A/n: Just some cute pregnancy milestones. Nothing special. I honestly think this fic is kind of going nowhere plot wise LOL But I still hope you like what's happening between the two of them. Comments are always welcome! (: Thanks for reading, everyone!
That night when she and Danny were sleeping, Mindy felt the baby kick. Danny had his left arm just above Mindy's head and his right hand was slung over her swollen abdomen, fingers tangled in her hair. Mindy was tucked neatly under his chin when she was jolted awake by a sudden movement within her.
"Danny...Danny! Wake up," Mindy half whispered, half yelled while jamming her left index finger into Danny's chest. "I think the baby just kicked!"
"Hmm, Min...Are you okay? Is everything alright?" Danny said groggily, as he moved his right hand onto her stomach.
"Danny, the baby kicked! I felt him!" She took Danny's hand in hers as she tried to find the spot the baby kicked in hopes that the baby will kick again for Danny to feel. The baby seemed to read Mindy's mind as the baby kicked again just underneath Danny's palm.
Danny was rendered speechless. He had worked with so many pregnant women and there were times when he felt babies kick when he was with patients, but nothing felt as surreal as feeling his baby kick.
"Wow," Danny breathed. "Min…that's...I can't believe this. That's amazing."
Mindy raised her head to see him. "I know," she said dreamily. She happily smiled at him, and he bent his head down to kiss her.
Danny gently rubbed her abdomen and kissed her forehead as they snuggled closer together, slowly drifting off to sleep.
After the 20 week scan, Mindy and Danny were presented with the opportunity to find out the sex of the baby, but Mindy immediately refused any knowledge pertaining to the sex of the baby. Danny wouldn't admit it, but he'd always imagined a mini-Mindy running around their home. He loved the idea of having a daughter with Mindy's sheet of black hair and stubbornness.
They were standing next to each other, backs leaning against their kitchen island, having pancakes and bacon for breakfast when Danny tried to coax Mindy into finding out the sex of the baby.
"Come on, Mindy! Aren't you a little bit curious?"
"Yes! But I still want to be surprised, Danny!"
"Okay, then what color will we paint the nursery? How would we know what color clothes to buy for the baby? More importantly, what will we name him or her?"
"Hmm, you make a good point, but that's not going to change anything!" Mindy waved her free hand in dismissal. "We'll just buy gender neutral colored stuff like yellow or red or purple or something. Plus, we'll have a name for each gender. Easy squeezy, Danny."
Danny desperately wanted to know if he will have a little girl running around, but he wanted to make Mindy happy, so he agreed not to find out the sex of the baby either.
"Besides, I don't even think we think to find out. I have an inkling that it's a boy." She would love to have a girl to spoil and everything, but something made her think it was a boy.
"You can't possibly know the sex of the baby based on an inkling. You're an OB/GYN, Mindy. It doesn't work like that," Danny playfully joked.
"You know, that's really rude, Danny. You can't make fun of your hot girlfriend, who is carrying our baby," Mindy said as she playfully poked her fork into Danny's arm.
"Hey! Don't poke me with a fork, but, fine. You win this one, Min. But don't say I didn't tell you so when we have a girl," Danny teasingly said with his signature smirk while rubbing the spot she poked.
"No. Nope. Absolutely not, Mindy!"
"Come on, Danny. Why not?! It's cute!"
"Nicki?! Nicki? You really want to name our daughter after some random rapper?!"
Mindy shrugged. "It's not that bad, Danny. Nicki Castellano. How cute does that sound?"
"Nope. Next."
Mindy sighed and continued flipped through the baby names book in search of a name for their baby. Mindy was a month away from her due date. They needed a name like yesterday, but they could never decide on either a boy's name or a girl's name.
"Okay, how about if we have a boy, we name him Justin? After the great Justin Timberlake!"
"I think that's worse than Nicki, Min."
Mindy huffed. "Why are you being so difficult, Danny?! If you don't like any of my suggestions, why don't you offer some better names?"
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry for not contributing." He crossed his arms and sighed, face concentrated as he started thinking of a name.
Danny sighed. "How about Piper for a girl?"
She whipped her head. "Piper?! You would really name our child Piper? I thought you hated the name when I suggested it years ago. You said she would work at the mall, which, by the way, was rude. More like she owns the mall. Hey, how did you remember that, anyway? That was so long ago."
Danny shrugged nonchalantly. "I remember most things you tell me."
She rested the book on the nightstand. "Aww, Danny. Are you just a big softie at heart and all that tough Staten Island stuff is just crap?" Mindy reached over to pinch Danny's cheeks.
"Hey, stop that." Danny started to wave his hands in an attempt to ward off Mindy's fingers from capturing his cheeks.
Mindy did her best Danny Castellano impression to further tease him. "I'm Danny Castellano. Big tough city guy from the island."
"Alright, I do not sound like that."
"Uh, yeah, you do," Mindy laughed, pausing briefly when she felt the baby kick. She rubbed the spot where the baby kicked and said, "Even the baby agrees with me. You totally sound like that."
"What?! The baby does not agree with you. You're lying."
Mindy put up her hands in defense. "Hey, man. Don't look at me."
Danny lowered his head and gently placed it on Mindy's belly. He placed a hand on her stomach and whispered to the baby, "Hey. Hey, little baby, I don't sound like that, do I?" The baby kicked in reaction and Mindy couldn't control her laughter. Danny huffed and teasingly said, "My baby thinks I sound like a weirdo. Great, Mindy."
Mindy patted her stomach and laughed, "Yeah, but we still love you."
Danny couldn't help but beam with happiness. He leaned to kiss her and then her stomach. "Yeah, I love you guys too."