(a/n - yaay we are getting towards the mmad bit now! There won't be much, as its just a build up of how they got together on my little world.)

Chapter 10 - A Very Special Friendship...

The months after Minerva and Albus' conversations with their friends carried on normally, as if nothing had happened, much to the anger of Poppy. Filisius didn't care too much to be honest, Albus could arrange his own affairs. Filisius didn't even quite now why he'd rushed to see Dumbledore that night some months ago.

The pair continued with their chess games and late night conversations, and left it at just that. They were happy. Both had independently decided that their friends were wrong; they most certainly were not in love, as surely the other would have shown some signs if they were. They had also both personally decided that their close friendship with the other was too much to lose if they brought up what their friends had said to them. They both felt that nothing was wrong. That is, until Christmas day that year.