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It was a good thing that Noah was an excellent secret-keeper. With some help from Drystan, he had procured the proper time, location, and ticket (and he'd even found out what Odette would be wearing, somehow--) for this event without raising any suspicion. Even with Wadcock acting like a normal human being, Noah had not wanted to risk having his name on the guest list and then have Seth casually mention it to Odette. Noah rarely got to surprise his wife with anything, and hopefully he was enough of a surprise for her tonight.

Hogwarts had been an amazing experience. Noah wouldn't deny the nerves he had before going, which Odette had all but slapped out of him. His main concerns were that his students were not going to take him seriously enough to learn, or even want to learn, but he found that the younger students were still scared enough of authority to listen to his every word, and the older students were in the class because they wanted to be. He even had a few students who lingered afterward, or during his study sessions. Noah actually felt like he was making a difference at the school.

But it did have its downsides. He missed Odette terribly, and it was really heartbreaking to think about not seeing their children for weeks on end. He made sure to send treats and gifts and letters to Terry and Anna, but he deeply wished for more time with the kids. Tonight however was for Odette, and Noah hoped he could make her night a memorable one. He watched her walk around aimlessly for a bit, knowing she would be plotting her escape soon. Now he had to act.

With a swiftness he'd redeveloped at Hogwarts, Noah managed to quickly make his way through the crowd without so much as a shoulder bump. He felt like a different man, a professional, a mysterious figure and he would allow himself to play this out. He came up to Odette's side a smirk of great pleasure on his lips,

"My, my, you're looking lovely tonight, MacFarlan," Noah said into her ear, his eyes casting out to the party, "So why the long face?"