Shane looked up and saw that Nicoli was leaving the breakroom. From the looks of it, he had something on his mind. Something he wasn't exactly looking forward to. Well, at leave from what Shane could tell when she noticed that Nicoli had nearly choked oin the lemonade earlier.

"See you later, Vanhatck," Shane said right before he had completely left the room. She smiled and gave a good-bye wave. She walked over to a couch and sat down next to Lola. Her feet were killing her!

Lola subtly shook her hair into place. She definately needed it cut, it was getting too long for her liking. She smiled as Ms. Dalton sat down by her. She was hoping to learn more about the Wizengamot. You know, my father had a friend on the Wizengamot, a long time ago, of course. Lola adjusted her glasses, they seemed to be sliding down her nose more often. Probably need to tighten them, she thought to herself. Anyway, this man was always telling such funny stories about cases brought in front of him. The things that go on in this world! she laughed.

Shane smiled. She hadn't been a member of the Wizengamont very long, but she had some ... funny experiences. Some cases were just weird and ... pointless. But she had to do them anyway.

"Yeah," she said sighing quietly. "Some of the cases that do manage to get in the courtrooms can be quite different and totally unexpected. But no matter how different they may be, you still have to go out there and do your thing."

Lola looked down at her watch. It was her 17th birthday gift, and she always loved to look at it every now and then. On this occassion, she happened to notice the time. "Oh!" she said, surprised. "I've been here a little longer than I was supposed to be," she chuckled. "Not that my superior would mind or anything, but it's best I head back." She stood up and walked over and poured a glass of lemonade. "Might as well take some for the road. It was lovely meeting you, I hope we'll see each other again!" With that, Lola strode out of the breakroom.

Shane smiled at Lola as she walked out of the breakroom. "See you around," Shane said quickly, taking a sip of lemonade. She stood up from the couch and walked back over to Syd.

She poured some more lemonade into her cup and looked at Syd. "Well, I guess I better get back to work," she said, with a quick nod of her head. "I'm sure that someone's looking for you too. Nice talking with you ... again." She smiled at him and waved at him. She turned on her purple heels and walked out of the breakroom, hoping that a case would be coming up very soon.

"Oh I'm not sure what the case involves, we only got the notice a few days ago." She confessed, walking into the breakroom behind him. A few of the other level two Ministry members were there, but Nathan was the only one she knew.

She noticed that Nathan's face was flushed, she gave him a raised eyebrow, she only wished that had caused it.

When he sat down on the couch he didn't pick one of the ends, instead he sat in the middle, so she would have to sit right next to him, he didn't seem to notice that he did that.

She looked at him and sat down and as she did, her behind grazed his thigh. She coughed to cover up her embarrassment and accepted the gilly water he had gotten for her. She giggled at the face he made when he took a sip of his coffee. "Here, let me." she pulled her wand from her robe and touched it to the rim of his cup. A sweet smelling, light brown powder flowed from her wand. It dissolved into the coffee. "Try it now." she told him.

"Oh no, I stayed clear of that thing. I look a fireplace." She said laughing at the fact that she almost thought about using that red box.

She made a face when he moved to the end of the couch, she wanted to snuggle up to him, she wanted to... but that would not have been appropriate for the workplace. So she stayed put. "Its a ground hazelnut and hornbeam mixture." She told him, she blushed when he winked at her. "It's my dad's recipe, good for getting 12 little girls into bed." She giggled.

Did he have any idea what he was doing to her, she wondered. She coughed and straightened up, she was losing her head.

"My younger sister is at Hogwarts, and my sister India is trying to live with muggles all though she got lost on a tube thingy yesterday. I'm not sure what that is." She admitted, hating that she was showing him her ignorance.

"I live a couple of streets over. I..uh.. feel a little out of place around here." She said getting somber. She looked away from him and looked at a picture on the wall, she never would have told anyone else that, not in a million years. Her mother said never show weakness, but Nathan already had her heart why not open up to him.

"Oh no, thats not what I meant," She said blushing at the very thought of trying to get him into bed. Thinking about getting him in the bed made her flustered. She let out a nervous giggle.

"Oh well Tomasina, is having a tough time only because we are not used to such..hmm.. diversity would be the best way to put it." She said utterly thankful for the shift in the conversation. "She is making friends, though.

"Oh I would love to have your helping hand," she said winking at him trying to be playful but when she thought about what she said she was embarrassed. This was becoming akward and she didn't know if it was because of her or if they were both feeling the same way.

Egypt decided to take a chance, she turned around and found him looking at the ground. "Nathan," she said trying to get him to look up at her.

"I have to be really honest with you." She took a deep breath and prepared to lay her heart on the line. "I am really attracted to you, and I have been acting like such a prat around you because you make me nervous." She spilled hoping she was not setting herself up for the royal brush off.

"Yeah Tomasina Riddle is my sister." She saw the flicker of recognition in his face about her last name, she had wondered how long it would have taken for someone to realize that, but it would get ugly if she went into that at the Ministry. "Well I am just glad that we learned English, so the language wouldn't be a problem." She said trying to steer him away from the subject of her last name.

He had never touched her before, and she held her breathe as he cupped her hand like it was the most precious thing in the world. She could have stayed like that for the rest of her life and been happy and content. It made her heart flutter. She felt the heat and the magic of their touch. She could feel the passion between them.

Egypt wasn't strong like her sisters, they could have sat through him letting go of their hands and not skipped a beat, but this hurt. He had looked at him with such..compassion that she thought...well that was trivial now.

She willed herself not to cry, but she could feel her eyes watering. "I understand. I..uh." She stood up trying to find somewhere to escape to. She felt to exposed and stupid.

She would not let him see her cry. She turned around, she couldn't look at him, if she did she would lose control.

She was looking down at the carpet, there was a small burn hole near the edge, someone had dropped their wand in the middle of a charm, she thought.

She had done it, she put herself out there for the first time, and he was going to tell he that he couldn't be with her. She didn't know what to do, she felt like such an idiot. She felt him standing behind her, she wanted him to say that he would make her world alright, but he wasn't available and he was going to say that she was a nice kid. The tears were trickling down her face, she tried to stop them, but they had a mind of their own. She felt his fingers reaching for her hand, and then his hand clasped hers, and then she was facing him. Those eyes, she couldn't bare to look him in the eye, but then touched her face. She closed her eyes, and pushed her cheek against his thumb.

She didn't want it to end, she felt herself being drawn to him before she realize that he was pulling her close. She stopped breathing, what was he doing? Then he did it. He kissed her, not a nasty snog fest, but the sweetest, lightest brush of his lips against hers. It shocked her, but it felt so good.

His lips were chapped, and he smelled of grass and ale. She inhaled his scent, she wanted to remember that smell if he never touched her again, her toes were tingling as he pulled away from her.

She looked at him, he looked nervous like he had did something wrong. Why on earth would he think that? She wiped the tears out of her eyes

"Yes." She told him, she would meet him at the ends of the earth if he asked her to.

Egypt saw the searching look in his eyes. She wanted him to find what he was looking in her. She held his gaze for as long as she could. They were having their moment and for a second the breakroom fell away and it was just the two of them. His grassy rugged masculinity and her softly beating heart.

She was sharply jarred back to the reality of the breakroom, when he pulled back and mutter a thank you. She didn't want him to go, but they were at work, and they were both professionals that had jobs to do. She cursed herself for allowing herself to fall so hard and so fast. She would have to suffer through an entire day concentrating on work and not Nathan.

She nodded in agreement with their planned meeting in the park after work. That second kiss seemed to natural and so right. As if his lips were formed just for her. He found the right spot to kiss her, that just...She sighed when he broke the connection again.

She watched him walk toward the door. She pulled herself together, and then he looked back. She stood and held his gaze, she felt the sorrow in his eyes, and she only hoped it was because of their departure and not because he would have to let her down easy in a private place.

She gave him a smile and then he was gone.

She walked over to the sink and filled a glass with water. She tapped her wand against she side of the glass and a few cubes of ice clanked in the water, chilling it. She took a large gulp and splashed a few drops on her face. It was burning hot. She searched for a towel to dry her face. Once she checked to make sure she didn't have in tear streaks, she headed back to the office to start work on their latest case.