I'm Home?

[Logan Odell]

Logan knew that things were going to be interesting as the days continued to click on by closer and closer to the birth of his daughter. Natalia was worried about the generunning through to their daughter, but Logan doubted it. He knew that it had traveled to Elijah, but were the chances really as high as Natalia was worried about? Logan hoped not, but he knew that they would cross the bridge when and if it ever came.

He'd spent the whole day setting up his office in Hogwarts and he knew that he'd be able to take her there to show her and tell her his passwords later. Tonight he was going to spoil his pregnant wife. He was going to set up a bubble bath for her and pick out a dress for her and then take her to the resturant that they always enjoyed going to. A dinner for two, well three, he smiled at the thought and was reminded of how happy he was for both of them to be in his life. He loved themmore then anything in this world.

Logan opened the door to their home and then he stepped in, locked the door behind him, and called out, "Lina, you around and about anywhere?" He shrugged off his robes to reveal a nice collared dress shirt his wife bought him with a pair of black slacks. It was what she'd laid on the bed for him this morning. That made him laugh a bit. She always knew he had a poor fashion sense. He'd be in shorts and a tank if it was up to him. He won on the sneakers though. He laughed as he looked to his sneakers that he'd paired with the outfit. They didn't match, but he'd wanted to be comfortable.

Logan walked towards his office grabbing his book bag on the way. He plopped it down on his papers with the laptop he'd been given one year for christmas. He smiled as he looked to the picture of him and his wife on their wedding day and then wondered why he hadn't heard a response from her earlier. he felt a slight panic set in as he walked out of the office and called out, "Lina, you around?" He jogged up the stairs and then smiled a bit as he saw the tv on. He knew she was there somewhere then.

Logan began the bathtub and then he squirted in some bubbles and waited to see where she was and where he could find her. He began peaking in their closet for something for her to wear. When he felt like he'd had no clue he grabbed a towel, then a foot towel and laid one at the bottom of the tub and set the other one on the side. He grinned a bit as he thought of their night together. He wanted it to be perfect - for her. She was giving him the most perfect gift in the world. He could make one night wonderful for her at least, right?

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia didn't have much of a social life anymore. Not because of Logan, or the baby or even her job. Really what happened was she realized she wasn't terribly close to anyone from school. Logan was the only one she really talked to her seventh year and he had left so she had made new friends through the paper and through photography but the latter group was one of those things where they got together every now and then because they were always traveling. She was fairly close to Elijah's girlfriend, but she had a regular job so she was busy during the day and there was a snowball's chance that she was going to spend a lot of time with Colby. Natalia loved her Mum but Colby was... a bit crazy. Especially with the baby on the way.

So Natalia spent a lot of time at home. Logan was often there, but she knew that was going to change since he'd gotten the job at the school. She was glad he wanted to get a steady job for the baby, but it wasn't like they were hurting for money, she made good money with the column and her photography and he still had book money coming in, besides if for reasons unknown they ran out of money she could go to her parents. However she wasn't going to discourage him from it. She didn't want to risk brusing his ego or whatever.

Since she was home all the time she had taken to trying to learn to cook. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but part way through the recipe she realized she mistook baking soda for baking powder and had given up, heading up to work on her column. She wrote three a week for the Daily Prophet and it was pretty easy for her, after all weird things worth talking about happened to her all the time, she was married to Logan, which was a story in itself, she was pregnant, which was always fun to write about and her family was completely crazy. Material for the Column came to her in droves, it was just a matter of getting it all written down.

When they had moved into the house Natalia demanded her own room, not for sleeping, but for her writing, for her photography crap and for the insane amounts of other BS craft projects she got into. Sometime between Graduating and getting married she had decided to become a craft queen and had a ton of stuff for projects she would start and never finish, but surely if she had a room for it she would do it more often right? No, but she did have her room even if part of it was over flowing with yarn and other craft items. She had given up on working and went to lay on her couch to knit, her most recent project, and fell asleep.

She woke up to Logan calling for her and looked at the clock, oh wow she yawned and got up running a hand over her stomach. She wasn't quite huge yet, but she could feel it, it was going to happen soon and she wasn't looking forward to it. She made her way down to their bedroom. "Nope I've run away with a tall, dark handsome man... oh wait I've already done that and married him so yes, I suppose I'm home." She said, walking in, she heard the water running and frowned. "Taking a bath Tall Dark and Handsome?" She asked. "Or am I interupting your date with a leggy blonde?" She joked.

[Logan Odell]

Logan heard her and he smiled a bit. She spoke then and he pretended to be hurt till she continued. He then smiled as he made his way over and he laid a hand on her tummy. He smiled as he leaned down and kissed his wife while holding her in his arms. He grinned as he nipped at her nose and spoke, "I'm no talll dark and handsome. I'm the goof in dress clothes and sneakers." He then answered her second question, "Nope. I was running it for you. I wanted to spoil you."

He ran his hands over where their baby was being kept safe from the world and he felt a spike of fear course through his veins. He felt the need to protect his little girl and it just seemed like it would be so much easier with her inside her mother. Couldn't she just stay there and let him protecther from there? It waseasier when her mother could have a wand too. No, Logan wouldn't think about that now. He looked into his wife's face and smiled. He then kissed her forehead as he whispered against it, "I wanted to take you out. I was going to pick a dress for you. I have a seat saved at that Muggle place we like. Plus, I wanted to treat you. So,I ran the bath to help you relax. I could even get in if you feel up to it." He wiggled his eyebrow teasingly.

[Natalia Odell]

"Well I like my tall dark and handsomes a little bit goofy, if you weren't then our baby would come out blindingly perfect, and I picked out shoes for you, you just didn't wear them." She added. She looked over to the bath then back to him with a smile. "Ooh I like being spoiled." She informed him kissing him quickly. She did love Logan, even if he was goofy, that was part of what she liked. It made life more fun. She frowned, thinking about it. "Ooh maybe she wouldn't come out blindingly perfect, she could have the Vander Wende Gene for Crazy." She half joked. Really her side of the genes was what was freaking her out about her baby, She knew the risk was small, after all her dad didn't have it and she didn't have it but... her brother did, Ileana did, so that meant her dad was a carrier so she could be.

No she wasn't going to think about that, not right then. She had four more months to freak out about that particular genetic mutation. Tonight she was just going to concentrate on the man she loved. "Ooh see you are my kind of tall dark and handsome." She smiled as he listed his plans for their night. She grinned when he talked about getting in with her. "Why Mr. Odell are you trying to seduce me?" She joked. "I may be able to make some room for you in there... assuming it doesn't get in the way." She said indicating her stomach. she'd always been very thin so she wasn't use to a stomach the size of a small bowling ball.

[Logan Odell]

Blindingly perfect? Why did that sounds like something directly from her mother's mouth? He laughed a bit as he ran a hand on his neck and spoke, "Nats, you sound like your mother with her "prefectly bluestest eyes escapade." He realized he came off a bit harsh and smiled as he continued, "She will be gorgeous though, Tali. I can't wai....Yes, I can." Logan felt his nerves creep back in again. He wanted another topic now. He moved his hands over her shoulders to her hem of her shirt and began to lift it off as he kissed her tummy lightly and then spoke, "They were uncomfortable, love. I couldn't move boxes and set up my office with those on."

Then she said it and he knew what was on her mind. He finished taking off her shirt and then he kneeled infront of her. He kissed her stomach and smiled up to her. He then ran his fingers along every small strech mark that was forming. He reminded himself to ask the potions master for a salve for it. He then looked up, knowing he'd love his daughter, and wife, any way they were. He laughed a bit as he spoke, "I know the crazy gene isn't the main worry, but I have none. We can deal with wahtever we get thrown at us."

When she asked if he was trying to seduce her he laughed a bit as he stood up and smiled. His blue eyes looking into hers as he spoke, "I would think that I have managed that one already." He winked and then said a quick spell to remove her fromclothing. He then levitated her, knowing she might not like it, and set her in the tub. He tried to give an innocent smile, but he'd known what he was doing. He just hadn't wanted her to slip or something. It could cause two deaths, and either one or both he couldn't handle.

He walked over, examined the space in the tub and nodded. He then grinned as he spoke, "There's enough room. I will be back after I lay out your dress." Logan walkedaway and went tinot the closet. He looked for the right one, laid out the deep purple garment, and then came back. He took off his clothes and then smiled, "Scoot forwards and I'll massage your back."

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia glared at him when he accused her of sounding like her mother. "I do not." she said with a pout. She loved her mother, really she did, she had never gone though the 'I hate my mother' thing like some girls she knew, because by the time she was at the I Hate my mother age her mum had Ileana to fawn over and besides, Colby rarely told her no anyway. However her mother had taken up the annoying habit of obsessing over the baby, even before she and Logan even talked about kids she was suggesting they go straight into having kids and that had just annoyed her. She placed a hand on her stomach. "Yes, let's not rush her into anything just yet." she smiled. she wasn't at the uncomfortable part of pregnancy yet, so she wasn't dying for it to end yet. "Oh you could have done it, but it's fine, you look adorably miss-matched." She smiled.

She looked at him as he got down and ran his fingers over her stomach. She smiled as the baby kicked. "She likes it." She informed him. She shrugged. "I know we can but... I'm just worried about it." She knew that he knew that though. "But now's not the time to be thinking about it." She added, letting the thought fly away and be replaced with just... happiness.

that Happiness quickly vanished when he levitated her into the bath. She pursed her lips and looked at him. "Logan I am perfectly capable of getting into a tub by myself." She informed him. Well at least he'd gotten her undressed first. She was quite fond of the pants she'd been wearing and she didn't think they'd fair well in the bath. She moved foward so he could massage her back and shoulders. After a bit of fun in the tub it was time to get out, one because the had the restaurant and also because she was starting to prune. "If you try and levitate me I promise this will be the last child you have." She informed him, getting out of the tub herself and getting a towel to dry off.

She headed for the bedroom and looked at the dress he picked out. She smiled, she liked that one, and she was thrilled that he got one from the maternity part of her closet. She picked it up and nodded. "You may have some fashion hope yet." She informed him. She finished drying off and changed into the dress, looking at herself in the mirror. "How do I look?" she asked, she still needed to do her hair and make up but the dress looked good at least.

[Logan Odell]

She scored him for the tub and he just shrugged his shoulders. He worried about it, but he wasn't going to tell her that and make her worry more. He loved her too much for that. The idea that his daughter had liked his fingers running over mommy's tummy made him grin as he slipped in behind her and took care of his wife. He loved fawning over her, and it was just what he did.

She got out on her own and Logan held his hands up as she did so. He took a deep breath and released it once she was out. He then got out, dried off himself. He smiled a bit as he went into the closet to get dressed and jsut as she said he may have some fashion sense yet he came out. He was in a dark blue pair of slacks with a black and white ties, black belt, and a black and brown tie that he was trying to get on. He saw her though and his jaw dropped a bit. He then winked as he spoke, "I liked the dress better off."

He continued to try to tie the damn tie and then he smiled as he looked to hsi wife and spoke, "I love that color and thatdress on you though. I feel like I am with royalty. Then again, I am. If I treated you like anyhting else your Pa would kick my ass."

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia went to sit at her vanity and started doing her make up. She wasn't at the point that she was putting on bucket loads of make-up. She was still young afterall. She just did the usual, foundation, eyes, lips and cheeks routine and moved onto her hair. Natalia could be m very high maintenance, after all before she went to bed every night she had to go through a long routine of creams and the like, she had to have the best quality make up and shampoo and things like that, but quite frankly she could afford it and she didn't think it was asking too much to have the best for her body. She had even bought a jar of cream for her skin that cost more than a new cauldron, and the cream was for her stomach while she was pregnant so she wouldn't be able to use it once the baby came, but she decided she needed it and bought it.

When she was done she stood up and laughed at Logan's comment. "I'm sure you did, but we don't want to be late for dinner do we?" She asked, kissing him before taking the tie from him. She went to the closet to get one that matched a bit better. She came back and got it around the back of his neck to tie it for him. She didn't mind Logan's lack of ability to match things, it was just one of the things about him that made him seem actually human to her and there weren't a lot of those. After all he was smart, good looking, strong, brave, all the things that had her putting him on a pedistal in school. She had managed to stop doing that though she still thought he was just about perfect.

"Logan Honey if you treated me like anything less than royalty I would kick your ass." She informed him with a smile. "But yes, Daddy would too, he still likes to brag that if it weren't for him I never would have met... well talked to you. I suppose technically we met in first year but I was a prat then." she smiled and kissed him as she finished tying the tie. "Until of course I thank him for finding the perfect guy to knock me up." She chuckled.

[Logan Odell]

Logan watched his wife in awe as she did her make-up. He couldn't see how he got so lucky or how he was able to marry such a wonderful woman. Natalia was perfect and he couldn't figure out how he'd managed it. he was the luckiest man in the world. He would do anything in the world for the woman in hsi wife. He loved her and he would walk all the earth for ehr. Anything - if she named it, then he would do it.

She laughed at him and he smiled a bit and then he looked to her as he spoke, Yeah, but if we were late.... I could promise that you would love me afterwards." He got a bit of a cocky grin, but it didn't suit him well. He let the smile fall as he looked to her and grinned happpily. He was so content that he was estatic. Natalia took his tie and he sighed a bit. He shrugged his shoulders and then kissed her forehead as she began to tie on his tie. He shrugged as he finished and then he leaned over and kissed her lips again as he spoke, "I love you."

Logan listneed to her and laughed a bit. He walked to the closet and got his jacket and her long dress coat. He then held it up for her to slide into as he replied, "You are royalty and should be trated that way. Well, I mean....he did in a way set us up, darling. I will have to remember to thank him for that one once again. He did make a good choice, I think. I knew being smart would pay off one day." Logan slid his own jacket on and then he held his heart like he waqs hurt and spoke, "Hey, I married you first!"

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia smiled and rolled her eyes. "Yes, but seeing as I love you no matter what, I would love you if we were late, early or, horror of horrors, right on time." She said. She was actually very good at being late, she managed to show up at least ten minutes late for just about everything she did. She ran her hand over the small baby bump she was sporting and smiled a bit wider. With any luck the gene for being on time would make it to her, Natalia didn't know exactly what happened in those last few months but her mother, who loved to tell her daughter all the horror stories, was quick to inform her that by that nine month one was often promising the child a pony to just get out.

She spent a lot of time thinking about the baby, she knew their baby was going to be a daddy's girl, judging by the way she kicked whenever Logan would come home and say something. She could already recognize his voice. Of course Natalia also spent a lot of time on the nursery, it was her project and she loved it. She didn't want to go with all pink, that was too typical, so she was going with a more purple color and she loved working on it. "I love you too." She said after the kiss.

"Minus the whole being levitated into tubs thing. I could do without that." She informed him. "I suppose technically he did, but it was to keep me from completely bombing on my NEWTs, he was less than impressed when he found out we were dating... granted it probably would have gone better if I'd had the chance to tell him myself, but obviously he got over it." She shrugged on her coat and turned to him, laughing lightly. "That you did, but Daddy doesn't like to think about how babies are made when it comes to you and I." She shrugged. "I'm sure he's waiting for her to be born so he can go back tothinkig it was the stork."

[Logan Odell]

Logan knew that Natalia thought aboutthe baby all the time, but he dind't know what he could do to change that or help that. Her mother seemed to be giving him more of a hassle of trying to keep Natalia's mind off of the baby. He was worried that either Natalia would hate him and never want to see him again if things got rough or that she'd never want kids again. Natalia was his life, but he wanted a family with her. He wanted one or two kids runing around the yard. He wanted to see "the bluest eyes in the world".

Logan smiled as she looked down to his wife and spoke, "Natalia, I have always loved you. You were the first girl that I ever really loved. You know that. I couldn't live without you. Despite going to Romania and dealing with the dragons. I was content. I was never as happy as I am now." He slid his jacket on after she got hers on. He then smiled a he thought about wahther dad did and how he thought about them. He looked to her as he spoke jokingly, "Well, I don't like to think about how babies are made when it comes to use either. then again....it is very fun, my love." He kissed her and then opened the door as she walked out he shut and locked their door and began off to the Muggle resturant.

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia smiled. "I know." She still felt bad though, that he had to give up an exciting life working with dragons, to go and work at Hogwarts. She couldn't help but think sometimes that she was holding him back but.... he seemed happy to be there so she wasn't going to let it bother her too much, not now anyway. She smiled. "I may not have realized it at the time but you really are the only guy I ever truly loved." It was true, she had cared for her previous boyfriend a lot but... she'd never really felt like she could relax and be herself with him like she could with Logan. She didn't even like to think about how life would have turned out if she had married Oliver.

"Oh really? You're telling me that you don't like to think about how our baby was made?" She asked with a smile. "Fine I'll remember that." She winked, walking out the door she liked their little home... okay it wasn't really little, but still she liked it, it was good sized and she liked that it stood out... because it was a pink color. She walked beside Logan and smiled happily at him.

[Logan Odell]

Logan laughed a bit as she spoke and then he leaned downt o steal a kiss as he spoke, "Same here, Tali. I love you more then I have ever loved anything. It is kinda scary in a way. Well, it was scary till I came back and got you to be my wife." Logan finsihed locking up and then smiled a bit as he spoke, "I changed my mind mid sentence. You can't deprive me." He pouted a bit as e looked to her.

Logan looked back to their home and alughed a bit. Pink wasn't his color, but he knew his wife loved the color, so he'd never dreamed of changing the color. He then lead her down the street to a safe apparating point. he smiled as he took her in his arms and apparated them to London. They came out fo the alley and then he grinned as he walked with her at a slow pace so she could be comfortable. When they came to the door he held it opened and grinned.

[Natalia Odell]

Natalia laughed lightly and placed her hand on her stomach. "Just wait until she comes along, then I'll fall to the wayside while she has you wrapped around her little finger." She smiled. She was glad they'd waited a while to have kids. They weren't married first off until a few years ago, but honestly they'd had time to really just be together and they both had great careers, even if Logan's was changing at the moment. She knew her mother hadn't been happy and even the press had, for reasons unknown, taken an interest in if she was ever going to have kids, but now she felt they were both really able to give their little girl, and any kids that might come after, a really great life.

"We'll see, I might not be up for it for a while after the baby." she shrugged. It was true besides she'd heard there was a certain amount of time... that wasn't really a point right now though. She closed her eyes as he apperated them, making a face, she hated apperating, and it was only worse while pregnant. She managed to get her equilibrium back and walked out of the alley with him, smiling at the people who were giving them odd looks.

[Logan Odell]

Logan laughed as he laid his hand over his wife's onher tummy and spoke, "That's why god, my parents, and Merlin gave me the ability to multitask and to have two hands. One to wrap around her pinky and one to wrap around yours. You know as well aqs I do that she will make you only more important to me." Logan grinned as he looked to her. Natalia was his everything and he wasn't lying. Natalia being the mother to his, well, and her, child, hopefully children, made his life the most beautiful thing. Nothing in the world meant more then that she was willing to do this for him, them.

Logan ignored the looks and ushered her into the resturant.The hostest greeted them happily, as everyone knew them there. He smiled and then was glad their table was ready. This place normally didn't take reservations, but Logan and Natalia were an exception in the manager's mind. Logan helped his wife take her jacket off and hung it on a hook before helping her into her seat and removing his own jacket. As he was sitting down he grinned, took her hand, and then whispered, "Sex can wait. I am in no rush. I will jsut be glad to have my girls."