Tonks gave Minerva a warm smile when she entered, and she took a seat across from the desk. "Tea would be lovely, thank you," she said, wiping her sweaty palms on the fabric of her trousers.
"I don't want to take up too much of your time," she started, "but I've run into a...er, situation that...well, needs some discussion." And with luck, not a pink slip. "It's recently come to my attention that I may be needing time off toward the end of the school year."