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Merlin, comparing Audrey's life to his own made him sound like such a bore. Not that her life had been good or anything, to be honest it sounded quite sucky, but something had happened. The only thing that was unique with his life was that his mom was very young when she got him - and that didn't even affect him that much!
"Nothing interesting have ever happened in my entire life", he answered, sounding bitter about it. He was bitter. Why did he have the most boring life one could ever imagine? He looked around the Great Hall and noticed that some students were still staring. It made him pissed off, but uncomfortable. And the lack of comfort was bigger than how angry the staring made him.
"Merlin, why are they even staring?"

Audrey raised her eyebrows.
“Well, I’d rather have a boring, uneventful childhood” she said and grinned. She shook her head and looked around the room, they were like fish in a bowl.
“I don’t know, either they’re staring at me because of my accident, or on both of us because of the intercourse” she said and shrugged. She couldn’t care less why they were staring, but realised that Noel might find it awkward if they stared because of the last thing. She looked at him.
“Are you embarrassed?” she asked quietly, not that anyone could hear them talk, considering the level of noise in the Great Hall, but still.

Her talking so naturally about their "intercourse" (he didn't like the word. It made him feel weird) made him even more uncomfortable. His "love you" even came to mind, and he wanted to die on the spot. Too much uncomfortableness at once.
"What?" he asked, although he heard her. He just needed some time to figure out what to say. He was, indeed, embarrassed. It wasn't because of that they had done it, but more because everyone seemed to know. "Psshh, no!", he continued and took another sip of his drink.

Audrey smiled, but somehow, she didn’t believe him. She decided not to say anything however, he needed to handle it himself. She took another bite of her food and leaned back in the chair.
“I’m just really impressed on how fast rumours spread around here, it’s kind of magnicficent if you think about it” she grinned and shook her head. It would probably all be gone by the end of the week. She yawned and took a sip of her drink. She was really tired.

Nothing ever happened at Hogwarts, so when something actually did happen, it was on everyones lips. Noel couldn't blame anyone - he had spread rumours himself. Although it was quite annoying and embarrassing when the rumours were about yourself.
"And annoying", he added, taking another bite of his food. He looked up at Audrey and then behind her, where William sat. William, who stared at him, with dissapointment in his eyes. (Noel's obsession for William hade made it easier to read him.) Hell, he had probably heard about the rumour. Everyone had. But William really looked dissapointed; and it made Noel feel ashamed. His gaze dropped from William down to his plate.

Audrey noticed the change in Noels face. She turned her head, and saw William stare at them. She turned to Noel again. She decided not to say anything, since it seemed like Noel had a hard time with all the staring. She cleared her throat and stood up.
“I’ll go to bed, maybe they’ll be easier on you then” she said with a little smile. She picked up her bag and drank the rest of her drink. She didn’t wait for an answer, and walked out of the Great Hall. She worked her way upstairs, and went into the Gryffindor common room. It was empty. She sat down on one of the sofas, leaning back. She hoped this wouldn’t break Noel, because it would technically be her fault.

Audrey disappeared before he even got to say goodnight. He was now alone, and some of the staring stopped. William's gaze, however, was still placed on Noel. Noel started to feel guilty. Guilty over getting it on with Audrey while he still had feelings for William. He wasn't even sure which one of them that he liked the most. Not that he could choose between them, though. Both of them mattered a lot to him. He took another mouthfull of food and when he looked up from his plate again William sat in front of him. Quite scary, to be honest. How could he have been so silent?
"So, I've heard about you and Swan", he said, still having that disappointment in his eyes. The guilt grew even bigger inside of Noel. He just nodded, not sure of what to say.
"And - you know, I can't say that it doesn't bother me", William continued. "Because it does. And not because it was with a Gryffindor or anything, but because I-, I like you." Noel felt vomit coming up his throat. He wasn't disgusted - but it all became too much. Holy fucking hell, what was going on?
"I'm sorry, I have to go", was Noel's only response. He couldn't deal. He swung his bag over his shoulder and quickly walked out of the Great Hall. Luckily, William didn't follow him. He worked his way down the stairs to the Dungeons and entered the common room. The eyes of the students were immediately drawn to him, but he ignored it and walked into his dorm. He didn't even bother to change into his pyjamas - he just dropped down on his bed. Thinking. Thinking really hard.

Audrey was up for a while, before going into her dorm. She went into the bathroom, and was sure to take her birth control pill. Her tracking calendar told her that she should expect her period in four days. She crossed over another day in it before changing into pyjamas. She climbed into bed, and fell asleep unexpectedly quickly. However, she woke up a few times, unfortunately the day’s events didn’t stop her nightmares.

When the sun finally rose, she sat up in her bed, yawning. Her shoulder was a million times better, now she could move it properly. She removed the cloth and put on her clothes. She could even tie her tie with minimal pain. She glanced at her watch, she was a bit early. She grabbed her bag, and went down all the stairs to the entrance hall. She went outside, and went to the lake. She sat down, leaning towards a tree. She closed her eyes, thinking about the day before.

Noel barely slept at all. He felt like crying - his emotions were all over him, but he couldn't. He would wake everyone up. And... He wasn't the one who cried. He really couldn't remember the last time that he cried.

The next day came and he felt like crap. He had never, ever, felt that crappy before. He usually felt a bit crappy - but this was on another level. He was still full of emotions and he couldn't figure out what he was supposed to do. One half of his brain said "Audrey" whilst the other yelled "William". Klaus was just about to leave the dorm when Noel spoke to him.
"Can you tell Audrey that I'm sick?" he asked. He had never lied about being sick before - but what the hell, he was in his sixth year. It was time for it. And plus, he kind of was sick. Emotions could really fuck someone up. Klaus just nodded as a response and walked out of there.

Audrey stood up after half an hour, and walked in the Great Hall. There, Klaus walked up to her.
“Hey, Noel told me to tell you that he’s sick” he said, and Audrey nodded.
“Okay, thanks” she said, actually giving him a smile. When he left, Audrey wondered if Noel actually was sick, or blamed on it. She decided not to think about it too much, and sat down with Eric and John instead. Today, the eyes weren’t drawn to her as much. People had probably other stuff to think about.

As she finished her breakfast, she stood up, picking up her bag. She went to her Charms class, and realised that she didn’t have a stalker anymore. It was kind of nice, but at the same time kind of alone. She had gotten used to having someone to talk to every minute if she wanted too. Now she only spoke with her Quidditch friends in the classes. When she exited the classroom when the lesson was over, she considered going and see if she could reach Noel, but she decided to let him be alone, he probably needed it.