A/N: Sorry for the delay in the update. Real life sadly gets in the way and I don't have as much time to write as I want to. I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's back to the Dumbledore brother's. This is a very short chapter but please don't be disappointed. I promise the next chapter will be longer.

Many thanks to my beta reader Miss Ang.

Chapter Fifteen: Minerva McGonagall

Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore stepped out of the Ministry of Magic and Aberforth breathed in the fresh air with delight. He had been stuck in a holding cell for three hours and had been finally released when his brother had come along and sorted everything out.

Aberforth had been hauled into the ministry by a couple of enthusiastic aurors who were new to the job. They had banged him up in a holding cell while they went to tell Alastor Moody that they had caught someone trying to break into the Ministry research lab. What these new aurors didn't know was that Aberforth actually was one of the main benefactors of the lab and had merely forgotten the charms that surrounded the lab and had set off the alarms. Most aurors knew what Aberforth was like when it came to wand work and they would appear on site to see Aberforth looking sheepishly before offering him assistance and then disappearing to continue their jobs. Gus Timelock and Ross Jacobs did not know of Aberforth's connection with the lab and had brought him in and booked him for a day in court. Aberforth had to go through the motions of being questioned before he had managed to contact Albus.

Once Albus had arrived at the ministry everything was cleared up within a few moments. The two aurors received a severe reprimanding from Alastor Moody as Albus led his younger brother out of the Ministry.

"Freedom!" announced Aberforth with a grin as he opened his arms wide and spun around in the middle of the road while his brother looked at with bemusement.

"Anyone would think you had been held for days," Albus said with a chuckle.

"It felt like it," answered Aberforth. "I could never be a real convict. I need fresh air not prison air. I think I might have caught something in there. It wasn't overly clean."

"Abe," said Albus with a smile "I think after living the way you do you would be immune to pretty much everything."

Aberforth Dumbledore's living conditions wouldn't suit many people unless you were a goat or some other four-legged creature. He had a perfectly comfortable bed at Dumbledore Manor and also at a house in Hogsmeade but he chose to sleep in the barn with his goats because he said that he needed to bond with them.

"I don't need a four poster bed with drapes to be comfortable Albus," replied Aberforth. "I am not materialistic."

"Nor am I Abe but I like to sleep in a bed as nature intended," Albus answered.

"If that is so Alb," asked Aberforth with a grin "why isn't your bed made of straw?"

Albus waved his hand at him and walked quicker. He wasn't in the mood to talk about the perfect bedding. Albus wanted to get back to Hogwarts and start contacting restaurants so he could make a booking for himself and Minerva.

"You know I am right!" called out Aberforth before quickening his step to catch up with his brother.

"Would you like to go back into a cell?" asked Albus.

"Not on your ruddy life," commented Aberforth as he fell into step beside Albus. "What took you so blasted long to get to me anyway? They could have started torturing me. Your nose looks a bit wonkier than usual"

"I had a slight misfortune with a door." Albus answered as he turned sharply around the street corner. "The door is fine before you ask."

Aberforth grinned. There was something different about his brother today. There seemed to be a spring in his step and he was smiling quite a bit more than usual. The last time Albus had broken his nose he had been a miserable wizard and had made everyone's life hell by snapping at them. But this time was completely different. Whoever had fixed the nose had done a good job and there was hardy any bruising. Aberforth only noticed because he knew his brother like the back of his hand and not much got past him. Albus was the same when it came to Aberforth. They knew each other a little too well.

"Come on brother of mine," asked Aberforth "you are holding back on me and I want details."

"Abe," replied Albus with a grin "I don't know what you mean. I had a small accident and Minerva sorted it out."

"Minerva!" asked Aberforth, his eyes lighting up.

"Minerva McGonagall," continued Albus. "She is the one I knocked over a few days ago and now I know her name. She has even agreed to go out for a meal with me Abe. I didn't think this would happen."

Aberforth slapped his brother on the back and smiled. "All I need to do is get my lady's name and then maybe we could double date."

"You do that Abe and we will for sure," answered Albus with a chuckle. "Now I need to go back to Hogwarts so I can do some planning. I want everything to be perfect. I'll be in contact soon and please remember your charm work. I don't want to be pulled from Minerva's side because of you."

"I'll do my best brother," Aberforth replied saluting Albus "but I won't promise."

Albus shook his head and then nodded it at his brother before apparating away to plan the perfect night for, in his eyes, the perfect woman.

TBC….