The Flight Attendant

Chapter Thirty- Nine: Baby Names

"Mama help me!" Hope squealed as she ran into her parents bedroom and scrambled on to the bed and away from her father who was chasing her on his hands and knees.

"Come back here," Cristiano said in his monster voice making Lilliana smile as she quickly moved to hide her daughter who cuddled into her side under the covers.

"Have you seen Hope?" Cristiano teased as he stood up and walked towards the bed. Lilliana smiled as she shook her head and watched Cristiano gently sit down on the bed.

"Oh well, I might as well cuddle with you instead," Cristiano teased as he gently sandwiched his daughter in between the two of them.

"I here papa!" Hope said as she pushed down the covers making the footballer chuckle as he kissed her forehead softly and cuddled his two girls close.

"Will you love me when baby come?" Hope asked making her parents look down at her and nod wondering why she'd ask that.

"No matter how many kids we have... we'll always love you Hope," Cristiano said as he looked at his little girl; he was determined to make sure she wasn't left out.

"Promise?" Hope asked as she looked between both of her parents while sitting up and brushing her brown curly hair from her face.

"We promise," Cristiano and Lilliana said at the same time as Hope smiled at them and moved forward while hugging them tightly.

Lilliana smiled watching her husband and daughter. She loved them so much and she hoped they wouldn't be strained when their baby comes along next month.

***

"We should think about naming him," Cristiano mused as he watched Hope playing on the living room floor with her dolls as he and Lilliana sat on the couch.

Cristiano was gently rubbing Lilliana's stomach as their baby kicked. He hadn't stopped in twenty minutes and Lilliana was fed up.

"We should," Lilliana whispered as she let her head roll on to her husbands shoulder as he kissed her temple softly.

"I like Matías, Benjamín, Lucas and James," Cristiano mused making Lilliana look up at him. Just from listening him she already had a name picked out.

"James Matías- Jose Ronaldo," Lilliana said making Cristiano look down at her a little shocked that she had used his fathers name.

"He would've loved you," Cristiano whispered as he looked away from his wife for a minute. He missed his father so much and he wished he could still be here.

"I'm sure I would've loved him," Lilliana smiled as she kissed his neck softly before pulling him down gently and holding him close not wanting him to cry; she hated seeing that.

"Papa, we play ball?" Hope asked as she toddled up to the couch. She loved playing football with her father and she always wanted to play with him.

"Of course," Cristiano smiled as he got up and lifted her up before moving out to the back garden. Lilliana smiled as she pushed herself to her feet and followed after them.

Lilliana slowly sat down and rubbed her bump. She couldn't believe their second baby was almost here; it felt like only yesterday that she had met Cristiano yet here they are four years later about to welcome their second baby.

***

"Do you ever think about our lives being different?" Lilliana asked as she watched her husband rolling out the knots in his back with the foam roller on the floor.

"What kind of different?" Cristiano grunted as he got the knot in his shoulder and looked up at his wife wondering what she was thinking about.

"Like... if I hadn't gotten pregnant with Hope, would we be just boyfriend and girlfriend? Would we be engaged? Or would we be married anyway?" Lilliana asked as Cristiano got up and put the roller away.

"I was planning on asking you to marry me on Christmas Day anyway so we'd most likely be engaged," Cristiano said as he climbed on the bed and sat beside his wife.

"And I'd be driving you crazy with planning," Lilliana mused making her husband chuckle and nod as he watched her knowing she would've been bridezilla if they hadn't of gotten married in Dubai.

Cristiano smiled as he kissed his wife softly while holding her close. He was glad Lilliana had gotten pregnant when she had and he wouldn't swap anything they had done after that... except maybe being stabbed.