Rosekiller

First year|Two|Evan

                  Hey, boy, where did you go?
      I learned by passion in the good old-fashioned
                       school of lover boys

Saturday, September 9th, 1972

The first week of lessons went okay. Barty soon learnt that Regulus's brother, Sirius, was extremely popular, along with his friends.

Regulus and Barty had gotten comfortable in their dorm, but the same couldn't be said for their dorm mates. Snape moved out of the dorm after being invited to a different one, and Evan was silent.

He was hardly there, and whenever he was, he wouldn't talk to Barty or Reg. He would come to the dorm right before curfew, and would be gone before the other two boys woke.

He hung around Severus and his friends. More than once, Barty had tried asking him if he wanted to hang out with himself and Regulus, but each time Evan declined.

He was a quiet boy, unlike Barty. He didn't appear to be a very happy kid. He would have his head down in the Great Hall, he wouldn't raise his hand in class, and he never had a smile on his face.

Barty was determined to befriend this boy, just to see him smile.

Tuesday, September 12th, 1972

A few days passed and Barty had tried relentlessly to catch Evan in the corridor or walking out of class.

"Rosier! Hey!" Barty half-shouted as he chased Evan out of the potions classroom. "What d'you want?" The other boy asked.

"I wondered if you fancied sitting with me and Black at dinner?" Barty offered. "Uhm, sure, I guess" Evan replied. "Great! See ya then" Barty grinned and stopped walking. Evan continued on his way, and Barty watched him walk off. He punched the air excitedly.

Tuesday, September 12th, 1972

Barty talked about the interaction with Evan to Regulus until dinner.

"Merlin, you're being annoying. Can you shut up for a few minutes?" Reg asked, rubbing his eyes. His elbows were propped up on the table.

"You alright?" Evan asked Regulus as he sat down beside Barty. It was the first time Evan had spoken to Regulus. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Crouch is just being annoying" Reg replied.

Barty slapped his hand to his chest dramatically and gasped sarcastically. "I take offence!" He said. Regulus rolled his eyes and Evan grinned.

"Finally! You smiled!" Barty said, only realizing what he said when the blond boy raised his eyebrow. "Oh, I haven't been stalking you or anything," Barty said quickly, "you just always have an upset expression!".

"Yeah, well, Snape isn't very entertaining" Rosier complained. "I'll have you know, I am very entertaining!" Snape said from down the table.

"Shut up, ya greasy git" someone said. Barty looked up and saw a group of boys walking toward them. Sirius was in that group.

One of the boys had glasses and jet black messy hair. Another had loose, curly brown hair and a book tucked under his arm. Barty could see some scars on his collar bone. The last boy standing with them was chubbier and had dirty blond hair.

"Hey Crouchie. Reggie" Sirius said, sitting down next to Regulus. His three friends stood behind him. "Sirius, what are we doing here?" The one with the book asked.

"I'm just saying hello to my little brother and his friends. I dunno why you lot came with me" Sirius answered.

"Well, you've said hi. So, au revoir" Regulus said to his brother. Sirius frowned. He got up and him and his friends left.

"That was weird..?" Evan said, confused. "Sirius is weird" Reg said. Barty laughed.

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The song at the beginning is Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen!