TWENTY-ONE
Black Wool Socks Paired with Paper Gowns
Tessa - 23 Weeks
Arthur: I have sevenminutes to myself. Baby Name Brainstorming time?
Tessa: I’m in! BTW, I got your note this morning. Swoon-worthy stuff and just what I needed. Thank you. How’s Geneva?
Arthur: You’re most welcome - all true. Geneva as a name or the place?
Tessa: Place, silly. I want to know how you are.
Arthur: I’m fine. It’s boring as all hell though and people keep offering me cheese with holes in it for some reason.
Tessa: LOL. Tell them you’ll eat it if they put it back together first.
Arthur: Exactly. It can’t be sanitary like that. I mean, who put the holes in it? Who, Tessa?
Tessa: Truly one of life’s greatest mysteries. How about James for a boy, and Alice for a girl?
Arthur: James is good—solid name, traditional. I went out with an Alice once. Nice girl. Not too bright.
Tessa: So, no to Alice but I’ll add James to the list of potentials.
Arthur: How about Delilah?
Tessa: Are you even trying?
Arthur: What? Delilah’s nice. Isn’t it?
Tessa: Rhymes with too many things.
Arthur: Like what, exactly?
Tessa: Defile yah, Compile yah...I could go on.
Arthur: If you don’t like it, just say so. No need to make up rhymes.
Tessa: Yes, there is. It’s more fun to reject via rhyme.
Arthur: But I’m down to three minutes now.
Tessa: Peter for a boy?
Arthur: No names that are also pseudonyms for a penis.
Tessa: Fair point. So that rules out Richard and Johnson.
Arthur: Were we ever going to consider Johnson?
Tessa: I suppose not. We should take Randy off the list, too. No little hornball heirs.
Arthur: What if they take after me?
Tessa: Then may God help us. Alexander?
Arthur: Went to school with an Alexander. Total whiner - told everyone I hit him with a cricket bat and bloodied his nose.
