The continuing story of Professor Sheldon Cooper and his wife, Professor Bernadette Rostenkowski-Cooper. Part 12, epilogue.

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The sign on the door of the consulting room at the veterinarian clinic said "Marie Hofstadter-Wolowitz DVM - crazy young cat lady." Sheldon smiled as he opened the door and entered.

Marie said "Uncle Sheldon" as she gave him a hug.

"Hello Marie, who would have thought that when we got those kittens the year you were born it would lead to this."

Marie said "Kitty Cats! So, what do we have here? What a lovely little kitty you have Uncle Sheldon. I understand you want a full examination of this cat."

"That's right. You know when we came back from England 4 months ago we stayed with your Uncle Raj and Aunt Samantha for a while until we found a home of our own. Aunt Bernadette and I moved in last weekend and we found this little kitty cat hanging around the house. He seems to have adopted us so I want to make sure he is healthy."

"At first glance he seems OK, it will take me a couple of hours to properly examine him. We will need to take a blood sample and send it off to the lab for analysis. It will be next week before we get the full results."

"What are you calling him?"

"Well as I was Lucasian Professor I am calling him Lucas, just like the Star Wars guy."

"I am sure we can look after this little guy at home if you need to do some travelling."

"Thank you Marie, although I think we want to stay in California for a while. How many cats do you have at home?"

"Only six, although we had seven for a week when Debbie was away."

"Only six! Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking were a handful and that was only two cats."

"Ah, but you are not a crazy cat man are you Uncle Sheldon? How are you enjoying retirement?"

"It's great fun, I still do a bit of Physics at home, the whiteboards are always in use. I go in as Emeritus Professor every couple of weeks for the odd seminar."

"My Dad is looking forward to joining you in the retired scientists club next year."

"That's right, 45 years on from our first meeting we will be Emeritus Professors together."

"OK Uncle Sheldon, I would love to carry on chatting but I need to do my job and examine Lucas here. You can wait in the reception or there is a coffee shop in the bookstore across the street."

"Thank you Dr. Hofstadter-Wolowitz, see you later."