CHAPTER 11: "Jeff Green"
By the time Declan came Amanda had gone to bed she was tiered from work and Kyle had moved Emma to the guest bed to sleep and Kyle was doing some work on the computer.
"Hey Declan." Kyle said when he opened the door
"Hey Kyle how was Emma?" he asked
"She was great but she is asleep on the guest bed." Kyle said as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and offered Declan one.
"So what did you do today?" Declan asked taking the water from Kyle.
"I painted the baby's room, then Lori dropped off Emma she had me play tea party twice play with her dolls and watch Dora the Explorer until finally she fell asleep then Amanda came home and we all ate dinner after that Amanda and Emma watched Cinderella well I was at Foss's house because he found some more news."
Declan's eyes got big "What did he find?"
"Well you know the death certificate I told you about a while ago?"
"Yeah"
"Foss dug more into it and it turns out it was a fake so the guy is still out there which means there could still be other ZZYZX members out there and Latnok could have taken them in or Madacorp could have, either way it's bad."
"Have you told Amanda?" Declan looked Kyle right in the eyes
"Yeah she needed to know so she would be safe." Then Kyle took a sip of water.
"What about the rest of the family?" Declan asked
"Well I told Josh and he most likely told Andy, and I told Mom and Dad because I stopped by there on my way home from Foss's."
"That's good." Declan replied glancing at his watch "oh crap!" he said
"What?" Kyle asked
"I was supposed to be home with Emma a half hour ago." Declan said as he headed for the guest room.
Kyle went back to the family room and gathered Emma's toys. He handed Declan the bag and said goodbye. Kyle went back to work on the computer and had the basketball game on the T.V but it was muted because he didn't want to wake Amanda.
Kyle glanced at the clock on the wall 10:30 he decided to go to bed so he turned everything off the lights the T.V the computer and went and changed into his blue stripped p.j bottoms and a white t-shirt and got into bed and cuddled up with Amanda.
Amanda woke up around 9 but had stayed in bed because her and Kyle were talking about the baby.
"How about James?" Kyle suggested
Amanda shook her head no. "How about William?" She offered
"Sounds like an old mans name." Kyle said while laughing a little. "What about Jeff?"
"Jeff?" she echoed
"Yeah after Jeff Green." He smiled
Amanda realized that Jeff Green was a basketball player "Umm no." she rolled her eyes
"Okay what about Nathan after your Dad?" Kyle was looking Amanda right in the eyes when he said that.
Amanda thought for a moment, then a smile came across her face "I love it" Then she paused "What about a middle name?"
Kyle got a weird look in his eye "We're not using Jeff." She said knowing what he was thinking.
"Fine." He thought for a while "What about using my Dad's name?"
"Stephen?" she asked making sure he wasn't talking about Adam.
"Yeah what do you think?"
"I love it."
Kyle placed his hand on Amanda's abdomen and glanced down "Well you finally have a name… Nathan Stephen Trager."
Kyle looked over at the clock "What time are supposed to meet your mom and my Mom to look for baby furniture?"
"10:30 why?" she asked
"Oh because its 9:30 now." Kyle said as he rolled over and got out of bed.
"Are you serious?" she said hoping out of bed herself.
'"Would I lie?" He said pulling on dark blue jeans.
"No." Amanda called back from the closet.
They got dressed grabbed something to eat got in the car and were on their way to the furniture store to meet their Moms. They arrived at 10:07 they were early so they decided to look around for a while. They pasted dozens of cribs until Amanda came to an abrupt stop.
"What?" Kyle asked
"Look at this one." She pointed to the crib.
Kyle scanned the crib it was an oak crib and had a green bed lining.
"It looks great!" he said as he gave her a hug from behind.
Then he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, he
slid it out and answered "Hello"
"Hey Kyle its Mom I am here
were are you and Amanda?"
"We're over by the cribs."
"Okay" she said and hung up
As she dropped her phone into her purse Mrs. Bloom arrived "Hello Nicole." She said "Were are the kids?"
"Oh they are over looking at the cribs." Nicole stated
Nicole and Mrs. Bloom strolled over to the cribs and found Kyle and Amanda.
"What do you think of this crib?" She asked them when she saw Nicole and her Mom in front of them.
"Oh I love it!" Nicole was honest.
"Wonderful." Amanda could tell her Mom didn't like it but she didn't care all that mattered was that Kyle and her liked it.
There was a matching changing table and rocking chair to go along with the crib. After Kyle and Amanda paid for the set since Kyle wouldn't let Nicole pay and Amanda wouldn't let her Mom pay they spent sometime looking around the store and eventually they split up. Kyle and Nicole were looking at the toys and Amanda and Mrs. Bloom were looking at all the little clothes.
"I know I have asked you this hundreds of times but-."
"We chose a name." Kyle finished Nicole's question.
"Well what is it?" she said picking up a toy car.
"Nathan after Amanda's Dad's name and his middle name will be Stephen after Dad." Kyle waited for a reaction.
Nicole placed the car back on the shelf then she pulled Kyle into one of her famous motherly hugs "Oh Kyle Stephen will be so happy you are using his name."
Amanda was looking at all the little hats and shoes and socks on the shelves.
"Mom." She said trying to get her attention.
"Yes dear." She replied
"Kyle and I decided on a name… what do you think about Nathan Stephen Trager?" she asked
Mrs. Bloom's eyes glazed over when she realized what Amanda had said "I think your father would be very proud."