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It was supposed to be a girl´s poker night, like every Friday, but the cards that were dealt lay on the table untouched.
"How about Aiko? It means beloved one." Dr Kusanagi said, reaching to take a fistful of popcorn from the large bowl.
"Leanne?"
"Susie?"
"Erin?"
"We should have asked someone from Daedalus to bring the book of baby names with them." Katie Brown sighed, staring at the names she had written on the paper. "This is harder than I thought."
"More beer anyone?" Cadman stood up stretching.
"Yes, please."
The lieutenant returned with several bottles of beer and offered them around. "I asked Carson what we should name our baby." She grinned. "The poor man almost choked on his coffee."
"You two seem pretty serious."
"Yeah." Laura sighed softly. She had long time ago admitted to herself that she was in love with the doctor.
"How about you, Elizabeth?"
She lowered the bottle from her lips slowly. "What about me?"
"Well, you and the colonel."
She stared the women sitting around the table. "I don´t know what you are talking about." Her diplomatic reply made the other women groan.
"We just thought..."
"You thought wrong." She said, but the soft look in her green eyes was giving her away. Smoothly changing the subject she turned to Teyla. "What about you and Ronon?"
The Athosian woman smiled softly as she thought about their relationship. "I do not think we are there yet. We only just admitted our feelings to each other."
"Ah, young love." Miko sighed dreamily and took a long sip of her beer.
"Julia."
"Huh?" The heads turned to look at Katie.
"Oh, I´m already back in the name game." She shrugged her shoulders.
"Margaret, and we could call her Maggie."
"Emma?"
"Boys names would be so much easier. We could simply call him John, Jr. J.J."
"Heavens no." Elizabeth chuckled at the thought. "I like Cora." She said after a moment of silence, staring the paper that read only that one name so far.
"Cora is nice."
"I like Cora as well." Teyla nodded her head.
"And you´re sure the guys will choose the other name?" Laura asked.
"This was all John´s idea. He better have a name chosen." Elizabeth smiled softly and the other women shared a knowing smile.
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It hadn´t been as easy as he had though. His list of girls´ names was short. And the help he was getting from McKay, Carson and Ronon wasn´t helping as much as it was confusing him.
"Absolutely no."
"He´s right," McKay nodded, taking another bite of his sandwich. "Your name suggestions are just crazy."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, it sounds stupid."
"It´s my mother´s name." Ronon crossed his arms across his broad chest, glaring at Rodney.
"I meant it´s a great name for your mother, but not for.. uh ..a little baby."
"What do you suggest then?"
"I don´t know. Jane." Rodney thought for a moment. "It means gracious in Hebrew."
"No, I once---" John started without looking up from his papers.
"---dated a Jane." Rodney finished for him sighing. "You know, your list will be pretty short if you..."
"Yeah, yeah, Elizabeth told me that already."
"This can´t be so difficult. People name their babies all the time." Carson sighed frustrated.
"They have nine months to think about it. We have been thinking about this what," Rodney looked at his wrist watch. "Three hours! For god´s sake, this can´t be so difficult. Just point out one name and that´s it."
"I´m not going to name my dau... I mean... No."
Ronon leaned back on his chair chuckling at the other man´s slip and took a long sip of his beer.
"Okay, what about Lily?" John finally lifted his eyes to look three other men around the table.
"Lily?" They repeated the name several times, like tasting the sound of it. "I like that."
"Me too."
"Lily Elizabeth."
"Did we have to think the second name too?"
"No, but I think it fits." John said proudly, writing the name on the white sheet of paper. "Lily she is then."
"Um, which one?"
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