Edward laughed heartily and embraced Dora and gave her a quick kiss. HE wasn't into public displays of affection. "Well love I am here, not as a visitor, but as an employee! I have been assigned to the Auror and Hit wizard dept. as an Auror, of course" he hastily added. "I took a moment to steal a kiss and tell you I was here and I will meet you at your house this evening." Edward explained. Then he felt bad for intruding on her work space and turned to her fellow employee and said, "Hello, I am Dora's Yankee boyfriend, Iam sure you surmised as much. Anyway the name's Edward and I'll just be leaving, sorry to interrupt!"

Dora felt color flush her cheeks as she looked over her shoulder at Mel and quickly disentagled herself from Edward. There would be plenty of time for that later she thought. "As Edward said... well, this is edward!!" Dora squealed. Looking lovingly at her boyfriend she sighed he was so tricky!! "Ok love I will see you in a bit!! I will send a memo up when Im done with work" then she turned back to Mel blushing quite a bit and shakily made her way back to her seat. "Sorry about that! I was not expecting that!

Torquil sauntered back into the office a few minutes after Melanie had gotten there. He quirked an eyebrow when he saw that the annoyingly chipper girl had a boyfriend.. Well.. Let's hope he can put up with it.. He thought to himself as he settled himself in his chair.

Dora didn't even scowl as the immensely rude man entered back into the room. Nothing could kill her buzz right now. Turning to him she said, "Even though you seem to be so bloody rude that proper manners are above you, I am Dora and you are?" she was still smiling away as she said this. There was no reason to be so haughty when they were OBVIOUSLY going to be working together.... well, as long as Dora could keep a check onher temper she would be fine.

Melanie was rather surprised when a young man entered the room looking for Dora, and then, slightly shocked as Dora sprung on him, after all explained, she introduced herself to Edward as well, she giggled " So that's Edward" she repeated teasingly poking Dora on the ribs.

She noticed Torquil entering. She was still doubtful on which end they were. Was he mortally offended by her?

She could tell Dora was making an extra effort to be something similar to polite, she wanted to laugh at the tension he provoked in her " better to be friends folks.. after all you are going to work together.." she said, making it sound like she was talking to herself, as she stood up from Dora's desk and went to sit on her own chair. Settling a position as a Division Head... or something like that.

Turning from that dreadful man Dora smiled broadly at Melanie, "Yes, that is my Edward!" Dora squealed. She then composed herself and teasingly said to Mel, "I will try to behave myself, BOSS". Dora couldn't help but giggle. She knew that Mel was trying to get their animosity under control, and as she said, she would TRY to be civil...but she really wasn't making any promises. "Alright, are we gonna get started on some mock stuff or are we working on some ideas for the Quidditch World Cup?" Dora was so excited she was nearly bouncing in her seat.

Melanie sighed a little, she was glad that Dora got her message and laughed a little at her boss comment. She thought about Dora's question " I think we can start to brainstorm about some emergency for the Quidditch cup, like basic knowledge that almost everyone in the organization could have to treat the most simple cases as bad spells... by the way, what do you think will be the most common spells that go wrong during the Quidditch cup? It's good for us to be prepared.." she took a notebook out from a drawer and an enchanted quill to write everything said in that office.

ooc: since we're playing in advance from the conference... i don't really know what we're supposed to do yet xD let's stall

Dora put on her serious persona.... hmmmm what would be the most common spell to go wrong during the World Cup? Dora thought for a moment more and said, "Are we talking spells the spectators are casting or spells Ministry Officials or Quidditch Officials are casting?" It may sound silly to ask that but she was honestly curious.


ooc: sure thing... i'll ask some silly questions and kill time

Melanie saw, by the corner of her eye, the quill writing in a very delicate type of letter " I think we can aim for both, though the most common will be the spectators spells, you know, camping can be really tricky sometimes, someone may try to secure their tent and end up ripping someone's pyjama's off.." she rolled hereyes discreetly in the direction of Torquil " so, let's, for now, focus on the spectators spells, which ones do you think will be more common to go wrong?"

Dora thought on this. "Well... Acciocould create a problem if something they are summoning is a bit away and someone ends up getting smacked in the head or something." Dora ot to thinking some more, that wasn't exactly dangerous, only irksome... "Binding and fastening magic might be a bit tricky. Say someone intends to fasten a chair to the ground and they miss and ties someone up." Dora threw those out there with a shrug. She was finding it hard to concentrate now that she knew Edward was probablyon level two right now. She sighed and noticed that her hair had turned baby pink... she was daydreaming a bit. eep! quit it Dora! she scolded herself.

Melanie chuckled a little at Dora's hair, baby pink... would her baby be a girl? She wondered absent-mindedly.... "hmm..." she said concentrating on what Dora was saying " those could be a problem, accio'ing the wrong things could also be problematic, let's imagine they say something like accio binoculars or something, how many thousands of binoculars will there be? But you're focusing on misuse of spells, I was referring to something more like... spells that can be incorrectly cast, and which ones are more likely to be, lets say... a protective spell to put on a tent, people might want to do those, to prevent stranger to enter, but it's not an easy spell to cast, not everyone will be able to do it, not at least at first, what do we do in these cases? Let's say they cast it and then not even themselves can enter the tent?" she was speculating a little, but it was true, these kinds of things were very likely to happen...

Dora thought about this then said, "I am not being rude or trying to shirk our responsibilities, but isn't that something the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad should be concerned with?" She seriously hoped Mel didn't find her rude. "Should't we be worried about people bewitching things and things of that nature?" Dora muttered.

Melanie considered this for a while "You right, let me correct then, invented spells to protect and stuff like that, people might try to come up with some brilliant idea.." she frowned a little " does that make sense?" she ended um saying with a smile.

"Okay. Well we would first need to attempt to counter or lift said spell. We could try to lift the experimental charm by using the typical counter for a protective spell," Dora paused for a moment,"A lot like we lifted C.C.'s Disilussionment Charm. The same basic idea anyway. Right?" Dora really wanted to be more helpful with the charms aspect of the job, but she was initially in the Invisibility Task Force, so her Experimental Charms work was't quite up to par just yet. Why didn't I train a bit more for this she asked herself.... Oh well, she was learning as she went.

Melanie nodded "Yes... Yes... that's all right..." she yawned. "I'm so tired all the time!" she said before continuing "well, we know that at least one of our jobs will be to invent spells only for this event, the Quidditch Cup, any ideas of useful ones? So we can start and make a list..." she looked at her quill, it was writing every word said in that meeting, she shook he head and touched the paper with her wand, making it go white again, then she touched the quill.

Torquil was pretending to pay attention to Melanie and Dora, but really.. he wasn't. The girl just prattled on about anything, the only thing he really liked was listening to Melanie's voice as she spoke, she had a very pretty voice. It matched her beautiful self..

Who cared if she was pregnant or had a boyfriend.. She was gorgeous.. there was no doubting that. "So..." He said looking at the two of them. "Instead of sitting here inventing spells for who knows what.." He said looking at them, "Perhaps more mock missions.. or even calling it a day?" He said as he looked over at Melanie, "You need your rest.. and we need more to do.. later.." He said with a nod.

Melanie was startled at Torquil's voice. He had been so quiet she had almost, almost forgot he was there. " Well we have to invent, and sort out which spells - from the ones we receive here - can be useful for the Quidditch Cup, is one of the jobs that were given to us..." she looked at him narrowing her eyes a little " But I think you're right, maybe we should call it a day... we've been babbling for quite a while now haven't we?" she smiled discreetly at his words, I need my rest.. how thoughtful of him, she added sarcastically.

"But I think you're right, I have to go now, I still have some things I need to go get from Diagon Alley before heading home..." she said, getting up and placing her bag on her shoulder " Well... that's it then, I guess I'll see you both tomorrow, maybe you could do some homework.. and sort out some spells for us to work on?" she added hopefully, it would make the job really easier if they did that.

She threw a kiss in the air for Dora.

"Hmm.. well if you say so Miss Hale." He said with a smile as he watched her get up and put her bag over her shoulder. Now was the time to follow her, perhaps see where she was going. "Yes, I will do that.." He said as he too stood up, "I think it is time for me to go as well.. Dora.." He nodded as he walked out the door behind Melanie.

"Sounds good to me, Mel!" Dora said jumping up. She was excited to see Edward! She threw a disdainful look at Torquil and gave him a curt nod and swept out of the room.

Torquil entered the office quietly, stealthily, attempting to be as quiet as he could. But as he entered, he could see that his stealth was in vain, as he was the only person in the room.

He sighed and ran his hand through his already tousled blonde hair. How many times had he done that the night before? He slunk to his desk and sat down, attempting to concentrate but failing miserably. He really couldn't get Melanie out of his head, first the image of her kissing Craig was permanently ingrained in his mind, as was the look in her blue eyes as she gazed up at him, after he had un stuck her ankle.

He cared about her, that was for sure... But she was already happy.. He didn't think he could make her happier.. His plan was to ignore her from now on, until they found a replacement.. Maybe he could get Andi back in here for awhile..

He sighed more, his eyes narrowing as he looked down at the papers on his desk.

Melanie entered the room wearing a pair of comfortable flats on her feet, she had a bag under her arm with the shawl he gave her. She had told Craig she would vanish it, but she really didn't find the courage for that, after all it was a perfectly good shawl..

She entered, almost not making a sound, today she was wearing a pretty autumn dress, in shades of grey and baby blue, she strolled along the office singing a tune she had heard on the radio while she took a shower.

Since it was early, she didn't care to inspect the office, there wasn't probably anyone there, so her shock was tremendous when she passed Piper's old desk and saw Torquil's blond hair. She almost gasped as her heart started racing in her chest, she swallowed to free her throat "hm... Good Morning Torq..." she said to him, her voice sounded much more sweet and friendly than she would have liked it to, it didn't make sense for her to be nervous around him.

Torquil heard humming.. he looked up and saw with a shock the Melanie was in the room.. Wow, she can walk quietly.. He thought to himself. Either that or he had been so lost in his thoughts, he just hadn't heard her.

He watched her as she walked by, looking quite breathtaking in her grey and blue dress. The blue in the dress, made her blue eyes stand out.. in a way that was almost heart wrenching to him.

He looked down at his simple black slacks and dark purple button shirt, He was dressed casually, but professionaly.

He closed his eyes for a moment as he heard her sweet voice fill the room with music. Ahh Melanie.. He thought as he looked up at her briefly, a small smile on his face. "Good Morning Miss Hale." He said in a swift voice as he quickly looked back down at the work on his desk.

Melanie was a bit confused by the tone he was using with her, Miss Hale? " I have your shawl, I thought you might need it.." she said, stretching the bag in his direction with a polite smile, he looked good today, it was always nice seeing how people played with the colour of their eyes.

Like her, he was wearing one that made his eyes stand out, they looked brighter, closer to Piper's purple, since his were a bit darker. She wasn't sure what to say, somehow she felt like she needed to apologize for Craig's awfully long kiss, but at the same time, there was nothing wrong in that... still..

She shifted her weight feeling a little embarrassed " So, you've met Craig.. he was very thankful for your concern by my well being " she lied smoothly.

Dora walked into the office ready to start work with the others who had been from the Invisibility Task Force. Ben had said that the two Divisions, even though joined, would be working on two seperate sets of tasks for the World Cup. She barely gave any notice to the other two in the office and went and took a seat at a desk nearer to Abigail's and grumled a little hello before laying her head upon the desk. She was ridiculously tired this morning!

Torquil kept looking at his papers as he heard Melanie speak, he looked up only to see that she was stretching a bag toward him. "Hmm, don't want to get to close to me ehh? Can't blame you.. I feel the same way. He thought as he stretched out his long arm and took the bag from her. "Well, Andi should like it, I will probably give it to her." He said as he took the shawl out of the bag, and with a quick wave of his wand, the shawl had vanished, on its way to his sister.

"Yes, he seems very nice." He said lying.. Of course he seemed nice to Melanie, not to him. But of course, it was Melanie that counted. He raised an eyebrow as she spoke next and he shook his head a bit. Somehow he very much doubted that, but he might as well go along with it. "Well, I didn't want anything to happen to you.." He said honestly, as he brushed his hair out of his eyes and went back to his work.