A/N: These next two are sort of lead-ins to my next story, that I actually haven't gotten started on yet. My top priority is Ace Mommy as well as my collaboration with JordanPhoenix, Crossfire. Rest assured, this story will see the light of day once I'm done playing catch up!
Also, Phoenix's middle name is used with permission from JP, who gave him the name in her side-splitting story Double Dilf Doodies. And Maya middle name is taken from the hilarious video series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Idiot by Volty on Youtube.
"Nick! Can you come here for a sec?" Maya cried from the kitchen. Phoenix laid down the newspaper he was reading and made his way over to his fiancée.
"What's going on, Maya?" He asked the raven haired woman who had her fingers hovering over the keyboard of her laptop. The young woman turned to face her fiancé.
"I'm making up the invitations for the wedding, when I realized I didn't know your middle name!"
"My middle name?" The older man inquired. "Wow, now that I think about it, I never have told you, have I?" He said, his finger to his chin in thought.
"That's right, you haven't!" The young beauty exclaimed. "So what is it? I need to get these invitations copied and mailed by the end of the week if their all gonna make it on time."
"Phoenix chuckled. "Settle down, Maya. It's Gryphon. Phoenix Gryphon Wright."
Maya was taken aback and looked at the man as if he'd grown a second head. "Gryphon!? You're named after TWO mythological creatures?"
Phoenix rubbed the back of his head as he laughed. "Yeah, well, my mom had a think for mythical creatures." He then brought a hand to his chin again. "Wait, now that I think about it, I don't think you've ever told me your middle name."
"Oh, well, that doesn't matter. Hey, so Trucy's show at the Wonder Bar was pretty great, huh?" She attempted to change the subject, to no avail.
"Doesn't matter? Don't you need both of our middle names on the invitations?" Phoenix asked, refusing to turn his attention away from what was now an elephant in the room.
"Uh, n-nope! Just yours! Oh, gee, would ya look at the time." The young woman looked at her bare wrist. "It's time for my hourly burger break!"
"Maya, you have a burger right next to your laptop." The spikey-haired lawyer said. "What wrong? Are you embarrassed of your middle name?"
"W-what? No! Why would I be embarrassed of my middle name?" Maya asked as she laughed nervously. Phoenix continued to stare at the woman for a moment. Finally, she cracked. "Okay, yes, I hate my middle name. It's so stupid and I really don't want to put it on the invitations."
"Oh, c'mon, it can't be that bad." Phoenix offered.
"Really? Ya sure about that?" Maya stormed over to his desk and grabbed a pen and paper before scribbling something down on it and making her way back to the man and handing the piece of paper to him.
Phoenix looked at what was written on the paper and glanced back to the spirit medium. "So, this is your middle name?" Maya nodded silently. Phoenix looked at the paper again. "This isn't that bad, Maya."
"Really? You think so?" Maya asked as she looked at the man with pleading eyes.
"Absolutely. I've heard much worse. So why don't you just put it on the invitation and go make the copies."
Maya stared at the man for a brief moment before smiling. "Alright, if you so, Nick!" She planted a kiss on the lawyers cheek before typing some things into her laptop and pulling the flash drive from the slot. "I'll be back in a bit!" With that, she was out the door.
Phoenix waited a moment after the girl had left before nearly collapsing onto the kitchen table in laughter. "GILLIGAN! MAYA GILLIGAN FEY!"