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Liisa 
Iliana screwed up her face after hearing what Cela had to say on the subject. "Why not, Cela?" she asked. "Is it your parents?" She couldn't understand how any parent could force such a thing on their child. Especially one so promising as Celandine Toussaint. Her hand stayed on her stomach in an almost protective stance.
Looking down at said hand, Iliana smiled and blushed. Well that explained the strange looks. "Is it that obvious?" she whispered. "It's still very early on, you know." And she was sure her heavy cloak covered up any evidence. "Congratulations on the nephews, by the way. I didn't even realize that you had a brother."
Stepping closer to the Ravenclaw, the professor bent down with a concerned look on her face and asked, "Which one, honey?" If she was intuitive as Iliana had always believed then maybe she could feel something others didn't. "You can tell me, you know. I won't think you're crazy."
"Yes professor. My parents. My uncle. My grandmother..." Cela trailed off. It was just the way of things. She was valuable as a commodity not as a person.
"Pregnancy is easy to See." Celandine answered, tipping her head to one side and giving the Professor a thoughtful look. "Its in your eyes, even when people don't know it themselves its there." Because that was an explanation. She made a little face. "I have
four brothers, professor." Which probably meant lots of babies. Gosh.
"You won't? You promise?" Cela brightened at the idea. "Its... the butterbeer one. The Hogs head. Me and Daphne? My friend? She's in your house, we used to go to... dance lessons at the Hogs head, so it isn't just that its not the nicest pub or anything. But lately... this term... I can't go in there. Something bad is there. Or someone. And it has to do with the coupon." Celandine hesitated. "And maybe something to do with our new headmaster and Defense teacher being here and with.... Truebridge
not."
Cela took a breath and let her eyes trail over the professor's stomach. Nothing was visible, not under the heavy robes anyway.
"I burned one coupon and made another one turn into confetti. I couldn't help it."
Celandine gave her professor one last silent, unfathomable look and packed up the rest of her things. "Thanks for listening professor."
And... then she was gone.