Claudia walked into Steve's room with the giant book of baby names before closing his door gently "Is she asleep?" he asked.
"God, I hope so." Claudia remarked, sitting next to Steve on her bed.
She threw the book in front of the both of them as they got adjusted sitting then opened the book "Are you sure we should start this tonight, what if tomorrow doesn't work out as well as you think?" Claudia asked.
Steve smirked "I want her to have a name we can both agree on, even if we only have her for another 12-hours." He said, opening up the book and looking through the names.
"What exactly are you looking for in a name?" he asked her.
Claudia shrugged "Something original."
"Okay, and I'm looking for something classy…so lets start with that." He said, looking through names with Claudia.
"What about Adrienne?" Steve asked.
Claudia shakes her head "I'm sorry, but I just saw Pete going 'YO ADRIENNE!' throughout the house."
"Okay, then." Steve said, continuing the long list.
Claudia took the book and pressed it a few pages forwards into the "C's" of the book and began to look again.
Steve huffed, not finding anything in that letter worth nothing as he pressed the pages more to the E section.
"What about Eden?" Steve asked.
Claudia cringed "Old lady name." she said, taking the book and skimming through until the hit the H section.
They both went through the book when Claudias' finger hit a name "How—how about that one?" she asked gently.
Steve nodded "Yeah…that one…that one's perfect." He said, smiling at Claudia.
"We have a name!" Claudia said with a smile.
"Yeah, and I have the perfect middle name for it!" he told her.
The toddler woke up just as the sun was beginning to rise; Claudia nor Steve were around so she didn't want to waste any time as she left her bedroom.
She opened a series of doors until she found the bathroom, but she never did, just more bedrooms until she opened the door to Pete's room.
The toddler walked up to Pete's bed where he was sound asleep "Uncle Pete." She whispered.
Pete groaned "I don't want to cheese on my eggs." He muttered.
"Uncle Pete." She said a little louder.
Pete opened one eye to see the toddler standing at his bedside "What's the matter sweet pea?" he asked.
"I can't find the bathroom." She said.
"Can't find the bathroom?" he muttered.
The toddler nodded.
Pete smiled "Okay." He said, getting out of bed.
Pete stood by the bathroom door, waiting for the girl to finish her business so he could take her back to her room.
She opened the door and looked up at Pete, who smiled at her "Better?" he asked her.
"Yes." She said, taking Pete's hand as he walked her back to her bedroom.
"Uncle Pete?" she asked.
Pete walked into her room "Yeah?" he asked, helping her back into bed.
"I'm scared." She told him.
Pete looked at her "Why?" he asked, now sitting next to her on the bed.
"Cause, mommy and daddy are in trouble…and mommy keeps saying she's going to die." She said, looking up at Pete.
Pete smiled "No, don't be scared." He said, holding her close.
"Your mommy and daddy are going to be just fine, and sometimes mommy can be a bit dramatic." Pete comforted her.
The toddler nodded, getting back into bed; Pete tucked her in before he went back to his room and catch the rest of his sleep.
Claudia and Steve sat at one end of the table while the regents sat at the other end; Adwin Kosan cleared his throat "Alright, lets begin." He said.
"You both know why you're here, correct?" he asked.
The two agents nodded in agreement, feeding off each others energy as their nerves began to nag at them.
Adwin nodded "But for the records, if you could please, Ms. Donovan, explain to us what happened yesterday, July 13, 2013?"
Claudia nodded "After an incident involving the Baylor Dodgeball, Agent Jinks and I began cleaning up the mess. Agent Jinks cut himself on a piece of metal that was holding up an artifact causing him to bleed profusely; I panicked and grabbed the first thing I could find, which was Friedrich Miescher's bandaged and wrapped it around his wound. A few minutes after, Agent Jinks began to describe a bubbling sensation coming from the bandage and pulled the bandage from his wound before dropped it on the floor." Claudia swallowed hard, trying to contain her nervousness.
The regents glared at her, some taking notes before looking back up at her.
"We went to our supervisor, Artie, who then lead us back to the isle where we found the bandage to be replaced by a crying three-year old child." Claudia said.
Adwin nodded, taking a note before looking back up at Claudia "And what did you do when you saw the child?" he asked.
"I walked up to her." Claudia said.
"…and?"
Claudia sighed "I said hello, and I realized that everything subsequent to that moment was my fault, and I took responsibility for my actions." She whispered.
Jane Lattimer cleared her throat "Ms. Donovan, Mr. Jinks; it's amazing to me how efficiently and quickly you both took responsibility and I was equally amazed at how you would both rather deal with the child, versus simply getting rid of it." She said.
Adwin cleared his throat again "Ms. Donovan, you misused an artifact, which is punishable by bronzing," he said, alerting Claudia.
"…however, Mrs. Lattimer does have a point; the both of you did take responsibility for it and since we have to punish you, we, the regents, have decided to punish you by becoming unexpected parents." He said with a smile.
Claudia sat back down in her seat "Thank you, sir." She said.
Jane Lattimer smiled "Just out of curiosity, have you named her?" she asked.
"Yes, we did." Steve said.
The regents, and the other Warehouse agents, who were sitting behind Steve and Claudia in the rows, leaned in as Claudia and Steve looked at each other.
"Her name is Harper Lillian Jinks." Steve said, smiling to the regents.
Pete gasped as he turned to the toddler, who he brought to the hearing "Did you hear that? Your name is Harper!" he said, doing a small celebratory dance.
Adwin smiled "Very good." He said, before turning to the regents "I guess, meeting adjourned." He said before standing up.
Claudia and Steve remained seating, they couldn't believe they could just walk away that easy; but they did.
"Okay." Steve said, taking a deep breathe.
"And now the real work begins." Claudia said, raising her eyebrows.