A/N: So this is a fic idea I got from Glee forum in the Percedes thread. We were thinking of names that Puck and Mercedes would call their children and someone brought up this one. I know that it has somewhat of a negative reputation but it's such a beautiful name and a really good meaning. And I figure Puck would want to name his daughter something Hebrew :D Enjoy and Read and Review!
"Babe, there is no way we're flipping a coin to decide what to name our daughter!"
"Why? You afraid you're gonna lose?"
Mercedes gave an exasperated sigh as she set down the book she was reading and shook her head in response to her husband of two and a half years. She was eight months and two weeks pregnant and they had finally decided to find out the sex of the baby. Now they were arguing about who was going to name her, and since they were both pretty opinionated people, who knows how long it would take them.
"Come on Mama, I'd pick a good name! This is our baby girl we're talkin' about!", protested Noah as he walked over to the couch she was sitting on and sat beside her.
"Says the man who wanted to name his first daughter Jack Daniels", said Mercedes drily as she eyed him.
"Hey that's not fair; I came up with Beth later!"
"Yeah I guess you're right… ok how about we both write a list of names that we like and we'll compare them to see if there's any we both have."
"Or we can flip a coin", shot back Noah with a slow smile appearing on his face.
"Are you serious? We are not flipping a coin to decide-"
"Heads or tails", Noah said quickly as fished a coin out of his pocket and flipped it in the air before she could protest.
"Heads! No no tails… um heads!", Mercedes said slightly flustered.
"Oh too bad baby, it was tails", Noah exclaimed victoriously.
"Son of a bitch!", Mercedes shouted and stood up quickly.
"Hey, hey I know you're upset but that is no way to talk around little Captain Morgan", Noah smirked.
"No I um, I think my water just broke", Mercedes responded in a panicked voice.
Puck looked down to where she had been sitting and sure enough there was a wet spot. He quickly jumped up and started leading her towards the door.
"Ok, ok just calm down. It's gonna be alright, we have the bags in the car already so that's good right? Now we just need to get some towels and boil some water… wait that's not right," he trailed off, his voice going up a whole octave.
"Noah, take me to the hospital now!" Mercedes shouted.
"Ok yeah, on it!"
About twenty one and half hours later
Noah stood looking down at his wife and his new daughter; it was unbelievable enough that he had Mercedes for a wife but now that he had this beautiful new little girl, it was almost too much for him.
"Hey so what name were you thinking of", Mercedes whispered as she looked up into his eyes and smiled.
"Oh, you can do it, I'm guessing you'll think of better name anyway", Noah replied as kissed his wife's forehead and stroked his daughters cheek.
"No, you won the coin toss. And I trust you handsome man."
"Oh… ok well I was thinking maybe we could name her Delilah", he said hesitantly as looked down to study her face.
"You… want to name our daughter after the woman with one of the worst reputations in the Bible," Mercedes exclaimed.
"Well I was just thinking of the meaning, ya know? It means "delicate" and I dunno, I just keep looking at her and thinking that I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure she's happy and safe. Not like she'll be weak or anything but I just- I just like the idea her being someone I can protect no matter what."
Mercedes looked up at her husband and smiled, then looked down at he daughter and repeated the name, "Delilah". At that, the baby opened her eyes and looked up at them.
"Yeah, I think Delilah's a pretty good name."