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The Trade	By : sandyl666 Category: +1 through F > Coraline Views: 11933 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Disclaimer: Neil Gaiman, Henry Selick own Coraline's characters, plot, and... does anyone even bother reading this anymore?
Chapter 19: Rely

"Don't I seem... bigger than is normal?" Coraline asked worriedly. "I mean, I'd almost think I'm having twins. It's only been about five months, and-"
"Stop worrying, Coraline. It's not good for the baby."
"But-"
"Our child is fine, and developing as a human would. Leave it at that, my dearest,"
She frowned, but cuddled back down against his side as he wrapped his arms around her back. Though he wouldn't admit it to Coraline, he too was quite worried. The last five months had been relatively normal. The baby developed as most human ones do. But shortly after they finished refurbishing the nursery, the baby started growing just that little bit faster. And faster. And faster.
And it almost seemed like it was getting harder for him to 'see' the child. But he couldn't tell Coraline that. Though she didn't show it, he knew she was getting close to a nervous breakdown. She worried about the baby, and was utterly terrified about the impending date of her birth giving. Informing her of a sudden growth spurt their baby was going through could be what will finally push her completely off the edge.
"Bel?" Coraline prompted quietly.
"Yes?" He asked, snapped out of his own fears and worries.
"I'm scared,"
He paused, unsure of how to respond to that comment.
"I'm scared we'll lose him. Her. It,"
He smiled a tiny smile against her hair. It was the only response that revealed the pleasure he felt at her affection for their child. Their child. A tingle of pleasure ran through him. He nuzzled against her neck with his lips.
"He'll be fine,"
Coraline forgot all of her worries when he voiced out that one sentence. "It's a guy!" she exclaimed.
"...Maybe,"
"He is, isn't he?"
"Maybe. Or maybe I'm just throwing you off by calling it a 'he'," Bel chuckled at the frustration he could feel in the tensing of her limbs.
"Bel!" Coraline groaned. "We can't keep calling him 'it',"
"Then use 'him', darling. But just refering to that child with 'him' doesn't make it a 'him',
She snorted, the sound becoming muffled against his side. "You're absolutely impossible,"
"Thank you, sweetheart."
"He's so heavy," Coraline whined as she flopped back down onto a couch after a mad dash to the toilet to relieve her much-abused bladder. She scooted to be closer to Bel, attracted by his heat like a moth to flame.
"Fireplace not enough?" he inquired as she snuggled up against him.
"No... Still a bit chilly,"
With a large crackle the fire grew. "Better?"
"Yeah... Much..." she pressed herself closer against him. She did somewhat understand that she was in the living room, and the large insect-wardrobe still barricaded the passage back to her home but she didn't care. She was too busy trying to warm up her body. Bel stroked her arm, moving his fingers up and down the length of her arm in an attempt to warm her up more quickly. After the first frenzied session of lovemaking, and the week that followed, they slowed down drastically and Coraline didn't find herself so desperate for some midnight companionship anymore. Simple touches like his strokes on her arm were enough.
Coraline stared into the fireplace and her thoughts wandered off. She wondered how her son would grow. What would his first word be? When will he take his first step? What type of person would he become? Will he grow into someone like his dad?
For a second she was tempted to ask Bel if she could come back and visit her child, to see him, watch his progress.
But she couldn't. It was too risky... By re-opening the door, letting her guard down, he could hurt her family, and her friends, at any time. She couldn't risk that. It hurt to think that she would get to know her child, but at the same time, she knew it was for the best.
Unbeknownst to Coraline, Bel was having similar thoughts. He hated the idea of his child never knowing its mother, and vice versa. He racked his brain for an idea of how to make her stay. He had to keep her in the Other World. But how? What way was there to make her stay, without breaking their deal?
"Tell me something about you," Coraline commanded, snapping both of them out of their thoughts, anything to distract her. Bel lifted an eyebrow.
"What would you like to hear?"
"Anything,"
"Alright..." he contemplated his options for a second. "I'm a spider,"
She rolled her eyes. "Big surprise, Bel. Tell me something different,"
He chuckled. "Fine. I... have never known my father."
She was silent for a few seconds. "Why?" she asked, finally.
"Spider. My mother ate my father for sustenance after they mated,"
"Oh."
"Yes,"
"...Well, what was your mother like?"
"I don't know... It was such a long time ago. I don't remember. I don't think she was a caring one," his voice was hesitant, unsure, and Coraline had a sneaking suspicion he wasn't telling her everything. But she didn't press him.
"Okay... So... Were you born male or female?"
"Neither. I was able to decide... When I got to a certain age. And I chose female,"
"Huh. Why?"
He lifted an eyebrow. "Didn't I just explain to you why I never knew my father?"
"Oh, right, I get it," she paused, wondering what more she could ask him. "So how old are you?"
His eyes widened for a second, then a grin spread on his face. "Shouldn't you know better than to ask a female her age?"
Coraline cleared her throat. "Um... You're not exactly a female right now,"
"Yes. But I used to be. The answer to your question, anyhow, is - a very long time,"
"Okay... So did you ever have any other children? Eat any males?"
Bel seemed to chuckle at a memory. "To the first question - No. To the second, oh yes, you have no idea,"
Coraline frowned. "But wouldn't you have had children if-"
"Now, sweetheart, do you really want to know the answer to that question?"
"...I guess not."
"I didn't think so," Bel chuckled.
She didn't answer, instead opting to rub her belly in slow, long strokes as she mulled everything over. As she did so, her baby kicked her mercilessly, probing at her with its stubby little fingers.
"I really am large, aren't I?" Coraline frowned. "Or maybe it's normal? I haven't met all that many pregnant women, but it just doesn't seem natural for me to get so big in a matter of days... What if... What if there's something wrong with me, or with the baby? And he ends up..."
Sensing her rising worry, Bel placed his hand over hers, following her strokes. "It's alright, love, it's alright. You're absolutely fine, and so is our child. I promise. And I'll do whatever it takes to keep things that way,"
"You promise?" she breathed in a low whisper, sounding as vulnerable as the pregnant sixteen year old she was.
"I promise," he replied, kissing her forehead lightly as she pressed herself against him. He kissed her forehead again, before moving a hand beneath her chin to make her face him, and pressing his lips to hers in gentle reassurance.
When he broke off their kiss, she settled back against his chest before speaking. "Bel?"
"Yes?"
"Please promise me one other thing..."
"Yes...?"
"Please take care of him well. Don't let him get hurt. But don't let him get spoilt either. Don't let some female spider eat him. And if he can survive without it, don't let him eat little kids. And if he wants to stay somewhere aside from the world... Please let him go,"
"That's more than one thing, my love,"
"I know, I just..."
"I understand,"
"Yeah. Um, and..."
"And?"
She chewed on her lower lip for a second, before speaking. "Tell him about me. I know I don't really have any right to say this, but-"
"I will,"
"Really?"
Bel hooked his pinky finger around hers, his longer finger encasing hers. "It's a promise,"
The corners of her mouth lifted in relief, and gratitude. "Thank you,"
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