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Regulus
James was out for a few hours with his friends doing some stupid prank. He promised me it wasn't on me, so I told him it's fine. James told me he would come find me later, probably after dinner, and we would do something. After dinner I'm planning on going to the Astronomy tower to read and be alone until James can come hangout.

Right now I'm going to meet Pandora at the lake to hangout. I have been spending most of my time with James and I haven't been spending that much time with her. She called me out on it, so I'm going to hangout with her.

I get down to the lake and find her sitting there with a joint for us. I smile as I sit down and she hands me the joint.

"Got us something," she says to me as I take it from her hand.

"I could use this right now. How did you know?" I ask her jokingly.

"I know you better than you know yourself," she responds with a smile.

''That might be true," I reply. She smiles at me and lays her head on my shoulder.

"Where have you been Reg? I missed you."

"Sorry, I have been pretty busy." I tell her. "But I've missed you too."

"So who is this mystery person you've ditched me for? Because I know it's not Barty. He's been moping around for a while now."

I shake my head and say, "it's not Barty.. but I can't tell you who it is."

"They're important to you?" Pandora asks me without looking up at me. She can tell if I'm telling the truth without even looking at me. "They're cool?"

"Yeah, they're pretty cool, and very important to me." I say, and then I take a breathe. "It's a little scary though. How fast this person is becoming important to me."

She nods her head like she understands exactly what I mean, and she probably does. Who knows what she gets up to when I'm off with James.

"Don't push them away just because it's scary, Regulus. It's supposed to be scary. That's how you know it's real."

I smile to myself. Wise wisdom from Pandora.

Without Pandora, I don't know what I'd do. Through everything, she's one of my best friends. She's done so much for me, listened to me and talked me through a lot of shit. Barty is my other best friend. He would do anything for me. I can't even tell you how many times he's been there for me after all of my family shit, and even the James shit.

Pandora isn't a fan of my brother or his friends, which is why I haven't told her yet. I know she will not approve of him. I really like him though, so I can't do anything about it.

Or I could... but I won't. I'm in too deep now. I like him too much.

Barty would tell you I'm insane for liking him but he would never tell me to stop seeing him. He would just tell me that he thinks I'm crazy.

Maybe I am crazy.

I mean, this is James Potter. He's basically Gryffindor royalty.

Sirius' best friend in the entire world.

It's ridiculous to think there's a chance for us... and yet... I'm starting too.

This guy just went out of his way to make my first date beyond perfect just because he found out I've never had a proper first date. If that doesn't say how special he is, I don't know what will.

I can deal with being called crazy for liking him, and yeah maybe he's Gryffindor royalty but he likes me enough to go through all of that trouble. I'll just consider myself lucky.