The Miranda MacArthur Story

chapter 1

It was the final month of the nine months in Jen's life after being married to Brick MacArthur. She was now forced into a hospital bed and gripping Brick's hand as she was going through labor. They were told nine months ago today that they were going to have a baby, a little girl, they were so excited. They used the spare room in their home and painted it pink with a white crib and a flower mobile. They had baby clothes handed down from family members for their daughter to grow up wearing. Today was the day, the birth of the new member of their family.

Tears streamed down Jen's face as she was breathing heavily to have the daughter of their dreams. Both had fondly daydreamed about what it would be like, it was bound to have some ups and downs along the way. Hopefully, it would be okay and they would be fine with having their darling beautiful girl born into the world.

Brick's hand was cramping, but he reminded himself that he was doing this for her, the woman he had always loved, even if she had not warmed up to him at first, the one and only Jen Masterson-Mazinsky. Jen grunted and pushed the best she could, then felt relief as her screams stopped and there was finally the cry heard from an infant. Their daughter had been finally born.

"It's a girl!" the doctor called as he held the bundle who had deep tan skin like Brick and had a tuft of scarlet hair as she wiggled and sprawled, crying her little heart out.

"Oh, Brick, our baby is finally born..." Jen sniffled, more tears rolling down her cheeks.

Brick kissed her forehead, then smiled fondly. "My little soldier." He said, though many tough men who would say that to their child would be having a baby boy be born, but regardless, he loved the baby, whether it was a boy or a girl.

"Do you have a name for her, Mr. and Mrs. MacArthur?" the doctor asked.

Brick and Jen blinked. They actually never thought about that. The many preparations they put into having their baby, but they never once thought of a name for her.

"Could we talk about it first?" Jen asked.

"Of course," another doctor replied, wrapping the bundle in a pink blanket and handing her to her parents. "Take your time and we'll fill out the birth certificate."

"Thank you, Doctor." Jen smiled, holding their baby for the first time after she was cleaned up.

The doctors then left and decided to give the couple and their baby some privacy after birth. Brick and Jen happily looked down to the girl. She really did look like a miniature version of Jen, but she had Brick's nose. The girl was just so adorable.

"What are we going to name her?" Brick asked.

"I-I'm not sure..." Jen shrugged. "I saw this one baby book on baby girl names, but they all sounded too girly for my taste. Portia, Gemini, Anastasia, Priscilla, Lucinda..."

"I see what you mean," Brick nodded. "How about after your sister?"

"Oh, that might be too soon..."

"Yeah, you're right... How about Courtney?"

"No," Jen flat-out declined that name. "Remember? Courtney was the name of that step-sister I had a life with for five years and she pushed me around because she was so beautiful? Umm... How about Josephine?"

Brick scoffed. "No way, that was Jo's real name from Revenge of the Island and she kinda made my life a living nightmare. Everything was a competition and I was a junior cadet."

"Good point..." Jen was running out of ideas for names.

Brick then thought about it. "How about Miranda?"

"Miranda?" Jen's blue eyes widened slightly. "As in, my biological mother Miranda?"

"Why not?" Brick shrugged again. "It's a lovely name for a lovely girl, look at your mother, plus it would be like an honorary naming."

"Miranda MacArthur," Jen said, then admitted that it had a nice ring to it. "Yeah..."

"Welcome to the world, Miranda MacArthur." Brick saluted his baby girl.

The baby girl, Miranda, opened her eyes a little to show they were as jeweled and blue as Jen's. The two didn't really see it, but they could have sworn that Miranda had smiled at them as if to thank them for her new name. Brick and Jen both then just wondered what future their daughter would bring in for the world of Megaville.