tippest och Unicornhorn [PRS]

Noel and Audrey went outside. The weather was really nice and the fresh air felt great to breath in. He sat down, a few metres away from Audrey. The sun shone on his (actually not that pale) face. He lied down. The grass tickled him a little, but it didn't matter. His full energy bar that he had when he woke up was empty now. He was way too tired to sit up.
"I don't know", he said, with closed eyes. "Dumbledore didn't specify that."

Audrey shrugged and looked up in the sky.
“Hey, look who they let out” a voice said and Audrey smiled.
“Hey Eric” she said and he sat down in front of her. Eric looked over at Noel and nodded at him, to let him know that he acknowledged his presence. He turned to Audrey.
“So, last night, what happened?” he asked and Audrey sighed.
“Some idiot is talking behind my back, and I don’t like it” she said and Eric nodded.
“Who?” he asked and Audrey looked at him.
“Sean, from Slytherin” she said and Eric nodded, he knew who Sean was. They switched subject, and started talking about Quidditch. Audrey had her back turned towards Noel, and she and Eric were deep in the conversation.

Sean walked up to Noel, and looked down on him.
“I don’t think it’s fair you gave me detention, I spilled my drink, I couldn’t help that she was there” he said in a low voice, so Audrey and Eric wouldn’t hear him.
“She’ll hurt me, I know it. She threatened me. If someone should have detention, it’s her”

Noel, who had closed his eyes, did not see Eric nodding at him. He did hear him, though. It felt wrong to listen to their conversation, but he couldn't help himself. It wasn't like he could shut his ears off or anything. He even listened to them talking about Quidditch, which he hated. Although he didn't listen to that for too long, because someone started talking to him.

Noel opened his eyes, quite uncomfortable with having Sean looking down at him. '
"Everyone knows that you didn't spill your drink, alright?" Noel began, sitting up. "And don't worry, she wouldn't hurt you. If she does, and that's a big if, she will get lots of detention. Promise." Sean's presence was annoying and it was possible that just looking at him worsened Noel's headache. Ugh, he usually only had these conversations with second graders or something, not seventh graders!

Audrey and Eric kept talking, mostly about Quidditch. After that, they started talking about Christmas break, and where to spend their holidays. Audrey usually celebrated Christmas at Hogwarts, but it had happened that she went home with Eric and celebrated it with his family. Audrey wasn’t very Christmassy of her, but anything that lead to a school break was fine with her. They were talking and laughing, they didn’t even notice that another conversation was taking place a few meters from them.

“I’m just saying, she is crazy, she’ll come up with something. I don’t think she cares about detention, she just wants revenge like the freaking Mudblood she is. She can’t handle a joke” Sean said and crossed his arms.

Noel sighed and looked boringly at him. Could he just let it go? Was he really afraid of a girl? That also was younger than him? Come on Sean, he thought to himself.
"She isn't crazy", he said, not really believing it himself. Although he knew she was a bit crazy, he didn't think that she would ever hurt someone. (He had completely forgot about the scar, for now.) "Just accept that you have detention, alright?" He made eye contact with Sean for a very short moment before he turned around and looked at Eric and Audrey. At least they were having fun, whilst he was stuck with the biggest baby in the entire world. Merlin, being a Prefect could be really tough.

Sean groaned before rolling his eyes and leaving Noel alone.

Eric stood up and smiled.
“I’ll have to find my way back to John. If I’m not asleep tonight, I’ll come watch you” he said and looked at Audrey. The last part, he said a bit quieter. They were next to a Prefect, after all. Audrey nodded.
“Sure” she said and watched Eric walk away. She turned her head towards Noel, who now sat up.
“You’re still alive?” she said with faked surprise in her voice. She grinned and leaned back on her forearms.
“You know what’s the best for a hangover? A big cup of ginger tea with honey. Works like a charm every time” she said and looked up in the sky.

Finally Sean left him alone. Noel sighed, a bit relieved. He looked over at Audrey, who was now alone.
"Uh, not a fan of ginger tea", he said, probably sounding really boring. He immediately remembered parts of the party (he couldn't even remember everything!) and felt ashamed.

“Whatever, just trying to help. How much do you remember from last night?” Audrey asked and shrugged. She lied down on the grass, looking up in the sky.
“What time is it?” she asked and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and let the fresh air into her lungs. She felt how her brain floated away, she was really tired. She clenched her hands, trying to keep herself from falling asleep. How great would it be if she fell asleep and got nightmares in the grass, right in front of Noel? Not very. He would probably make fun of her for the rest of this project, and she wouldn’t allow it.

With an embarrassed look in his eyes, Noel slowly shook his head.
"Not alot", he sighed. Merlin, he really did suck. He was just about to glance at his watch when Cordelia, the other Slytherin Prefect in his year, patted him on the shoulder. Noel turned around and met her dark, almost black, eyes. Cordelia was one of the few girls that Noel could actually talk to without starting to panic after a while, when he realized that it's a girl. He didn't know why that was, though. But it was nice. Panicking wasn't his thing.
"Snape wants to speak to all the Slytherin Prefects", she said, looking him in the eyes before she looked over at Audrey. Although she tried to not look disgusted, she really did. Cordelia came from a family where one of the aunts actually had to change her surname because she got sorted into Gryffindor. That kind of hatred was above Noel's level. "In a few minutes." Noel nodded and told her that she could go ahead, he would come as quickly as he could.

He turned around to Audrey and noticed how tired she looked. The meeting could give her some alone (or sleeping) time. She'd probably appreciate that.
"I guess you understand that you can't follow me", he said, still looking at her.

Audrey opened her eyes when she overheard someone talking to Noel. She looked up, and saw the other Slytherin prefect. Audrey recognized her, but she had never spoken to her. They finished their conversation and Audrey looked up in the sky once again, closing her eyes. She nodded after Noel spoke.
“Yeah, as if I wanted to be in a room with the three of you” she said and waved him away, “it’s not like I’ll run away” she said, breathing in the air. She was looking forward of getting half an hour or so for herself, or how long these meetings now took. She hoped for more than half an hour though. She yawned and put her hands behind her head. She was really struggling to not fall asleep, and unfortunately, it felt like the tiredness was going to win. She considered going for a quick swim in the lake, to freshen up and get more awake, but it was so nice lying in the grass, thinking of anything but the project she was in.