SPOILER!!: Minerva
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Bazinga 
Minerva felt so many emotions she was happy and sad, but that was nothing new for the term this term. She smiled as he seemed so taken by everything, but her smile didn’t last and a frown became apparent. “Ethan.. I’m sorry.. I won’t bug you anymore. I have distracted you way to much this term.” She knew he had his mind towards her way to much and she appreciated everything he had done, but she needed to be there to support him more. She felt like she was failing as a girlfriend not helping him study more or pushing him to study more.
Minerva felt herself blush as he talked about the nerves. She felt so stupid for as much as she blushed and how nervous she was, but he was so cute that night and it was so perfect. She never could figure out why he made her so nervous, no other guy had made her that flustered. “Well that made one of us. I hated it.” She chuckled a bit to his reaction to her divination comment, “I don’t think. I know. This has been a wonderful two years even with some of the stuff that has went on.” They didn’t have perfect, but close enough for her. She thought of some of the issues that had come up, she knew that all of them were from her being dumb, but he always stuck by her.
She wiped the tears as he said not to.. Sorry love to late. She had just too many emotions going through her with all of this. Watching his face with the letter she couldn’t help but shed a few more tears knowing what it said and knowing what all this meant. She didn’t mean to cry, but the realization that he wouldn’t be here next term was way too strong in her head. “I.. I wanted to do it Ethan. You deserve much more, but I hope you like it. One of the items I need to explain.” She felt a bit nervous, scared even that he might think it was silly. She watched as he pulled things out, “Well the herbology gloves I think don’t need explaining, nor the frame, or the Ravenclaw panting, or the eagle stuffed animal.” she smiled at the last item knowing it was something silly, but she had liked it when she saw it over Christmas. Watching him pull out the pocket watch she smiled a sentimental smile. “That is going to need some explanation.. It.. It’s part of me.. Something so important to me that I want it to be with someone that is so important to me. It… It’s my dad’s.” She bit her lip trying to control her voice.
She watched his face was he going to think it was stupid… maybe.. it was pretty silly wasn’t it, but she wanted to show him just how important he was to her. How special he was.. “It is from the military..See the symbols.” Of course he saw the symbols, he wasn’t blind.
Ethan furrowed his brow and shook his head a bit as he saw Minerva's frown and heard her words.
"No.. you don't need to apologize. And it's not like you're bugging me. I genuinely want to spend time with you. It's not that.. it's just.." He trailed off a bit, searching for the proper words, not really finding them.
"There was a lot going on this term.." Well, that about summed it up, didn't it? And even though he only had a few weeks left to study, he wasn't doing it without seeing her. He would be fine.
"Maybe you could help me study some. And I mean really study.. without our usual distractions," he said with a chuckle. Not that he normally minded, but he did need to get actual work done and perhaps he could still spend time with her.
His smile grew as she recounted her nerves on their first date.
"Aww, come on.. I know you didn't hate it. Wasn't it kind of exciting to get that butterfly in your stomach feeling and your heart racing?" He knew he had similar yet different feelings around her when they first started dating and he had enjoyed that initial excitement.
"I agree," he grinned.
"It's been a great two years.. and you gotta take the good with the bad," he added with a good-natured shrug. And as difficult some of that had been to deal with, he wouldn't have changed anything as long as he got to be with her. She was worth all that to him.
His eyes kept scanning the letter, going over the words again. He still didn't really have the words to express how very touched he was with all of this. Ethan looked up at Minerva's voice and could see the tears falling.. and he could feel himself getting choked up with emotion.
"I do like it.. I like everything. It's just really so much." He smiled at her, then looked down at the bag, pulling the things out. He wasn't sure he deserved so much from her, but he really appreciated all that she had done. Herbology gloves.. Ethan grinned at those as he took them out of the bag and set them aside. A picture of the two of them.. House-themed gifts.. these all got grins as well.
Then he pulled out a pocket watch and he looked up at her curiously as she spoke. Something important to her.. for someone important.. He listened to her explanation and just grew speechless over how incredibly poignant and significant this was. He looked at her, then looked back down at the watch, running his fingers over the raised symbols.
"This belonged to your father..? And you want me to have it.. I don't even know what to say, Min." He looked back up at her.
"I know how special this has to be for you.. and that makes it even more so for me. I'll cherish it always." Smiling a little bit bigger, he leaned over and kissed her.
"Thanks for this.. for all of this. I really do love you."