We can use another break...

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"Oh l want to see." Voltaire dropped his fork and stood up to place a hand next to Isa's. "So I guess i'm good enough for bubble!" he said grinning.

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella put her other hand on his cheek and kissed him softly. "You're more than just good enough. You're wonderful," she said. She let out a giggle. "I wish you could feel what this feels like. It feels so odd... it doesn't hurt; it's just strange... it tickles a little bit."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"I'm fascinated by it, I've never even seen it...I can see how your body moves when bubble does, I don't know how but Bubble is really there." he said in awe of the baby. "So it doesn't hurt? I would think it would be a little uncomfortable at least." he said rubbing a small circle on his wifes' tummy.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"If Bubble kicks really hard, it gets a little uncomfirtable. But it's strange... it doesn't hurt at all. It's sort of a fluttery feeling, like when you're nervous and it feels like you have butterflies in your stomach. Only bigger... like bats." She ws silent for a second, then said. "Oh, I think it's stopped now..."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"hmm...a bat?" he thought for a second about having a bat in his stomach and made a face, but it was because he was thinking of giving birth to a bat would just be...weird. he went back to his seat and picked up a biscuit and ate it. "I should of let the dough rest more." he said finishing off his potatoes and moving on to his now warm tea.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"Oh, don't do that," she said. "Don't criticize your cooking! It's wonderful. You're wonderful." She ate some more of her biscuit, then paused for a sip of tea. "So, what are we going to do today? Are we going to continue our shopping trip, or should we check on the girls first? I feel a little bad we weren't around last night to check on Rori and Anna, and Natalie and Sabrina."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"Well, I think the girls come first right now, we can possibly get a few of them to join us for shopping later, that will keep us from...ugh...taking anymore long breaks!" he said with a grin. "Not that I mind them, but we have to have something ready soon!" he said feeling his heart beat speed up at the thought of his baby's birth.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"Yes, that's a good idea. We really need to stop getting so... distracted," Isabella agreed. She sighed. "I'm worried. I haven't heard a word from Alastor in a while... I'd hate the thought of those two girls losing another parent... Not to mention, I don't know how ready we are to have 5 kids! We don't even have a house of our own... just this place. And this is not even big enough for the two of us, Rori, Anna, and Bubble... let alone two more girls!"

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"You're right...I don't want to move out of the country either...My father still owns his family's home, but I bet it has to be a fixer upper, I saw it only once growing up. Maybe we can get this house expanded?" he said rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"That's an idea..." she said. "I like this place because it's close to the school, and it's isolated and hard to find, so Voldemort will have a hard time getting to us. Plus we have such good memories here already. Maybe we should try to make it ours officially first..."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"I like that idea..." said Voltaire smiling. "I guess maybe we should make this our first...And maybe we could add more charms making this even more fortified." said Voltaire smiling. He could almost picture his family in this cabin, it could be their home.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"That sounds good to me," Isabella said. "I guess we ought to bring Rori and Anna here and make sure they like it. With magic, we can enlarge the place a lot... and we could keep it extra safe by putting a Fidelius Charm on it. I bet Dumbledore would be more than willing to be our Secret-Keeper..."

((If we don't hear from Anna soon... we may need to do something, like have her go missing for a while...))

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"that's a wonderful idea!" said Voltaire standing to make another kettle of tea.

((she can run away and go travel around and whatnot))

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella finished the last of the food on her plate, then began sipping her tea. "But I still don't know what to do about Natalie and Sabrina," she said worriedly. "Sabrina, in particular, has been very withdrawn lately. I suspect it's because she knows what Natalie has forseen for her, but I refuse to believe there's no way to stop what's supposed to happen to her. I guess that's what Alastor is trying to do, but I wish he would come back or at least send word..." She sighed. "And Natalie... with her powers... She really needs a constant in her life, someone she can lean on. Maybe we should talk to the Divination teacher, although, I've never even met her..." She noticed that she was babbling, and she stopped abruptly. "I'm sorry.... I was just sort of thinking out loud."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"No those are all very good ideas...maybe Natalie can tag along with either one of us all day...I have no idea what she does wandering around Hogwarts all day...I know she's friends with that Severus boy...Rori says he's a good lad, but I don't know...He knows a good deal about very difficult subjects, he wrote a small book just for a quiz answer." he said sitting back at the table as he waited for the kettle to sound. he took another biscuit and added "She needs more things to occupy her time."

[Isabella Rothschild]

"You're right, she does. Since it's been cold, she can't sit in that tree by the lake all day long. I've tried to find her during the day a couple of times and I don't know where she goes. I like Severus, and I think it's good that she has a friend, but I don't think she should be wandering all over the school without someone knowing where she is." Isabella sighed and finished her tea, then helped herself to another biscuit. "You made too much food," she teased. "I hope you're not trying to fatten me up more than I already am!"

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"Maybe I am, You should know that I love you in any shape your in." he said smiling, he was teasing her about the amounts of food they both ate "Not that it really matters much, Eventually we'll work it off." he said smiling. "Maybe once the term ends, we can include Natalie more in things having to do with the baby." Said Voltaire standing back up to take the kettle off the heat and turn off the stove. he poured himself a new up and offered the kettle to Isa. "Care for another?" he asked with a smile.

[Isabella Rothschild]

Isabella smiled. "Yes, that would be nice," she said, nodding toward her empty cup. "It would be nice to have Natalie, as well as Rori and Anna, to help me with the baby. I guess I picked the right time to have the baby, since we'll all be on summer vacation. And you know what? I've been thinking about whether I want to work or stay home with the baby. I think I want to keep working, just maybe on a lighter schedule. Maybe I'll ask Dumbledore if I can get a teaching assistant or something. Then maybe I could just work a day or two a week, and you could stay home with Bubble on those days."

[Voltaire Rothschild]

"That seems fine, My class isn't so large that I can't handle it. they are fairly smart children." He said pouring her another cup. "It would be nice having that time with the baby...I don't know why but I don't feel particularly nervous about that...the only thing that I think that could bother me would be if I forget how to feed Bubble or something ridiculous like that." he said taking a sip of his hot tea.

[Isabella Rothschild]

"I'm sure you'll be fine," Isabella said. "I trust you completely. I know you're worried about your memory problems, but I know that when it's really important, you'll remember what you have to do." She reached across the table and took his hand. "I love you. And I know you won't ever forget that."