Chapter Two: The Leaky Cauldron
After leaving the Ministry of Magic, Albus Dumbledore had apparated to the Leaky Cauldron to wait for his lover. Before sitting in their usual booth at the back of the room, he ordered them both tea and crumpets to snack on. Albus sat down with their usual lunchtime meal and eagerly waited for her to arrive while he sipped his tea. It didn't take long for Umbridge to arrive and sit down in the seat across from him. Before either of them could say a word, Umbridge attacked the plate of crumpets in front of her with her meaty hands and devoured more than her fair share.
"It's good to see you again my sweet. How was the trial?" Albus cooed.
"Fine." She mumbled in between bites of crumpet. "He didn't get punished enough."
Albus was too busy watching her eat to pay any attention to her voice, as melodious as it was and he just nodded in agreement to whatever she said. He watched her polish off the entire plate of crumpets and signaled the waitress that he needed another plate . "Are they what you wanted?"
"Of course.. You know I love crumpets Alby." Umbridge said as she smiled at him affectionately. "Besides, how could I not love them after the…incident." She winked as she said this and Albus' cheeks turned pink.
"Yes, yes of course. The incident…" Albus trailed off. His thoughts quickly flashed to that night but, he urged himself to push them away before he got any urges. "Well, I guess we had best get our crumpets and go. We can't let anyone find out about us you know.. Cornelius wouldn't be very happy."
"Corny is a bugger… Why should I care what he thinks anyway?" Dolores huffed. "It's not like he could do that trick with the crumpets.."
At this, Albus turned an even brighter shade of red and started to shift uncomfortably. "Not here Dolores…they might think I'm some sort of…sex machine."
"Oh but you are. You're my little sex muffin Alby. Come, let's be off. We have much better things we can do."
And off they went, stopping first to get their beloved crumpets.
"Dolores…are you sure today is a good day? I've forgotten my…special potion." Albus stammered. She was so forceful that it often made him nervous.
"WHAT? How could you forget the potion? Nothing is fun without that.. Albus, you've ruined my evening. I'm going home." Dolores grumbled angrily.
Albus sighed with relief as he wasn't in the mood for her escapades tonight. He had business to attend to.
