April 25th, 2003

Week 18

Lily rubbed her stomach and inhaled deeply. Twenty-two more weeks of this. She couldn't wait to have the baby out. She couldn't wait to find the baby's sex out. She couldn't wait for her back to stop hurting and for her ankles to be normal size. Bug was bringing home a surprise. Lily couldn't wait to see what it was.

"Okay, Butterfly, stop making me eat this much." Lily said as she pulled out some salsa and cheese. She popped it into the microwave and watched it spin around, "Hurry. Hurry. Hurry."

"Lily, you here?" Bug walked into the house.

"Making food…Again." She chuckled softly. Bug walked in.

"I see." He said, "Salsa and chips?"

"With cheese and Jalepenos." She smiled.

"Great. Having you been drinking water like you're suppose to?" Bug asked.

"Yes, Doctor." She smiled at her fiancée, "So…What do you got there?" Bug held up a hand held machine. "And what's that?"

"An ultrasound." Bug said, "I signed it out so we can have fun."

"AN ultrasound?" Lily's face lit up.

"Yup. Dr. Macy said have fun with it as long as I bring it back in the morning in one piece." Bug smiled, "I was hoping we can find the sex of the baby out tonight."

"Yes!" Lily squealed throwing her arms around him kissing him all over his face, "Can you do that? God this is so great!!"

"I can do it." He said as Lily grabbed her chips and Salsa.

"Great. Let's go do it." She skipped out of the kitchen and into the bedroom. Lily plopped down on the bed and began to eat. Bug chuckled as he watched her.

"Even when you're stuffing your face, you look sexy." Bug said. Lily chuckled.

"Well, thanks." She said as he pulled her shirt up. Lily winked playfully.

"Let's see what we see." Bug smiled as he started the ultrasound. Lily strained to see the screen.

"Dr. Macy was very nice in letting us use this." She said.

"Very nice." Bug mumbled, "There's the baby." He showed her. Lily smiled gently as she watched the baby move on the screen. It was so amazing to see something they created right before their eyes even before the birth. "There are the eyes, mouth, and nose."

"There's the spine." Lily giggled running her finger down the spine. "Little hands, little feet, what's that?" Bug smiled at her.

"Those are some ovaries." He said. Lily's face brightened up.

"We're having a little girl?" She asked as she looked at him.

"I'm pretty sure of it." Bug said with a proud smile upon his face. Lily covered her mouth as her eyes filled up with tears.

"A little girl." She whispered as she started to cry.

"Don't cry, Lily." Bug put the machine down and gathered her in his arms.

"I have to cry. I'm s-so happy." She cried, "We're having a little girl." Bug smiled as he brushed her hair off of her forehead.

"A little you." Bug smiled kissing her lips softly. "Thank you." They held each other tightly for the next few minutes. They couldn't believe they were having a daughter. Life couldn't get much better.

May 9th, 2003

Week 20

Twenty weeks into the pregnancy and the nursery was about finished. They had chosen a cute butterfly and flower theme since they called the baby Butterfly all the time. The room had lot of pink in it, but it wasn't overly pink. There was a nice amount of yellow, green, and blue in the room. Even the walls were blue. Lily and Bug had worked hard, but the room looked perfect. Lily tucked the pink sheet under the mattress.

"There." She smiled waddling to the door.

"It's great." Bug said looking around, "We just need to get her clothes out of the dryer, put them in her dresser, and get some more books." Lily nodded with a smile.

"This is great." She spun around and looked at him. "We need a name for the baby."

"Now?" he asked, "I haven't really been thinking about it."

"Oh I have." Lily grinned. "I made a list."

"Oh…Okay." He followed Lily out into the living room. "What are they?" Lily plopped down into the couch and picked up the paper.

"Ella, Raina, Eden, Maya, Emily, Heather, and Cassandra." She said. Bug looked them over.

"A couple of those have Indian background." He said.

"Really? Which ones?" Lily asked.

"Ella and Maya." He said. Lily smiled.

"Those are my two favourite ones." She said, "Which one do you like the best?"

"I like them both equally." Bug said, "Why don't we choose those two and then when we meet her, we'll be able to decide."

"I like that idea." She circled Ella and Maya on the paper. "AH, Butterfly agrees." Bug put his hands on Lily's stomach.

"Where?" Bug asked. Lily pressed his hand right below her belly button. Lily held her breath as Bug concentrated. Then he felt something. "That? Is that Butterfly?"

"That's her." Lily smiled proudly. Bug's lip trembled slightly. That was his daughter. His daughter was moving beneath his hand. The feeling Bug felt was indescribably. "Want me to make some dinner?"

"No." Bug said, "You rest and relax okay?"

"Make something with a lot of curry in it?" Lily asked.

"If that's what you want." Bug said kissing her belly softly. Lily nodded with a twinkle in her eyes.

* * *

Bug and Lily sat at the kitchen table eating Curry chicken and rice.

"I've been thinking." Bug said.

"Did you hurt yourself?" Lily giggled.

"Very funny." Bug said, "No. I've been thinking about our wedding." Lily smiled softly.

"Yeah. We need to set a date and everything." Lily said.

"I was thinking we should do it before Butterfly is born." Bug said. Lily stared at him with her fork in midair.

"Wh-what?" Lily stuttered.

"I want to get married soon." Bug said, "So we need to start planning a big church wedding."

"I don't want a church wedding."

"Temple wedding?" Bug asked. Lily slammed her fork down and got out of her chair.

"Don't want that either." She stalked out of the kitchen. Bug stared at the door. What the hell did he say? He got up.

"Lily?" bug walked into the bedroom, "What's wrong?"

"Is the only reason why you proposed to me because you didn't want to have a baby out of wedlock?" She asked.

"No!" Bug cried, "And you know that."

"Then why do you want to rush the wedding?" Lily asked.

"I just want to be able to call my wife." Bug said, "I want to give you a nice huge wedding. The wedding of your dreams, you know?" Lily shook her head.

"I don't want a huge wedding. I don't care how we wed, Bug. We can get married in a church, on the T, at revere Beach, or at city hall and I wouldn't care. I would be marrying you and that's all that's important to me." Bug nodded slowly.

"That's what I want too." He said pushing her hair off of her forehead. She looked deep into his eyes and smiled.

"June 4th." She said.

"What's June 4th?" He asked. Lily giggled.

"Our wedding day." She said. A smile broke out on Bug's face.

"Right before our birthdays. It's perfect." He said.

"Of course it's perfect. It's our wedding day." Lily put her arms around Bug and held him tightly. It was true. She didn't want a huge wedding. Maybe there would be five or six people but Lily didn't care. She would be marrying Bug.

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