"What do you want to do for Fathers Day?" She asked casually as the couple laid in their bed, their hands clasped over her buldging stomach.
"Father's Day?" He asked back sounding confused.
"You know that holiday where we celebrate how great dads are?"
"I know what it is, but I don't understand why you're asking me what I want to do for it."
"Because you're a dad now."
"Um not quiet yet, this little girl still has three more months of safety inside of her mother before I can do anything."
"That's not true Chuck you've already done so much for her."
"I've helped create her and that's pretty much it for now."
"Okay so maybe your help has been more for me, but that's helping her too."
He looked at her still not convinced about his role just yet.
"Please Chuck can't we do something." She begged.
"Why is this so important to you?"
"When was the last time you celebrated Father's Day Chuck?"
He turned to face the wall as he racked his brain for an answer to her question.
"That's exactly the reason why! I know you haven't celebrated the holiday since your dad left and he died before you got to celebrate it after we found him. And I certainly haven't celebrated Father's Day in years because that would require my dad being in one spot for more than a day. I want to make this day special for us Chuck. This is a fresh start for our family and I want to start it off on the right foot. So yes the baby might not be here, but think of it as a celebration of all the great things you are going to do for our daughter."
"Okay we can do it." He agreed.
"Really?"
"Yes really we can celebrate Father's Day."
She gave him her biggest smile followed by a kiss.
"So what would you like to do?" She asked pulling away.
"Well more of that followed by a reenactment of making the baby would be a good start." He half teased.
She rolled her eyes, "okay other than that, what would you like to do on the actual day or what would you want."
He thought hard again trying to find the perfect gift for himself that wouldn't cause his pregnant wife too much stress. He didn't really want anything material either, it didn't seem appropriate for this holiday.
"How about picking a baby name." He finally suggested.
"Really that's what you want?"
"Is there something wrong with it?"
"No I think that's a perfect idea." She smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Can we do it now or do we have to wait for the actual holiday?"
"Well since tomorrow is Father's Day I think we can do it now."
"Is it really tomorrow? Where have I been these past few weeks."
"In baby and work land of course. You've been so busy with the company and making sure I'm comfortable and not over working plus preparing for her arrival you haven't had much time for TV or anything outside of our office or house."
"I really need to get out more."
"Maybe you should have asked for a baby moon instead."
"No a name is better, then we can really start planning things out."
"See you're already a perfect father, your putting her needs ahead of your own."
She gave him another kiss on the cheek before weaving their fingers together over where their daughter comfortably rested peacefully.
"So a name."
"Yeah a name. What if..."
"Don't you dare say we should name her Leia."
"I wasn't going to, I know shocker. I was going to say, what if we named her after my sister."
"Eleanor?"
"Well not the exact name, but something similar to it. She basically raised me and she has done so much for us, it just feels right naming our first daughter after her."
"Chuck I love it."
"You do?"
She nodded her head, "it's the perfect idea."
She reached over to her nightstand to grab her phone and opened up the baby naming app she had downloaded. So far she had mostly browsed it not really liking any name she saw, but now she had a lead to help them find the perfect name. She typed Eleanor into the search bar and watched as all the names popped up.
"Evelyn, Ella, Elizabeth." He started to read off.
"Emma's on here, we can name the baby after my mom too."
"So Emily, Emerson, Emilia."
She shook her head no, as nice of these names were none of them were screaming out.
"Eliza, Edith, Eloise?" He kept going.
"Wait, what was the last one you read?"
"Eloise?"
"Yeah that one, Eloise." She tested the name out on her lips. "That's it, that's the one!"
"Eloise really?"
"You don't like it?"
"No no no! I love it! We can even call her Elle for short."
She placed their hands over her stomach, "What do you think baby? Is your name Eloise?"
They both felt a kick and they looked at each other with giant grins on their faces. The baby had been quiet all night long and it was as if she knew what her parents were discussing about their entire time waiting for her moment to speak up.
"Well that settles it!"
"We have a name!" She said in shock.
"Yes we do, Eloise Bartowski."
He leaned forward to give her another kiss. "What's the look for?" He asked noticing her face as he pulled away.
"Nothing." She shrugged trying to sound casual.
"If it was really nothing you wouldn't be looking that way."
She sighed, "it's stupid, but when I was kid I used to read these books about a little girl named Eloise. She lived in the Plaza Hotel and had these crazy adventures. And as a kid running around with my dad I always related to her and when we stayed at crappy hotels or houses I would pull out my book and pretend I was Eloise in my suite. And I know it's dumb, but..."
"It's not dumb at all Sarah, it makes the name ever more special. Though I'm afraid we might have to change it."
"Why?" She asked suddenly getting worried.
"Because you said we weren't allowed to name our baby after fictional characters."
"Shut up." She slapped him across the shoulder.
"What? I'm just pointing out the one big rule that you came up with. Though I guess we can make an exception."
"Thank you." She sighed and leaned her head against the spot where she had just hit him. "I can't believe we have a name."
"Me neither, now we just need to come up with a middle name."
"Let's save that for another day. So was this a good Father's Day present?"
"The best, and I can't wait to see what you come up with next year when our little Eloise is in the world to celebrate with us."