A/N: Yes I'm back... Sorry it took some time, but I have just been sick, and wasn't feeling too good to sit down and write... Anyways here we go...
Cat – a – Strophe!
Chapter 4
"But-but you were down there, behind me, and how-how did you know what room I would pick! HOW IN THE NAME OF MORGANA DID YOU DO THAT," she said in a somewhat hysterical voice, nevertheless trying her best not to panic.
"I have a few aces' up my sleeves!"
She sighed – Defeated! She might as well commit suicide right away; she was a good deal more than dead!
An idea formed itself, as she was about to surrender and hand back the candy. And as so many times before she acted out her plan before he could utter a word or move...
She took out the candy from her bra, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth smiling devilish at him.
He stared. She had just put his precious, his precious sweet, in her mouth. And now she had the nerve to smile at him.
He took a step forward and was just about to take hold of her, when she transformed into her animagus form, and ran under his legs as a tabby cat.
"Galloping Gargoyles," he cursed and spun around looking for his deputy in her cat-form. She was nowhere to be seen.
"Come out Kitty Cat! Wherever you are! C'mon Tabby," he tried without success.
"Kitty kitty kitty..." he continued.
"C'mon pussy, I swear I won't hurt you! As a matter of fact I'll give you a reward if you come out voluntarily, I'll just forget this whole candy business. What do you say? Okay? Kitty kitty kitty!"
What Albus Dumbledore didn't know was that right under the four-poster bed a pair of green eyes with black splits was watching him intensely.
The cat watched his feet pace around until they suddenly stopped and Albus gave a whooping noise.
"Accio Minerva McGonagall," he laughed happily. The cat started to slide towards Dumbledore, though she fought bravely. But the spell was rather powerful, and Dumbledore ended up with a cat in his arms.
"Haha-haha! Got yer – again! What does that tell you, kitty! Never mess with me! Haha-haha!"
He laughed merrily until he remembered that his precious Sherbet Lemon was in her mouth, at this moment in the mouth of a cat. He tried to open her mouth, but she had her jaws clenched tightly, actually breaking a rock in two with your nails would be easier.
"Damn cat," he cursed and gave her an angry stare when she purred at the tone of his voice.
"Bloody woman," he cursed again just before he raised his wand-arm and conjured the spell to transfigure her into human shape again. That he should not have thought of let alone done. The embarrassment and the awkward silence that followed were downright petrifying.
He was holding her, his deputy, in his arms.
Their eyes met. Her adoringly green eyes sparkling like a thousands gems, a treasury to the one looking into the depths of that gaze. An ocean of emerald, waves of beauty, stars glinting with intelligence, rays of humour and something that caused his heart to sprint.
So he let her go letting you to believe she was on fire, made of hot lava, and he'd just got burned.
Her eyes had that insightful look that would blow his mind away.
So he dropped her.
"Thump," and she fell hard on the floor.
"Ouch! What did you do that for," came her harsh tone from the floor. She was rubbing her sore back now, and a sour look had taken residence in her eyes.
"Nothing"
"Nothing! Nothing! NOTHING! WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"It wasn't on purpose," he lied hurriedly noting her notorious temper flaring.
"Wasn't on purpose! You bloody imbecile dunderhead, you dropped me willingly!"
"No, I didn't"
"Yes you did!"
"No I didn't"
"Yes"
"No"
"YES!"
"NO!"
"Aaargh, they're doing it again! Can't they argue without sounding like two kiddoes," came from the closed door.
"Shhh, you stupid git, now they know we're here," came the voice of Tonks.
"BOMBARDO," Dumbledore's spell hit the door with a powerful force, and now it hung at an odd angle from a single hinge.
Every member from the Weasley family (save Percy), Potter, Granger, Longbottom, Lupin, Tonks, Fletcher, Moody, Snape and a couple of more Order members were watching the pair with amused expressions.
"Aaaaaaaargghh! Have you no shame?"
"Nope," the Weasley twins answered McGonagall, smiling at the thinning of her lips.
"Fifty points from... Damn it's summer! You just wait till you get back to Hog... Damn you don't! You just wait till I tell your moth...DARN IT," she hissed shaking her fist at them.
Dumbledore laughed along with the rest save Minerva.
"I can't believe you! How can you laugh! This is none of their business!"
"My dear, my dear, I'm sure they meant no harm. I am..."
"Oh no, I sense a big speech coming," moaned Minerva rolling her eyes.
"What's wrong now?" Dumbledore sounded on the verge of yelling again.
"What's wrong now," McGonagall mimicked in a whining voice filled with sarcasm.
Mrs. Weasley quickly pushed everyone away, whispering to Snape to repair the door. It could be pretty dangerous to stand in the doorway, if the Headmaster and Deputy started fighting again. In fact it had happened before that the fight turned to a deadly duel, at least for anyone standing in a 20 meters radius. And who knows how much they had appreciated having an audience, a deliberate 'stray' spell coming at any one of them for playing peeping tom. They hurried down to the kitchen where there at once were loudly chatter about what had happened, and wagers on who would come out on the top. Mostly of the children voted for their Headmaster, but the adults knew better about that so well known Scottish temper of a certain woman. Anyway we'll just sprint up the stairs again, for the story is about to take an interesting spin. And ground cero is upstairs with our dear professors.
"Why do you always have to make me the grumpy witch with no humour? You always do it"
"What do you mean?"
"Couldn't you at the least have told them off for NOT minding their own business! Huh! Give a little support! Is that too much to ask! Stop playing the laughing git, Albus Bloody Dumbledore who thinks every bloody thing is amusing! I'm bloody tired of it! You act like a bloody child! And who takes the garbage! ME! I have to go around scolding everyone, while you just smile and offer candy! Great I just say, bloody great! And that's not all, I am..."
After a while he stopped listening. Especially after the word candy was thrown into the conversation – Hey wait, it wasn't a conversation, a conversation goes two ways, this was just Minerva biting off his head.
He looked at her beautifully carved mouth. Her moving lips. He wondered if the taste of his precious Sherbet Lemon still lingered. Just the thought of his candy made his teeth water and his mind go crazy. Crazy for candy. He took a deep breath. There was only one way to tell.
He took a step forward, and leaned in so they were standing closer than before. Before she could say another word, or worse slap him, he captured her mouth with his. He felt her go stiff beside him, her eyes widened. She wasn't running away, but on the other hand she wasn't doing anything either. She could've just as well been petrified.
He deepened the kiss a little, swept his tongue inside her mouth, over her teeth. The sugary taste of the candy was still present. Sweetened by her. The wonderful taste of his precious Sherbet Le...What! This wasn't the flavour of a Sherbet Lemon! It was...
"STRAWBERRY!"
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A/N: Heh heh! I bet you saw this one coming. About the kiss, not the flavour! =) Heh heh! I couldn't just leave it out now could I? A little gift for those AD/MM shippers out there... =) Hope you like this chapter as the others. Thanks to all you wonderful reviewers, and those who just read too. You're superb! =)
Mugglemin: Hmm well I might consider to make him find his sherbet lemon himself, wink wink, nudge nudge... =)
Catwoman99: Yup, tickling scenes works great. Everybody likes them! =) What's better than lots and lots of silliness?
Queenie-97: I beginning to wonder myself who'll have the last laugh. Thx for reviewing and finding chap 3 great. =)
Bookwmnjan: Yeah, got tired of seriousness and thought why not make a story where everyone's OOC and behaving like lunatics! Besides love making stories people laugh at! =) That little comment with Albus beard made me jump of my chair, roll on the floor, laughing like a maniac =)
Daydreamer1127: May I just say how correct you are, they're acting beyond OOC! Heh heh! Yeah it's pretty nice, besides when people are acting OOC you can do anything! Well of course this is a special candy. A sherbet lemon! I would do the same, I love candy! =)
Blacky: Thx for reviewing! And next chapter, I promise, won't take too long =) Laughs
Portkeys Miss-Mione: Hey mate! I'm glad you love it! =) Actually I don't know how I come up with these silly plots, but well they work, heh heh! I, too, loved the sharing part! Pretty amusing, I had a blast writing it! And yup, lots of ways to share a Sherbet Lemon! I guess a kiss is one way, too bad it wasn't the Sherbet Lemon! Hope you like this chapter! =)
Leviathan Ashes: Heh heh! May I add that my fingers are back again, back in action! =) It just proves even intelligent people can have fun! And act like love sick teens... =)
Kelenariel Khelekkir: Aww, glad you didn't die, that would've been a shame! Who would then review for you, =) You know what? It was on the fourth of July you reviewed, right? Because I think I might have heard someone laughing! But then again it could've just been my neighbour. I love twisting ends! I'm glad you have so much confidence in my funniness, that the ending is going to be superb, thx. =)
Kichikitsune: Fwu-ahahahahaha, I'm overthrilled it made you laugh! And yup OOC is the point! And that candy can make you do silly things =)
Fan: Thx for reviewing =) Nosy order! I don't know yet if the order will have more to do with MM and AD! Who knows? (I should know it, since I'm the author, but well, heh heh) =)
And thanks to Star too, for reviewing =)
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