The Road Trip
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns Albus and Minerva though I wish I did!
A/n: This is a response to the challenge set by Ginger Newts on the AD/MM board.
The Challenge: In no more than 400 words, write about how Albus and Minerva pass a lazy summer afternoon. HOWEVER, they may NOT play chess, drink hot chocolate, walk around the lake, or go on a picnic
The Road Trip.
"What is that?" asked Minerva as she stared at the battered old turquoise Ford Anglia car that Albus had led her too.
"I thought it was obvious my love," he answered as he smiled at his discovery "She was just sat in the forest looking rather dejected. I had to tame her though, quite wild at first."
"Why do you need this thing?" asked Minerva who was beginning to wonder what was the point of a lazy afternoon together if Albus was going to get all soppy over an old wreck he had stumbled on. The car was missing a door and the roof had seen better days, there was no glass in any on the windows and the front seats had been torn to pieces by the creatures that inhabited the forbidden forest at night.
"I thought we could take a road trip!" he replied, his eyes gleaming brightly.
Minerva looked at him and then at the car and shook her head; there was no way she was getting into that thing. It didn't look fit to go on the road let alone on a trip. She had been looking forward to today, it had been ages since she had spent time alone with her fiancé and all she wanted was to lie in the tall grass while he had his arms wrapped around her.
"Come on!" Albus urged the love of his life, he wanted to show her that road trip were fun.
"Albus, I am not getting in that thing," she told him sternly "you can't even drive and to be honest that thing isn't drivable in the slightest."
"I thought this would be the perfect way to spend an lazy afternoon together Min," he explained as he tried to make her see sense. It wasn't the flashest car he had ever seen but he had found it and adopted it as his own and was very proud of it. With a little bit of work, the car would be his love machine.
"Albus, how can you think I would be relaxed in that?" she said pointing to the wreck.
Albus smiled and pointed his wand at the car, he mumbled a few words under his breath and the car transformed into a clean, sparkling car with leather seating and darkened windows.
"Care to join me in the back seat?" he asked