hogsmeade
“he’s awake!! get your asses up he’s awake” dorcas ran into the boys dorm with pandora right behind here. they started jumping on barty’s and evan’s bed, trying to wake them up.
“what the fuck do you want? it’s 6 am on a saturday. leave me alone” barty groaned and wrapped the pillow around his head
“regulus is awake you shithead.” dorcas shook him even more now.
“fuck really? why didn’t you say that. let’s go??” barty got up and threw on the first clothes he saw. evan was already up and changed, they were waiting for barty, as usual.
they left a few minutes later, and sprinted to the hospital wing. when they got there, reg was sat up drinking some medicine. they were the only ones there. sirius must’ve not heard yet.
“REG!!” evan screamed and threw himself onto the bed.
“fucks sake evan. i’m still injured you know?” regulus smiled at him.
sirius ran out of his bed the minute he heard reg was awake, he didn’t even change out of his pyjamas. James was right behind him, since he was the only one who was gonna get up this early.
they heard voices as they got closer to the hospital wing, and went inside to see regulus surrounded by his friends: barty, evan ,dorcas and pandora.
sirius went over and gave reg a hug
“i am so sorry. this was all my fault i shoutdnt have hit you i just-“ sirius started, and regulus interrupted him.
“it wasn’t your fault okay? it was a game . and i’m fine now, see? no big deal” he mockingly rolled his eyes.
barty was giving james a dirty look the whole time. he couldn’t tell if he was mad about james and evan, or regulus.
“okay we have to go to our lessons now, but we’ll come see you at lunch. bye reg!” they all started to leave,
“what, no goodbye kiss for your boyfriend?” barty asked james,
“we are actually going to eat breakfast together, so why should i say goodbye?” james replied with a smirk on his face. barty rolled his eyes and carried on walking to the great hall.
“if you like evan so much why don’t you tell him?” pandora asked barty. they had spent breakfast talking about barty and evan.
“he’s with james now. why would i say anything to ruin it?” he looked over at james and evan, laughing and flirting. his heart clenched.
“yes but you should tell him anyways. even if he rejects you, at least you’ve told him, right?” dorcas suggested.
“yeah whatever . anyways cas, what about you? that gryffindor girl you’re always stalking.?” he pointed to marlene , who was talking to mary and lily.
“shut up. i’m not stalking her. we just talked once okay?” dorcas scoffed.
“right well it seems both of you have issues in your love life. you should sort that out” pandora laughed at the two of them, and their misery.
dorcas threw a bread roll at her, and they started a mini food fight at their table.
“james when is this gonna end?” evan asked
“evan we literally just started . it’s been like a few days. calm down. plus i have an idea . we can go on a hogesmeade date. we can invite our friends. they’ll definitely notice us then.”
“that’s not a half bad idea Potter. I’ll talk to my friends, and you talk to yours. this just might work. we can go to the three broomsticks aswell. but you have to buy me a butter beer.”
“fine”
The next day, Regulus was cleared from the hospital wing, and was getting changed to go to hogsmeade with his friends. He knew james and evan were going be there, and be all lovey dovey. so, he had a plan.
“ready to go?” pandora knocked on the dorm room.
“yeah” evan replied, “let’s go.”
dorcas was down in the common room waiting for the rest of them.
“about bloody time. why is it you boys take 10x longer to get ready? men are so stupid.” she jumped off the windowsill and threw her cigarette out the window.
“let’s go sluts.”
“hey guys. we’ve been waiting for ages. hey babe” james gave evan a kiss on the cheek, which wasn’t appreciated by barty.
“where’s reg?” sirius asked.
“oh he said he had to get something. he’ll be here soon i think.” dorcas replied.
“right. let’s go in?” and they all made their way inside the three broomsticks.
when the lady came up asking for their order, everyone asked for butter beer. They were all talking and laughing when reg walked in.
his clothes were a bit messed up and his hair was the messiest they’ve ever seen it. he had a hickey on his neck.
“woah reg you alright?” sirius laughed at the look of his brother
“yeah just fine. did you get me a butter beer?” he asked
“yeah we did.” sirius had so many questions, but they could wait.
what the fuck? why is he walking in here looking like that? and who’s that hickey from? james was so confused. regulus didn’t like anyone in the whole school, yet he looks like he’s just been with someone.
james’ eyes kept flitting towards the hickey. on his neck. regulus must’ve noticed, since he made eye contact with james and just pulled his collar down even lower.
“i’m going to the bathroom. i’ll be 2 seconds” regulus got up and walked towards the bathroom.
“yeah i really need a piss. i’ll be right back.” james left aswell, and followed reg into the bathrooms.
dorcas didn’t know marlene would be here. if she did, she would’ve dressed up much nicer. and how lovely, they were sat opposite eachother. marlene was sipping from her cup. and that’s when dorcas noticed her ring. she actually kept it? it made her stomach all fluttery.
“so dorcas, what about you?” lily asked
“uhm - sorry what?” what did she ask?
“oh i just asked what kind of stuff you like doing, since no one here knows eachother outside the groups.” right..
“uh well i like reading, and making stuff. like jewellery and clothes.” when she said this, marlene’s eyes dropped down to the ring she had on her finger.
the conversations carried on. at one point, dorcas’ leg bumped into marlene’s. instead of moving her leg, marlene kept it there.
they stayed like that for a while. dorcas was filled with some sort of giddiness that she hadn’t experienced before.
regulus was washing his hands when someone came into the bathroom. he turned to leave but was blocked.
“explain. now.” James fucking Potter.
“explain what?” regulus asked
“the hickeys. the secret lover”
“there is no secret lover. just a one night stand.”
james couldn’t stand to imagine someone with regulus.
“yeah well don’t. don’t have any more.” james said.
“sorry, who are you to decide whether or not i sleep with people? i can do what i want and who i want.” regulus spat back.
“i’m just trying to look out for you” what a lie. james was just burning with jealousy.
“oh really? okay, well in that case, stop dating evan.”
“no. you cant decide that”
“exactly. hypocrisy isn’t a good look Potter.”
james was livid by now, regulus was just winding him up.
“and just for that, i’m gonna go find someone right now. maybe they’ll want to meet me in the bathrooms.” regulus got close to james’ ear and whispered.
james could feel his breath on his neck and shuddered.
fucks sake. he hated regulus black.
regulus left while winking at james. James groaned and left a few minutes later.