Picture Perfect?

ASHLEY'S POV :

"How many of these books do we have , anyway ?" , I ask Dev , as we sit on the couch surrounded by books and animals .
"Well , we each bought one , my mom sent us one , Darcy sent one , and between the band and your fans , probably at least a dozen , not counting duplicates ." , she replies , as she removes one of the books from Killer's mouth , and tries to stop Tinsel from kneading another one .
We've been sitting here for over an hour looking through all of these books , and I never realized until now just how many weird - ass names have been put into circulation for kids .
"Seriously , who the fuck is actually gonna name their kid 'Parfait' , or 'Sagramour' , anyway ? That's just asking for your kid to get his ass handed to him when he goes to school !" , I say , tossing the book I'm holding onto the coffee table .
"Probably the same people who name their kids stuff like 'Pirate' , or 'Dweezil' ." , Dev says , waving a book at me which apparently contains lists of names given to celebrity babies . "I guess one plus to that is that it might make it harder for kids to pick on each other . I mean , what are they gonna say , 'Your name is weirder than my name' ?"
"Sounds more like the parents should be charged with cruelty to children ." , I tell her . "How about if we take a break and have some lunch ?"
"I can hang with that ." , she says , attempting to get up off the couch .
"Nope , you stay there , I'll fix it , and I'll come get you when it's ready ."
"Ash , I'm perfectly capable of making lunch !" , she informs me .
"I know that , but since I'm home for a couple of days , this is my chance to spoil you a little , so humor me , okay ?"
She sits back down and turns on the TV , while I go to the kitchen . I rummage through the fridge and find some cold chicken , so I slice it up and make sandwiches , with some lettuce and provolone cheese , and heat up a container of potato soup to go with them .
I put the food on the table , and go back to the living room to help Dev extricate herself from the couch . She follows me back to the table , saying , "Damn , I'm not gonna be able to sit there anymore when you're not home , or I'll be there until it's time to go to the hospital ."
"In that case , tomorrow we're gonna go shopping and find one of those automatic chairs that lift up so you can get out easier ." , I say .
"I'm not even going to argue with you on that one ." , she answers , picking up her sandwich .
We eat our lunch , then after I put the dishes in the dishwasher , she asks me to grab a notepad and a couple of pens out of the junk drawer . I rummage around and find them , then bring it all back to the table .
She tears a couple of sheets off of the pad , then hands one to me , along with one of the pens , saying , "I want to try something . We've been looking at those books all morning , so I'm sure we've both seen some things that we find appealing . So I think we should each write down maybe ten names on these papers , and then we can see if we have any in common . If not , then we can go from there ."
"Sure , I'm game !" , I reply . "At least maybe it'll help narrow the field a little bit ."
I turn on the dishwasher , then sit back down at the table and start thinking about some of the names I've looked at this morning . After a few minutes , I have my list made , and scoot my chair around to sit next to Dev . We each lay our lists on the table and start looking them over . After a minute , she puts a finger on each piece of paper and says , "Apparently , we've only agreed on one name here , babe ."
I go grab one of the books from the living room and bring it back to the table , then flip through it until I find the name .
"Look , babe , it says it's a Gaelic name , so it goes perfectly with your Irish heritage !" , she observes .
"Yeah , and the book says it means 'protector' , so at least it has a good meaning , not something he wouldn't want to tell anyone about ." , I say .
"So do we have a winner ?"
"Y'know what ? I think we do ."
"Now we just have to restart the process and find a middle name ." , she says .
"Actually , I've been thinking about that already , darlin' ." , I tell her . "I kind of already have one in mind , if you don't mind ."
She just looks at me , waiting for me to go on , so I say , " You just pointed out that the name we picked goes with the Irish part of my heritage , and he's obviously going to carry on the Purdy name , but I want him to be proud of his entire lineage . My grandad always said that it's important to know where you come from , so I was thinking that we give him your family name as his middle name ."
She looks a bit surprised , then she smiles at me and says , "Dad is gonna love you forever for that , you know ."
"So I take it that you're okay with it , then ?"
"Yes , I'm okay with it , Ash . So now that we have everything decided , I guess we need to get everyone in the loop ."
So we go back to the living room and text both of our families to set up a Skype session , and when we get everyone on , we show them the ultrasound picture and let everyone know what the name is , and Dev was right about her dad being excited about it . After that , we call all of her siblings , then the guys , and fill them in .
Finally , after all of this is done , I look at Dev and say , "There's actually one more thing I'd like to do , if you don't mind , darlin' . I think I'd like to be the one to give the information out to the fans , instead of letting somebody leak wrong information ."
She thinks about it for a minute , then says , "Yeah , there gonna find out eventually , anyway , so I guess that's the best way to do it ."
So I get onto my Facebook account , upload the ultrasound pic , and send out this message :

Attention members of the BVB Army ,
Devlin and I have something very special to share with all of you .
We would like to formally introduce our son , Liam Farrel Purdy , to
the greatest group of fans in the world ! We hope you'll share in our
excitement as we start off on the experience of a lifetime , and help us
show him what an adventure he's becoming a part of when he actually
joins us sometime in August .

I've barely hit send on this when my phone starts blowing up , fans are practically climbing over each other sending congratulations . There are , of course , a few bitchy comments , but they're overwhemingly in the minority , so we ignore them , because they're really not worth wasting time on .
After I have to pry Dev out of the couch again , we decide to go ahead and go out to the furniture store , and we wind up getting two of the chairs , because they're so damn comfortable I decide that I want one myself . I make arrangements to have them delivered tomorrow , so she won't have to deal with it when I leave again in a couple of days .
We stop at a little Italian place for dinner , then pop into a little store and pick up a few outfits , since we know the sex now . The whole time were out , we have people stopping us to say congratulations , and giving us little tips on what to do when he gets here . Apparently , more people have seen my post than I expected .
When we finally get back home , she sits down and lets Tinsel climb her a bit , while I take the dogs out for a quick run . When I get back , I sit down with her , and we decide to watch some TV for a bit . After a little while , I notice that she's asleep , so I put my hand on her stomach an lean my head down a bit .
"Hey , there , Liam ! You've got a lot of people looking forward to meeting you , buddy . Especially me and Mommy , we can't wait to see you . We're going to have so much fun together , and there are so many things I want to teach you . I just hope I'm a good dad , because I love you , and I want to do everything right . But right now , I think I should put you and Mommy to bed , I think we've tired her out today . Goodnight , Sprout ."
I go open the bedroom door and turn down the bed , then go back to the living room and pick Dev up off the couch . She manages to wake up enough that I can walk her to the bedroom , instead of carrying her , and I put her to bed , then undress and climb in next to her .
She turns and flings her arm across my stomach , and I wrap my arms around her , with one hand resting on her stomach , and I fall asleep , holding the two most important people on Earth in my arms .

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