Author's Note: I'm actually getting into this story a little bit. To me, it got a lot more interesting once she got at Hogwarts and started taking her classes. What do you think?
Disclaimer: I own Audren Black and the plot.
Audren Black
(Part 4: A Talk and a Smile)
Harry left Audren's side after Madam Pomfry kicked him out. Madam Pomfry was out of the magical oil she always used, so Audren had to mend her hand the 'normal' way.
After her hand was wrapped up tightly in a lot of gauze, Audren waited for Madam Pomfry to fetch some pain killers in case her hand started aching in the middle of the night. She noticed that Draco was sitting on the bed to her left and looking over at him, she saw him glare at her, still clutching his nose as if it would fall off.
"Thanks a lot." he mumbled.
"Why do you have to be so mean all the time?" she asked fiercely.
"I'm not mean all the time!"
"Yes you are! You're always hurting other people's feelings! Do you get some sort of sick pleasure out of hurting people?"
"Maybe I should be asking you that." he replied, clutching his nose tighter, but still careful as to not put pressure on it.
"I'm just trying to teach you a lesson."
"Is it working?" he asked sarcastically.
"No." Audren paused, then, lowering her voice to a more sensitive tone, she said, "Really Draco, why do you do that?"
He hung his head, looking sad. But then he got angry again and said, "Mind your own business muggle."
"You were about to tell me weren't you?" she asked.
He sighed and said, "My dad expects certain things from me."
"Oh," she replied, catching the meaning of his words. "Why don't you just tell him that you don't want to be like that?"
"He'd yell at me; say I disgrace the family; maybe knock me around a few times . . ."
"Then act normal when he's not around. It's not like he's hear at Hogwarts or anything."
"Well . . ."
"Okay Audren," said Madam Pomfry, cutting of Draco's string of words. "Here's your medicine. I want you to check in in a week so I can count the pills and make sure you haven't abused them."
"It's not like I'm going to abuse them Madam Pomfry."
"Rules my dear child, rules. Now, if for some reason the pills don't work . . .you never know with this muggle stuff . . .then come down here to my office and I'll try and do what I can."
Audren hopped off the bed, gave one last look at Draco, and exited the room.
Everyone noticed a change in Draco after that. He was no longer picking on anybody or making fun of them, but he wasn't the nicest-guy-of-the-school. Mostly he'd keep to himself or talk to Crabbe and Goyle, but that was about it. Audren thought that maybe his grades were higher now that he was actually paying attention in class instead of tormenting someone. Audren always tried to give him an encouraging smile when she saw him, which he soon began returning.
"What's with Draco?" asked Harry to Audren while walking back to the Gryffindor common room. Ron and Hermione went off somewhere, which both Harry and Audren expected not to see them anytime soon.
"Oh, I had a little chat with Draco. Actually, it's really all Lucius's fault that Draco acts like that. But I told him to act normal when his father's not around."
"Oh, ok." said Harry quizzically.
A/N: Next ch. Trip to Hogsmead/Meeting of Sirius Black
