissed him back. They continued on their way home after the women were taken back to Delaynie's car and shortly after they all put everything away Leonard asked, " Are you guys ok?"
" Yeah we're fine now Leonard aside from the fact that what Marni did to us was not cool.", Delaynie said.
" Agreed Delaynie.", Zoey, Amy, Bernadette, Penny, and Danica said as they all nodded their heads.
" You know, someone should've really choked her out because she was really pissing me off by what she was saying.", Penny hissed.
" Oh yeah Penny, she was pissing all of us off big time! Seriously, who the hell does Marni think she is?!", Bernadette hissed.
" No one knows Bernadette.", Danica said.
" Well to be honest in my opinion even though we only have known her for a brief period so far I think that woman's nothing but a skanky witch.", Sheldon butted in.
" Oh 100% Sheldon! She made Leonard and I's lives a complete living hell at school while we were growing up! Her and her friends were constantly kicking us around the hallways, calling us names, shoving our heads in the toilets nearly triggering Leonard's asthma and oh, I almost forgot about this incident! One time during Study Hall, Marni and her friends came up to us while the teacher was out of the room talking to another teacher and her friend Janine shoved my face down into my book so hard that it broke my nose so then Leonard got up in their faces shouting at them, " Hey that wasn't cool! Leave us alone you jerks!" to which Marni just walked up to him and laughed, " Shut up you egghead geek! What do you think you're going to do about it?!" before she then yanked his glasses off his face and stomped all over them on the floor right in front of him as she then started laughing it up with her friends like it was the funniest thing that they ever did together!", Delaynie hissed.
" Yeah it's true and it was really not fun, at all. She had to go through the rest of the school day with a broken nose which made her sound like a stuffed up Kermit The Frog and as for me I had go through the rest of the day blind because I had forgotten my spare pair of glasses at home that day.", Leonard hissed as he crossed his arms and nodded his head in Delaynie's direction.
" Holy space nuts, that's awful!", Howard gasped in horror making the others do the same except for Zoey because she already knew about it.
" Yeah you're telling me Howard. I wanted to punch her in the face so badly for that but unfortunately the teacher walked back in the room before I could do anything.", Leonard hissed.
" Did those girls get in trouble for that though?", Bernadette asked.
" Yeah they did Bernie, they got a 2 week out of school suspension for that.", Delaynie said as she nodded her head.
" Uh huh and not only did that happen but Marni also said that she got her cell phone taken away during that time and her parents threw it into the garbage! That was absolutely the best kind of bad karma that could've ever happened to that girl! We were cracking up so much that I actually did have an asthma attack at that point!", Leonard laughed making Delaynie start laughing again too.
" Oh balls! Are you kidding me?!", Penny hissed as she rolled her eyes.
" No we're not Penny, we're serious! That actually did happen and it was the funniest thing ever!", Delaynie laughed as she shook her head.
" Yeah, I'll say girl! I guess that's what somebody gets for being a big stupid bully, having their cell phone trashed by their parents!", Danica laughed.
" Yeah they do!", Delaynie laughed. The conversations continued amongst them even when Mr. and Mrs. Konnerack, Leonard's parents, and Mrs. Cooper showed up to discuss what had happened only for it to lead to Leonard getting into an argument with his mother about when she was to expect the arrival of her grandchildren.
" Oh Heavenly Father, I don't believe this!", Mrs. Cooper hissed as she rolled her eyes.
" Mrs. Cooper not now and really Mom?! You seriously want to discuss the issue of when to expect grandchildren?! My fiancee, my future sister-in law, and our friends just had to endure sitting in a jail cell all because Marni f*cking Rivera couldn't keep her bi*chy hands to herself! This is not the appropriate time and place to be talking about having grandchildren because I'M NOT READY TO HAVE KIDS YET! SO JUST FORGET ABOUT IT!", Leonard shouted in anger which immediately brought the whole mood down to the point where the others just gasped in complete shock and horror at what he just said.
" F*ck you then you a**hole!", Delaynie cried as she then stormed out of the apartment slamming the door behind her.
" For shame Leonard!", Sheldon hissed at his roommate/best friend.
" Yeah! Way to strike a knife in someone's heart like that dude!", Raj hissed as Howard, Amy, Bernadette, Stuart, and Danica nodded their heads in agreement.
" Sheldon, you guys, butt out! This isn't the time for this!", Leonard hissed back at him and the others.
" Oh my God, sis!", Zoey gasped in horror as she put her hand over her mouth.
" Nice going you hateful shrew!", Alfred hissed at his ex-wife.
" Can it you wrinklely old ba**ard! I didn't find what I was asking our son all that inappropriate considering that he's engaged now!", Dr. Beverly Hofstadter hissed back at her ex-husband.
" Yeah well to hell it was so shut up!", Leonard shouted at his mother.
" Are you freaking kidding me right now?! What the hell Leonard Hofstadter?! Why would you say that?!", Penny hissed at her ex-boyfriend.
" Penny not now, for God sakes!", Leonard hissed as he then threw the door open and ran out of the apartment down the stairs to catch up to Delaynie saying, " Delaynie come back here, I didn't mean it like that!"
" Then what did you mean Leonard?! Because to me it sounded like you said to your mother that you didn't want have kids with me and that she could forget about having grandchildren even after I told you for years when we were growing up that it was my lifelong dream to be a mother! What you just said makes me feel like my best friend doesn't care about my feelings and that hurts me, a lot! I thought I knew everything about you but I guess I was wrong!", Delaynie cried when she stopped walking for a brief second to look at him before she tried to continue on her way only for Leonard to grab her by the arm and say, " No wait! You're taking this the wrong way! I never said I didn't want kids with you… I just said I didn't want kids at this moment. We just got engaged, ok. It's too soon in my opinion to be talking about kids. I think we should at least wait until after we get married because that's when it would be appropriate."
" That's really what you meant?", Delaynie sniffled as the tears kept falling from her face.
" Yes. Look, I love you very much and I do care about your feelings. Believe me, I've always wanted to be a father my whole life just as much as you've always wanted to be a mother, it's just that at this moment during our engagement… I don't think it's the right time. I'd rather have us get married first and just spend some time together as husband and wife before we revisit the discussion about it. Does that make sense?", Leonard asked in a caring gentle voice.
" Yeah, I get it.", Delaynie said as her face perked back up after the last tear fell from it.
" Good.", Leonard said with a smile as he kissed her before the two of them walked back up the stairs to the apartment so that Leonard could apologize to everybody for what he said and the way he said it to which everyone forgave him for it. Then later that evening after everyone else had gone home and while Sheldon and Leonard were sound asleep Delaynie quietly excused herself to the bathroom with a small letter board that she had pulled out from under the bed that had some words on it as well as two things attached at the bottom.
" I guess I'll just have to wait a little longer to tell Leonard that I'm actually already pregnant.", Delaynie quietly said to herself with a smile on her face as she stood in front of the bathroom mirror looking at the letter board that said with a positive pregnancy test and an image of her uterus attached at the bottom: The best thing that love can make is a beautiful little person. Baby Konnerack-Hofstadter, coming soon. She then headed back to bed a few minutes later, returning the letter board back under the bed where it was before she went into the bathroom.
Wow, didn't see that coming! So sorry if this seems a little rushed, I couldn't really think of anything else to go in between here but I tried my best to make this story flow as best as possible! What do you think will happen next? Let me know in the comments. To be continued…
