14

"That was lots of fun!" Muin came into Ezra's house with Ezra by her side. "I'm gonna miss doing that stuff, but well, we'll be mommies though! A whole new adventure." She chuckled.

Yed came downstairs and saw Muin and Ezra. "Only an hour?" He smiled. "Good."

"We got tired," Muin admitted. "That and for a little while Ezra got too nauseous and irritable."

Ezra just shrugged. "No one's perfect." She nodded at Muin. "Good night Muin, I'll think about what you said too."

"You should." Muin smiled. "I already gave mine names! If it's a boy, it'll be named after Zaria. If it's a girl, I'm calling her Cooey!" She laughed. "Having names already picked out makes it funner than calling it an 'it' all the time."

Ezra agreed. "Still, I don't know if the name Oogi is what I want to call it."

"Oogi?" Yed frowned.

"No, if it's a boy." Muin reminded her. "If it's a girl you could call her Niggy or Noggy or something. Oh, maybe Nignog?"

"Nignog?" Yed's face squished together and he held out his tongue like he'd just tasted garbage.

"Well yeah!" Muin grinned. "Since you have no clue who the daddy is, it's up to her. My vote goes for Oogipoc and Nignogella."

"Girl or boy, it's not gonna be named either of those!" Yed disagreed as he crossed his arms. Those were damn nerd names.

Muin humphed. "That's Ezra's decision not yours!" She nodded at her sister. "He may be protecting you, but don't let him tell you what to do for the baby. That's not his jurisdiction! Okay?"

Ezra smiled. "Alright Muin, good night."

Yed watched as Muin headed out the door then just jumped off the staircase. "Ezra?" He frowned. "You're not really gonna call it Oogipoc or Nignogella are you?" Oh no! No, no, no! There's no way it can be called that!

"I haven't really thought of names." Ezra confessed. "I'm just going with it right now." She felt her stomach. "I get too nauseated to think about it too much at this point." She looked over at Yed and smiled. "I know. They aren't the best names."

"That's an understatement," Yed said. "You should name it something a lot nicer than that. Something that's fitting."

"Well, I did have a girl name I was thinking about a little bit." Ezra admitted. She smiled. "I always liked the name Carressela. It's pretty and it…" She seemed to fade off a bit. "…it was my real mother's name."

Yed smiled gently. "Carressela?" He looked at Ezra's belly. It still wasn't growing that much. "Carressela what?"

"Carressela Saga Sauvage…Cattral." Ezra decided. "And the Cattral name continues anyhow." She smiled. "I'd rather she have that, Saga will stick too hard. Still, as a middle name I think it's fitting."

"I think you're right," Yed smiled. "That's very fitting. No ideas for boy though, huh?"

Ezra shrugged her shoulders. "Not really."

"Well maybe you'll come up with something soon." Yed replied.

"I'm sure I will." She grinned at Yed. "If you've got any ideas let me know."

Yed laughed. "What, wouldn't I be passing my jurisdiction?"

Ezra just laughed with him. "You're allowed to for that." She started to head for bed. "I'll ask Xiam too, he might have a good name."

A name. Yed looked at his watch. It wasn't really late but if Ezra was ready for bed, he better keep his biological clock in sync with hers. I never even dreamed I'd have a kid. He started to lock the front door. I'm a protector, this feels so weird. A protector that's a dad? He started to head up the stairs. It's not supposed to be this way. Although, maybe it won't be too bad? He started to think. This kid will be smart. It'll definitely have some skill. He grinned and sauntered down the stairs. If it's anything like me, he'll be a real Tiger. "Yeah, a Tiger."

"A what?"

Yed looked back in surprise. He had got so would up in his own feelings he hadn't realized Ezra was coming down.

Ezra stood beside him side by side "Why are you talking about tigers?"

'Think fast!' "I was thinking of a boy name." Yed lied. "Tiger? What do you think?"

"Tiger?" Ezra chuckled. "That's weird, I've never heard of anyone named Tiger before." She chuckled. "Goodnight Yed."

Yed watched as Ezra went back up the stairs. That was a close one! I can't believe I said that out loud! Tiger? He thought about it and grinned. Actually heck, that is pretty good. It's unique, no one's ever been named Tiger around here. He walked to his room as he continued to think. Tiger is too short though, maybe Tigeravich? I don't know. Traditionally the father chose the first-born's name. He opened his door and stepped into the black abyss of his room. He turned the light on and stepped over to his bed. I can't raise them, I can't see them, and it's going to be hard just to get the chance to name it!

The path he should take was supposed to become clearer as time passed by, but it was only becoming foggier.