RP: Guilty by Association
Date : March 25th, 2003
Characters : Sirius and Regulus Black
Location : Sirius's flat
Status : Private
Summary : Regulus tells Sirius about James's encounter with Penelope.
Complete : Complete.
Regulus had tried to let the fact that James had slept with Penelope go. He really had. Not for James's sake, not in the least, but because Penelope had seemed genuinely upset over what had happened, and he didn't want her to feel any worse because of him. So he had tried to put it behind him.
So, of course, it kept eating away at him anytime he thought about it. Which was often. Very often.
Regulus had told Sirius about meeting Penelope by then, although he had yet to mention the engagement. Sirius was personally quite happy that Regulus had found another girl that he liked after the whole fiasco with Parvati. And even better, from the way Regulus talked about her, it seemed she reciprocated his feelings. So as long as he didn't accidentally sleep with her, all should be well. (He had learned an important lesson with Parvati: Get Names First)
In the middle of a visit to Sirius's flat, Regulus said quite calmly and out of the blue, "You need to talk to James."
Sirius turned to look at him, confused. As far as he knew, Regulus and James never spoke to each other, so he wasn't sure why his brother was suddenly telling him something about Prongs. "About what?"
"I told you about Penelope's job, right?" Regulus said, looking at Sirius coldly. None of this was Sirius's fault, he knew that, but there was no denying that the subject matter made him angry.
Sirius felt a sort of sinking feeling. If this was a connection between James and Penelope's occupation as a courtesan... "Regulus, what happened?"
In a voice completely devoid of emotion, Regulus answered, "Apparently, your friend bought her services not too long ago."
Oh Merlin. Sirius was overwhelmed by the sudden urge to beat the living shit out of James. What in the hell had he been thinking? Christ, if he'd thought all that business with Lily's birthday had been awful, what the hell was he thinking sleeping with someone else when he knew Lily would freak out, when he knew his marriage was already on the rocks?
And what the hell was he doing with a prostitute?? Or courtesan, or whatever. Had he been dropped on his fucking head, or had he simply lost his sanity completely? Sirius was going to need to shake him, hard, before smacking him upside the face.
"Are you sure?" Sirius asked, but it was unnecessary; he didn't think Regulus would be doing any of this if he wasn't being honest. This was how Regulus acted when he was jealous, and James sleeping with a girl he liked was certainly a cause for jealousy.
"Well, I wasn't a witness, but that's what Penelope told me," Regulus said, a twinge of temper in his voice. It was the same tone that he'd used when he'd basically told Sirius he was a pervert for sleeping with Parvati.
"Merlin..." Sirius said. He needed to find Prongs. What the hell had he been thinking??
Characters : Sirius and Regulus Black
Location : Sirius's flat
Status : Private
Summary : Regulus tells Sirius about James's encounter with Penelope.
Complete : Complete.
Regulus had tried to let the fact that James had slept with Penelope go. He really had. Not for James's sake, not in the least, but because Penelope had seemed genuinely upset over what had happened, and he didn't want her to feel any worse because of him. So he had tried to put it behind him.
So, of course, it kept eating away at him anytime he thought about it. Which was often. Very often.
Regulus had told Sirius about meeting Penelope by then, although he had yet to mention the engagement. Sirius was personally quite happy that Regulus had found another girl that he liked after the whole fiasco with Parvati. And even better, from the way Regulus talked about her, it seemed she reciprocated his feelings. So as long as he didn't accidentally sleep with her, all should be well. (He had learned an important lesson with Parvati: Get Names First)
In the middle of a visit to Sirius's flat, Regulus said quite calmly and out of the blue, "You need to talk to James."
Sirius turned to look at him, confused. As far as he knew, Regulus and James never spoke to each other, so he wasn't sure why his brother was suddenly telling him something about Prongs. "About what?"
"I told you about Penelope's job, right?" Regulus said, looking at Sirius coldly. None of this was Sirius's fault, he knew that, but there was no denying that the subject matter made him angry.
Sirius felt a sort of sinking feeling. If this was a connection between James and Penelope's occupation as a courtesan... "Regulus, what happened?"
In a voice completely devoid of emotion, Regulus answered, "Apparently, your friend bought her services not too long ago."
Oh Merlin. Sirius was overwhelmed by the sudden urge to beat the living shit out of James. What in the hell had he been thinking? Christ, if he'd thought all that business with Lily's birthday had been awful, what the hell was he thinking sleeping with someone else when he knew Lily would freak out, when he knew his marriage was already on the rocks?
And what the hell was he doing with a prostitute?? Or courtesan, or whatever. Had he been dropped on his fucking head, or had he simply lost his sanity completely? Sirius was going to need to shake him, hard, before smacking him upside the face.
"Are you sure?" Sirius asked, but it was unnecessary; he didn't think Regulus would be doing any of this if he wasn't being honest. This was how Regulus acted when he was jealous, and James sleeping with a girl he liked was certainly a cause for jealousy.
"Well, I wasn't a witness, but that's what Penelope told me," Regulus said, a twinge of temper in his voice. It was the same tone that he'd used when he'd basically told Sirius he was a pervert for sleeping with Parvati.
"Merlin..." Sirius said. He needed to find Prongs. What the hell had he been thinking??