Audrey's POV

It had been a month since her and Percy's kiss, and things had gotten really awkward between them. They never ate lunch together or did anything that wasn't work related if they didn't absolutely have to. He would send her on long errands out of the building so that they were hardly in the office together, and when they were together he listened to the radio or played CD's. He rarely spoke to her at all and barely even looked at her when she spoke to him. At first, Audrey thought he just needed space from their argument about his family, but it was becoming more and more clear every day that he was avoiding her. She knew she could be a little annoying sometimes, but she couldn't think of anything she'd done that could have pissed him off this badly. She thought they'd be together by now, but obviously that was the furthest thing from his mind. Lately Audrey just counted down the minutes until she could leave, because the silence in the office was deafening.

"Percy, you have that meeting with Kingsley in 15 minutes. Need me to take notes?" she asked.

"That won't be necessary, thanks."

"Alright. Should I get ready for the 4 o' clock meeting then?"

"No, it's just a follow-up from last week's case. The new intern should be able to handle it." The new quiet, bouncy, doe-eyed intern had been handling a lot these days. There were millions of people she could help out, but she always seemed to find her way in Percy's office or meetings. It was really annoying; what kind of name is Syndal anyway? Thinking about her was just upsetting Audrey even more.

"Great. Do you need me to do anything other than sit here all day?" she asked. He didn't respond and she literally wanted to strangle him. "What the hell is your problem?"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me Percival Ignatius Weasley. Why are you ignoring me?"

"I'm not ignoring you."

"Sending me to a coffee shop an hour away just so we wouldn't have to be near each other? Yeah, I'd say you're ignoring me."

"I've just been busy." he responded still without looking at her. She knew for a fact he hadn't been 'busy' because she gave him his schedule everyday. Something was up with him, and it had all started with that bloody kiss.

"Do you regret kissing me?" she asked. "Because I totally get it if you do. Actually I don't get it but-"

"What? Of course not, do you regret kissing me back?"

"No. I don't regret anything, but you've been acting weird ever since. I was beginning to think the kiss was either a mistake, or it just didn't mean the same thing to you."

"It meant the world to me Audrey."

"Great, me too. So what's the problem?"

"You want to know what the problem is? I will tell you what my problem is. I love you. I love your name and your weird accent; I love the way you look at me, and I love your gorgeous smile. I love that you make me smile when I have nothing to smile about. I love the way you walk, I love your eyes, and I
love the sound of your laugh. I love the way you get mad easily but have a rebound rate of about 5 seconds. I love that you get me and I love the way that I don't understand you at all. I love the way I can be having the worst day of my life and seeing you completely changes my mood. I love you. That's my problem."

"So you love me? I'm still missing the problem." She said softly, taken aback by his outburst. It was rare that he ever used that many words at once, but he wouldn't have said any of it if he didn't mean it. He really did love her, but now he was going to ruin the moment.

"Were you not there when we signed the work relationship forms?" he asked. That was a stupid question, obviously she was there.

"Yes I was, so what?"

"So, according to the decree we can't be together."

"Are you serious Percy? Screw the decree. I am not going to let a stupid piece of paper tell me who I can or can't be with. It wasn't even charmed or anything." She argued. She honestly could not believe him sometimes.

"Just because there's no charm legally binding us to the policy doesn't make it any less official. If we engage in a relationship both of us could lose our jobs. What good would a relationship be if the both of us our jobless."

"So if neither of our jobs were on the line-"

"If neither of our jobs were on the line and you weren't my employee, I would want nothing more than to spend every waking moment by your side. If you would have me of course." He said sweetly. He could be so sweet when he wasn't being all uptight and responsible. Audrey knew at that moment that what they had wasn't worth throwing away over some stupid piece of paper. She could care less about the Ministry.

"Fine, I quit."

"You what?

"I quit. I want to be with you and you want to be with me, but we can't be together due to the document that I warned you to vote against. Our options are to either date each other and not work together, or not date so we can work together at a job I don't like that much anyway."

"I can't ask you to quit your job Audrey, it's not fair to you."

"You didn't ask me, I'm doing it on my own."

"You really want to do this? You're absolutely sure?" he asked.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! I've never been surer of anything in my life."

Audrey couldn't help but laugh as he ran at her full speed and spun her in the air. His lips found hers and she was instantly mesmerized by his embrace. Just like the first time, the kiss was gentle and assertive and loving and possessive. It was Percy and Audrey. She knew that he needed her, but it was becoming more and more evident that she needed him too. He was controlled when she was wild, sensible when she impractical, and persistent when she was lazy. One day you could find them reading books in the park, and the next day they could be at a Weird Sisters concert. On any given day one could learn from the other, adding a certain depth to their friendship that was very rare. They were more than just good friends; he was her other half.

"I love you Audrey."

"I love you too."

A/N: They're finally together! Yay! Thanks to everyone for the reviews, you guys are awesome!

-Jazz