Three Months, and Baby Names

Luke and I have been married for three months, and I am now five and a half months pregnant. We still haven't found out if we are having a boy or a girl, and I'm really anxious too, but I don't know about Luke.

He has now restricted me to only working three days a week, and taking all weekends off. He, however, gets to work his little heart out, while I am home watching t.v. and eating bon bons. Rory is back at Yale, and is going on yet another spring break endeavor, this time, she is driving.

Luke needs to get home, we have to discuss baby names, and decide on a date for my next check-up.

'What time is it?' I look at the clock, 'Uh! 30 more minutes of being home alone and...' I stop what I'm thinking, distracted by the movement in my belly. There it is again. My hand floats to my stomach. My baby just moved. 'Luke missed it. Maybe the baby will move again. I hope so. You know, it never hits you until you feel your child move inside you that you are creating a little human, a human that is dependent on you.' My thoughts are interrupted by the front door being opened.

"Lorelai, where are you?" I hear Luke ask.

I get up to greet him, "Hey hon, did you close early?"

"No, Caesar said he'd close up for me." he kisses me. "So, what have you been-" I grab his hand quickly and put it on my stomach. "What are you doing?"

"Just hold on a minute." a few seconds later, the baby moves and Luke smiles.

"Wow, just, wow. When did this happen?"

"A few minutes befor you walked in."

He kisses me, and continues to rub my stomach.

"So, we need to get down to business. When can you be away from the diner for about an hour?"

"Uh, I think maybe, next week, you gonna scheduel your next appointment?"

"Yeah. One more thing, do you want to know what bun I'm cooking?"

"What?"

"Do you want to know if you are going to have a son or daughter?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I really want to know. I mean, I didn't know with Rory and that was all well and good, but, I really want to know about this one." I tell him.

"Then lets do it. Lets find out, then after your appointment-God help me-I'll take you shopping for the baby's room."

I clap my hands excitedly, and kiss him and say, "You're the best, and I love you."

He chuckles and says, "I love you too."

"Hey, Luke."

"What?"

"Carry me up stairs."

"Lorelai I-" he begins, but I pout and, "Fine, get up."

"Yay, thank you!" He picks me up, I wrap my arms around his neck, and kiss his cheek.

He sets me on the bed, and I say, "We need to discuss baby names."

"We don't even know what it is yet." He says.

"No, but thats what makes it fun. We pick out girl names and boy names, and then, when we find out what 'it' is, we can stop calling 'it' it, and start to call 'it' Romeo, or Brooklyn."

"Ok, first of all, no kid of mine will be called Romeo, or Brooklyn."

"Well, duh, those were just examples, I'm not going to get all Posh Spice and David Beckham on you. I mean, come on, naming your kids after someone who killed himself, and after a very messy city in New York? Whats up with that?" I ask, to which he replies with a shrug. "Come on Luke, baby names now!"

"Ok." he says giving in.

I hand him a pin and paper, and I get myself the same materials.

"Ok, write down your favorite names, and I'll do mine." He nods yes, and away we go.

Five minutes later I tell him the names I picked out.

"Ok, my names for a boy are: William Cade, Lucas William, William Richard. My girl names are: Amy Lynn, Lauren Alyssa, Holly Marie. Ok, Luke, your turn."

He sighs and says, "I could only come up with one name for a boy, and one for a girl, I'm not good at this kind of thing Lorelai."

"Come on Luke, its ok. I wanna know what your names are. Please."

"Fine. For a boy I chose, Cade Anthony, and for a girl I chose, Isabella Marie."

"Well, we agree on the 'Cade' and the 'Marie' part, so, which 'Cade' name do you like best?" I ask him.

"I like William Cade." he says, looking at me.

"Ok, me too, now, what 'Marie' name do you like best? Cause, I'm leaning towards Isabella Marie, how about you?" I ask, and see him smiling. "So, thats a yes on the name?"

"Yeah."

"Good, lets go to bed, this baby is probably going to be moving quite a bit, and I'd like to get a few hours in before I can't sleep because of our offspring discovering the joys of keeping mommy up all night." I tell him, rubbing my swollen stomach.

"Alright. I'll get the lights."

sorry its a short chapter, but it took me forever to figure out what to write for this chapter. so, tell me what you think.