"Ok so the date for the baptism and party will be August 12th. That's a little more than two weeks from now." Gwen says
"Do you have the Godparents picked out yet?" Justine, Gwen's best friend, asks.
"Yeah Blake and I decided to have Luke and Caroline as Lena's Godparents. They were there when we found her and she loves her uncle Luke like crazy."
"Luke? How is Luke with kids? Are you sure you trust him?"
"He is a lot more responsible than he would like you to believe. Plus now that he and Caroline are married, he has really done some growing up. He absolutely adores Lena as well. It's cute cause he calls her Nae."
"Nae?"
"Yeah Nae is short for Renee which is her middle name. He said he wanted to give her a nickname no one else would use. He wanted them to have that special bond."
"Wow he never hit me as the softy type" both women laugh "what did he say when you guys asked him?"
Well......(the memory flashes in Gwen's head)
Blake and Gwen had known it was only fitting that Luke and Caroline be Lena's Godparents. They were the ones who had been there with them through the whole process of making Lena theirs. So they had asked Dot to keep Jackson one night while in Tish so they could take Luke, Caroline, and Lena out to ask them. The moment they got there and Lena saw Luke she was instantly running to him. She had to sit next to him through dinner. When Lena needed to go potty Gwen got up to take her but she insisted on Aunt Caroline taking her. This only made Blake and Gwen more confident that they had picked the right people to be Lena's Godparents. Heaven forbid something happen to them they wanted to know that Lena was comfortable and well taken care of. Dinner was winding down and Gwen gave Blake the look that said to go ahead and bring it up.
"So Gwen and I have something we would like to ask you and Caroline." Blake says looking at Luke
"Ok man what's up?"
"We are planning on having the kids baptized in LA and we want you guys to be there and to be involved."
"Ok just tell us what you need us to do and we are on it." Luke says genuinely meaning it.
"Well Blake and I want you and Caroline to be Lena's Godparents. That is if you want to." Gwen joins in.
Luke sits there not answering. Caroline reaches under the table taking his hand in hers and smiling at him. At first Gwen and Blake are confused and concerned as to what the reaction is.
"We..." Luke tries to get out but his voice fails him. It's then that Blake and Gwen realize that Luke is emotional.
"What Luke means is yes. We would be honored to be Lena's Godparents. That little girl means the world to us and knowing that you guys would entrust her to us is overwhelming. We love you guys like family." Caroline says before turning and looking at Luke nodding her heard.
"So guys. I just really do love this little girl" he says wiping a strand of her hair out of her face. "I never thought I would ever be interested in kids until this little one came into all of our lives. I never thought I would be good enough to be a daddy. You guys have no idea what this means to us. I had a melt down earlier and thanks to you guys I see that everything is going to be ok." Luke says staring into Caroline's face.
"What were you upset about man?" Blake barely finishes before Gwen gasps.
"Oh my god! Caroline you're pregnant?" Gwen asks about ready to jump up out of her chair with excitement.
"Yeah we got a call from the doctors office this morning confirming it. We weren't gonna tell anyone yet but this was a special case. Just please don't tell anyone yet."
