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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: I reread all my previous chapters' guys, there was no rainbow man. You guys sure you're feeling alright? I mean, once, sure, I understand, but this many times? No rainbow man. I'm positive of it. Anyway, I hope you guys are well and all that semantic cheese. I'm just so happy right now :). Also, I was reminded of something when I got a review a little while ago. When I was a baby, I got a blessing from my religion. I won't go into the details, but there was a line in it that has always been the most memorable to everyone who heard it. "He will be a friend to the friendless." I feel as though I've never really had a lot of friends until I started working on this site. I'm glad I can be your friend and give you guys something to look forward to. It makes me smile.
KCL: Glad I could help. Seriously, any time, I will be here to help you with anything. It's my job, after all. What's an author without his readers?
Rainbow Swirl: I mean, there's you if you count yourself. (I would say rainbow woman… but I totally forgot your gender. Sorry, my memory is terrible. I've been told I'm slowly losing my mind.) But there's no rainbow man. I'm sorry.
Hello: I'm your only friend? Really? Well, aside from KCL. I'm glad I can fill that gap for you. :)
Prompt 97: Names
"No Neb. Just… no," Alistair said flatly. Currently, he, Kitty, Neb, and Maddie were all in the living room. Kitty and Alistair were resting on the couch, Kitty rubbing her now enormous stomach. Neb and Maddie were both sitting in the other two chairs.
"Oh come on! Uzuri is one of my favorite girl names of all time!" Neb grumbled. "I love that name with all my soul!"
"More than Lizzie?" Maddie giggled, making Neb splutter. "Come on Neb, if Lizzie was named Uzuri, would you find her more attractive?"
"Not the point," Neb said, waving it aside.
"Either way, we aren't naming our girl Uzuri," Kitty said, though a smile was on her face. "Maddie, any ideas?"
"Elizabeth!" Maddie giggled.
Neb frowned, glaring at her. "You know Lizzie and I have been talking about using that for when we have kids," Neb said. "That and Uzuri."
"She hates the name and you know it!"
"Uzuri is a beautiful name danggit!"
"How about Benjamin?" Maddie said, changing the subject. Maddie glanced over at Neb to see if he would react to the name.
He didn't.
"No, doesn't have that ring to it," Alistair sighed. "Who knew choosing a name for twins would be so hard?"
Kitty giggled, rolling her eyes. "I did. I told you that we'd be here for a while, especially if Maddie and Neb were invited to help."
"Mostly because I hold everything in suspense," Neb shrugged. "I know two names you'll both fall in love with, but I'm keeping my mouth shut until this chapter's longer."
"How about Chuck?" Maddie asked. "He could be a ballet dancer! And break all the clichés in the book!"
Kitty and Alistair looked at each other. "No," they said flatly.
"Fine… maybe Morice? He could be a leader to a gang and do absolutely nothing with his potential!"
"No."
"Bumble? She could be a little slave girl!"
"No."
"Uzuri? She could be a creepy psycho sadist girl!"
"Hey! That's my name!" Neb scowled.
"No!"
"Otis? He could be a troll!"
"Again, that was one of my names," Neb pouted.
"No."
"Benjamin? Seriously, Benjamin! You know, great name, true name for Ben, rainbow hair man?" Maddie said. Again, Neb showed no facial reaction to this. In fact, he didn't even look at her sternly for bringing up the man again.
Kitty sighed. "None of these names feel right," Kitty said.
"Same," Alistair sighed. "Maybe we should try asking Lizzie and Sven?"
"Sven's favorite name is Blue," Maddie said. "I find it funny because if we ever get married, which I doubt we will any time soon, and I get pregnant, which I doubt I will any time soon, the girl would be named Blue Blue!"
"Lizzie and I have agreed to put name choosing on hold until we tell her mother we're… more than friends," Neb said awkwardly. "Not that she's pregnant. Dear cheese, the fanbase would scream in my face if I did that."
"Well, the fanbase would pretty much be screaming for hours, but I doubt it would be in your face," Maddie giggled. "What do you think fanbase? Would you guys scream if I had a kid? Let me know in comments! I read them!"
Neb scowled. "She totally stole my line," Neb grunted.
"Um, guys? Focus?" Alistair suggested.
"Right, names," Neb said, waving his hand aside. "I think I filled my word quota. Here we go. I think you should name the boy Felix Cheshire and the girl Allison Wonderland."
Kitty and Alistair blinked. "Oh my Wonderland… he's right, I'm in love with those names," Kitty said, her jaw dropping.
"Neb scares me sometimes," Alistair chuckled, shaking his head. "But most of those times are good surprises."
"Yep! Like that time Neb ate a rainbow!" Maddie giggled. Again, Neb didn't react. Heck… he didn't even seem to acknowledge Maddie had said anything. What's going on with him? Why is it he seems to not be hearing anything about rainbows? Maddie thought to herself.
BN: Names are tricky business. We all have one, right? My real name is Ben, Neb to my friends, and I couldn't have asked for a better name. When you decide on your child's name, you have to truly put effort in finding one that fits not only the child, but the parents. I feel as though the names I picked out for Kitty and Alistair were ones that spoke to not only me, but them as parents. Felix is a play-off of feline, just in case you didn't catch that. Allison's kind of dead obvious why I chose that one. Anyway, I hope you guys love the names as much as I do and I hope you guys are doing just fine! Till next time my friends!
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?: I know you're listening. Quit trying to bring me up Maddie. Or I will kill you.
