47: Names

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" Guys, we need suggestions." Sky walked into the practice room, Cara right behind him.

" For what?" Natalie asked.

" For names." Cara walked over to the white board on the wall, grabbing a marker. She labeled one side Boy and the other Girl.

" Okay, I need boy names." Cara started.

" I thought we were doing Albert?" Sky murmured.

" We are, I need other suggestions though." Cara nodded.

" Finn!" Iain called.

" Okay." Cara scribbled it down.

" Nicolas." Nick smiled cheekily. Natalie poked him in the side.

" I mean, Thomas." Nick corrected.

" My biological father's name is Thomas." Bexley commented.

" Hugo?" Nick gave a questioning look.

" I love it, but where did Hugo come from?" Cara laughed.

" I don't know." Nick sighed.

" Anything else?" Cara asked.

" Patrick!" Jeff called.

" Patrick?" JoJo wrinkled her nose.

" Anyway, any girl names?" Cara called.

" Blake?" Michael offered.

" Eliza!" Jeff shouted.

" Winnie." Ben offered.

" Good girl Winnie Foster, everyday-" Penny immediately sang.

" I vote for Katherine." Anthony called.

" Like from Newsies?" Natalie tilted her head

" Well, if they met in Newsies." Anthony shrugged.

" That's fair." Sky nodded.

" Any others?" Cara asked.

" Darlene?" Penny offered.

" Why Darlene?" Bexley knit her eyebrows.

" No reason." Penny shrugged.

oOOo

" Mommy, I can't find my book!" Penny shouted, searching through her suitcase.

" This book?" Bexley held up the book that had been sitting on the nightstand not three feet away. Her and Josh were sitting on their bed playing cards.

" Yeah, that one." Penny beamed, skipping over to grab the book.

" So, you gonna tell me who Darlene is?" Bexley cocked an eyebrow. Josh glanced between the two of them.

" Nobody." Penny shook her head, glancing away from Bexley.

" You sure?" Josh questioned slowly, noting her reaction.

" Yep." Penny nodded quickly, hopping off the bed.

oOOo

" Ben, your children are tap dancing on my ribs!" JoJo called.

" They're good like that." Ben chuckled from across the room.

" Tell them to stop." JoJo pouted. He made his way over to her, kneeling in front of her stomach.

" Kiddos, you need to stop practicing your kick boxing, it's annoying mommy." Ben scolded her stomach.

" Kick boxing?" JoJo laughed.

" Yep, they're probably just a passive aggressive as their mother." Ben nodded, sitting next to her.

" And they're probably as indecisive as their father." JoJo stated.

" I'm not indecisive." He made a face.

" You want Italian or Chinese for dinner?" She asked.

" I would love pasta, but I could also go for some fried rice-"

oOOo

Penny sat in the warmup room, fully invested in her book.

" Hey squirt." Ben strolled in.

" Hi." She didn't look up from her book. Ben chuckled, sitting down next to her.

" Whatcha reading?" He asked. Her eyes lit up as she launched into a fully summary of the book.

" And right now, Percy and Annabeth are in a bubble under the sea." She finished.

" Wow, that's intense." He nodded.

" Yeah." She returned to her page.

" So, is there a reason you're not talking to your parents?" Ben asked.

" I am?" She tilted her head.

" Penny, we've all known you long enough to be able to tall when you're lying." Ben said casually.

" Is this about Darlene?" She closed her book, taking note of the page number.

" You're mom and dad are really worried." Ben nodded. She sighed, drawing her knees to her chest.

" I had a little sister, but my father took her away." Penny said, looking at her shoes.

" Her name was Darlene?" Ben asked.

" Yeah. I haven't seen her in a long time." Penny nodded.

" Were you afraid to tell your parents?" Ben questioned carefully. Penny gave a short nod.

" Why?" He knit his eyebrows.

" Because what if they want a younger kid. She was always cuter than me-"

" Penny, I'm gonna stop you there. You were Bexley and Josh's daughter from the first moment you met them. They wouldn't give you up for anything." Ben promised.

" I just don't want to go back." She whispered.

" And you won't. No matter what, Penny, you are apart of our family." Ben stated.

" I love this family." She cracked a small smile.

" As chaotic as we are?" Ben chuckled.

" Just adds to the fun." She nodded.

oOOo

" Do you want to try and find her?" Bexley asked. Josh, Bexley, and Penny sat around her dressing room. Penny had explained everything about her younger sister.

" Yeah?" Penny gave a confused look.

" If she's your sister, she's certainly apart of our family." Josh stated.

" So, we can look for her?" Penny's face lit up.

" Absolutely, but there's no guarantee that it'll be fast." Bexley added.

" That's okay." Penny threw her arms around their necks.

" I love you guys!" She smiled.

" We love you too." Josh grinned.

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