Chapter 4
James Potter: reggie
reggie
reggie
reggie
reggie
reggie
reggieeeeeeeeeee
bonjourrrrr
saluttttt
reggie<3: What.
James Potter: FINALLY
reggie<3: Salut, tu idiot. Qu’est-ce que tu veux?
James Potter: did you just call me an idiot????
reggie<3: Ouais.
James Potter: WAIT YOU SPEAK FRENCH!!?!?!?????
reggie<3: No.
James Potter: oh
reggie<3: Yes i do, what did you want?
James Potter: THATS SO COOL WHAT
AND ALSO PLS CHANGE MY NAME
ITS TO POSH
AND YOURS IS REGGIE
SO
reggie<3: Why would i do that?
James Potter: BECAUSE I ASKED
PLEASE
reggie<3: No.
James Potter: PLEASEEEE
reggie<3 changed James Potter to James
James: YAYAYAYAYAYAYYA
reggie<3: Is that all you needed?
He really hoped it wasn’t.
James: actually no i wanted to tell you that im going to this party tomorrow it was a late invite kinda thing and i need your opinion on what to wear
Yes.
reggie<3: Im not your stylist.
James: PLEASE
reggie<3: Fine.
James: YAY OKAY LET ME GET THE OPTIONS
James sent 1 attachment
SO THIS IS NUMBER 1
A black suit and tie. Regulus’ heart flutters, why does he have to look so good?
reggie<3: It’s okay, i guess.
James: WOW YOU DONT THINK I LOOK GOOD IN A SUIT AND TIE?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
reggie<3: …No.
Stupid. Why did he say that?!
James: oh okay
reggie<3: Sorry.
James: FOR?
reggie<3: Saying it doesn’t look good.
James: so you do think it looks good?
reggie<3: I never said that.
James: oh right
reggie<3: Ça a l’air trés bien.
James: i can’t understand you when you do that
reggie: Thats the point.
James: OKAY ANYWAYS NEXT ONE
James sent 1 attachment
A black shirt and dark wash jeans. A black shirt with the top few buttons undone and dark wash jeans. A black shirt with the top few buttons undone and dark wash jeans that looked way too tight to actually be comfortable but that didn’t change the fact James looked impeccable in them.
reggie<3: Thats…
James: its…?
reggie<3: Better.
James: ooo okay
James sent 1 attachment
Light shorts and a shirt that had flamingos on it and looks like it had been dragged through a safari park. Honestly Regulus thinks he pulls it off.
reggie<3: Too colourful.
James: are you allergic to colour or something
reggie<3: Yes.
James: right anyways heres the last one
James sent 1 attachment
A plain white top with joggers, not too bad - in fact he looks better than not bad in it - but Regulus thought it doesn’t really fit the look of going to a party.
reggie<3 I like the second one most.
James: AHA SO YOU DO LIKE IT
reggie<3: No.
James: your taking the mick at this point
reggie<3: Me? Never.
James: okay anyways so you think the second one?
reggie<3: Yes. Porte ça, C’est joli sur toi.
James: im gonna asume your bullying me
reggie<3: Okay.
***
Now James had an outfit for whatever silly gathering he had going on tomorrow, Regulus needed to focus on what he was going to wear.
If anyone else had invited him to a party he would’ve declined, no hesitation, but this was Barty, His best friend, so he grudgingly opened his wardrobe and sorted through his clothes - which didn’t really make much sense to do as he had a total of three plain white tops and a few pairs of trousers but he had always been rather dramatic.
After a while of searching, he found a black suit that had been shoved into a deep corner of his wardrobe.
It was covered with a thin layer of dust and looked a size to small but Regulus thought it would do. It was quite creased so he decided he was going to iron it so he could look at least a little respectable.
***
Barty: REG WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?!?
reg: A suit.
Barty: regulus….
reg: Yes?
Barty: you know i love you but please dont wear a suit
reg: Why not? is that not what you wear to parties?
Barty: oh my sweet little anti-social puddykins porkchops munchkin, no that is not what you wear to a party
reg: One day im actually going to wallop you around the head with a hammer.
Barty: i await to see that day
reg: Barty.
Barty: FINE FINE ANYWAYS DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY OTHER CLOTHES
reg: No.
Barty: ill drop some over in the morning then
reg: Okay thanks.
Barty: what would you ever do with out me reggie
reg: Alot.
***
It was currently 4:57 am and Regulus hadn’t managed a wink of sleep, he wasn’t sure why, but this did happen sometimes and it was just something that he had to deal with.
It was rather unfortunate that it happened to be the night that he actually needed the sleep that he didn’t get it but at this point Regulus has given up with trying to fall asleep and has decided to continue reading his book.
He’s currently reading The song of Achilles (again) which he personally thinks is one of the best bits of literature he’s read in his life, which is saying a lot.
Regulus really enjoys reading, he supposes it must be because he can sort of escape reality, and enter a state where nothing matters.
He used to read literally all day every day when his brother, Sirius, had ran away. It helped distract himself from real life and everything that was changing around him (it also helped that his parents thought he was reading for an educational purpose therefore leaving him to himself)
He doesn’t only like reading for that reason but also the fact that he finds it so strange that someone can take a thought from their head and turn it into something so magical.
He is also rather fond on music, in which he listens to a variety of different artists but mainly; Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Phoebe Bridgers and Lana del rey.
He definitely prefers calmer music to country and rock but that doesn’t mean he’s opposed to listening to a bit of Taylors debut album while getting ready.
Which is exactly what he’s doing at 5:36 am. He had gotten up as he knew he wasn’t going to get any sleep, so he slid into the shower and put on Taylor Swift. Specifically Should’ve said no which he thinks is a criminally underrated song.
Regulus hates to admit it but he sings in the shower, not that he’s exactly bad at it, but he had decided he was definitely not the type of person to sing in the shower. Which obviously isn’t true but thats beside the point. It’s when the song finishes and scott street by Phoebe Bridgers starts playing, when he gets a notification, which for normal people seems regular, but as we have previously discussed Regulus is definitely not normal.
He rubs his eyes and squints to try and read the notification while the boiling water pelts onto his back, yes he showers with his shower at the hottest setting, i mean who doesn’t?
He finally makes out what the notification is.
James. Its James.
His stomach does a weird sort of flip as if it was doing gymnastics.
He quickly rushes to turn of the water and grab his towel before wrapping it around his lower torso, he picks up his phone and clicks onto the message.
***
James: whats your favourite colour?
reggie<3: Are you serious?
James: YES OFC I AM WHY WOULDNT I BE?!?
reggie<3: First of all, calm down. Second of all why are you awake and asking me that at 5:49 am?
James: First of all, i AM calm. Second of all, im awake because its 5:49 am i mean you have to start the day at some point right? so why not wake up a bit earlier so you have more day to live in and i asked you what your favourite colour is because i wanted to know and because im bored and i wanted to know more about you
reggie<3: Do you ever stop talking?
James: no :)
reggie<3: Okay, anyway my favourite colour is blue.
James: what type and why?
reggie<3: A deep, Navy blue, because it reminds me of the ocean, which i quite like.
James: The ocean is scary
reggie<3: I wouldn’t say scary, more mysterious. We just dont know whats there.
James: i see, do you always think so far into meanings
reggie<3: Well yes, but that wasn’t me thinking far into the meaning of it, thats just a fact.
James: okay sassy boy
reggie<3: How in anyway is that sassy?
James: ….
reggie<3: Shut up.
James: what ever you say reggie<3
reggie<3: Im going now.
James: okay by reggiee
***
Regulus is staring at his and James messages for a good minute after saying goodbye, when he realises he still had shampoo in his hair.
He was in such a rush to message James he didn’t even wash the shampoo out of his hair. How stupid can you get?