On that day, Albus had had a fight with Minerva about how he should stay at home, his manager at the market requested him to work double shift in a Saturday to make up for the lost day, and he came home extremely tired, barely eating anything before going straight to bed. Ariana and Aberforth almost killed him, insisting that he should stay at home at least a few days, but Albus insisted that he was fine, that it was only a little headache and that he would be perfectly fine when he woke up.

In the next day, he left again to work, feeling even more tired than the day before but keeping his complaining to himself. Aberforth left to school very much against his wishes, and Ariana stayed at home, waiting for none other than her new homeschooling teacher.

The old one had left to somewhere else in Europe, and because of that, Aberforth spent his winter vacation looking for a new teacher for Ariana. Eventually he found a girl that could come every day in the morning, around eight up until noon, to teach Ariana everything she needed to know. He had already talked to her through phone, and now, it was finally time to meet her.

She was nineteen, she studied somewhere close enough to Godric's Hollow, and she was majoring in math because she wanted to be a full-time teacher, so it was also a great training for herself. Usually they wouldn't hire anyone not majored, but she was the only good option available that wasn't a man, so they had to do with what they had.

Ariana was waiting around the living room for when she arrived, pushing her dress down and fixing her hair out of pure nervousness.

When the doorbell rang, she jumped and ran to open it, looking through the little hole before unlocking the door and smiling.

"Hello!"

"Hello, Ariana?" the girl asked, tilting her head, and she nodded, excitedly. "Hi! My name is Chris, I will be your homeschooling teacher for the rest of the year."

"I know! Come inside!" Ariana responded, opening the door and allowing her to come in. She closed the door behind the girl and walked close to her again. "Do you want anything? Water, tea, coffee?"

"I am fine, thank you" Chris assured, and looked around the living room. "Where will we be studying?"

"In the kitchen. We don't have a dining table" Ariana explained, nodding for her to follow and taking Chris inside. "Excuse me from asking but... where are you from? Your accent is not from around England, is it?"

"Oh no it's not" she chuckled, reaching the kitchen and sitting down. Ariana sat in front of her. "My accent is American because I studied English in an American school."

"I didn't know there were American schools in England" Ariana said, confused, and Chris laughed to herself, shaking her head.

"I'm Brazilian" she explained, tilting her head. "I studied in an American school in Brazil."

"You… are from Brazil?" Ariana asked, surprised, and Chris nodded. "Your English is perfect!"

"Yes, I studied a lot" she chuckled. "And I've been living here in England for… three years now? Yes. Three years."

"That's so amazing" Ariana mumbled and moved closer. "Are you going to teach me Brazil's history?"

"I… if you want me to, sure, but it is not in the English schedule of classes" she warned, but Ariana shrugged and smiled widely.

"I love learning about all places. You can skip something boring and teach me a little bit about your country" she assured, and Chris chuckled, nodding slowly.

"Sure, sure" she agreed and put her bag over the table, getting out some notebooks, thick books and school materials. "But today we won't be learning anything. I will just use this day so we can get to know each other. I will show you my teaching methods, tell you what we will be studying throughout the whole year, and ask if you want to study anything else. Is that okay?"

"That is more than okay" Ariana assured, pleased. "Please teach me."

"I will" Chris said, winking at her. "Don't worry."

Ariana was pretty sure she was going to love studying with Chris.

"Ari I'm home!" Aberforth called, putting his coat to the side and throwing his backpack on the floor while he walked forward towards the kitchen, phone in hand. "How was your first class?"

"It was great!"

"Your little sister is a remarkable student."

The second voice surprised him, and he looked up from his phone, just to have the world slowing down and his heart jump to his throat.

"Aberforth, this is Chris. Chris, this is my older brother Aberforth" Ariana said, standing between the two, and she smiled, raising her hand for a shake.

"Hello Aberforth. Your sister told me a lot about you."

"I… hm…" he mumbled, confused, and then shook his head, taking her hand on his and shaking it with a smile. "Oh hi s-sorry, name's Aberforth. You know that. Ari told you."

"yes she did" Chris giggled and shook his hand before pulling her hand away and holding her books close to her chest. "We used today's class to get to know each other better, and beginning on Monday we will be studying all types of subjects. I promise your sister will not be left behind by the system."

"I doubt that, I doubt she ever would with a teacher like you" he said, before his eyes widened and he raised his hands. "I did not mean to say that, it sounded so weird, I'm sorry!"

"It's fine" she giggled and nodded. "I gotta go now but… it was nice meeting you. Ariana, see you Monday."

"See you!" Ariana said, walking with her to the door and closing it behind her. Then, she very slowly turned to Aberforth with a smirk that went ear to ear, and he immediately shook his head.

"No, don't think about it."

"You like her."

"No!" Aberforth growled and rubbed his eyes. "you always think I like people I find attractive!"

"So you find her attractive" Ariana said, walking to him and poking his arm, making him groan loudly.

"Ariana, quit it okay? She is your teacher, I don't find her attractive, and I don't like her" he huffed, walking to the kitchen and being closely followed by the youngest Dumbledore.

"She's smart you know?" she asked, looking over his shoulder and then standing around where he was. "She knows math, she loves it in fact. And history. She's pretty. Albus would like her."

"Why are you making it sound like I need his approval?" Aberforth asked, raising his eyebrow to her before walking past her to get to the fridge. "First, I don't want her, second, I don't need Albus' approval, and third, you're making me sound like I should marry her."

"Maybe you should."

"You're mad Ari" he chuckled and grabbed the soda from the fridge, closing it and turning around, just to have Ariana extremely close to him, making him step back against the fridge.

"You should settle down."

"What?! Ari, I'm seventeen, not seventy" Aberforth huffed, and shook his head. "You're crazy, I don't like her!"

"You found her pretty."

"So what?"

"that's close enough. Soon you will like her."

"Ariana, don't play cupid around me" Abe said, walking away from her. "I know exactly how to get whoever I want."

Ariana stood in the kitchen as Aberforth walked to the living room, making up a plan in her head and smiling to herself.

He liked Chris.

Albus came home around eight, looking dead tired. He sighed as he stepped inside the house, walking straight to the couch and sitting down. Aberforth and Ariana, who were watching a movie in the living room, looked at him and raised their eyebrows.

"You should rest" Aberforth mumbled, sipping onto his soda as Ariana sighed.

"You look tired."

"I am dead" Albus mumbled, sighing and laying down on the big couch. "I feel dead inside and outside."

"You look dead outside."

"Aberforth!" Ariana sighed and looked at Albus with a light frown. "Are you sure you can't rest tomorrow? It's Saturday, maybe they can give you the day off."

"Actually… I will have to work two shifts in the supermarket tomorrow because of my missing day" he mumbled, hugging the closest pillow and digging his face against it. Both Ariana and Aberforth looked at him before the middle Dumbledore huffed angrily.

"I hate your manager" he mumbled and Albus nodded.

"me too" he mumbled and looked up, laying his head on the pillow and smiling at Ariana. "So. How was your first day of class?"

"Great" she admitted, smiling widely. "I loved it. Chris is great. She is so intelligent and calm and funny! And I wasn't the only one who enjoyed it" she winked, poking Aberforth's side and making him growl.

"I don't like her" he huffed and Albus raised his eyebrow.

"Abe likes her?"

"NO!"

"You should have seen his face when he saw her" Ariana said, smiling widely. Aberforth groaned and let his head fall back against the couch.

"I don't deserve this."

"Aberforth" Albus said, and he looked down, annoyed. "is she good looking?"

"Well yes, she is very pretty" Aberforth said, shrugging, and Albus gasped while Ariana squealed and jumped on the couch, making him even more confused. "What?"

"Oh my god you love her" Albus whispered, making him groan loudly and pick up the nearest pillow, throwing it on Albus.

"I don't love her! I don't even know her! What the hell are you talking about?!"

"I'm totally making a plan so they end up together" Ariana said, firmly, and Albus chuckled as he put the pillow Aberforth threw on him against his back.

"God damn it Ariana I don't want to be with her! I don't know her!"

"Are you playing cupid again Ari?" Albus asked, amused, tilting his head. "Do you think it will work? You know how Abe is…"

"What does that mean?!"

"I am pretty sure it will" Ariana assured, smiling at Aberforth and poking his arm. "She is pretty, nice, sweet, intelligent. Perfect for Abe."

"I swear to god" Aberforth growled and stood up. "you know what? I'm off."

"Off where?" Albus asked, sitting up slowly, and Aberforth huffed.

"On a date. NOT with Chris, mind you" he smirked, putting his soda over the table in the living room and looking around for his jacket. "Because I have many, many dates with many, many girls and I will not be stopped."

"You should get a girlfriend Abe" Albus said, leaning against the back of the couch. "you know, to learn the importance of a relationship…"

"Bullshit. Relationships demand work and I don't have time or patience for that" he chuckled and grabbed his jacket from the hanger.

"So I'll be alone tomorrow?" Ariana asked, frowning, and Aberforth turned around confused.

"Why?"

"Albus will go early to the market and you're off on a date" she said, simply, and Aberforth hummed.

"Don't worry, I will make sure to return until ten in the morning. Is that okay?"

"Sure."

"Aberforth" Albus called again, and he rolled his eyes.

"What?"

"Do you have money?"

"Yes."

"Do you want some more?"

"No, I'm good Alb."

"Okay. Are you taking precautions?"

Aberforth blinked slowly, and turned to him as he sat up.

"What?"

"Are you taking any condoms with you?"

"Oh my god" Ariana mumbled, hugging a pillow and holding back her laugh. Aberforth stared at Albus for a long time, confused out of his mind, before he shook his head in distress.

"Albus, what is this question?"

"I just want to be sure" Albus shrugged, and Aberforth closed his eyes, shaking his head even faster.

"No way I'm living this nightmare…"

"Aberforth, it is important. I know we all love babies but we can't afford another Dumbledore in this house" Albus said, calm and serious, while Ariana was becoming red by holding back her laugher. Aberforth just looked distressed. "Besides, I am your guardian and I haven't talked about the birds and the bees with you yet, so-"

"No, no no" Aberforth said, quickly. "Don't even begin. Don't start, don't open your mouth, just shut up. Shut up."

"But Aberforth-"

"I've had sex more times you can count on your fingers Albus, I do not need you teaching me anything" he assured, shaking his head and walking to grab his wallet. Ariana giggled softly and looked between the two.

"Specially from you Alb. Everything you know is from the internet anyway" she said, trying to control her giggles as she put the pillow down. Albus' head turned to her immediately, while Aberforth stopped what he was doing and turned his own head slowly.

"What?" he said, and Albus shook his head.

"N-nothing!"

"I can't… fucking… believe this" Aberforth whispered, snorting and covering his mouth with his hand, while Ariana looked at him curiously.

"No, Aberforth, that is not-" Albus tried, but Aberforth was shaking with a silent laugh, just before he let his hand go and started to desperately laugh around the house, hugging his stomach. "Aberforth!"

"You didn't know?" Ariana asked, giggling of Aberforth's reaction. "He doesn't complain about it to you?"

"Ariana! Be quiet!"

"HOLY SHIT!" Aberforth yelled, leaning against the wall as he laughed, Albus turning as red as a tomato. "I can't fucking believe this, you were trying to give me a lesson but you're a v-"

"Don't finish this sentence Aberforth" Albus said, firmly, but he had a smile on his face. "shut up."

"Ari, I think Albus is in need of a cupid before I am" Aberforth said when he was finally able to hold back his laughing, smirking at his older brother and then taking out the condom from his wallet. "There. Satisfied Alby?"

"Don't call me Alby" Albus mumbled, shaking his head and smiling to himself. "Sure, have fun. Be careful. Don't drink too much."

"Sure thing. Love you sis, love you bro, I'm going now" he said, shaking his head and making his way to the door. "God fucking damn it…"

"Well that was… fun" Ariana said, smiling to Albus as he sighed and shook his head.

"He will never let me forget about this."

"No he won't" she giggled and jumped off the couch, jumping next to Albus and leaning against him. He smiled at her, fixing his glasses and then sliding his fingers through her long hair. "In any case, Chris was nice."

"Are you really going to try to make them like each other?" Albus asked, looking down at her, and she looked back up, smiling wide.

"Yes. And… I have someone in my mind for you too."

Albus looked at her surprised and then chuckled, shaking his head and relaxing against the couch.

"I don't like anyone Ari. And you don't have to worry about me, it would probably be in vain anyway."

"Albus, I doubt that you don't fancy anyone" she said, holding his free hand. "You know you can talk to me about it, right? If you ever like someone?"

"I know Ari, I just… don't like anyone" he shrugged, pulling her closer gently. "Simple. I never liked anyone, I don't like anyone and I never will like anyone. That's how I am."

"People like that exist but you are not one of them Albus" she mumbled, laying on his chest and closing her eyes. "There is someone out there for you. I know there is. Just like there is someone out there for me."

"But who wouldn't like you, Ari?"

"Albus, this conversation is about you."

"Okay, okay… hey, can I eat dinner?"

"Sure, we have Bathilda's soup left."

"Nice."