*The.Start.Of.Something.NEW!!((Noah, dear))

[Corliss Malfoy]

It had taken many long days of thinking about the Healer's offer. The shortened term that she would have to carry her child. It sounded good. I mean, who really wanted to be all big and fat for nine months? Exactly. Only tow-three months for a full term baby. The only thing was, there was certain things that could go wrong. Certain chances involving disformed babies in the past. The lady swore that they had tweaked the spell so it was perfectly safe. It sounded good, right?

Walking toward that large, wodden doors of the Hospital Wing, Corliss felt her chest constricting in horror. What if something did go wrong? She didn't want an ugly baby! She sighed, trying to shake off her jitters. It wouldn't be long now, she knew that Noah would be coming, or at least she asked him to. A special Healr had made the trip to Hogwarts to preform the amazing spell and then stay to check on her eyes few weeks. Well, once to twice a week that is. She leaned aganist the cold stone wall, wrapping her arms around her torso as if to hold herself together. The past few days had been fun, talking with Noah and picking out names, telling her closest friends about the child she was carrying. Everyone seemed thrilled.

She knew the Headmaster, as well as the Head of Slytherin House and the normal Healer, would be there, watching the man preform his work. The man, Dr, Jenkins was his name, said all she had to do was endure a quick, spell. It involved a tad bit of pain, but what did that matter? The spell and a nsaty tasting potion was the extent of her problem. She smiled, thinking about the little boy or girl she would soon cradle in her arms. How sweet. Nolan Reese or Kallie Ray. Her baby. She laughed softly, waiting for Noah before she entered the room.

[Noah Dale]

Noah knew as soon as the Healer suggested the spell, Corliss would want it. She had no intention of becoming 'fat' for nine months, watching Noah go off and do things for the DE while she sat around, not allowed to do a thing in case she over exerted herself. She would be without a doubt miserable with the fact, but she still wanted this child. So when the healer suggested a spell that would make the baby come in two or three months, Noah knew what she was choosing. She also knew the dangers in this spell, and how sometimes parts of the baby grow faster then other parts, leaving it deformed. Noah wanted her to say no at that point, but the Healer insisted that there would be no harm, that this baby would live a happy a fulfilled life.

But Noah did some research on the subject. There had been one child so far that had been born through this new and improved spell, so no one was truly sure what would happen exactly. He had remember reading that vampire's who mate with humans tend to have children who grow at an accelerated rate, making them half a vampire for around seven years of their life before they become adults, and fully immortal at that point. Noah could only guess that perhaps this growing spell would work the same, increase the baby's growth rate. But he did not share this with Corliss, she was already under a lot of stress from this baby. He was surprised when all of Corliss's close friends took the news very easily, but the look that Charlotte gave him was spine chilling. It was only last year that they had broken up and after a few months into the school year gave up on the friends with benefits deal. He just hoped Charlotte would go a bit easier on Corliss now, now that she was going to have a child.

Noah found Corliss rested on the wall besides the Hospital Wing. With a soft smile, he walked over to her, standing in front of her. Today would be the day where the spell would be preformed. He took her hands in his and lifted them both to his lips, kissing each knuckle lightly. "Hey beautiful, are you ready for today?" he asked her, dropping their hands to the side. One hand stayed with hers however, intertwining the fingers together.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss was deep in thought as she heard the soft footsteps growing closer. She didn't look though, thinking it was just some random kid rushing to his or her next class. She sighed, wondering if Noah really was coming. He had seemed happy enough, but the lines of worry on his face were whatt gave him away. She knew he didn't want anything to happen to the baby, she knew he cared. Corliss shook her head, thinking it was slightly selfish on her part. The doctor promised nothing would happen, nothing at all.

She surpressed a gasp as she felt somone take a gental hold on her hands, kissing them softly. She looked up, seeing the man she had been absently mindly begging to see since she had gotten ready that morning. She smiled at him, the gesture warm and loving. He was the only person she wanted to be with her right now, going into the room and sitting by her as the event started. She laughed. "Well, I'm ready now that your hear, Noah dear." she said softly, reaching up on her tip toes to peck him on his jaw. She would have kissed his cheek, but he was too tall for her to reach. She swung her and, his following the motion. "Shall we?" she asked, already pushing open the door.

The warm room opened in front of them, the clock on the wall chiming 1. "Perfectly on time! Shall we begin, or do you two have any questions?" she mane asked. Corliss tightened her grip on Noah's hand, happy he was with her. "I am ready to proceded, are you ready, m'dear?" she asked dreamily, trying not to think about the present, but the future. The man smiled warmly as Corliss pulled Noah over to the awaiting cot. "It'll be all right, right, sir? Nothing new to the plan?" she asked softly. The man's face took on a look ease. "Nothing, easy as pie! Lets begin." he said smoothly, pulling out his wand.

[Noah Dale]

Noah smiled back at her, feeling the fimiliar warmness that was brought with that smile. Although it was feared by some students, it always brought a smile to his own face when he saw it on her face. A widered smile grew on his face as she kissed his jaw, but before she could get away, he planted a small kiss on her forehead, winking playfully at her. He gave a reassuring squeeze as she opened the door, hearing the clock chime one. "Lets." he said, following her inside.

There was something about the Hospital Wing that made him extremely nervous. Perhaps that in all his years of Hogwarts, he had only been there during his second year when he ate too many pumpkin pasties on Halloween, and the memory of spending half the night spewing his guts because of the potion the witch gave him was enough to turn him off the place. Or the fact that it was filled with sick or injured people. Sick people made him want to cleanse himself entirely as he left the room since he hated being sick and he was a bit of a clean freak. And injured people just made him feel clumsy. But as the two of them entered the Hospital Wing, there was only a man a what appeaed to be his assitant.

"No question I think." Noah said, looking down at Corliss. He really rather not ask about his aging theory, he would probably just get laughed at, so he decided to stay quiet. As Corliss tightened her grip, he gripped back just as hard, a smirk playing on his lips as his thumb ghosted across the back of her hand. He helped Corliss over to the cot, never letting go of her hand even as she laid down. He moved closer to her, so he could whisper to her without the healer hearing. As he watched the healer pulled his wand he knew he was in charge of keeping her distracted from the pain, or atleast to try. "So I know you think it's going to be Nolan and not Kallie.." he began, a smile on his lips. She was so sure it was going to be a boy, but he wasn't sure how. "but why do you think it will be a boy?" Noah asked, rubbing soothing circles on the back of her hand.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss smiled as Noah helped her down, her hand holding onto his as if she might die if he let go. She never once let her smile falter, even though her heart was pounding in her chest. She wondered abesntly if it was beating loud enough for Noah to hear, seeing as he wsa leaning close to her. She watched the man closely. His wand was up and she remembered the words that had left the Headmaster's mouth in the first meeting. "The pain will last for almost fifteen minutes, can you handle that, Corliss?" She had smiled and said yes, not sure if she had meant it at the time.

She tried to keep her thoughts on Noah, his hands soft on hers as he kept the simple pattern of circles going on her hand. She saw a flash of pink light and her stomach tightened. She gasped feeling the pain the man said would be minor. She squeezed her eyes tight, the feeling of white hot cables laying on her now exposed tummy. She knew she couldn't touch the area or all would be ruined. She she opened her eyes, hearing Noah's question. "I- I guess I just want a boy. I wouldn't mind a girl though. I mean, bows and pink aren't my thing, but I could make it work. She'd probably wear yellow, green and silver more than pink though. Maybe I just want the plan to work out, y'know. Making everyone think the baby is ours. Calling him Noah instead of Nolan to help it along." she whispered, wincing every now and then when it became almost to much to stand.

[Noah Dale]

Noah smiled into her eyes, feeling her death grip on his hand as she clung to him. He watched as the man prepared himself for the procedure. As she squeezed her eyes shut, he moved closer to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders as he kissed her forehead, watching as the pink light sparked her stomach in different spots. He chuckled as she explained to him why she rather a boy then a girl to him. He kissed her cheek gently. "Now that I think of it, I can't really see you with a little girl, a little boy suits you rather nicely. I only wish he could have my copper hair or blue eyes, but I'm sure he'll look just like him Mum." he smiled, rubbing her shoulders as the man continued with his work.

Noah like a soft snort. "I wonder what Abercrombie will say about all this. She just sends me glares now and then, we really haven't talked since you and I started dating. I'm sure we'll have loads of time to talk in the champion's tent after I win." Noah chuckled, looking into her eyes, wanting her to see only him, forget about the pain. "I'm going win for you Cor, and little Nolan or Kallie too." he told her, wanting to wish that could be true. Although he was a good duelist, that wouldn't help much in the task. He would just have to hope he was quicker, both mentally and physically, then the rest.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss smiled softly at Noah, the smile not reaching her strained eyes. She was holding herself together pretty much perfectly. She couldn't keep the pain from her eyes though, it was just to much. She kept her gaze on Noah and let the rest of the world flow away into a darkness, leaving the two of them alone. "Finally, someone sees that I would be terrible with a little girl! You have to admit that our son will be one tough cookie. He will be so cute, I bet he'll have darker hair than me. Maybe light brown. I don't know.... Blue eyes are a for-sure. I just know!" she said, the pain seeming to decrease more and more with each passing second. She glanced at the clock. Ten minutes had passed. She looked at Noha, a shocked smiled on her lips. "Wow.." was all she could manage.

Corliss fought not to crack up as she listened to Noha. "I'll bet she will just be thrilled to see you." she teased, squeezing his hand playfully. "You know, just ignore her. Just 'cause she missed her chance to be with the best guy in the world, she doesn't have to be bitter. She is a bit stuck up." she whispered, smiling again. She sighed as she heard the man again. "Okay, only five minutes to go. Here drink this." he said in his rough voice, handing her a vial of sparkling goldish- pink liquid. She stared at it for a moment or two, looking to Noah. The man popped the stopper out of the small opening and pressed it to her lips. She swallowed fowl liquid, wincing as the pain vanished. The man looked at her. "You'll have to stay here for a while, until the process is complete. The worst part is over though." she whispered. "Your free to stand up and more around in three minuets." he finished, dissapering into a small room off to the side of the room.

[Noah Dale]

Noah chuckled. "You wouldn't be terrible with a little girl. She'd just be more of a tom boy definitely. But I don't know, some guys find that attractive." he chuckled, winking up at her. "I'd have to get an official stick to beat the boys away from her though, that's why there's a little less worry with boys. Not being sexist, but we know they'll be the ones making the dumb mistakes." he chuckled, following her eyes to the clock noting that ten minutes had passed. "Wow indeed, you know what they say love, time flies when your having fun." He smiled teasingly, knowing how much pain she was in at the moment.

Noah rolled hiss eyes at Corliss. "Like I've told you before, I'm not the best guy in the world. I just done a terrific job at to screwing up yet." Noah grinned. "Yeah, I'm wondering what I ever saw in her before. Did I really want the girl that all the guys went after? Well, I guess sort of because I still get glares from guys when they see me with you, but the fact that she easily flirted back with them, I don't know." Noah sighed, looking up at the doctor as he gave Corliss a drink of some sort of potion. He smiled as he face scrunched up as the potion pulled the drink from her lips, the disgusted look on her face. Noah eyes followed the doctor as he moved into the small room and as soon as they were alone, he moved himself up onto her bed, carefully his hands went no where near her stomach. Instead, their entwined hands went to rest on her thigh while his arm pulled her into his side by her shoulder.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss smiled, the action finally reaching her eyes. She laughed softly, the sound happy, not strained at all as it had been in the last few weeks. She listened carefully to Noah, figuring that this was a time for prayer. She winked at him, bowing her head. She began the Lord's Prayer slowly, as if to let Noah catch on.

Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed by thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day, our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trepasses aganist us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever.
Amen.

She smiled, looking back up at Noah. It was normal for her to say the prayer after almost any lifechanging event. This was a for-sure life changing event in her books. "I still say you're the best, and there is no changing my mind, Mr. Dale. You should know that." she said, kissing him playfully on the cheek. She listened to the rest of his short speech and grinned. "You know, I don't think she's that pretty.... She is a mean girl, don't get me wrong, but the tone she uses with me, it will take its toll someday." she said, her voice not chaning from it's cheerful tone. As Noah moved her closer into him, she laughed. "You know, you don't have to freak out around my tummy. It doesn't hurt and its been three minuets." she whispered, moving their hands to rest on the slowly rounding area. "Wow that thing works fast! I wouldn't think I'd already have a small Baby bump!" she said happily, smiling at Noah.

[Noah Dale]

Noah was never one for religion. Sure, his family said grace at the table when they went to eat, but he usually just looked outside with his hands folded, thinking to himself, only to come back to reality when there was a sound of silverware hitting a dish. As he watched Corliss's head bow for a prayer, Noah looked around then slowly lowered his, his eyes closed. When she lifted her head, he followed, peaking at her out of the corner of his eye. Jesus, if this kid was a girl, he'd need his own Whomping Willow to shoo the boys off.

As she moved into for a kiss on the cheek, he didn't allow her to get too far without a playful quick peck on her lips, settling his head on hers as their hands moved to her small baby bump. His hand let go of hers for a moment, moving slowly across her stomach, amazed by the miracle. His hand moved around her stomach slowly, his eyes locked on his hand as it moved about. He fell out of his trance as she mention Zoey. "Did she say anything to you love?" he asked, his voice filled with over-protective fear, ready to clobber Zoey if she had uttered one foul word to Corliss. Whether she be a girl, from his house or the fact that she was his fellow champion, he'd fight against her if need be. He sighed gently, his hand moving back to her small bump. His lips found the crown on her head, giving her three small kisses on the top of her head before resting his head atop of hers again.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss watched as Noah ran his hand across her lump. She smiled softly, knowing how good he would be when the child was born. She sighed happily as looked at his hand, like he was amazed. He will be the best father this little child could ask for, I know it.

[/b] she thought, amazed by how tender he was while tracing her growing stomach. She laughed softly, knowing that he was amazing, though he always denied it.

"She hasn't really ever said anything to me, personally. Just the other day, when I passed her on my way to the Great Hall, she gave me the worst look. I wanted to punch her right then and there, and I would have if the Headmaster hadn't have been standing right there." she said slowly, smiling widely at the memory. Oh how she disliked teh girl. Oh how this would make Zoey look down on her, though she frankly didn't give a damn. "You know, I wonder how this will effect us. You know, how poeple will treat us after they find out that I'm pregant." she said softly, looking off at the wall. She hadn't thought that far yet, but some people might begin to look down on her, and that wasn't good. Not good at all.[/left][/size]

[Noah Dale]

Noah bit his lower lip angrily. He couldn't believe Zoey would do such a thing. He'd have to confront her soon, she why she was acting like she was. But of course, he had a hunch. "I think she's just jealous love, that I chose you over her." Noah said quietly, his hand still roaming over her stomach. "I was a little blinded at first, but I came around to seeing true beauty." he smiled, hugging her tightly to his chest.

Noah nodded his head as she wondered how they would be treated. "I know your going to hate this, but they'll probably shake their heads at us, blame me for, um, 'not wrapping my willy' as I heard someone mention the other day." he chuckled, shifting their position so she was now sitting in between his legs, her head on his should and their hands mingled on her stomach. "But it won't matter what everyone else thinks. All that truly matters is our friends, their support through this and us." Noah said, knowing how she thought about herself in other people's eyes. He understood in a way, since he had been fighting with his father for years to make him seem like he was worth something, but never got there. Especially after the owl he sent explaining the situation at the moment. His mother was proud he was sticking beside Corliss, and although his father approved of their relationship at first, he seemed to look down at her now, no longer caring about who's family she came from. The fact that she wanted the kid was enough for his father to disapprove of, but he could care less. For the first time in his life, he didn't care what his father thought of him. And it felt great.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Smiling adoringly up at Noah, her eyes twinkled with a sudden clarity. "Ahh... Noah. You're so sweet... and yes I also believe that she is jealous of me... being with you." Her voice sounded innocent as she spoke, still smiling up at him. "Well, you know I would have to agree with you once more. You were blind..." She joked, feeling peaceful, finally. Slowly, her hand swept up from her side, laying on top of his, which was also laying on her new formed baby bump. Her hand felt warm on top of his, sending a shiver through her body.

Cocking her head to the side she listened to Noah hiding her true emotion about his statement, easily. She looked up at him her eyes glaring into his. Eventually, she couldn't stand it anymore and she began cracking up for the longest period of time. "Not..." She paused slowly to laugh hysterically some more, but continued just as quickly, "Wrapping... your..." She paused one last time before hollering the word as quietly as possible. "WILLY!!!" She felt her body shake with laughter, close to tears it was so funny.

Finally getting herself under control, Corliss looked up into Noah's eyes warmly. "Ah, love. This is exactly why I love you so much. You have such a big heart... and such a wide range of word choices.... Willy... wow." She began to laugh once more, feeling herself suddenly bubble up with pleasure. "Gosh, no wonder all the girls are after you, and so jealous of me. I love you deary." She smiled up at him, kissing him lightly on the cheek.

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[Noah Dale]

Noah return the admiration smile back down at Corliss, grinning as she agreed that Zoey was just jealous of the fact that Corliss was his girlfriend now, knowing that she had eyes for him. Well now he only had eyes for Corliss. As she joked, a playful scowl was placed on his face, but was soon swept away as her hand rested a top of his. He looked down at their hands, noticing his Caddagh ring, a tradition from his mum's family. He had only recently turned the heart on the ring upwards, showing he was no longer looking for a relationship. He kissed Corliss's hair, so glad to find someone like her.

Noah scowled as she began laughing at him. "Hey, those weren't my words. But still, I can't believe you haven't heard 'Don't be silly, wrap your willy'" Noah chuckled, knowing she was only teasing him. He kissed under her eyes where tears of laughter had fallen. His heart swelled as she praised him. "Oh Cor, I love you too babe. I love that your not some prissy girly girl all the time, and the fact that you laugh at the word willy." He chuckled and kissed her cheeks before finding her lips, giving her a chastity kiss.He pulled her tight to his chest once he pulled away. He knew the whole experience would be crazy as hell, but he knew both he and Corliss would be able to handle it. He didn't mind skipping a few classes if it meant taking care of her baby. He still wasn't truly comfortable with calling the baby his.

Another thing that bother him was that he had to refer to the baby as either it, the kid, the baby, Nolan or Kallie since they didn't know the sex of the kid yet. "When do we find out if it's a boy or girl?" he murmured, his hand that was on her stomach began to rub circles with his thumb, starring down at their hands again.

[Corliss Malfoy]

Corliss noted the ring that Noah always wore looked different. The heart that upside down, was now turned up. She smiled warmly up at him, laughing softly. She wondered absentmindedly if he really knew how much he really meant to her. She was glad that he let the Zoey matter drop, it was better not to break unhealed wounds, and that girl had inflicted wounds on the couple since day one. Corliss twined her fingers through Noah's as she heard him speak again. "Well, I wasn't really listening to anyone. All I heard was the snide comments about 'Corliss having a bun in the oven.' It was hard not to punch those girls when they laugh and talked behind their hands." she said truthfully. Noah knew she had a slight anger management problems when it came to people talking about her of anyone that was close to her.

"I'm glad that you're not one of those guys who think they are all that and let everyone know it. Now THAT is annoying." she whispered, kissing him softly on the lips. She noted that they really hadn't had a true, full out snog. She made a mental not to fix that as soon as possible, preferably before she was huge and fat. "I dunno that, sweets. I guess we can ask th-" she started, hearing the door click open. She looked away from Noah, seeing the doctor looking at them. "Ah, perfect timing." she whispered softly. She waited for the docter to say something before asking her question, and pretty soon, he told them what they'd been waiting to hear. "You two can leave now. You seem to be doing well with the treatment. Just come back next Tuesday for a check-up." he said smoothly.