Katherine blushed a little when Chris kissed her hand. "It's nice to meet you Chris." she said smiling. He was a wizard?How coincidence. "Level 3?" she raised her eyebrows. Which department on Level 3? She couldn't remembered precisely. "Well. I'm new at the Ministry. I'm working on Level 9" she said

"Have you noticed how many of the departments heads are leaving its like they just suddenly chose to do that or something." Chris took a big bite of one of his sandwiches and then said "So tell me what do you like about level 9?"

"Yeah. Mine was resigned about a couple days ago. Dunno what happen thought." Katherine said taking a sip of her hot chocolate. "Did your Department Head leaving too?" she asked. What she likes about level 9? "Hmm..It was really quite. I love quite place." she laughed "How about Level 3?"

"My Department Head is still there but she has been on vacation for the last several days and has not been in her office for days. I work on the charms committee for my level and i love my job i could not ask for more." Chris took a big sip of the drink in front of him and said "So tell me about your family."

"Oh she is?Maybe she took a long vacation." Katherine said. "Wow. Your job sound really interesting." she said smiling and took a sip of her hot chocolate. "Well. I have a sister who currently just starting her first year at Hogwarts. My father is half Italian and British. And my mother is British. And my family live in Devon. How about you?" she asked.

It was weird and uncommon but Nils ordered for a plate of salad and some water, he needed to stay healthy for the department he worked in, able to catch those sneaky people around the ministry. He chewed on his green salad as he read the newspaper, looking to the street every now and then.

Frida stepped into the muggle restaurant after making sure that her Ministry identification was hidden, and her appearance would pass for being muggle. There was a long row of pastries and bread under a glass display near the front of the restaurant, and since Frida didn't particularly feel like sitting down today, she settled for examining the baked goods, debating on what to buy.
She caught sight of a couple familiar-looking individuals, who had to be employees at the Ministry, and nodded politely while feeling her stomach growl. 'Gah. Now...what do I want?'

'Hm?' Frida turned and spotted Gavin almost directly behind her, "You can call me Frida you know. We aren't at work." She smirked slightly and asked one of the employees behind the counter to bag up a few slices of sesame seed bread, along with half a loaf of sourdough...though Frida wasn't quite finished with her order. "You here for baked stuff too? I tell ya I've been craving this stuff all day." And then it hit her. Frida had failed to tell several people about what was going on, and they were ones that Frida saw nearly every day.
Frida had changed out of her robes and into a navy blue top that was a little billowy, making it a bit difficult for people to 'notice' anything; unless they happened to be looking for something, even if it was getting increasingly harder to hide. "Anyone else happen to follow you?" She raised her left eyebrow, figuring that Gavin would guess that Frida's use of the word 'anyone' meant Tasha. "We could sit if you'd like too..." 'Rather than stand by the front and nom on bread, yeah.'

"I know..." Gavin replied with a smile, knowing even with Frida as a superior he didn't often call her by her last name in the office. The charms worker just used to in deference to her married status when he wanted to. "Baked stuff or whatever else to eat for lunch," he answered, "the cafeteria can only do so much." Tilting his head as she spoke of of cravings, Gavin didn't readily think of any off about it just figured it was a normal craving. "Might try some then if its good enough to be craved," he mused with a chuckle.

Gavin shook his head knowing full well who the everyone in Frida's question meant. "Nope...I'm all alone this time. Tasha had something she needed to finish first," he answered having asked her discretely before he left the office. Just because they had revealed feelings in front of the whole conference room didn't mean they broadcasted it all the time. "Sure...I think we can manage that."

Frida nodded and took a bite out of a sesame seed bread slice once the one employee handed her the bag. "I've got plenty to share I'm sure." She got a few other types of bread, including marble and pumpernickel before gesturing towards a smaller table next to a large window and walked over, taking a seat that faced the entrance.
'Thank goodness they have fresh mustard here...' Frida thought as she noticed the little rack of condiments against the wall beside the table. 'I'm gonna need more than this perhaps. Ah well.' She would wait until Gavin joined her, or ordered whatever he wanted at the front before starting anything else. It was bad enough that her conscience was starting to send her on another guilt-trip. 'Way to leave your old friends out of your life...' Yeah. Lovely. Frida sighed a tiny bit, telling her brain that she should stop being so hard on herself.

Gavin gave a nod at her offer, watching her take her bag-wrapped purchase from the restaurant worker and walk off for a table before turning back to the counter. He debated accepting her offer of food but opted to just purchase a sandwich of his own and when it was ready soon after, paid for the purchase and moved to join her at the table. "So...anything new with you?" the charms worker asked as he sat down at the table on the chair across from her friend. The man trying to to think of what to talk about that wasn't work related or anything they had talked about recently. "You've seemed to be quieter then usual at work lately."

Frida had just taken an unneccessarily large bite of bread with mustard when Gavin joined her at the table, and struggled just a tad to swallow without choking. 'Okay...smaller bites.' "There's, um,-" She started off saying and took out an athletic bottle from her small purse and took a sip of water. 'That's better.' "Malachi and I have been working on expanding our home...you know, more rooms and such." Gosh it was great not to have construction workers to worry about, and needed only a permit from the Ministry.

She took a smaller bite of food and swallowed it more successfully this time, "I've had a lot of things to think about recently. And it's very possible that I will be going on a leave of absence in the near future, I have been looking through a list of semi-retired Obliviators to take care of things while I'm gone." Frida sipped some more water and glanced up at Gavin, knowing that he was probably concerned, or peeved, or possibly a combination of both. She smiled lightly and said, finally, "Mal and I are expecting our first child. I'm due in the beginning of September." 'So by the time the Hogwarts train leaves for the next term, hopefully everything will be well and done with at the hospital.'

As his companion nearly struggled to swallow Gavin watched her to make sure she was alright before starting in on his own lunch. He listened wholehearted as he chewed, nodding in understanding to her words yet keeping his comments quiet until she was doen with her answer. Gavin was about to take another bite of his sandwich when his friend dropped the first shoe.

"Oh..." he replied at first taken by surprise as he lowered the food back to his plate. Had his luck struck again? Was another friend of his leaving the department and perhaps the ministry for good? It certainly seemed that way as he listened to Frida continue on with her talk and plans for her division.

Get a hold of yourself she said leave of absence...not forever.

And when Frida dropped the second shoe his neutral expression turned into a bright smile. "That's certainly a good enough reason to take a leave. Oh Frida Congrats! I'm happy for you both," he replied truthfully. It was good news all around even though he was sure to miss her while she wasn't at the office.

"Thanks, Gavin." Frida smiled and reached over, then gave Gavin a pat on his right shoulder, "I do plan on coming back once everything is in order. Though I expect to stay home for quite some time, you can understand that right?" She couldn't hide how excited she was for much longer, and the fact that Frida would be given a break from work for the first time in ten years was becoming very appealing. Though she would certainly be working in another respect.

"I hope that, when I'm home, I'll invite a couple of people over at a time. You know, to keep up with everything and so that everyone can see-" Frida stopped. Her heart felt uncomfortable for a moment, like it had been squeezed. Instead of finishing her sentence, Frida took another bite of her food and sipped her water again. "Things have been good for you too I hope...? Anything new or exciting?"

Destiny walked into the restraunt. She hasd just finished work adn she was ready to meet Chris for lunch. It'd be fun.

Chris saw someone in the place he had not talked to in a while. "Hey Destiny how are things going with you, you look good just so you know." said Chris giving her a nod in a sort of way he was flirting as well. "Are you doing anything" he asked her.

"Oh, I was just going to have lunch want to join?" she asked. "You look good aswell," she complimented. "Things are going good, I've moved into a new aprtment with Lucy," she said.

"I have not talked to Lucy very much lately I have been very busy helping my division with getting rid of some posters that some people hung up without permission around the ministry." Chris flirted with Destiny some more. "Certainly what are you having for lunch today?" Chris asked.

"I think I'll have some pasta," she said. "Chris, do you wanna be like together as in boyfirned and girlfriend," she asked.

Destiny had said words he wanted to hear it made him so happy. "Sure id love for us to be together thats so sweet of you to ask." He smiled at her and held her hand in his. "I like muggle pizza more than anything im still not sure what to get though." Chris said.

"Whatever you want you should get," Destiny smiled. "So what kind of posters were they?" Destiny asked.

"I'm not sure yet what was on the posters it was my department head that told our level the news. Some of the divisions were called to investigate whats going on. I would hope that one of the employees i just sent out will find what was on those posters. So do you want to come to my house in Liverpool right now?" Chris asked her. He leaned over and kissed her softly. "I want to show you my town."

"Sure and after we could watch a movie at my place or something," she said as she got up and left with her boyfriend.