Nero's POV
The door to my office swings open and Raven steps in. "Okay," she starts, "Now that we only have one month to go, I think we should narrow it down to two possible names. Oh, hello Professor."
"Raven," he nods at her.
"Should I come back later?" she asks.
"No. We were just finishing up," I inform her. "Can you wait a minute?"
She nods and melts into the shadows. It really creeps me out when she does that. "Back to my last statement, Theodore," I continue, "I trust you to deal with this easily. You may leave."
Pike nods and exits the office. Raven steps out of her hiding place and sits in the chair. "As I was saying, I think we should figure out the actual name of the baby the day she's born but we should narrow down the options. What are your two favorite names out of the five we've agreed on?"
"I like . . . Liliana and Tamara," I tell her.
"Really?" she asks. "I was thinking Hunter and Hope."
"Well, that means Christi's out," I cross the name Christi off the list I made and suggest, "How about we pick the name we like most?"
"Okay," she scratches her head, thinking. "I guess I like Hunter more than Hope."
"I like Liliana more than Tamara," I scratch out Hope and Tamara too.
"So, I guess that's it." She turns to leave, then pauses. "I- I love you."
"I love you too." And with that, she leaves the room.
Raven's POV
I take a deep breath as I shut the door. It's just three words. It doesn't matter. But I know it does. I know that those words mean far more than they should.
I walk down the hall and try to act calm. Deep breaths, I remind myself. I don't function properly when I'm shaken up.
Suddenly, I feel someone grab me from behind and start to say, "What the f-"
A damp rag covers my mouth and I feel myself losing oxygen. Someone grabs my wrists and I fight against him but I can't.
That's when everything goes black.
Drama! Okay so this story will probably only have four or five more chapters but I'm going to make a sequel. Sorry if you voted for one of the names that got kicked out but I went with the names that had the most votes so far. The poll will be opened until the end of the story.