Chapter 3:

Lily and Audra apparated to Audra's home so that she could pack all the belongings she needed for a two week stay at Lily's house before the school year began. Audra peered into her kitchen before giving a whoop of joy.

Lily looked at her friend, "What?"

Audra gave a sigh of relief, "Nobody's home."

"That bad, huh?"

"You have no idea. My mother is constantly after me. She always says 'If I could only have one daughter why did I have to have one like you?' And it's only gotten worse."

At this she started pacing, "You'd think my dad would stick up for me but nnnooo. He just goes around with nothing but air between his two ears. If it has nothing to do with his darling Steven he doesn't give a damn." She took a quick intake of breath, "It's not that I'm jealous of Steven it's just…If he had to have a favorite why Steven? He's 29, unemployed, and still living with his parents. He's not particularly brave or anything; he has no outstanding qualities. If anything he's a fool."

"Aud, aren't you being a little harsh on your brother?"

"What are you kidding? They deserve it, all of them. Except Brian. If it weren't for Brian I would have gone insane by now. I mean honestly if my mother and father had to give descriptions of all their kids they'd say, 'There's Star Steven who's the best at everything, Radiant Rory who's just so smart he's going to be the next Dumbledore, Bad Brian who's nothing but a troublemaker, Darling Daniel who's so responsible, and then there's Awful Audra who's everything a girl shouldn't be. Rory depends on talent he doesn't have and tries to cover it up by reading a lot of books. So when you try to talk to him you can't understand a word he's saying and, of course, that just shows his superiority over the listener. And Daniel, he doesn't know a thing about loyalty, he'd do anything to get on top. He's such a tattletale. I mean I like to tease him and I have a laugh now and then at his expense, but I most certainly do not think of him as a comrade."

"Audra I think you need to take a couple deep breaths."

"Sorry, I sound like such a shit, don't I? It's just if I learned one thing from living with my family it's been that you can tire of loving someone. I mean my mum was just some lovesick girl who saw my dad as an older, attractive pro-quidditch player. She was infatuated with his fame and good looks. There was no love. And Dad, well, he just saw my mom as a teenage girl who helped him out of a little financial trouble so he should reward her by marrying her, or something…She was just a way to produce little Stevie Brooks so that his legacy would go on. I mean my mum is totally indifferent to my dad. She tries to hide it in public 'cause it's not "proper" to feel that way. And my dad, well he's far too shallow to have such deep feelings."

Audra smiled, "I am finding myself incapable of shutting up."

Lily gave her friend a quick hug, "I realize that. You'll just have to pay a little extra for this week."

Audra grinned, "I just wish I had a better personality so I wouldn't have to pay you 200 pounds a week."

"200! Are you on drugs? Like I'd do it for that low. I am definitely not letting you pay less than 650!"

"You do realize we haven't even started packing yet."

"Like it's my fault you just went haywire."

"Sorry," said Audra apologetically.

"I'm just kidding around, Aud. Really, it's important to let these things out. I'll always be here for you."

"Right. Thanks Lily. Of course, now I feel really awkward. Like I'm standing in front of you totally naked or something. This most definitely is not a good feeling."

Lily giggled, "You mean you feel naked right now which is almost like when you are naked when you're with Sirius."

"Wow. What did I do to deserve that comment? Honestly. I mean just for the record I hate Sirius. I hope he rots in the deepest crevices of hell."

"A deep crevice? Possibly like the deep crevice between Severus Snape's two ass cheeks?" Lily laughed, "God am I on today or what?"

"Well you most certainly are on something. Possibly the Perv Express. I just want you to know that when you said that, I got a horrendously graphic picture in my head of Snape's ass. Which was definitely an image that I could have gone without seeing for as long as I live. Plus you sound like a git when you laugh at your own jokes. Not a good habit to get into."

"Right well let's get packing then."

"How am I suppose to concentrate on packing when I keep envisioning Snape's white ass be speckled with hemorrhoids in my mind?"

Audra continued to mutter about Snape's grotesque ass as she made her way up the stairs.

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Hello! Well Audra was really longwinded in this chapter! Sorry! I know that to many people who read this the chapter may seem really pointless. But it's not (hint, hint). Well not all of it at least. The ass jokes were just in there to lighten the mood a bit. Now please review. I want you to tell me what you think of the story so far. Do you like Audra? Do you like the plot? Am I going too slowly? Just let me know. Peace Out.