favorite liar | jegulus

twenty three

and i know its easier
to let it all come crashing to the ground
i think im being cursed
to take all that i love and burn it down.
jack kays: bottom of the bottle
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james potter is not a petty person. he wasnt as a child and never grew into it. people usually described him as overly friendly, kind hearted, and a bit arrogant at times. typically everyone enjoyed his presence. only a select few didnt

james did, however, know the king of being petty; sirius black

he had observed sirius perfect the art of being petty since they were eleven. so in a way james knew how to be petty just as well as anyone but up until recently he never wanted to be that way towards someone

regulus and him had not spoken since that day on the train. james made many attempts to but failed every time

by the end of the first week he had decided to give regulus a taste of his own medicine

so when he woke up saturday morning he made a promise to himself i will not approach him first, he will have to come to me

it was easy to steer clear of regulus since he was doing all the work, avoiding james and all. he was going strong so far until he sat down at dinner and across the great hall, looking directly at him was regulus

regulus could not have looked less numb. he had no emotion on his face nor did his eyes give any indication he was even feeling. he looked like a robot

james wasnt sure what would have hurt more; seeing him happy, seeing him upset, or this emotionless expression he was wearing. either way his heart sunk at the thought that this had not affected regulus in the slightest

"so you guys broke up?" pete asked noticing james was staring at regulus

"not exactly, i mean? well i dont know now that i think about it. he just said were not compromising and took off," james answered turning his attention back to his friends

"oh" pete replied, suprised

"are you ever going to talk to him?" remus attempted to urge james to keep on trying instead of giving up

james rolled his eyes, "he doesnt want to talk to me so im not going to talk to him." he took another bite of his dinner

"so youre just going to ignore him forever?" remus cocked his eyebrow

"if i have to," james stated with an icy tone

remus dropped the conversation there, not fond of james' new petty approach to relationships. it reminded him too much of his long haired dramatic boyfriend

"you guys want to do something fun?" sirius breathed heavily as he rushed into dinner late

james grinned, "define fun."

"room of requirement, firewhiskey, live music courtesy of me, tonight!" sirius stated a devious smirk on his face

their faces lit up, "sounds like a plan"

just what i need, james thought, a distraction

within the next hour at least sixty students were pilled into the room of requirement, drink in hand, dancing the night away to sirius' husky voice singing strictly bowie

james usually took it upon himself to stay as close to sober as possible. he wanted someone around to look after others and he eventually just took it upon himself to be that person

however james lost count of how many drinks hed had tonight

it was an idiotic plan to put it in the kindest way possible. the moment he stepped into the room he promised himself hed drink until his heart stopped aching