Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Harry Potter; if I did I would be living it up in Europe.
Authors Note: A seven part story that was inspired by the song The Lady Loves Me from Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret (Hence the title). Please review, it would be much appreciated.
Dedication: For my sister Jordyn (Sweets03), who is also my beta. I love you.
The Lady Loves Me
Chapter One: Eleven
The lady loves me and it shows
In spite of the way she turns up her nose
I'm her ideal, her heart's desire
Under that ice she's burning like fire
She'd like to cuddle up to me
She's playing hard to get
The lady loves me, but she doesn't know it yet
-The Lady Loves Me
By Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret
James Potter had been at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a little over a month now and both he and the rest of his classmates we becoming more comfortable in their new environment, but none more than the ambitious red-head who was sitting in front of him now. When Lily Evans first came to Hogwarts she was a quiet girl, who observed her surroundings while he observed her. He'd never really had any female interaction before, with the exception of his mother, but he supposed that was different.
He remembered when he first saw her, she was standing in the sorting hat line, along with the rest of their class and she was pulling at her hair and chewing on her lip, he reckoned she was nervous. When Professor McGonagall called her name up, she awkwardly walked up to the stool and sat down. She wasn't there long, maybe a minute, before the sorting hat yelled out GRYFFINDOR and he grinned to himself, knowing that would be where he ended up too.
Over the first few weeks, he saw her begin to open up in classes and raise her hand to both answer and ask questions. He wasn't the only one to notice and for the most part, the other first year students let her run with it. After all if she was answering the questions, that meant they didn't have to.
He had yet to really talk to her; he'd been busy getting to know his roommates, the three boys he was rapidly referring to as his brothers, but one morning at breakfast he decided to change that. He told his friends that he was going to sit next to her at the three of them gave him quizzical looks.
"Any reason why?" asked Sirius Black while staring at her, as if trying to figure out what was so interesting.
"I don't know, she just interests me is all," he answered honestly.
Remus Lupin gave him a funny look, "How can she interest you if you've never talked to her?"
"Plus, she's a . . . girl," added Peter Pettigrew in a whisper.
"I told you, I don't know, it's just something I want to do," he said distractedly, he didn't want to waste time discussing this.
"Whatever mate, you're on your own. Come on guys," Sirius said.
While his new friends walked to one end of the Gryffindor table to eat, he walked to the opposite.
She was eating some scrambled eggs and chatting to the girl sitting across from her when he sat down. She looked over at him with her brow furrowed.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
James puffed out his chest, "I just wanted to say hi."
"Okay then," she said awkwardly, "Hi to you too." And she went back to her previous conversation.
James stared at her, 'That's it?' he thought to himself.
"I'm James Potter," he said, trying to get more of a response.
Lily looked over at him, then back at her friend who shrugged her shoulders.
"It's nice to meet you James, I'm Lily Evans, but I was in the middle of talking to Lacey…" she trailed off.
'She's in the middle of talking to Lacey?' he mentally sized up the girl, 'Who was Lacey and why was she more important than him?'
He looked over to the brunette who was fiddling with her utensils, 'She was in no way more interesting than me,' he thought.
But to his surprise and great annoyance Lily turned her body back towards her friend and once again tried to talk to her again.
James' frustration grew intensely.
"Oh of course," he said sarcastically, "wouldn't want to interrupt your precious conversation. All I wanted to do was say hello; you didn't have to be rude."
Lily's green eyes flashed, "I'm rude?? You were the one who repeatedly butted into our conversation, which by the way, we started before you even sat down."
"All I wanted to do was introduce myself, after all we are in the same year and house, but I guess you're too busy being a know it all to get to know your classmates," James snapped.
Lily's mouth dropped and her eyes watered, "I hate you James Potter," she said angrily and dumped her goblet of pumpkin juice on his lap. She then stormed out of the Great Hall with Lacey quickly following her, but not before she glared at James and called him a prat.
James stared at his now wet lap, 'she is absolutely crazy' he mumbled, barely audible. Even though he was annoyed that she didn't want to talk to him, he almost felt bad that he hurt her feelings. Then he looked at his trousers and quickly changed his mind, he didn't want to get to know her anymore, and he ignored the voice in the back of his head that was telling him he should apologize. A seventh year who was sitting next to him chuckled and waved his wand and his trousers were once again dry.
James muttered a thank you and stalked off to the other end of the table where his mates were sitting.
The seventh year laughed again and gave the girl sitting next to him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh, to be eleven."
She looked at him and giggled, "I'm sure that is just the start for them," and returned his kiss.
Authors Note Number Two: Oh kids can be so mean to each other. Next chapter will be part of their second year, let's see how much a year can change them. Once again please review, you have no idea how much I love them…unless of course you are a writer as well, then you know exactly what I mean.
