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XLV .. baby cobra
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"IT'S A MILLION DEGREES OUT HERE." bella sighed as she grabbed her hair and pinned it back in a hair clip. "between the hormones and this heat, i'm gonna go crazy."

"and it's supposed to get worse." johnny said as he pushed his glasses back. bella placed her glasses on her face as she sat back on a lawn chair, letting out a frustrated sigh. being that it was her day off, bella decided to head to encino and accompanied johnny as he did some yard work. "go back inside, i'll be there in a few."

"i'll be fine, besides vitamin d is healthy for the baby." bella smiled as she leaned back on the lawn chair.

"yeah it's healthy, but it's also scorching hot." johnny said as he stood in front of bella, who was eating a bowl of cherries. "it's fucking hot out here, go inside where there's air conditioning."

"i'm gonna stay out here, john. chill out." bella chuckled as she placed the small bowl of cherries on her lap.

"alright." johnny sighed as he teasingly ate the cherry that bella was holding, bella rolling her eyes as she threw the stem to the side. "you're so stubborn sometimes, isabella."

"so i've been told." bella sighed as she continued eating cherries. "but then again, so are you."

"if it's a girl, it's gonna come out stubborn, just like her mother." johnny laughed as he placed a small kiss on bella's forehead.

"and her father. you're pretty hard-headed too." bella laughed as she leaned sat back into the lawn chair. "but if it's a boy, he's gonna be hot-tempered, just like his father."

"and his mother." johnny laughed. "remember the kiddo's a combination of both of us, we're both stubborn with a temper."

after finishing with the lawn, the couple went inside to have lunch with laura. during the past couple of days, bella's felt the baby move a little bit more that usual, but the baby hadn't really kicked yet. both bella and johnny were looking forward to that moment, but for now, they only felt small movements.

"you're glowing, honey." laura smiled as she placed her hand on bella's baby bump. "how're you feeling? has the baby kicked yet?"

"not yet, but it's been moving a lot." bella laughed as she sat down on the sofa. "doc said i'm due around february, but i'm supposed to go in for a checkup in two weeks."

"i totally understand, when i was pregnant with this one, he was an active baby." laura smiled, placing her hands on johnny's shoulders, as he was smiling. "so, is it a granddaughter or a grandson?"

"not sure yet, but i think it's a girl." johnny said as he placed a hand on bella's thigh as laura took a seat in front of them.

"whatever it is, it's gonna be a beautiful little baby." laura smiled. "but personally, i think it's a boy."

"it has to be a girl, ma." johnny said as he debated with his mother. "from the picture, it looks like a girl.

"hon, the baby's tiny. you can't tell the gender yet." laura said. "i didn't know you were a boy until 5 months."

bella smiled as he looked at johnny and laura talk about the baby. she chuckled as she held onto her baby bump, as she felt it shift. those were the small movements that she felt and although those little movements were exciting, imagine how a small kick would feel.

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the sound of depeche mode's policy of truth played on the radio as bella laid in bed, flipping through the pages of a pregnancy book while johnny skimmed through pages of a baby names book with an arm wrapped around her. "okay, so let's say it is a boy, what are we naming him?" he said as he put the book down and looked down at bella.

"i like joshua." bella said. "christopher's also a good one."

"i like christopher, but what about alexander? alex for short." johnny said as bella sat up and put her hair up in a clip.

"hm, let's go back to christopher." bella said as she sat in front of him.

"you didn't answer my question, what about alexander? i think it's a nice name?" johnny said.

"so do i, but i like christopher more." bella said as she softly bit her lip. "okay, let's do girl names. i propose: julie."

"what about michelle?" johnny said.

"hm, rachel." bella said.

"cindy." johnny sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.

"grace." bella said.

"ashley."

"emily."

"tawny."

"john, i'm not naming the baby after a model." bella scoffed as she rubbed her temples. "stop spitting out model names."

"it's called creativity, isabella." johnny scoffed as he laid back. "i thought you wanted something unique."

"i do, but i'm not naming my child after a model from a whitesnake or mötley crüe video." bella sighed as she walked to the kitchen to grab some fruit.

"alright how about elle?" johnny said as he followed her and sat on a kitchen stool. "or yasmine?"

bella sighed as she let out a frustrated sigh. "i'm not naming my kid after a model or any actress that has appeared on baywatch, just in case you were thinking of suggesting pamela."

"alright, what are your suggestions?" johnny said as he grabbed a beer.

"delilah, harper, kristen, violet." bella said as she washed the bowl of grapes. "aurora."

"isabella, don't name the kid after a disney princess." johnny sighed as he took a swig from his beer.

"it's better than pamela." bella argued.

"okay fine. what about brooke?" johnny said as bella rolled her eyes.

"john, i swear–"

"what? she kinda looks like you!" johnny said as he let out a frustrated sigh. "i don't see a problem with naming the baby after a model. i like the name elle."

"i know the only reason you wanna name her elle is because of your crush on elle macpherson." bella said as she ate some grapes. "judging from the many playboy posters of her plastered on your walls."

as the couple argued on baby names, bella felt a soft movement in her belly, then becoming relatively harder. "bella? are you okay?" johnny said as bella placed her hand on her stomach.

"john, i think the baby kicked." bella smiled as she grabbed his hand and placed it on her bump.

"i don't feel anything–"

"just give it a minute." bella smiled as his hand remained on her bump, feeling the small kick. "can you feel it?"

"oh shit, it's finally kicking." johnny smiled as he placed both hands on her stomach, crouching down to place a kiss on the belly.

"look, we can figure out some baby names later." bella chuckled as she softly rubbed her belly. "let's just head to bed, see if the baby kicks again."

"that was probably its way of telling us to shut up about the names." johnny chuckled as he placed a kiss on bella's temple and walked her to the bedroom. wrapping his arms around bella, johnny also placed a hand on the belly.

"so, is that a no on elle?"

"john, don't start."