Isla had been at this school for nearly a year now, but there was something she was still clearly confused about. Could people just opt out of a class and walk off? At her muggle primary school, kids would have gotten in loads of trouble for doing something like that. Was it just considered to be part of the norm here or something? If so, somebody had to let her in on that little secret!

Yes, she was settled, and once for once, Ellie was asleep. Hearing him talk about the sounds of babies in the corridors reminded her that she was seriously ready for this whole baby assignment to be over with. She had just turned twelve and was nowhere near ready (or willingly able to put up with) that part of life. Someday, though. Yearrrrrrs from now.

The first question was something she actually knew a lot about, seeing as she was the oldest of three children. "They definitely need something to carry the baby around in," she said, raising her hand. It was nice to carry a baby yourself, but that couldn't possibly be a twenty-four seven commitment. Sometimes the baby would want to sleep flat and undisturbed, and other times that moms and dads just had stuff to do. "Like a stroller or something," she added.