A/N: So I thought if we're gonna go AU, we're gonna go big with it. And the Euphemia/Minerva friendship is officially my headcanon #dealwithit. (Also, this one has a bit of a feminist tone to it). Enjoy.

Word count: 339

2 Week Drabble Wars: (scenario) Write your character in an AU situation (chosen: Muggle AU) / (dialogue) "I'm going to make real sandwiches. Bog ones that a man can sink his teeth into."

Hopscotch: (location) Australia, (word) gentleman

Minerva couldn't quite remember how she ended up in a little coffee shop in Sydney with Euphemia by her side. Of course, she knew why they were in Australia - it was because of another business trip she had to make, because the company she worked for was planning on buying out their Aussi counterparts -, but at the moment, she had to realize that she would rather have spent her evening anywhere else. But it was too late to go back now, so she tried to keep on her interested face while her friend was talking to her - she didn't want to hurt her or anything.

"And then she said "I'm going to make real sandwiches. Big ones a man can sink his teeth into". Preposterous, isn't it?" Euphemia finished her monologue.

"I do not like how that sounded either," Minerva shook her head. "She needs to stand up for herself more against her husband. He suppresses her too much for my liking."

"That's what I told her as well," Euphemia nodded. "Oh, hey, who's that gentleman over there? He seems so familiar."

Minerva furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before spinning around in her seat, only to have her find herself facing her boss, Elphinstone Urquart sitting at a nearby table, sipping his coffee with a jolly expression.

"He is not supposed to be here," Minerva exclaimed after she turned back. "But I suspect he came after me, even to Australia because he still hasn't given up on marrying me."

"I think you should accept his proposal; he seems like a very loyal man to me," Euphemia mused.

"I am perfectly fine by myself, thank you," Minerva insisted.

"Minerva, dear, you need to get over that McGregor man," Euphemia exclaimed. "It's been so long since you left him for that secretary job."

"I'll give some thought to it," Minerva dismissed the topic. She knew that she wouldn't accept Elphinstone's offer anyway, but she was not going to ruin her trip in Australia because of such miniscule matters.