7:37 pm

The clock was way to slow for his liking, he was waiting for it to signal the seven forty. As head of department if you could name it department, he could go at the hour that he pleases, the problem was that if he makes it to obvious the minister would notice. He liked his job, it was a good job helping out creatures in need around the country was once his dream job, the problem was that, he hated the office, he hated being alone in a small and suffocating space, filling out the reports that no one but him and maybe one or two of the others in the floor would read. It was really suffocating, when there was a call for help with a beast, he would be the first to jump for it, the others made fun of him for his clear loath of the office hours. That is why he got out of the ministry earlier, but he still made most of his work in home.

7:38 pm

The time really was annoying slow sometimes, the clock seemed to move as if it was frozen. It was unnerving, he just wanted to arrive home, where he would wait again for her letter. It has been three weeks, since she stopped writing. Three weeks since his hope and heart had been diminishing and dying at a slowly and insufferable rate. Somehow, he had lost his Tina the only woman with whom he could see a future with. He had lost something that was never his since the begging. For her, he was only a friend, he was the one that tried to read to much between the lines, he was the one that fantasised with her having affections for him. She saw his intentions, that is why she had been silent, it is her way on telling him, that she isn't interested after all.

7:39 pm

Maybe if he went to the States, he could at least save their friendship. If the Auror's weren't banning him to exit the country, he would have gone four weeks ago, when his book was released. That way at least he could fulfil his promise, but the great Torquil Travers had other ideas. It wasn't even his first-time causing havoc in a foreign country, almost every ministry in Europe and Asia had being victim of one of his escapades. The last one, was MACUSA it was a surprise that Tina didn't knew of him the moment that she took him in, it seemed that his adventures hadn't crossed the pond until last December. Still the ministry had never banned him for travel not after all his diplomatic accidents or the incidents with beast around the world. What make the ministry ban his travels was his connection with Albus Dumbledore.

7:40 pm

The moment that he noticed the hour he stood up and exited the door, to encounter in the hall with his brother, he was gleeful today, that was a bad sign, he just hoped that he didn't want to make him have dinner with him and Leta.

"Newt! How are you?" his brother was amused, and he had that spark on his eye the spark that told him that he knew something that he didn't.

"Sorry, maybe another day? I am busy" The news that carried Theseus could land on him with the gossips on the office, he could patiently wait for whatever that his brother found amusing later. It was just monday the probability of it just being a stupid story of how one of his aurors did somehting funny on the weekend was high. With that in mind he entered the lift, with his brother following close behind. The doors of it closed immediately.

"The thing is that I received a letter..." A letter... Maybe Tina answered via the ministry and the postman had delivered the letter to Theseus instead of him. "It is from New York..." It must be her, who else would send a letter to either of them from New York.

"Where is it?" he interrupted abruptly, he didn't have time for this he wanted to know if it was hers, if she wasn't annoyed with him, if he had a chance still.

"Calm down, it is here in my pocket." Theseus palmed his coat pocket. In that moment the lift doors opened, and a grumpy Travers entered the lift. Newt used the distraction to take the letter from his brother pocket. Travers just nodded at them and stood on one of the corners of the lift. "Come on Fido, give me that back, we still don't know if it is for you." he still was amused, but Newt had only eyes for the blue envelop in his hands, the handwriting in it wasn't Tina's it was the girly handwriting of Queenie, it only was addressed to 'Scamander' and it was dated from almost tree weeks ago. He ignored his brother and proceeded to open it but when he teared the seal the letter slipped out of his fingers and began to arrange itself... it was a howler. The lift doors closed while the howler began its chant.

"SCAMANDER YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT." It was Queenie, but she sounded so enraged, why was she so mad at him? He hadn't done anything wrong. "YOU ARE FORBIDDEN TO ENTER NEW YORK; I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEAR MY SISTER EVER AGAIN. IF YOU EVER GO NEAR HER AGAIN, I AM GOING TO TEAR YOU APART WITH MY BARE HANDS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD THE GALL TO COME HERE AND SWIFT TINA OF HERE FEET AND EVEN GO THAT FAR TO KEEP SENDING HER LETTER'S FULL OF NAUSEATING PROMISES AND NOW IT TURNS UP THAT YOU ARE ENGAGED." She began to laugh uncontrollably. "YES, SCAMANDER WE GOT THE NEWS THAT YOU ARE MARRYING LETA LESTRANGE, THE SAME GIRL WHO YOU SWORE WAS JUST YOUR SCHOOL FRIEND." She said in a mocking voice full of loath. "HAVE A NICE MARRIAGE AND DON'T BOTHER ON RESPONDING TO ME OR TO TINA. THIS IS A FAREWELL SCAMANDER." And with that the howler shattered and the lift opened its doors.

Had he hurt her? Why did she think that he was engaged? The one engaged was Theseus, he was the best man, this didn't make any sense. Why would Queenie respond instead of her? This was bad, the letter fell in the time frame when she stopped writing, so now he had a reason.