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A/N: Well, here we are peeps. The main reason this chapter hasn't been posted is because the first three weeks since i last posted i had a photography exam and it required most of my attention (Grrrrr) and secondly my beta reader has not been through this chapter yet because either her email isn't working again or she is very busy. So, i decided to give you the chapter anyway and when she sends back the chapter i shall alter the spelling and grammar mistakes. So i appologise for any mistakes you may see. On a happier note, thank you to my beta reader bigkihap, Lena, esb, Quill of Minerva, Always Hopeful, Aurinko, TartenLioness and Foci for reviewing! I hope you enjoy this final chapter! Now without further ado...

Chapter 7

Home Sweet Hogwarts?

Albus explored every slender curve of Minerva's body, placing gentle kisses on every piece of soft skin as he went. Minerva just lay back and watch him devour her with his eyes as if she were the best piece of candy in the world. She sighed as he wound his tongue around her belly button and slid off her trousers very slowly. Albus thought he had just reached high heaven when he uncovered the top half of her body, taking in her perfectly proportioned breasts. He closed his eyes to savour the sight he had just seen and memorise it for times where he might not see her for days. Minerva wound her hands around his back and into his beard, pulling him closer to kiss him. She had never seen his eyes sparkle so madly before. Minerva pulled him in and kissed him deeply while removing the rest of his clothes and just throwing them in any direction possible. It would be fun to see where about they ended up in the morning she thought absentmindedly. For years, Albus had waited for this moment, and now finally he could make love to the woman who had stood by his side and fought for him as he had for her.

"I love you Minerva," he whispered and made love to her with all the passion he could muster.

Last night had been the best night of his entire life. Albus could not believe it was real until he opened his eyes and saw his beloved wrapped up in his arms. Minerva's soft hair was twisted around his arm; her head slightly tilted upwards showing a pink hue in her cheeks as the sunlight filtered in and around the room. Albus reflected back on all the years she had stood by him as his deputy. He had seen the staff make observations and side glances over the years and suspected that they had known all along that both Minerva and himself were in love with each other. They were blinded by fear for one not loving another and the embarrassment if they every confessed their love. It seemed even Mother Nature herself had gotten fed up with them and made they stay in doors on their weekend away until they confessed everything. Minerva's eyes suddenly fluttered open and she sat bolt upright.

"Is everything alright, my love?" he asked concernedly reaching up to touch her long slender back. Minerva stared around the room as if she was trying to remember where she was. Once everything seemed in place she fell back and snuggled up into Albus's beard.

"Perfect, Albus. Perfect. Everything is where it should be." Minerva sighed contently into his beard.

"Were you expecting something to not be then?"

"No, not exactly. I just wanted to make sure what happened last night was real so I searched around the room for your clothes that I threw everywhere." she replied and Albus laughed as he saw a sock hanging over the curtain rail. He slid his arms around her waist and kissed her on the top of her head.

"So my dear, who's first in the bathroom?"

"Who said we had to go separate?" Minerva raised her eyebrows as she looked pointedly into Albus's. "You're my man, now Albus Dumbledore. It's about time you started acting like one!"

"I see," he replied giving her a mirrored look. Albus turned over to reach for his wand under his pillow, cast a spell towards the bathroom then slipped it back under him pillow. Turning back over once more, Albus flipped over the covers, slid his arm under her legs and lifted her off the bed and into the bathroom.

"Oh Albus! What are you going to do with me?" Minerva gasped in surprise as the scent of strawberry bubble bath wafted from the bathroom.

"You told me to act like you're 'man', my dear. So that is exactly what I'm doing!" he replied calmly as he walked over to the bath and carefully put her in. With a devilish smile, he turned out the light, climbed in too and started tickling her.

Both Albus and Minerva stayed in the bath until the water had grown cold and the strawberry bubbles had gone. Mostly because Albus kept making bigger bubbles with his hand and Minerva shaped her hair in the shape of a mohiken. Eventually they had to get out of the bath because Albus complained that the water had made him look even more like an old man. Minerva watched with immense enjoyment and satisfaction when Albus had to find all of his clothes that she had so eagerly taken off of him the previous night. The most funny of all was when Albus had to retrieve his underwear from behind the wardrobe because it had slipped right into the middle. Minerva had just sat there and laughed at him as he tried to slide them down with his slipper.

"Oh Albus you do know how to make me laugh!" she said as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Why don't you just use you're wand?"

"I...I honestly never thought of that..." Albus smiled at his own stupidity. No wonder Minerva was laughing so hard at him.

They finished getting dressed and started to pack their belongings back into their suitcases.

"Albus? What have you done with my hairbrush? I know you've used it because of all the silver hairs I found in it!" called Minerva as she searched under the bed.

"Excuse me, madam. How do you know that those 'sliver hairs' you found were NOT yours? And where on earth did you throw my other slipper?" retorted Albus as he re-traced his footsteps in the hope of finding it, but with no such luck.

"Because, Professor Dumbledore, they were at least two inches longer than my own hair! THATS why." Minerva bit back. "And I have no idea where your slipper is. I didn't throw ANY slippers last night. It must have been YOUR fault."

"Oh I give up!" said Albus throwing his hands up in the air and walked over to sit on the bed.

"Aha! Ulricka I've found it!" Minerva's muffled reply came from under the bed.

"It's Albus, love. Not Ulricka," he sighed.

Minerva appeared looking flushed with her hairbrush in her hand. Half of her hair fallen out of her plait and her polo shirt had twisted itself around.

"Oh my dear, you look splendid." Albus chuckled as he turned to face her.

"I know, I thought I would start a new trend." Minerva replied dryly. "What time is the carriage coming to collect us?"

Albus looked at his watch.

"About ten. It should wait for half an hour though, just so we don't have to rush too much. Do you have everything?" Albus informed her and pushed her hair back so it didn't stick out in odd angles.

"I do now. What about you?" Minerva asked as she re-adjusted herself to look presentable.

"Apart from the one slipper, yes I think I have everything. We have three-quarters of an hour before the carriage goes back to Hogwarts and find out what the staff have done to the place while we've been away." he said with a slight smile.

Minerva raised her eyebrows.

"Oh yes, I never thought of that. Well, we'll have to 'Accio' you're slipper and be on our way." She said gazing out of the window and smiling. Albus pulled out his wand and held it in the air.

"Quite, my dear. Accio!" he called. The slipper came sailing in from the bathroom, soaking wet. "Oh dear, it must have been on the floor when we had a bath."

Minerva shrunk her suitcase to the size of a handbag and tucked it into her rucksack. Taking one last look around the room, she opened the door and walked into the hallway. All of a sudden, Terry came round the corner and greeted her.

"Good morning, I trust you had a very good night?" he said with a smug grin. "We certainly did."

Minerva's eyes widened. They could not have herd them last night? Were they listening? She thought wildly as a hot flush crept up her neck.

"I...um, yes we did." she stuttered her reply. Terry moved over towards her and Minerva took a step back until her back was firmly pressed against the wall. He slipped out a small little card from his jacket and put it in her hand.

"Call me," he whispered and kissed her hand. Minerva was shocked to say the least. That was the last thing she expected.

"T-thank y-you," she muttered her face now fully red. Terry smiled and winked at her then walked over to his room and blew her a kiss as he closed the door. Gathering her wits, she walked back into the room and grabbed Albus by his camera.

"Something wrong, love?" he inquired giving her a searching look.

"Just hurry, we'll be late." Minerva replied avoiding the subject and walked as quickly as she could down the hallway, almost throwing the key to the owner. She strode out the door leaving Albus feeling slightly bewildered in her wake. They reached the carriage fairly quickly because Minerva had walked very fast. Albus offered to put her suitcase on top of the carriage but she gave him a small smile and declined.

"My love, what is wrong? You've been acting strangely since we left. Have I done something?" Albus asked with concern as he stepped into the carriage and motioned that they were both ready to leave.

"I had a encounter, Albus. Terry came up to me in the hallway and asked me to 'call him'" Minerva explained as she showed him the card Terry had given her. Albus grinned.

"Well he must have thought you were attractive, my love. Not that I can blame him, that makes two of us," he laughed and threw the little piece of card out the window then leaned into kiss her.

"But they listened last night," she said embarressedly, a flush creeping up her neck once more.

"They're just jealous because we didn't join them, I reckon we could have given them a run for their money!" Albus howled and Minerva could not help but join him. Once they had finished laughing they both just laid back onto one another and admired the splendid view before their eyes.

"Albus?" Minerva said as they saw Hogwarts approach in the distance.

"Yes?"

"I had a wonderful holiday. I'm very glad I came with you," she smiled genuinely and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"I'm very glad you agreed to come with me, love." he whispered back to her as the carriage floated down to where Hagrid was waiting. Albus noticed something strange. Hagrid was not in his usual attire, but in his brown and yellow suit. His looked as if he had tried to flatten it and give it a parting.

"Good mornin' professors," he greeted them as he opened the door of the carriage. "I trust you 'ad a good holiday?"

Yes, something is up. Albus decided to go along with it.

"Oh yes thank you, Hagrid. And how was you're weekend?" Albus asked cautiously.

Minerva had noticed that something was up and looked at Albus. It seemed he was playing along, so she would too.

"Oh, splendid, splendid. Planted them tomato's for yeh," Hagrid replied nervously.

"Excellent, well let's go and pay the staffroom a visit." suggested Albus to Minerva then picked up his suitcase and offered the other arm to her. She smiled encouragingly at Albus and they made their way up to the second floor where the staffroom was.

"Albus?"

"Yes?"

"It looks clean. The room looks tidy and clean." Minerva observed closely once they had walked in. The room was dust free, even the books on the bookcase were dusted. The dying plants on the windowsill had been watered; all the cups on the draining board had been scrubbed and put away neatly. For the time being, the staffrooms' occupants had disappeared.

"I wonder where the staff are?" Albus wondered aloud when the door opened and the staff walked in, in their best robes. Minerva looked surprised as they all lined up in a row, like they were being put on usual suspect's record. They both looked at each other then moved forward.

"Nice to see you're home safely, headmaster, Minerva." Severus stated and bowed his head politely towards Minerva.

"Thank you, it's nice to be home Severus." Albus replied, trying to keep the amusement out of his voice.

"Did you have a nice holiday?" inquired Sophia Sinistra with interest.

"We did indeed, did you?" replied Minerva crisply.

"Perfect," said Rolanda with a sweet smile.

"Wonderful," piped up Filius Flitwick from bellow.

"Smashing," said Joseph Picketing who taught Muggle studies, holding his head up high.

"I didn't do it," whimpered Peter May, the health care teacher and Rolanda stood on his foot causing him to wince.

Albus and Minerva narrowed their eyes, walking along the line looking for a suspect.

"Which one do you think is going to crack first?" Minerva asked as she walked around Georgia Sprout. Albus walked along the language teachers then circled Severus. Minerva looked down at Filius and then up at Cyril Vector. Albus moved swiftly along to Rolanda Hooch and then gave Peter May a piercing stare.

"I'd put my money on this one, Minerva." Albus decided with confidence and Peter broke under the pressure.

"She went down the pub with Marcus and Severus and got drunk then declared a party so half of Hogsmeade came back with them!" he accused Rolanda on his left, pointing the finger of blame at her.

"WELL HE WENT AND SMASHED ALL THE STATUES DOWN STAIRS BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING QUIDDITCH INSIDE!" she shouted back.

"YES AND HE SMASHED A LOAD OF MY POTIONS BECASUE HE WAS DRUNK AS WELL!" Severus yelled back at Peter and all the staff started to take sides as the rowing match fired up.

"THEY RUINED MY GREENHOUSE!" shouted Georgia.

"MY CLASSROOM WAS GRAFFITED!"

"I think this is our que to leave, love." he motioned to Minerva as they gathered their suitcases and walked back out the door.

"So, where are we going this time, Albus?" Minerva asked as she and Albus walked gently arm in arm down the clean corridor.

"Oh I thought I would leave that part up to you, my love," replied Albus as he smiled at her. "Where do you want to go?"

"Me? Well I have always wanted to see all the Italian art and sculptures, i've heard they can be quite passionate." Minerva said thoughtfully as they turned the corner and walked down the staircase.

"Then to Italy we go. Everything else shall simply have to wait," smiled Albus and pulled out an old ancient ruin. Minerva stopped and looked at him.

"Is that what I think it is?" she asked him quietly.

"Yes, this is one of the ancient travelling stones they had in the time of Merlin. All i have to do is rub the top, say where i want to go and it will take me there. Like a port key but much faster." Albus explained to her while she inspected the ruin with interest. "I also have another that will alert me if i'm needed. Severus has the other halves of both stones to make his spying job easier."

Minerva smiled and kissed Albus long and hard.

"Take me to Italy," she said passionately. Albus took back his ruin, rubbed it and said

"To Rome," then kissed her back as they disappeared.

The End

Hmmmmm...i dunno. Epilogue anyone? or shall i just leave it? Go ahead and press the wonderul button down there to tell me what you think.