It's another kind of short chapter, but yay for what it has in it! Over half way to the end! Dang, I really didn't think I could write these this fast. It's the obsession with pregnancy, I tell you. My biological clock has been going off for a while now. ;P

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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do own Cora. I do not own her Aunt Melinda. I do own this computer I'm writing on and the chicken nuggets I just ate. Woo! CHICKEN NUGGETS! YEAH!

Winning at Everything

Chapter Six: James and Cora Win at Names

Month Six: Twenty-Two Weeks – April 10, 2022

"I think I'd like his middle name to be Harry," Cora spoke quietly.

James rose his head up from where he was laying it just below her abdomen. The slightly rounded belly Cora had had months ago was now about twenty times larger than it had been. He was a bit fascinated with it and had taken to staring at it for lengths of time. Just days before he had felt the baby move. There was a kid in there. It was mind blowing.

Her words had distracted him from his belly watching. "You want to name him after Dad?" James was kind of awed about that.

Cora blushed lightly. "Not his first name. I don't think the world is ready for another Harry Potter, but I think it's nice for a middle name." She looked down at her stomach and smiled. "Your father's a great man."

James looked at the bump too. "I like it. Dad'll be ecstatic. This means we have to think about a first name that sounds good with Harry, though."

Cora thought for a moment. "Anthony?"

She didn't seem too sure about it, and neither did James. "Anthony Harry Potter. I don't know. Maybe we can put that one on hold or something. What about Gryffin?"

Cora rolled her eyes. "No. He'll be bullied all the time if he's put into another house, especially Slytherin."

"But he'll be a Gryffindor. Both of us are," James protested.

"Look at your brother. Your parents were in Gryffindor and he was sorted into Slytherin," she pointed out.

James shook his head. "Okay, okay, not Gryffin, though I still say the only reason Al was sorted into Slytherin was because he wanted to make me mad."

Cora chuckled. "If you say so." She stuck out her tongue when James made a face at her. "Aunt Melinda was going to name Darren Romulus..."

James shook his head frantically in disagreement. "Cor, that's just asking for our kid to bitten by a werewolf."

"Oh yeah," Cora muttered. "I swear the Wizarding World has a curse on names. What about Michael? It's nice and normal."

"That's too normal. We should name him something like Thor. God of Thunder!"

She laughed. "The only way I'm naming my child Thor is if I'm overdosed on pain relief potions."

"There goes having an awesome name," James told her with a fake pout. "I don't know, Elliot?"

"I like it, but not as a name for one of my own children, if that makes sense. Caspar?"

He gave her a strange look. "That's just a weird name. What about... Liam?"

Cora thought for a moment. "Liam Harry Potter. I really like that."

James smiled and kissed the baby bump. "Liam Potter. I like it too. It didn't take very long to name him."

Cora ran a hand through his hair and chuckled. "Well, maybe you're just really good at naming kids. I wonder what he'll look like..."

James smiled softly. "My hair, your eyes, no glasses, your chin, my nose, and Dad's knobby knees. Or something like that." At Cora's grin he blushed. "What?"

"You're amazing."

James leaned over her and pressed his lips to hers. "So you keep telling me. I think you're the amazing one of this couple."

Cora's arms wound around his neck. "Then maybe we can share the amazing."

Not a lot of talking happened after that.

Most of those names are ones I went through while trying to name this kid. It was so hard. Once I stumbled onto Liam there was really no other choice for me. It just fit and the little James and Cora in my head agreed wholeheartedly. The only other name I could really see was Thor, but... well. That's probably my Avengers obsession showing through. Haha.