So far she'd done three out of four and was heading outside to the football field to watch the players' practice, it was always fun. Watching guys, who trip over their own feet, playing football. Lucas opened his locker and a note fell out.
Hey Broody,
Remember our wonderful night on new years… I know I do, meet me after school, my place, talk.Happy Valentine's Day!
Yours Truly,
Cheery
Of course she sealed it with a kiss, but he had no idea why she wrote it, she hated him and that night was drunk "I hate you" sex. They were both drunk on new years, a big party, thrown by Anna and her house, her and Felix just wanting to fit in, and who's not going to go, free beer with out needing a fake I.D. He folded it up and stuck it in his pocket He walked through the halls, not wanting to go to history."Broody, glad you came," Brooke said nervously when she opened the door after school, "Come in, come in." She ushered him into the house and sat on her bed, "I- uh need to tell you something," she stammered, looking up to see if he was listening. "Well remember New Years, we uh- well you remember, um well, uh- I- uh I-uh don't know how to tell you but I-uh I'm pregnant," she said now crying as he enveloped her in a big hug and rubbed her hair.
"Shh, its going to be okay, we'll get through this, together, I'm here for you," He said, holding back tears, what would he tell his mother. Karen would probably kill him, but he wasn't worried about her now.
"You're not going to ask if I'm sure, let alone if it's yours," she asked surprised.
"No, I trust you, and you know I'm sorry and I love you," he said looking deeply into her eyes, as she did his
"Yes, I know, but I love hearing you say it," she said.
"Well I like saying it, I love you," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"So, what about names," Brooke said returning to her usual perkiness.
"Names?" Lucas said in confusion.
"Names for our baby, she can't be nameless," Brooke said laughing."Who said it was a she?" He asked.
"Ugh! You just have to go and ruin this for me don't you, it's a girl, I'm sure of it," Brooke said trying not to laugh over the stupidity of the argument, "and if u think it's a boy than you pick a name for him, I'll find girls names."
"I'll help," Luke said sitting down at the computer, "How about Ashley?" He asked hopefully.
"Well what's it say about Ashley?" She said sitting on his lap.
"It says, ASHLEY. Now the number one girls' name, or close to it, in most states, Ashley is a name that seems to have been propelled to popularity to a great degree by a soap opera character: the beautiful, ambitious Ashley Abbott, who debuted on The Young and the Restless in 1982. Originally a British place- and surname, Ashley became a boys' first name about a century ago, making a deep impression via the sensitive Ashley Wilkes character in Gone with the Wind. Its ambisexual image was undoubtedly one factor that attracted droves of parents to Ashley, though the name very quickly became almost exclusively feminine, and does indeed have a sound that is soft and pretty, certainly another ingredient in its success. But unless Ashley is the name you love far above all others, or you like the idea of giving your child an extremely popular name, we advise you to steer clear of this choice from now on. The world has all the Ashleys it needs, even one whose father is Howard Stern. And, lest you believe an inventive spelling will make the name stand out, it also has more than its quota of girls named ASHLEIGH, ASHLEE, ASHLIE, and ASHLEA."
"No, no, no, no!" Brooke said listening and reading the screen, "I don't like hmm, Melissa, look up Melissa," She said eagerly.
"All right," he typed the name, "It says, MELISSA. The fact that the two leading child actresses on the big-time seventies series Little House on the Prairie were both named Melissa gives some indication of how popular that name was, and would remain, for the next two decades, chosen by parents for its beribboned and beruffled femininity. Parents are still using the name, though less fashionably, today: It hangs onto the most popular list at number twenty-five. From the Greek for "bee," suggesting the sweetness of honey, the mythical Melissa was nursemaid to the infant god Zeus. It was used as a given name by the early Greeks, as well as for fairies by Italian Renaissance poets.
"Nursemaid, no, and renaissance times no way, hmmm, how about Sarah," Brooke said starting to get depressed about the names she liked"
"All right Sarah, it says, SARAH, SARA. Firmly in America's Top 5 — and approaching number one when you count both spellings — Sarah has been the premiere biblical girls' name here for two decades, offering rich Old Testament associations for those parents wishing to mine their religious roots and a sweet yet strong, patrician yet straightforward image to those in search of more secular name appeal. The big question: Are there too many Sarahs? While thousands of babies of all ethnic backgrounds throughout the country are given the name — the spelling ratio is generally three with the final h to every one without — Sarah has weathered trendiness perhaps better than any other contemporary female example. It's like one of the classic boys' names — Daniel, for instance, or David — in its ability to retain its widespread popularity without ever feeling dated. Long popular in England as well as here, in the Old Testament, Sarah was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac — who actually changed her name from SARAI at the age of ninety. Probably its most famous bearer, the great actress Sarah Bernhardt, was born Rosine. Two more contemporary actresses are Sarah Jessica Parker and Roseanne's Sara Gilbert. Among the international variations on the theme are ZAHARIA (Greek), SARI (Hungarian), SARKA (Russian), and SARITA (Spain)"
"Um, Too many Sarahs, I don't want that, hmmm, how about Michelle, it's nice, I could call her Ellie," Brooke said.
"All right, Michelle, it says, MICHELLE, MICHELE. It was the Beatles song that did it, of that we have no doubt. The tender sound, the loving half-French lyrics "ma belle." The name had certainly been heard before 1966, in fact it was already number twenty in 1960, but we're sure that the soft, sentimental ballad was the key factor in propelling it up to the Top 5. And although it is still widely used, it is definitely, after an unusually long run, on its way out of favor, although Michelles Pfeiffer and Phillips still keep it in the public eye."
"Soft, sentimental, I don't think so, she's going to be wild like me, try a femine name, search that," Brooke demanded.
"All right," Lucas said as he typed. "Feminist names, see any you like," Lucas said
"OMG, look, who'd name their kid Gay?" Brooke said laughing, scrolling down the list. "What about Bridget?"
"Sounds nice," Lucas responded. "BRIDGET, BRIGITTE. A century ago Bridget was the Irish cook fresh off the boat from County Cork. By 1950 she had transmogrified into a sex kitten, à la Bardot. But Bridget has survived both those stereotypes to become more wholesome as well as more upwardly mobile, more stylish, and more ethnically authentic than the shopworn Colleens and Caitlins, Eileens and Erins. Hot young actress Bridget Fonda bolsters the name's new au courant image; singer Sting gave it the star-stamp-of-approval by choosing it for his young daughter, Brigitte Michael. Bridget is the Anglicized form of the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, a saint (also called St. Bride) who was the patroness of Ireland, as well as patron saint of poets and healers. Irish variants and nicknames include BRIGIT, BRIGID (the spelling used for the devious character Brigid O'Shaunessy in Dashiell Hammett's classic Sam Spade story The Maltese Falcon), BRIGHID, BIDDIE, BRIDIE, and BEDELIA. Scandinavians use BIRGITTA, BIRGITTE, BRIGITTA, BIRGIT, BRITT, BRITA, BRITTA, and BITTAN. The French version is BRIGITTE, so powerfully publicized by Mlle Bardot, who was born Camille."
"Irish Cook? Sex Kitten, hmmm sex kitten," Brooke said thinking.
"Brooke, no," Lucas said warningly.
"How about you look up my name, for fun," She said flashing a smile.
"Fine, I'll look up Brooke, BROOKE. Brooke might have been just another surname name, à la Paige or Courtney, had it not been for Brooke Shields (actually christened Christa), who took the name from quietly fashionable to ultratrendy. Admittedly a pretty name, it's also one that's loaded down with all manner of sophisticated baggage you might not want to force a small girl to carry. It has been the soap opera name of our age, from the time Brooke Hamilton appeared on Days of Our Lives in 1975 and Brooke English debuted on All My Children the following year, through Brooke Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful. More distinctive would be BRYCE, the name Ron Howard chose for his oldest daughter." He said.
"I think it suits me well, don't you, how about you go do your guy thing and look up boys names, I know your dying to," She said getting up, "I'm going to take a nap to don't be to loud," Brooke said winking.
"Thank you," Lucas said relieved.