Without thinking, I answered "William."

Misty said, "Yasmin."

For a moment, we stared at each other.

And after a lot of stammers, we ended up saying we were expecting twins.

TWINS! See what kind of situations I can get myself into?

Of course we ran away from the tent before the lady started to show us her variety of clothes for twin siblings.

Yep. It seemed like I screwed everything up as I feared. Why did I open my big mouth to say a name that I maybe (I confess) wanted to give to my future child? I should've stayed quiet and let only Misty answer that question. And how did we end up saying we were expecting twins?!

It seemed that she couldn't endure the embarrassment and asked me if I wanted to go to a restaurant to eat hamburgers and fries. I agreed immediately and we stopped in this restaurant on the corner of the street.

The silence in the air was heavier than ever. This kind of tension had never happened between us.

I ordered my hamburger and fries and as a good "pregnant" lady, Misty ordered a balanced fruit salad that the restaurant employees were making for the pregnant women.

"So…" finally Misty broke the ice, blushing with a tiny smile. "William? I-It's a beautiful name, you know."

"Yeah…" I gave an awkward smile, blushing as well. "I've always liked that name and if one day I have a child, I'd like to give him that name."

"I like that name," she said, pretending to be looking at another table, as nonchalantly as she could. I didn't want our day to be over like this. I really didn't. Everything was going well until I opened my big mouth. I needed to do something…

"I-I think Yasmin is a pretty name, too… I-it's approved!" I said, looking deep in her eyes.

APPROVED?! What did I mean by approved? Did that mean that if one day Misty had a daughter, we'd call her Yasmin? Like I would be part of that kind of decision?

Misty's mood was apparently very good today and she laughed, answering me with something that I never, ever expected after a big disaster called 'me.'

"William is also approved."

Okay.

Please, did you guys realize what just happened? Misty and I were sitting in a restaurant, approving names of CHILDREN. We were in a situation that we were technically MARRIED and expecting not one, but TWO BABIES! Could it be any weirder and funnier at the same time?

I was extremely satisfied that, after her unexpected answer, the tension between us finally broke and we started to talk normally again. And eating gave us new energy. I paid the bill and we left the restaurant to walk around the city for a little longer. Yes, we lost the focus of our mission. I mean… Misty's lost it, but I couldn't resist letting her be happy and enjoy all this mother stuff that she likes.

I let her see a baby room decor tent while I took a walk down the street to see more stuff of this World of Motherhood - yes, it sounds awkward for me to say something like that - and you would not believe what I found!

There was a very humble man who was doing many types of drawings on sea shells. He was even writing names on the shells. I looked at it and had another crazy idea. I told it to my friend Pikachu and he approved without any objection.

After going through with my crazy idea, I went back to meet Misty. Seeing her from afar waiting and looking at me with a graceful smile, it made me think that maybe my idea was not that crazy, after all.

I gave her a package and when she opened it, Misty found a sea shell with the name "Yasmin" written on it. Yes, I did that and I'm brave enough to say that I don't regret it one bit.

Misty's reaction was way better than I expected, she covered her mouth with a hand and her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at the sea shell. Then, she stared at me, and, in a tone so affectionate that I would never forget, she said: "Ash, this is one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever received. You are lovely." She wrapped her arms around my neck, giving me a tender hug and whispered in my ear, "Thank you, dear."

And, to really drive her point home, she gave me a tender kiss on my cheek.

I really don't know if the reason she called me 'dear' was because she actually thought I was 'her dear one' or if she was just doing that whole make-believe wife role by calling the husband 'dear.' But I really hoped it was the first option.

And that kiss was definitely not make-believe.

I gave her a tight and long hug and said I was very glad she had enjoyed the gift. I let my fingers go through her soft hair. After that, all that tension that was on us earlier seemed to go for sure, and we continued to walk around, holding hands of course, until we reached the end of the city.

After leaving Vermilion and starting on the path to Fuchsia, I looked at Misty and with a laugh, I said: "Hey, we're almost there and you didn't take your fake belly off."

She looked deeply in my eyes and with a smile, she replied: "Hey, we're almost there and you didn't let go of my hand."

I looked at our clasped hands and…It brought me great peace.

After many confessions during this, hum… Can we say it was an adventure? I'd like to confess one last thing: I wouldn't mind at all if my future is similar to what we pretended to be when we went through Vermilion. I don't think I need to see the cardiologist when I get home, because I found out that I just took the best medicine of all and now I'm healed.