Author's Notes: Okay, I'm dedicating this part to Erin and Jen,my two hard
core supporters and real life muses!
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"I liked this party lots more then the first one." Cassie said as she had a quiet, before bed, moment with Beka.
"So did I." she said as she stroked back some of Cassie's hair.
"How many more sleeps until the baby comes?" Cassie asked.
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
"Becuase babies are funny that way. They come when they're good and ready too."
"Oh." was all she said as she ran her little hand over Beka's stomach then giggled when she felt it move.
"You know, I think it likes you already."
"Oh good. I don't want it to hate me."
"I don't understand how anyone could hate you." she said quietly.
"No one hates me, do they?" Cassidie asked quietly.
"Well, no one hates you. It's just that some people didn't realize what a wonderful person you are and how lucky they were to have you."
"Like who?"
"Well, the man we got you from and Nora." she said.
"Well, I'm glad you found me." she said.
"You know, so am I."
"Beka, are you gonna get rid of me when the baby gets here?"
"Of course not! Things might get a little crazy around here and we might not have as much time to spend with you, but we'd never get rid of you. I'll tell you what. You and me, we'll have time when it's just you and me. No Dylan and no baby. Sound good?"
"Yeah. But what happens if you forget?"
"Then remind me. No matter what, I'll never be too busy for you, ok?"
"Okay!" she said with a smile, all worry about being rejected gone. Cassie's little world was back in order, as it should be, once again. "Are we gonna call it baby for ever?"
"No, we'll pick out a name. Eventually. Any ideas?"
"Well, is it a boy or a girl?"
"I dunno. We need to pick out names for both I guess."
"What happens if we like more than one name?"
"Then we'll make one a middle name."
"Middle name?"
"Yeah. Lots of people have middle names."
"What's Dylan's?"
"Uh, Dylan?"
"Yeah?" he called from the other room.
"What's your middle name?"
"My middle name? Mikah. Why?" he asked, a litle puzzeled.
"Just wondering." she called back. "See, Dylan's is Mikah."
"What's yours?"
"Lynnea."
"What's mine?"
"Well, I don't think I ever gave you one. I was worried about you being okay and we needed something to call you other than kid, so all you ended up with was one. Would you like a middle name?"
"I think I would." she said.
"Well, who should pick it? You, me, Dylan, all of us?" Cassie thought about
this for a moment.
"You and Dylan!" she said.
"Okay. We'll tell you when we have one for you, okay?"
"Okay!"
"Okay!" Beka said as she gave her a tickle, then looked at the time. "Okay, time for all little girls to go to bed."
"Can't I just stay up a litle longer?"
"Sorry kiddo. You've already stayed up later then normal. Go get Dylan and a story and do your thing." she said.
"Okay. Good night Beka." she said as she gave her a kiss. "Good night baby, who ever you are!" she said as Beka's stomach got a kiss too then she slid of the bed and the next thing Beka heard was "Oof!" and she smiled. Cassie did it every night, you'd think he'd have figured this out by now. If he wasn't already ready for her, she took a flying leap onto him. Half an hour later, he slowly made his way into their room and just kinda collapsed on the bed.
"She wants a middle name." Beka said immediately.
"What?"
"A middle name."
"Okay." he said.
"She wants us to pick one for her."
"Okay."
"Any suggestions?"
"Okay." Beka started laughing and he just kind looked at her. "Hun?"
"I asked you for suggestions and you just went 'okay.'."
"Suggestions for what?"
"Cassie wants a middle name and she wants us to pick it."
"We haven't been able to decide on any for Junior here and she wants us to
pick one for her too?"
"I think that's why Rommie gave us this." Beka said as she pulled out a name book. She handed it to Dylan and he opened a random page.
"Morgan. King Arthur's half sister was named Morgan." he read, skipping over the name origins.
"Cassidie Morgan Valentine." Beka said.
"Cassidie Morgan Hunt." Dylan replied.
"Cassidie Morgan Valentine-Hunt." Beka countered. Dylan started laughing.
"What?"
"That name is bigger than she is!"
"Who says I'll give up my name when we get married?"
"When? What ever happened to if?"
"Well, I was thinking."
"Uh oh." he said with a smile as she smacked him with a free pillow.
"Pretending to be married to you wasn't all that bad, so, maybe if it was official, it wouldn't be much different."
"Does this mean . . . ?"
"I guess so." she said with a small smile as she leaned closer to him.
"Cool." was all he said as a smile spread across his face.
"Cool? That's all you have to say?"
"I love you? You're the best? What would I do with out you? I've couldn't be happier?"
"There ya go."
"Thank you." he said.
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"I liked this party lots more then the first one." Cassie said as she had a quiet, before bed, moment with Beka.
"So did I." she said as she stroked back some of Cassie's hair.
"How many more sleeps until the baby comes?" Cassie asked.
"I don't know."
"Why not?"
"Becuase babies are funny that way. They come when they're good and ready too."
"Oh." was all she said as she ran her little hand over Beka's stomach then giggled when she felt it move.
"You know, I think it likes you already."
"Oh good. I don't want it to hate me."
"I don't understand how anyone could hate you." she said quietly.
"No one hates me, do they?" Cassidie asked quietly.
"Well, no one hates you. It's just that some people didn't realize what a wonderful person you are and how lucky they were to have you."
"Like who?"
"Well, the man we got you from and Nora." she said.
"Well, I'm glad you found me." she said.
"You know, so am I."
"Beka, are you gonna get rid of me when the baby gets here?"
"Of course not! Things might get a little crazy around here and we might not have as much time to spend with you, but we'd never get rid of you. I'll tell you what. You and me, we'll have time when it's just you and me. No Dylan and no baby. Sound good?"
"Yeah. But what happens if you forget?"
"Then remind me. No matter what, I'll never be too busy for you, ok?"
"Okay!" she said with a smile, all worry about being rejected gone. Cassie's little world was back in order, as it should be, once again. "Are we gonna call it baby for ever?"
"No, we'll pick out a name. Eventually. Any ideas?"
"Well, is it a boy or a girl?"
"I dunno. We need to pick out names for both I guess."
"What happens if we like more than one name?"
"Then we'll make one a middle name."
"Middle name?"
"Yeah. Lots of people have middle names."
"What's Dylan's?"
"Uh, Dylan?"
"Yeah?" he called from the other room.
"What's your middle name?"
"My middle name? Mikah. Why?" he asked, a litle puzzeled.
"Just wondering." she called back. "See, Dylan's is Mikah."
"What's yours?"
"Lynnea."
"What's mine?"
"Well, I don't think I ever gave you one. I was worried about you being okay and we needed something to call you other than kid, so all you ended up with was one. Would you like a middle name?"
"I think I would." she said.
"Well, who should pick it? You, me, Dylan, all of us?" Cassie thought about
this for a moment.
"You and Dylan!" she said.
"Okay. We'll tell you when we have one for you, okay?"
"Okay!"
"Okay!" Beka said as she gave her a tickle, then looked at the time. "Okay, time for all little girls to go to bed."
"Can't I just stay up a litle longer?"
"Sorry kiddo. You've already stayed up later then normal. Go get Dylan and a story and do your thing." she said.
"Okay. Good night Beka." she said as she gave her a kiss. "Good night baby, who ever you are!" she said as Beka's stomach got a kiss too then she slid of the bed and the next thing Beka heard was "Oof!" and she smiled. Cassie did it every night, you'd think he'd have figured this out by now. If he wasn't already ready for her, she took a flying leap onto him. Half an hour later, he slowly made his way into their room and just kinda collapsed on the bed.
"She wants a middle name." Beka said immediately.
"What?"
"A middle name."
"Okay." he said.
"She wants us to pick one for her."
"Okay."
"Any suggestions?"
"Okay." Beka started laughing and he just kind looked at her. "Hun?"
"I asked you for suggestions and you just went 'okay.'."
"Suggestions for what?"
"Cassie wants a middle name and she wants us to pick it."
"We haven't been able to decide on any for Junior here and she wants us to
pick one for her too?"
"I think that's why Rommie gave us this." Beka said as she pulled out a name book. She handed it to Dylan and he opened a random page.
"Morgan. King Arthur's half sister was named Morgan." he read, skipping over the name origins.
"Cassidie Morgan Valentine." Beka said.
"Cassidie Morgan Hunt." Dylan replied.
"Cassidie Morgan Valentine-Hunt." Beka countered. Dylan started laughing.
"What?"
"That name is bigger than she is!"
"Who says I'll give up my name when we get married?"
"When? What ever happened to if?"
"Well, I was thinking."
"Uh oh." he said with a smile as she smacked him with a free pillow.
"Pretending to be married to you wasn't all that bad, so, maybe if it was official, it wouldn't be much different."
"Does this mean . . . ?"
"I guess so." she said with a small smile as she leaned closer to him.
"Cool." was all he said as a smile spread across his face.
"Cool? That's all you have to say?"
"I love you? You're the best? What would I do with out you? I've couldn't be happier?"
"There ya go."
"Thank you." he said.