Chapter 12
Albus had never experienced this emotion before, his
stomach was spinning, his mind was being thrown against a brick wall
and his body was weightless as if he was floating. Had she really
said those words? Was she just toying with him, no Minerva was not
the kind of woman to do that.
"Come on we're going to be
late!" Minerva muttered softly as she pulled Albus up from his
currently place on her office floor.
"Minerva?" Albus
asked when he got to his feet.
"Albus please we must hurry!"
Albus' reflexives were just quick enough to grab her arm before she
stormed from the office.
"Minerva, did you mean what you just
said?" He asked pulling her back closer to him so he could see
and read her face.
"Of course." She answered simply
before leaning up and placing a tender kiss upon his lips. Albus was
in paradise; his lips had been made for this moment.
"Now
hurry we're going to be late!" She snapped as she pulled from
his arms and jogged out of her office. The old courtroom had never
seen so many people. At least half of the people who worked at the
ministry were flittering around the already full seats.
"Nice
of you to join us finally Miss McGonagall." Lucius Malfoy's
voice rang strongly through the stone walls of the court room.
"I
prefer to be prepared then early Mr. Malfoy." Minerva answered
back her voice as equal terrifying if not more then Malfoy's. She was
strong and fierce. Excellent qualities for a teacher Albus found
himself thinking. The hearing ran quite smoothly, as suspected Lucius
Malfoy's story was polluted with lies and Minerva was naturally able
to control the jury and drag the truth from the witnesses. They were
putty in her hands. She was amazing, her speech was strong and
powerful and just the site of her fighting for him stirred something
deep within side Albus. Eventually the verdict came. 13 votes to 2,
not guilty. It took a few minutes for the words to sink in, he was
free Minerva had done it. He would not be going to prison, his
brother would not be going to prison and Minerva loved him. It took
him at least two minutes to drift back from his world of ecstasy to
the earth again.
"Congratulations professor." Minerva
whispered softly into his ear from her seat next to him.
"This
could never have happened with out you Minerva! Thank you, thank you
so much." He whispered back, he felt the hair on his arms
prickle as Minerva's well manicured nails scrapped over his arm
lightly.
"Let us go see if justice can be spread elsewhere."
Minerva whispered again. The long walk down the dark corridor that
leads to Alastor Moody's office was quite pleasurable. Albus walked
hand in hand with Minerva on the way down every now again her body
would brush against his causing ripples of pleasure to flood his
body. It was love, such a love that Albus knew he could never bear to
let it go. Striding confidently into the office, Albus was quite
shocked to the see it empty he knew that Alastor should be on his
lunch break but he also knew that during his lunch break Alastor
preferred to work while he had the chance of silence. Yet Alastor
could not be seen. Albus felt Minerva jump slightly as the door
slammed heavily behind them.
"Good afternoon Minerva,
professor." A cold voice filled with anger cut violently through
the air.
"Gary!" Minerva gasped heavily. Albus watched
in horror as the strong fierce woman he has just spent the last few
hours with disappeared and was replaced by a seemingly much smaller
and fear filled woman who seemed to have no control of what she was
feeling.
