Albus strode into Minerva's office, smiling in a way Minerva knew would be the death of her. It was 'the smile', the one that meant she wouldn't get any work done for the rest of the day. As soon as Minerva laid eyes on Albus, she sighed and put away the papers she had been correcting. Once her desk had been cleared, she looked up at Albus and asked,

"And to what do I owe this unexpected and sure-to-take-up-the-rest-of-my-day pleasure?" Albus grinned and said as calmly and happily as possible,

"I just lost the Game." Minerva looked at him confusedly and said,

"And just what, pray tell, Game is this?" Albus replied in his boyishly happy spirits,

"The Game you are now playing is commonly referred to by Muggle children as 'The Game'." Minerva shook her head, nonplussed. Albus's grin widened farther and he continued,

"The whole point of the Game is not to think about the Game. Now that you know about the Game, it is impossible to not play the Game. Whenever you think of the game, you must say so that all in the vicinity can hear you, 'Damn it! I just lost the game.'" Minerva shook her head and thought, Great. Now not only am I sucked into a Muggle children's game, but he will not let me quit. Just how I wanted to spend my weekend, avoiding my best friend in the best interest of my sanity. Minerva sighed again, and told Albus in a patient voice she reserved specially for him,

"Albus Dumbledore, I refuse to participate in such a childish game that the entire idea of it is to not think of it." Albus grinned and shouted in his infuriatingly happy voice,

"YOU JUST LOST THE GAME!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA…" And with that the most annoying and loveable man on the planet went running out of Minerva's doors. She rolled her eyes exasperatedly, and muttered under her breath,

"Accio Albus." Albus came zooming back through her open door and landed in front of her. He grinned up at her from his seated position on the carpet, looking like a bouncy little puppy. Minerva sighed, and muttered quietly under her breath so Albus wouldn't hear her, "Levicorpus.". Instantly, he shouted as he was pulled up by his ankle. Minerva laughed at the sight before her as Albus's robes fell toward his face to reveal Guinness beer boxers. Minerva collapsed into her chair, laughing at the sight of her good friend and employer hanging from his ankle. She laughed and laughed, and soon Albus was laughing along with her. Neither thought it was as funny as it could have been, but both had had a rough day, and just needed to let off some steam. Both were laughing so hard that neither of them noticed when Severus Snape walked through the open door. He froze with shock, and almost passed out right there at the sight of the uptight Minerva McGonagall and his headmaster acting like immature students. Once he regained control of his motions, he quickly backed out and fled to the staffroom to spread the gossip. Minerva finally let Albus down, and he landed on his butt, which only made them both laugh harder. When he got up, he chuckled to Minerva,

"Good-night. M'dear. I shall consider the merits of getting revenge overnight. See you at breakfast." Minerva nodded as she continued smiling thinking about her good friend. She got up and turned out the light in her office, and crawled into her bed, transfiguring her robes into more comfortable pajamas.