A/N: Well, now that I've finished 'Falling for Him' I've started this AD/MM fic. I have it all planned out and am currently writing it week by week. I will not make any promises on when I shall be posting but I will promise that will not forget about this fic. I have loads of time on my hands currently so I hope that time between chapters isn't too long.
I want to thank PsychoSweetness for helping me out with the planning and writing of this.
Hope you enjoy xxx
Chapter One: Prologue
Just four short year before the start of the reign of Harry Potter at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore where just very good friends, but Albus had other ideas. He wanted to be more than just friends, but had no idea how to approach Minerva. Minerva, on the other hand, had only thought briefly about what it would like to be with Albus, but had never even dreamed that it would happen, believing that she was too ordinary for him.
As usual they met up in Albus' office and headed to his private quarters for their weekly chess match. Minerva sat behind he white pieces and Albus sat behind the black. These were their usual positions and as they played, they chatted about what had happened during the week and what plans they had for the coming week and even about Minerva's current research project, as even though she was a full-time professor and Head of Gryffindor House, Minerva still found time during the evenings and weekends as well as the school holidays and does research projects and submits articles to the Transfiguration Today magazine. Albus would talk about what he was planning on doing for the summer holidays (this changed every week) and where in the world he would like to travel to (again, this changed every week). Overall the conversation was stimulating to both participants and kept them both happy and content with the Friday evenings that they spent together.
At the end of their match, Albus stood with Minerva at the door.
"Thank you for the game, Min."
"It's no problem, Albus, you know I enjoy them just as much as you do."
Albus nodded. "Perhaps we could arrange to have a few more each week?"
"I'll check my diary."
Albus nodded and the pair embraced as they did at the end of every meeting they had together. When they pulled apart, both were smiling and Albus had an odd twinkle in his eye that Minerva had never seen before. She tried to step away, but before she could move, Albus brushed his lips against hers. She reacted and kissed him back. They broke apart when oxygen became needed and Minerva stepped back, shocked.
"I – I ..." Minerva closed her eyes and turned for the door.
Albus tried to grab hold of her hand and talk to her, but she moved to quick and was out the door by the time that his hand closed around air. He sighed and went into his office to think. He didn't want to leave things bad between himself and his deputy, but he also knew that if he left Minerva alone, it would help matters because of her stubborn streak. She only got angrier about things the longer that they were left to lie.
For weeks Minerva and Albus were at odds, and eventually, Albus got so fed up with not talking to Minerva and not having a chance to explain to her what happened that night after their chess match, that he set up a candle lit dinner for two in her private quarters while she was teaching her last lesson one Friday and waited for her to arrive. When she did, he locked all the windows and doors so that she couldn't escape.
Minerva looked around her living room, her eyebrows had disappeared to her hair line and her eyes were wide. "What on earth have you done to my living room?"
"I want to explain myself, Minerva and I feel that they only way you're going to listen is if I force you too."
Minerva nodded and took her seat as Albus held it out for her and then pushed it in before taking her own.
"Explain," she ordered.
"I love you, Minerva. Have done for a while, but I didn't know how to approach you about it. When I'd plucked up the courage and acted, I realised that I'd gone about it the wrong way when I saw your face and then you left so quickly. I didn't know what to think, but I knew that I had to do something to persuade you that it was in a good nature."
Minerva nodded. "I understand Albus, but you should have said something first." She took a breath. "I like you Albus, a lot."
Albus' smile grew wide. "Would you allow me to court you?"
Minerva blushed. "Yes."
They smiled at each other before having dinner and spending the night in front of the living room fire.
A year later and Minerva and Albus were married and living together at McGonagall Manor and in the same quarters at Hogwarts. Everything was as perfect as could be, even if it was only the beginning.
To Be Continued ...