A/N: Sorry for yet another filler chapter. I want to address something that I should've done earlier to clear up some things: This story is a modern day story but obviously has elements from Veronica's story like the mentions of the Bureau and the war. Obviously the Caleb storyline in my story is the most obvious reference to the events in Allegiant. As for the inclusion of Peter and Nita, in my story they are loosely based on the real Peter and Nita from the books but are not the same characters. They just have the same names, obviously, and roughly the same physical features as I tried to do with Nita but obviously I based that on the films. Hope that clears up some confusion and discrepancy. I'll do the gender reveal in this chapter and reveal the potential baby names so stay tuned.
Tobias POV
Today we are finding out the gender of our baby. We have a list of names, both girls and boys names, so once we find out the gender we can narrow it down. We are so excited. I never thought I'd actually be nervous about this, but it's more of a nervous-excited feeling. This is my child. MY child. I helped create an actual human being. Although Tris is doing 90 percent of the work by carrying our child in her body for 9 months, she always insists that I take credit for doing my part. After all, this child will carry my DNA too.
"So what are you hoping for?" Tris asks me as we drive to the appointment.
"I'll be happy with either. As long as it's healthy, that's all that matters to me."
"I feel exactly the same way. Can you imagine? It'll be a mini you or me."
"I hope it's a mini you because you're beautiful."
She blushes and smacks my arm; I grin.
We arrive at the doctors office and check in. We don't have to wait long until we are called to the back. A nurse leads us into the exam room where an ultrasound machine is sitting in the corner. Tris gets up on the table and I take a seat next to her where we can both see the screen. Tris lets out a small shriek when the cold lubricant hits her stomach. I take her hand in mine as the nurse begins moving the wand around. The nurse then points out the baby on the screen.
"There's an arm." She says. "And there's the heartbeat. And finally the face."
It's still hard to tell who's nose the baby has but I think it looks like Tris'.
"So are you ready to find out the gender?"
"Yes." Tris and I answer in unison.
"Well, it looks like you two are having a...GIRL!"
I smile and look at Tris who has tears in her eyes and is smiling back at me. The nurse leaves the room to print out the pictures and I stand and kiss Tris' forehead as she lifts an arm to take my face in her hand.
"I love you." I say.
"I love you too."
We leave the doctors office and head home, both of us grinning like idiots the whole drive home. Once home we plop on the couch and I take Tris in my arms and hold her close. We don't speak for a few minutes and I feel tears roll down my cheeks and I can see Tris' own tears land on my shirt.
"A girl." I state, simply.
"It's so surreal. I was kinda hoping it'd be a girl."
"Me too."
"So should we pick a name?"
"Sure. If you want to right now."
"Yeah, I do. We both have our lists anyways."
"True." Tris and I made our own, individual list of names and haven't shown them to each other yet.
"So how about we write the names on a new list then compare and see if we have at least two common ones then maybe pick the first and middle name from those?"
"Okay."
We both write 5 names each on our lists.
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah.
We reveal our lists and look over them briefly and honestly it doesn't surprise me that we both have three names the same. We share a chuckle.
Tris looks at the names, thinking for a moment then turns her list over and writes something on the back.
"How about this one?" She asks as she hands me the piece of paper. I look at it and smile.
"That's the one." I say, confidently. I look down again at the name Tris wrote. Our daughter.
Sophia Rose Eaton
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That weekend Evelyn invites us over for dinner. We can't wait to share the news with her. She is currently helping Tris and Christina plan Tris' baby shower and it'll be in a few weeks. All the guys and I, including John, are planning our own outing while the girls have the baby shower. We are planning to go to an indoor shooting range and to a restaurant and bar for dinner that night.
We arrive at Evelyn's at 5 and we don't hide our excitement to share the news. We sit around the table, the four of us, enjoying a delicious chicken dinner that Evelyn prepared. My mom has always been a great cook. When she left I had to fend for myself when it came to meals. Marcus never cooked or cleaned so he would leave me all alone during the day, going God knows where, and I would cook for myself and do my own laundry and everything that needed to be done around the house. That, of course, was if I wasn't locked in a closet for days as punishment without food and water. I push the thought out of my mind.
"Everything was great, mom."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. So how did your appointment go the other day?"
"It went well. The baby is perfectly healthy and growing normally. We found out the gender."
"That's great! What is it?"
"It's a girl."
"Aww! Congratulations! I have a granddaughter!"
"Yeah. We have the name picked out already but we are still keeping it a secret for now."
"Well we are so happy for you and can't wait to meet our granddaughter and also enjoy the baby shower in a few weeks. What do you boys have planned?"
"We are going to the shooting range then maybe a bar afterwards."
"Well you better behave now. I don't want my men coming home drunk."
"That's right." Tris chimes in. "If you do you'll be sleeping on the couch, Tobias."
I chuckle but I know she's serious. "I promise we won't."
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"Tobias, who do you think we should ask to be Sophia's godparents?" Tris asks me one afternoon. "We have a lot of people to choose from."
"That's true. I was thinking either my mother and John or Zeke and Christina...?"
"I'm guessing Christina would probably kill me if I don't ask her. We already made a deal that I'd be her maid of honor since she was mine so I think 'godparent' is included in that deal."
"Well then that's the answer. I can ask Zeke and you can ask Christina."
"Okay."
Unsurprisingly both Zeke and Christina accept our offer. We are grateful that our daughter will have lots of people around her who will love her.
