Chapter Two: The Baby Gets A Name
Ed, with the baby in his arms, and Double D followed Eddy into his house through the back door, which lead to his red and pink retro themed abode, which his home was empty due to the fact that his parents were on their 2nd honeymoon, and wouldn't be back for another 5 weeks.
Ed placed the infant onto the blue circular bed, with the baby giggling happily and waving her arms around while being introduced to her new surroundings.
"Heh, I knew the kid would like this place," Eddy said braggingly. "No one can resist this place, especially the ladies." Eddy grew a small smirk on his face.
"Okay, now that we've found her," Double D began to wonder. "what are we going to name her?"
Both Ed and Eddy both stared at their sock-headed friend. "What are you talking about?" Eddy responded.
"We can't just call her 'baby', you know. It's our responsibility as her foster fathers to be able to name this child." Double D explained in his usual intellectual tongue, while Eddy yawned while Ed let the baby play with his single eyebrow, while attempting to pull out some hairs at the same time. Despite Ed's slight annoyance, he liked seeing the baby smile.
"And I think it's appropriate for her name to start with an E, since she's going to be one of us now." Double D continued. Double D then walked up to the child and started examining her, while the small girl had an end of one of Eddy's blankets in her soggy mouth with her head tilted to the side.
"Hmmm," Double D thought. "How about… Evelyn?"
"Evelyn?" Eddy questioned. "That's the best you can come up with? Even I can come up with a better name than that!"
"I'll have you know that Evelyn is my grandmother's name, Eddy. It's not like you have anything better, so try giving her a name. I'll humor you." Double D retorted.
"Okay, okay," Eddy mumbled, then looked at the baby. "She's definitely an Elise."
The baby stuck her tongue out at him and made a raspberry, as if not agreeing to the name.
"Ha! Looks like she's not accustomed to the name." Double D said.
"Hey, at least it's better than Evelyn."
"Ooh! Ooh! I've got a name! I've got a name!" Ed eagerly begged. "How about Eileen, guys?"
Eddy and Double D both looked at each other in disapproval for the name, which later led the three to bicker over suitable names.
"Ellen!"
"Erin!"
"Elizabeth!"
"Emerson!"
As the three boys bickered, the baby looked at all three of them in confusion. The baby then looked around and saw some used paper and a green colored pencil nearby her on the floor which she was placed on when Eddy started to complain that she was getting her spit all over his blanket.
"Ester!"
"Elsa!"
"Eden!"
"Erica!" The bickering continued.
The baby then grabbed the green colored pencil and stray piece of paper miraculously and started to write a giant, squiggled "E" on the paper.
"Eleanor!"
"Eva!"
"Ella!"
"Estelle!"
"Estella!"
"Emily!"
"Esme!"
As the baby started writing in distorted squiggles, yet were somehow translatable, Double D stopped dead in his tracks at what he saw with his own eyes.
While Eddy and Ed were still fighting over names, Double D took the time to see what the girl was trying to do.
"What are you doing?" Double D asked the child.
The baby only looked up at Double D briefly before putting her head down to finish her message.
Double D picked up the paper to see what she has written.
"Guys." Double D began.
But the bickering between the two friends wouldn't end.
"Gentlemen!" Double D nearly yelled, which seemed to get everyone's attention, which gave him the opportunity to show them the baby's creation.
"It appears as though our "child" has decided to name herself." Double D said.
Then he showed them the letters on the paper: a capital E, two squiggly M's, and a capital A, with a tail at the end.
"Emma." Eddy said, and pondered the thought. "I like it!" He said while picking her up and waving her through the air, which she really seemed to enjoy. "Not too long, not too fancy, and not too stupid, either! It's perfect!"
"Baby Emma looks like a baby Emma, guys." Ed chirped up.
"Well, I guess that settles the name crisis." Double D said.
"Yep. Welcome to the Ed's, Emma."