Oh how I love this part of the story!  I absolutely melted when Albus said "you need some loving care..."Poor Raggles, but yay! for Albus-Phoenix rescuing her.  Does Albus-Phoenix have a name, other than "you gorgeous thing" from RaM?OK, I admit I flinched quite a bit (actually, a lot) with the blood-letting part of the warding ritual, given that for two days last week I was hooked up to a machine by my jugular vein for two four-hour sessions!  However, the kiss on the throat as a local anesthetic totally ROCKED!  What a fabulous idea;  better I'm sure than hospital Xanax and Lortab (no news yet on the stem cell recipient, but I remain hopeful, of course).This has been a delightful little interlude from RaM...and I really want a romantic three-day little holiday right now!  *sigh*  Someday soon...Yeah, Scottish wildcats are tres cool (one of my clan pins has a wildcat rampant with his claws all spiky;  clan Macpherson it is).See you over at CR!TTFN,Di

Your ever-educational stories have now caused me to look up wildcats.<g>http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/wildcat.htmlGood thing Albus rescued her.  Perhaps they should practice the grip he should use in emergency air-evacs <g> if the trapezoids aren't good, as I'm sure she'll get into some more scrapes over the course of 40 yrs!  Though the massage and accompanying exercises definitely made up for the injury.It's also a good thing the warding prompted M to mention the blood-replenishing-potion issue--yikes!  She should wear one of those MedAlert bracelets, or if they don't exist yet in 1957, some other sort of dogtag, err, cat tag. <g>She's a braver witch than I would have been WRT the warding.  Not that I wouldn't trust Albus, but I don't think any amount of trust could have gotten me beyond the words "arterial blood" followed by "carotid," esp. not when on an isolated island w/o any of my customized blood-replenishing potion!  She's certainly a Gryffindor. I'd have gone for the simpler warding, definitely, Albus or no Albus!  Interesting that they created a 1000-yr ward.  Their mated wands and the depth of their love certainly do have stronger effects than even Albus realizes--.  I suspect this will come in handy in the future...."As long as it is within my power, my dearest love, I will not leave you.”   Awwwwww.......

I'm glad that Albus came to Minerva's rescue with the wildcat - and the massage was definitely worth the trouble!The warding, and their creation of the Thousand-Year bond should just reinforce Albus's faith in he and Minerva being together forever!That was a lovely ending to a fabulous story - I'm looking forward to the rest of Resolving a Misunderstanding!

There are so many things I want to mention in this chapter and I hardly know where to start. EEEK!First off, the dressing gown from Quin. I'm glad they had that talk but I do feel incredibly sorry for Albus. The robe will always be a reminder of what happened and how he nearly pushed her away entirely. As he said, the memory won't always be as fresh but it will still remain. Part of me wondered why Minerva packed it for their trip. Oh well...Albus making a tiara for Minerva is so sweet and romantic. And crumpets??? He can cook for me any day! I'll be more than happy to sit back and watch with lust and wonder, tee hee. And that leads me to their lovemaking before the fire. Wowzers...each lemon you write gets hotter and hotter! His magic reaching out and caressing hers was perfect and so exciting. Given how we know she reacts when he's simply giving and taking the wards, I can only imagine how intense this must have felt. And it's sweet of him to apologize about his magic invading hers but I'm glad Minerva put his mind to rest quickly about that. And I agree, spontaneity is sometimes best in these instances so not everything needs to be planned out first. How sad would that be? lol. It's great to see you once again blending the stories together. I remember in AAoL how Albus was afraid to let go and "claim" Minerva after her time with Snape. Now, we see a bit more of that story and his reasoning for it. Given the intensitiy of their lovemaking and how powerful that release was for both of them, I can see why he might be apprehensive but by the same token, I can agree with Minerva in not wanting to stifle the emotions and feelings surging around them.I love the back story for Aberforth. It's much better than what JKR would have us believe about Albus' brother. And the fact that the woman he was with didn't even step up and admit her participation...that's just wrong! But Aberforth was an incredible gentleman to take the fall for the incident and to keep quiet about the woman (if you can call that hussy that) in question. Booo hiss. I sense some danger lurking about in the end of this chapter and I wish Albus had been more fully awake when he consented to letting Minerva wander about in cat form. I can only hope it's nothing too serious and that he'll wake up and realize she's missing soon!Can't wait for more!GLM

It is good to have another one of those unexplained pieces of canon explained.  I am glad that there was nothing non-consensual going on between Aberforth and his herd.  Interesting about the potential for magical bonding.  With as incendiary and magically compatable as the two of them are, it seems almost inevitable that they'll end up bonding at some point.

Just a quickie review here, before I head off to give a chemistry lecture (*snicker*):  ohmygoodnessthisishot!  Woohoo!  There is a song by Annie Lennox called "Wonderful" (from her "Bare" CD) that is abso-freaking perfect for the pre-lemony scene in which Albus asks Minerva:  "Are you fire?  Will you burn for me?"  Very very hot and so sexy.  I can't say how I know this *coughcough* but trust me.    It's perfect for um, you know.  Yeah.  Perfecto.  And crank it up!OTOH, I am worried about Minerva-as-Tabby right now.    Are there centaurs on the island?  She'd certainly remember that weird smell!TTFN,Di

I think Albus's concern about their magics mingling and binding Minerva to him is about 20 yrs too late.  I suspect that when he staunched her magical drain when she was a student it had some sort of binding effect, though neither of them could have predicted it, b/c neither knew at that point just how incredibly resonant their magic is.  Wonder what he will think when she eventually tells him of the arrival of "It"?It may be of a different sort than the marriage bindings he's talking about, but Minerva has definitely been inescapably tied to him in some way since then--witnessed by her strong visceral reactions at times to the prospect of being with another, whether when Carson first kissed her or when Rudolph proposed, and the failures of her schemes to distract herself.  She was able to be with some other wizards for a time, but the tie to Albus always resurfaced and interposed itself.Lovely lemons, adn good conversation between them, esp. about Quin, and about the binding.

Lovely chapter - I loved your spin on Aberforth's "innapropriate charms on a goat" charge!  That was quite amusing.  I also enjoyed the lemon, as always.  I hope that nothing bad happens to Minerva when she's napping - and I hope that Albus does not get scared when she's not there as well!  I'm looking forward to the next chapter!

hey there! thanks so much for this wonderful story- i enjoyed it so much! please write more like this i am beginning to eally get into the mmad genre-im pretty new on hre so i have a lot to read yet! a couple of qs- what does dh stand fore-you say not dh compliant on your authors note a couple of tims and i was wondering what it meant. also how old are albus and minerva in this? best wishes, salsamous xx

Random factoid of the day....I just saw an AP News article saying that some group of sex therapists have pronounced that sex, exclusive of foreplay, should ideally last 3 to 13 minutes.  http://preview.tinyurl.com/3bxgfz"Researcher Eric Corty said he hoped to ease the minds of those who believe that “more of something good is better, and if you really want to satisfy your partner, you should last forever.”They are clearly working w/ a totally muggle client base, w/o any clever Pali spells....

That was a wonderful chapter. Loved the fruit-cheese-wine-dinner (love to have this myself) as well as the Dream Angus story and the lullaby. I'd like another fanfiction of yours where Albus and Minerva spend some weeks in summer on the island, some years later.....Thank you for this great fic!

Lovely + HOT as always. That cottage sounds adorable, and I think it's cool that the island resembles the McGonnagal cliffs. And I LOVED that he carried her over the threshold. It's so symbolic, in so many ways.

Wow if there weren't gales outside at the moment I would be outside in the rain cooling down <vbg>. Yet another good chapter and the cottage and island sound perfect! Looking forward to chapter 3

Yay, the second chapter. That wasn’t too long to wait for it, so THANKS for updating so quickly!!

The cottage and the island itself sound absolutely amazing. I can see why Albus is so fond of it and it reminded me of the McGonagall Cliffs. Being able to sit on the cliffs and watch the eagles and the seals playing, obviously not together (haha) would be so wonderful. I’m glad Albus finally relented and decided to share his little island and the quaint cottage with Minerva.

Minerva is such a flirt and I love that about your Minerva. She seems to appreciate the playful side of Albus and doesn’t mind showing that side of her own personality. Her teasing him about his “adequate” kiss is a prime example. That was priceless and of course his teasing in return brought a silly grin to my face. They seem like lovers who will spend a lifetime together having fun, regardless of what they might be doing.

How romantic of Albus to carry Minerva over the threshold. I think it was such a lovely gesture and one that shows just how much she means to him. It’s like he’s making a subtle statement, saying she’s the only witch for him and he’s demonstrating that by bringing her to his island and even carrying her into the cottage like he would his bride. Awwwww.

There was something adorable I noticed in this chapter. Albus does a lot of blushing. It’s so cute and shows just a portion of his shy side. There’s something loveable about the way he behaves sometimes, feeling his idea of carrying her was silly and then blushing as they start upstairs to the bedroom, etc. I love those tender and very real moments.And last but certainly not least…the lemon in this section was wonderful and steamy, as always. You do write the best lemons! Albus slipping beneath Minerva’s robes and pleasuring her was amazing and then as he proved once more just how much he loves her breasts…wow…wow…and triple wow!!

This is an amazing story and I’m really happy that you decided to write it for us. I’d hate to know we almost missed out on this priceless jewel!! Thanks!

Albus's cottage and island sound lovely - I really don't know what he was fussing about!  And when he carried Minerva over the threshold...sigh... that was SOOO romantic!  This was a fantastic, phenomenal, perfect chapter!  Please update soon!

The  high temp here today was more than 15 deg. F above average, and this story is why!  Very lovely way to wake up . . .and now we know where MM got the idea for her under-sheet-diving that I think I recall from somewhere in AaOL.

I'm glad they're going to the cottage.  Albus's cooking should be interesting to observe.  Guess Minerva's streak of knowing Potions Masters who like to cook won't be broken.   (Totally trivial aside: what brought Wilspy back from Canada eventually?  Did she leave behind any elfish family over there?  Or does she have any over 'here'?  She is one of my favourite RaM 'minor' characters.)

Looking forward to the frequent updates.

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Hah!!!!!!! They ARE going to the cottage!!  I'm wondering if Albus' culinary skills are as experimental as his fashion sense? He doesn't seem like a follow-the-recipe-to-a-tea kinda guy. Lovely morning, and they got out the door!!!

Dear MMADfan this is so exceedingly beautiful! This whole story of their holiday is so emotional, touching, arousing (very much), of course - a tale of Love!. The landscape, the story, the song, the names for the islands and other features, the cooking and I could go on, it al speaks of the pleasure, care and love with which I feel you have written this (which is present in everything what i've so far read from you). I so much love to read your stories: thanks for the enjoyment, thanks for sharing it with us!

I do believe your writing is responsible for global warming or at least a rather localized version of it.I'm looking forward to seeing the rugged little cottage.

I loved this chapter - I'm assuming this is going to be about their holiday in order not to have to censor this bit of RaM for FF.Net and the Boards?  Anyway, I was ever so chuffed to see this posted, and I'm very glad that they are going to Albus's cottage!  I hope that you update soon!

Yay, the long awaited holiday story is finally here. I’m so psyched about this one. Albus and Minerva have worked hard to get to this point in the RaM universe and I’m so thankful you’ve decided to write and post this story.

The beginning of the story was beautiful. I love how you used the drabble from Circadian Rhythm here. It fit perfectly and it seemed like such a natural occurrence, which makes it even sweeter.

And that was some good morning activity there!! Whew. I think my computer screen fogged up a few times there. I’m sure Albus will make it a point to wake earlier than Minerva at least once on their little holiday together so he can actually fulfill his plan of waking her the way he’d envisioned. Still, whenever they’re together, it’s incredibly hot and the way you write them, the scenes always sound believable, which is a HUGE PLUS!

Ah, so that’s the real reason Albus didn’t want to take Minerva to his island getaway. I’m so happy she finally wore him down and he found the nerve to confess his reasons for offering alternatives. I’m with Minerva on this one…as long as Albus is there and they have food, what more could she possibly need??? Having him all to herself without having to deal with society, either wizarding or muggle, would be an ideal first holiday.

Good grief! It sounds like Blampa brought every breakfast item Minerva had ever eaten. She really outdid herself with their breakfast but it’s good to see her coming into her own as far as serving Minerva. She’s really grown from the beginning of the story, RaM that is.

That was a great first chapter and I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens when they do get to the island. If it’s anything like the banner you’ve created for this one, I’m sure it’s a virtual paradise in its own way.

Looking forward to more!!!

TTFN,

GLM