Friday morning came too soon as far as Jon was concerned. The alarm clanged loudly in his ear causing the throbbing in his head to match its rhythm.

Abruptly the noise stopped, and the aching subsided. He sighed in relief and was about to turn over and go back to sleep when he realized that he was not the one who turned the alarm off.

Jon sat up abruptly and tried to orient himself.

"You okay?" a soft voice asked quietly.

He turned his upper body toward the voice and found himself looking into warm gray eyes. He smiled lazily at her and flopped back onto the pillows. "Yeah, forgot where I was for a minute."

Audrey chuckled and slid out from under the covers. "You mind if I get into the bathroom first or do you want it?"

"Go on," he said nodding at the bathroom door.

She smiled her gratitude, and he smiled back with a dreamy look on his face as he watched her walk into the bathroom. After a moment he got up and went to the living room where Shawn had already raided the refrigerator and was sitting in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal and a soda.

Jon shook his head in amusement. Shawn was sprawled out the way he did on Saturday mornings.

Without needing to wash her hair, Audrey was in and out of the bathroom faster than they thought she would be and weren't prepared for what they saw. Her clothing choice was quite a step away from the full coverage, baggy clothing she had been wearing no matter the temperature.

White high waisted shorts stood out against the beginnings of a tan indicating this wasn't the first time she's gotten some sun. Her shirt was a cropped teal t-shirt that hung down just over the top of the shorts.

The outfit reminded Shawn of a new one Topanga got the weekend before, although her top was red with white stripes, and she wore red cowboy boots with hers while Audrey wore clear jelly sandals.

When they saw what she was wearing, Shawn looked to Jon for help expressing his thoughts on the outfit. She was still in the early days of her recovery and although Dr. Amsden said she was progressing very well, he didn't want to say the wrong thing and accidentally set her back. He was incredibly proud of her and wanted to convey this properly, but Jon was of no help.

He was too busy staring at her.

Shawn was just about to use his "cleanup on aisle number nine" comment when Jon recovered on his own. He walked over to Audrey, took her by the elbow, and whispered something in her ear.

Her face lit up in a pleased smile.

"I'm trying," she said in response to what he said.

He looked her over and smiled appreciatively. "You're doin' a fantastic job."

"You look hot, Mama," Shawn chimed in with a nod of approval.

Audrey laughed and simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you both," she said almost shyly.

Clearly uncomfortable being the center of attention for this reason, she deflected the attention to Jon by remarking, "I have to admit I'm a little disappointed with what you're wearing."

"Oh?" Jon looked down at his t-shirt and jeans which wasn't much different from what he typically wore.

"Yeah," she with a flirtatious glimmer in her eye. "I was hoping for a tank top."

Before leaving Philadelphia, Shawn printed out three copies of his itinerary at school and sweet-talked Phyllis, one of the instructional aides with a crush on Jon, to laminate them. When handed his copy, Jon couldn't help but mutter something about effort and schoolwork.

In addition to the itineraries, Shawn had his Canon Rebel S camera secure in its carrying case and slung across his shoulder. Jon knew he was going to end up with it at some point.

And it wasn't all he ended up with.

To keep her crossbody bag small, Audrey saddled Jon with a bright green fanny pack about which he vocally complained about until they got to the park gates. Inside the gates Shawn took over the loud complaining.

There was a unique feature of the park that greeted them upon arrival that Shawn found ridiculous. It was a color-coded ride guide meant to make finding the appropriate rides for children easy on parents. Each gemstone denoted a certain height range, and each gem was featured on the maps so that parents could easily see which rides their children were tall enough for. There was also a numbered intensity guide.

"You are not gonna make me actually do this, are you?" Shawn whined to Jon.

"Rules of the park, kid," Jon told him struggling not to laugh. It wasn't necessary, of course, but he wasn't going to turn down a chance to get Shawn back for the whole "title" nonsense from yesterday.

"I am clearly not 12 or under," the teen grumped as the Park member motioned him up to guide.

"It's based on height not age," she told him with an amused smile.

"I'm taller than Mama!" he protested as Jon held him against the height chart.

It was true. About a month before, Shawn had a growth spurt that made him a good inch taller than Audrey.

The Park worker assured him that all the kids no matter age got their gem.

Gem?

Shawn narrowed his eyes at Jon who chose that moment to take a picture with the camera he was already carrying and captured the teen's perfectly peeved pout.

"Oh my, honey!" the Park member cried in an overly loud cheerful voice. "We need a new gem for you! Your head is above the chart!"

Shawn shot the woman a dirty look and wondered how quickly working at a theme park rotted the brain to be able to say stuff like that without irony.

"Well, Mr. Turner, you're," she looked Shawn over and grinned, "precious big gem is able to ride all the rides."

"No kiddin'," Shawn muttered as he trudged over to Audrey thoroughly embarrassed to be referred to as a precious gem.

Jon found this hysterical and even Audrey struggled not to laugh.

"You are precious," she said with a twinkle in her eyes. "and you are a gem."

Shawn stared at her, unable to believe her betrayal. "You know what, I'm done. I'm goin' back to the cabin."

Jon shook his head and put his arm around him. "Lighten up, kid. Remember Mom and I missed out on all of this when you were a precious little gem and we're makin' up for lost time."

Shawn squinted at him through one eye. "You're lucky I like you two so much," he grumbled and buried his nose in his itinerary.

"Don't forget your swimsuits," the employee called after them, "if you plan to visit Duke's Lagoon."

Shawn promptly forgot about his humiliation as Audrey waved her acknowledgement. He grabbed Jon by the sleeve and whispered, "Aud doesn't have one."

Jon took his shirt out of Shawn's grip. "Yeah, she does."

He frowned in confusion. "You told me she didn't have one."

"She didn't. When we were at Goods, I got her one."

This was met with a derisive snort and a suspicious side glance. "What'd you get her?"

"Somethin' she'd like. Don't worry about it."

"Has she seen it yet?"

"No."

Shawn closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with his finger and thumb. "Oh. No."

"Oh, no, what?"

"Oh no, I better check it out to see how bad it is."

Jon shot him an irritated look. "You know what? You can go back to the cabin."

Shawn stared at him for a minute then shook his head with a slight smirk. "Nice try. This is Mother's Day weekend and she's only a mother because of me. You'll get your turn with her later."

"When?" he asked with an arched brow.

"Depends. When are you gonna propose?"

Jon rolled his eyes. "Are we gonna do this all day?"

"I hope not," Audrey interjected, pushing the itinerary between them. "The first ride on Shawn's list is this way."

She pointed in the direction opposite of where they were walking.

The park was small.

Only slightly larger than the parking lot of Six Flags by Shawn's estimate. The lines were long but moved quickly enough. While a number of the rides were far too young (and small) for anyone in the family to ride, Shawn decided to watch them run at least once to see which ones could be approved for a baby.

As they made their way to the next ride, a Nursing Mothers Station caught his eye. "Oh, hey," he said, nudging Audrey as he pointed at the sign. "That'll come in handy for the next time."

Audrey absently nodded her agreement. As she started to walk away, a woman in her mid-forties with four young kids smiled knowingly and, "Kids two and under are free. Take advantage of that for as long as you can, honey."

She gave the woman a polite smile though she had no idea what she was talking about. Shawn didn't let her linger on it and led her away.

The itinerary for day one whittled down quicker than Shawn anticipated and to him that meant they could take longer strolling through the park. Sometimes he charged ahead of Jon and Audrey and sometimes he trailed behind them. When he did he had a sense of déjà vu.

In elementary school, he used to go to fairs and similar venues with Cory and his family. The trips were very much like this one. When he and Cory trailed behind the Matthews, he would often see them walking hand in hand, talking affectionately to each other as though they were on a date rather than surrounded by their kids and other people's kids.

As he trailed behind his people, he saw Audrey's fingers interlace with Jon's and the other hand wrap around his bicep. As they walked and talked, Jon slipped his arm away from her and put it around her waist with his finger through a belt loop on her shorts.

Shawn always envied Cory for having parents like that. Now that he had them too, he looked forward to being able to repay Cory for all the times he shared his parents with him.

A young father with a baby carrier strapped to his back tiredly but happily trudged by them followed by a young woman with a two-year-old. Shawn smiled at them as they went by.

The last he was with the Matthews at Hershey Park Eric was still willing to be seen with them and Morgan was just a baby. She was either strapped to Mr. Matthews' back or in the stroller he paid quite a bit for after realizing that a small baby gets incredibly heavy after hours of walking and constantly having to take the carrier off to ride the rides that Mrs. Matthews didn't want to go on.

When Morgan was in her stroller, Shawn offered to push her. At one point Morgan, tired and cranky, wailed inconsolably in the stroller. Mrs. Matthews was dealing with Cory's inability to hold his lunch down after riding the Wildcat and Mr. Matthews was chasing down Eric who had wandered off after a couple of girls. So Shawn picked her up and told her all about the rides she would go on one way day. Within minutes Morgan was fast asleep.

Many adults commented to Mrs. Matthews on how sweet he was with his baby sister. Shawn never forgot the feeling of pride he had when she smiled warmly and agreed with them. For the rest of that day, he pretended he was Morgan's brother and was terribly jealous when Eric swooped in and took her back.

Looking back he was embarrassed by the charade and only told Cory about it two years ago. Looking forward, he was in the position where pretending would no longer be necessary.

It was a strange feeling, and he wasn't sure why.

As they stood in line for the Crazy Plane, a ride similar to the Flying Carpet, Shawn noticed a couple with a curly-headed toddler who was having a meltdown. Eventually, the parents had to take Anna out of line and get her to a quieter place.

Shawn twitched his nose and mumbled under his breath, "Anna Turner." He mulled the name over, the turned to Jon and asked, "How would you spell that?"

Jon frowned. "Spell what?"

"Anna."

Jon didn't know what he was being set up for by the strange question, so he deflected back to the teen. "How do you think you'd spell it?"

"Normally with two n's," Shawn said seriously. "but I've seen it with one."

"Either way is right. Why?"

Shawn paused before answering. "Turner already has two n's in it, four seems a lot for one name."

Jon put his hand on his waist and incredulously stared at Shawn. "Spell my name."

"Why?" Shawn looked at him like he was crazy.

"Spell my name, Shawn."

Shawn blinked and spelled his name out loud. "Oh!" His eyes lit up in realization, then he instantly forgot about it. "Anna's too common anyway. What about Anne?"

Jon sighed. He hated having conversations like this; he always felt like he was fumbling around in the dark. "What about Ann?"

"Anne with e," he corrected as they moved forward in the line.

Jon almost said something about this correction but let it go.

"Anne Turner." Shawn shook his head with a look of distaste. "Nah, don't like it."

The line moved forward. Shawn saw an older girl ahead of them wearing a name necklace.

"Ooo, Tina!" he nodded at the girl. "Tina sounds good with Turner. Tina Turner. Wait, why does that sound so familiar?"

Jon and Audrey stared at him in surprise. His most recent movie fixation was Mad Max 3 co-starring… Tina Turner.

"What is he talkin' about?" Jon asked Audrey in exasperation.

"I don't know," she shrugged. "Sounds like baby names, maybe?"

Once they were seated on the ride and strapped in Shawn listened intently to the parents that surrounded them. From his spot between Jon and Audrey, he was able to chatter to them both about names. Jon, who kept his eyes firmly close even though the Crazy Plane was just a junior version of a Flying Carpet ride, heard little of what he was saying.

Since Jon was unwilling to help, Shawn to Audrey.

"Aud, who were you named after?"

She smiled as the hum of the ride starting up filled their ears. "Audrey Hepburn."

Shawn nodded then frowned. "Is that the name of the grandmother your mom took care of when you were a baby?"

"No." Audrey gave him a funny look then shook her head. "She's a very famous actress. Clearly your classic movie knowledge is lacking. I'll correct that as soon as those papers are signed."

He grinned as the metal arms of the ride lifted them into the air. "Your middle name is Theresa, right?"

"Yep."

"Okay, that gives me somethin' to work with."

She shot him a curious look as the Crazy Plane prepared to drop them.

Shawn pushed his shoulder into Jon's. His teacher still had his eyes closed.

"Hey, Jon, how come first-born daughters aren't named after their moms like first-born sons are after their dads?"

"Do you really think I know?" Jon felt sick. While Shawn and Audrey did not notice the drop, he felt every millimeter of it.

Realizing it was useless to talk to him when he was like this Shawn leaned back and began to think of more names for the rest of the ride.

"So," Audrey asked as they exited the Crazy Plane. "Have you thought of a name you do like?" Jon leaned against her looking slightly green.

The corner of Shawn's mouth twitched to the side. "No, but I've come up with a bunch I don't like."

"Like what?"

"Ashley, Abigail, Emily, Amanda, Megan, Brittany, Lauren, Veronica, Nicole, Rachel, Tiffany, and Kayla so far."

"So far?"

"Yeah, the name of any girl I ever dated is an automatic no," he explained seriously. "Besides none of those sound right with Turner or your name, Mama."

"Mine?" she asked curiously. She was touched by his sincere desire to find the perfect name for his future sibling, although she was a bit concerned he was so set on a sister that he would be extremely disappointed if he ended up with another brother.

It was not exactly something she could control.

"I don't think it's fair that only dad's get kids named after them." Shawn shook his hair out of his eyes, "Listen to these: Veronica Theresa Turner. Ashley Audrey Turner," he made a gagging gesture at this name. "Kayla Theresa Turner. Lauren Audrey Turner. Do you honestly like any of those?"

"Not my favorites, no. But I haven't given it any thought," she replied. Admittedly she was very curious about Jon's opinion on names in general. He, however, was still looking queasy and wasn't paying attention.

Shawn looked at her skeptically. "None at all?"

She rolled her eyes. "Okay, fine, maybe a little."

"So help me out."

Audrey pushed the length of her ponytail over her shoulder. "Well, since my mum isn't here to see any of her grandchildren, I'd like to name a daughter after her."

Shawn pressed his lips together thoughtfully. "Her name was Elizabeth Julia right?"

She nodded.

"Elizabeth Turner." Shawn mulled this over as though he was tasting an exotic candy he'd never had before. "Sounds like a pirate's wife. I like it." He paused and studied Audrey. "Julia Turner."

Audrey's eyes lit up and Shawn knew he had at least part of a name.

To be continued…

Up next: Shawn's antics put Jon and Audrey in an awkward position when people think she's expecting.

Mini-golf, bets, funnel cakes, and Jon as a consolation prize.

Shawn's baby name list grows.

Jon calls in favors to take Audrey to Paris on their six-week European honeymoon.

Water parks and swimsuits.

And an unforgettable Mother's Day.

Many thanks for spending time with me. I appreciate you all and your comments make my day. Thank you.