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Maniac

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Regulus' boyfriend of four months, James Potter, is celebrating his birthday. Regulus' knows no one at the party, besides his brother, and it doesn't look good for him when James decides to get drunk. The next hours are a blur for him but not for Regulus. James suddenly gets up from his chair and looks at Regulus. "Regulus. You are a good-for-nothing little shit. No one loves you and you know it. I think I have gotten tired of you. I only dated you because your my best friend's brother. I honestly think you'd do us all a favor by dying.", he cried laughing in between. Regulus looked at him as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Yeah you go ahead and cry. You big baby. You can't run to mummy now. Or ever.", he was acting crazy, banging on his car with an empty beer bottle. Regulus gets up and walks to his car. He has had enough of James for today, or forever. Sirius screams after his brother to get back but Regulus is already out of earshot.

In the morning, when it is still dark, Regulus gets up to hear the phone ringing. "Hey, Regulus Black here.", he mumbles into the receiver. "Hey Reggie, it's James. I'm so so sorry. I don't even remember what happened just...you left and... and I don't know.", he sobs on the other end. "I'll come over.", answers Regulus and hangs up. He grabs his jacket and drives his car to James'. He rings and waits for the door to open. The door opens and there stands James with a tear streaked face. "Reggie...what happened?", he whispers brokenly. "'You were with your friends partyin', when the alcohol kicked in, said you wanted me dead.'", he explains. "Reggie...I was drunk...I didn't mean it...please.", he replies. "A drunken mans words are a sober mans thoughts Potter. 'You just went too far. Wrecked your car, call me crying in the dark. Now you're breaking my heart. So I show up at your place right away.'", Regulus said. "Please...Reggie...come in...I...let's at least talk about it." Regulus walks in. He sits down on a chair and looks at him. "I...Reggie...I just want to go back to how it was. I...just want you back.", he says. "You know I was good to you. You said you loved me. We can work through this. Right, Reggie...", he whispers. Regulus stands up again. "'People like you always want back what they can't have. But I'm past that. And you know that. So you should turn back to your rat pack. Tell 'em I'm trash.'", counters Reggie raising his voice slightly. "Reggie you know that's not what I want...", James tries to reason. "'Tell all of your friends that I'm crazy and drive you mad. That I'm such a stalker, a watcher, a psychopath. And tell them you hate me and dated me just for laughs. So why do you call me and tell me you want me back?!'", screams Sirius. "Regulus Black...stop that...listen to me you fucker. I'm trying to fix this!", he cries. But he has gone to far. "'You MANIAC!'", screams Regulus as he runs out the door. "Regulus come back here." "'You MANIAC.'", he answers and mounts his motorbike and rides into the sunrise back to his peaceful life.