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He nodded. Butterbeer had always been one of his favourite beverages - mostly because he only drank it like twice a year.
"You're muggleborn?" he asked, looking at her. He didn't know why he asked, because it didn't really matter to him. Plus, Audrey would probably think he's a jerk who only cares about bloodlines and whatnot. Well, too late.

She frowned. Why this sudden question?
“Yeah, do you have a problem with that?” she asked and looked at him. She wondered why he asked, had he just now realised she might not be pure blood? And why did it matter, really? She had head that most Slytherins cared a lot about bloodlines, and that many of them didn’t like people like her, muggleborns. They thought that she was dirty, and that her blood was not worth as much as theirs. She had only been called Mudblood once, and it was a long time ago. She looked suspiciously at Noel, what was his agenda?

"No, no", he said, making apologetic gestures with his hands. "It's just... Interesting." She kind of had a double life, he thought. One with magic and one... without. How did muggles live? How did they survive?
"I'm sorry", he added. "Unnecessary question." He took another sip from his butterbeer and looked away from her. Instead he started looking around the room, trying to see if Klaus was there.

“Yeah, it was” she said and looked at him. Why did he stammer suddenly? She looked around the room, and back on Noel again.
“Did someone say anything to you? About my blood status?” she asked and met his eyes. It might have been a guess, but why would he guess muggleborn at the first try? She wasn’t different from the pure bloods. She looked around the room again, but didn’t see anyone she wasn’t aware of their existence. She looked back at Noel.
“I don’t like people who judge others by their blood line, so if someone said something about me I’d like to know” she said, in the nicest voice possible.

Noel hesitated to tell her about Sean. He didn't want to start any stupid drama or fight. But if he didn't tell her, that would probably also cause drama. He simply had no choice.
"Uh", he begun, still hesitating. "Sean just said that you were muggleborn and stuff like that." He tried to make it sound like it wasn't a big deal, but it probably was, for Audrey.
"Totally ridiculous, if you ask me."

“Stuff? Like what?” she said, and crossed her arms. She looked around the room, and saw the guy she was 99% sure was Sean. She hated when people talked about her behind her back.
“I’m not very fond of people talking about me when I’m not around. Why did he talk to you?” she asked and she felt that the night was ruined. She just wanted to know what was said when she wasn’t around, so she could go to bed and put this horrible first day of the project behind her.

Noel shook his head and turned his face back to her. It would probably hurt her and even though he really didn't like Aubrey, he didn't want to see her hurt.
"It really doesn't matter", he said, accidentally dropping his eyes to her cleavage again. Fuck, he thought to himself. Could he just stop being a teenager for a second and act as a sane person?

Audrey told herself to drop it, even though she didn’t want to. Her hand had automatically gone up to her neck, and she didn’t realized it until now. She let it fall down and looked at Noel.
“Well, I’m going to bed” she said and turned towards the wall where the door appeared.
“I guess day one ends here, I’ll see you tomorrow” she said expressionlessly and walked out of the corridor, her head filled with thoughts. She hated being confused, and she hated knowing that someone talked about her behind her back.

"Yeah", Noel said and felt guilty. Why did he tell her about it? "Good night." He looked at her as she exited the party. He didn't want to leave with her. He wouldn't know what to say. "Oh hey, I'm also leaving now. Because you're leaving, and I don't know what to do without you."
Instead, he turned around and tried to find Klaus, again. He was luckier doing so this time, because he actually found him. He walked up to him, standing there with his Ravenclaw bud.
"Hey!"

Audrey didn’t listen; she was focused on going back to the Gryffindor Tower. She went to her bedroom, cast a silence spell over her bed and got undressed. She climbed into bed and tried to get to sleep, but failed. She sighed. This night would be horrible. She hated those nights, since she needed her sleep.

She couldn’t sleep all night, and when she slept she only did for a few minutes, and woke up screaming, because of nightmares. When the sun came up, she stood up and went into the bathroom. No matter how much makeup she put on, her eyes were bloodshot and she had dark circles under her eyes. She looked like crap. She sighed, and put on her uniform. She was not going to call in sick, she wouldn’t give Noel that satisfaction.

She walked down the stairs to the entrance hall, and leaned against the wall, waiting for Noel to show up. She wondered if he had stayed at the party, but she assumed not. He was a boring Prefect, after all.