Whatever Happens - Chapter 10
Riley and Danny made their way up to Ben and Tuckers to tell everyone the good news. Riley had been sure to text Bonnie and tell her and Brad to come over too. As she opened the door Ben was the first person to look up.
"So did you find out what you're having?" were the first words out of his mouth.
"We want to tell everyone at once so we don't go through the whole mess again with who heard it from who first." Riley stated. Just after that Bonnie and Brad rushed through the door.
"Okay we're here, now tell me if im having another granddaughter or a grandson." Bonnie barked.
"Okay," Danny began.
"It's a boy! Here look we have the sonogram picture to prove it."
Riley watched as Bonnie practically tore the picture out of Danny's hand. Everyone gathered around to see it.
"Aww," Bonnie started to say,
"It looks just like Danny's sonogram did." She exclaimed and Ben joined in soon after.
"Uh dude, are you sure it's a boy? Where's his, uh, you know, uh …"
"Thingy?" Tucker helped him out.
"Oh believe me, it's there. I had the same problem. Gentlemen behold, that's it right there."
"Oh wow. I thought that was his other leg." Tucker said.
"Yup, that is definitely my kid." Riley watched as Danny's face lit up. She was so focused on Danny, she didn't see her mother-in-law come in for a hug.
"Oh Riley congratulations!" Bonnie said as she shook Riley from side to side.
"Yes, congratulations," Brad said from Bonnie's side. "Have you thought of any names yet?"
"Oh wow," Riley replied, "we haven't even thought of that yet. But we still have plenty of time to decide."
"Yup and I want to make sure our son has a really cool name that cant be made fun of when he gets to school. Something like Max or Rex."
"Danny those sound like dog names. We are not naming our child after a dog. I was thinking of something like Matthew, or Justin, or Ryan."
"Those are names of kids I use to beat up in school cause they were total dweebs with dweeby names. Do you want our son to get beat up Riley? Well do you?"
Riley rolled her eyes and was about to retort when Ben interrupted.
"Wow, I am so glad I had no say in Emma's name. She just showed up on my doorstep already named and born." That gave Riley an idea.
"Hey maybe we should have someone else pick our baby name."
"You want someone else naming our kid?"
"Well I mean we would have final say, but maybe someone else will come up with a name we really like that we would never think of on our own. C'mon Danny, there's no harm in picking someone."
"Yeah I guess you're right. Okay, what about Ben."
"No way, he'll end up picking names worse then Max or Rex or Fido. How about mom? I mean she named you two and that turned out pretty okay."
"Uh uh, no way. Mom always told me that if my dad didn't have a say, my name would've been Julian, so she's out. That leaves only …"
She and Danny both turned to Tucker at the same time.
"Oh no." he said. "You are not pawning off your job as parents on me."
"All we're asking is for a couple of suggestions, you don't even have to tell me till the baby's born." Riley said. She knew what she had to do to seal the deal.
"Besides, we need someone smart and creative to come up with names, I mean your name, Tucker, wow doesn't get much better then that."
"Okay problem solved, name your kid Tucker if you like the name so much. Now let me eat my sandwich in peace."
"Oh come on Tucker, pretty please?"
Riley must've gained superpowers when she got pregnant, because she could see Tuckers reluctance fading fast.
"Okay fine, I guess I could come up with a few names."
"Oh thank you Tucker, thank you, thank you, thank you." Riley said as she gave him a hug. Danny, who had been quiet through this whole conversation, finally spoke.
"Yeah thanks man."
"What can I say, when people need my genius, who am I to deny them." Tucker said with an airy chuckle. Riley and everyone else rolled their eyes simultaneously.