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"Caspar! Minx and I are heading out to see my dad," Joe announced as he came upstairs.

No one has mentioned the other evening with Caspar and that girl because... Well, why should we? It's his business.

"Alright! Have fun and say 'Hi' to Graham for me!"

"Ha, alright," Joe nodded as he carried our overnight bags to the car.

I got his laptop and phone and followed him out there as we got in the car.

"Ready to go, baby?" Joe asked, patting my leg.

"Yup!" I grinned, leaning back to get a pillow from the back seat and held it on my lap to make my stomach feel more comfortable because of the seat-belt.

Joe rested his hand on my thigh as he drove.

"What about Jack?" I asked.

"No, that's a bit boring."

"Says the one named 'Joe'!" I laughed.

"Did I choose my own name?!" Joe joked.

"Okay, alright, I like your name, don't worry!" I laughed, "What do you think?"

"Oliver? Toby? Alfie?"

"Alfie? No," I shook my head, "I think of Zoe and Alfie, and that's not bad, but... Maybe as a middle name?"

"No, I agree. Ask on Twitter?" Joe suggested.

Joe handed me his phone to tweet it on his Twitter because he has a lot more followers and will get faster responses:

"We are having difficulties thinking of a name for our baby boy! Help us!"

"He's kicking again," I said, pulling Joe's hand from my thigh to my stomach.

"Oh my God," Joe smiled.

"Keep your eyes on the road," I reminded him playfully.

"Don't worry, I got this," Joe laughed as he put his hand back down on my thigh.

"Okay, people are suggesting: Noah, Charlie, oh there's Oliver and Toby."

"I like Noah," Joe shrugged as he merged onto the motorway.

"Me too. I don't know. We'll keep thinking about it," I nodded.

"I'm excited to see my mates," Joe grinned, changing the subject.

I scrolled on Joe's Twitter looking at the different name suggestions before dozing off for a bit.

"Minxie, want anything? I'm filling up on petrol," Joe asked, waking me up.

"Can I have a water bottle?" I asked.

Joe nodded before going into the petrol shop and getting some snacks and water for us.

"We're almost there, I just wanted to stop for a minute," Joe smiled as he got back in the car.

"No problem. Thanks," I smiled, taking the water bottle.

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"Joseph! Minx! How are you both?!" Graham greeted us.

"Good, how are you?" Joe smiled, holding my hand.

"I'm good, yeah. Look at you! I didn't realise how far along you were," He smiled, "You look fantastic!"

"Thank you," I laughed lightly.

"It's a boy, yeah?"

"Yeah, we were trying to decide a name on the way over," Joe smiled, putting our bags down.

"Have you narrowed it down to anything?"

"Not really. Well, kind of," I shrugged.

"We like Noah and Oliver."

"Not Oliver. No, it's too... I don't know. Noah? Yeah that's quite good," Graham smiled.

"It looks like he'll be Noah," Joe nodded.

"Maybe," I grinned.

"Well, Minxie and I are going to meet up with Josh and Charlie in a bit."

Graham gave Joe an disapproving look.

"Neither of us are drinking," Joe laughed lightly.

"Alright. Have fun then."

Joe carried our bags into the room.

"Do your friends know I'm pregnant?" I asked.

"No, unless they saw on Twitter. But I don't think Charlie has one, so I don't think so. Don't worry they won't be mean about it."

"Okay," I nodded meekly.

"Come on, let's head down," Joe smiled, giving me a kiss.

I grabbed a jumper and held Joe's hand as we went down to the pub to meet up with them. We sat at a table and waited for a couple minutes until Charlie arrived and then Josh.

"Hey Joe!" Charlie smiled giving Joe a hug.

"Hey! How are you man?"

"Great, how are you? What?! Minx you're pregnant?! Congratulations!" Charlie laughed.

"Thanks," I smiled.

"Way to go," He laughed to Joe.

"Aw, come on, man," Joe shook his head, laughing.

As they were about to sit back down, Josh arrived too.

"Hey guys!" He said loudly.

He sat down with us, across from me.

"Whoa! Minx you look different!" He laughed.

"She's pregnant," Joe answered.

"Pregnant! H.ell!" Josh nodded, "Nice, how far along?"

"Just over five months," Joe nodded.

"D.amn!" Charlie nodded.

They both ordered drinks and Joe had a water with me.

"Are you and Phoebe still messing around?" Joe laughed to Charlie.

"Joe," I laughed lightly.

"Yeah they are!" Josh laughed loudly.

"Dude, shut up!" Charlie shook his head, laughing, "I wouldn't say anything. You're f.ucking Olive!"

"Olive Clouds?!" Joe laughed.

"Yeah!" Charlie laughed.

"Clouds?" I questioned.

"Her last name's Cloudus. But we've always joked around saying Clouds since school days."

"Oh God," I laughed.

"Actually Olive and I are seeing each other, not just f.ucking," Josh laughed.

"Aw!" Joe teased.

"What are you 'aw'-ing for?! You're going to be a dad!" Charlie laughed as he took a swig of his drink.

"Yeah, we're excited though!" Joe smiled, "It's a little boy."

"Awesome! Do you know what you're going to name him?"

"We've been thinking," Joe shrugged, putting his hand on my knee, "Maybe Noah?"

"Cool," Charlie nodded, his eyes lingering on the waitress who just filled up his beer.

"Charlie! Wake up!" Josh laughed, snapping his fingers in front of his face.

"F.uck off," Charlie laughed.

They all talked for a bit longer. I chimed in every once in a while but mostly kept back and listened or went on my phone for a bit.

"Ready to go Minxie?" Joe asked.

"Yeah, whenever you are," I smiled.

"Come on, let's go. We'll see you two later."

"Alright. Stay out of trouble, yeah?"

"Hey, I will do, alright?" Joe smiled, touching my stomach.

"Minxie, you look great. Congratulations again and if we don't see you again before, have a safe delivery, yeah?" Charlie nodded.

"Thank you," I smiled.

"Joe, you got lucky with her. Take care. See you later Minxie," Josh smiled.

"Bye."

Joe held my hand as we made our way back to the house.

"Just in time for dinner!" Graham announced.

"Aw, thanks," I smiled.

We all sat on his sofa and ate dinner. We were all just catching up on life in general. Graham has been busy with business and thatching. He seems excited to have a grandchild, which makes me feel better.

"Have you thought anymore about a wedding? Or did baby Noah move it back?"

"Well, we did talk about getting married and we were planning on getting married before the baby arrives. But we feel like it's too rushed, so we're just going to wait it out," Joe explained.

"That's probably a better plan," He agreed.

I tried to help cleaned up after dinner, but both Graham and Joe wouldn't let me.

"I can wash a few dishes," I huffed jokingly.

"Don't worry about it," Graham smiled.

I went into Joe's old room and laid on the bed for only a few minutes before Joe joined me.

"I love you," He said quietly.

"I love you too. I think Noah is a perfect name, if you like it?"

"Yeah, I do," Joe nodded.

"Noah Sugg," I smiled, "It's weird to think that I won't have the same last name as our baby."

"Soon you will," Joe smiled.

"Yeah," I nodded.

Joe leaned in to give me a kiss.

"I love you Minxie."

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a/n: hi! Thanks for reading! ALSO thank you for all the lovely suggestions for names! It was extremely difficult to decide!!!! Another question for you all: Would you prefer me to do a time skip and make Minx have the baby in the next few chapters? Or take the pregnancy slow? Thanks! Love you all loads!! X