Marauders One Shots

The Secret

Sirius finds out about James and Regulus in an unexpected way.

or, So, who the fuck is in the Gryffindor dorms that can speak French? There's only so few people outside the Black family in Hogwarts that can. Ophelia, and Dorcas, but their Slytherin'. Emmeline, but she's a Ravenclaw. Lily and Alice, but they are always asleep at this time of night. Which begs to differ. Who is in the Gryffindor dorms?

Someone moans. "Mon amor." Sirius immediately sits up.

What the fuck?

Sirius is the only one in his dorm that can speak French. Unless it's Remus but he's too smart for that. Plus, he'd be cheating on Sirius.

So, who the fuck is in the Gryffindor dorms that can speak French? There's only so few people outside the Black family in Hogwarts that can. Ophelia, and Dorcas, but their Slytherin'. Emmeline, but she's a Ravenclaw. Lily and Alice, but they are always asleep at this time of night. Which begs to differ. Who is in the Gryffindor dorms?

Regulus, Andromeda, Bellatrix, Narcissa, Pandora, and Evan can speak it, but there's no reason that they should be in here. Unless.....

No, Tonks, Skeeter, Crouch, Vance, and Fortescue are dating them. So, there's no reason for them to be in here. Except for Regulus.

Regulus has supposedly been single for years now. Ever since he broke up with Crouch and started dating Evan.

Is Regulus dating a Gryffindor?

Is it Peter? God, I hope not.

It's not Remus. At least I don't think so.

Sirius came to the conclusion that it could very well be anyone. But, what about James? He's been single for years now, too. He stopped chasing Evans for some unknown reason and hasn't set his sights on someone new. At least not as far as Sirius knows.

What if it's Regulus?

What if James is fucking Reg?

Sirius gets up after thinking and listening for about 10 minutes now. He didn't even realize he was still sitting there. He follows the noise to James' bed when it suddenly stops.

James' curtains are drawn shut.

Suspicious.

"James? Are you awake?"

Sirius hears rustling, then a hand peeks out from behind the curtain. "Yeah, Pads. What's up?"

"I heard a noise. French."

"And?"

"No one speaks French outside the Black family."

"That is entirely not true."

"No one that would be up here at this time of night, at least. Plus, there's only one person in the Black family that would have a good excuse to be up here."

"Who?" His voice was shaking.

"Regulus."

Sirius hears a sigh. "How did you know?" A different voice comes from behind the curtains.

"It was pretty easy. I just had to sit there and think."

"At least let me get dressed?"

"Well, duh, Idiot."