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Part 9
"OW!"
"Oh, shut up."
Albus looked up at the young witch who was presently attempting to fix his nose, which was apparently broken in several spots.
"You're a little young to be a nurse aren't you? And I don't think that 'shut up' is exactly the thing to say to someone who has a broken and very painful nose." He said trying to keep his tone friendly, and trying not to think about the possibility of him being back in the hospital wing again in a few hours.
"I'm an assistant, Professor, and I think that you deserved more than just a broken nose. Besides, it can't hurt that bad, especially after what you went through with Grindelwald."
Albus looked at her closely, "I know you."
She smirked and laughed a little, "Very observant, can I get back to work now? If your nose isn't healed by the time Madam Roberts gets back I'll lose my internship."
"Pomfry. You're that Ravenclaw that sat in the back row and always argued with Hanna Hooch's brother Jeffery."
"Very good, you remember. Yes, and even though I was in a different house and a year younger, I still knew Minerva and Hanna, and we are sort of friends. Not best of friends, but friends nonetheless. Alright, that's the best I can do. I'll have to have Madam Roberts look at it before you leave. It didn't quite set right in a few places." She smirked again, "She really does have a good punch doesn't she?"
"Yes." Albus said while gently touching his nose, which still throbbed a little, but it was nothing compared to what it was before, "She does indeed."
"Alright, let me have a look at him!"
They both turned around to see an elderly witch with an intimidating face march into the room and shoo everyone away.
~~~~~~
"So."
Minerva sighed and turned around to look at the figure standing in her bedroom doorway. "Was there something you wanted?" She asked regally.
"You kicked his ASS!" Hanna said grinning as she walked into the room and sat on the bed facing Minerva.
"Actually I punched his face, I thought that was obvious." She replied, still staying calm and cool.
"It felt good, didn't it?" Hanna asked quietly, but she was still grinning.
Minerva smiled, "Yes it did. I think that everything I was fearing, every emotion I was trying to hide over the past few years just..broke out. I feel so much more relaxed. I feel like I could take on the world and win."
"So you gonna let him off the hook? Or are you going to make him suffer some more?"
"He won't have to apologize, actually I should apologize to him, but I won't." She said smiling, "He deserved to be yelled at, but not hurt. But I do have to tell him the truth about what I was going to do before I knew he had left."
"What? No, Minerva, that'll just mess everything up."
"No it won't. He'll understand, that's why he left in the first place. But now I know that I can't imagine my life without him."
Hanna smiled again, "So you're actually going to marry him?" Minerva nodded, "OH, when?" Hanna squealed.
Minerva laughed, "Whenever we feel like it! And don't worry, you'll be there, I promise."
"YAY!" Hanna jumped up, grabbed Minerva's hands, and started dancing around the room.
"Yes, yes. Yay! Now can I get back to making myself look gorgeous so that Albus won't be able to concentrate or comprehend what I say and he'll just want to forgive me and worship me?"
"OH, let me help!" Hanna said running over to Minerva's closet and started to throw things all over the place, "You have to wear something sexy, not those silly robes, they hide everything and don't show off your figure. Hmmm, should you wear your hair up or down? What about makeup? Jewelry? A scarf?"
Minerva just laughed as she watched Hanna, who by the way was NEVER into anything girlish like picking out clothes or makeup, act like she was now going to put Minerva on the fashion runway.
~~~~~
Albus finally was released from the Hospital wing, after arguing that it was just a broken nose, which was already healed, and that he didn't need to stay overnight for 'observation'.
Albus inwardly cringed. Minerva was not a morning person, which definitely corresponded to the love of the night like her cat form implied.
Albus straitened up and confidently walked towards Minerva's room, although he still inwardly cringed when he had to say the password to enter.
"Oh, Albus, back for more are you?"
"She's still in the bedroom?"
Hanna grinned and nodded, "I'll leave you two alone now, that way they'll be no witnesses." She said laughing and left, leaving Albus more nervous than he was when he left the hospital wing.
"Well, it's now or never." He said and then gently knocked on the bedroom door.
Minerva smiled as she got up to answer the door. She knew who it was and quickly changed her facial expression so it looked like she was still angry.
"Albus." She greeted as she opened the door and then left it open as she returned to the couch near the fireplace.
Albus cautiously walked in and stood next to the couch, not sure of whether he should sit down or not.
"Are you going to stand there all night, or was there something you wanted?"
"Yes, we need to talk." He said sitting down and glancing at her. He did a double take. He hadn't really looked at her when she first opened the door, but not he took in her appearance. A short, red robe with gold trim, which although covered her arms, showed most of her legs.
"About what?" She said, inwardly smiling as she noticed he was aware of her 'clothing'.
"Ummm." "You look very pretty."
Minerva couldn't hold back a little giggle at this, which snapped Albus out of his shocked state and mad him look at her face.
"You're not mad at me." It was more of a statement than a question.
"No, Albus, I'm not. Don't get me wrong, you deserved what you got, and I am still upset about what you did, but I do understand why you did it."
"Sooooo, I'm forgiven?" He asked, unsure of where this was going.
"Yes, you are. But we still need to talk, and no, it's not about anything you've done wrong, it's about something that I did." She added quickly when she saw him tense up.
Albus furrowed his brow, "What did you do?" He asked, still keeping in mind to stay calm at whatever she tells him, because she could still get very upset.
"After you left my office, and before you left for France, you told me to make a choice. I was going to give you back your ring when Armando told me that you had left."
"You were going to give my ring back." He repeated. Even though he suspected she would do that, and that was why he left, it was still a shock to him that she had actually tried to do it.
"Yes, I WAS." She said, emphasizing the 'was'.
"But you're not now."
"No."
"He's still out there, Minerva. He disappeared and I couldn't get to him."
Minerva nodded, "I understand that, Albus." She said taking one of his hands in hers, "But you were right. I need to worry about me, not my family, not Tom. I want to be with you, I want to marry you, and I want to have a family with you, no matter what obstacles we'll have to face."
Albus smiled. Family, she wanted to marry him and have a family with him. "So when are we getting married?" He asked excitedly.
She laughed, "Whenever you want, just as long as Hanna can be there because if she can't, she'll kill us."
"Whenever I want?" Albus asked, a little surprised she was letting him decide.
"Whenever you want. I already have the dress, and as long as at least two people can be there as witnesses, I'll agree."
Albus grinned like a little boy who had just been told he could buy anything he wanted in Zonko's. "You promise? I say a time and you'll agree as long as we can get two witnesses and someone to marry us?"
Minerva sighed and smiled, "Yes, my love, I promise, just name it."
Albus kissed her passionately, and then pulled away, still grinning. And then he simply said, "In 3 hours." And left the room.
Minerva stared at the empty space in front of her, "In 3 hours?"
End of Part 9
YAY! Hope you all liked this, and the next part should be up soon, but I'm not telling you what it's about. Preparations for the wedding, the actual wedding, or am I just gonna skip it and go ahead a few years? None of the above? Or all of the above? You'll just have to wait and see. LOL
Part 9
"OW!"
"Oh, shut up."
Albus looked up at the young witch who was presently attempting to fix his nose, which was apparently broken in several spots.
"You're a little young to be a nurse aren't you? And I don't think that 'shut up' is exactly the thing to say to someone who has a broken and very painful nose." He said trying to keep his tone friendly, and trying not to think about the possibility of him being back in the hospital wing again in a few hours.
"I'm an assistant, Professor, and I think that you deserved more than just a broken nose. Besides, it can't hurt that bad, especially after what you went through with Grindelwald."
Albus looked at her closely, "I know you."
She smirked and laughed a little, "Very observant, can I get back to work now? If your nose isn't healed by the time Madam Roberts gets back I'll lose my internship."
"Pomfry. You're that Ravenclaw that sat in the back row and always argued with Hanna Hooch's brother Jeffery."
"Very good, you remember. Yes, and even though I was in a different house and a year younger, I still knew Minerva and Hanna, and we are sort of friends. Not best of friends, but friends nonetheless. Alright, that's the best I can do. I'll have to have Madam Roberts look at it before you leave. It didn't quite set right in a few places." She smirked again, "She really does have a good punch doesn't she?"
"Yes." Albus said while gently touching his nose, which still throbbed a little, but it was nothing compared to what it was before, "She does indeed."
"Alright, let me have a look at him!"
They both turned around to see an elderly witch with an intimidating face march into the room and shoo everyone away.
~~~~~~
"So."
Minerva sighed and turned around to look at the figure standing in her bedroom doorway. "Was there something you wanted?" She asked regally.
"You kicked his ASS!" Hanna said grinning as she walked into the room and sat on the bed facing Minerva.
"Actually I punched his face, I thought that was obvious." She replied, still staying calm and cool.
"It felt good, didn't it?" Hanna asked quietly, but she was still grinning.
Minerva smiled, "Yes it did. I think that everything I was fearing, every emotion I was trying to hide over the past few years just..broke out. I feel so much more relaxed. I feel like I could take on the world and win."
"So you gonna let him off the hook? Or are you going to make him suffer some more?"
"He won't have to apologize, actually I should apologize to him, but I won't." She said smiling, "He deserved to be yelled at, but not hurt. But I do have to tell him the truth about what I was going to do before I knew he had left."
"What? No, Minerva, that'll just mess everything up."
"No it won't. He'll understand, that's why he left in the first place. But now I know that I can't imagine my life without him."
Hanna smiled again, "So you're actually going to marry him?" Minerva nodded, "OH, when?" Hanna squealed.
Minerva laughed, "Whenever we feel like it! And don't worry, you'll be there, I promise."
"YAY!" Hanna jumped up, grabbed Minerva's hands, and started dancing around the room.
"Yes, yes. Yay! Now can I get back to making myself look gorgeous so that Albus won't be able to concentrate or comprehend what I say and he'll just want to forgive me and worship me?"
"OH, let me help!" Hanna said running over to Minerva's closet and started to throw things all over the place, "You have to wear something sexy, not those silly robes, they hide everything and don't show off your figure. Hmmm, should you wear your hair up or down? What about makeup? Jewelry? A scarf?"
Minerva just laughed as she watched Hanna, who by the way was NEVER into anything girlish like picking out clothes or makeup, act like she was now going to put Minerva on the fashion runway.
~~~~~
Albus finally was released from the Hospital wing, after arguing that it was just a broken nose, which was already healed, and that he didn't need to stay overnight for 'observation'.
Albus inwardly cringed. Minerva was not a morning person, which definitely corresponded to the love of the night like her cat form implied.
Albus straitened up and confidently walked towards Minerva's room, although he still inwardly cringed when he had to say the password to enter.
"Oh, Albus, back for more are you?"
"She's still in the bedroom?"
Hanna grinned and nodded, "I'll leave you two alone now, that way they'll be no witnesses." She said laughing and left, leaving Albus more nervous than he was when he left the hospital wing.
"Well, it's now or never." He said and then gently knocked on the bedroom door.
Minerva smiled as she got up to answer the door. She knew who it was and quickly changed her facial expression so it looked like she was still angry.
"Albus." She greeted as she opened the door and then left it open as she returned to the couch near the fireplace.
Albus cautiously walked in and stood next to the couch, not sure of whether he should sit down or not.
"Are you going to stand there all night, or was there something you wanted?"
"Yes, we need to talk." He said sitting down and glancing at her. He did a double take. He hadn't really looked at her when she first opened the door, but not he took in her appearance. A short, red robe with gold trim, which although covered her arms, showed most of her legs.
"About what?" She said, inwardly smiling as she noticed he was aware of her 'clothing'.
"Ummm." "You look very pretty."
Minerva couldn't hold back a little giggle at this, which snapped Albus out of his shocked state and mad him look at her face.
"You're not mad at me." It was more of a statement than a question.
"No, Albus, I'm not. Don't get me wrong, you deserved what you got, and I am still upset about what you did, but I do understand why you did it."
"Sooooo, I'm forgiven?" He asked, unsure of where this was going.
"Yes, you are. But we still need to talk, and no, it's not about anything you've done wrong, it's about something that I did." She added quickly when she saw him tense up.
Albus furrowed his brow, "What did you do?" He asked, still keeping in mind to stay calm at whatever she tells him, because she could still get very upset.
"After you left my office, and before you left for France, you told me to make a choice. I was going to give you back your ring when Armando told me that you had left."
"You were going to give my ring back." He repeated. Even though he suspected she would do that, and that was why he left, it was still a shock to him that she had actually tried to do it.
"Yes, I WAS." She said, emphasizing the 'was'.
"But you're not now."
"No."
"He's still out there, Minerva. He disappeared and I couldn't get to him."
Minerva nodded, "I understand that, Albus." She said taking one of his hands in hers, "But you were right. I need to worry about me, not my family, not Tom. I want to be with you, I want to marry you, and I want to have a family with you, no matter what obstacles we'll have to face."
Albus smiled. Family, she wanted to marry him and have a family with him. "So when are we getting married?" He asked excitedly.
She laughed, "Whenever you want, just as long as Hanna can be there because if she can't, she'll kill us."
"Whenever I want?" Albus asked, a little surprised she was letting him decide.
"Whenever you want. I already have the dress, and as long as at least two people can be there as witnesses, I'll agree."
Albus grinned like a little boy who had just been told he could buy anything he wanted in Zonko's. "You promise? I say a time and you'll agree as long as we can get two witnesses and someone to marry us?"
Minerva sighed and smiled, "Yes, my love, I promise, just name it."
Albus kissed her passionately, and then pulled away, still grinning. And then he simply said, "In 3 hours." And left the room.
Minerva stared at the empty space in front of her, "In 3 hours?"
End of Part 9
YAY! Hope you all liked this, and the next part should be up soon, but I'm not telling you what it's about. Preparations for the wedding, the actual wedding, or am I just gonna skip it and go ahead a few years? None of the above? Or all of the above? You'll just have to wait and see. LOL