Toujours Pur
Chapter 1
Regulus Black strode through the crowds of students on platform 9 ¾ vaguely aware that younger students from other houses tried to move out of his way as quickly as they could. He hardly glanced at them as he made his way towards the Hogwarts Express, towards the end of the train where he knew his best friend, Vulcan, would be. Suddenly a seventh year Gryffindor boy ran past in front of him, the boy was chubby and blonde and although he was a year older than Regulus, he was a full head shorter than the Slytherin. Regulus recognised him as Peter Pettigrew, one of Sirius' friends, and despite himself, he found himself looking around the platform for his brother. He spotted Sirius a little distance away, laughing and joking with Remus Lupin. Regulus scowled. He hadn't spoken to Sirius in about a year, not since the night that Sirius had left home. Sirius may be a blood-traitor, but although Regulus hated to admit it, he missed his brother. Not that he would ever tell anyone that.
"There you are." A voice said loudly. Regulus turned to see his best friend, Vulcan Zeeman, looking at him with a smile. "I've been waiting for you, what were you doing?" he looked around them questioningly.
"Just looking for you." Regulus lied, his face the perfect neutral mask he was so good at wearing.
"Right." Vulcan said lightly, "Well, the others are waiting, so come on already…"
"Yeah, lead the way." Regulus said, waving his hand in the direction of the train. Vulcan nodded and turned, heading towards one of the rear carriages. As they approached the train, Regulus saw two of his friends from his year. The first being Zane Vincent and the other was Zane's girlfriend Aeshire Yaslana. Regulus watched as he and Vulcan drew closer, Aeshire hugged a girl with long black hair who then hurried away through the crowd.
"Who was that?" Vulcan asked as they reached their friends.
"Thorn." Aeshire replied with a smile.
"Hallo?" Vulcan asked.
"Yeah."
"- Rose Hallo?" Regulus asked, thinking he remembered her from his potions class the year before.
"Nobody calls her 'Rose'." Aeshire told him with another smile. "Not even her parents. Everybody calls her 'Thorn'."
"-Whatever." Vulcan cut in dismissively. "Why are you hanging out with Gryffindors?"
"Because…" Aeshire turned her peridot eyes on him. "Thorn and I have been good friends since we were about two years old. The fact that we were sorted into different houses at school is not going to change that."
"She's a Gryffindor." Vulcan replied tonelessly.
"She's pureblood." Aeshire retorted "Her family is older than yours, so shut your mouth!" Regulus saw Aeshire's eyes flash and her hand touched her wand. Vulcan smirked, his hand reaching for his own wand.
"Okay, okay." Regulus said, stepping between them, "Can we just get on the damn train?"
"Fine." Aeshire said, tucking her chesnut hair behind her ears.
"Zane, why don't you control your girlfriend." Vulcan smirked at his friend. Zane turned his amber eyes on Vulcan and scowled at him.
"At least she's not associating with mudbloods." He told Vulcan in a low voice. Vulcan just laughed and followed them onto the train and into their compartment. Regulus came in behind them, dragging his trunk.
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Thorn hurried through the crowd, apologising to people she accidentally bumped into. Aeshire had promised to meet her later on the train to catch up with what they had done in the last month of the holidays since they had last seen each other. Thorn smiled as she saw her friend Emerald-Rose and crept up behind her, jumping onto her back. Emerald-Rose let out a shriek of surprise as she staggered, then turned once she was released and looked at Thorn. "Thanks." She said sarcastically.
"You're welcome." Thorn grinned, brushing her black hair over her shoulder.
"Y'know," Emerald-Rose said to her in a low voice, "You're lucky you're so short. Makes you lighter."
"Wouldn't that make you lucky I'm so short?" Thorn asked with a smirk. Emerald-Rose raised an eyebrow then laughed. Thorn grinned at her then asked "Did you get a haircut?"
"Yeah…" Emerald-Rose replied, raising a hand to her dark red hair that now only came to her elbows. "It feels so weird."
"It's still way long." Thorn said smiling.
"Still gorgeous." A deep voice said from behind Thorn. Both girls looked around to see Gabriel Jackson, Emerald-Rose's best friend, grinning at them.
"Hey Gabriel!" Emerald-Rose cried, moving forward and throwing her arms around him.
"Hey Em." He replied, lifting her from the ground while hugging her. When he eventually put her back on the ground Thorn grinned at him.
"I hear rumours that this year's first Quidditch match is going to be between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw." She said.
"Well…" Gabriel replied with a cocky smirk. "No offence, but with me as keeper, your Gryffindor chasers don't stand a chance!"
"Oh really…" Thorn teased. "We'll just see about that!"
"Indeed we will." Another voice came from behind Thorn. This one belonged to James Potter.
"Potter, Head Boy." Gabriel observed, spotting the shiny 'Head Boy' badge pinned to James' jumper.
"Yep." James grinned. "Nice, huh… and to be honest, a bit mental... but I get to spend extra time with Lily 'cause she got Head Girl… so … I'm not complaining."
"Where is Lily?" Thorn asked, turning to look at James.
"She hurried off to begin her duties." James replied with a fond smile. "She's dedicated that one." Here he looked back at Gabriel. "However, as I was saying… with me being an incredibly brilliant chaser on Gryffindor's mighty Quidditch team…" he grinned, "…the game should be interesting."
"That it should." Gabriel laughed, putting his arm around Emerald-Rose's shoulders and grinning at James.
"We're going to kick your collective butts!" Emerald-Rose said with a smirk. Thorn and James exchanged amused glances.
"I think not, pretty girl!" James replied in a deep voice.
"I may have red hair and green eyes, but I am not Lily." Emerald-Rose laughed.
"Oh, don't worry." James assured her, with a wink. "I could never confuse you with Lily."
"Are you saying that Em's not as pretty as Lily?" Gabriel asked in mock seriousness, his light grey eyes twinkling with humour. Emerald-Rose let out a fake gasp, pretending she was hurt, and crossed her arms as she stared at James. James' grin faltered, realising what he'd said.
"Oh – uh… no, I didn't mean that… I…" he stuttered quickly, before he realised that the three of them were laughing. "Funny." He said tonelessly.
"I thought so." Gabriel said with a smile. James grinned at them then bowed.
"I'm going to go join my Lily and do my duty." He said before turning and walking onto the train. Thorn, Emerald-Rose and Gabriel all continued to laugh while watching him.
"Probably not the best idea, to get on the wrong side of the Head Boy first thing…" Gabriel eventually said, still grinning brightly.
"He'll forgive you once we kick your butts in Quidditch." Thorn replied, with a grin of her own.
"Never going to happen." Gabriel replied, nudging Emerald-Rose who grinned and added.
"Never."
"We'll see." Thorn smirked.
"I pity whoever has to play Slytherin first…" Gabriel said, his grin fading. "They never play fair."
"Thing is," Thorn replied thoughtfully "They don't even need to play dirty, they're good anyway."
"Yeah," Agreed Emerald-Rose, running her fingers through her hair, "Their seeker is fantastic."
"Regulus Black?" Gabriel asked, looking down at her. She nodded, flicking her hair around over her shoulder.
"Yeah, he's really good." She replied. Thorn nodded in agreement.
"It's true." She said, "He always seems to spot the snitch first."
"Yeah…" Emerald-Rose smirked "If I was seeker on Ravenclaw team, and we were playing Slytherin, I'd just follow Regulus Black around until he spotted the snitch… and then beat him to it!" she laughed evilly.
"That's a good plan…" Gabriel mused "I might mention it to our seeker…"
"I should mention it to James then, to tell our seeker." Thorn teased.
"Or we could just off you now, so you never have the chance…" Gabriel joked, "I don't see any of your fellow Gryffindors here to protect you…"
"You know, you're right…" Thorn said, looking around "James is the only Gryffindor I've seen since I got here… I wonder where they are…"
"If you were taller, you would see Artemis over there." Emerald-Rose smirked at her friend. Thorn gave a mock pout and stood on her toes to try to see over the crowd in the direction that Emerald-Rose was pointing.
"ARRE!" Gabriel called over the crowd.
"Thanks." Thorn beamed at Gabriel who smiled back at her. A few moments later Artemis Peyton appeared out of the crowd and threw herself at Thorn and Emerald-Rose, hugging them tightly.
"Hello my darlings!" she cried happily.
"Arre,
you're smothering us…" Thorn told her gently. Artemis grinned
and released her friends.
"Sorry." She said with a big smile.
"Not a problem." Emerald-Rose replied. "It does make one feel very loved." Artemis just grinned at them.
"Have you seen Larne yet?" Thorn asked Artemis.
"Nope." Artemis replied brightly. "Maybe she's on the train?"
"Had a good holiday then?" Gabriel asked her with a smile.
"Oh yes." Artemis replied, practically bouncing on the balls of her feet. "My parents and I flew to France for a few weeks."
"-In an aeroplane?" Emerald-Rose asked with interest.
"Yes." Artemis replied with a smile. Thorn grinned. Pure-blooded Emerald-Rose was always very interested in things that Artemis and her muggle parents did.
"Awesome." Emerald-Rose said.
"I took pictures." Artemis told her with a wry grin. "Remind me to show you later."
"Definitely." Emerald-Rose replied with a large smile.
At that moment the whistle blew and the group turned to realise that they were some of the last few people on the platform, apart from parents that was.
"Ooops." Thorn said lightly. "I think we should…"
"Agreed." Gabriel said quickly, dragging his trunk towards the train. Thorn was glad that she had already put hers on earlier, and so she helped Artemis with hers. About a minute later the group were thanking their lucky stars that they had gotten onto the train in time and all found seats in the compartment that Thorn had put her trunk in. Inside the compartment they found Morghana, Thorn and Artemis' roommate and fellow sixth year Gryffindor. She grinned when they slid the door open and filed in.
"Hello, great to see you guys, I missed you so much. What are you, crazy? Why'd you choose the compartment right next to the one that several nasty Slytherins are currently occupying?"
"…Nice to see you too." Thorn grinned.
"Yes, yes of course." Morghana replied "Now answer my question." Thorn grinned and threw herself onto the seat beside her friend.
"Well, Morg." She said lightly "I put my trunk in here when the one next door was empty. Also, they can't be that bad, that is the compartment that Aeshire and her friends are in."
Morghana looked at her. "Zeeman tried to hex me when I was trying to get in here." She said tonelessly "I didn't even provoke him this time." She gave Thorn her best innocent look. "They're all nuts." Thorn grinned at her.
"Did you try to hex him back after?" she asked her friend.
"I'm not that crazy." Morghana replied. "I was going to… but then that Vincent guy came out of their compartment. I may be good, but so are they, I couldn't take them both at the same time. So I just hurried in here and shut the door."
"Probably wise." Gabriel told her as he sat beside Emerald-Rose.
"Tell me about it." Morghana replied with a huff. "I so would have gone him otherwise, but losing to a Slytherin while embarrassing… is also not safe. I could live with the embarrassment, but who knows what kind of nasty-assed hexes they could have used on me."
"Well done, Morg." Thorn said loudly "I'm proud of you!"
"I'll get him yet." Morghana said with a smirk and a shake of her fist.
"Watch yourself." Gabriel said seriously. "That guy and his friends… you're right, they know lots of dark arts stuff. I've seen them hex people in the halls… it's not pretty."
"Honestly, Thorn…" Morghana said, looking at her. "I don't get how…"
"I've told you guys before…" Thorn said gently "Aeshire and I have been friends since we were practically babies. I know her and she's not a bad person. She's really very sweet and decent. I don't care if she's a Slytherin, she's still my friend."
"Fine." Morghana sighed in defeat. Thorn smiled and shook her head, leaning back against the seat.
"Good." She said with a grin.
"But…" Morghana began, "Why are you so accepting... what, do you just accept everybody no matter what?"
"…people who deserve it." Thorn replied simply. Morghana shook her head.
"I don't get it." She said "But, it's your business." Thorn smiled,
"How accepting of you, Morg."
"I know, right." Morghana ran her fingers through her chin length black hair and grinned at them all.
"Has Larne been in here?" Thorn asked Morghana who shook her head.
"No, I haven't seen her." Morghana replied "Now, what shall we do to entertain ourselves during this trip?"
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Regulus lounged in his seat in the corner of the compartment he and his friends were in. He pushed his black hair carelessly from his face as he listened to the current conversation. "I'm telling you" Vulcan was saying in a low voice "The half-blood bitch was asking for it!"
"What did she do?" Aeshire asked mildly.
"Well, she's always hanging out with that mudblood Peyton… and it's not like she's never hexed us before…!" Vulcan replied hotly. Aeshire shrugged and looked back to the book she was reading. Regulus smirked when he saw the displeased expression on Zane's face. He was obviously unhappy about the lack of attention he was receiving from his girlfriend.
"I'm bored." Zane suddenly said, throwing aside a chocolate frog he had been eating. "Can't we do something?"
"You wanna go hex someone?" Vulcan asked with a sadistic smirk at them all.
"Who?" Zane asked mildly.
"I don't know," Vulcan mused "Mudbloods? …Gryffindors? … a mudblood Gryffindor?"
"The Head Girl is a mudblood Gryffindor…" Zane suggested.
"So is Peyton." Vulcan replied with a smirk "And she's friends with that half-blood bitch Connors." Here Aeshire looked up.
"They'll be with Thorn." She said coldly "You better not hex her…"
"Can't make any promises…" Vulcan said, nudging Regulus in a way that suggested he thought he was funny. Regulus gave him a weak smile and stifled a yawn.
"You coming, Reg?" Vulcan asked pulling out his wand and getting to his feet. Regulus shook his head.
"No, I'm kind of tired." He got to his feet as well, "Think I'll just get changed into my school robes." He grabbed his robes and slid open the compartment door.
Regulus stepped into the hall and immediately collided with someone. He looked down and saw that it was a short girl, who only just came to his shoulders, with long black hair. He barely had time to recognise her as Rose (Thorn) Hallo when she had began apologising quickly and an instant later she had turned and continued on up the train without a backwards glance. Regulus glanced behind himself to see if his friends inside the compartment had noticed, they hadn't so he slid the door shut and headed off up the train to where he could get changed. He had been right earlier, she was in his potions class, and she was good at it, always helping those around her who got things wrong in class. He wondered if she was in any of his other classes, he couldn't remember, he'd never really paid attention before.
Regulus got changed and began making his way back down the train towards his compartment. He had almost reached it when he heard shouting and then came across a scene of chaos. He looked in the door of the compartment belonging to Thorn and her friends and swore under his breath. Zane and the mudblood Peyton were lying unconscious on the ground, the evidence of several hexes and curses evident on them. Connors was struggling on the floor, bound in ropes and screaming through a gag while Vulcan stood over her, laughing, a gash on his neck bleeding profusely. The door opened and somebody walked in, Regulus turned to see it was Thorn. He saw the look of horror on her face when she saw what was happening. "What have…" she began, making to move forward to her friends. Regulus saw Vulcan move, saw him raise his wand, but an instant later, Regulus had reached out and snatched his friend's wand from his hand, stopping him.
"Don't." he said firmly. Vulcan gave him a confused look but shrugged and looked back down at Connors with a sadistic smirk. A few seconds later Aeshire slid the door open and walked in.
"Thorn?" she asked, grabbing her friend by the shoulders and turning her around to see her face. "Are you okay?" Thorn nodded silently.
"Oh my gods."
The five conscious people in the compartment looked to the door to see two Ravenclaw prefects standing staring at the scene before them. A few seconds later they regained their wits and looked about them again. "Well, uhmm... Detention for you five obviously." The boy said trying his best to sound commanding. Regulus saw Vulcan twitch and knew he wanted to do something, however Aeshire cut in harshly.
"Vulcan! Control yourself for once!" And for once, Vulcan did as he was told and stopped. Regulus watched as Thorn moved forward and knelt by Connors and began untying her. Once the gag was removed, Connors began spouting some gods awful filthy language and insults all directed at Vulcan.
"Now, now," Vulcan said mockingly "No need for that, you lost fair and square."
"Fuck you, you son of a whoring bitch!" Connors snarled up at him from where she was still kneeling on the floor.
"Stop it!" the girl Ravenclaw prefect snapped. "Stop it now!" The other prefect stepped forward and checked Zane and Peyton on the ground before saying "They'll be fine until we get to Hogwarts." He backed towards the door, said "You five, don't forget your detentions." Before he led the other prefect away up the train.
"Great." Connors snarled, Regulus looked at her as she then directed her words at the rest of them, over Thorn's shoulder. "Now, get the fuck out!" Regulus pointed his wand at Zane on the floor and muttered "locomotor mortis." And directed the floating body of his friend back to their compartment. Once inside, Aeshire knelt by her boyfriend to try and decide what hexes had hit him, while Vulcan grabbed Regulus' arm and dragged him out into the hall.
"What the hell?" Vulcan demanded. "Why'd you stop me hexing the shit out of that blood-traitor?" Regulus stared at him for a second, trying to think of a reasonable excuse.
"Because," he eventually said "She's Aeshire's friend and if you had have hexed her, Aeshire would have beaten the living shit out of you." He smirked at Vulcan for a second, then turned and walked back into the compartment, throwing himself back into his corner. A second later Vulcan entered and then took up his previous seat beside Regulus, uncharacteristically silent.
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Thorn watched as the Slytherins left and closed the door behind them, she then turned her attention back to Morghana. "You okay?" she asked softly. Morghana pushed herself to her feet and then sat on the seat.
"Yeah…" she replied bitterly. "That son of a bitch caught me off-guard."
"What happened?" Thorn asked.
"They just burst in and started throwing hexes…" Morghana replied, looking at her. Thorn tilted her head an instant before the door slid open and Gabriel and Emerald-Rose came in laughing happily, they stopped instantly when they saw Artemis on the ground.
"What happened?" Gabriel demanded, striding forward and checking on Artemis. He muttered the counter curses and an instant later Artemis sat up.
"What happened?" she asked, looking around herself in confusion.
"Yes, do tell." Emerald-Rose said, looking at them with wide eyes. They all jumped when the door slid open again and Aeshire stuck her head cautiously inside.
"Can I come in?" she asked softly. Thorn glanced at Morghana who was glaring at Aeshire, but she nodded and replied
"Sure, come on in…"
"Um…" Aeshire said softly "Is everybody okay?" she asked, glancing at Artemis and then Morghana, her gaze finally resting on Thorn.
"Yeah." Thorn told her. "Everybody is fine."
"Okay, good." Aeshire replied. "They didn't hurt you?" she asked, looking Thorn over from head to foot.
"No." Thorn shook her head "I wasn't here until it was over when I walked in. Though, that Zeeman guy was going to hex me, but Regulus Black grabbed his wand and stopped him…"
"Reggie stopped him?" Aeshire asked, confused. Thorn nodded. "Oookay…" Aeshire said softly. "That's weird."
"What the hell was their problem?" Morghana demanded of Aeshire angrily. "They just burst in here throwing hexes!"
"Uhm… well, they were bored…" Aeshire said softly. Morghana scowled and began muttering to herself under her breath. "I'm sorry." Aeshire said to her "I know it probably isn't worth much to you, but there it is." Morghana just looked at her.
"Aeshire, can I talk to you outside?" Thorn asked, getting to her feet. Aeshire followed her out into the hallway and looked at her. "Thanks for apologising to her, but Morg won't be nice until tomorrow at least. When she gets angry, it lasts for a while."
"Yeah, a lot of Slytherins are like that." Aeshire replied.
"Don't let her hear you say that." Thorn grinned.
"I just mean I'm used to people being harsh, it doesn't worry me."
"Yeah… okay." Thorn said with a smile.
"Makes it hard sometimes, doesn't it?" Aeshire said softly.
"Being friends?" Thorn asked. Aeshire nodded. Thorn grinned. "Yeah, but nothing is gonna change the fact that you are my friend." Aeshire grinned.
"Good."
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Regulus sat in his compartment exactly where he was for the rest of the trip. He had been a little disconcerted about the weird look Aeshire had given him once she had returned from checking on her friend, but she hadn't said anything and he had decided to follow her lead and not mention it either. And so, the Slytherins had spent the next hour and a half in relative silence until they felt the train begin to slow down and had begun to pack their stuff and make sure their trunks were secure.
Once the train came to a halt, they climbed off the train and got into the closest carriage and were soon joined by Severus Snape for the last part of their journey up to the castle. Vulcan kept looking weirdly at Snape who quickly lost his patience with him.
"Will you knock it off, Zeeman." He drawled "You bore me with your ignorance."
"Ha." Vulcan said lightly, raising an eyebrow at Regulus, obviously hoping that he would share the joke with him. Regulus had no idea what he was on about and so just shrugged and looked out the window.
Not long later they arrived at the castle and they all too eagerly climbed out of the carriage and began to head towards the doors to the castle. "I'm starved." Aeshire said lightly.
"I am a bit too…" Regulus replied, quickening his step to get to the hall as quickly as he could. Not that that would make any difference, they still wouldn't be fed until the sorting and Dumbledore's speech were done. Once seated at Slytherin table, Regulus tuned out to the sorting, he was vaguely aware that their house received five new boys and three girls and then Dumbledore began speaking.
"Oi…" Vulcan elbowed him. "Have you heard what our new password is yet?"
"Nuh…" Regulus replied "What is it?"
"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you!" Vulcan retorted. Regulus gave him a displeased look and Vulcan laughed softly.
"You may be a notorious 'Black heir' Reg, but your spoilt attitude has no effect on me."
"I don't have a 'spoilt attitude'!" Regulus replied in a shocked, high pitched voice. Vulcan laughed some more.
"Will you two shut up!" Aeshire hissed at them. Regulus and Vulcan looked at her, then both fell silent. It was well known throughout Slytherin that you did not mess with Aeshire. Regulus pondered that for a moment. It wasn't the fact that she would necessarily hex you, although that was always a possibility, it was more the way she treated you when she was displeased with you. He wondered if it was a guy thing, as she tended to have more control over the male population of the house than the females…
Eventually Dumbledore stopped talking and the food appeared. This was met with much rejoicing from across the hall as students pounced on the food that appeared before them. Regulus heard a chant going up and purposely rolled his eyes when he realised it was coming from his brother and his friends. "Urgh…How can you deal with that?" a voice from Regulus' right asked him. He looked around and saw Angela Adamson smiling at him.
"Life is pain." He replied simply, turning back to his food.
"Oh I know exactly what you mean…" Angela continued "I mean, I had my house elf pack my trunk last night, but then this morning I discovered she had put my robes in first and then all my school books on top... I mean, how stupid is she? So I had to order her to do it all again!" Regulus tried not to scowl and had to repress a sigh. He forced himself to nod slowly as if he actually gave a shit about what this girl was saying to him. However, he kept his gaze firmly upon the chicken leg on his plate. Angela Adamson appeared not to notice and she continued to prattle away to him throughout the rest of dinner.
"Hey, Reg…" Vulcan said to him once dinner was over. "You wanna head off to the commonroom?"
"Yeah, sure." Regulus replied, trying not to sound too eager to get away from Angela.
"Oh hey Angela." Vulcan said in a pleasant tone of voice as he smiled at her. Angela gave a simpering smile of her own as she even gave him a little wave.
"See you later Reggie." She called after him as he walked away with Vulcan.
"Mate…" Vulcan said as he and Regulus headed down the stairs towards the dungeons. "You are totally in with Adamson!"
"Urgh… come on!" Regulus replied.
"What?" Vulcan asked "She's totally hot!"
"…she's a complete idiot!" Regulus retorted with disgust.
"She's
completely fuckable!" Vulcan replied with obvious glee "What more
do you need?"
"Why am I friends with you?" Regulus asked
rhetorically.
"Because I'm devilishly handsome?" Vulcan asked. Regulus raised an eyebrow.
"You're not exactly my type." He replied flatly.
"Well, apparently neither is completely hot." Vulcan retorted "Or you would have been all over that chick up there who was practically begging for it about two minutes ago. If you were any normal guy you would have been taking advantage of that by now!"
"The girl doesn't have two neurons to rub together." Regulus said "Excuse me if I don't find that attractive."
"It's not her brain I'm talking about" Vulcan said, frustrated "And you don't need to be attracted… she totally wanted you… And you! You couldn't wait to get away… you're not gay, are you?"
"No." Regulus replied flatly.
"Well then, when she gets down to the commonroom, I suggest you take complete advantage of whatever it is she's offering... and going by her reputation… I'll say that'd be whatever the hell you want." Regulus sighed, but Vulcan continued. "If you want to use the dorm, just say so and I'll make sure the others stay away…"
"Vulcan!" Regulus snapped "I am not going to screw that slut!"
"You're ungrateful… That's what you are!" Vulcan replied after a moment of silence. "You have this face that attracts women left right and centre... and you just keep ignoring all that you are offered! … If I got half the offers you do... I'd be a very happy man… sore, but happy!"
Regulus sighed again as Vulcan said the password and they headed into the commonroom. "If Adamson comes your way again…" Vulcan began "If you still haven't come to your senses and are going to turn her away… perhaps turn her my way, yeah?"
"Fine." Regulus sighed "I'm going to bed." He didn't listen to Vulcan's reply as he headed off to his dorm and pushed the door open. Regulus pulled off his robes and then collapsed into his bed, enjoying the feel of the cool sheets against his skin for a few moments until they heated up. He then rolled onto his back and tried to get the image of long black hair out of his mind. He wondered what the hell he had been thinking when he stopped Vulcan from hexing Thorn. She was a blood-traitor after all, and it wasn't as if he knew her. She may have been Aeshire's friend but she wasn't his, he hadn't known her since he was two, so what the hell was his deal? Regulus let out a sigh as he felt his eyes close. He'd have it all worked out by tomorrow. He'd deal with it then.
Disclaimer; All that you recognise belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A lot of characters are mine though
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