Meetings
The Monday morning following the groups trip to Diagon Alley, was mostly used by the group to plan their week; starting with the letter they had received that morning from Professor Minerva McGonagall. Heero read the letter aloud, "Dear Ami, and the rest; I hope you all are doing well. I have managed to arrange a tutor for you all, and also arranged a way that Ami's brother Harry will be able to come as well, as one of your tutors. I would like to bring them by this evening to meet you all, if that is not a good option let me know, along with a time and day that will be a better option. Minerva."
"Well," Quatre started, "Tonight's out…we can arrange for tomorrow evening, as Ami and I must go have a family dinner with a couple of our sisters."
"So I'll send a reply back, for tomorrow around four in the afternoon, as that's usually a little after we all get back from the office. We can even plan to order a pizza." Heero said.
"I'll just bring it home with me. I'll be late." Ami responded, "I have to teach tomorrow until four thirty."
"Why?" Quatre said.
"Well, it's a make-up class from that assignment we had, I had to cancel a class while we were gone, and since it's a gun safety class we have to have all of the classroom hours, and tomorrow's the earliest I could reschedule for." Ami responded.
"I forgot about that." Quatre responded, "Sounds good to me though."
Heero said, getting up from the table, "I'll go write our reply and meet you at the office. I'll be on time for the meeting with Lady Une."
"Very well, see you at the office." The others said, taking their plates to the dishwasher, before filling out to the car, and heading for the office.
An hour later, Heero had joined Ami, Quatre, Trowa, Duo and Wufei at the office, waiting outside Lady Une's office. The secretary said, go ahead and go in, after having a short telephone conversation. She got up and opened the door for the six to go through, closing it once Wufei was through.
Inside the office Ami sat near Heero on the right side of the office, while Trowa and Quatre sat on the left side of the office, with everyone else arranged in the between them in front of her desk. The meeting started the meeting by saying, "I'm glad you six will finally be taking some time off, and going to school, even if it is a magical one. I expect you all will be keeping up with your training, and the few classes you are all working on currently."
"Yes Lady." Ami responded, "We plan on it, but we will be taking the rest of the summer off after the current classes end so that we have more time in the evenings to catch up with what we missed in the classes at Hogwarts. That will also give us the time to plan how best to get our lessons and homework."
"Of course, all of that can be arrange, if we cannot arrange for you to have access to internet, but at least a computer and a printer, then I can mail you a lesson and you can mail me the homework that's done back. If there is a way for you to access the internet then I would suggest online classes." Lady Une said, "Now what about work, obviously you will take some much deserved time off, but what would you like me to do, I can't place you on leave indefinitely."
"How about we take an administrative leave until the winter holidays and we can work then, besides I know we have paperwork that we're behind in so, we'll have work probably until then at least, if we only work on it on Sundays then it could take the rest of the year." Quatre said, easily, "So really it would be easy to believe you took us off of field duty in order to allow us the time to make up for all of the paper work that is piling up on our desks."
The brown haired, brown eyed, thirty year old that sat behind the desk, smiled at them as she realized that the blonde was of course correct in that assessment, it was some of the other agents complaints actually, and this would solve that, since the six in front of her absolutely hated paperwork of any kind, sure they wrote their reports but that was about it. "That actually is a great idea, and it will stop me from having to hear the ongoing complaints about how lenient on you I have been on your turning in your paperwork. So I guess that solves everything. Your administrative leave starts on September the first." She said, "I'll get you your paperwork on this in a couple weeks. You'll only work on Sundays, and try to keep the hours you do reasonable."
"Yes, ma'am." Heero said.
"Now get out of here, I know that you all have things you could be doing instead, such as getting ready for your class that you teach tomorrow, or preparing for your next missions, they're in your inbox." Lady Une said, the dismissal clear, with that the six got up and headed to their office.
Later in the office shared by Ami, Wufei, Trowa, Quatre, Heero, and Duo, found the group discussing the meetings that were left for the next two days and what they would tell Quatre and Ami's sisters as their weekly meeting would have to stop or the schedule changed while they were in school. It wasn't long into the conversation that Ami said, "Time to go. Quatre will just have to make it up depending on what it is that they know. So on that note Quatre and I must leave to meet Irena and Katrina or we will be late and frankly I would rather not be late as I know they won't be happy about that, which will make telling them of our leaving for school all the harder."
"You are of course correct, let us go. We'll see you all back at home later tonight." Quatre said getting up to leave.
"Of course I am. See you later." Ami responded rather flippantly, standing and leading the way out the door.
Ami and Quatre met their sisters at The Oliver Twist, a upscale restaurant that was known for being a particularly upscale restaurant. Once they had been seated and their orders taken by the waiter who introduced himself as Joseph Katrina asked, "What's new with the two of you?"
Ami answered, "We're going to school, well a different school."
"It's a special school, as you know our company does some work with a Gringotts bank, they happen to be run by Goblins, who are a part of the magical world. What I am trying to say is that both Ami and myself, along with the others are all magical and therefore we are going to a magical school called Hogwarts." Quatre finished for Ami.
"Oh well that's good, that's where father always hoped you both would go one day for you magical training. Yes we already knew that magic exists, Father told us, incase you ever got informed and had questions or decided to go. At least this way we can make your excuses until the holidays. We have already got them prepared, so no worries. Now I'm assuming this will change our meetings. I'm satisfied if you both write us letters once a week from now until Christmas, when we will arrange a meeting with you and all of the family to celebrate and you will both be expected to join." Irena said, seeing the waiter coming, she paused as their food was delivered.
After the waiter delivered their meals, all had a filet minion and mashed potatoes, Katrina continued, "You are both expected to get good grades and work hard. Ami I will forward the letter that Father wrote for you to have after you were reintroduced to the magical world. I have no idea what it says but it is in brail for you."
"How is work going?" Irena asked.
"Good. The same as always. How's everything on your end with the company?" Ami responded, hoping they would be able to get out of having dessert tonight, she was tired from having both meetings about the magical world today.
"Everything is going great, we will continue to send yo the updates on the company, monthly, so that you both stay in the know of what is going on." Katrina responded.
"Ami you look tired." Irena asked, are you sure everything is going good at work." Irena questioned.
"Yes, it is. I'm just tired, it has been a long weekend, what with discovering that I have other family still alive and living in the magical world, and that he also attends Hogwarts and that he happens to be the boy who lived, and that I have a God-mother. She wants to have a relationship with me." Ami said.
"I'm glad, you're still a part of our family, and we would like to meet your sibling as well as your God-mother at the Christmas holidays." Irena said. Noticing that they were all finished eating, she continued, "Well I believe we are all finished eating dinner. Since you seem so tired, we can call it an early night. I'll expect your first letter next week. I'll see you at the Christmas Holidays."
"Yes see you at the Christmas holidays. Have a good term, I look forward to your letter." Katrina said.
"Okay, see you at Christmas. Good night." Ami responded.
"See you at Christmas, Good night." Quatre echoed, getting up and helping Ami out of the restaurant and off to home, leaving Irena and Katrina at the restaurant talking about everything that was currently happening.
The next morning Ami and Heero, were having a late brunch after everyone had left for the office, Heero asked, "Ami, how is everything going?"
"Everything's fine, I'm nervous about tonight, and about our next missions, which will be over the next weekend, with Quatre, Duo and I going on one that is at the same time as you, Trowa and Wufei. At least my class is over tonight and I'll have nothing left to do with it." Ami said, "I'm looking forward to learning more about my family from both Professor McGonagall, and Harry. I just hope he doesn't hate me."
"No one can hate you, of that I'm sure." Heero said, "Now finish your brunch, we have to leave soon if we're to get to the office on time for you to teach your class."
"Very well." Ami responded, smiling.
Ami and Heero arrived in time for Ami to teach her class about gun safety. The class was two hours long and she knew that Heero would make sure that they would leave and get home at a reasonable hour. She spent the two hours of class wrapping up the class and making sure everyone finished their written exam that Heero graded for them, to see if they had learned everything they were supposed to during the class.
After the last test was turned in and graded, she allowed the class to ask any questions they had before she would go home. Finding the humor in being asked how if she's blind she could even teach a class on gun safety.
Finally it was time to go pick up the pizza and head home where she would meet her brother for the first time. Heero and Ami walked to the car and Ami called the pizza place that was on their way home to order two large pizzas one pepperoni and one just cheese, two orders of breadsticks, a salad, and three two liters of soda. They were able to just stop pay for the pizza and pick up their order before they finished heading home.
At home, Quatre was making sure everything would be just right for their guests to arrive, making sure the table was set so they could just put the pizza in the middle of the table and eat as soon as everyone arrived.
Quatre had just set the last spot at the table, when there was a knock at the door, and he heard Duo call, "Who is it?"
The answering reply of Professor McGonagall Hermione and Harry was heard as well as the door opening to admit the trio. As soon as the trio was in the door Duo said, "We will be meeting in the dining room, we'll have dinner as soon as Ami and Heero arrive, they should be on their way. Professor you remember where that was?"
"Yes, Duo I know where that is, you don't have to call me professor all of the time, I'm not your professor at the moment." Minerva said amused, "You might as well go alert the rest of the house to our arrival as I know that is what you wish to do."
"Alright," Duo said, leaving the trio to go around the house and tell everyone that their guests had arrived.
Harry and Hermione followed their professor farther into the house and towards the dining room. In the dining room, Quatre was waiting for them, "Hello," he said as they enter.
"Hello Quatre. May I introduce, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger." Minerva said.
"Hello, I'm Quatre, you've already met Duo, and I'm sure everyone will be joining us shortly, have a seat, I'm sorry I have nothing to offer yet in the way of refreshments, but they have not arrived yet, they should only be a few minutes away." Quatre explained, a small smile on his face.
"That's alright, Quatre. What is my sister like? Professor McGonagall told me very little about her." Harry said.
"Well…" Quatre started only to be interrupted by the opening of the kitchen door to reveal, Trowa, Duo, and Wufei, "First let me introduce you all to Trowa, Duo and Wufei. Guys, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger."
Hellos were exchanged between the new comers and those at the table when Quatre decided to start again, "She's well…my little sister, as my parents adopted her. She's tends to boss everyone around, and it's only later that you figure out that she was right. Ummm…guys some help at describing Ami?"
Duo smiled, "She's basically been adopted as a sister to everyone at this table. She looks after us, but is definitely a workaholic at times, I blame blondie over here. She takes care of herself, and well you just have to meet her to understand this, you just can't help but love her. Don't ever hurt her in a way you can't fix, or I'm sure you'll be dealing with five over protective brothers and one over protective boyfriend."
"She has a boyfriend, isn't she only thirteen or so." Hermione said.
"She is but well…our lives haven't been the best so well age isn't something we worry about and besides there's only a two year difference between them." Wufei said.
"We're home!" Ami hollered, walking towards the kitchen with Heero following her amused and carrying the dinner.
A few seconds later Ami bounded into the dining room with Heero right behind her with the pizza, bread and soda, he moved straight to the table and placed it in the middle of the table. As soon as he was relieved of his burden he turned back to his girlfriend and said, "Ami come meet your brother."
Ami immediately made her way to him and he led her to her seat before indroducing them, "I'm Heero and this is Ami."
AN: not mine still...