Just Pretend

Chapter 86 - Eden

There's been no more mention of the interview since we got home, sole focus has been on two things. Me trying to stay as calm as possible and how the hell we're gonna get the spare room turned around into a nursery.

I know it's only a matter of time before the interview is topic of conversation again. It's not something that we can avoid forever but at least we can for the next little while.

"Mar?" Noah calls making his way down the stairs as I save the last document on my laptop.

"Noooaaah." I sing song back seeing him step into the lounge.

"There's only so much procrastination we can do with that spare room..." He smirks at me with a knowing smile.

"Do we really have to." I mumble back knowing we have a busy month as it is with Noah's birthday only a few weeks away.

"Well lil girl doesn't show any signs of slowing down so yeah, I think we have to. She can't live in there forever no matter how comfy her momma makes it." Noah smiles holding out his hand helping me up off the couch.

"I know, we also need to start getting her clothes, a pram, crib, car seat, oh god there's so much to do." I reply the reality of how under prepared we are hits me square in the chest.

"We also need to give her a name that isn't bean or lil girl." He adds and I can't help but groan.

"It's such a big thing... I want her name to have meaning."

"I've got a couple of ideas." Noah tells me as I slip my feet into my checkered vans and he grabs the car keys from the ceramic dish in the hall.

"Hit me with them." I reply locking up the house following him to the car.

He waits until I've hit shuffle on one of our Spotify playlists "Starburster" by Fontaines D.C plays through the speakers and we roll out the drive into the street, the familiar houses passing us by.

"Sooo..." I press seeing the smirk on Noah's face grow. "The suspense is killing me."

"I think Honor is kinda cool. Short and strong too." He says tapping his fingers on the steering wheel.

"I like it." I tell him honestly. "It's nice."

"Okaaay, like and nice aren't really what I was going for Mar." Noah chuckles and I feel my cheeks flush.

"It really is a nice name-"

"But it's not beans name." He finishes for me and I shrug feeling guilty at rejecting the first name he offers up.

"I don't know... it's like when I picture her in my head she not an Honor..."

"Okay baby, that's cool. I got more names." He says nonchalantly like he was prepared for whatever answer I was going to give.

"Good. This feels like a huge decision. I don't want to get it wrong." I confess making Noah snicker in reply.

"Mar, we're just brain storming. We don't have to choose today."

" I know. Any who what's the other options."

"What about River?" He suggests and I know my face answers it before I can even say anything. "That's a very obvious no."

"I actually like it but for a boy." I tell him making him laugh.

"Okay I'll remember that one for next time."

"Oh god, next time. Let's just get one unplanned pregnancy out the way first yeah?" I giggle feeling bean kick as if she's offended.

"She just kicked didn't she?" Noah asks with a huge grin and I nod. "We're just joking kiddo."