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His threat didn't work this time either. He sighed. He couldn't come up with any suggestions. Noel had, during the hours that he had spent with Audrey, realized that he is a total bore. He usually spent his Friday evenings in the Slytherin common room, either curled up with a book or trying to talk some sense in a couple of younger students.
"I, uh-", he begun, clearly self conscious. "I don't know what we could do."
Why did he even say that he couldn't go to the party in the first place? He could've just went, stayed there for a couple of hours and then leave. Would it really do him any harm? Merlin, he hated himself sometimes.

Audrey sighed, but didn’t say anything. There was no use. He was just going to get pissed, tell her to fuck off and then they would be back on square one. Again. She got off the table and sat down on the chair.
“Fine” she said shortly, pulling up a book from her school bag. Luckily she carried a good book with her in the school bag, in case of emergencies. Like now. She opened it, and pulled the bookmark away.
“Let’s just stay here” she said and started reading.

A second after she started, she heard steps she recognised.
“Miss me already, do you?” she asked, and turned her head. Eric came up from behind one of the shelves.
“You know that’s creepy, right?” he said and Audrey sniggered. She looked over at Noel.
“Eric, meet Noel. Noel, this is Eric” she said and nodded towards the brownhaired Ravenclaw student. Eric smiled and put out his hand towards Noel.
“Hi, I’m Eric. Nice to meet you. I’m sorry for your loss, wouldn’t want to be stuck with Audrey for two weeks straight” he said jokingly, and sniggered towards Audrey, who put out her tounge.
“Piss off, you know you love me” Audrey said and Eric turned his attention to Noel again.

Noel recognized Eric. He had seen him before, but hadn't cared enough about him to actually learn his name. At least he knew now. He took his hand and shook it slowly. Eric's joke, unlike Audrey's, was actually funny. And true!
"Noel Faulkner", he presented himself. "It's truly a terrible situation that I'm finding myself in." He said it jokingly and with a small smile, but he meant it. He wasn't sure that he'd ever felt this bad for himself. Audrey, he found, came straight from hell. (In reality, he was probably the one that came from hell. But lets not ruin his point.)

A small envy grew inside of Noel. Audrey had and was everything that he wasn't. She was cool. He was just... Noel. What did people say about him, behind his back? He was sure that he didn't want to know about it.

Audrey glanced at Noel when he spoke. She knew he wasn’t joking, but Eric was unaware. He laughed and winked towards Audrey, who rolled her eyes. Eric turned to Noel yet again.
“Pleasure. I don’t know if Audrey told you, but there is a party tonight, if you want to come” he said with a smile. Poor Eric, always so trusting with everyone, not knowing that Noel was a boring Prefect who chose to be a Teacher’s Pet before having fun. Audrey considering pointing that out, but she didn’t say anything, since she wanted Eric to find out himself. Audrey leaned back in the chair, watching the two guys in front of her. She had known Eric since her first day at Hogwarts, and he had always been a nice friend. He had told her that the Sorting Hat had considering him for Hufflepuff before deciding for Ravenclaw. Audrey could actually see Eric as a Hufflepuff, at least with the whole loyal and friendship-part.

Noel actually considered it this time. A party couldn't be that bad, right? And if he didn't go, he would have nothing to do. Just like normal, then.
"Well", he said, looking at Eric. "I might come. Thanks for inviting me, anyway." He smiled stiffly at him and suddenly remembered why no one had invited him to a party before. Because he didn't fucking belong there! Shit. He would really make a fool out of himself, he was sure of it. He swallowed sharply and looked back at Audrey, who seemed to sit comfortably in her chair. This should've made her happy, at least. Would this make her shut up? He hoped it would.

Eric smiled.
“Of course, I promise it will be fun” he said, before turning towards Audrey.
“Be nice now” he said with a grin before he turned and walked out the library. Audrey leaned on the chair, so it only stood on two out of four legs.
“It seems like your only problem with the last invite was the person who gave it to you” she said and raised her eyebrows. She stretched her arms and put them behind her head. She hoped Noel would say yes, even he could have fun. At least, that’s what Audrey hoped. But then again, it was Noel we talked about here, he would probably bore the party from miles away.

Noel watched Eric as he walked out of the library. His nervous thoughts about the party shut out whatever comment Audrey had to say. He just saw her lips moving and her eyebrows raising.
"Sorry", he said and sat down in a chair. "Didn't hear you." He wondered if Audrey had thoughts like this before her first party. Was she nervous? She probably wasn't. She was a Gryffindor, could they even be nervous? Didn't that go against the whole brave-thingy? It probably didn't, but anyway.

“Nothing” she said and smiled.
“So, party time. I’ll need to get changed, and I suggest you change too” she said.
“You’ll probably recognize some people, there are even some Prefects there. Well, sometimes” she continued and let the chair back on its four legs. She was already thinking of what dress she was going to wear. Probably the blue one, which matched her eyes. She stood up.
“You’re ready to go?” she asked and looked at him, but he seemed to be lost in thoughts.
“Hello, Earth to Noel? Did the thought of being fun for an evening turn your brain to smush or something?” she asked with a grin.

Noel heard nothing of what Audrey said. She only brought his attention with the "Earth to Noel", thing. It didn't really make him happy. He was still upset with her and she really only made it much worse. Fuck, could she even try to be nice? Even though he didn't like to admit it, he had feelings. And being a teenager made them even more sensitive.
"That's it. Five points from Gryffindor", he said and stood up from his chair. "For being a bitch." Her grin provoked him. He was not going to tolerate her crap anymore.

Audrey stared at him. Was he serious?
“Really? I don’t think “being a bitch” is a valid reason for you to take points from Gryffindor” she said and shook her head. She started to walk.
“I tried to be nice, but you spaced and didn’t hear it” she said coldly and looked back at him. She was on her way to the Gryffindor Tower to get changed, and she didn’t really cared if he followed her or not. She thought that he did, he was a rule-follower after all, and as a Prefect he wouldn’t break the rules, especially not the rules of the Headmasters project. She scratched her neck, it started to get frustrating. She reminded herself to go to the Hospital Wing the next day. She didn’t want Noel to know that, though, but she had to. She looked back again.
“Are you coming?”