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Chapter 28

Yesterday had been odd, it was as if someone had stirred Audrey through a lovely room full of lights, beautiful lights that had the power to make her feel pleasant, they were unworldly and she had been pleased that Harry felt it too, he saw what she saw, it was what the hippies would call a revelation, but nothing had been revealed, it was just so pleasant.

She remembered during dinner Snape had given Harry and her some potion and instructed them to gulp it down they had listened to him because he looked like he was wearing a multi coloured sarong. It had been funny then, but after they had had the potion, the lights began to fade, the multi coloured sarong was gone and they saw every one clearly. It was depressing, so depressing that they looked around baffled and tried to reach for the fading lights, but they couldn't reach them, they were going away—far far away.

"Stop them Harry! Ask them to come back!" she begged him as Harry tried his best to catch the lights in his hands but he was unsuccessful as both of them were now nothing, they were surrounded by darkness as they fell asleep.

When they finally woke the next morning they realised that everyone had all ready gone for shopping in Diagon alley, Remus reported that Sirius would be getting Harry's stuff while Rachel would make sure Audrey had all her things. But nor Harry or Audrey cared; they just wanted those lights back.

"What lights?" asked Remus as he looked at them, Tonks was sitting on the table drinking her tea.

"Those colourful lights Rem! They were beautiful," said Audrey reminiscing about the lights.

"I think they've gone mental," said Tonks as Harry and Audrey looked at her sharply.

"I suppose you should forget about them now," suggested Remus as Audrey and Harry sighed. After a short swim and a good breakfast that Tonks almost destroyed they had forgotten about the lights, they now wished they had gone to Diagon Alley.

Rachel hadn't been very excited when she bought the white knee length dress for her wedding next week, truth was she didn't want to get married; it seemed absolutely ridiculous as Remus had put it, but Jean was happy and she did not want to let him down. The really reason for her flight feelings were obviously unknown to Jean or anyone for that matter except for her. After all, she had never really ever loved anyone except 'him' and 'he' had gone and broken her heart, since that day she had stopped trusting things that had anything to do with love, apart from when her daughter had been born, but then that was a different kind of love, not even close to the wretched one that her daughter had become an everyday reminder of and yet life went on and they had to go with it, so when opportunity came, Rachel wasn't going to let it go so easily.

Audrey on the other was listening to music in her room as Harry had decided to go for a small ride on his broom around the backyard, with Tonks supervising him, they were now playing quidditch where only the snitch that Harry was gifted was being used and they were seeing who was faster as they raced to catch it.

Audrey closed her book and then the stereo, as she opened the black satchel she had brought with her she tried to look for some candy, but instead she pulled out a big bunch of parchments and stared at them. She picked one up and read it, she had completely forgotten about this.

"Dear Ray,

I know his secret, I don't think you should be roaming with a werewolf anymore—I fear your safety.

Yours,

S."

Another one was as short.

"Dear Ray,

Please don't be mad—I tried making friends with Lupin—but I cannot seem to. Well—he roams with Potter! You cannot expect me to forgive him and that murderous lunatic Black tried to kill me! You cannot expect me to just forgive them. If this is who you wish to hang out with then maybe it is futile for us to carry forward any of this.

S"

"Dear Ray,

It has been a depressing week—I know you are angry, but I miss you. I am sorry—you were right I had no right to tell you who to be friends with. I am sorry. I miss you Ray.

S"

'S' the letters said S! That only meant. There was a rapt knock on the door as Audrey scrambled around to shuffle the letters and push them into her satchel, she straightened her t-shirt and opened the door. It was Snape.

"Hey," she greeted him with a small smile, there he was, her father standing there right there in front of her.

"Hello—" he said in his smooth voice as he looked at her and then asked.

"I was wondering if—you had any of your ingredients left—specifically any bezoars from your kit?" he asked as she shook her head and let him come in, he settled down on her bed as she rummaged her trunk for her box of potions ingredients.

Severus settled down as the mattress bounced a bit under his weight, he noticed he was sitting on an old parchment he pulled it out and looked at it closely. Was that his handwriting?

"Dear Ray,

It has been so long—if you want to talk to me you could—come down to the lake before dinner—I'll wait for you. I need to ask you something very important Ray. If you don't come I'll take it that it's over and that you've given up on me as well—just like everyone else. Don't let me down Ray.

I wish we could talk about this,

Miss you,

S"

Severus re-read the parchment at least twice; of course this was his hand writing—this was his first letter to Rachel telling her how guilty he was for accusing Lupin for Black's prank and after he called Lily that terrible thing. He had always been jealous of Lupin and Rachel's friendship but it had not mattered to him then because he had realised how much he actually loved her and since she was the one who had forced Lily to talk to him, made him love her even more.

"Where—Where did you get this!" he snarled harshly as the girl looked at him curiously as her eyes widened, she snatched it away from him.

"It's—I—Well—please don't tell my aunt!" was all she could say as she smoothed the parchment carefully that he had almost torn apart. He did not look away, this was not the answer he was looking for; she sat down next to him and sighed.

"All my life—has been about this—find out who this blasted 'S' is!" she said slowly as she traced the 'S' on the parchment with her finger.

"Why?" he asked wanting to know the reason for her desperate search for him, he wasn't going to tell her it was him, not till she told him the reasons.

"Can you keep a secret?" she asked him softly as he shook his head impulsively.

"Can I really trust you sir?" she asked trying to test his patience.

"I believe you can," he replied as she turned away to look at the parchment.

"Rachel Adams is not really my aunt," she said looking at the parchment as Severus caught his breath in his chest. No, she couldn't possibly be, but hadn't he always known secretly? Hadn't what Lucius told him prepared him for this?

"She's your mother isn't she?" Severus asked sighed trying to find the right words, but he couldn't—how was he, Severus Snape supposed to tell this wonderful fifteen year old friend of his, that he was her father. How?

Audrey nodded as she placed the parchment into her satchel along with the others.

"You see why it is so important for me to know—if I find this 'S' I will know who my father is?" said Audrey pushing her hair into a pony tail at the back of her head.

"What if this 'S' character was a bad person? What if he didn't deserve someone as good as you?" he asked as he slumped and stared into his lap were his hands rest, he choked back tears with the greatest efforts as he refused to meet her eyes, his eyes!

"What if he doesn't know shit about being a father—what if he doesn't know how to treat you well?" he asked as she looked at him. Why wasn't he telling her the truth—was he the 'S' he had to be. He just did.

"I don't know," she said finally sitting down next to him, their arms touched, she buried her face into her hands and then pulled them down.

"I suppose we'll see when he finds out," she said softly, was he afraid—yes maybe he was after all she knew his own father had been a big f**ker.

"Do you have any suspicions" he asked her just to clear the tension.

"Yes," she replied readily, he looked at her; finally their eyes met as he studied her soft features but did not get anything he was looking for.

"Who?" he asked as pushed a few bezoars into his hand.

"You," she replied timidly as she closed her trunk at the foot of her bed and sat there for a few seconds and before she could face him again, she let her tears fall into her trunk, she wondered if he was going to accept her, whether he would lie to her, she did not know, all she knew was that she had revealed her secret to him, now it was his turn to decide, to do what he was supposed to, to decide what he wanted to do with her.

She could hear him shuffling, she thought he was leaving but his feet moved towards her as he knelt down next to her and cleared her eyes, she didn't look at him, her head was down but the next thing she knew his arms were around her back and her head on his chest as he pulled her into the softest embrace, she could feel his tears fall into her hair and wet her scalp but she did not care. Today, she and he finally had the freedom to cry.

She lay there on his chest in his embrace her hand lay on his chest as she moved her head up to rub her head against the side of his face. She had hugged Remus so many times, but she never felt like this before, his breath in her hair his hand rubbing softly on her back soothing her, it was different it was just how they kept describing in books. She was no longer the Cinderella she had been cursed as, her father had come to take her into his arms; he had broken her curse.

"You're beautiful," he said softly into her hair as he pushed his hands through her hair and stroked it softly, he could feel her smile across his chest, he pulled her away from him to study her face.

"You have my eyes—such a dead giveaway—I was so stupid—I ruined your life—I am so sorry," he said pulling her back into his strong arms as she shook her head vigorously trying to deny his statement.

"No! Don't! Don't say that—you didn't know! It wasn't your fault—it wasn't," she said a few more cries escaped her body.

"I m so sorry—I wasn't there—I should have been—I was a selfish jerk!—I am sorry! I am so sorry," he said refusing to let go of her as she shook her head against his face she could feel the light stubble on it.

"I am a terrible person," he said holding her close like she was the closest thing to him right now.

"Can I tell you something?" she asked as he let go of her as she sat down next to him, his eyes had softened and his demeanour was different, it was as if he was a different man.

"You can tell me anything!" he said as he placed his arm around her shoulders.

"I have always wanted to meet you so badly—odd thing is that I already know you!" she said chuckling.

"You don't know me," said Severus getting up as he got up and sat down on the mattress.

"But I do," she said getting up and standing beside him.

"No! No! I'm not a very pleasant person—I mean I look at me—I don't even look like a nice person," he said pushing his hair away but it flopped back.

"I don't care how you look!—you're my father—are you not?" she asked sitting down next to him.

"Yes—Yes I am—at least—yes—yes I am," he said sighing as she smiled.

"Then that should be enough," said Audrey hugging his waist as he put his hand around her and kissed the top of her head.

"How is your mother going to take this?" he asked her as she pulled away from him, she frowned as he smiled she even frowned like him. It felt like he was holding her as a new born, he loved to hold her. He did not know how but he had never thought he would even be a father—a good father for that matter and here he was few minutes into getting news that he was a father to a fifteen year old and he was already feeling drawn to her.

"I like your name—Audrey! It's a nice name it suits you," he said abruptly.

"Thanks—dad," she said beaming at him as he pulled her back to him, he was feeling something he hadn't in a long time. He was feeling like the happiest man on earth.

"Mum's probably going to kill me," she said sighing as she pulled away from him and pushed her books back into her trunk.

"Over my dead body she will," he said snidely as she smiled and replied.

"Well then we're both dead aren't we?" she asked him, he smiled and shrugged in agreement.

"I suppose it is best if we spoke to Dumbledore about this before you announcing it to the world," he said a little frown on his face.

"Sure—but Remus is in the kitchen and he'd want to know why you are taking me to see him," she said as he thought for an answer.

"Well—we'll just have to tell him the truth then," he said as she smiled, he knew she trusted Lupin more than she trusted herself, after all he had taken his spot for him, he had raised the girl to some extent and Severus was thankful to Lupin for that, he no longer held grudges against him, Black was a different topic, but from now on Remus Lupin was good in his books.

Severus and Audrey got out of the room and into the kitchen, unfortunately Remus wasn't the only one present, the Weasley had returned from their shopping in Diagon alley along with Rachel and Sirius.

"Audrey! Come look at my dress!" said Rachel, she seemed excited. Audrey looked at Snape as he nodded and pushed her forward. Minerva and Albus just flooed into the kitchens and Severus was revealed to some extent that he could now ask Albus what to do, all of a sudden his daughter felt like a glitch in the plan. No, he was not going to think that way, he had pushed too many people away, he could not afford to push this innocent girl away, she had a pure heart through which she seemed to channel affection for him—he was all she had waited for, no one ever had, it was different, he wasn't going to let go of this in a million years. People began clearing out of the kitchen as only Rachel and Jean remained behind with the Dumbledores, Audrey and her father.

"A word Albus," said Severus as Dumbledore looked from his wife to Snape, his half moon spectacles looking rather odd with his crass muggle clothing although his wife looked much sober.

"Isn't it beautiful?" said Rachel showing her white dress to her daughter, who simply cocked her head and looked away. This did not go down well with Jean because he could hear Rachel complain.

"What do you not like it?" asked Rachel studying the dress closer as large bags of Audrey's school things rest at the end of the table.

"The dress is something I least have complaints against in this fuss up of a marriage," sneered Audrey as Rachel slumped. Jean did not take this lightly, he forgot about the people in the room, his anger rose, he had enough of the girl's remarks and taunts, he had had it with her making her mother feel pathetic about this marriage, her remarks were the reason why Rachel had fumbled, everything about her made his blood boil, how dare she a disgusting little twit tell off a pureblood like Rachel, so what if she was her daughter, so what if Rachel had made a mistake by knocking herself up with this little monstrosity that did not mean that she had to suffer punishments as such from this piece of shit.

"You apologise to her now!" snarled Jean as he walked forward and stood in front of Audrey covering Rachel's view of her.

"Jean forget it," said Rachel in a small voice as she waited for Jean to calm down and move but something told her he wasn't going to.

"No! I have had it with this chit's attitude—she has no right Rachel—so what if you made a mistake—so what?—that doesn't mean she has the right to punish you every single day of your life," snarled Jean angrily. Audrey looked at him angrily, had he just called her a chit! He was no less a bastard, how dare he!

"I wasn't talking to you," said Audrey indignantly as she kept her head and voice as low and cool as she could but growled none the less.

"You little bit-" snarled Jean as he pushed forward his hand slightly twitched and raised high in the air as it came slamming down into her face in a matter of seconds. It stung, it stung that every stood shocked as Jean looked victorious in resent at her, her mother got up shocked but it hurt that no one said anything, that her father—

"You fucking— touched my daughter—I'll kill you" snarled Severus as he lunged towards Jean in what looked like a sprint that took the man by surprise and they both went down on the floor, Severus punched Jean's dainty nose and made it bleed like a river, just like Patricia's had. Audrey looked at Severus he was going to kill Jean if they didn't pull him off him, she could see Jean already cowering under his blows. An odd feeling filled her as tried to pull him off Jean, she was pleased to see Jean cowering under her father, it was nice to know that he was stronger than Jean, what touched her heart more was that he hadn't pulled out his wand to hurt him, he had launched himself to fulfil the deed, he wanted to kill the man who hit his daughter, hitting him with his own hands was more satisfying than blasting him off with his wand.

"Severus stop!" said Minerva as she tried to pull him off Jean with Audrey's help.

"Please dad—you'll kill him," said Audrey softly her hair falling to one side of her face, she knew Minerva was looking at her.

"Exactly my f*****g point!" snarled Severus as he administered the last blow to Jean's face as the man was knocked out cold. Severus got up and kicked the unmoving man as he stretched his hand it had gone numb while punching Jean but he did not care, he wasn't going to let any one touch his daughter—he'd had too many beating when he was a boy, they were not pleasant—he wasn't going to let them even a second close to this girl—she was all he had left now, apart from his parents who he never cared to meet and a few muggle cousins.

"I believe we should carry forward this conversation in a more private place," said Dumbledore as he called in Remus who looked around and saw the commotion, Snape looked to be nursing his fist while Jean lay there on the floor with blood all over his face while Rachel tended to him.

"Remus—would you mind joining our conversation," asked Dumbledore as Remus shook his head as his eyes rested on Jean, he walked up to Rachel and helped her fix Jean, he levitated the now limp man to the living room couch to get some rest.

"Rachel!" called Dumbledore.

Remus entered the room as Rachel stood up and wrapped her hands around herself and she breathed deeply as closed her eyes and she sighed exhaling. Dumbledore swiped his wand over his head in one forceful pull of sorts he silenced the kitchen, the door glowed a light green and they knew that the wards had been raised. Dumbledore took a seat on the table as did Minerva right next to him; he motioned for all of them to sit. Audrey thought it best to sit next to Remus, she didn't want to be seen taking sides, not without knowing much.

"Now—shall we begin, Rachel?" asked Dumbledore looking at his daughter who raised her head and then looked at her daughter who was sitting opposite her next to Remus as he had draped his arm around her chair possibly for support, Snape sat on the other side of Remus.

"Audrey—it is time—I suppose you knew the truth—the whole truth," said Albus turning to his grand-daughter and then looking at Severus bowing his head a little to look him over his half moon spectacles.

"You may being you interrogation!" spat Rachel, she felt like she was being accused of crimes and at her hearing, the people around her to decide whether or not she was innocent, she felt sick as she rolled her eyes. Why had Audrey trusted him? This—this vile man! The man who did not care about her, who had left her with child to go and furrow around a married woman!

Audrey looked silently at her mother whose hands were crossed over her chest as she sat silently waiting to be questioned and broken.

"Why did you not tell me?" said Snape suddenly as everyone turned to him. How dare he even speak to her!

"Because you didn't deserve to know! You never did!" she snarled right back at him.

"And you are to decide what I deserve and what I don't!" he snapped angrily.

"I will decide what is good for my child!" she shouted.

"Well—guess what Rachel she's not your child alone—if you really want to decide what is good for her why are you forcing someone on her who mistreats her!" he said angrily.

"I am not forcing anyone on her-!" said Rachel her voice now smaller although her anger was still very present.

"I believe we are of different opinions!" he sneered crossing his own hand over her chest.

"When are we not!" she snapped glaring at him.

"Enough! This has nothing to do with Jean!" added Rachel distastefully.

"Mum-!" began Audrey.

"I want to know what happened—why did you leave?" she added as everyone went silent, even Severus sat down in his seat.

"Why don't you ask your precious father? Since you clearly trust him more than me!" snapped her mother

"This is not getting anywhere!" said Remus tiredly as Minerva shook her head.

"You were supposed to keep it a secret—you were supposed to shut up! But you just never seem to listen to me Audrey!" snapped Rachel as Audrey blushed slightly but spoke sharply and snapped right back her mother angrily.

"I was three when the first time I released that I didn't have a father—I was six since I was teased about it—you have no idea what this means to me!" said Audrey glaring as Rachel rolled her eyes and snorted.

"You wouldn't—you already have a father—," Audrey added tears glistened in her eyes as Rachel barked out laughing menacingly.

"Yes, my father—he's a great man isn't he—going off to places—leaving his wife alone with a young daughter!—the greater good—it was always about other people!"

"Rachel—" said Dumbledore slowly, they had had this conversation so many countless times, Albus had begged for his daughter's forgiveness—he was never there—he still wasn't, but he just couldn't seem to help it.

"No! You never deserved to be my father—and you never did—I was never a Dumbledore—I was just some idiot who didn't exist! Just some kid you never wanted!" snarled Rachel—they wanted the truth—they were going to bloody get the truth.

"Rachel!" said Minerva softly hoping her voice would reach out to her daughter but it didn't.

"Well— fuck you! Both off you," she said getting up and walking to the fireplace as she let her tears slip through her eyes.

"I was 19! I was fucking 19 when this bastard left me!—where was I supposed to go!" she screamed as Remus looked down at his hands, Audrey noticed he was uncomfortable.

"I had no one! No one but Remus—he was always there for me!" said Rachel as Remus pulled his hand away from around Audrey's chair. Rachel walked up to Audrey's chair and knelt down to look at her, into her eyes. She brushed her finger down Audrey's lightly scared cheek as she sighed.

"We were engaged—but your father decided that his affections for me were no longer present—he decided to fall in love with another," said Rachel her voice going weak, as Audrey turned to glare at Severus who was looking at his hands, he seemed to look guilty. Audrey did not like the fact that he had so openly admitted the truth.

"The same day I got the news I was pregnant—the same day he told me—he loved someone else—someone who I knew wouldn't return his feelings—you knew too didn't you Severus!" she said turning from her daughter to walk back to her seat as Snape looked up at her.

"I wasn't in love with her—you never gave me a chance to finish—you just threw the ring in my face and walked out on me—I didn't know what to expect anymore," he said shrugging madly as he spoke in a heavy voice but Rachel threw him a disgusted look.

"It was quite obvious where your affection lay—I didn't want to keep you away from them," she said harshly her hair wiped around her face as she turned it from one side to the other.

"My affections may have wavered but they were not completely wasted on you Rachel—I had loved you with all my heart and I still—I still think—I did" he said finishing his sentence differently.

"What is past is past," said Rachel sighing as she sat down in front of Audrey. She truly pitied her daughter and her life—it hadn't been as pleasant as she would have wanted to make it.

"That still does not answer why you didn't tell me!" said Severus raising his head as Rachel glared at him maliciously.

"Because I didn't want my five year olds heart broken when her father fancied seeing another woman whenever he pleased!—you broke my heart Severus—I wasn't going to let you break hers—forget that—I wasn't even going to let your shadow touch her!" she said spitefully.
Looking at him like she could bite, Severus just gave her a cold look as Audrey's hand went down into Remus's, he looked at her, he noticed that she was about to cry. He forgot most of his discomfort as his hand went around the girl's shoulder as he rubbed his hand up and down on her arm soothingly.

"So now you know," said Rachel refusing to look at her daughter, Audrey was feeling guilty.

"I suppose it is best if your surname was changed now than later—I will be doing that, I am sure the prophet is going to have a field day tomorrow," said Dumbledore as he sighed and stood.

"In the mean time—I am sure the twins will be extremely pleased to know that they were correct in their assumptions," said Dumbledore beaming, there was one less secret from him to keep, it did not make his life simpler but it helped immensely as he could see his wife was very pleased with the development, but he looked over at his daughter, he had certainly ruined fifteen years of her hard work, all her secrets were now laid in front of everyone to gawk at. What pained him more was that she felt that he had ruined her life—maybe he had, just like Aberforth kept cursing him. He had still not managed to win his brother's affections but seemingly his daughter was close to her uncle, they were similar when it came to discussing who Albus had ruined their lives

"Rachel—I will need you to accompany me to the ministry," said Albus softly as Rachel refused to look at him, he turned to Remus, who nodded stiffly as Albus walked over to Severus and spoke to him, Snape got up and walked with Dumbledore towards the fireplace.

"Rachel!" called Albus softly as she refused to move but Remus nodded at him as Albus spoke to Audrey and vanished.

"I suppose you will have some explaining to do,"

Audrey made her way upstairs as she walked past the living room she could see Jean talking to Sirius, Sirius sounded a little displeased while Jean was arguing, when Jean stomped his way out, he came face to face with Audrey, he glared at her for a minute but when Sirius made his way out of the living room and stood at the door Jean quickly cleared out.

"You alright, didn't hit you to hard did he?" asked Sirius a little protective bubble in his voice.

"No, I'm fine," she muttered as he walked up to her and nodded, it was as if he was uncomfortable to say it but he did anyways.

"Good, look—I don't know how to put this but—I have nothing against you or your mum—but Snape just pisses me off, so what I am saying is that—you know I like you—you're a good kid—so this—this—new relationship shouldn't change anything between you and me," said Sirius an awkward smile on his face.

"It won't—I promise," said Audrey as Sirius gave her a genuine smile.

"Maybe I should go tell the others," said Audrey as Sirius sighed.

"Yea, good luck with that—I would give them some time to let it sink in though," he replied as he made his way to the kitchen while Audrey walked upstairs to the rooms. She opened the door to the boys' room where everyone had gathered and were discussing about their time in Diagon alley as Harry slumped a little about the fact that he couldn't make it because he saw a bunch of colourful lights instead. But, when Audrey walked into the room he positively beamed as Ron chuckled at his reaction which made Harry chuck his sneak-o-scope at him.

"Hey," muttered Audrey softly as she settled next to Fred and George they smiled at her as the room greeted her in a similar way.

"So what was going on in the kitchen?" asked Fred cautiously as Audrey got a little stiff and got up from the bed as she walked a bit and then paced for a second or two before she stopped and turned to look at her friends in the room.

"Out with it Adams? what is it?" snarled George as the rest of the occupants agreed.

"Well—turns out—" began Audrey as the anticipation around the room grew ten folds.

"Turns out—that my surname isn't Adams," said Audrey as Fred and George looked at each other like their years of research had borne fruit.

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione confused.

"Professor Snape is my dad," said Audrey simply, she knew the less complicated her sentence was the faster it would sink in. The whole room was silent as Fred and George shook each their hands but Audrey didn't look at anyone but Harry, his reaction was of utmost importance.

"Well—I—," began Hermione but couldn't continue as she didn't really know what to say—and this was saying something, Ginny was extremely shocked while Ron just looked a little put off by all this. A good fifteen minutes or so they all sat there in an awkward silence as Harry finally got up and stormed out of the room. Audrey had anxiously been waiting for some sort of reaction from him, but she hadn't expected him to just walk out. Although his reaction wasn't all together surprising, she hadn't expected it, yet she knew that even though she had warned him of her thoughts on the topic, she knew he had never given a knut about it, because he knew then that she was just being silly, but now that fiction had become a fact Harry didn't know how to react, he was simply shocked and when Audrey realised this she followed him quickly down the hall and into the living room, she had to explain how important this was too her, not just this but their friendship as well.

"Harry—look I know you're upset," she began but he turned to look at her.

"Upset! I m not upset—why—why—why would I—why would you think I was upset?" he said refusing to agree with the truth.

"Look—this is why I told you about my doubts before hand—Harry I know that you are disappointed but I trust you enough to understand how important this is to me," said Audrey as tried to look at him but with his back turned the other way she couldn't really read his emotions.

"I don't know what to say Audrey," he said helplessly.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused, she had a feeling he was going to refuse her friendship.

"I—I—like—you—a lot," he muttered extremely quietly.

"What?" she asked, she hadn't heard what he had said; he turned.

"I said I like—I like your company and I don't think your father is going to appreciate that," said Harry finally as Audrey looked at his face, he looked rather uncomfortable.

"You're a good friend Harry—and I think it's too late for him to decide whether or not he thinks you're a good friend for me—I think—he can set this one aside from judgements," she said trying to win his confidence as she took his hand in hers. Harry scoffed.

"Sirius was wrong about you—you're nothing like your father," he said a little smile on his face as Audrey beamed at him.

"In certain places—I prefer to be Audrey—just Audrey," she said shrugging as Harry nodded.

"That's—good—I like just Audrey!" he replied as they turned around together to walk out of the living room only to spot Sirius gleaming at them with a stupid smile on his face.

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