The heat finally broke just after Sara and Nick got home on Saturday morning into torrential downpours and one of the worst thunderstorms Las Vegas had seen in years.

Sara sat looking out the window watching.

"Hey you okay?" Nick inquired.

"Yes. It's really lighting up out there."

"Storms are great when you're inside, but it's probably going to cause a lot of hassle."

"So did the heat." Sara pointed out.

"What do you want to do about calling my parents?" Nick asked.

"Can we wait until later?" Sara requested. "You can get hit by lightning through phone lines."

"Sure. Do you want something to eat?"

"Pizza, but I'm above calling for one and making some drive all the way over here in this weather."

"I could make one."

"Homemade pizza." Sara weighed up her options. "Sounds good."

"You can have what you like on it without shocking the guy at the shop."

"He asked what I wanted on the pizza."

"I think he was asking if you wanted anchovies not marshmallows."

"Why can't you have marshmallows on a pizza?" Sara inquired.

"I don't think they go with tomato sauce and cheese." Nick replied.

"How about M & M's?"

"Chocolate or peanut?" Nick asked.

"Chocolate."

"This isn't the Princess Diaries." Nick shook his head. "I'll go and find the recipe for the quick pizza dough."

Sara came to watch him work a few minutes later.

"You have flour on your nose." She pointed out.

"Thanks." Nick swiped it off.

Sara grabbed a grape to help tide her over as she watched him make the dough.

"You could grate some cheese." Nick suggested.

"Okay." Sara grabbed the electric grater that they had been given as a wedding present and the cheese from the refrigerator. A minute later. "Done."

"Okay I was hoping that would take longer."

"Don't worry I'll find some other things to put on it." Sara grabbed some things from the fridge and started preparing them.

Nick watched her out of the corner of his eye.

"What?" Sara said.

"Nothing."

Neither of them spoke for a few minutes.

"What do you think of Ben?" Sara asked.

"For what?"

"A name for the pig I thought we'd keep in the back yard."

"You mean for the baby?" Nick asked.

"Yes."

"I thought we weren't supposed to discuss names because there were death threats involved."

"We can have this conversation as long as that book stays banished."

"Why Ben?" Nick inquired.

"It was your great-grandfather's name right?"

"Yes. Benjamin Isaiah Nicholas Stokes."

"Drop the Nicholas." Sara stated. "The rest works."

"What made you think of that?"

"There aren't any Ben's in your family already that are living."

"True." Nick admitted.

"So what do you think?"

"I think it works for a boy. But what about a girl?"

"I think one name for a conversation is enough." Sara replied. "Besides I might change my mind in the next six months."

"Okay."

TBC