Disclaimer: I own nothing, just borrowing OSC's puppets for a bit.
A Rose By Any Other Name
Chapter One
"Athena is a nice name; strong, smart, no frills..."
"..Has a goddesses' reputation to live up to. We need something that has less history. Like Martha."
"Tell me you're joking. No; I'm going to assume you're full of kuso like usual, 'cause I would never have married you if your taste is THAT bad."
"So Priscilla's a…"
"NO!"
"Just because you have a vendetta against lace and pink does not guarantee that your daughter will feel the same."
"My daughter is going to take after her mommy, not you. I understand you can't bring yourself to give up your doilies, but my girl's getting signed up for futbol as soon as she can walk."
"Well what if it's a boy? I'm in favor of Mohammed. It's a clear cut choice."
"Why not just Alai if your going that route? If we're going to open that can of worms we might as well go all the way. Alai Mohammed Global-Peace Save-The-Whales Wiggin. At least then they can say it's for a friend."
"Suriyawong will be hurt he's not in line for a name sake before Alai."
"Guessing Dink is out of the question."
"Yeah! Naming kids after old flames is a bit of a more, not going to happen."
"You're just jealous that you don't have any old flames. How about Bedros? You're a rock, I'm a rock, and it stands to reason that any offspring of ours would be a rock."
"I like it. But you know our parents will never approve if it's not a saint's name."
"Eh, how about Mariana? Anything with a form of Mary should be acceptable."
"Mariana isn't bad; I was joking about the saint thing. I'm Hegemon of the world, why should I have to follow some outdated religious tradition?"
"Because otherwise I'm going to put Esmerelda on the birth certificate."
"…"
"For a boy we should name it after you. A little Peter. The majority of kids are named after someone."
"I don't want to saddle any child with the name of his father. As it is people will expect great things because of his parentage. We'd be doing him no favors in naming him after Hegemon of the World."
"Ahh, and that's why I love you, so noble and selfless." Said Petra as she leaned over and gave her husband a kiss on the cheek. As she went to move back to her spot on the sofa Peter reversed her movement. He wrapped his arms around her and proceeded to thoroughly kiss her. When they eventually broke apart Petra asked slightly breathlessly, "And what pray tell was that for?"
Peter laughed and brought his arms around his wife's six month pregnant belly. "That was the only appropriate reply I could think of to your last statement."
"Damn, I seem to have forgotten what we were talking about. I blame my memory loss on you entirely."
Peter jut smiled.