Disclaimer: This is a story about characters who don't belong to me. Written after Episode 3x11
"So here's my idea: Hillary and Madeleine."
"No."
"Why not?"
"We are absolutely not naming them after Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright."
"This is because I nixed 'Luke,' isn't it?"
"I told you, Luke is a family name—"
"Yeah, right."
"Okay. Maybe—maybe—one or the other. But not both. Don't do that to our daughters."
"Fine. Then I pick…Madeleine. We could call her 'Maddie' or 'Laney.'"
"Or 'Madeleine.'"
"You have no imagination."
"What about family names? Your middle name is Barbara—"
"Ick."
"Alrighty then."
"What about Annabeth?"
"One word or two?"
"Either, I don't care."
"I like it, actually. The single word version, that is. Spelling it with two just feels a little too Jim-Bob to me."
"You better not be talking smack about The Waltons."
"I would never do that."
"Well. Good."
"So are we decided on names, then? Evan and Nicholas for boys and Madeleine and Annabeth for girls?"
"Yes, we are. Those are some damn good ones, too. Now on to the middle names."
"Oh, Jesus, we need four more, don't we?"
"We don't have to do it now. We have another month or two."
"Great. Okay, well, I've got another call. I'll pick you up at 6?"
"Sounds good!"
"Okay. I love you."
"I love you, too."
Leslie laid the phone back on its cradle and patted her belly with affection. Ann spoke up from the doorway, where she'd been standing holding their lunch for the last five minutes.
"Are you ever going to tell him that 'Annabeth' was inspired by the lady in the boxing mural?"
"Absolutely not."
A/N: Itty-bitty conversation chapter. I wanted to get the naming out of the way because I HATE naming OCs. If you need a refresher on the City Hall boxing mural (originally called "A Lively Fisting), it's in an album of murals on the official Parks and Rec website.