"Can we think about baby names?" Meredith said sitting beside him on the couch. She leaned back against his chest.
"We can do whatever you want." She smiled at him. "But, can I ask you something?" She nodded. "Are we… okay? Are we dating?" She thought about it.
"I love you, that's all I know."
"I love you too, Mer." He kissed her lightly. "So baby names…"
"Let's start with girl names."
"Okay… um…" Mark said. "What names do you like?"
"I don't know. Here I'll name the ones I can think of you tell me what you like." He nodded. "Okay, Samantha, Lindsay, Katherine, Grace, Mia, Hailey, Shara, Elizabeth, Bethany, Allison, uh… Riley, Lauren, Kayla, Nicole, Amanda, Morgan, Paige, Brooklyn, Abigail, Gabriella… Okay that's all I can think of. You list some."
"I don't know many."
"Come on."
"Fine…" He sighed. "Jessica, Leah, Audrey… I don't know, Mer."
"Damn, this is hard." She thought for a minute. "What about… Natalie… Natalie Grace…?"
"Natalie Grace?" Mark said repeating it.
"Natalie Grace Sloan." Meredith said.
"I like it."
"Me too." Meredith said with a smile. "Now, boy names?"
"What about… Nicholas? Or…"
"Nicholas. I like that name."
"Yeah. Nicholas…"
"Nicholas… Nicholas William, no. Nicholas Alexander?"
"Would that go to Alex's head?"
"Yeah, probably… Nicholas, what do you think?"
"Nicholas" He repeated quietly. "Nicholas Joseph Sloan?"
She looked at him. "I like it."
"You do?"
"Yeah. I do."
"So Natalie Grace Sloan and Nicholas Joseph Sloan."
She smiled. "Perfect." She leaned in and kissed him.
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"So, we picked names." Meredith said as she changed into her scrubs.
"You did." Izzie beamed. Meredith nodded. "Well?"
"Natalie Grace Sloan and Nicholas Joseph Sloan."
Izzie squealed. "I love them."
"We almost gave Nicholas the middle name Alexander but we figured it would go to your head, Alex."
He smirked at her. "Well, I feel honored that you would consider me even if you're saying I'm conceited."
"You are so welcome, Alex." Meredith smirked. "But at least it's true."