Elliot chuckled a bit. “I don’t know about that. Ellie does a pretty good job of evading the undead whenever she goes out, and she does it more than I do.” Granted, Ellie didn’t have any family around that anybody knew about — except for that cousin that disappeared a while back — but the point still stood. “I’ll just save up my strength for living opponents.” It was meant to be a joke, but the underlying truth hinted toward incidents like the attack on the compound. True, he’d almost gotten himself killed then, but at least the danger had been from the living and not the zombies. Or maybe that wasn’t such a good thing, after all.
He mimicked her shrug as if what she was saying didn’t matter. “Yeah, I guess that would help,” he teased. He laughed when Rae, once again, told him their baby would be a girl. “Sharing? Who, me? Never.” That wasn’t true in the slightest. “You’ll be the one sharing me with Little One.”
“If you win, which you won’t,” Elliot pointed out playfully. “But yes, if by some slim chance you win this bet? I’ll let you pick the song. As long as it’s at least something I know the lyrics to.”
The world had taken just about everyone away from Rae; that was true. No, she wasn’t the only person who’d lost all their family, but he’d gotten to know her parents before they died, and their loss felt like a strong blow to him, as well. If there was one thing out of this relationship that they were both getting, it was a second chance at a family. In a normal world, Elliot wouldn’t have wanted to name his kids after his parents, but since his and his girlfriend’s parents were both dead… He was glad he was getting the chance to honor their memory in this way.
Another kiss and he pulled back to smile at her. His brows rose when Rae said that Leah wanted them to watch Marigold. “Leah actually wanted us to watch her?” That was surprising. “Huh. Yeah, okay. Fun way to spend the evening.” He snorted. “If David gets annoying, just smack him. He might be more distracted by Ellie, anyway.”