tippest och Unicornhorn [PRS]

He decided to walk behind her rather than next to her, not wanting her to see his face, which had turned into a lighter pink shade. As they met McGonagall he pressed out a smile at her. His focus went to the green liquid as soon as she brought it out. He had seen that liquid before, in his own home. His mother was treated with it. He started thinking about how she really felt, now. It wasn't a big topic in his family and he rarely even thought about it. Hell, what if she was bad again? Not like he'd notice, he was never home and she never talked about herself.
When McGonagall talked to him he turned his gaze from the flask to her face.
"Oh, no problem", he said with a genuine smile on his lips. He loved being appreciated. "It's my duty, as you said."

McGonagall nodded, smiled, and turned to Audrey again.
“I’ll check on you later” she said with a smile before walking away. Audrey groaned and looked down at the flask she had gotten
“As if this will help” she muttered and shoved the flask in her pocket. She had tried what felt like tons of potions to get rid of her nightmares, but none of them had helped. She was about to start walking when a group of students walked by, staring at her. She glared back at them, and they looked a bit afraid actually. She groaned again.
“Really? Am I going to be the freak of the school for the rest of my school life? I better check in on how to transfer schools” she said and shook her head.

"That one does help, though", he said, turning to face her. His mom had tried what felt like thousands of different potions - but that one helped. Or, so he thought. Audreys potion might be different, but he was quite sure that it was the same as his moms. It was the same shade of green. He looked back at the students, but unlike Audrey, he just faced the floor instead.
"Transfer to Durmstrang", he said jokingly, although not sounding very humorous. "Go learn your Dark Arts and wear fur-clothes."

Audrey looked at him, curiously.
“How do you know?” she asked and felt the flask in her pocket. She laughed at his Drumstrang comment.
“Yeah, I think I would look good in fur” she said and twirled, pretending to wear the Drumstrang uniform. She shook her head.
“It’s just a year, I can skip the seventh year and be out of here as soon as it’s summer” she said and smiled. However, she knew she couldn’t, because she wanted to become a doctor, which required het NEWT-tests.

He didn't answer, it felt way too personal. Although Audrey had opened up quite a bit... It wasn't his thing to talk about, though. His mom probably didn't want him to run around Hogwarts telling everyone about her mental health. Audrey didn't seem to care about his silence because she went on to laugh about his comment. He looked at her as she twirled and smirked.
"Say hello to a great future", he said, ironically.

Audrey laughed and smiled. She did realise how much her opinion about Noel had…. Changed. She stretched and looked out the window. It seemed like they had missed lunchtime. And Hogsmeade. She went up to the window and leaned towards it. She looked down at the people out there, who looked like tiny ants. Her gaze went to the lake, which was reflecting the sun’s light. Her mind went to the night before. She cleared her throat.
“Do you have patrol duties tonight as well? Mostly so I know if it’s you I have to avoid or someone else?” she said, smiling. Not that Noel could see it, she had her back towards him. She wondered if the potion in her pocket would help. At the same time, she was afraid it would help – and that she would become addicted of it. She had heard stuff about people getting addicted to potions like that, it sounded awful.

The thought of lunch and Hogsmeade had just passed Noel's mind, but he didn't care much. He wasn't hungry or up to go anywhere.
"Nope", he answered, looking at her as she looked out the window. "Not what I know, anyway."

Her mind had drifted to the Room of Requirement again, and the time they had spent there. She had started to wonder why he had thought about it as the bathroom, something she hadn’t reflected about before. Had he done it on purpose, or had it been the first thing that came to his mind? She almost didn’t hear Noels response.
“Good. Wouldn’t want you to report me again” she said jokingly, turning around with a smile on her lips. She jumped on the window frame and leaned towards the glass behind her. She studied Noel in front of her, and she started to wonder who he was. She didn’t know much of him, when she thought about it.

He only shrugged at her comment. At first he was going to say something about his duties, but he figured that it was old and he didn't want to argue, either.
He shoved his hands down his pockets and walked up to the window. A lot of first- and secondgraders were out there. Most of the older students were in Hogsmeade, he guessed. He remembers how excited he was to go to Hogsmeade for the first time.
"It's quite empty", he said, avoiding the silence.

Audrey looked down the window as well.
“It is. Do you want to go out there?” she asked and looked at him.
“You don’t have to stay here for me. I can handle whatever is thrown at me. Except fire, obviously” she said, laughing and gesticulating at her scarred body. She looked at the kids, running around the school yard. At least the rumours hadn’t spread to them. She hoped. She flexed her right hand and pulled out her wand. She muttered something and bandages came out from the top of her wand. The white fabric twined itself around her knuckles. At least it made it look better. She put her wand back in her pocket and smiled at Noel.