A/N:

Will this chapter contain fluff?

OF COURSE IT WILL CONTAIN FLUFF!!!

They've spend eight chapters feeling lonely, so yes, this chapter is definatly going to be fluffy...

Chapter 9: Home is where the Heart is

Albus stared out of the window. It was six o'clock in the morning now. He looked back at Minerva, who was still sleeping. 'I almost lost her tonight', he thought. 'This would never have happened if I had told her how I felt. Then she would have stayed with me at Hogwarts and all this wouldn't have happened to her'. He looked outside again. The snow softly felt down. "I can't miss you, Minerva", he whispered softly.

Minerva opened her eyes. She felt a strange feeling in her stomach and then she remembered what happened. Charles… the curse… Albus…, a shiver ran trough her body. He was here? Wasn't he? Fearing it had all been a dream, she sat up. Then she saw him standing by the window.

'He is here', she thought relieved and felt a enormous wave of happiness roll over her.

Quietly she slipped out of bed and walked towards him. "Albus", she said softly, placing her hand on his arm.

"Minerva", he said startled, taking her hand. "You should be in bed".

"In a minute", Minerva replied, she looked deep in his eyes and then wrapped her arms around his neck. "I've missed you so much", she whispered against his shoulder.

Slipping his arms around her waist, Albus held her as tight as he could, without hurting her. He buried his face in her hair, inhaling her scent. 'I've missed you too", he told her softly.

They stood there for a long time. Just holding on to each other. Listening to each others heart beat.

Finally Minerva drew back a little with a soft smile on her face. Her smile grew wider as she looked at him.

"What?" he asked surprised as she reached a hand to his hair. He kept his arms around her, unable to let her go.

"You've got a feather in your hair", she told him, pulling it out.

He grinned back. "Oh, I think that belongs to the Snogger".

Minerva raised her eyebrows. "What Snogger".

"I got here with the Knight Bus", Albus told her. "Some fool thought it wouldn't hurt to bring a Snogger with him. In a few minutes the whole scene was a mess. Feathers everywhere, people jumping up and down,  Stan cursing, what made everything worse. And that stupid Snogger kept on causing havoc, refusing to be stunned and determined to cuddle everyone to their dead".

Minerva laughed out loud at the mental image she saw now. Albus' dry way of telling made it only funnier. Albus joined in, feeling truly happy for the first time in moths.

"I've missed this", Minerva told him, hugging him again. He tightened his arms around her and one of hands disappeared in her hair. "I've missed you, Minerva, I don't work without you".

Gently he cradled her face in his hand and kissed her forehead. 'I can't miss you for a day", he told her, stroking her cheek,  "I love you".

"I love you too", Minerva answered, staring in his eyes. Albus leaned closer and brushed his lips against her. Quickly their kiss deepened and when Albus felt her returning the kiss, he felt happier then ever before.

When their kiss had ended, Albus guided her back to the bed. Minerva climbed back on the bed and Albus sat down beside her against the wall, wrapping his arms around her again. His hand lingered on her stomach for a second. "Does it still hurt?" he asked worried.

"Just a little", Minerva replied, snuggling closer against him.

"I've been so worried about you", Albus told her. When I heard you'd received threatening letters…" He took her hand and kissed it. "I wanted to come here and take you back with me to Hogwarts".

"I thought you didn't care", Minerva said softly. "I didn't hear anything from you…"

"I've been such a fool", Albus answered, stroking her hair, "I've wrote you trunks full of letters, I just never send one".

Minerva smiled. She cupped his cheek with her hand and kissed him again. "I didn't want to go to Finland", she said. "When I left I wanted to jump out of the carriage and stay.  I might have been here all those months, but my heart was with you".  Tears formed in her eyes and spilled over her cheeks.

"Those four months were horrible", Albus whispered, wiping away her tears. "I've missed you every minute". He bend down and captured her mouth again.

"We've been such idiots", Minerva said sometime later. "Everybody else knew, except we".

Albus nodded in agreement. "Jane knew"

"Shaun and Sheila new too", Minerva said sighing.

"Filius knew", Albus muttered.

Minerva groaned. "I bet even Sybil Trewlany knew".

"Well at least we know now too", Albus grinned, before stealing another kiss from her again.

"And I know something else", he said afterwards, "either you come back with me to Hogwarts or I'll stay here with you. But I won't leave you or let you leave me again".

Minerva's face grew serious. "I don't think Shaun will be pleased", she said. "I am suppose to stay here for four years".

Albus hugged her again. "We'll worry about that tomorrow, love", he said and slide of the bed.

"Where are you going?" Minerva asked in alarm.

"I'm not going anywhere", he reassured her, "but you've got to take some sleep, or that healer will hex me tomorrow".

He carefully tucked her in and Minerva felt all of a sudden how tired she was. She smiled as Albus pressed one last kiss on her lips. Slowly she drifted of to sleep, feeling home already.

We'll post an epilouge tomorrow...