Reggie's POV
"You love her."
Regulus looked up from his book, Constant Vigilance, by famed Auror, Mad Eye Moody. It was a thrilling read about being prepared to face the Dark Arts in every day scenarios.
"Who?" he asked, pretending not to know what Sirius was referring to.
Sirius snorted, sitting next to him. "Mare, of course."
"Okay. Yes, I caught feelings for her," Regulus confessed.
"So, tell me, when are you going to tell her?"
Regulus looked at his feet. "I don't know."
"But you will eventually, right?"
Reggie didn't answer. He was scared to admit his feelings to Mare. Didn't she have a boyfriend back in Norta?
"She told us she was planning to leave her boyfriend, remember?" Sirius reminded him, as if reading his mind. "Told us about a million times. Always in your presence." He leaned back against his trunk. "She likes you, man. She's dropping hints all over the place."
Regulus sat up a little straighter, an idea occurring to him. "What did you do when you told Bella how you felt about her?"
Sirius smiled a little self-consciously, a rare event to witness. "I asked her to the next Hogsmeade outing, and I told her how I felt at the Three Broomsticks."
"Just like that?" asked Regulus, surprised.
"Just like that. It's real simple. You just have to buck up and tell her."
"It would be a mistake to confuse simple with easy," Regulus sighed.
"Nothing truly worth it is easy, Reggie."
He's right, Regulus thought. He slowly got up. He knew what he had to do.