Fragments
a/n: i stretched my comfort zone a lot with this one, what with all-dialogue and no descriptions. and it turns out i won't need to move the chapters around. :P
this chapter's title: baby names
"James, we still haven't thought about names."
"... Names?"
"Yes, names. We're going to have to call the baby something, aren't we?"
"Well, yes, but it's only been three months!"
"Oh, James. If this is going to be like one of those times when you leave important things to the last minute, you can expect the child to have a name you won't like. Something like ... Nathania? Yes, Nathania. Sounds good."
"Alright, I'm not leaving this to the last minute! Could I please just have my dinner first?"
"No way. I'm still waiting for the water to boil before I can cook the spaghetti."
"How is this supposed to work, anyway? The baby-naming?"
"Well, what do you think?"
"... I don't know?"
"Oh, James. We're just going to discuss the top few names for the child now and we'll try to work through the best one. Got it? And we aren't just naming them whatever you want -"
"Why not?"
"Is it not obvious?"
"Actually, it isn't. Ow, you don't need to hit me!"
"Actually, I did. If you name the child whatever you want, she or he is probably going to get a name like Jutziggle-ov Molski or whatever your hero's name is."
"Hey, that's Justikov Molski and he's not just my hero. He's the best Quidditch player in -"
"Yes, yes, I've heard this before. And I bet the baby has, too, haven't you, little boo-boo?"
"... What was ... Boo-boo?"
"It's a term of endearment, I'm not naming it Boo-boo."
"A term of endearment - haven't you always said you preferred Lily to any terms of endearment I use with you?"
"Yes I have, because I do actually have a name. Our little boo-boo doesn't."
"You just -"
"Oh, for goodness' sake. Toss out your favourite names."
"For girls or boys?"
"Let's start with girls'."
"Alright ... Petunia?"
"James, be serious."
"Okay, fine ... flower names are pretty, though, like Lily -"
"Hey, stop it, James, no - !"
"You're squealing ... !"
"James - !"
"Hah, you're breathless now, I know you like this -"
"Mmf! Stop kissing me for a second, we can do this after we've got at least ten of our favourite names down, alright?"
"Okay, whatever you want."
"Thank you. Now, for girls' names, I was thinking ... nice, simple names, nothing too fancy or too creative. But it shouldn't be too common, like Anna or Rachel or something."
"What's your definition of too creative?"
"Warped spellings of otherwise common names - M-A-D-D-Y-S-U-N for Madison, for example."
"That I can do. I wouldn't want my daughter to be asked every few days if her parents know how to spell."
"So. Any suggestions?"
"We could name her after a relative."
"Like Petunia."
"Shut up, James. I mean ... a relative she can really look up to and a relative she'll respect. A role model, sort of. Not Petunia."
"Sorry. Uh ... our parents? My mother was a wonderful woman. And so was yours. Actually, so were our fathers - why are we suddenly talking like the baby is definitely going to be female? She - it - might be a boy."
"Yes, of course. And I don't know ... My mother's name was Augustina and my father's was Guthrie. Nope, not naming my kid one of those."
"What about my parents? Vita and Tobias aren't that ... odd."
"True, but I wouldn't really want those names for the baby. I don't know, I don't like them very much. Oh, the water's boiling."
"Vita's perfectly nice."
"Damn it, James, the thing for a class husband of a pregnant wife to do in this situation would be to offer help."
"Well, I'm sorry! But what's wrong with Vita? Ow, I burned my finger."
"Look at you, sucking on your finger like a baby -"
"Oh, shut up."
"Anyone with common sense would - mmh! James! No kissing until after dinner!"
"Not until you tell me what's wrong with Vita. Tobias I can understand, but Vita is pretty. And my mother would be a great role model to our daughter -"
"Okay, okay, okay, Vita would be a nice name, but I simply don't ... like it. It's nice and it belonged to your mother, who, yes, would be an excellent role model - with manners a lot better than yours - but I don't want to name our daughter that, okay?"
"Alright, fine. Then what other names are there?"
"... Your grandparents? Favourite aunts and uncles? Favourite cousins? I had a grandfather named Harry. Don't you think -"
"Ahahah, no. Not my grandparents, thank you very much. You know how they used to completely ignore me, and if they didn't, they'd yell at me for having a hair out of place. And they stunk quite a bit."
"They might have been cranky old people, but don't you think -"
"Harry is a nice name, though. I like it. Harry. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Harry Pot -"
"James, you sound like such an idiot, saying the name like that -"
"What? It sounds nice. You said so yourself."
"No, I didn't."
"Oh, but I know you like it, Lily. I know you -"
"Stop - kissing - me!"
"I know you like this, too ..."
"Alright! But please, we can agree on Harry as a nice boy's name, then?"
"I thought you said you didn't say that you liked it."
"I never said anything about it, James, stop being impossible. But I do like it. Harry. And would the female equivalent of that be Harriet?"
"Harriet isn't as good as Harry."
"Okay. So what girls' names do you have in mind?"
"What about Alice? In honour of, you know, Alice Longbottom?"
"You know what, I think that's a nice name. It would be very nice to have a daughter named after Alice Longbottom."
"So is this baby-naming session over yet? Can I kiss you?"
"..."
"You know you want it."
"Fine, James. Just this once."
a/n - i hope you could follow it even without the descriptions? this is my very first try at jameslily, tell me what you think~