"Hi Kel!" she greeted cheerfully as the nurse left.
"Yo, wassup?"
"Nuffin' much. Oh! Is that my little cousin?" she asked, pointing.
"Yeah..."
"What's her name?"
"I'm trying to convince Zac to call her 'Dawn Kitten Hanson'. Or maybe 'Kitten Dawn'."
"You won't convince me," Zac said, coming in with Hope.
"C'mon Zac -"
"Kel, 'Kitten' is not a name."
"It is so."
"Yeah, for a baby cat."
"Zac, I want to call her 'Kitty'. And 'Kitty' is a legitimate short form of Catherine."
"So let's call her 'Catherine Dawn' then."
"I hate the name 'Catherine'."
Zac groaned. Marie laughed.
"Well, I have a friend named 'Kit', and that's short for 'Christopher'. Why not 'Christina Dawn'? Or 'Dawn Christina'?" She suggested.
Zac and Kelsey looked at each other.
"Christina Dawn," they said together.
"So, like, how have you been anyway, Marie? You found a donor didn't you?"
"Yep," Marie nodded. "My boyfriend, Mick, his older sister, Roxanne, is the same type and he managed to convince her to help. I really like her. She's a dance teacher."
"Dance teacher?" Hope repeated, then looked up hopefully at Zac. "Hey Dad, you said -"
"I know what I said," Zac cut in. "Hope wants to take dancing classes."
"Roxie teaches ballroom."
Zac nodded, then grinned at Hope.
"You really to Mambo?"
Hope giggled.
"I can give you her number if you want," Marie smiled.
"That be good."
"Hey, Uncle Zac? Have you decided on a name for the show yet?"
"I'm thinking," and here he grinned fiendishly at Kelsey, "I'm thinking 'Hanson Family Curse'."