Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the idea of the story line.
Author: Tabby19
Summary: Minerva receives letters from Albus. What do they mean?
Rating: k+

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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, 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.

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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 emerald 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. Then he pecked her quickly on the cheek and 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, which Albus had just escaped through, 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.

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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. So she turned around and slowly headed to her cambers to get ready for bed as Albus had suggested.

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