I have had an epiphany and have come to a conclusion.
There aren't enough JAMES POTTER/OC STORIES IN THE WORLD.
So I have took it upon myself to address said issue and make an amazing fanfiction about this pairing.
Read at your own discretion.
And oh! Copyright!
For the last period of the day, the Gryffindors had to suffer double potions with the Slytherins. It wasn't exactly something that either house looked forward too, but considering that their O.W.L s were to occur this year, the rival houses had to somewhat tolerate a double period for the sake of their grades.
Annalise Lorziè was completely aware of this fact and her situation left no room for house prejudice when her grades were at stake. So despite the obvious tension growing in the room, the hazel-eyed girl continued to scribble down notes as fast as she could.
"Now, if you all remember our previous discussion. What potion did we study during our previous meeting?"Professor Slughorn, the current Potions Master and Annalise's least favorite teacher, raised his voice enough to diminish the murmurs and chatters of everyone in the room
Professor Slughorn was no doubt a skilled potioneer and Annalise even admired him for it, but Annalise didn't exactly agree with his habit of having favorites and his Slug Club, despite the ironic fact that she was a member herself. Regardless of the level of preference that she had for her teacher, Annalise always participated during class discussions. She raised her hand.
"Ah yes! The youngest Lorziè"
Annalise stood up "During our previous meeting Professor, you asked us to brew the Invigoration Draught. The Invigoration Draught is a potion that is known to increase its drinker's energy, albeit only for a very scarce time span" Annalise confidently answered which resulted in a few snickers from those who weren't members of her own house.
"Wonderful! As expected from a Lorziè. 5 points to Gryffindor" Professor Slughorn exclaimed in delight which caused the snickers and groans to become more audible. The members of her own house then smirked at the less than pleasant reaction of the slytherins.
Specifically, four very haught and obnoxious gryffindors.
As Annalise sat down, the two seats infront of her slowly tilted backwards. The boy that was sitting on the chair at the right side smirked at her."Well done Kitten, those Slytherins may just run out of groans yet. You're really showing off today arent you?" Annalise rolled her eyes at the boy's comment.
Annalise always found herself constantly rolling her eyes when in the presence of Sirius Black. Out of all the people that she found annoying in the entire school, Sirius Black was only second to the person she found the most annoying. With his devilish charms and obnoxious behavior, Sirius Black was the epitome of annoying. Annalise was quite convinced that the heir to the Ancient and Noble house of Black made it his personal mission to irritate her to no end. Although, some girls in Annalise's year and older found his demeanour charming and - to Annalise's utter disgust - would constantly fawn over him.
She couldn't exactly blame them, she wasn't blind after all. She could clearly see that Sirius was indeed, handsome. His long black hair and tan skin gave him the bad boy picturesque that girls their age fell over for and his obnoxious grins were often mistook for as seductive smirks.
"Would you please shut up Black, I'm trying to listen here"Annalise answered with an irritated tone. Which he only chuckled too.
"Awh Kitten, Humour me a bit. A short conversation would hardly taint your already perfect grade" Sirius stated with one of his infamous smirks plastered on his face. Annalise groaned, obviously irritated.
She then decided that she would ignore Sirius for the rest of the double period and resumed scribbling down notes on her parchment. Sirius of course, did not get the memo and continued to pester the already-stressed girl.
"Padfoot! Would you please stop that. You're beginning to irritate me" The mousy haired boy sitting beside Annalise exclaimed in a tone laced with annoyance that was very similar to hers.
Sirius pouted and began to sulk in his seat."Whatever Remus, It's so boring when you two are seated together in class. Can't have fun with either of you" Remus merely chuckled at his friend's child like soliloquy.
Seated beside Annalise, was an attractive sixteen year old sporting a loop-sided smile. Remus Lupin was blessed with shaggy enough mousy brown hair that made him look very attractive. His tall physique gave him the extra advantage when it came to getting books from high shelves, and getting girls with serious height standards. Not that Remus made it a habit to interact with the female population of Hogwarts, unlike his other friends. He was kind, courteous, and undoubtedly intelligent. Annalise was extremely thankful that she was fortunate enough to be seated with Remus during stressful subjects like Potions, he usually assisted her with things that she struggled to understand.
Remus was the least annoying out of his four friends and Annalise was actually quite close with the tall boy. They often studied in the library together and would even sit together in the great hall during meals, if he wasnt being dragged away by his friends to do something stupid.
"You guys shhh! Slughorn's gonna give us detention again" A voice slightly shaking with fear said. Annalise looked to the table at her left and saw a concerned Peter Pettigrew attempting to quiet down his incurably rambunctious friends. Peter of course had the right to attempt to warn his friends because whenever Professor Slughorn scolds the boys for being disruptive, Peter is almost immediately included in the punishment despite him sitting a little far away from the boys.
"Wormtails right. I do not want to get detention because you two cant keep your mouth shut" Annalise said, deciding to help wormtail in his attempt to avoid detention. Annalise was actually quite comfortable around wormtail. He was a small and chubby boy with blonde hair, which Annalise thought made him look cute.
If Annalise was asked to describe wormtail using a single word then she would undoubtedly say follower. Peter was a natural follower, he always let others tell him what to do but would come through with the task that he was given and Annalise found that very admirable. Compared to his other friends, Peter was the least pretentious. His other friends all had strong personalities and had certain traits that defined them, while Peter was simply a loyal friend. Tailing his friends wherever they may go and never leaving their side.
Though Annalise considered this trait of his admirable, others would think it to be cowardly and refer to Peter as a weakling. Sometimes the Slytherins would even tease and bully him if Peter wasnt in the same area as his friends, but Annalise knew that Peter was brave. He was a Gryffindor after all.
"What's a little detention Princess, It's not exactly your first." The person sitting beside Sirius spoke.
Finally, Annalise looked away from her now messy notes and raised her head only for mesmerising bespectacled blue eyes to meet with her dull hazel ones.
As if he had all the confidence in the world, James Potter flashed her a smile that he knew would make other girls melt. His unruly black hair was how it always was, unruly. His habit of running his hands through them didn't help its unruliness at all. But James Potter being who he is, only believed that his messy hair added to his charms, and my did he have them.
The angle in how he was facing her gave Annalise an amazing view of his long and thick neck and his jaw was clenched enough in a way that greatly emphasized how strong and well sculpted it was, but his jaw wasn't the only thing about James Potter that was well sculpted.
Years and Years of his almost Fanatic obssesion with quidditch was the cause of his glorious physique. His muscles were toned so it was slightly straining in his school robes. Never in Annalise's life did she think that she would be inarticulate because of someone, but how wrong she was.
Because James Potter was a maginificent creature.
Because James Potter was the epitome of glorious
Because James Potter was James Potter
And Annalise hated that she loved him.
"I'll have you know Potter that I am at my witts end with you Marauders. If I have to suffer through another detention due to your recklessness then you better pray to whatever deity you believe in that I won't hex your bollocks off!" Annalise lowered her voice to warn James in fear of being sent to detention by their Potions Professor. James only stared at her with those mesmerising eyes of his, then she gulped and looked down once again to continue writing her notes.
Annalise was nothing but a good hider. When she was a child, she would often have to hide from her siblings in order to escape their taunting and teasing. Throughout the years she developed that skill profusely and is at olympian level in the sport of hiding. Which is why Annalise had found no trouble in hiding her feelings for one James Potter.
To the general public and to their friends, James Potter and Annalise Lorziè were best friends that were often ironically at each other's throats. To Annalise, James Potter was the only man she had ever loved but also, the only man that she can never have.
"Well today was just absolute torture" Sirius dramatically exclaimed as he sat down on the armchair close to the fire place. Annalise was seated at the Gryffindor common room couch reading, when James decided that a good way to occupy his time was to annoy her. So he scrambled to the couch and replaced the book that layed on Annalise's knees, with his own head. Annalise simply raised her book closer to her and let James rest on her knees.
This was a normal occurence for the two. James and Annalise have been close since the first time the two met on the Hogwarts Express when they were first years. Then they met Sirius, Remus, and Peter and the five's friendship had grown stronger ever since. People may think otherwise because they were almost always bickering, but that just shows how comfortable they were with each other and how they could handle each other's more terrifying traits.
Especially James and Annalise.
James was a very touchy and affectionate man but he liked to show it through his teasing and obnoxiousness, but she understood him well enough to know that. It did immensely annoy and irritate Annalise but she knew that James was a good man and that he was very loyal and that he loved her.
As a friend.
Once James' non medically acclaimed twin spotted the two of them he decided to join them. Making a dramatic entrance to notify them of his presence.
"Detention with Filch was pure torture! That man needs to get laid I tell you. Do you lot think that I should set him up with some wome-" Sirius continued to ramble on about his detention with Filch, which was entirely his fault anyway for pouring a cauldron of stinky goo on Severus' head while they were all at the great hall. As soon as the incident happened, Professor Mcgonagal dragged Sirius out of the Great Hall and instantly gave him detention.
Annalise completely ignored Sirius and tried to continue reading her book when suddenly, she felt a head of hair nudging her hand. She peeled her eyes away from her First edition copy of her favorite muggle novel, Little Women, and looked down to see James giving her the look which meant that he wanted her to play with his hair. Annalise sighed and began to weave her fingers into James' hair. Since her right hand was currently busy, she used her left hand to raise her book close enough to her face so she could read.
James was a proud man. He took pride in everything that he was, most especially his position as the Chaser of the Gryffindor quidditch team and his dastardly good looks. His hair of course was his most prized asset amongst all and Annalise felt strangely honoured that James would allow her to touch it, let alone beg her to massage his head.
Annalise felt James snuggle closer to her and she could feel his warmth close to her abdomen which - to Annalise's embarassment - prompted a pool of warmth between her legs.
"Anna" He groaned, his face still facing her abdomen.
Annalise felt shivers on her spine.
"Yes James?" She answered.
"Make Sirius shut up, my head hurts" James snuggled closer to Annalise like a baby. She smiled a little at how spoiled James was acting.
During their first year at hogwarts, James found it too exhausting to address Annalise using her complete first name. So he took it upon himself to create a plethora of nicknames that would substitute 'Annalise'. One of the chaser's more favoured nicknames was Anna. Annalise was annoyed by it at first and would nearly hex james everytime he called her that, but after years and years of him using that to address her, Annalise finally grew tired of berating James for it.
Annalise grabbed a red and gold pillow from the couch and chucked it at Sirius. "Oi! What on bloody hell was that for?" The pillow hit Siirius squarely on his face which put a stop to his dramatic monologue.
The two completely ignored the dog Animagi, Annalise continued her reading and James was revelling in the comfort of her lap. As she reutned to massaging and playing with James' hair, James slowly drifted to sleep.
"You two are always against me! Are you or aren't you my best mate Prongs?" Sirius complained, he held a pillow in his right hand and was about to chuck it at the peaceful twosome when James, albeit half asleep, threw another pillow at Sirius.
"I'm sleeping on Princess here" James murmured.
Annalise chuckled at Sirius' very irritated expression and set her book aside."You know Padfoot, you could try to do things that wont land you another detention with filch." She suggested.
Sirius merely snickered. "Ah! But that's where your wrong Princess. I can't exaftly just STOP getting detention. What kind of Marauder would I be?" He answered Annalise with an all knowing loop sided smirk.
"One that would annoy less people" At that moment, Remus then decided to join the three of them. He began to lounge on the arm chair across Sirius'.
As remus sat down, the three that he joined didnt fail to notice how sullen and stressed-looking the Prefect was.
The room fell silent.
Thank
"I'm sorry Padfoot I didn't mean it. It's just that its only 3 days away" Remus said and slumped further into his chair.
The three that were previously bickering immediately became compuctious, understanding the struggles of their friend.
In their second year at Hogwarts, Anna became profusely aware about Remus' monthly absences and became wary of it ever since; but she decided not to inform her friends of her doubts and questions afraid of what she might discover. Then, as the year slowly progressed,she became inquisitively curious about why he would disappear before, during, and after the full moon; and why he had fresh scars brandishing his face everytime he returned to attend classes again.
It took a while, but then it hit her. Her friend, Remus Lupin, was a werewolf.
Like any normal person's reaction, Annalise was feeling a mixture of surprise and terror. But as she tried to comprehend the truth of what she had just discovered, Annalise realized that her good natured and well mannered friend could not be as dangerous as a werewolf is. Remus was kind, gentle, and loving; and he would never intentionally hurt anyone. So Annalise, out of respect for her friend, spoke to Remus about it first.
She slowly opened the subject to Remus when they were studying in the library together. Remus was obviously a little uncomfortable with Annalise's choice of words and was at the verge of excusing himself; but he froze as Annalise said 'I know you're a werewolf Remus'
Remus remained frozen in his seat as he stared at Annalise, wide eyed and scared. She anticipated this reaction from her friend and immediately continued saying. 'It doesn't matter Remus, I know what you're gonna say. That you're to dangerous and I should stay away, or that I should be afraid of you. But no. You're my friend Remus. My very good friend, and of course I wouldn't snitch on you. I wish you could have told me sooner because you and I both know that I would have done everything in my power to be there for you during all those full moons. Remus I still love you okay, this will not change anything, this will not change our friendship" Annalise all but declared to the tall boy beside her.
After a few minutes of extended silence, Annalise reached out to hug Remus; seeing as he was quiet and still staring at her in shock. Annalise hugged him tighter and tighter and angled his head so that it layed on her shoulder(which was quite a feat, since Remus was taller than the hazel-eyed witch). Remus didn't move for a few more minutes till Anna felt his arms snake around her waist, hugging her in return.
They stayed that way for an ample amount of time in their usual library table. Anna could hear small sobs coming from the mousy-haired boy and she slowly carresed Remus' head as she let him cry in her arms. Remus finally raised his head to look straight at Anna.
As Annalise looked into the face of one Remus Lupin, she could see that his eyes were filled with tears but they were crinkling in a way that made him seem happy, genuinely happy. He was also sporting a smile that made Anna's heart clench. Anna smiled in return.
He started to wipe the tears off his eyes. "You dont know how much this means to me, Thank you Annalise. I love you." Annalise convinced Remus to tell James, Sirius, and Peter. The three were shocked at first but had identical reactions with that of Annalise's, albeit less tearful.
Since then, the five of them discovered a book in the resticted section of the library, that they had access to because of James' invisibility cloak, that had a very thorough and well worded description of how a wizard can transform into an Animagus. Annalise once read in a book before that werewolf bites didnt affect animals and the minute she iterated this to the four boys, they immediately began the learning process of becoming Animagi.
Remus was profoundly touched that his friends would illegally become Animagi just for the sake of being with him during his most challenging time. As a matter of thanks, he constantly showered his friends with undying gratitude. Then by the end of their fourth year, the five friends succesfully became Animagi. Which also became the basis of their nicknames for each other.
"Well might as well go to the kitchens now and replenish my energy. We're in for quite a night." Sirius stood from his arm chair and began to head to the portrait hole.
"It's in three days Sirius! Not tonight!" Anna called after Sirius but the eldest Black was already off to disturb the house elves in the Hogwarts Kitchens.
Just as Sirius left, Peter joined the group; a look of absolute terror etched in his chubby face. He sat at the armchair where Sirius previously sat. "You look like you've seen a ghost mate!" James stated as he rotated his body so that it was facing Peter instead of Annalise's slightly damp lower region.
"I am absolutely gonna fall arse for tit tomorrow. Mcgonogall's gonna hex my bollocks off for not even being able to write half the required inches for this bloody essay she asked us to pass tomorrow" Peter groaned in defeat and slumped back on his arm chair.
"Ah, you are totally snookered. You know how ol'Mcgonagall gets" Annalise said, not even attempting to console the poor blonde.
Peter groaned even louder. "I cant even remember what the Gemino curse is, much more compose a twelve inch essay about it"
"It's the doubling charm Wormtail. Come on lets head to the dormitry, I'll help you. I don't wanna be knackered tomorrow all because Mcgonagall's gonna spend half the period scolding you." Remus sighed and said to wormtail. Peter's face immediately brightened knowing that one of his more intelligent friends was going to help him make a semi-acceptable essay. Remus stood from his chair and began to head upstairs, Peter quickly followed.
The two went off to their shared dormitory. Which left James and Annalise alone in the common room.James rotated his body to face Annalise's lower region once more. A blush slowly crept to her cheeks as she felt the comfortable warmth of his breath on her abdomen.
Annalise stared at James as he attempted to go back to sleep. His glasses were askew and was probably hurting his face with the angle that it was in. His eyes were closed, emphasizing his long and thick lashes that Anna hated to admit, she was extremely envious of. His mouth was slightly open and Anna could hear him breathing slowly.
A few minutes passed and Annalise continued to stare at James, momentarilly neglecting her favorite copy of Louisa May Alcott's book, till James eyes slowly fluttered open. Anna immediately scrambled to retrieve the book from where she left it in an attempt to keep James from catching her staring at him.
She almost comically tried to read the book and was unknowingle reading and rereading the same line over and over again. She felt James move his head as he groaned, his face now in direct contact with her warm and undeniably wet area. Annalise gulped nervously as she realised that the only thing separating the two were a few layers of clothing.
"Anna" The young chaser groaned and Annalise became even more restless.
"What do you want Prongs?" She tried to sound as casually annoyed as possible. She was succesful apparently because James immediately sighed and stood up, Anna unaudibly sighed in relief.
"Talons, do you think I'm an arrogant prick?" James adressed her using her Marauder nickname, a nickname that she does rarely lets anyone use, she does not even think of herself as a marauder. He levelled his face with her and he looked at her with absolute seriousnes embedded in his face.
Anna smiled and chuckled lightly. "I dont even know why you bother asking Prongs, of course I think you're an Arrogant prick. If anything, you're probably the most arrogant sod of 'em all" Annalise said while laughing. Shecouldn't help but laugh at how serious James' expression was. For you'd hardly even find the young marauder with determination and seriousness on his face.
"I'm being serious here Anna!" James exclaimed in annoyance which only caused Annalise to laugh even louder.
"Did Evans call you that?" Annalise asked as her laughter died down.
"You know she did" James began to visibly sulk like a child that was refrained from eating sugar for the evening. Annalise was grinning like a house elf praised for his or her wonderful work.
"Oh Prongs! how many times have I told you before. Lily would like you a lot more if you weren't so ostentatious about your feelings for her"Annalise stated to James, failing to mimick his serious expression.
James exhaled clamorously. "But that's how I show my love Talons! I'm an expressive bloke!" James flayed his arms around, gesturing to himself. Annalise couldnt help but laugh once again.
"You are an insufferable prat James Potter. Stop worrying about that, you need to rest. Don't you have a game tomorrow?"
James expression instantly shifted from serious to arrogant in a matter of seconds. To James Potter, quidditch was the one topic that could immediately change his mood from bad to good or vice versa. Tomorrow was the first game of the season and James was very excited, he had high hopes that his team would crush Ravenclaw without any trouble at all.
"Yes, and you're gonna be there right Anna?" James asked hopefully, the girl rolled her hazel-coloured eyes.
"Aren't I always?" Anna said as she slammed her book shut and stood up.
"Now I for one am going to bed, I have no plans on being late to transfiguaration." Annalise began to head up the stairs and James slowly follwed behind her.
When the two reached the bridge that separated their two dormitories, James leaned in and ruffled Anna's hair.
"Night Princess! And say good night to Ms. Evans for me!" James rushed and entered his dormitory leaving Anna by the door to her dormitory.
James Potter, you truly are an insufferable prat