Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene
is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Note 2: The Knight Bus thing is real, pity that I didn't get to ride it.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Jade- Maria is over 20 years-old.
Chapter 12: The Last Day
Selene had no more places to take the group to, so they decided to stay in the hotel. Some of the girls decided to sleep in. Mandy decided to go to the hotel's tennis court, wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt and taking Carly with her. Dumbledore went to the swimming pool again, dragging Minerva with him.
Maria was sleeping in her bed when someone rang the doorbell. She made a noise and refused to get up.
"Will somebody get the door?" snapped Sue in irritation when the ringing didn't stop.
"Get Inca to open it." said Maria sleepily.
"Inca!" called Sue.
No response.
The ringing continued.
"Looks like Inca is out." thought Sue.
The bell continued to ring.
"MARIA, GET THE DOOR!" yelled Sue from her own bed, feeling mean for a moment.
Maria got up, flinging her blanket aside and marched straight to the door.
"Ha." thought Sue.
Maria yawned and opened the door.
Snape was standing outside with black shirt and jeans on.
Maria gasped and slammed the door shut.
"Who is it at the door?" asked Sue.
Maria didn't answer, she rushed to the bathroom, then sounds of her washing up were heard. A minute later, she came out, looking refreshed.
Sue sat up, looking at Maria curiously as she opened the door. Snape was still at the door.
"Hi." said Maria sweetly.
"Is that a Muggle way of greeting?" asked Snape in his usual slow tone.
Maria giggled.
Sue suddenly sat up, feeling very wide awake. She listened to the conversation carefully.
"So what's up?" she heard Maria asking.
"Nothing, just wondering whether you would like to accompany me to go sightseeing." said Snape.
"Certainly. Just wait for a minute." said Maria, closing the door.
She closed the door, went past Sue as if she was invisible, then to her bag. She took out fresh clothes and went to the bathroom. A minute later, she came out, wearing shorts and white T-shirt.
"Bye, Sue! I won't be back for a long time!" sang Maria and she went out before Sue said anything.
Sue sat at her place for a while before she said, "Oh well, show's over."
And she fell back to her lying position, deciding to go back to sleep.
Mandy and Carly rented the tennis racket from the tennis equipment renting shop and was on their way to the court when someone bumped into them and they fell to the floor.
"Ouch!"
"Oops!" they heard a man exclaimed in a Scottish accent. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see where I am going.....Madam Hooch?! What in the Merlin's name are you doing here?"
Madam Hooch looked up and gaped. Oliver Wood and Katie Bell were staring at her with their mouths dropped open. Both of them were wearing shorts, T- shirts and tennis shoes.
"Me? What about you two? Why are you here in Singapore?" asked Madam Hooch.
"Katie and I are on vacation." said Oliver as he helped Madam Hooch up and Katie helped Carly.
"Me too. And so are Professor Snape, Minerva and Albus." said Madam Hooch and brushed the dust off her shorts.
"So we are right! We thought that we saw you and heard Professor Snape, but we didn't know that it is you people....." said Oliver and grinned.
"I saw you and Katie too the day before yesterday." said Madam Hooch. "And oh yeah, this is Carly....... we met her and her group of friends at the airport and one of them is kind enough to be our tour guide."
"Hello." said Oliver and Katie cheerfully.
"Um......hi." stammered Carly and blushed.
"Why are you so shy?" asked Madam Hooch in bewilderment. "It's just Oliver Wood and Katie Bell."
Carly didn't say anything. The sight of Oliver Wood had made her tongue- tied.
"Oh well, she's usually very talkative." said Madam Hooch to Oliver. "Anyway, are you two playing tennis as well?"
"You bet." said Oliver cheerfully.
"Hey, how about the two of you play against the both of us?" asked Madam Hooch.
"Sure." said Oliver and Katie in unison.
"Play tennis with Madam Hooch, Oliver Wood and Katie Bell, I must be dreaming." thought Carly dreamily.
Maria and Snape were walking (and holding hands) outside a building when they noticed a lot of people forming a long queue at its exterior.
"What are they doing?" asked Maria.
Snape just shrugged.
"Let's go and take a look!" said Maria and before Snape could protest, she dragged him to the front of the line.
They reached the front of the line and saw a sign above a counter that said, "Get Your Ticket to the Knight Bus Here"
"Knight Bus?!" exclaimed Maria and Snape in surprise.
"Hurry up, ladies and gentlemen! If you want to ride the same bus as Harry Potter does, please grab a ticket now!" cried the man at the counter.
"What in the Merlin's name is going on........" Snape muttered. "I thought the Knight Bus is invisible to Muggles......"
"I'm calling Selene, maybe she knows what's going on." said Maria and took out her handphone.
"Knight Bus?" asked Selene blankly. She was at home, lying on her bed when Maria called.
"Yeah, you know, that triple-decker purple bus in Harry Potter." said Maria anxiously.
"Oh that! Nah, that Knight Bus is a fake. It is created by the Warner Brothers Company. Actually it is just a double-decker bus, just that it was designed to look like a triple-decker. It will be in service from 28 of May to 9th of June, 11am to 8pm. If there is no traffic jam, the ride will take about 1/2 hour. It is totally free-of-charge."
"Free? Wow!"
"If you want to get a ticket, you better get it soon." said Selene seriously.
"I will, bye Selene, and bye." said Maria and hang up. "Well, Severus, let's go and have a ride!"
"No thanks, I have enough with the real Knight Bus." said Snape, frowning.
Maria pouted. "Please?"
Snape didn't respond.
"Pretty please?"
Snape stared at her with no emotion on his face.
Maria battled her eyelashes at him.
Snape sighed.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for witches, wizards and specially, Muggles. Just step on board and we will take you around Singapore. My name is Herbert, and I will be your conductor today." said a young man in a purple uniform, standing outside a tall, purple bus.
"Please give me your ticket and step on board, the Knight Bus will be off in a few minutes." said Herbert.
"Come on!" said Maria and dragged Snape to follow the line of people who were boarding the bus.
When they boarded, Maria and Snape stared in awe at the bus.
"These Muggles could actually get this bus to look exactly like the real one." said Snape finally, looking at the mismatched chairs and the narrow wooden staircase that led upstairs.
"Let's sit down." said Maria happily and sat down on a chair that was wide enough for two people.
Snape sat down beside her and Herbert jumped on board. "All right, are we all ready for the ride?!"
"Yeah!" cried the passengers.
Snape just grunted.
"Okay, take her away! Chris!" shouted Herbert to the driver.
The bus moved slowly at the first, but when it reached the highway, it zoomed on the road as fast as it could go.
The whole day passed by quickly. Maria and Snape came back to the hotel in the evening, tired after the bus ride and sightseeing.
"Hungry, Maria?" asked Snape when they arrived to their floor.
"Hm-mm."
"I'll take that as a yes. How about having dinner later?"
Maria suddenly didn't feel tired anymore. "Oh yes! 8 o'clock?"
"8 o'clock is fine." said Snape in his usual slow voice.
"Great, see you later!" said Maria happily and went to her room.
Snape smiled slightly at her enthusiasm, and went to his room. When he went in, he found out that Madam Hooch was still not back.
"Where did she go......" he muttered.
Shrugging, he went to the bathroom for a bath. Just after he closed the bathroom door and took off his clothes, he found out that there was no soap.
"Great, now I have to borrow from someone else!" grumbled Snape and he snatched his clothes to put them back on.
He yanked open the main door and went out to Dumbledore's room to borrow a bottle of soap.
Once he got out, he bumped right into Madam Hooch.
"Hey!"
"Ouch!"
"Madeline Hooch, watch where you are going, will you?" snapped Snape.
"Okay, okay....."
"Urgh, what have you been doing?" asked Snape in disgust when he smelt sweat.
"Playing tennis with Carly. She's just gone back to her room. Boy, I need a bath."
"There's no soap, we better borrow from Albus." said Snape.
"We?" asked Madam Hooch blankly.
"Hey, I need a bath too, you know." said Snape quickly.
"Fine, whatever, now let's go to Albus and Minerva's room, hopefully they are in." said Madam Hooch and they went to Dumbledore's room.
Snape put his hand onto the doorknob immediately.
"Hey, don't you think we need to ring the doorbell?" asked Madam Hooch.
Snape snorted. "Like I care."
He opened the door and went straight in with Madam Hooch. "Albus, our room has no......." He went silent.
"Oops." said Madam Hooch slowly when she saw what she and Snape had bumped into.
The bathroom door was open, Minerva and Dumbledore were in the tub, sitting side by side and having a bubble bath. There were so much of bubbles that their bodies were invisible under them.
Minerva gave a short scream and lowered herself into the water with a loud splash, leaving her head to be visible. Her face was as red as an apple. Dumbledore just looked surprised.
Silence.
"Is there anything you want?" asked Dumbledore finally.
"Hm, yeah......" said Snape slowly, his cheeks turning slightly pink. "Our bathroom has run out of soap, do you mind if we borrow a bottle from here?"
"Sure." said Dumbledore and reached over the shelf beside the tub. He picked up a small bottle of soap and passed it over to the Potions master.
Minerva was still too embarrassed to say anything.
"Thanks." said Snape quickly and dashed out of the door.
"Just pretend that we didn't see anything, okay?" said Madam Hooch and followed Snape. When she was about to close the door, she looked at the couple and grinned, "Remember to lock the door next time. Bye!"
Silence again.
"Albus, how many times must I tell you to lock the door?" asked Minerva darkly.
"Erm......" said Dumbledore slowly.
"Oh forget it!" snapped Minerva and got out of the tub.
She snatched the towel from the sliver bar and wrapped herself with it.
"Minerva Darling......."
"Don't 'Darling' me, and don't come looking for me for the next few hours!" said Minerva angrily and stormed out of the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
A few minutes later, Dumbledore heard the front door being opened and closed with a loud bang.
"My memory is getting worse." Dumbledore muttered and sighed.
He took one of the glasses of lemonade that he and Minerva left on the shelf and drank it in one go.
Once Snape and Madam Hooch got back to their rooms, Madam Hooch rushed into the bathroom.
"Hey!" yelled Snape in protest.
"Too late!" said Madam Hooch in the bathroom and laughed as she turned the shower on and started singing.
"So Maria just went out with Snape this morning......yes, Snape, the potions master! Can you believe it? I wonder what they did yesterday....." said Sue at the phone to someone.
Maria hummed happily as she picked out her clothes for the evening.
"And now she is humming happily." reported Sue.
"Today is so cool, Sue! I get to ride the Knight Bus!" said Maria.
"Knight Bus?! What Knight Bus?" asked Sue. "Selene, you didn't tell us that Singapore has its own Knight Bus!"
Okay, so she was talking to Selene.
"I thought you guys were with her at that time!" said Selene from the other end, trying to defend herself. "Err......I got to go and have my dinner, bye!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" cried Sue. "You can't hang up without explaining about the Knight Bus thing!"
Too late, Selene had hung up.
"Sheesh. Maria, what's going on with the Knight Bus thing?" asked Sue as she put her phone aside.
"Can't say now, I need to get ready for dinner with Severus." said Maria before she went to the bathroom when someone rang the doorbell.
"Coming!" called Sue and she went to get the door.
Minerva was standing outside, her hair was down and wet. She was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. She looked as if the Slytherins had won the Quidditch Cup again.
"Minerva, are you okay?" asked Sue slowly.
"No, I'm not." snapped Minerva. "Mind if I come in?"
"Of course not, come in."
Minerva came into the room while Sue closed the door. "What happened? Where's Albus?"
"Don't ask me about him! He is so.......argh!" Minerva sat down on the chair.
"Okay, okay....."
A few seconds later, Minerva stood up. "I can't stand being in here! Sue, why don't you and the rest of the girls come shopping with me?"
"We're glad to but I think Maria have plans already."
"She has? Oh well, I guess that leaves the 7 of us. I'm going to ask Mandy to come along."
"All right! I'm going to get the rest of the girls! Wait here, Minerva!" said Sue and she dashed out of the room.
Minerva, Madam Hooch and the girls spent hours shopping at the nearby shopping malls. By the time they were done, it was already 10pm. All of them bought so many things that they had probably used up all their money for the vacation. Minerva had the best time of her life spending her money on Muggle clothes and books.
She waved goodnight to the girls and Madam Hooch before she went to her own room. Once she opened the door and saw Dumbledore sitting on the bed, surfing channels on the television idly, her dark mood returned.
Minerva dumped all her shopping bags on the side of the bed, grabbed her nightdress from the chair and went to change.
Dumbledore turned slowly to bathroom, wondering whether Minerva was mad at him. When Minerva flung open the door, he turned quickly back to the television. Minerva rummaged through the shopping bags and took out a brand- new novel. She then sat down at the edge of the bed and started reading.
"Minerva?" asked Dumbledore timidly.
No response.
"Minerva, speak to me, please."
Minerva continued to read.
Dumbledore sighed and switched off the television. He got up and pulled the curtains shut. Then he got into bed.
"Minerva, I don't care if you are listening or not, I'm just wanted to say that I'm sorry."
Minerva flipped a page.
Dumbledore turned off his side of the bedside lamp and lowered himself to a lying position. A few minutes later, Minerva put down her book, switched off the lamp and lay down.
"Albus?"
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry too. I'm being ridiculous, am I?"
Dumbledore smiled. "No." He reached over and put his hand on Minerva's shoulder. "You just want us to have some privacy. I'll lock the door from now on. I promise."
"Like now?" asked Minerva, smiling.
Dumbledore waved his hand and the sound of door being locked was heard. "Satisfied?"
"Very." said Minerva and she shifted closer to his body.
Dumbledore smiled again, put his arms around Minerva and kissed her forehead. "I love you, Minerva."
Minerva's smile widened. "I love you too." she whispered.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Note 2: The Knight Bus thing is real, pity that I didn't get to ride it.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Thank you for your reviews!
Jade- Maria is over 20 years-old.
Chapter 12: The Last Day
Selene had no more places to take the group to, so they decided to stay in the hotel. Some of the girls decided to sleep in. Mandy decided to go to the hotel's tennis court, wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt and taking Carly with her. Dumbledore went to the swimming pool again, dragging Minerva with him.
Maria was sleeping in her bed when someone rang the doorbell. She made a noise and refused to get up.
"Will somebody get the door?" snapped Sue in irritation when the ringing didn't stop.
"Get Inca to open it." said Maria sleepily.
"Inca!" called Sue.
No response.
The ringing continued.
"Looks like Inca is out." thought Sue.
The bell continued to ring.
"MARIA, GET THE DOOR!" yelled Sue from her own bed, feeling mean for a moment.
Maria got up, flinging her blanket aside and marched straight to the door.
"Ha." thought Sue.
Maria yawned and opened the door.
Snape was standing outside with black shirt and jeans on.
Maria gasped and slammed the door shut.
"Who is it at the door?" asked Sue.
Maria didn't answer, she rushed to the bathroom, then sounds of her washing up were heard. A minute later, she came out, looking refreshed.
Sue sat up, looking at Maria curiously as she opened the door. Snape was still at the door.
"Hi." said Maria sweetly.
"Is that a Muggle way of greeting?" asked Snape in his usual slow tone.
Maria giggled.
Sue suddenly sat up, feeling very wide awake. She listened to the conversation carefully.
"So what's up?" she heard Maria asking.
"Nothing, just wondering whether you would like to accompany me to go sightseeing." said Snape.
"Certainly. Just wait for a minute." said Maria, closing the door.
She closed the door, went past Sue as if she was invisible, then to her bag. She took out fresh clothes and went to the bathroom. A minute later, she came out, wearing shorts and white T-shirt.
"Bye, Sue! I won't be back for a long time!" sang Maria and she went out before Sue said anything.
Sue sat at her place for a while before she said, "Oh well, show's over."
And she fell back to her lying position, deciding to go back to sleep.
Mandy and Carly rented the tennis racket from the tennis equipment renting shop and was on their way to the court when someone bumped into them and they fell to the floor.
"Ouch!"
"Oops!" they heard a man exclaimed in a Scottish accent. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see where I am going.....Madam Hooch?! What in the Merlin's name are you doing here?"
Madam Hooch looked up and gaped. Oliver Wood and Katie Bell were staring at her with their mouths dropped open. Both of them were wearing shorts, T- shirts and tennis shoes.
"Me? What about you two? Why are you here in Singapore?" asked Madam Hooch.
"Katie and I are on vacation." said Oliver as he helped Madam Hooch up and Katie helped Carly.
"Me too. And so are Professor Snape, Minerva and Albus." said Madam Hooch and brushed the dust off her shorts.
"So we are right! We thought that we saw you and heard Professor Snape, but we didn't know that it is you people....." said Oliver and grinned.
"I saw you and Katie too the day before yesterday." said Madam Hooch. "And oh yeah, this is Carly....... we met her and her group of friends at the airport and one of them is kind enough to be our tour guide."
"Hello." said Oliver and Katie cheerfully.
"Um......hi." stammered Carly and blushed.
"Why are you so shy?" asked Madam Hooch in bewilderment. "It's just Oliver Wood and Katie Bell."
Carly didn't say anything. The sight of Oliver Wood had made her tongue- tied.
"Oh well, she's usually very talkative." said Madam Hooch to Oliver. "Anyway, are you two playing tennis as well?"
"You bet." said Oliver cheerfully.
"Hey, how about the two of you play against the both of us?" asked Madam Hooch.
"Sure." said Oliver and Katie in unison.
"Play tennis with Madam Hooch, Oliver Wood and Katie Bell, I must be dreaming." thought Carly dreamily.
Maria and Snape were walking (and holding hands) outside a building when they noticed a lot of people forming a long queue at its exterior.
"What are they doing?" asked Maria.
Snape just shrugged.
"Let's go and take a look!" said Maria and before Snape could protest, she dragged him to the front of the line.
They reached the front of the line and saw a sign above a counter that said, "Get Your Ticket to the Knight Bus Here"
"Knight Bus?!" exclaimed Maria and Snape in surprise.
"Hurry up, ladies and gentlemen! If you want to ride the same bus as Harry Potter does, please grab a ticket now!" cried the man at the counter.
"What in the Merlin's name is going on........" Snape muttered. "I thought the Knight Bus is invisible to Muggles......"
"I'm calling Selene, maybe she knows what's going on." said Maria and took out her handphone.
"Knight Bus?" asked Selene blankly. She was at home, lying on her bed when Maria called.
"Yeah, you know, that triple-decker purple bus in Harry Potter." said Maria anxiously.
"Oh that! Nah, that Knight Bus is a fake. It is created by the Warner Brothers Company. Actually it is just a double-decker bus, just that it was designed to look like a triple-decker. It will be in service from 28 of May to 9th of June, 11am to 8pm. If there is no traffic jam, the ride will take about 1/2 hour. It is totally free-of-charge."
"Free? Wow!"
"If you want to get a ticket, you better get it soon." said Selene seriously.
"I will, bye Selene, and bye." said Maria and hang up. "Well, Severus, let's go and have a ride!"
"No thanks, I have enough with the real Knight Bus." said Snape, frowning.
Maria pouted. "Please?"
Snape didn't respond.
"Pretty please?"
Snape stared at her with no emotion on his face.
Maria battled her eyelashes at him.
Snape sighed.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for witches, wizards and specially, Muggles. Just step on board and we will take you around Singapore. My name is Herbert, and I will be your conductor today." said a young man in a purple uniform, standing outside a tall, purple bus.
"Please give me your ticket and step on board, the Knight Bus will be off in a few minutes." said Herbert.
"Come on!" said Maria and dragged Snape to follow the line of people who were boarding the bus.
When they boarded, Maria and Snape stared in awe at the bus.
"These Muggles could actually get this bus to look exactly like the real one." said Snape finally, looking at the mismatched chairs and the narrow wooden staircase that led upstairs.
"Let's sit down." said Maria happily and sat down on a chair that was wide enough for two people.
Snape sat down beside her and Herbert jumped on board. "All right, are we all ready for the ride?!"
"Yeah!" cried the passengers.
Snape just grunted.
"Okay, take her away! Chris!" shouted Herbert to the driver.
The bus moved slowly at the first, but when it reached the highway, it zoomed on the road as fast as it could go.
The whole day passed by quickly. Maria and Snape came back to the hotel in the evening, tired after the bus ride and sightseeing.
"Hungry, Maria?" asked Snape when they arrived to their floor.
"Hm-mm."
"I'll take that as a yes. How about having dinner later?"
Maria suddenly didn't feel tired anymore. "Oh yes! 8 o'clock?"
"8 o'clock is fine." said Snape in his usual slow voice.
"Great, see you later!" said Maria happily and went to her room.
Snape smiled slightly at her enthusiasm, and went to his room. When he went in, he found out that Madam Hooch was still not back.
"Where did she go......" he muttered.
Shrugging, he went to the bathroom for a bath. Just after he closed the bathroom door and took off his clothes, he found out that there was no soap.
"Great, now I have to borrow from someone else!" grumbled Snape and he snatched his clothes to put them back on.
He yanked open the main door and went out to Dumbledore's room to borrow a bottle of soap.
Once he got out, he bumped right into Madam Hooch.
"Hey!"
"Ouch!"
"Madeline Hooch, watch where you are going, will you?" snapped Snape.
"Okay, okay....."
"Urgh, what have you been doing?" asked Snape in disgust when he smelt sweat.
"Playing tennis with Carly. She's just gone back to her room. Boy, I need a bath."
"There's no soap, we better borrow from Albus." said Snape.
"We?" asked Madam Hooch blankly.
"Hey, I need a bath too, you know." said Snape quickly.
"Fine, whatever, now let's go to Albus and Minerva's room, hopefully they are in." said Madam Hooch and they went to Dumbledore's room.
Snape put his hand onto the doorknob immediately.
"Hey, don't you think we need to ring the doorbell?" asked Madam Hooch.
Snape snorted. "Like I care."
He opened the door and went straight in with Madam Hooch. "Albus, our room has no......." He went silent.
"Oops." said Madam Hooch slowly when she saw what she and Snape had bumped into.
The bathroom door was open, Minerva and Dumbledore were in the tub, sitting side by side and having a bubble bath. There were so much of bubbles that their bodies were invisible under them.
Minerva gave a short scream and lowered herself into the water with a loud splash, leaving her head to be visible. Her face was as red as an apple. Dumbledore just looked surprised.
Silence.
"Is there anything you want?" asked Dumbledore finally.
"Hm, yeah......" said Snape slowly, his cheeks turning slightly pink. "Our bathroom has run out of soap, do you mind if we borrow a bottle from here?"
"Sure." said Dumbledore and reached over the shelf beside the tub. He picked up a small bottle of soap and passed it over to the Potions master.
Minerva was still too embarrassed to say anything.
"Thanks." said Snape quickly and dashed out of the door.
"Just pretend that we didn't see anything, okay?" said Madam Hooch and followed Snape. When she was about to close the door, she looked at the couple and grinned, "Remember to lock the door next time. Bye!"
Silence again.
"Albus, how many times must I tell you to lock the door?" asked Minerva darkly.
"Erm......" said Dumbledore slowly.
"Oh forget it!" snapped Minerva and got out of the tub.
She snatched the towel from the sliver bar and wrapped herself with it.
"Minerva Darling......."
"Don't 'Darling' me, and don't come looking for me for the next few hours!" said Minerva angrily and stormed out of the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
A few minutes later, Dumbledore heard the front door being opened and closed with a loud bang.
"My memory is getting worse." Dumbledore muttered and sighed.
He took one of the glasses of lemonade that he and Minerva left on the shelf and drank it in one go.
Once Snape and Madam Hooch got back to their rooms, Madam Hooch rushed into the bathroom.
"Hey!" yelled Snape in protest.
"Too late!" said Madam Hooch in the bathroom and laughed as she turned the shower on and started singing.
"So Maria just went out with Snape this morning......yes, Snape, the potions master! Can you believe it? I wonder what they did yesterday....." said Sue at the phone to someone.
Maria hummed happily as she picked out her clothes for the evening.
"And now she is humming happily." reported Sue.
"Today is so cool, Sue! I get to ride the Knight Bus!" said Maria.
"Knight Bus?! What Knight Bus?" asked Sue. "Selene, you didn't tell us that Singapore has its own Knight Bus!"
Okay, so she was talking to Selene.
"I thought you guys were with her at that time!" said Selene from the other end, trying to defend herself. "Err......I got to go and have my dinner, bye!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" cried Sue. "You can't hang up without explaining about the Knight Bus thing!"
Too late, Selene had hung up.
"Sheesh. Maria, what's going on with the Knight Bus thing?" asked Sue as she put her phone aside.
"Can't say now, I need to get ready for dinner with Severus." said Maria before she went to the bathroom when someone rang the doorbell.
"Coming!" called Sue and she went to get the door.
Minerva was standing outside, her hair was down and wet. She was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. She looked as if the Slytherins had won the Quidditch Cup again.
"Minerva, are you okay?" asked Sue slowly.
"No, I'm not." snapped Minerva. "Mind if I come in?"
"Of course not, come in."
Minerva came into the room while Sue closed the door. "What happened? Where's Albus?"
"Don't ask me about him! He is so.......argh!" Minerva sat down on the chair.
"Okay, okay....."
A few seconds later, Minerva stood up. "I can't stand being in here! Sue, why don't you and the rest of the girls come shopping with me?"
"We're glad to but I think Maria have plans already."
"She has? Oh well, I guess that leaves the 7 of us. I'm going to ask Mandy to come along."
"All right! I'm going to get the rest of the girls! Wait here, Minerva!" said Sue and she dashed out of the room.
Minerva, Madam Hooch and the girls spent hours shopping at the nearby shopping malls. By the time they were done, it was already 10pm. All of them bought so many things that they had probably used up all their money for the vacation. Minerva had the best time of her life spending her money on Muggle clothes and books.
She waved goodnight to the girls and Madam Hooch before she went to her own room. Once she opened the door and saw Dumbledore sitting on the bed, surfing channels on the television idly, her dark mood returned.
Minerva dumped all her shopping bags on the side of the bed, grabbed her nightdress from the chair and went to change.
Dumbledore turned slowly to bathroom, wondering whether Minerva was mad at him. When Minerva flung open the door, he turned quickly back to the television. Minerva rummaged through the shopping bags and took out a brand- new novel. She then sat down at the edge of the bed and started reading.
"Minerva?" asked Dumbledore timidly.
No response.
"Minerva, speak to me, please."
Minerva continued to read.
Dumbledore sighed and switched off the television. He got up and pulled the curtains shut. Then he got into bed.
"Minerva, I don't care if you are listening or not, I'm just wanted to say that I'm sorry."
Minerva flipped a page.
Dumbledore turned off his side of the bedside lamp and lowered himself to a lying position. A few minutes later, Minerva put down her book, switched off the lamp and lay down.
"Albus?"
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry too. I'm being ridiculous, am I?"
Dumbledore smiled. "No." He reached over and put his hand on Minerva's shoulder. "You just want us to have some privacy. I'll lock the door from now on. I promise."
"Like now?" asked Minerva, smiling.
Dumbledore waved his hand and the sound of door being locked was heard. "Satisfied?"
"Very." said Minerva and she shifted closer to his body.
Dumbledore smiled again, put his arms around Minerva and kissed her forehead. "I love you, Minerva."
Minerva's smile widened. "I love you too." she whispered.