Tuesday January 14th

Lemon drops: 37, units hot chocolate: 8, number of nervous breakdowns: 1

23.14 This is awful. Truly and utterly awful. Minerva is not in love with Alastor. And she is furious with me. As is Alastor.

I have been watching her in the past days to find out if Alastor had already spoken with her. She looked more cheerful then before and I thought it was because Alastor stopped seeing Geraldine.

But this is what happened this evening.

I was working in my office when the doors flew open and Alastor came bursting in with a very red head.

"She isn't in love with me!" He yelled angrily.

"Wha… oh you have…", I started, but he didn't let me finish.

"Really Albus", he said lividly. "I have never made such a fool of myself before. I stood there saying things like 'I understand how frustrating this must be for you', and 'I do not have the feelings that you have for me, we are friends, but that's all we'll ever be'.

"It was horrible. She looked at me as if I was telling her I was about to marry a house elf. And you…!" He waved his wand at me, "I will actually kill you one of these days. What made you think she was in love with me?"

"It's what I thought", I replied.

"Oh, you thought", Alastor sneered. "Couldn't you have kept your mouth shut until you knew for sure?"

There was a loud knock on the door and Alastor muttered. "That'll be Minerva. I'll use your fireplace. Good luck". He threw another angry glance at me and stepped into the flames.

Another loud knock and I hastily called for enter. Minerva marched into my office, looking even more flushed then Alastor.

"What were you thinking Albus Dumbledore", she shrieked. "Alastor came to see. A certain someone had told him that I was madly in love with him. Thank you so much for telling me about it. When did you plan to have my wedding? I couldn't believe what I was hearing. And certainly not when Alastor told me it was your idea".

Quickly I got to my feet. "Minerva…", I started, "let me explain". All the time that I was explaining myself she was furiously glaring at me. When I was done she started to yell again.

"I never was, now or in the past, or ever in love with Alastor. I left in such a hurry that evening because I wanted to talk to Poppy. She is the one who has been in love with Alastor for over twenty years and I thought she could better hear from me about Geraldine then from somebody else. Does she know that you think that I am in love with Alastor?"

"I shook my head. "I'm terribly sorry", I said. "I thought I was doing the right thing. I never meant to hurt your feelings Minerva".

She remained silent for a while and then walked out of my office.

What a mess. Have stopped by her quarters later, but she wasn't there. And Alastor wasn't home either. I have completely blown this.