A/N: This chapter has only the adults. I felt like I was spending too much time on Sam and it shouldn't be that way. Sometimes my writing runs into a different direction. But anyway, this chapter is all about Erika, Rachel, Brooke and Haley. I hope you enjoy.
And please vote at the end. It would help make my decisions easier.
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Baby Names and Some Cold Feet
"Twins, can you handle twins?" Rachel questions her ex wife as they sit down for coffee at the local café.
"I want to say that I can, but I'm not so sure. When we had Sam I was scared out of my mind and that was one baby. Now it's two."
"Brooke, you're a good mother. You can handle this. I know you and I know your skills. You can do this. You're just scared and it's just normal."
Brooke smiles kindly at Rachel. She was glad that they could still be friends after spending a decade together and then ending their marriage. They shared a daughter and they barely fight so she was happy that the friendship aspect of their relationship was what had remained.
"It really means a lot to me Rachel. Now tell me what's been going on."
"Sam is fine of course you know that. The company is finally finished and I'm happy with the name."
"I like it too," Brooke says with a smile. "Second Chance has a huge meaning for a lot of people. Are you going to still have Lucas Scott as one of your authors?"
Rachel shakes her head while swallowing her coffee.
"Yeah, he still wants to work with me and it's great, but he said he wasn't going to relocate though and it's understandable."
"Okay, now tell me about the wedding," Brooke pleads. "You know I love weddings."
Rachel grins and nods her head.
"Everything is settled. My parents aren't coming, but my sister is."
"I'm sorry Rachel. Your parents should be at your wedding. I feel like it's my fault."
"Brooke, please don't think like that. Our marriage didn't work it and that's fine. My parents are my parents. I'm just happy that my little sister will be coming. She hasn't seen Sam in so long and it will be good to have everyone together again."
"Just a few weeks left, how is Erika doing?"
-Back to Me-
"I'm freaking out," Erika says as she sits on the couch next to Haley who was eating a peanut butter and Lay's potato chip sandwich.
"Why? You love Rachel, what's the problem?"
"I've never been married before and she has."
"That maybe true, but you love her and you accepted her proposal."
Erika looks at Haley critically.
"Yeah and you accepted mine too. It doesn't mean things will work out."
"And there it is," Haley announces as she places her sandwich on her plate. "The reason why you are freaking out, you're afraid that things with Rachel won't work out and I'm going to tell you that you are wrong."
"Haley, I'm sure everyone told Brooke and Rachel that they would last. They thought they would last enough to have a child together and ten years down the road and they're divorced. What if that happens to me?"
Haley turns towards Erika with a sad smile.
"I want to tell you a story. When I was in high school I fell in love with my best friend and she fell in love with me. We were engaged and we thought we were going to be together forever. We planned our wedding and we planned our family, but what we didn't plan was college. We both wanted different colleges and because of that my plans changed, our plans changed," Haley wipes the tears off of her face. "She went to New York, met a beautiful redhead, married that redhead and had a child. Then fate stepped in and we got to be together again and now I'm pregnant with twins," Erika's eyes widen in response. She hadn't known that. "Fears are normal, but if you honestly believe that you and Rachel don't belong together than you need to tell her now. But I think with you, it's just a case of cold feet. You love Rachel and you love Sam and that's all you need sometimes. All you need is love."
Erika grins at her friend.
"Are you quoting lyrics to me?"
Haley shrugs her shoulders.
"Leave me alone, I'm pregnant."
"Thank you Haley. It really means a lot to me."
"Anything to help."
-Back to Me-
"How was your get together with Brooke?" Erika asks as she spots Rachel sitting in the living room with a glass of wine.
"It was nice. We haven't been able to do that in awhile. Twins, can you believe it?"
Erika chuckles and takes a sip of wine from Rachel's glass.
"No, but they can handle it. Me on the other hand not so much."
"I think you'd be able to handle our children just fine," Rachel says with a smile.
Erika freezes, but turns to Rachel.
"You want kids with me."
"Of course I do. I want to marry you and I want us to have kids. We could adopt or we could get you pregnant," Erika raises an eyebrow. "You'll never find me pregnant."
Erika smiles and cuddles closer to Rachel.
"I was scared today," Erika admits.
Rachel frowns.
"How come?"
"I was scared, but Haley and I talked and I finally figured out why I was so scared."
"Are you going to fill me in?" Rachel asks as she places her wine glass on the table so she can wrap her arms around Erika fully.
"I want this so much that I can't lose it and I'm afraid that something will happen."
"Everyone feels like that Erika. I've felt like that. I feel like sometimes I'm not good enough for you."
"That's not true," Erika whispers. "I love you."
"And I love you, but it's a natural response. We are going to be spending the rest of our lives together and it's okay to be scared by that, but I know that I love you and I want the rest of my life with you. You're my second chance, remember?"
-Back to Me-
"We need to talk baby names," Brooke announces as she walks into her bedroom and sighs Haley pulling a nightgown over her head.
"Well hello to you, too," Haley teases with a smile.
Brooke smiles and kisses her fiancé while placing her hands on Haley's round stomach.
"Can we talk baby names now?"
Haley chuckled and nodded her head.
"Get ready for bed and then we can. After we settle on a couple of different names then we'll talk to Sam about it."
"Are you sure you want Sam to be included in this?"
"Of course, it won't be her decision, but I want to know what she thinks of them."
"Of course, let me grab a shower real quick and then we can talk."
"Okay," Haley says as she watches Brooke strip naked and walk into their bathroom. "Damn."
A few minutes later, Brooke was freshly showered and changed and she and Haley were settled in bed. Haley had her glasses on and a pen and paper in hand to write down names. Brooke was busy looking at a baby name book.
"Last name will be Davis by the way," Haley mentions from the start. "I want to be a Davis when we get married."
Brooke smiles softly at Haley. She was glad that Haley hasn't changed her mind since high school.
"James, should we have that as a possible boys' name?"
Haley writes it down.
"Yes, we should, we could call him Jamie."
"Um…Jarrod?"
"No."
"Jason."
"Veto."
Brooke chuckles.
"Cooper?"
"Doesn't Nathan have an Uncle Cooper and aren't they really close?"
Brooke turns to Haley with a thought.
"It could be a middle name."
"Yeah, I like it. Nathan would like it to."
"I have a couple more boys' names."
"Tell me…"
"Bryon and Hunter."
"Both of those are going on the list."
"Then we have William and Ethan as well."
Haley wrote those on the list as well. Brooke looks at the list and sighs.
"Apparently we have only settled on the middle name for our son, Cooper."
"It's a step," Haley says with a smile. "Okay, now we need girl names."
"I've always liked Madison for a girl. Sam almost became Madison, but I let Rachel have some decisions on that."
Haley put Madison down on paper. Brooke skimmed the book and smiled.
"We have Veronica."
Haley thought about it and put it on the paper.
"What else?"
"Cassidy and Isobel."
"Any middle names?"
Brooke shakes her head.
"I was thinking Haley because let's be honest, we aren't going to have our daughter's middle name be Bob."
Haley chuckles.
"Bob was the cat," Haley says with a pout.
"I was thinking maybe Lydia as a middle name, after your mom."
"I like it, but I was thinking Penelope after your middle name."
"We have a lot of decisions to make."
"I know, but we'll make them."
"I hope."
A/N: Here comes the real voting on the Baley Twins names…
For the boy we have…
James, Hunter, Bryon, William and Ethan (Middle Name will be Cooper. It's already been established.)
For the girl we have…
Madison, Veronica, Cassidy and Isobel (Middle Name either Lydia or Penelope.)
Vote please…