"Look what I bought in town today," Sara said as she went out and sat near where Bradin was working in the back yard.

"What's that?" Bradin questioned as he whipped the sweat off his forehead.

"It's a book of baby names" Sara replied with a smiled.

"Good idea. The little one is going to need a name," Bradin said as he went back to work.

"What are you doing out here anyways?" Sara questioned.

"I'm turning over the dirt so that we can start planting things" Bradin replied.

"You mean like vegetables?" Sara asked.

"Yea, we can sell them at the local farmers market" Bradin explained.

"But won't it take a while for them to grow?" Sara questioned.

"Yea, but I called one of my dad's old friends and I'm going to buy some chickens and cows off him for a really good price. We can sell the eggs and the milk" Bradin explained.

"Oh, cool" Sara replied.

"But that still won't be enough to support us" Bradin sighed.

"My job at the dinner pays okay and I'm sure I can get a lot of tips if I flash a little more skin" Sara laughed.

"Right, all the old pervs" Bradin laughed.

"Oh I forgot to tell you that some guy phoned and said that you could go by at 8 tomorrow. What are you doing?" Sara asked.

"I'm going to help Mr. Patters down the road with his haying" Bradin replied.

"Cool" Sara smiled.

Bradin continued working while Sara sat nearby and flipped through the baby names book, occasionally telling Bradin the names she liked.

"What about Stephanie?" Sara questioned.

"I dated a girl named Stephanie last year and she was a real bitch" Bradin replied.

"Stephanie's a no" Sara said.

"Oh, how 'bout Mackenzie or Makayla?" Sara questioned.

"Those are both pretty, but they don't jump out at me like, That's what our baby's name should be" Bradin replied.

"Yea, I know what you mean" Sara sighed "Well how 'bout we look at a few boys names now?" Sara suggested.

"Okay" Bradin replied.

"Okay...there's Burton" Sara said.

"It's...interesting" Bradin said.

"Ryan?"

"Ummm..."

"Nathan?"

"I don't know"

"Matthew?"

"It's nice, but..." Bradin started saying.

"I know, I know. It's not.... perfect" Sara said.

"We'll find a name, don't worry" Bradin said.

"No we won't. Oh, wait. I have an idea," Sara said.

"What's that?" Bradin asked.

"We can just wait until the baby is old enough and then it can pick it's own name" Sara said.

Bradin laughed.

"I never said it was a good idea" Sara explained "It was just an idea," she said.

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"Brae?" Sara said as she nudged him in the side.

"What is it?" Bradin asked as he woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"I'm having a craving" Sara replied.

Bradin rolled over to look at the clock. It was three O'clock in the morning.

"For what?" Bradin asked.

"Cookie dough ice cream with sour cream and onion chips and sliced dill pickles mixed in it" Sara replied "Doesn't that sound delicious?" she added.

"Sure" Bradin replied. He didn't understand how anyone would want to eat those three things together.

"Will you get it for me?" she asked.

"Yea" Bradin sighed as he climbed out of the bed and pulled on a pair of pants and a shirt.

"Thanks hunny" Sara replied.

"I love you" she called after him as he left the room.

Sara sat up in bed and waited impatiently for Bradin to get back with her food.

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Bradin climbed into his car and sleepily drove to the nearest corner store.

He could tell that the store clerk was laughing at him as he bought cookie dough ice cream, a jar of dill pickles and sour cream and onion chips.

"Let me guess" the store clerk said, "You have a pregnant wife"

"How did you know that?" Bradin questioned.

"Although you do look a little young, no one in their right mind would come out in the middle of the night and buy cookie dough ice cream, dill pickles and sour cream and onion chips" the store clerk replied.

"You got that right" Bradin laughed.

"Yea, I'm usually working the midnight to 8 am shift, so I see all the guys buying food for pregnant women" the store clerk said.

"You are the only corner store open at this time" Bradin pointed out.

"Yea...my name is Todd and my wife just had a baby, so you know...if you ever need any advice" Todd said.

"Thanks, my name is Bradin" Bradin replied.

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PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry for that pathetic scene with Bradin and Todd. I just wanted Bradin to meet a guy that just had a baby with his wife. So that later on in the story when Bradin and Sara are having a hard time with the new baby they can get help from Todd and his wife.

What do you think the baby's name should be? I'm not going to say yet if it's a boy or girl, so both genre names would be great!

Summerlander