Orchids and Sunflowers | Jegulus

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Even though Regulus had forgiven Pandora, she still felt some tension between the two. She was too scared to ask, but she knew it was something to do with the argument she had with Sirius. Pandora sighed and tried to get more comfortable in the Gryffindor chairs. Leaning into her side was Lily, who was resting her head on Pandora's shoulder and talking to Mary. She was glad that even though there was still a weird vibe between her and her normal group of friends she still had her girlfriend and the friends she had in Gryffindor.

"What are you reading Lils?" Pandora asked. Lily shifted slightly so she was able to look up at her and smiled. Before she was able to answer, someone sat on the other side of them and cut their conversation short.

"Merlin you two are so sweet it makes me sick" Sirius gagged and pretended to throw up. Lily rolled her eyes at him and sat up to jokingly hit his shoulder.

"Leave them alone Pads, not their fault your jealous you can't do it with Moony" Peter said, sitting on the floor next to Sirius. Sirius rolled his eyes.

"I totally would but Monny's not here is he? Too busy sleeping away" Sirius muttered slightly at the end. James messed up Sirius's hair and sat next to him, taking up the little available space left on the sofa.

"You can do it with me Pads, don't need Moony," James said to Sirius. Sirius gave him a huge smile and laughed.

"Always got you don't I prongs" Sirius threw his arm around James and started a conversation with the others in the common room. Pandora watched them intrigued. She didn't think anything was going on between them, especially since Regulus told her about their weird codependent relationship but you can never be too sure sometimes. As she continued to watch, James looked over to her, giving her a look. Pandora froze for a moment. She completely forgot that James knows about Regulus. Without thinking she gently pushed Lily off her and stood up.

"James, can I talk to you privately for a second?" Pandora asked. Everyone looked at her confused but she looked only at James. Lily sat up more straightly.

"Is everything okay Panda?" She asked gently, looking between the two. Pandora smiled at her.

"Everything's okay, I just need to talk to him about something that's all" She answered. Pandora looked towards James, still waiting for a response. He didn't say anything, only nodded and walked towards the common room entrance, gesturing for her to follow him. Pandora followed him closely and waited for the door to close before pulling him away, further down the hallway just to be sure that no one could overhear the conversation.

"Regulus told me you know about his disease," Pandora told him, cutting straight to the point.

"Wow, just jumping straight into it" Pandora glared at him and he just put his hands up in defence. "Okay, okay. More like he just coughed up a bunch of flowers and blood in front of me then ran away"

Pandora laughed slightly. "You think that's bad? He did it in front of me during breakfast. It was not a fun thing to see"

"You know who it is don't you?" James asked quietly. Pandora looked to her feet, not able to look him in the face. It's not like she can tell him it was over him, mostly because Regulus would probably murder her but also because she knew it would probably destroy him.

"Yes, but I can't tell you" Pandora sighed. She looked back up at him and saw him nod and look away.

"Can you at least tell me if it's someone I know?" Pandora groaned.

"James-"

"I know, you can't tell me but telling me if I know them isn't necessarily telling me" James reasoned. Pandora rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall.