YES! Names, finally!! Hooray!! Hooray!! :P Bon appetite!
Emma and Will sat on their sofa one Tuesday night after Glee. The local news was on TV, and Emma loved the local news. Not because she could see tragedies happen "from the safety of your own condo, Eminem" but because she liked to see what could possibly go on in a town as small and pointless as Lima.
Their HP laptop sat heated on her lap, a good burning feeling escaping from the device onto Emma's thighs from scouring the internet for hours in the hopes of two perfect baby names. She and Will had already thought it was cute how twin's names sometimes coordinated, like having the same first letter or ending sound.
"How about Jessie and Jayma?" she asked, not particularly liking either of those names, but just trying them on for size as she said them out loud.
"Jessie seems to popular, doesn't it Em?" Will asked, easily pulling his eyes away from the uneventful news and focusing them on the growing belly of his wife. She nodded in agreement. "I like Jayma though," he added earnestly. "But I don't know. It doesn't really... fit."
"Completely. I totally agree," she sighed looking back at the screen. She shot out a few more suggestions, like Hallie and Calleigh, or Leah and Mia, but nothing seemed to fit together perfectly, the two names that would complete the family.
Finally, Will flicked off the television. It was beginning to annoy him now. And he wanted to focus all of his attention on his girls. He pushed Emma's legs gently off his lap, instead pulled her hips closer so they nuzzled together with the computer resting on both of their legs. They scrolled through name after name, until Will said decidedly, "I like Madelyn. I always did like that name, for a girl, it sort of reminded me of that little singing girl in the house all covered with vines..."
"And left the house at half past nine? In two straight lines? That's Madeline, Will," Emma laughed, scooching even closer and kissing him gently on the lips. He loved it when she did that. Even such a slight, gentle gesture seemed forward coming from a girl like Emma. She was so full of love and surprises, and he relished in learning something new about her each day.
"I know, I know," he chuckled. "But it still has that whole cute little idea in my head. Sort of reminds me of... you."
"Me?"
"No, my other wife," he joked, kissing her temple as she blushed red, "Of course you. Red hair that does that cute little flippy thing, and a good voice, and of course she has a bow on her hat, and you just have a bow on everything..." he trailed off as Emma laughed at Will's quick, adoring analysis of her.
"You know what, Will?"
"What?"
"I think I like the name Madelyn, too."
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The night dragged on till well past eleven, the couple finding names and joking and laughing, but still one of their babies remained nameless. "How about Eunice?" Will asked, joking. This sent Emma into a fit of giggles. "Nah," she replied. "I think Gertrude seems more fitting..." Finally, after it had gotten way to late for a school night, Will suggested they go to sleep and mull over more names over breakfast. Emma had dozed off on his shoulder and was snoring quietly.
He shut off the laptop and placed it on the side table, vowing to move it to it's resting place in the cabinet first thing in the morning. He couldn't bear to wake Emma, who slept peacefully snuggled into him. He lifted her with ease despite the fact that she was six and some months pregnant, and placed her sideways in their bed. Thank goodness, he thought, they had brushed their teeth and gotten in their pj's before they cuddled on the sofa. Emma's purple nightgown made Will smile, for some unknown reason, he had always loved it best.
She curled up peacefully, and Will couldn't help but to stare at the beautiful creature before him, who was all his, forever. The two rings on her finger gleamed in the moonlight. Her red curls splayed across her pillow, her nightgown fanned around her body. Her eyes, even closed, seemed huge, and her lips in a silent, closed smile for a reason unbeknownst to anyone. He sighed, and kissed her lips. As he pulled her closer, his hand rested on the most gorgeous place of all. Her stomach had become more swollen with the lives of two more beautiful people, ones he could hardly wait to pull close and kiss just like he had just done to Emma.
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Her eyes shot open, and she smiled. The perfect name, the perfect match, had just come to her, just like that. She knew Will would love it before she even said a word. The angry green letters of their alarm clock proved it was late, 3:27 AM, and Emma didn't even remember coming to bed. She was snuggled in Will's arms. He must have carried me here, she thought gratefully, which must be getting harder considering Madelyn and Mila are getting so much bigger...
Geez, she really had to run this by Will before she got too attached to the second twin's name. "Will?" she whispered, tugging on his shirt and kissing him awake gently.
"Phhmmphh?" He mumbled, still half asleep.
"I've got it."
"Got what? Huh?"
"The name, her name, Will, it's perfect."
"Really? What is it?" he asked eagerly, suddenly wide awake. He pulled Emma into his tight embrace.
"Well," she began, her accent growing thicker. "My mother's name is Amelia, but everyone calls her Mia, and she's really helped me out, and you, and us, in our lives-- apart or together. And you're mother's name is Ella, and she's so sweet, a-and she really means well even if she can be," she searched for the right word, "f-flamboyant, some-sometimes. A-and, well, I-I was thinking how pretty it would be i-if we combined the two, and it sounded so good, and it, it has such a meaning behind it, and... I really like the name Mila," she finished, and through the thick night, she could tell Will was smiling.
(sorry to interrupt the moment with an author's note, but I just have to! I hate it when I read names in a book and say it a certain way for the whole book just to realize I was saying it wrong the whole time, so let me just clear this up. The name Emma likes is pronounced Meelah, with an "E" sound, like "bee" :P alright... continue reading haha)
"Em?" Will asked, "That sounds perfect." He kissed her gently.
"Goodnight, Will, love you," she rolled over so they were spooning.
"Goodnight, Emmie," he whispered softly. He rubbed her stomach. "Goodnight Maddie, goodnight Mila..."
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