Minerva, bless her soul, just wouldn't shut up about this Slytherin first year named Rita Skeeter who wouldn't stop spreading gossip everywhere she went.
Apparently she claimed that she saw a pair of Hufflepuff sixth year boys snogging in some empty corridor.
One of the kids had a marriage contract, and now with this recent bit of gossip the contract was in jeopardy of breach.
Ah, young love.
What he wouldn't give to stick his tongue down Gellert's throat just once...
Sadly his one true love just didn't swing that way.
Nope, Gellert liked innies, not outies.
Gellert wasn't even willing to experiment with polyjuice.
That argument didn't end well... poor little Ariana...
What was going on again? Right, staff meeting.
"Minerva, there will be no need to punish this Rita girl. If these two Puffs have found love together, then who are we to punish her for outing them? Now they can be themselves out in the open. As far as the contract is concerned, it's a win-win. No one should be forced to marry a girl if they find them to be yucky."
"O...kay, that's a very liberal stance – but Albus! They're not even ga-"
"So what's next!"
Nothing was done to stop her.