Letters

[tabby19]

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the idea of the story line
Author: Tabby19
Summary: Minerva recieves letters from Albus. What does it mean?
Rating: PG

Letters

Chapter 1

Minerva McGonagall sat at her desk armed with a quill and red ink; she had a few hours till dinner so she decided to grade the fifth years essays on the history of transfiguration. She had given extra homework to that particular class because a few Slytherin boys did not see it fit to stay silent during her lecture. Minerva hated giving extra work, because that meant extra grading. But she had a reputation to keep and no one messed with her, so she gave it anyway.

She sighed with relief when she finally set aside the last essay and looked up at the grandfather clock in the back of the room. ‘Time for dinner all ready’ she thought as she made her way to the great hall.

She entered the great hall and was met with the loud chatter of the students as they told their friends every little bit of information, necessary or not, about their day. A few first years smiled shyly up at her, she smiled back. As she made her way down the center aisle she looked up at the high table to find two twinkling blue eyes staring into her green ones. She smiled not being able to help herself. Hopefully he wouldn’t notice, but he did and smiled back. She took her normal seat on Albus’ right side and a plate full of wonderfully, appetizing food appeared in front of her.

“How are you, my dear?”

“Fine, you?”

“I’ve been better” he muttered sadly as he pushed the food around on his plate.

“Why, what’s wrong” Minerva asked in a concerned voice, instantly worried.

“I found out that I ran out of lemon drops this morning and Honeydukes won’t have anymore in stock for a whole week!” Minerva burst out laughing and she almost spit out the piece of turkey that was in her mouth. Pretty soon Albus was laughing too, but for a different reason. He loved to watch Minerva McGonagall laugh; she looked so beautiful when she wasn’t wearing her strict teacher mask. She didn’t laugh very often, but when she did she took his breath away.

They talked about an assortment of things while they ate and continued as the great hall slowly began clearing out. As soon as everyone but the two had left Albus rose as he said “Sleep well, my dear”, she stood as well. He kissed her on the cheek and then walked away.

She didn’t know how long she stood there unable to move, wondering if she had imagined it, but she prayed to Merlin she hadn’t. Once she regained her footing she started to walk toward the door when something on the floor caught her eye. She looked down and noticed a piece of white parchment folded in half with her name on the outside. She bent over, picked it up and opened it. In Albus’ elegant script there was a large letter O in the middle of the paper and in the bottom right hand corner it simply said Albus.

‘What does that mean’ she wondered. It’s probably one of Albus’ games. She inwardly groaned she hated word games and he knew it.

She was half way to Albus’ office to tell him she wasn’t interested in his game when she thought ‘maybe if I humor him, I’ll get another kiss’ she liked that idea! Ok she thought ‘I’ll play along unless it gets out of hand’ and she knew Albus liked to go over board so it probably wouldn’t last very long. She turned around and slowly headed to her cambers to get ready for bed as Albus had suggested.


TBC: I hope you guys liked it this is my first ever attempt a fanfiction of any kind! So reviews and constructive criticism would be helpful!! Thanks! ;D

[micha]

Yes, you are doing great! This is a very promising start. And the mixture of description, action and conversation seems just perfect to me...I hope you are able to go on just like it...

[tazzie21]

Really good :]

[TheGryffindorSeeker]

great work, can't wait for more

[tabby19]

Thanks you guys I'm working on chapter 2 right now so it will hopefully be up soon!! =D

[tabby19]

Chapter 2

Minerva walked into her chambers and headed straight toward her bathroom. After a stressful day she loved to take a long, peaceful bath. She walked in, turned on the water, and tested the temperature with her hand. It was a tad hotter than she liked it so she turned it down a little. Once the tub had filled up she turned off the water and sprinkled some of her favorite vanilla bubble bath on top. She quickly striped herself of her clothing and gently lowered herself into the wonderfully warm water.

She sat there letting the warm water relax her tense muscles as her mind wandered back to Albus. She didn’t exactly know when she had fallen in love with him, but all that mattered was the fact that she was deeply and truly in love with him now. And until tonight she never thought for a second he returned her feelings, but now she had a new found hope. With just that one kiss it seemed like her whole world had gotten just a little bit brighter.

‘But wait’ she thought ‘I’ve seen him kiss Poppy and Rolanda on the cheek before, could it have been that it was simply a friendly gesture toward a friend?’ And with that all her hopes came crashing back down. She tried desperately to hold back the tears that threatened to spill, but one betrayed her and slipped silently down her face.

Suddenly she stood up, pulled up the stopper in the bottom of the tub, and turned on the shower. She put her head under the water fall of warm water and let the tears fall freely.

Once she had regained her composer she turned off the water, stepped out of the tub, and summoned her robe. She rapped it tightly around her waist and walked to her wardrobe. She grabbed a nightgown, put it on, and threw her robe onto the bottom shelf.

As she walked toward her bed she stopped dead in her tracks as she saw a small folded piece of parchment on her pillow. It was almost exactly identical to the last one, except for the fact that it was tired with a gold ribbon to a beautiful red rose. A smile spread across her face and hope lit up her emerald eyes.

She reached out and picked it up. She brought the rose up to her nose and inhaled deeply. It smelled wonderful. She looked down at the card, which had her name on it; she opened it slowly and was a little disappointed at what she saw. In the middle of the parchment Albus had written the letters ‘I L’, and again at the bottom right hand corner it said ‘Albus’. She didn’t really know what she was hoping would be inside, maybe a letter from him devoting his love for her, or something like that. But maybe this was just his way of saying don’t give up on me.

She set the rose and the card on her bedside table and crawled under the covers. She laid on her side so she could see the rose and for the first time in a long time she fell asleep with a smile on her face.


TBC: Hope you guys still like it!

[BonesBooth]

This is a good story! Please continue!
And, I have a slight guess as to what the letters will end up saying!

[Junora]

I have to agree with Minervaalbus06, this is a very good story.

[tabby19]

Thanks guys I'll try to get chapter 3 up as soon as possible!! ;D

[TheGryffindorSeeker]

great chapter!! great work keep it up

[tabby19]

Chapter 3

Minerva’s eyes fluttered open as the light from the rising sun hit her face. She turned over to look at the clock, saw the rose and smiled to herself, but then as she focused on the clock she realized she only had ten minuets until breakfast. She quickly hopped out of bed, she grabbed a robe, put it on, and put her hair up into its normal bun.

On her way to the great hall she reminded herself to ask Albus about the notes, not that she thought she would be able to get much out of him, but it never hurt to try.

As soon as she walked in she noticed his chair was empty and he was never late so he must have been called away for a meeting with the Minister. It seemed like fudge couldn’t make a decision unless Albus was there to approve or give him the idea all together. So it was pretty much like Albus was the Minister and Fudge was his puppet.

By the time Minerva had sat down the owls had arrived, swooping down and dropping packages and letters to their owners. You could tell by just looking at their faces whether it was good news or bad. One Huffelpuff girl even started to cry. Minerva over heard her telling her friends between sobs that her grandfather had passed away. Minerva’s heart ached for that little girl as her friends all hugged her as she cried. But she would get through it; she had good friends to help her.

Then Minerva turned to see Fawkes flying towards her, he landed gently in front of her, and handed her the note that had been in his mouth. She gave him a pat on the head and a biscuit off her plate. He cooed his thanks and flew back out the window.

She looked at the note that was in her hand, opened it and was not even one bit surprised to find the letters ‘E Y’ printed in the middle of the page. But this time he had actually written her a note at the bottom, it said …

‘The minister summoned me early this morning and I probably wouldn’t be back until late this evening. So I’ll see you in the morning. Have a wonderful day, my dear. Albus.
PS: I left something for you on the desk in my office.’

As soon as she finished her breakfast curiosity took over and led her straight to the stone gargoyle in front of his office. She told it the password and stepped on to the revolving staircase. When it stop she was in front of the door, she pulled it open and walked straight toward his desk. Sitting in the middle of the desk was a book; she picked it up and looked at the title, Pride and prejudice. Did he know that was her favorite book or was it just a coincidence?

She summoned a quill, some ink, and a piece of parchment. She wrote…

‘Thank you, Albus. That was so sweet of you. Pride and prejudice is my favorite book, but you probably already knew that, didn’t you? I’ll see you in the morning. Minerva.’

Minerva then walked over to Fawkes, who had been standing silently in the corner of the room on his perch. She handed him the note and said “please take this to Albus, Fawkes”. She let him rub his head on her hand and then cooed his understanding. He gracefully leapt from his perch and flew out the open window behind Albus’ desk.

Minerva walked back to the desk, grabbed the book, and made her way down the stairs. It was Saturday which meant she didn’t have any classes so she decided to got down to the library, find her favorite chair, and read for a while.

TBC: I hope this sounds as good on paper as it did in my head!! ;D

[Junora]

More, PLEASE,
don't leave it here.
I hate cliffhanger!

But I love the story.

Lottie

[tabby19]

Sept 1, 2008 0:51:26 GMT -5 mmadness4ever said:

Yes, it sounds very nice on paper too! I'm surprised Minerva didn't see where this is going already.
I noticed something about your siggy, it just shows the link to the image. To make it show the image you need to put LINK HERE

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No I couldn't figure it out! ;D lol. So how do you do it? And I'm glad everybody still likes it!! I'll write more soon I promise!!

[LittleScottishCub]

MeMe likey much
tis awsome
can't wait for the next chapter

[tabby19]

Ok thanks!! ;D

[tabby19]

Chapter 4

Minerva walked into the library, and headed toward the restricted section, where her favorite chair could be found. She loved to read in the library, but she could never get anything done because the students would always come to her and ask for help on their homework. And she would always tell them that homework was to be done by themselves, but if they truly need help to ask their friends. And if they still didn’t get it she’d go over it next class, but that never stopped them from asking. So she finally decided to take her favorite chair and put it in the restricted section where the students couldn’t find her.

She sat down and looked out the window at the lake and noticed a few students were chasing each other around some of the trees by the waters edge. She sighed and hoped they were just playing around and not actually trying to hurt each other. That’s when she saw another note on the window still; she quickly picked it up and opened it. This time the letters were an ‘O’ and a ‘U’ and it just said ‘Albus’ at the bottom.

She silently laughed to herself and wondered when this was going to end as she began reading.

A few hours later when she had gotten to the part where Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy finally realize they may be in love, she found another note hidden inside the pages of the book. This one had a ‘V’ on it and a note on the bottom saying…

‘This is the last one I promise. I hope you haven’t thrown away the other letters, because if you set them on a table they will arrange themselves to form words. I’ll see you at breakfast, my dear. Albus.’

She quickly marked her page and practically ran to her chambers, only slowing when she wasn’t alone in the hallways. She couldn’t believe she had been so stupid not to see that the letters would end up spelling something.

As she burst through the door she summoned all the notes and made sure she still had all five. Then she went over and stood behind the desk. She hesitated for a minute wondering what they might say, ‘oh stop stalling and put them down’ she thought to herself. Slowly she unfolded each note one at a time until they were all down on the table. Then gently they floated off the table top and rearranged themselves, and then one by one they floated back down in proper order…

I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U.

She read what they spelled once then twice and then a third time and still didn’t believe what her eyes were telling her was true.

“Could he really love me or is this all just some joke that someone is playing on me” she asked out loud although no one was in the room to answer. “If this is a joke it is a very cruel joke” she said.

‘Well there is only one way to find out’ she thought to herself and with that she made her way to Albus’ chambers.


TBC: Thanks for all the reviews guys!! much appreciated!! ;D

[KristaMarie]

This is so cute-- I just love it! Please update again soon!

[TheGryffindorSeeker]

nice work, can't wait for the update, egar to read more

[Katheryn Mae]

Awww ... can't wait for the end!!!

[tabby19]

Hey, here's chapter 5 guys! sorry it took a little longer than I hoped but we have had company for like a month!! uggg, I love them, but I'm so glad they finally left!! Hopefully now I'll have some more time to devoted to writing! Thanks for being patient! ;D

Chapter 5


When Minerva reached the top of the revolving staircase, she pulled open the door and strode in. As soon as she stopped and looked around she realized she had no idea what she was going to say to him when he arrived. Was she just supposed to blurt out ‘do you love me?’ No, that probably wouldn’t be a good course of action. ‘I should leave now while I still have the chance, he’ll never even know I was here. Yeah and I’ll let him bring it up at breakfast tomorrow. Ok good plan lets go.’ she thought to herself, making her way back toward the door.

As she reached for the door knob, the door swung open knocking her over. She let out a small gasp as she hit the ground. She looked up and saw two confused and concerned blue eyes staring down at her. ‘Oh Merlin, it’s Albus’ she silently panicked. ‘Why is he home so early? What am I going to say to him? Why did I come up here' she thought desperaetly.

Interrupting her thoughts he kneeled down beside her and asked “What are you doing on the floor, my dear?” She just glared at him causing him to laugh lightly. “I’m sorry, are you alright” he tried again.

“Yes, but if you would kindly help me up it would be much appreciated” she said sarcastically. He stood and extended his hand in which she took gratefully. He gently pulled her up, and some how she ended pressed against his chest with his arms around her. Neither knew if the other had done this on purpose, but at that moment neither of them cared.

They just stood there holding each other and staring into the others eyes lost in their own thoughts, until Minerva whispered “I got your letters.”

“Oh… did you read what they said yet” he asked cautiously, with an unsure look in his eyes.

“Yes” she replied quietly, lowering her head to stare at his chest since she was still in his arms.

“Well… what did you think?”

“I… I think I love you too” she said a little more sure of herself. As she felt one of his arms slide off her back she quickly looked up thinking she had said something wrong and that he was pulling away from her.

Cupping her cheek in his hand, he noticed the panicked look in her eyes and said “don’t worry, my love, I’ll always be here for you if you want me to be.” He smiled down at her to reassure her that he meant it. “And I love you too” he said softly.

Smiling, she leaned up and brushed her lips across his, slowly she pulled back to inspect his face, wanting to make sure she hadn’t gone too far. At first she couldn’t tell, but she didn’t have to wait long for a huge smile to spread across his features. Smiling back at his reaction, she asked softly “did you like that?”

“Immensely, my dear.” Leaning down he kissed her, at first softly but then becoming more passionate as they let out their feelings that had been locked away for so long, only parting when the need for air became a problem.

Then Minerva pulled out of his arms, took his hand, and led him up into his private chambers. He lit a fire in the fire place and then they both sat down on the couch. He let his arm slip around her waist and she rested her head on his chest. They sat like that for a while, just staring at the flames that danced in the fire place and enjoying the others presence, until they fell asleep in each others arms.


The End

Hope you guys liked it!! ;D And I hope that was a good ending!!

[TheGryffindorSeeker]

continue!

i loved it and beleive you can continue this, thatis if have any ideas to do so :S but i think you should continue even a follow up of events or even a lemon but yeah i loved the story

[tabby19]

;DYeah I can't think of any good follow ups right now so I'm gonna end it! But if I can think of any mabye I'll write a sequel! MABYE no promises! lol. but thanks for the review!! ;D

[tabbyphoenix]

Brilliant! I enjoyed it! I see you haven't yet got the banner up in your siggy ... it's a brilliant one however, both the banner and the fic !
Cheers!

[Mandy McGonagall-Dumbledore]

I. LOVE. It.!! AMAZING!! *~*