November came and went, nothing too drastic happened. The baby's room was finally set up. Ephram and Madison were getting closer, nothing seemed to be able to keep them apart. Ephram and his father were still not talking, which started to bother Delia, Nina, and everybody else that came across the two. They were all family afterall and not making amends with each other after three months saddened Delia, it was as if she were living with two complete strangers who despised each other for different reasons.

She finally got to hang out with Madison one day in early December even though it was against her father's wishes. Dr. Brown made a very big mistake and he wasnt owning up to it and that is why he and Ephram are still angry with each other. Of course Ephram has had thoughts of running away, just hopping on a plane back to New York City, but no matter where he runs to he will always have his child and Madison in the back of his head. Madison was his life now, and he was happy. He was so much in love that he couldnt bear the thought of ever actually running away.

They say, no matter how prepared you are to have a baby, you are never prepared once you finally have it, and this not only scared Ephram since he didn't know how good of a father he would be, but it also made him anxious because he was only 17 and taking care of a new life that would depend on him for everything just freaked him out.

His father was still sending Madison some money every month, despite what the two had told him in the past, especially Ephram. Maybe Dr. Brown was doing this because of how ashamed he was or how guilty he felt. But, if he felt any of those, wouldn't he apologize to his son for trying to do him wrong?

"You look like an overstuffed watermelon!" laughed Delia as she and Madison were sitting on the couch in her apartment one evening while Ephram was out running some errands.

"How's that work, Delia? An over stuffed watermelon?" she said as she took a bite out of her cookie. The two laughed together, then Madison said, "you want to help me pick out baby names?"
"You mean, you guys haven't done that yet?! You have the baby room set up and ready to go, you have the baby car-seat, the baby clothes and everything else imaginable to deal with a baby but you dont have the baby name?!" she said surprised as she shifted the baseball cap on her head.

"not yet"

"okay, lets play a game, I go first." she said as she got excited, "I'll rhyme names and you tell me what you like." she started naming off names that rhymed, "Kenton, Benton, Trenton...uhm...Denton" she closed one eye and scrunched up her face to concentrate, "Braiden, Hayden, Jaden, Aiden...uhm...Rayden?" then she motioned to take back the last name, "no, nevermind, last name is bad, how about Kayden? Ha!" she started laughing.

"What rhymes with Posh?" joked Madison as she watched Delia figure the names out

"Posh...uhh...Posha? Tasha? No, too common, sorry I won't let you use that name!" then she went on, "Sasha? Fasha? Nope, you got me, I'm out of names."
"Well, out of all those names I liked Sasha and Trenton."

"Jaden is too celebrity-ish" Delia said seriously as she thought back, "I mean, it's like the latest trend or something, every time you turn around a celebrity just had a kid and they are naming it Jaden! Or if you're Gwyneth Paltrow then you're going to the extreme and naming your kid after a fruit! Who knows what these celebrities will think of next, 'Verizon' or 'Sprint!' I mean, come on!"

Madison couldn't help but laugh. After a little bit, the two settled down and decided to watch a movie, just the two of them, something they hadn't done in a very long time.

"I miss this" Delia said as she shoved a mouthful of popcorn in her mouth, "spending time with you is always fun"

"I feel the same way, sweetie" replied Madison happily.

Just then, Delia becamse semi-serious, "In a way I'm glad you got pregnant."

Surprised at this, Madison shifted herself on the couch, then asked, "why is that, Delia?"
"Because, you and Ephram love each other so much and when you broke up then he went out with Amy. She never played with me or hung out with me, she was selfish and I was sad. I missed you."
"Oh sweetheart--"

"It's like fate." Delia said with a smile on her face as she jumped up to get more food from the kitchen.

While she was gone, Madison tried to think about all of this from an 11 year old perspective. Afterall, she was Delia's best friend and she wanted to try to understand where she was coming from. In a way, Madison was glad she got pregnant too. Maybe it's selfish thinking, but, she did love Ephram, she loved his whole family and the thought of not being with him broke her heart. Breaking up in the first place was never really clear, it was just something that happened.

Her concentration was broken when she heard Delia singing in the kitchen, probably trying to figure out what else to eat since now Madison's cupboards were filled with junk food. She covered her face and tried not to laugh aloud, her beautiful blond hair falling in front of her.

By the time Delia finally did come back, Madison sort of understood where Delia was coming from and she was glad Delia told her how she felt. When Delia sat back down on the couch and placed her food on the coffee table, Madison couldnt help but start tickling her. The two were laughing and joking and screaming with delight, when all of a sudden Madison grabbed her stomach and gasped, "Oh my god!"
Panicked, Delia shot up, "Oh no! What's wrong!" her face turned from ease to pale and frightened, not sure what to do.

Madison didnt realize her practical joke would bother Delia so much so she stopped suddenly, "Just kidding, sweetheart, it was a joke, I'm sorry!" and she started laughing.

Trying not to smile after her brief frightened spell, Delia said straight faced, "That was a good one, but dont ever do it again!"

Meanwhile, Ephram was finishing up running errands and doing other little things when he got a call from his dad as he headed back to Madison's place, which surprised him very much since the last time he and his father even spoke more than a couple words to each other was in September... Now it's December.

"What do you want?" Ephram said indifferently