Chapter 7
“he’s lying right? there’s no way he didn’t know.”james rushed to the only person he could think of.
“well- james i know we are friends but why come to me?” evan asked
“first off, you’re his best mate. he would tell you. and second, there’s no one else really. sirius would kill me, and no one else really knows i’m in love with him. fuck why did i say i WAS? i still am.” james groaned.
“. james. regulus is in love with you. he has been since he joined the school. but he gave up after he thought you didn’t like him back. that’s why he was ignoring you all summer and since then. he still loves you.”
“oh. right. i don’t really know how to process this. but i basically just told him i was in love with him. he thinks i’m over him .”
“you are over him, since you’re with me , remember? how are you freaking out over this if you are fake dating me?” evan reminded him.
“right. forgot about that. well what should we do? we’ve only been dating for a week so it’s too early to break things off.”
“so just cheat on me. no, regulus wouldn’t do that actually. but you know who would…”
evan had a thought. him and barty liked eachother and wanted to date, and him and james needed a good reason for them to break up so early.
regulus would never get with james now and cheat behind evans back.
but. barty definitely would. all evan needed to do was get barty to help him, and then all this would be over.
james could be with regulus, and barty could be with evan. simple! right?
so, later that day, while everyone else was off doing something, evan was left alone with barty in the common room. he knew exactly what to do.
he unbuttoned some of the buttons on his shirt and messed up his hair a little. as he walked into the room, he saw barty look up at him.
“hey ev. “ he seemed awkward, probably since they were being left alone.
“hey barty. what you doing?” evan walked up to him and leaned down over the sofa, so that his head was on barty’s shoulder.
barty got all flustered and was blushing.
“just -uhm - reading. and doing the homework. what about you?”
“nothing much. might do some homework too , now that you’ve mentioned it.” evan started getting closer to barty’s neck .
he then started peppering kisses all over it, which took barty by surprise. he stilled for a moment, then suddenly turned and kissed evan.
yes yes yes it was working.
but evan couldn’t even think about the plan, not while barty was kissing him like this.
he kissed him back, and pulled himself onto the sofa.
luckily no one would be there for a while, so evan and barty went undisturbed for a long time, and they made very good use of that time.
fuck. barty’s mind was racing. he just slept with evan. multiple times. why wasn’t he happy? he was kind of, but there was something else there too..
evan had fallen asleep in barty’s bed, since it’s nighttime and no one was at the dorm yet.
shit. barty forgot about james. how could he forget??
of course he was madly jealous of james, but he knows how it feels to get cheated on and he would never want that for anyone else.
but evans so fit.
but he’s taken?
but he should be with barty
but he’s with james.
fuck.
reg liked the astronomy tower. it was peaceful, and he liked looking at the stars. no one ever came up there at night. or so he thought.
there was a sound from the other side of the tower, and he grabbed his wand. there was smashing and breaking sounds. he cautiously walked over, wand in hand, and saw a figure slumped over crying.
“hello? are you alright? “ he asked, and was very surprised to see james lift his head from his knees.
“reg? what are you doing here?” his words shook and trembled. his eyes were red and puffy.
“james what the hell? what are you doing here?”
“i always come here. it’s more peaceful at night.”
“weird we’ve never come across eachother.”
“mhm. sure. well i’m leaving now anyways. “
“james you’re not still upset over earlier?”
“yes. yes i am reg. i was- no am in love with you, and you ignore me and act as if you didn’t know. i was so obvious! “ he yelled. regulus flinched, then james had realised what he did.
“fuck reg i’m so sorry- i didn’t mean to yell. i’m not going to hurt you- i swear.” fuck regulus’ parents. they caused this.
“it’s fine. i’m fine.” “wait james- what did you say?” he asked
“i said sorry?”
“no. before that. you said you’re IN love with me.”
“right. and?”
“no. no. no. no! james. you’re with evan. you like eachother why - why ?!”
“i don’t like him- not like i like you. okay?”
“no. fuck no. first of all, i would never do that to evan, and second , no. i will not be second choice. not when i’ve been in love with you since i’ve met you. i will not be second choice james. especially not to my best friend.
“reg it’s not like that- let me explain everything.”
“no. don’t call me reg. only people i like can call me that. and there’s nothing to explain. so goodbye.”
now it was his turn to storm out. the minute he got to his dorm room he sobbed his heart out.
fucking james potter.