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“What in the actual hell was that about?” Sirius hit James upside the head.

“What?” James yelled out in pain.

“Since when did you get so quiet?”

“I don’t know,” James looked down at his hands, then looked back up to smile innocently at Sirius, “your brother is literally driving me crazy.”

“Oh, screw off.” Sirius looked over to James and asked, “Did you see that guy Reggie was with?”

“I mean, how could I not? He was fucking seven feet tall.”

“James, no he wasn’t. That’s not funny.”

“No yeah, I saw him. Why?”

“I don’t know. He was really pretty.” Sirius smiled lightly. “He was kind of adorable, the way his face looked when I went to shake his hand, or the fact he’s just super awkward and nervous. I really like his hair as well! Oh, yeah and did you notice those scars on his face? They look so fucking cool!”

“Oh, my God. Does Sirius Black have a crush?”

Sirius darted his wide eyes quickly at him, then coughed. “I wouldn’t call it a crush, we literally just met.” He paused and stopped in front of James. “See this is the difference between me and you, I don’t automatically assume I like someone who I barely have had a conversation with.” Sirius said.

“First of all, ouch. Second of all, I’m not assuming. I know I like your brother.” James told Sirius.

“Ugh! If I have to hear one more thing about my brother I’m going to lose it.” Sirius tilted his head up and yelled at the sky.

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“Oh my god! If I have to hear one more thing about my brother I’m going to lose it!” Regulus shouted.

“He was just even more pretty up close, though! He was so kind and polite. God, I think I embarrassed myself in front of him. Was I too awkward? Did I look weird?” Remus stopped and looked at Regulus. “Is this pathetic? It feels pathetic.” Remus paused again and put his hands on Regulus’ shoulders. “Why am I so obsessed with your brother?”

“I don’t know, I ask myself that question too.”

“Is it weird to say that I felt like I had known him for years just by touching his hand.” Remus asked.

“Yes, maybe?”

“Okay, then forget I said it.” Remus laughed.

(The Four Musketeers)

Rem:Guess who we just met

Dorcas: WHO?

Lils: Yeah who?!?

Rem: James Potter and Sirius Black.

Dorcas: OMFG NO WAYYYY

Lils:That’s so cool! Was Sirius everything you hoped and dreamed of and more?

Rem: YES😁😁

Dorcas: LMAOOO BOY IS DOWN BAD😭😭

Reggie: Tell me about it…😒😐

Rem: Don’t even start with me.

Reggie: If you have something to say, then say it to me.

Reggie: We are walking right next to each other

Lils: Uhhhhhhhhhhhh

Lils: Guys??

Dorcas: Where did you go?

Rem: He literally just swung at me

Dorcas: REGULUS?!?????!!!

Lils: DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HIM

Reggie: You’re a lair, Lupin

Rem: 😘😘🥰🥰

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(The Marauders)

Prongs: Sirius is gay panicking

Marls:lol relatable

Pads: 😐

Prongs: We just saw Regulus

Marls: Bro what?

Marls:So he’s gay panicking over his own brother?

Wormy: …😧

Wormy: What. did. I. just. open. my. phone. to!???!!

Pads:MARLENE. PETE. WTF NO.

Pads: JAMES WAS ALREADY DOING ENOUGH OF THAT HIMSELF

Prongs: 😭😭😭😭😭

Wormy: So? What exactly was he gay panicking over then?

Prongs:Oh yeah😋😋

Prongs: He has a crush on Regulus’ bestie

Marls: ooooooooo😯😯😯😯😧😧😧😧

Wormy: *sips tea*

Marls: lmao😭

Pads: You guys are relentless

Prongs: 🤷🤷🤷

Marls: No because that’s hilarious

Marls: the two brothers falling for each others best friends

Pads: I can tell you right now, Regulus has not fallen for James 😭

Wormy: Our life should be a reality TV show tbh

Prongs: We’re not that interesting

Marls: I beg to differ, James

Pads: Yeah speak for yourself, Prongs.

Marls: I feel like we’re more of a sitcom though

Wormy: Oooooo yeah true true

Marls: 😘

Wormy: Wait so did James drop dead when he saw Regulus??

Pads: No, but he couldn’t get a single word out of his mouth

Marls: James Potter speechless??? Shocker

Prongs: This is harassment

Marls: Oh…you’ll know when I harass you

Prongs: 😟😟😟😟😟

Wormy: I would pay to see James Potter speechless

Marls: Real.

Prongs: You guys are mean☹️

Marls: I thought you liked em’ mean🤔🤨

Prongs: I’m leaving this chat.

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(The French Sluts)

Barty: YOOOOO

Barty: You ready to see your favorite people in 5 days😧😧

Regulus: I am ecstatic.

Pandora: You don’t sound it😔

Evan: Yeah Reg🤨

Barty: YEAH REG?!🤨🤨

Regulus:Why am I always being attacked?

Pandora:Because it’s fun

Evan: What have you been up to?

Barty: Yeah we haven’t seen you in forever

Regulus: I just saw you like three months ago?

Pandora:3 months is a long time to you??🤔🤔

Evan: damn 😖

Regulus: I’ve just been doing the same old thing

Pandora: hmmm🤨🤨🤨

Regulus:What?

Pandora: You know guys it’s funny how he hasn’t mentioned the elephant in the room

Evan: You’re so right, Dora😯

Regulus: Huh?

Barty:A little birdie told us you met a specific someone….

Regulus:If this little birdie is Remus, I am 10 feet away from his room.

Regulus: I can, and I will hurt him.

Evan:NO NEED TO GET VIOLENT.

Barty: I know that’s hard for you, but let’s tone it down a notch

Pandora: Yeah, spill.

Regulus: I hate Remus.

Barty: Yeah but Remus loves us soooo???

Regulus: I regret introducing you guys to him

Pandora: Well, too late now

Evan: Are you gonna tell us or am I getting my hopes up for nothing??

Regulus:You’re getting your hopes up for nothing.

Pandora: Come on, Reg. Pleaseeeee😔

Evan:😢😢😢😢😢😢

Barty: ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

Pandora: 😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪

Evan: 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞

Barty: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Pandora:😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕

Regulus: Oh my God. Okay, fine.

Evan: …….

Barty:……..

Pandora: …….

Regulus: I met James Potter.

Regulus: There, that’s all you get.

Barty:Screaming, crying, hyperventilating, having a heart attack, throwing myself on a highway, banging my head against the wall

Pandora: Our little Reggie has grown up

Evan: I’m tearing up 🥹

Regulus: I hate all of you

Regulus: And I hate him too

Pandora: No, you don’t.

Regulus: I most certainly do. Always have. Always will.

Pandora: Years ago, I always saw that spark in your eye when you talked about him🥹🥹

Regulus: Yeah, cause I talked about how much I hate him?

Barty: Nah you were just in denial, and still are.

Evan: Fr

Evan: You just keep trying to convince yourself and you are failing miserably

Regulus:Yeah, because you all definitely know me better than I know myself.😐😐😐

Pandora: That’s right. I do.

Regulus:🖕

Barty: I mean if you don’t want him then I’ll happily take him

Barty:Like damn he could do anything he wanted to me with those muscles….omg.

Evan:BARTY???????

Barty: Babe, I’m kidding👀👀👀

Evan: 😡

Barty: It’s just a celebrity crush calm down😭😭

Evan: mhmmm🤨🤨😑😑

Pandora:Barty, come get your man he’s texting me and acting all jealous

Evan: I AM NOT

Barty:Lmao

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Once James and Sirius got back to Sirius’ house they unpacked the groceries and started cooking their lunch.

“Can you pass me the salt please?” Sirius motioned over across the table.

“Yeah, here.” He slide the salt across the counter. “So I was thinking, maybe we could invite your brother on tour with us since the next couple of shows are pretty local!” James said enthusiastically.

Sirius almost fell over from where he was standing cooking the spaghetti. “What?”

“I said-“

“No, no. I heard what you said.”

“Oh.”

Sirius put his fingers to the bridge of his nose and looked at James.

“No, I am not going to invite my brother to tour with us, so you can live out your weird fantasies.” Sirius grabbed the spoon and looked down, “Nope, not doing it.”

“Come on, Sirius! I really like your brother, a lot. And, they’re not weird fantasies, I really do like him. I swear.”

“Prongs, you’ve barely even had a real conversation with him.”

“So?” James frowned.

“Plus, he hates you.” Sirius looked back up and frowned his eyebrows.

“What? He said that to you? When?” James asked smiling, suddenly more intrigued with what Sirius was saying.

“You’re joking, right?” Sirius asked flatly, dropping the spoon.

“What?”

“There’s no way you just got excited by the fact that my brother said he hates you.”

“Ugh!” James groaned as he dropped his body on the couch and put his hands over his face. “I didn’t.” James whispered.

“Okay, then look me in my eyes and tell me that you didn’t.” Sirius questioned with a smirk.

“I can’t.” James peeked at him through his hands, “because then I’d be lying to my best friend.”

“Ew gross, James!” Sirius yelled. “That’s just weird!”

James smiled to himself and then pulled out his phone. He opened Twitter and scrolled through “The Marauders” tag. Many people were saying how they had a great time and how they’re so lucky they got tickets.

But, a tweet that was posted three minutes ago specifically caught his eye over the rest of them.

Ashley @ashdash1555 • May 12

The way I caught James winking at someone in the crowd😭

*inserted video*

Replies:

Amelia @mealsseeducks • May 12

It almost looks like he’s singing to someone too

Jack @jackinthebox • May 12

You’re kinda right tho

Kendrick @www.Kendrick.com • May 12

What if he was crushing on someone in the crowd😭

Andera @sirib1333 • May 12

That’s so adorable if he was

                               ***

James refreshed the tweet many times, but the replies just kept growing. Many fans were now agreeing and speculating about this “mysterious person” in the crowd.

After the original tweet was out for about fifteen minutes, James started getting many tags under the post. He exited out of that tweet and scrolled through the other tweets under “The Marauders” tag, but mostly everyone was only talking about the video now. He couldn’t get passed one tweet without seeing himself winking at a “mysterious figure” in the crowd.

He then exited out of the tag, and guided himself over to the plus button at the bottom of the screen. He hovered over it for a few seconds, then clicked it and typed.

One thing about James Potter was that he loved to stir the pot.

James Potter☑️ @prongspotter • May 12

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for all the love at our first show, of this long awaited tour! Can’t wait to see the rest of you in the crowd real soon ;) ❤️

Replies:

Stacy @ssbs1 • May 12

There’s no way he’s not seeing our tweets…..

Lulu @uglyduckling • May 12

JAMES WHO WAS THE PERSON YOU WERE SINGING TO IN THE CROWD?!??

Zoey @boompow45

He knows what he’s doing at this point😭😭

                             ***

(The Marauders)

Wormy:Care to explain, Potter?🤔🤔

Wormy:*video*

Marls: Oh lovely, Pete. You read my mind.

Wormy: 😘

Marls: We’re waiting😌😌

Pads:Waiting for what exactly?

Prongs: Waiting for me to admit I was singing to Regulus in the video

Wormy:Yeah, go on

Prongs: I don’t know if you think I am gonna put up a fight or something but I’ll happily admit it.

Prongs: I am a very shameless man😉

Pads: Ew.

Pads: Why must we always talk about my brother in this group chat?

Marls: Because James has some weird fantasies about him, apparently

Pads: THATS WHAT I SAID TOO LMAO

Prongs: I LITERALLY DO NOT

Prongs:WHY DO YOU GUYS DO THIS TO ME

Marls:Cause it’s our job

Wormy: True

Pads: True

Wormy:Can we talk about your tweet tho🫢🫢

Marls: Yeah, you just couldn’t not say anything could you?

Prongs: As they say, if the mouth opens, it’s gotta speak

Pads:Literally who’s says that?

Prongs: Me…?

Pads: So, you were singing to Reggie then?

Prongs: Yes😍

Pads: I am going to kill you

Marls: Sirius, you just have to accept that James has the hots for your brother

Pads: I have accepted it, that doesn’t mean I have to like it

Wormy: Well said.

Pads:Enough about my brother, and more about my brothers best friend

Marls: Let’s hear about him

Pads: Well he’s adorable for one. He’s hot, he’s pretty, he’s funny, he has these cool scars on his face, his smile is pretty too

Wormy: Bros in love

Marls: Damn this is making me feel lonely😕

Marls: Does Regulus have any other cute friends for me???🧐🧐

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(The French Sluts)

Evan: Yo, lover boy. Come get your man

*video*

Pandora: James is down bad💀

Regulus:😑

Barty: Too real, Dora

Barty: Bro’s foaming at the mouth.

Regulus: He’s not my man.

Evan: Keep telling yourself that.

Barty:I know I’ve already said this but I mean it

Barty:If you don’t want him I’ll take him

Evan:BARTY😔😔😔

Pandora:Not this again😶😶

Barty: Look me in my eyes and tell me you don’t find those muscles absolutely breathtaking🤨

Pandora: 👀

Evan: 👀

Barty: Look me straight in the FACE and tell me you wouldn’t drop everything if James Potter said he liked you.

Evan: 👀

Pandora: 👀

Barty: Exactly. Even Pandora agrees, and she’s a lesbian.

Barty: Case closed.

Regulus:Why do you guys feel the need to butt into my love life?

Barty:What love life?

Pandora: HSBDJHSUDJS

Regulus: real funny, real mature.

Evan: Did you see those heart eyes James was making towards you?!????!!

Pandora:It was adorable

Barty: He looks like a lost puppy, following you around.

Evan:He looks like he’d jump off a cliff if Reg told him too.

Pandora: He looks like he’d run ten miles barefoot to find you food if you said you were even a little bit hungry.

Barty: You’ve got that man on a leash.

Evan: You’ve got that man wrapped around your finger.

Pandora:You’ve got that man down on his knees for you.

Regulus: OK ENOUGH.

Regulus: I get it.