Broken Descent (Bruno Mars)

Given Names

In the following months, Bruno made sure the nursery accommodated two boys. During the holidays, the family was even more excited with the babies coming soon. The biggest part in question at that time was the names of the twins. It had been months, and Bruno and Kim were both incredibly indecisive. They decided to each pick a name for either of the boys.

"Do you wanna name one of them Peter, maybe?" she asked.

"No," Bruno replied. "I think it would feel weird if I wasn't even called Peter and then name one of my kids Peter..."

"Well I think I want to name one of them Isaac, after my dad."

Bruno nodded in agreement with the name.

"So?" Kim asked. "What are thinking then? Are you thinking of names after your idols? Michael...after Michael Jackson?"

Bruno grinned a bit. "Well...kinda...what about Jackson?"

"I love it," Kim replied, holding her hands out as Bruno embraced her.

"Well..." Bruno sighed after a while, releasing his hands from her. "All the stressful stuff is over."

Kim laughed. "What are you talking about? We have plenty more stress to go. That was the easy part."

"Yeah...but the planning stuff is stressful too. When the babies come we'll just snap right into place."

A few weeks into January, Charlotte and Madison waited at the after-school program, playing some card games. With Bruno's work and everything, it wasn't unusual for them to stay at school a bit longer. They didn't mind it though since it gave them more time with their friends.

"The new math stuff we're doing is so hard," Charlotte exclaimed to Madison.

"I know!" Madison nodded.

Soon enough, Phil came through the doors of the room. Zadeh was with him too.

"Uncle Phil?" Charlotte asked.

"The babies are coming," Phil smiled. "We're going to my house for now because babies usual take a long time to get here, but when it's time you'll go see them at the hospital."

Charlotte and Madison stood up quickly at the exact same time, excited and animated. On the ride to Phil's house, the girls couldn't stop talking and asking a million questions.

"But I thought they weren't coming until a couple more weeks? Maybe they got bored and wanted to come early," Charlotte said.

"Yeah," Phil smiled. "Maybe."

Hours into labor, near midnight, Bruno sat at Kim's side.

"You should go to Phil's and see the girls. They're not coming tonight. Go home and sleep."

"Nu-uh," he replied, holding her hand. "I'm not goin' anywhere."

"Bruno," Kim said sternly. "Please go so I can sleep. I'll be fine. Madison took a while too. I know these things."

Bruno sighed.

"Please? We both need to sleep before they're born...we're not gonna get much once they get here."

Bruno kissed Kim before gathering his things.

"I better get a call if something happens."

"You will...don't worry."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

When Bruno made it to Phil's house, Charlotte and Madison had tons of questions. They'd stayed up much later than usual, awaiting.