Chapter 3
“Oo! Look that's their house!” Sirius shouts and starts to pick up his pace.
Once they are both at the doorstep, Regulus behind his older brother, Sirius repeatedly knocks on the door. “You should stop doing that’s annoying, also they’re asleep because it’s probably almost two.” Regulus comments on his brother's loud hammering on the door.
“Please, it’s like barely nine.”
“Uhm no. we have gotten lost how many times already? There is no way it's not at least past midnight.”
“Can you stop bitching?”
“Bitching? I am not bitching.” Regulus states in an offended tone.
“You’ve been being a bitch all night.”
“Well, I wouldn't be one if you had any sense of direction.”
“For the last time. We. Were. Not. Lost”
“Yes we were, and shut up you’re always so loud.”
“I AM NOT-”
“Sirius! You made it.” Regulus hears the cheery voice in front of them and looks up. Standing by the door frame is a lady who has a very welcoming vibe to her.
“Effie!” Sirius jumps onto the poor woman to hug her.
“You must be Regulus! Sirius said you would be joining us.” Mrs. Potter gives him a warm smile and ushers them in.
Once they are inside the warmth of the house Sirius goes up to wake up the potter bi- James.
Regulus is awkwardly sitting across from Mrs.Potter. He clears his throat,” I’m sorry that we bothered you so late Mrs. Potter.” Regulus says politely. She smiles at him kindly,” Oh it's just fine, and call me Effie.” Regulus stares at her in awe. Walburga never accepted nicknames, she would punish Sirius and him when they would use them, he could never imagine his mother being called ‘Burgie’.
“I was starting to worry, it is quite late,” she says still smiling, Regulus wonders if her cheeks ever get sore from smiling.
“Im terribly sorry, even though it was more Sirius’s fault than mine. He got us lost and kept walking around in circles.”
“FOR THE LAST TIME I WASN'T LOST!” Sirius calls out from the stairs two figures following him down. Effie chuckles, “Im sure you weren’t Sirius.” she says softly.
Regulus sees Mr. Potter and the.. other one, heading over to where Effie and he are seated, with Sirius skipping to a seat near him.
The three Potters and Sirius talk for a while, occasionally trying to include him, but Regulus has never liked talking to people he didn't know well and gave them dry answers. Soon after it's about three, they show them to their rooms, Sirius had already stayed there so he gets comfortable in his room.
Once Regulusin is in his new bed he has trouble sleeping, he’s never been comfortable with change. The room’s walls are a cream color and the bedsheets light blue, it was neatly decorated with an empty bookshelf on one of the walls. It was a nice room, but for some reason, it doesn't feel like his, which is probably a good thing.
Regulus’s room was filled with anxious memories from pacing his room while Sirius was being punished next door, to listening carefully for his parents' footsteps when reading a muggle book.
But that's what Regulus was used to. It Is an OK change, It wasn’t that he missed his old house or that he wanted to be back there, Regulus just didn't feel comfortable in this new and different setting.
The good thing was that Regulus could talk to his friends, maybe even hang out with them. His parents only accepted that he became friends with Evan Rosair or some other pureblood in his grade. They didn’t have any problem with Pandora, but that meant he couldn’t talk to his muggle-born friend Robin, They’ve been actual friends for only about a year but she has been a good friend to Pandora since the first year.
Robin Charles is a Hufflepuff who is quite annoying when you ignore her, That was what Regulus did mostly until Pandora made him talk to her last year. Robin is one of the Hufflepuffs' that do not live up to the soft and friendly reputation, she talks a lot about random things and is quite fond of gossip. Regulus didn’t think he liked gossip much until he became friends with her, and found it amusing how she would make up stories just to start drama.
Regulus hasn’t talked to either of his friends all summer and he thinks it would be nice to catch up with them.
Tomorrow.
Right now he just needs to sleep.