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Me and Taylor pace around our weeby and sporty living room frustrated. we need to come up with the perfect baby ever, and its taking forever.
"lily, maybe?" Linc says with a very unsure face and just shake my head. nothing feels right and we don't know why. "maybe we should try and call out friends and family and stuff for inspiration?" I just give him a defeat nod and he calls scary.
"sup turds" scary says in a joking manner but we just give a serious face. "What's with the mood?"
"we need baby names scary, and we need it now" I say in the most serious voice I can make.
"what do you mean baby names!? shes going to be born in 2 days"
"ignore the time limit just help" Lincoln says
"fine" scary says rolling her eyes "whats the names you've come up with so far" me and Lincoln just glance at each other. "really!? you guys are idiots. just name her after your mom or something"
"but Cassandras a boring name, we need a name that strikes fear and honor" I say. she hangs up the call.
"I guys we should move onto the next person then" Linc says. Linc calls normal but it takes a little longer for him answer than usual.
"hey guys what's going on." normal says nervously taking an occasional glance in a different direction.
"you ok?" I say with concern.
"of course why wouldn't I be heh" something is definitely going on. I look at Linc and he definitely notices it too.
"I hope your not with the build-a-bear" Lincoln says in a stern voice.
"wwwhhhhaaattt, noooo." he's definitely with hermie. in the background we hear a familiar voice.
"what did he just call me" normal tries to shut hermie up Linc already has an angry look on his face.
"fine yes im with Hermie, I'm sorry" as normal says that Hermie slides into view.
"sup" Hermie says as he gives a little wave. Lincoln rolls his eyes but gets back to the topic.
"we need names"
"oh I have one" normal says excitedly "warrior"
"I like that name" I say
"no" Linc says in a confused voice
"you should name them the joker" Hermie says
"we're not naming our daughter the joker" Linc says slamming his hand into his face.
"why not, girls can be named the joker" as Hermie says this Lincoln hangs up the phone.
"maybe, out parents have better ideas" I say patting his back. we call my mom.
"hey sweety how are you." my mom says as she in a studio
"no time for chit chat baby names NOW" I say
"ok" she rolls her eyes "hey maybe you can name her after me" silence fills the air "or maybe just Mia" we look at each other, shake our head and hang up. hopefully dad has better ideas.
"what's up, son" my dad says
"don't call me that" I say in a monotone voice.
"ok I wont"
"we need help with names for our baby"
"uuuuuhhhhh...amy?" I hang up. damn it
"maybe we should just give up and choose a boring name" lincoln says in defeat.
"NO, don't you understand linc, a name shapes our whole lives" I grab him by the shoulders "why do think you was name Lincoln"
"uh cus my dad liked Andrew Lincoln?" he says confused.
"no, Linc because your a leader like abraham Lincoln and I was named Taylor because I am a samurai like the MC in the anime Taylor swift"
"your right" he grabs his phone and calls his dad
"hey son" grant says while cutting some veggies
"Dad no time need name" Lincoln says
"oh uhh...Paige maybe?"
"too boring"
"um ocean is pretty unpopular" as grant says this Lincoln shakes his head and hangs up.
"we should take a break" Lincoln says
"yea" I say jumping on the coach
"we probably should of done this earlier huh" he says while turning the tv to a football game
"yea" I say getting my switch and playing jojo's bizarre adventure. as we sit and watch TV a thought comes to my mind. "heh how about joestar" his eyes spark
"or messi" we look at each other like we just seen something better than heaven. we know our name.
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as our family gathers around to hear our baby name, linc taps his fingers on his legs. I take his hand and look in his eyes and whisper.
"its going to be okay, they'll love it"
"I hope so" he whispers back before shouting "so everyone you know we are having a baby on the way"
"and we have pick a great baby name"
"a name the represents victory"
"honor and strength"
"and power"
"and its"
"sailor moon joestar messi Ronaldo liwilson swift" as they hear the name they just look with confusion.
"don't name her that" lake says with a beer in his hand and sparrow shoves him.
"are you sure you want the name" grant says concerned
"what wrong with it" Lincoln says putting his arms out.
"its... bad" grant tries to say in the nicest way possible. marco sees the sad look on Lincoln's face and makes a suggestion.
"how about Jessie, its like a combo of joestar and messi" as marco says that it felt like I'm going super Saiyan. that name is so good. Lincoln looks at me and smiles .
"I think we finally got a name" as soon as he says that he gets a call that the surrogates in labor. we get in our car and drive to the hospital. our Jessie is about be born.
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as we walk into our living room after 30 hours, we see nick and Cassandra rocking , and grant pacing back forth while marco trys to calm him down. they notice us and all quickly get up.
"meet Jessie, Nick Cassandra, liwilson swift" Lincoln says holding the baby. they all gather around the baby except my dad Nicky who stand there with tears in his eyes. I go up to him and bump his shoulder.
"arent you going to go and look at the new baby"
"you named her after me" he mumbles but I can still hear it.
"yea" I look at him for a few seconds before he gives me a giant hug. "ok, ok get off me I need to go check on my daughter" I say as I push him away. he backs up and wipes his tears. I shoo away our parents and look at my baby. I thought nothing could be better than beating tertis but I finally found her.