Once again, Albus keeps glancing at his deputy headmistress and a few times caught her eye, but immediately looked away to make it seem like he was looking around at everyone. This strategy, if anyone would call it that, is completely and utterly worthless, well according to Minerva.

This is not the first time that she has caught him looking at her and quickly disengaging any eye contact once she took notice of his actions. She wanted to inquire as to why he's been doing it not only recently, but for a few weeks now. 'This is getting entirely ridiculous!' she thought. She then mustered up that famous Gryffindor courage and turned to look at him once more and asked,

"Why have you been looking at me like that for what seems like ages?"

"Merely checking on you, my dear. Merely checking on you," he said obviously out of ideas and retorts that would successfully get him out of this one.

"Well then, why would you have to be checking up on me?" she said demandingly.

"It just so happens that I overheard a song that you and your friends were singing one day when you were slightly tipsy, in lack of a better term than out right drunk, if you ask me," he said with his eyes twinkling madly.

"And…A-And what would this song in question be?" she asked clearly in shock and embarrassment of having been heard singing and seen drunk by her employer.

"I believe it was sung by some muggle singer named….oh what was it? It starts with a B, I think," he pretended not to know, but he researched on it the same night he heard her and her fellow female colleagues sing it.

"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about," she said trying to sound convincing.

"Beyoncě?" Rolanda interjected.

"I think that's it and I believe that the song was 'Check up on it'?" he said with his eyes still twinkling away and looked intently at Minerva noting that her eyes had become wide with shock and her lips were slightly parted making him want to kiss her rather fiercely at that moment, but restrained himself the best he could.

Minerva clapped her hand to her mouth for a few seconds in shock and then placed her face in her hands apologizing to Albus for her irresponsibility and lack of proper behavior. She went on and on about how stupid she was being until Albus couldn't take it anymore and grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look at him.

Thankfully this exchange was unnoticed by all the students, who were still enjoying their dessert quite well, and most of the teachers. Only Professors Sprout, Hooch, Snape and Madam Pompfrey's attention were on the headmaster and his deputy.

"I was just merely having a laugh at you. You don't have to be so hard on yourself, you were clearly intoxicated and I don't blame you for what happened. You were at the comfort of your rooms and I just happened to have overheard you and your friends singing that's all.

I didn't mean to accuse you of any wrong doing on your part. I should be apologizing for eavesdropping," he paused for effect then said, "Although I really didn't mind what you were singing, I found it quite suggestive, but nothing further."

He then winked at her and turned his attention back to his pudding leaving Minerva blushing a very bright scarlet both owing to the fact that she was more than embarrassed as to what had gone down in their conversation and him winking at her. While she was contemplating on whether it was her singing or his wink was the reason for her blushing, Pomona, Rolanda and Poppy were cursing at themselves for being heard singing by the headmaster.

On the other hand Severus was looking back and forth at all 5 women smirking and inwardly laughing at their discomfort and commented in his mind, 'What a lovely dinner this has been!'