A month after their wedding, Leila was able to declare to Jeremy that she was pregnant, at which Jeremy hugged her and whirled her around their room. Leila smiled at this and, in spite of the urge to be fearful as she would have been in her Hunter days, promised herself that this was the way it should be. Besides, she had always wanted a child to dress, cuddle, spoil and later teach.
Jeremy had not stopped his excited chatter. "We must name him Jaime. I've always wanted a little boy named Jaime, a little boy who can take over our shops. He'll be the talk of the town with all the skills we can teach him. Perhaps…" he seemed caught with a brilliant idea. "Oh, I know: perhaps you can teach him a few Hunter skills, not so he can use them of course – we don't want our son risking his life – but just a few so he can impress our neighbors? Please?"
Leila was at this point almost in tears she was trying so hard not to laugh at the image he struck in his excitement, confirming the nickname she had given him after their marriage. "Puppy!" She pet his hair as he once more picked her up, ear to her belly as if to hear the baby. "Puppy, what if it's a girl?"
Jeremy stopped spinning her around but kept his arms around her waist, face still showing excitement and joy. She was pleased, even more so when he said, "Doesn't matter. But I never thought it might be a girl. What should we name her if she is?"
"Lily," was Leila's immediate answer. She had always wanted a little girl named Lily, and was overjoyed at the prospect that she now had the opportunity to name a child Lily, her child, her very own little baby. "Whatever it is, it's going to be spoiled rotten, right?" Leila grinned back at Jeremy.
Jeremy picked her up again and continued his excited spin. "Yes, ma'am. Spoiled pure rotten." He paused and said, "If it's a girl, she'll be named Lily and never wear dresses and drive around in her mother's crazy invention of a car and be a little imp!"
Leila shook her head. "No! I always wanted her to wear dresses!"
Jeremy laughed. "They'd get in the way of her zooming around in that car."
"Then I'll make one for dresses."
Jeremy stopped spinning and hugged her tighter. "You know, I like the idea of having a girl."