chapter 3
"REGULUS BLACK"
I was hidden away in bed. Pillows over my face and my body being hidden by the covers until I was awoke by screaming. Normally I have peaceful mornings because I do wake up earlier then everyone else as everyone likes to wake up at silly time like 1pm in the afternoon what Regulus thinks is a waste of a day. Regulus name was called again and again and oh how he wishes there was volume button on his friends where he could just press mute. There was no point of him ignoring his friend he knew there was not as he knows what his whole friend group is like if they do not get an answer.
Regulus sits up in bed and looks out of his window and sees the morning sun bright what exactly Regulus likes. He could watch the sun all morning if he wanted too but that was no choice this morning. He finally gets out of bed and does not bother making his bed as he knows he will be getting straight in after. Opening the door to his room he is face to face with Barty and Evan who are just standing outside his door?.
"Have you both just been standing out my room" Regulus huffs crossing his arms at this point he is not even surprised with these too.
" what NO! do not make us seem like freaks" Evan laughs
The thing Regulus has noticed with Evan and Barty is that where one goes the other follows. They have always been like this. Even before they dated so you can imagine how many times Regulus just wanted to scream at them saying "date already" but he knew they had to figure things out themselves. Then once they finally admitted their feelings to each other (what took five years) they got much worse. I mean don't get Regulus wrong he is happy that he does not need to watch Evan drool over Barty and watch Barty head over heels in love with Evan because that was painful to watch (others will tell you that too). But now its just them like if you wonder where the other one is you best believe their together.
"Regulus back too you" Barty clicks in Regulus face and then gets his phone out to show Regulus something. "your tweet! anything you would like to add" Barty demands putting the phone now in Regulus face.
Regulus regretted posting the tweet the moment it got at least 14 likes. He does not even know why he posted it in the first place. Was it because it was trending at the time big star Regulus Black Staring at actor James Potter? No or was it because Regulus could not stop thinking about it. The way he just stood there starting back at Regulus. Some people described their moment as something you see out a film and Regulus could not agree more. He would by lying to himself if he did say he has not been up most of the night reading what everyone is saying about him and James.
him and James.
Regulus and James
Regulus was pretty sure he was now smiling to himself of the thought.
"Oh my god your so hooked" Evan yelled raising his hands in the air with Barty copying his boyfriend.
" Evan do not start making up lies" Regulus replies watching his two friends smiles drop until they look at each other again.
"Then tell Reg-
"Regulus" Regulus reminded Barty he did not like being called Reg by no one accept his sister.
"Right, Regulus why are you tweeting stuff then like that because first of all you do not use twitter like ever and do not lie and say you do because the amount of times me and Evan has made tweets making fun of you and trust me you would of replied" Before Regulus could get a word out Barty stuck his finger Infront of Regulus face as to say " Do not talk until I am finished".
So Regulus let him talk.
"Now in response I know you can say how much you do not like me and Evan what we both know is a lie so do not start denying that but Pandora even posts about you on twitter and trust me we all know how much you prefer her over us" Barty rolled his eyes at his own statement then carried on " second of can we please talk about how you looked at him and Regulus Black you are whipped and want to know how we know" Barty said keeping looking at Regulus.
"Your meant to say yes" Evan whispered loudly to Regulus but Regulus just rolled his eyes.
"No I do- Regulus tried to defend himself but quickly got shut up by Evan.
"It is opposite day I declare it" Evan smiles
"You have not had that same expression on your face since you decided you were gay" Barty finishes his whole expiation with that sentence and Regulus could not be asked for any of this. He really could not.
"Barty you are being ridiculous" Regulus growled.
" I am not Reg-
Barty was shut up with Pandora walking out her bedroom and noticing how all 3 of them were just casually talking in the hallway as if there is not a whole living room designed for talking about things. She looked at each of us in with nothing but confusion because this is not a normal thing they do in this household and Pandora just smiled and instead of walking past all of us she stood right next to Evan smiling at us as if she has been in this debate from the start of Barty and Evan calling Regulus name.
"Is this a new thing then ? all of us standing outside Regulus door and talk" She asked with humour in her voice looking at all of us.
"no" I replied quickly
"Pan back me up on this- Barty began to say but Regulus cut him off
"Right this will be the end of this talk starting now I do not want to hear it" Regulus growled frustrated turning around back to his open door. Regulus could see that Barty looked like he was about to talk back and walk inside Regulus room with him but Barty was not dumb. Regulus hates people being in his room. You can call him weird for it but Regulus does not like other people in his room as he finds his room very comforting.
Before Regulus could slam the door in his friends faces Pandora quickly welcomed herself in his room and walked over to Regulus bed with not even looking back at him. Regulus sighed and closed the door in Barty and Evans faces and crossed his arms to look over at Pandora just waiting for her little "motivating speech" she gives what she believes helps everyone in the whole household to not kill everyone ( she mostly gives them to Regulus and Barty when Barty gets on Regulus nerves).
Regulus was still waiting to hear her voice but nothing came out or was heard. She was not even looking at Regulus or giving him a look. But no she was not doing any of that she was just doing sitting on Regulus bed with her legs crossed staring out of Regulus open window. Regulus wanted to now step out his own room but maybe Pandora in his room was a good thing?. He walked over to his bed and sat legs crossed like Pandora did and looked at Pandora who's eyes were still attached to the scenery outside his window. Regulus then looked outside his window and nothing surprised him when he looked out.
Regulus had the view of the outside of his house. Where he could see old long trees what has been planted there for years and god knows how old they really are. As Regulus did live in a rich area he could see all the other big houses like his. He lived on a street where all the houses looked the same so yes sometimes Regulus did have trouble sometimes figuring out which house is his. But at least he did not make the same mistake like Evan made once where he stood outside the next doors neighbour's house thinking that was his house and Evan thought that he was locked out as he had no keys so he stood outside the house for two hours waiting for everyone to come back until he saw Pandora next door putting keys through our house that Evan then realised.
Regulus laughed to himself of that memory of Evan. I mean how could you not laugh at the thought of Evan waiting outside the wrong house thinking it is yours. Regulus then felt Pandoras eyes now on him and he was ready for her talk.
"Do you ever think what our lives would be like if we all listened to our parents" Pandora asked.
Regulus did not even have to think about his answer. He did not want to even think about what his life would be like if he did listen to them. His body shivers with the thought. What would his life be like if he did still live with his family?. Would they treat him differently if he done what they say?. Regulus does not even want to think of what his life would be like if he did listen to them. He would be miserable.
"Me and Evan were six years old when we both realised we did not want to be in this house. We were ten when Evan brought up the idea to me of running away. I remember laughing to him thinking he was just joking around but turns out he was not. He really was not" Pandora is now looking over at the window again.
"Me and Evan are free from our family we do not talk or see them. Neither of us mention them to each other as we both like to think they never existed. I like to think that if I never talk or think about them that maybe just maybe they were all just a big nightmare" Pandora whispers.
"Me and Evan are free and so are you Regulus You do not have to be the scared boy you was."
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James decided he was not going to go social media today. That was his plan he woke up with his phone alarm going off and said those words to himself. No social media. Issue is that it is quite hard for James as all he wants to do is check twitter and see what everyone is talking about but he knew that even if his finger touched the app he would be on the app scrolling for hours and reading what everyone is saying about him. But James listened to himself and threw his phone on the bed and James got out of bed and how he desperately wanted to just check his phone ever so badly. But he repeated those words to himself. No social media.
James needed to distract himself. That was the first thought he had was waiting for his coffee machine to make his coffee. He needed to find somehow to distract himself of the thought of going on any social media or thinking of Regulus Black and trust me when James says he needed a distraction now because he was tempted to run up those stairs and go on his phone and see everything. Just as James thoughts was about to invade his brain even more his coffee machine made a sound to tell James his Coffee was done. James knew that was a sign to tell him to not check his phone but James still needed a distraction ad one fast before the thoughts take over.
10AM was the time James left his house to go on his run. That is what James needed. A run. What is better then going for a run down his street and around all the shops. So James ran with his cold water bottle in his hand and leaving his phone at home because he did not need any excuse to go on twitter. James ran around his local park for 20 minutes before he felt the need to sit down and rest for a little bit.
James loved running at his local park. It was one of the calmest places James has been to in London. He loved that whenever he went their was always peace and quiet and no screaming kids or any crazy dog walkers screaming at their dogs to come to them. Instead as he sat on the bench there was old couples holding onto each other with love in their eyes and to James right there was a young couple helping their baby try ad walk with the mum holding one hand and the dad holding the other. That is exactly what James needed to see.
Another thing James loves about this park is the memories. When James was seven he and his dad would play football and lets just say James let his dad win because his dad was to good to win against while his mum laughed at James attempt to win against her husband and would sit on the picnic blanket holding her homemade sandwiches and whenever James would go other to the picnic blanket to his mum he would always lay his head on his mums lap while she played with his hair.
"Jamie I am telling you your father in his past life must of been a footballer" She would laugh while still playing with her sons hair.
"Or maybe I am just bad at football" James would sulk
"Jamie please none of that negative talk. Not everyone can be good at everything" She smiles as James looked up at his mother.
"And what am I good at then"
"One day James you will be a star and everyone will know your name as the James Potter like you said you always wanted to be a actor and honey you will be but"
"You really think so" James asked still looking up at his mum who smiled back.
" I know so" She kissed her sons forehead " now lets test out your fathers football skills" She whispered with getting up and reaching her hand out for James. Who held onto it while both running towards his dad ready to play football.
James smiled to himself with the memory of being seven again where he did not care about a single thing. James at seven did not care what people thought of him or did not care less about social media. I mean James did not get a phone until he was ten and was not allowed any social media until age 13. Those are the days James missed where he did not have a care in the world with what people thought of him. He missed the days where he only cared about him and mum tried winning against his dad in football. Or the days when he cared about the tooth fairy coming or not. But now James is Twenty four and all he cares about is what people are saying about him.
James came out of thoughts with a man with a strange beard and a big camera in his hand right Infront of him and James peaceful day was over. And James could not be asked for this. Without sounding rude James quickly grabbed his water bottle the only what was still cold and tried to walk as fast as he could away from the man and his big camera what has clearly been rolling this whole time as James could hear the man talking to the camera documenting that James has now run off. James could now hear the man shouting his name as James tried to fast walk himself away from this nightmare but as he done a long run his legs has given up on him.
James was out of breath his hands were on his knees trying to catch a breath with him literally trying to catch his own breath. James tried to get away from social media for the day but it clearly can not get away from him. James now knew that this whole situation was going to end up onto the internet and oh James could not wait to read about this on twitter.
James normally mind fans coming up to him. He was friendly with fans when they asked for a photo or James was always up to writing his name on a young girls basketball cap but when a fully grow man who starts to record James start to chase him down a park in London that is one thing he is not okay with it and he is not okay with especially today. The day where he wanted nothing but peace.
"James please just one question" The man asked finally catching up with James who was still clearly recording James and putting the camera in his face. What was not really the best idea as James was still trying to catch his breath so the angle of James head looking down to the pathway and his hands still on his knees pretty sure did not look good. But again paparazzi did not care about angles all they really cared about was getting a recording of the biggest stars at the moment and then putting in on the internet for the whole world to see.
"Go on then one question" James said within breathes now looking up at the man who has now put the camera right in James face where you could probably see James small freckle on his jaw. James was still looking at this man and was waiting for his question he was going to ask. Now this question he was going to ask could be anything and James was going to get ready to make a run for it if it was something James would rather not answer. Or James would happily answer it if it was an okay question. But he doubted it was going to be an okay question. But he was ready to make a run for it.
"What are your thoughts on Regulus Black" The man had asked and the camera did not move one little bit. Still in James face where you could see his small freckle on his jaw. James was certain that the camera caught James facial expression change to ready to answer to you got to be kidding me face. Now everyone who was going to watch this could see James panic.
Brilliant.
Now James had two options either make a run for it and make more people talk about him and Regulus or he could answer. But what on god green fucking earth would he say back. " I literally had to make a decision to not go on any social media today because of Regulus Black recent tweet and now your asking me this bloody question". James could answer with that response but would that make him look stupid. The answer is yes with a capital Y.
So James only replied with what he could think of.
"sorry who is Regulus Black?" James asked making his voice high pitched so it seemed like James had no idea who Regulus Black is.
James was now looking behind the camera to see the mans face who looked puzzled. James would pay a lot of his money to hear what this man was thinking. It was probably questions like. Is this even the right guy? He does not know who Regulus Black is? Can I even put this on the internet?. James smiled to himself knowing he has clearly played with this mans head and made him think twice about asking James if he knows who Regulus Black is.
The man now looked embarrassed and clearly thinks he has the wrong guy. He apologises and walks away with no camera filming but it off and facing down as he walked. James now found a new tactic for himself if he ever got asked a question he never wants to answer. Act stupid and ask stupid questions because no paparazzi wants to sit there and explain the question.
I mean imagine explaining Regulus Black.
"Regulus Black is the guy you sort of have a tiny crush on. You know the guy who could not stop looking at you?'".
Oh James wanted to smack himself silly. He can not be thinking about Regulus Black. Not right now. Not when he just denied knowing the guy. If James was not a famous movie star he would of jumped into the lake with all the ducks. But he knows he can not do that. Imagine reading that in next gossip magazine.
ACTOR JAMES POTTER DIVES INTO LAKE. HAS HE GONE CRAZY? OR IS HE JUST GOING FOR A SWIM?.
Yeh no thanks. James did not need that being in the headlines.
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Regulus was ready for bed. He just got out the shower with his curly hair still being wet ad dripping down his back. He needed this shower to relax but for some reason he could not relax. Its not like today was stressful. I mean Regulus did not even leave the house. And he was not planning too. Regulus puts his grey jumper over his head (the same jumper he wears to bed every night until he gets too hot and throws in on his floor). Just as Regulus was about to put on his unmatching joggers he hears someone knock on his bedroom door. And he knows very well it is not Barty or Evan.
He quickly puts the joggers on so he does not open the door nearly fully naked. He walks over to his door and opens to see Dorcas. Who is all fully dressed up. Her makeup is done up with very outstanding glitter gold eye shadow what anyone could see from a mile away. With her wearing a silky black maxi dress what came up to her black strapped heels. Regulus could also see the gold bangles on her arms what made a cute touch Regulus could say himself.
Regulus was impressed with Dorcas she looked good. She also welcomed herself in Regulus room with going over to Regulus bathroom to look at herself in the big rectangle mirror placed on the wall. Dorcas pulls out her lip-gloss out of her gold bag the one Regulus did not see when she walked into Regulus room. Dorcas looked at herself in the bid mirror as she did her lip gloss then makes eye contact with Regulus in the mirror with a confused expression.
"Why are you not dressed yet?" She asked in the reflection of the mirror looking at Regulus. Regulus guess was that Dorcas thought it was cool looking Dorcas talking to Regulus through a mirror kind of way instead of having to turn around to talk.
"Dorcas I am dressed for bed" Regulus replied laughing pointing at his oversized jumper ad joggers the one what clearly did not match.
"I get it you hate socialising but you do need to leave the house" She replies now turning around to Regulus.
"I do leave the house thank you!" Regulus shouted defensively not believing what he was hearing. He so does leave the house.
"Yeh last time you did was to collect an award that was three days ago Regulus" She explains crossing her arms looking annoyed.
"Ever thought maybe I was never cut out to be the party type" Regulus replies back annoyed.
Its not that Regulus did not want to go out... well actually it really was. Regulus personally does not see the big hype about going out getting drunk to the point where you can barely walk so your friends have to carry you home. Then next day your in bed all day because you have been violently sick all over the carpet. To Regulus that seems like his nightmare. He would rather do his night routine where he picks up a book to read for half an hour then sleeps or when he can not sleep he stares at his celling and thinks.
You see Regulus would rather his friends be drunk then him. Because he knows what he is like after a drink. Two sips of his favourite wine he is off his nut. And it is not a pretty sight. Coming back home at four in the morning with cameras following you all night and not knowing how to act as Regulus can not control his body when drunk. Then Regulus is sick all over the carpet what is not very nice.(poor Pandora had to clean it up as she was the one who was sober at the time)
That is exactly why Regulus does not leave his house because something always happens and he does not fancy headlines about him once again.
"Regulus we are not going partying we are going out for dinner like normal people do" Dorcas sighs walking out of Regulus bedroom and now looking at herself in Regulus other mirror where it is body length so you best believe that Dorcas was checking herself out in that mirror.
"Meadows are you trying to say I am not a normal person?' He challenged the girl in the mirror and he was leaning against the bathroom door with a challenging smirk on his face. Regulus does not know where this confidence has come from. But Regulus refuses to be called not a normal person. Because he is and has been. Just because he is not like his friends who party until the sun rises he can be normal.
"I don't know Black am I?" Dorcas replies with the same challenging smile looking back at Regulus in the mirror.
Thirty minutes has passed and Regulus is not in his grey jumper or unmatched joggers and neither was his hair dripping wet. Instead Regulus Black the guy who does not like to leave his house was now in a black cropped lace up suit and dried hair. And now everyone was in his bedroom. The same bedroom Regulus hated everyone in but at this point he did not care. Because Regulus was going out and being a normal person.
"Reg if you do not hold still your eyeliner will look so bad that it looks like Pandora done it" Barty hisses holding Regulus jaw with his hand and in the other hand was black eyeliner what was about to go on Regulus waterline if he did not hold still. And Regulus did really need to hold still as he knew soon Barty would give up and poke his whole eye black with the eyeliner.
"Hey! Barty I am not bad at eyeliner thank you" Pandora yelled doing her hair up in the mirror but instead of looking at herself in the mirror she was pointing daggers at Barty for his comment.
"Pan do we need to remind you the time you done Evans eyeliner and you made his whole eye nearly black" Dorcas laughed as she sat next to Evan on Regulus bed laughing with Evan nudging her.
"Yeh thanks Pandora for that one. I really did miss my boyfriends brown eyes I mean why else do you think I am with him for." Barty smiled the straight after muttered a "Reg stay still" still trying to do Regulus eyeliner.
"Well not my fault Evan can not hold still" Pandora hissed now looking at Evan and Regulus knew a twin argument was about to happen but before Evan could even open his mouth to let out a insult to his sister. Barty begins to laugh.
"I can make him stay still" Barty laughed at his own joke with everyone else in the room yelling ew but Evan turning bright red and kicking Barty in the arm and Barty looking at his boyfriend making kissing noises.
"Barty no one needed to know that Please keep your mouth shut" Dorcas yelled disgusted throwing one of Regulus pillows at Barty with Barty still laughing at his own joke.
"I know a way I can shut Barty up" Evan smiled.
And once again everyone yelled ew. With Pandora making fake gagging noises and Regulus rolling his eyes and getting a smack on the arm from Barty who was now red in the face. And Dorcas who did not even think twice and pushed Evan off the bed. With Evan now ending up on the floor looking at Dorcas with a smile and Dorcas grinning back saying that Evan was not allowed to be on the bed.
Regulus knew that tonight was going to be long.
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Regulus was pretty certain that his whole arm was now pink with Barty smacking his arm every time he moved even the slightest little bit. But now Regulus had lip liner. And Regulus was impressed. Before he left he made sure his phone was fully charged, he made sure his hair looked good and he also checked out his eyeliner one more time. He was now obsessed with eyeliner. On the way to the restaurant even when everyone was talking to each other about what they are ging to eat. Regulus still made sure to look at his eyeliner one more time before they were actually there. Regulus looked at himself in the reflection of the car window and came pretty close to it just so he could see his eyeliner pretty close and Regulus once again loved it. Now seated down all Regulus wanted to do was to look at his eyeliner one more time but he could not just bring his phone out while everyone was talking he knew it would bring attention to himself.
"Yes Reg you can just say that Barty is talented" Evan laughed putting his arm around Bartys shoulders and kissing his head
Regulus looked up at all his friends who all looked all so good just like he did. And he was sure they all caught him at the house checking himself out then also in the car window they all probably saw him do it too. It was not the fact that Regulus was full of himself. It was the fact that he loved eyeliner and he wishes he could use it all the time now.
"Your good Barty at eyeliner but nothing else of course" Regulus muttered putting his elbows on the table.
Before Evan could open his mouth Dorcas shutted him quickly with a kick under the table whispering no more sex jokes. Of course that is what Evan was going to say. Regulus is not even shocked at this point. Not one bit shocked at all.
Twenty minutes passed ad everyone was now laughing over a glass of wine. With Pandora telling us her stories when she went to Thailand and how a monkey sneakily got into her bag. With Barty laughing really hard where he found it so funny to that fact that he started to slap his knee like a dad would do. With Evan asking stupid questions like "did you keep it" and Dorcas answering for Pandora replying "No Evan Pan did not keep the monkey what suck into her bag" what made Barty laugh even more. The night so far was one of the best nights Regulus has had in a long time.
Regulus was happy he decided he go out and have drinks with his friends. They were now doing shots what does fuck up Regulus a bit. But at this point he does not care. He is allowed to have fu with his freinds.All them of say a big CHEERS and clink their shot glasses with everyone around the table and they all drink. With Regulus face scrunching up same with Dorcas but with Barty he drunk it all with no reaction whatsoever.
Time passed. Regulus was drunk. And he did not care who saw him. Regulus was having the time of his life. He was on his fourth glass of wine and could not even drink it right without Pandoras help with him lifting it to his mouth. Regulus knew he was drunk and how he missed the feeling of not caring. That is how Regulus felt after a few drinks. Not a care in the world about anything or anyone.
He looked around for his friends. I mean he knew that Pandora was right next to him. Pandora was barley drunk. It takes a long time for Pandora to get drunk plus she always says she would rather everyone around her be wasted then her being drunk. Regulus looked over and saw that Barty and Evan was at the Bar but you could tell by their body language that they were out of it. As they both was holding onto to each other for support and Regulus does not want to see what they look like when they accidently let go of each other. Now Regulus had to look for Dorcas. The one who persuaded him to actually come tonight.
See if you told Regulus this Moring that tonight he would be getting drunk off shots and white whine he would of laughed in your face. This was not Regulus not at all. Regulus would be fast asleep by now or he would either starting at the celling but he was not. Regulus wanted to know where Dorcas is. As he started to feel anxious about where his friend is. He tried to leave the table but Pandora pulled his hand back not letting go.
"Reg you are too drunk to go and find Dorcas she will come back" She told Regulus still holding onto his hand.
Regulus gave up straight away and slumped back down with his head hurting. He pulled out his phone to see what the time was. Until he saw he was mentioned in a tweet and he knew this was not going to be a good tweet. That is what his gut told him over and over again.
"Reg where are you going" Pandora yelled
Regulus did not even realise what he was doing. Regulus was was walking away. With tightly holding his phone to chest like someone was going to steal it from him he walked out. He could hear Pandora yell his name but Regulus ignored her. He needed to see this video now. With the fresh air punching him in the face as he left the buliding and was now outside with cars passing by and people sitting down at tables.
Regulus played the video he was mentioned in.
Regulus watched the video. At the beginning all you could hear was heavy breathing and all you could see was actor James Potter sitting on the bench looking like he was daydreaming. So beautiful. The video went so fast. Because one moment Regulus thinks James is beautiful then next thing Regulus is shouting "RUN" to his phone not realising the looks he is getting from people. But Regulus did not care he just wanted to watch James to out fast this man but James slows down and Regulus lets out the biggest gasp ever. And once again Regulus is received looks again.
But Regulus does not care. He wants James to runaway from this man.
Regulus has got up to the bit in the video where James has allowed this man to ask him anything he wants. How stupid can you be. Regulus thinks but he is pretty certain he accidently said it out loud as he got shushed by some women who was eating. Regulus still did not care and waited for the question to drop. Regulus felt like he was standing there for hours with his phone about to drop out of his hand any moment now. Regulus now found himself tapping his foot impatiently like he was James in the video waiting for the question.
Then Regulus heard his name loud and clear.
"What are your thoughts on Regulus Black"
Regulus could of just then dropped his phone in disbelief. His name was mentioned to James. Regulus knew he was in public but he never has wanted to curl up in a ball before. He watched the way as James face looked when the man mentioned Regulus name. And Regulus has never hated a facial expression more then James when Regulus was mentioned. It was almost like Regulus was poison and James just got asked to drink the poison. That is exactly how Regulus imagined it like.
Regulus was like poison.
Regulus did not even want to wait for James response to the question. The look on James face when Regulus was mentioned was enough for words. The man behind the camera should of stopped filming straight after James face said it all. But of course no man leaves without an answer to his question. It feels like Regulus has been waiting longer for James response. Regulus desperately wanted to turn his phone off.
But what if...
What if James responded saying something nice...
That is what Regulus voice told him. So he stayed to watch for James reposnse. And finally he could see James lips move.
"Sorry who is Regulus Black?"
Regulus dropped his phone.
"Mother fucker" Regulus screamed not caring at all who heard it or looked at him.
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James has done good. He did not go on any social media and he was proud of himself. I mean normally around two in the morning James would be browsing around on social media looking at what people are saying. But today James did not. He laid in bed all comfy not wanting to get out. Until his phone started ringing He reached for it to see it was just Sirius calling. James never receives calls from Sirius at two am.
James answers before he could even get a simple hello. All he could hear was Sirius and her talking fast. James could not understand a thing what she was saying. James tried to tell Sirius to slow down and talk as slow as possible but Sirius did not listen she just carried on talking. And it was not a good talking fast as if Sirius was excited about something. Oh no it was a worried Sirius. The worried Sirius where she talks too fast and begins to panic.
"Sirius put Remus on the phone' James asked.
It was clear that Sirius was right next to Remus as not even five seconds later Remus says hello telling James that he is here. James is relieved that Remus was at home to be there for whatever Sirius was worrying about so badly.
"Rem what is going on" James asks worried. He has not heard Sirius like that in ages. When James did he was able to always calm down Sirius by holding her and telling her everything is okay. James knew that Remus had tried that but it was clear that it did not work.
James could hear Remus about to open his mouth explain until he could hear Sirius crying in pain in the back as she was getting stabbed many times over and over again. James hated hearing his best friend like this. The phone call went quiet until Remus told James that he will call him tomorrow. James agreed and just like that Remus hung up.
James was now stuck in bed clueless and useless and wished he could do something. James could turn up to Sirius and Remus house but would they want that?. James whishes' he could understand Sirius when she was like that. He wishes he could understand her talking fast. But James could not.
He felt his phone vibrate ad it is from a unknown number he has never seen before. He taps on the message and his eyes widen. Big and wide.
He read the message over and over again.
UNKOWN.
shocked on how you won that acting award because your a terrible liar
oh and just in case you forget who this is its me Regulus Black.
Well that answered that James question quickly. It was Regulus Black