"President Pickery." Said Tina in acknowledgement to the Patronus.
"Goldstein, now that you aren't moping around you can go to Mexico as support for the border problems, the Mexicans have enough trouble with the no-maj civil war. Come to my office tomorrow at 9 am sharps for more details of your new post. Bring Scamander with you, you know which one." The Patronus dissolved in a blue trail, leaving a brushing Tina and Newt.
"I wasn't moping around" muttered Tina under her breath to no one in particular. Newt didn't hear her, but Queenie must have read her thoughts because she flashed a big smile to her.
"You were!" Said a gleeful Queenie, Tina only responded with a deathly glare to her sister she seemed to be at the verge of responding but was interrupted by Jacob.
"Well, I must go now. I have to open the bakery early tomorrow." He said lifting from his place in the sofa.
"Well, it would be the best if Newt and I go as well. To wherever hole Newt stayed the last time he was here." Said Theseus, standing up as well, already picturing a shitty hotel. Newt implored Queenie to not tell his brother that he stayed here last time with his thoughts, he didn't want a lecture from his brother about propriety.
"But Newt stayed here -" Said Tina. Newt turned his gaze to Tina, that seemed to be unperturbed by what she had just said. Theseus on the other hand lifted an eyebrow in disbelief, when he acknowledged that the statement wasn't a lie from Tina's part, he turned to his brother.
"Really Newt?"
"He even slept in Tina's bed" Said Queenie wanting to boil the things a little bit more. Theseus eyes opened as plates at seeing Tina's unperturbed features and Newt's nervous gaze that drifted from Queenie to Theseus. He wouldn't see at Tina's direction he was to shock of the undertone of the talk to look at her.
"What?!" Asked a gobsmacked Theseus, he was just about to deliver a good and long lecture of propriety to his brother when Jacob interceded cutting down Queenie's fun.
"Newt and I stayed in the girl's bedroom the first night, when Tina arrested us." Explained Jacob.
"And the rest of the week?" Asked a still crossed Theseus, glaring down at his brother.
"I stayed in my case here in the living room. Nothing happened." Said Newt defensively.
"Really?! Still, what our dear mother would say about this?" Asked a mocking Theseus, making his younger brother squirm in discomfort. Queenie and Jacob were whispering to each other and laughing at the scene happening in front of them. Tina just glared at Theseus as if he had grown another head, still ignoring the scandal that the man had understood at the beginning of the talk. Newt throw a pleading look to his brother, the cutest one on his arsenal, it worked better than any verbal begging. "Don't do that!" Said Theseus with a wavering hard look, while Tina and Queenie gave him admiration sighs. "Okay, I won't tell mom."
"It never fails" Said a gleeful Newt.
"If you had used that look on Tina, you may had evaded being arrested" Said Queenie provoking a brush on Newt and Tina.
"Well, I really should go." Said Jacob
"Newt you have to see his pastries, they are magnificent" exclaimed Queenie.
"We will visit tomorrow" Said Tina with a small smile.
"Well see you tomorrow guys" Said Jacob as farewell.
Newt glanced at his pocked watch. As Queenie accompanied Jacob to the door. "It is feeding time" Said Newt without noticing that he had said it out loud.
"Can I help you?" said an excited Tina. Theseus looked in disbelief the conversation.
"I can't believe it" whispered Theseus. Seeing the smitten sparks in the pair in front of him. His statement was unheard by the couple that immediately scurried in the case, without noticing his perplexed stare in them.
"What is so surprising Mr. Scamander?" Asked Queenie. She still was unable to read much out of his mind. He must have begun to use occlumency the moment that he noticed her natural talents.
"She entered the case knowing what is inside" Said Theseus. Queenie just laughed at his reaction.
"Well, even if you can't believe it. She fell for him harder thanks to that case." Said an encouraging Queenie, with a knowing smile.
"Then I most complete my duty as his sibling and embarrass him in front of my future sister in law" He said with a mischievous smile.
"I am glad that we are on the same page"
Newt guided Tina down through the case, he had cleaned it while they where waiting for the New York Ghost to post the evening paper. So, his working tables were free of his attempts of love letter's for Tina, and he had already hidden her photo in his coat. He didn't know how she would react to an actual prof of his feelings for her. In his letters he had left clues between the lines. If the howler was correct, then at least Queenie had noticed the little cues but had Tina seen them? And more importantly was she okay with that? She hadn't slapped him or yelled at him, so for now he was okay.
"You can help with the mooncalves, bowtuckles, Dougal and occamies." He directed her to the food shelves and pointed the food for each of the mentioned creatures. She nodded in understanding and immediately began enthusiastic with her charges. Newt headed to feed the other ones.
He quickly finished his job eager to return to Tina's side. He found her with Dougal in the small loveseat that he had just acquired last month. He took a seat next to her as she caressed Dougal's fur with a contempt smile that brightened the moment that she acknowledged his presence next to her. The loveseat was small, so he ended sitting closer to her than necessary.
"I missed you…" He whispered Tina smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I missed you too." She responded as he started to pet Dougal too with her.
Their hands touched and she took the opportunity to hold his hand. Newt lifted his gaze to look at her eyes. The black pools that transformed his inside in goo. They were so close, he only needed to move his head a couple of inches lower to kiss her. She had already closed her eyes waiting for him, when a soft clicking sound took them out of the moment.
Theseus and Queenie were in front of them with big knowing smiles. While Newt brushed madly and began to see in every direction except for Tina, Queenie and Theseus direction.
"Give me that!" yelled Tina at her sister. In her hands she had the source of the sounds, a camera. Theseus had a couple of photos and Queenie had one that had just been taken.
"You look so smitten in these photos" She said as she and Theseus started to compare the photos.
"I am going to send this one to mom, she will be over the moon." His brother said as he took an envelope and a quill from one of his worktables and then ran out of the case.
"You won't!" Newt stood up to chase his brother out of the case and preferably avoid any communication between him and their mother. At least not until everything was settled with Tina.
He snatched the photo out of Theseus grasp and returned to the case where he stopped to really admire the photo. They looked like a real couple, holding hands and staring at each other lovingly, with Dougal in the middle, seeing directly at the camera. He turned to search the drawer where he had hidden the love letters to put the photo there for safe keeping, away of his brother hands. Maybe one day he would be able to display it without feeling that he was trespassing his boundaries.