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Regulus

I am going on a date with James Potter.
A. Date.
A date that I agreed to.
How are we going to do this and not be seen? The Three Broomsticks is a popular place for all students to go, especially on a Saturday. I'm sure James has something up his sleeve.
I decide to wear black skinny jeans with a dark green t shirt and a black denim jacket, finishing the look with some black doc martens. I check my hair in the mirror to make sure it isn't too scruffy and decide I'm all good to go.
As I leave the Slytherin common room it occurs to me that I've never really been on a date. I feel nervous, but also excited.
I did not have falling for James Potter on my fourth year bingo card but here we are.
I hurry out of the castle, trying to make sure no one that I know sees me, they might ask questions, especially because I'm dressed relatively nicely. I don't have a lie to tell them. I could say I'm off into Hogsmeade but they might want to join me so instead I just pray that no one sees me and that no one has any questions.
It doesn't take me long to walk to get to the Three Broomsticks. I make it in good time, I'm even early, but I still find James Potter standing outside the Broomsticks. He got there before me. This sends a swarm of butterflies loose in my stomach, it shows he cares, that he really wanted this date to happen.
I take him in for a moment before I walk up
to him. He's wearing bootcut denim jeans with a red t shirt and a black and white flannel shirt, topped off with white converse high tops. His hair is an organised mess that gives him that boyish charm and he...he just looks amazing.
"Wotcher, Regulus" says James, with a grin
"Hello, Stranger" I reply
He grins and just stares at me for a moment "Merlin"
"What?" I ask
"You look incredible" replies James
I try so hard not to blush, but I can already feel my cheeks getting warm, and it's winter, in Scotland, there's no way I'm warm. "Shut up" I say and James just laughs.
"You want a butterbeer?" Asks James
"You are not buying me a drink" I state defiantly
"I definitely am, you're getting a butterbeer whether you want one or not" James states, a tone of finality in his voice, one I don't even try to challenge.
We walk into the pub and James strides up to the bar, places the order, takes the drinks and leads us to our seats
"This is very...open" I say nervously
"Don't worry, I have that covered" he replies, and with that, he pulls his wand out of his back pocket "Cave Inimicum" James mutters, casting a concealing spell on us "muffliato" James adds for extra measure. "No one can see us?" I ask
"Or hear us" replies James, walking over to me "Which is why I have no fear of doing this" he adds as he bends down and grabs my face, pulling me in for a kiss.
"I was waiting to do that, it took a lot of self control not to do it as soon as I saw you" James states
"Well it would have been a nice greeting, but I think it would have created quite the scandal"
James laughs "tell me about it"
"So, what exactly did you want to do on this date?" I ask
"Just spend time with you, you know, outside of sex"
"So you want to actually get to know me?"
"Yeah pretty much"
"Well what do you want to know?"
"Why did you kiss Barty? Was it really just because he's attractive?"
"That's not getting to know me"
"It's been plaguing me for days"
"I kissed him because I saw you kissing Lily"
This takes James by surprise, almost like he was hoping that would be my answer but that he didn't actually think I'd admit to it. "I-I didn't think you cared that much"
"Yeah well I do"
"Go out with me" James blurts out, and I can tell he blurted it, because he seems almost shocked by the words that just came out of his mouth, but he stands his ground, he doesn't take it back.
"What?" I ask
"Go out with me, be my boyfriend" James repeats
"James" I begin but I have nothing more to add, I don't have a response prepared "James you barely know me" is all I manage to come up with
"Sure I do. I know that you always start in the centre of the hoops in quidditch, that you always do a victory lap, I notice that you polish your broom before and after matches, that you always sit to the bottom right of the Slytherin table, that on Wednesdays without fail you eat lunch with Pandora Black, that you always go to the library in your free periods and that you sit on the table at the back in the corner closest to the restricted section, I've seen you read Little Women five times and I know it's a muggle book but I don't think that bothers you, so I've deduced that must be your favourite book and outside of school uniform you seem to wear black and green the most so they must be your favourite colours but not because of your house, you're a Slytherin in name only, you can pretend all you like but in reality you have no real ties or connections or sense of belonging to your house, the only thing you like about being in Slytherin are your friends, other than that you could happily be in any other house and if you had to choose it would probably be Ravenclaw not just because of Pandora but because of your astounding intelligence."
I am, quite literally, speechless "is that enough? or do I need to know more?" James asks
"You noticed all of that? About me?" I ask
"I did, yeah, I notice you, Regulus" James replies
"Okay, yeah" I finally say
"Yeah?" Asks James
"I'll be your boyfriend" I reply
James practically beams at me, he stands up and walks over to me yet again, this time I stand too.
He grabs me by my waist and pulls me in closer to him, but he doesn't kiss me straight away. He moves a strand of hair out of my face, tucking it behind my ear and then cups my face in his hands, just looking at me for a moment before he eventually closes the space between us and kisses me.
We end up talking for a few hours after that before we decide to leave. "I know this nice little trail that'll lead us back to the castle" James says, gesturing for me to leave out of a back door I didn't even know existed.
We pass through a fee rows of houses before we end up on this cobblestone path, a very pretty one at that, you can see the grass on either side of the path poking out through the snow, there were a couple of snowdrop flowers along the edges of the path, it was something out of a fantasy.
"This is beautiful" I say, admiring the view.
"It's a nice little walk" James replies
"How did you find it?" I ask
"Sometimes I take morning walks to Hogsmeade on the weekends and I don't always like going the same way I came so I wanted to find a different way back to the castle. I did some wondering and stumbled across this path, I decided there was no harm in following it and low and behold it took me to Hogwarts,  pretty brilliant really" James replies "plus, no one's here so I can do this" James adds, grabbing my hand
"I was hoping you'd do that" I reply
James just smiles at me. I had wanted to hold his hand, I knew that was too risky on the busy street but here there was no one to watch, no one to judge me as I hold my boyfriend's hand. Boyfriend. That's so odd to say, but odd in the best way.
It doesn't take long before we see the castle in front of us.
James stops us and looks around to make sure the coast is clear, but this time I take some initiative, I cup his face in my hands and pull him into a kiss.
"Okay, I'll see you later, love" says James
Did he just call me love?
I brush it off for now.
"I'll see you later" I reply
He lets go of my hand and walks on ahead of me.
I return to the common room, the whole way back i've been unable to wipe the smile off of my face, but I can't look too happy when I walk into the common room, it would be out of character for me, so I try to keep a straight face.
"What's up with you?" Asks Barty as soon as I step foot in the common room
"What?" I ask
"You look...well I can't tell if you're happy or constipated" replies Barty
"Maybe I'm both" I say with a grin
"No you're normal, that's cool then" Barty states.
Evan is there with Barty too, except he's laid on the sofa, with his head in Barty's lap, or at least it was before Evan shot up, sitting bolt right as soon as he heard my voice. That's when I notice the common room is empty, save for us. Are they...are they a couple?
"Evan, did you just have your head in Barty's lap?" I ask
"I was just laying down, Barty was in my way so I had to make do" Evan replies defensively
"Is there something going on between you two?" I ask
" I don't know, is there something going on between you and James Potter?" Asks Barty
"What? No, don't be ridiculous" I reply
"Where were you today?" Asks Evan, almost as though he was interrogating me  "I went into Hogsmeade, decided I wanted a walk" I lie
"Pretty long ass walk" replies Barty
"I went pretty far, went through some of the neighbouring villages, saw the shrieking shack, had a look around the shops, got a quick drink in the broomsticks because I was a thirsty boy and then I came back" I say, lying yet again "Merlin, you guys are hot on my tail lately"
I add with a small laugh
"You're hiding something from us, Reg, we're not inept, we can tell when you're skirting around questions and covering things up" Barty replies
"What would I be hiding from you?" I ask
"A secret lover" Evan replies
"Don't be absurd!" I exclaim.
They really are on to me, am I that obvious
"Besides, you two are hiding something from me too" I add
"What? No we aren't, don't be ridiculous" Evan replies a little bit too quickly
"So we're all in a stalemate" states Barty
"What do you mean by that?" I ask
"None of us are ready to tell each other the full truth just yet, so now we wait until one of us cracks and everything comes out" Barty replies
"That works with me" I say
"So you are hiding something then?" Asks Evan
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. I guess it'll all be revealed in due time" I reply
Evan sighs "I guess so"
The truth is, I don't know if I'll ever be ready to tell them about James, at least not for now, maybe if they crack first I'll tell them, but for now I'm enjoying keeping him to myself, that way he is well and truly mine and I like that, I like that he's all mine. My James.

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Hello there my lovelies!

I had to make it official between them because it was headed that way anyway. I also hinted at Rosekiller there because I love that ship as well  so that's a little treat in there for yous as well. anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Until the next one! Have the most wonderful day!

Stay wonderful!

All my everlasting love,
Blue<3