favorite liar | jegulus

fourteen

james woke up the next morning feeling well rested for the first time in a few weeks. the sun was shining through the window as james slowly sat up and opened his eyes

he rubbed his eyes as the sun was bit too bright for his eyes this time of day. with heavy feet he slowly walked to the windows and opened up the curtains to let more light in which usually helped his friends get up faster as well

"morning marauders!" james called standing in the middle of the room

"five more minutes," sirius groaned like a child

"moony," james pleaded

"on it," remus answered rolling out of his bed half asleep and making his way to sirius

"pete?" james asked

there was no answer except for the sounds of remus dragging, actually dragging sirius out of bed by his ankles

james slowly walked over to peters bed and carefully opened the curtains trying to respect his privacy while getting him up for the day

james reached out and gently shook the boy, "pete? pete? time to get up wormy." he whispered softly

"already?" pete whined. "i think i had just fallen asleep."

"yea its already time," james confirmed. "common"

james took off to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wet his hair as a substitute for washing it which he didn't have time for

"moony is sirius up?" james asked loudly

"yes mom im up," sirius groaned making his way into the bathroom and ruffling up james's hair on his way to the second sink

"hey," james whined but sirius just smirked at him

then he went to throw on his trousers, shirt, and tie.
the tie took the longest, he wasn't very skilled at tying a tie but he usually managed. if not he could always count on remus to fix it

"oi prongs?" sirius yelled from the bathroom

"yea pads?"

"hate to ask but uh how are you and my brother? you two shagging yet?" sirius asked. james could hear the devious grin on his face

james chuckled, "were good, really good. actually were together now."

"so youre dating regulus now?" peter asked as he finished getting dressed

"yea," james stated like it was nothing, as if he was beside himself with joy about finally being able to say that

"so youre all.." peter trailed off

"all what?" remus questioned quickly, standing up from his bed where he was putting his socks and shoes on

peter looked terrified, "gay" he said finished against his better judgement

sirius, coming out of the bathroom tooth brush still in his hand, grabbed pete by his tie and slammed him against the wall. he was livid and beyond himself with anger

"is there a problem with that? pete," he asked through gritted teeth pushing him with more force as his anger grew

peter swallowed hard while james and remus looked at each other debating what to do. peter could use the beating but sirius was too angry to be the one to do it

it had always been a large elephant in the room that they didnt address. james has always suspected it made pete uncomfortable while remus and sirius seemed to think he was just a bit homophobic still

"nn.. no" peter mumbled shaking in fear as sirius had him pinned against the wall

sirius released his grip, "good."

he smoothed petes shirt out and patted him on the chest, "now that thats settled, where were we."

everyone stared at sirius like he was a mad man but he just laughed, "i said carry one you wankers."

"so you finally told him?" remus crooked his eyebrow with a smirk

james nodded, "a friend gave me some good advice."

"my pleasure," remus said as he bowed dramatically in return

"wanker," james muttered amused

"prat," remus shot back

"git"

a few minutes later all four marauders were dressed and ready for the day. remus was eager to get to breakfast so hed have time to eat enough

"common, lets go," remus cried standing by the door

"hurry up," sirius whined as he stood with remus by the door

"you go ahead, well meet you there. i wanna talk to pete real quick," james stated

remus nodded and grabbed sirius by his wrist

"oh boy," sirius mumbled as remus pulled him out of the room giving it to james and pete

"does it bother you?" james asked turning to pete

"what?" peter questioned

"us being gay? i know youre not against it at least i dont think you are, but if we make you uncomfortable or anything.." james was cut off

"no no," peter insisted. "i know it came off wrong, i just didnt realize you were gay too. i was just trying to fill in some blanks s'all."

"i guess we kinda did leave you in the dark on that one, my bad." james apologized. "should've done a better job at keeping you in the loop."

"no hard feelings," pete reassured him with a smile

"okay," james beamed. "but for the record im not even sure im gay."

"but youre dating.." pete trailed off growing even more confused. "how?"

james shrugged, "yea well i still fancy girls, i mean i still really liked lily for awhile. guess that makes me only half gay then."

"guess so," peter agreed. "im lost at that stuff, really. i couldnt tell you what it means. i wish i could help."

"no worries, im sure i can find someone who knows more than both of us combined," james comforted. "hell maybe remus knows. he knows everything."

"its sort of freaky sometimes," peter admitted with a laugh. "its like he just is knowledge itself."

"now," he said swinging an arm around pete. "lets get to breakfast before the love birds think i killed you."

pete nodded, "good..good idea."