bright pink baby

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"what about john lennon. I like that name." river wrote it down on a list titled baby names.
Martha smiled,"what if it's a girl?" river thought,"we could name her after my partner in crime, my sister, rain." martha nodded,"I've always liked her name, write it down, riv." river read from the list,"so for boys we have Blaine, Jonathan, Josiah, and Freedan. for girls we have Rivlee, Grace, Mathilda, Sapphire, Delilah and Rain." martha hugged river,"I hope we have a girl, river. we have such better names for girls." river laughed,"we're going to have a lot of children, my love. we're only twenty three and we're expecting our second child." martha laughed back,"you're probably right."

two weeks later;

river and martha visited the doctors office to find out that they were expecting a girl. the excitement was unreal. they told everyone they knew and everyone was happy for them. even though they were a young couple, they were madly in love with and very mature for their ages. most of their friends from high school hadn't even met a lover yet.

1978 // r.j.p. Where stories live. Discover now