Tony and Michelle have a picnic, in which they discuss potential baby names.

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Tony and Michelle walk outside to the lake with a picnic basket and a blanket. Leading her to “his” tree, Tony places the picnic basket on the ground and helps her unfold the blanket. It’s a nice day outside, despite the obvious presence of doom and woe.

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[chelleuncurled]

She kisses him, "I told Jack that we would, or I would...tell Kim at home."

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He nods. "Yeah. We can...we can do that."

[chelleuncurled]

"Do you want to or should I?"

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"I should."

[chelleuncurled]

Because they had a relationship, because...

"Do you want me to come with you?"

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"If you want." He pauses. "Michelle...I just think I should do it because I'm her friend. It might be a little awkward if you called her. But I won't stop you from coming with me."

[chelleuncurled]

"I wouldn't let you deliver that kind of news alone," she whispers, looking up at him.

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He nods, and raises his hand to her hair. “Thanks.”

[chelleuncurled]

She hugs him to her. This isn't a conversation she ever wanted to have.

"I don't want you to see the door."

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“If I don’t see the door…we can’t…we need to live out our future. No matter how bat it’s gonna be.”

[chelleuncurled]

"I know, I just...no, you're right," which is rare for her to say. He should remember this moment.

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“I’m right?” he asks with a smile in his voice. “That’s a first. I’m usually wrong.”

[chelleuncurled]

"You're only wrong about 80% of the time."

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“Thanks for your confidence in me.” He kisses her.

[chelleuncurled]

She kisses him back and smiles a ilttle, "Well, since I worked for you I had to believe you were right at least a small percentage of the time."

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“But 80% of the time? It’s a marvel you didn’t try to get me fired.”

[chelleuncurled]

"Okay, maybe it was closer to 60..."

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He laughs. “I love you, Michelle.”

[chelleuncurled]

She smiles at him warmly, "I love you too, Tony. Enough that if you really wanted to and probably got me drunk enough, I'd agree to name our kid Cubby."

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He laughs a great deal at this. “I am not gonna get you drunk for that, all right?” He nuzzles his face in her neck and kisses it.

[chelleuncurled]

She laughs because he's laughing and she likes it when he's happy, likes when she can make him laugh because that's something she's heard all too infrequently lately.

"What about John?"

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He looks back at her. “That works. Isn’t that Jack’s real name, anyway?”

[chelleuncurled]

"I think so, I think it sounds better with Almeida."

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He gives her a serious look. “We can’t name him Alfonoso.”

[chelleuncurled]

She smiles, "No he'll have a different middle name."