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The next morning, Minerva awoke in the loving arms of Albus. If the situation had been different, she would have been absolutely terrified at the thought of premarital relations with a man, even if he was the handsome Albus Dumbledore. But not only did she love the man who was now holding her, but now she could be absolutely certain of getting out of that marriage with Adam. She thought of the previous night and how exciting and beautiful she felt.
----The Night Before----
"I was hoping you'd say that…" said Albus. He pulled Minerva in closer to him and kissed her on the lips. The kiss was gentle at first, but didn't remain gentle for long. Their lips parted, Minerva placed her arms around Albus' neck, and he held on tightly to her waist. When they pulled away, he rested his forehead against hers and smiled. Then, he frowned.
"Minerva, my love, I do hope you're ready," he said. "After all, I know where you stand on having relations-," He was silenced when she placed the tips of her fingers on his lips and smiled seductively.
"I wouldn't worry, darling," she said. "I love you and, despite what you might be thinking, I know I won't regret this." She kissed him again. Albus smiled.
"Prove it," he said. For the better part of the night, Minerva did.
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And now, she lay there, happy. Albus' arm draped over stomach, gripped gently yet firmly. She thought for a while, before feeling as though someone was watching her. She turned slowly to see Albus staring at her, the twinkle in his eye.
"You know, your beautiful face relaxes quite a bit when you are sleeping," he commented.
"I was having a good dream," Minerva replied. "How long have you been awake?"
"Long enough to watch you sleep for about five minutes," replied Albus. "I hope you enjoyed yourself last night."
"Quite," smiled Minerva. "Now all we need to do is find some way of telling Adam and have him believe us." Albus thought a moment before answering.
"If my assumptions are correct, he should be here any moment," he said. Minerva looked at him, rather confused.
"How do you know?" she inquired. Albus chuckled slightly.
"We have known each other for so many decades, and you still can't seem to remember that I hold within my person the ability to invade people's thoughts?" he inquired. "He is directly outside your door at this very moment, and something tells me that he is not going to knock."
These words had hardly left his lips when the door to Minerva's private rooms and the sound of footsteps could be heard. It was a mere seconds before they heard a sharp intake of breath.
"What the bloody hell is going on in here?" Adam shouted, rushing to the foot of the bed and staring at the couple in the bed with a shocked and pained expression on his face. He looked from one to the other until he finally rested his eyes on Minerva. "What is the meaning of this, Minzie?" Minerva sat up in bed, the sheet covering her entire body, with the exception of her arms and shoulders.
"I would have thought it was obvious, Adam," she said, a huge grin on her face. "Or do I need to explain something to you that is so simple, a child would understand it?" Adam just gaped at her and didn't regain his ability to speak until Albus, too, sat up and wrapped his arm around Minerva's shoulders.
"This is- this is most-," stammered Adam. "I just- no, this cannot be happening." Then, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to control his breathing. Opening his eyes again, he looked at his fiancée. "I should have expected you to do something rash, I just never expected you to do something totally horrible such as this. You are lucky that I am a very forgiving man. If you get out of that bed right now and beg for forgiveness, I just might grant it to you. But I will have you know that you shall be under constant supervision from now on and until our wedding."
"No, Adam," said Minerva, her eyes now cold. He looked at her.
"What did you say?" he growled.
"There is not going to be a wedding, Adam," she frowned. "As I have told you before, I love Albus, not you. I tried and tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen."
"So you go to him?" hissed Adam. "Minerva, you are trying my patience. Get out of that bed now."
"NO!" shouted Minerva.
"WE HAVE A CONTRACT!" Adam cried, pulling out the contract. Minerva stared at it for a few minutes and then smiled as it disintegrated in his hand. Adam just stared at the empty space that now occupied where the contract had been a mere seconds earlier.
"Not anymore, Adam," she said. "If you knew the laws of arranged marriages, you'd know that an infidelity will result in an immediate cancellation of the contract."
"I'll… just get another one," said Adam.
"That is not possible," said Albus. "You need the signature of both sets of parents."
"I'll… simply… forge the signatures," stammered Adam.
"That's illegal, Adam, and you know it," sneered Minerva.
"This is not over yet," drawled Adam, pulling out his wand.
"Put it away," smiled Albus. "I don't think you'll want to suffer a beating from me."
"You don't understand," said Adam through gritted teeth. With a swish of his wand, both Minerva and Albus were fully clothed and all three of them had been taken from the room and to a plain field. It was simple in that there was nothing but dirt all around them. Adam continued to talk.
"Do these seem to be familiar?" he inquired. Then, with another swish of his wand, scenes from both Minerva and Albus' dreams began to dance before them in the air. They gasped; Albus wrapped his arms around Minerva while she buried her face in his beard. Adam just smiled.
"You see, as soon as I realized that there was another man pining for Minerva's affections, I knew that I had to come to Hogwarts and find out that it was," Adam smiled. "When I discovered it was the infamous Albus Dumbledore, I was shocked to say the least. When I sense that you two were becoming too close, I knew I had to do something. So I created the quick diversion of Colin's dream."
"So, it was-."
"Yes, Minerva, I did it! I have been causing these dreams to happen!"
A/N2: OOOHHHH! What will happen to Minerva, Albus, and Adam? Stay tuned, kiddies, for the next exciting chapter in "Music of the Night!" Muahahahaha! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! coughhackfurballcough! Hehehe, hairball! Always Hopeful