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It was a warm Sunday morning in Texas. The Cooper house was asleep while the birds chirped and sunlight seeped through the windows. Sheldon woke up and looked at his trains while he waited for the time he would go to the bathroom according to the schedule. One by one, everyone woke up after Sheldon, starting with Mary.
After some time had gone by, everyone was in the kitchen waiting for breakfast. Buttery pancakes with warm syrup was waiting for them. Meemaw and her boyfriend, Dale, along with Georgie, CeeCee and Mandy stopped by to have breakfast with the family too.
“Meemaw! And… Dale,” Exclaimed Missy.
“Missy, be nice to Dale, the bible told you to respect your elders!” Mary reminded Missy
“Calm down Mary,” Connie turned to Sheldon, “Moonpie, what’s got you staring at the walls?”
“I just have a feeling that something big is going to happen today,” Sheldon replied.
Something was off with him and the house could feel it. Sheldon never uses the word ‘feeling’. He thought it was for hippies.
“You okay buddy?” Asked George
“Im fine,” sheldon kept staring at the wall.
The direction of the conversation changed when Mandy spilled syrup on herself.
“Damn it!” She yelled. CeeCee giggled as Mandy tried to get it off.
“A bit of warm water and baking soda on the spot will wash it right off” Dale added.
“Ain’t that helpful?” Georgie announced when suddenly something bursted in the room.
No one is ever prepared when there’s a large, navy blue with purple swirls and oval portal spawns in. So, you can just imagine the distress everyone was in. But that distress was quickly replaced by confusion when a tall, brunette and a bit odd looking man entered the room through the portal.
“Here we are, July 8th 1994. Amy, Penny, Leonard, Bernadette, Wolowitz and Koothrapalli, We have successfully traveled back in time.” The man narrated.
“Who the hell are you? Who are these people?” George asked
“I am Sheldon Lee Cooper from the year 2026. These are my friends, Leonard, Penny, Bernadette, Howard and Raj. This is my Wife, Amy.” He answered.
“My Shelly got married” Mary said running off to hug him.
“Mother I do not like hugs,”
“Sorry I was just excited,”
“Don’t worry, Mrs Cooper, I am a hugger!” Raj announced
Howard turned towards Raj.
“Raj! No one cares,”
“The guy with the ugly ass haircut is right” Dale remarked
“Compliment accepted?” Howard questioned
“So, what brings y’all to Texas? There isnt much to do here,” Connie asked the group
“Sheldon has the answer to that, well to everything, even if you didn’t ask him.”
Leonard answered following with a side eye towards Sheldon
“If you must know Leonard, It’s because whatever answers you give are incorrect. Anyways, I time traveled here because it occurred to me that a small letter from Dr Sturgis was left somewhere in the house the day before yesterday. When I was working on a new hypothesis, I remembered the letter could possibly have a formula that could be helpful. Oh and I really wanted to use the time travel machine and gather all Star Trek merch.”
Sheldon responded
Georgie had a smirk on his face
“Ok well, care to explain your wife? I mean when I was engaged to Mandy, all you said to me was how marriage is a waste of time and so is a wedding!”
“….Because weddings ARE pointless. In the name of Spock, have you had… coitus? Young Sheldon said while looking at Amy.
“Well ours wasn’t that bad, and yes i have had coitus and we only have it once a year and occasionally spontaneously. “
“Can we please talk about anything else!” Missy was heading out the kitchen, which was getting crowded with so many people.
“SHELDON COOPER, IF YOU DON’T FIND THAT LETTER RIGHT NOW THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. I NEED TO GO HOME TO MY KIDS AND SO DO YOU!”
Bernadette yelled
Penny held her hands on her ears.
“Woah calm down mama!”
Mandy responded to Penny
“This one’s feisty,”
“Sheldon got kids?” George Sr asked
“Yes, their names are Leonard Cooper and Belle Cooper named respectively after Leonard Nimoy and the Nobel prize me and Amy won,” Sheldon said
Leonard rolled his eyes
“Oh shut up Sheldon, we all know you named Leo after me”
Young Sheldon’s eyes lit up.
“I WON A NOBEL PRIZE?”
Old Sheldon said yes.
Afterwards, everyone split up into groups to just talk before they spend hours looking for the letter.
•Old Sheldon, Young Sheldon, Leonard, George Sr, Georgie, Raj, Dale and Howard were seated in the living room.
•Bernadette, Penny,Amy, Mandy, Connie, Missy and Mary stayed in the kitchen.
Penny was gobbling down pancakes
“Wow, Mary These are super delicious.”
Mary thanked her.
Missy looked at Amy.
“Can i ask you something?”
“Yes?”
“Why did you marry Sheldon?”
“Well, I like that he’s smart and also a bit caring in his own way which is different from anything i’ve ever seen.”
Mandy jumped into the conversation
“He’s so selfish!”
Connie quickly turned
“Yes, but you gotta remember he doesn’t mean it, he isn’t as emotionally intelligent as he is in physics.”
“Hmm.. okay”
Mandy agreed.
In the living room, which was close to the kitchen and the boys could hear the entirety of their conversation, was not much going on. Well, except the fact that adult Sheldon was memorizing his dad’s face.
Leonard noticed first. He began comforting Sheldon by putting his hand on his back.
“Sheldon, you okay buddy?”
“Yes I am, thank you for asking.. I love you so much. I am just trying to memorize Dad’s face before he.. meets his fate.” (iykyk)
Everyone knew what he was talking about but they didn’t want to face it. Dale changed the subject.
“George, your son turned from a Texan straight into a damn yankee. I mean what man gets all emotional?” Dale frowned
“I myself am very emotional, I cried last night because my dog Cinnamon was constipated and she didn’t use the potty for days!” Raj added
“Thank you for sharing that, anyways, Dale Im glad we got some emotion out of this boy!”
Sheldon was confused
“Why would you thank him for that? Koothrappalli’s dog’s bowel movements have nothing to do with us.”
Leonard and Howard both at the same time said “SARCASM!”
“These people are dorks,” Georgie muttered under his breath.
Afterwards, George asked Sheldon about his kids.
“Son, how are your kids.. are they… special?”
“If you’re talking about me then no. They are smart but they have horrendous hobbies like acting and hockey” Sheldon complained
“Ugh… acting” young Sheldon mumbled
“Remember when Penny acted in that low budget movie?” Leonard asked.
“I don’t use the same word twice but i will have to. That was horrendous too.” Sheldon replied.
“Anyways, anything else?” Sheldon added
“How the hell did you propose to that girl?” Georgie questioned
“Well, another woman was kissing me and in the moment I realized the only girl I wanted to kiss was Amy. So I went to the university she was at and proposed. Oka, let’s begin the search.” Sheldon answered.
While everyone was walking, George whispered into Older Sheldon’s ear.
“I’m very proud of you son, I am sad I won’t live to see you succeed.”
“Thank you dad. I miss you… a lot.”