Disclaimer: I do not own 7th Heaven, nor do I own Michael Jordon, Children of the Corn, or Murphy Brown.
Chapter 18
Lucy's POV
"So did you get it," I asked as I stood aside, allowing Mike entrance to the house.
"Yeah," he answered, holding the book higher so that I could see it better. "I have no idea how we are going to narrow all of this down to two."
"People do this everyday. How hard could it be?" I asked.
"I think it is going to be harder than you think." Mike sat down on the sofa and gently patted the place next to him.
I took the hint and took the seat next to him. "Let's just get started and see how it goes."
"Fine with me. Where do we start?" Mike told me, opening the book.
"I say we just throw out ones we like and then we can look them up to see what they mean. Then again, if you want, we could just flip through the book and put together a list of the ones that we like."
"Why don't we do both?" Mike suggested and I nodded. "Good. Why don't we start with writing down the names we like and then we'll go through the book once we're finished with that."
"Alright," I agreed. "I'll go first. For boys names I like Elijah and Noah."
"Okay," Mike flipped through the book. "Elijah means my god is the lord.
"What about Noah?" I asked. "I really like the idea of our children having biblical names."
"I wonder where you got that idea from," Mike smiled at me. "Why don't you grab a pen and paper so we can write these down?"
I grabbed a pen and a notebook off of the desk and returned to my place next to my fiancé. I made two columns and labeled them 'boy names' and 'girl names.' I wrote Elijah and its meaning down in the first column and looked back at Mike. "Did you find Noah yet?"
"Yeah, it means rest or comfort." Mike told me and I wrote it down. "What girl names do you like?"
"For girl names I like Elisabeth and Heaven," I answered, writing the names in the second column.
"Well Elisabeth means my god is a vow," Mike told me and I wrote it down. "And Heaven means, well heaven."
I took the book from Mike and handed him the pen and paper. "What names do you like?"
"Well for boys I always liked Stephen and Lucas," Mike told me writing the names under mine.
I flipped through the book searching for the names Mike liked. "Stephen means crown." I flipped towards the L names and scanned through them. "Lucas means man from Lucania."
"Interesting," Mike stated as he wrote the meanings down.
"What about girl names?" I asked.
"I kind of like Claire and Madison for girl names."
"Claire means clear or bright," I explained as I searched for the second name. "Madison means Matthew's son."
"Cool,' Mike wrote the meanings down and sat the notebook down between us. "Let's see what else we can find in the book."
I held the book between us so that we could both see it at the same time. We flipped back to the A names and began scanning for names that we could both agree on.
"What about Avery?" Mike asked.
"Avery," I searched for the meaning. "Elf Council? I don't think so."
"Okay so Avery's out. Do you see anything you like?" Mike asked pushing a loose strand of my hair behind my ear.
"I kind of like Ayden. It means little fire." I answered, placing a finger on the name.
"Yeah, that does sound okay. It's appropriate too. I think both of our babies are going to grow into little spit fires just their mother." Mike kissed the top of my head and I elbowed him in ribs. "Hey what was that for? I never said that is was a bad thing."
"Just write the name and the meaning down," I smiled as I flipped through the pages.
"What about Cassidy?" I asked, coming to the C names. "It means Curly."
"Are we talking about for our son or for our daughter?" Mike asked. "Because I like it for a girl, but definitely not for a boy."
"For our daughter," I answered.
Mike nodded and wrote it down before we continued on with our search. "I like Dakota, the allies."
"That sounds interesting," I told him and he wrote that one down as well. "What about Faith? It means faith or confidence."
"It sounds like it could be a good middle name." Mike wrote the name under the girl column. "Gabriella, it means God is my might."
"I like the meaning, but I'm not sure I like the actual name." I answered honestly, "What about Grace? It means goodwill."
"Another middle name," he answered. "Hope."
"Middle name," we said at the same time, smiling at each other.
"Jordan," Mike suggested.
"I like it for a girl. It sounds so cute. For a boy all I can think of is that basketball guy." I answered. "What does it mean?"
"It means descend," Mike answered, reading from the book. "I like it too. We could spell it with a 'y' instead."
"Katelyn," I suggested as Mike was writing Jordyn down. "It means pure."
"Another good name," Mike answered, writing it down as well.
"See I told you this would be easy." I told him.
"How about Malakai?" Mike suggested.
"A little to Children of the Cornish," I answered.
"Isn't it Mordecai in Children of the Corn?" Mike asked.
"Malakai, Mordecai, whatever. Either way that kid was way too creepy," I answered, remembering when I had let Mike talk me into watching that movie with him. I couldn't sleep for days after that.
"How about Murphy?" Mike suggested. "Sea warrior."
"Isn't that a little old fashioned? I wouldn't want our son to get picked on because of his name." I answered.
"Oh," Mike sighed. "I meant for our daughter. It's kind of unique don't you think."
"Murphy, for a girl?" I raised my eyebrow. "I don't think I've ever heard of that."
"Hello, Murphy Brown," Mike answered.
"Fine," I sighed giving in. "Write it down. Reagan, descendant of Raigan."
"I don't really like it," Mike returned his attention to the book. "Reilly, it means courageous."
"That sounds good and it could be used for a boy or a girl." I smiled at him.
"Seth, appointed." Mike read from the book.
"Middle name for a boy," I answered. "Sydney, wide meadow."
"Interesting. I like the name, but I don't know about that meaning," Mike wrinkled his nose. He had a point.
"No Sydney. How about Taran, it means heaven." I suggested.
"That sounds good," Mike answered writing the name down.
We continued through the book, but no other names stood out enough to be written down. "Okay so we have ten girl names and seven boy names." Mike told me. "Maybe you were right. Maybe it won't be that hard."
"See I told you," I gloated. "Wait, what does your last name mean? I want to know the full meaning of the names we choose."
"How should I know? You've got the book." Mike smiled at me.
"Right." My cheeks flushed as I opened the book and found the P's. "Pierce means stone."
"Cool," Mike smiled wider. "Maybe we could go with Taran and Heaven as first names since they both mean heaven."
"I don't think I want both names to mean the same thing. They should have a little individuality." I explained. "But they are worth saving for our next pregnancy."
"Yeah, I didn't really think of that. That would have been a little weird."
"I sort of like Reilly Noah for a boy and Elisabeth Hope for a girl." I told him. "What names do you like?"
"I like Stephen Lucas for our son and Katelyn Claire for our daughter." Mike answered. "I like your names too."
"Yeah, I like your names too." I told him honestly. "How about a compromise of sorts?"
"You have a suggestion?" Mike smirked at me.
"How about you pick our son's first name and I'll pick his middle name." I began.
"And for our daughter?"
"I'll pick the first name and you pick the middle." I smiled at him. "Let's start with our boy."
"I still like Stephen. I always wished it was my name." Mike told me.
"I still like Noah as a middle name," I smiled.
"Stephen Noah Pierce," Mike looked at the paper. "Crown comfort stone. Interesting."
"I like it," I told him. "It just kind of flows."
"So we have a name?" Mike raised his eyebrow at me.
"We have a name," I confirmed. "Now about our little girl; I still like Elisabeth."
"Well, keeping with the pattern, I still like Katelyn." Mike looked at me.
"Elisabeth Katelyn Pierce," I repeated. "My god is a vow, pure stone. I love it. It's perfect."
"I love it too," Mike kissed my lips softly. "So then it's settled, Stephen Noah and Elisabeth Katelyn."
"It's settled," I confirmed. "Now lets move on to other matters."
"Such as?" Mike questioned.
"Our wedding," I answered.
"Oh, my second favorite subject behind our children," Mike kissed me again. "So do you finally want to set a date?"
"You read my mind," I answered. "I want it to be a small ceremony, just family and a few close friends. With that, any date we set shouldn't be an issue."
"That's true. You have the church almost anytime you want it and your dad is the minister," Mike agreed. "So the only question is when do you want to become my wife?"
"Definitely before the babies are born." I rubbed my ever growing belly. "I don't want these little ones to be born in sin."
"I guess that's understandable." Mike held me close. "What about your dress?"
"I'm sure my mom can help me come up with something," I told him. Mom has always been brilliant with that type of thing.
"Okay, so when do you want to do this?"
"I was thinking six weeks," I answered. "It would give any out of town guest enough notice to get here on time."
"Six weeks sounds reasonable," Mike answered taking out his phone and opening the calendar. "How does July 20th sound?"
"It sounds perfect," I answered. "I'll talk to my dad to square everything away and on Saturday July 20, 2001, we will officially be husband and wife."
I know I promised to be better about my updating, but I came down with a killer sinus infection and then we had high winds, flooding, and power outages. It's been tough. Anyway as always please press the review button and leave me your thoughts.