Pushing the Right Buttons
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
AN: This is my first Harry Potter fan fic, so it's really short. Ummm… Let me know what you think, and please enjoy.
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Lily Evans had her eyes fixed on Professor McGonagall and the notes being written on the chalkboard. She was not concentrating on the snickers coming from behind her, she wasn't paying attention to the whispers, and she wasn't going to react to the spitballs aimed at her head. The Marauders (Prankster Specialists) were doing their best to distract Lily from her studies. Why? She didn't know, and she certainly didn't care, she was not going to allow them to push her buttons, no she wasn't. No temper flares from Lily, not today, well, not during class at any rate.
She wasn't going to let them get to her, especially their cocky leader, James Potter. That boy, well, he thought he could get away with anything! He wasn't going to have his way with her, no matter what infuriating little thing he did. Why couldn't he go bother Sonya or one of the other Griffindor Girls? Why did he have to decide to annoy her?
"Wingardium Leviosa." She heard whispered behind her back. Her spare quill rose straight up from her desk and hovered shoulder level. Lily reached over and gently pushed it back down. A few seconds later it happened again.
'That boy! Ohh he's really getting on my nerves!' Lily thought as she pushed the quill back down. It rose again the second she had removed her hand.
This continued for five more turns, James (Lily had figured it was him because he was the only one that wasn't snickering insanely) seemingly determined to get some kind of reaction from Lily, and Lily determined not to give him one. To her extreme anger, Lily eventually got fed up to the point she exclaimed, "Quit it or I'll hex you!" at James.
"Potter, Evans!" The two turned to the Professor. "Detention for both of you, for whatever it is you're doing."
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At the end of class Lily and James stayed behind to be told about the particulars of their detentions, Lily glaring at James the whole time. The second they were finished Lily confronted James in the empty hallway. "You! You're the most infuriating, stuck up, arrogant, delinquent, rule breaking, JERK I have ever had the extreme displeasure of knowing! It's your fault we got those detentions! Why when I'm through with you, you'll wish you had never been born! And another thing, if you ever mess with my head again I will cut off your balls and make you eat them!"
During Lily's little outburst, James simply stood and watched her, patiently waiting for her to finish. Actually he was watching the way her curly red hair (the curls were so tight they looked like springs) bounce up and down as she shook her head during her tirade. When she finished, James had heard her only faintly; he was silent for a few seconds. Then he simply reached forward and gently pulled on one of her curls, releasing it when it had been pulled straight. "Boing." He commented as the curl instantly went back to its original shape. Then he turned and walked away leaving Lily to process what he had done.
It took exactly three seconds.
"ARRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll get you back for this James Potter!" She screamed stamping her foot.
"You know you're adorable when you're mad!" He called back to her nonchalantly, as though she wasn't screaming at the top of her lungs.
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"I'm gonna kill him, I'm bloody going to KILL him!" Lily fumed pacing about her dorm room. Sonya lay on the bed reading a book.
"Um hmm." She responded.
"I'm not putting up with this, not in the slightest."
"Sure."
"He's going to pay for this, no boy pisses me off like this and gets away with it."
"If you say so."
"Okay, you're not helping." Lily rounded on Sonya staring at her until she placed the book down.
"What do you want from me? I'm just calling it how I see it." Sonya shrugged at looked a little put out at being questioned in this manner.
"And how do you see it?"
"You like him."
Lily stared at her best friend as though she had grown another head. "Me? Like James Potter? I don't think so."
"Sure you don't."
"He's so, so,.." Lily searched for a proper word.
"Handsome?"
"Irritating." Lily corrected. "He acts like he's just-"
"Gallant in an annoying kinda way?"
"An immature child." Lily flopped onto her bed. "I."
"Love him?"
"Hate him." Lily put her pillow over her head.
"Same difference." Sonya quipped going back to her book.
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Meanwhile, James and the Marauders were having a similar conversation. "James tell the girl you love her already!" Sirius griped as he watched James pacing back and forth.
"I don't love her." James defensively remarked pushing up his glasses from where they had been dangling at the tip of his nose.
"Then what do you think of her?" Remus asked.
"I-I-I- I think… she's annoying."
"Annoying?" Sirius and Remus exchanged aggravated glances, how anyone could be in such denial was beyond them. "In what way?"
"I don't know! How many different ways are there!? A haughty, nothing is going to affect me, I'm so pretty and perfect, kind of way, I guess."
"Okay, when you grow up-" Sirius began.
"Who said I'm being immature?"
"We are, and coming from us, that's saying something." Remus nodded his agreement.
James glared at them for a full five seconds before faltering. "Even if I did like her, stressing if, she hates me regardless."
"No wonder with the way you act around her!" Remus shook his head; "Most guys will pay a girl they like compliments, not insults."
"I haven't insulted her!"
"No, you just put her in detention, rile her up and wear out her patience."
"I don't try to Sirius, it just happens!" James frowned. "I don't know why I do it, I just do."
"You know what, I give up! How about you Padfoot?"
"Yeah, I think this is hopeless."
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AN: Okay, that was short. If there are any typos, I apologize. I have to type this up on Word and then copy and paste it to notepad to upload, when I do that sometime things get messed up. Please review, even if you didn't like it. If you didn't tell me why, just don't flame me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
AN: This is my first Harry Potter fan fic, so it's really short. Ummm… Let me know what you think, and please enjoy.
~~
Lily Evans had her eyes fixed on Professor McGonagall and the notes being written on the chalkboard. She was not concentrating on the snickers coming from behind her, she wasn't paying attention to the whispers, and she wasn't going to react to the spitballs aimed at her head. The Marauders (Prankster Specialists) were doing their best to distract Lily from her studies. Why? She didn't know, and she certainly didn't care, she was not going to allow them to push her buttons, no she wasn't. No temper flares from Lily, not today, well, not during class at any rate.
She wasn't going to let them get to her, especially their cocky leader, James Potter. That boy, well, he thought he could get away with anything! He wasn't going to have his way with her, no matter what infuriating little thing he did. Why couldn't he go bother Sonya or one of the other Griffindor Girls? Why did he have to decide to annoy her?
"Wingardium Leviosa." She heard whispered behind her back. Her spare quill rose straight up from her desk and hovered shoulder level. Lily reached over and gently pushed it back down. A few seconds later it happened again.
'That boy! Ohh he's really getting on my nerves!' Lily thought as she pushed the quill back down. It rose again the second she had removed her hand.
This continued for five more turns, James (Lily had figured it was him because he was the only one that wasn't snickering insanely) seemingly determined to get some kind of reaction from Lily, and Lily determined not to give him one. To her extreme anger, Lily eventually got fed up to the point she exclaimed, "Quit it or I'll hex you!" at James.
"Potter, Evans!" The two turned to the Professor. "Detention for both of you, for whatever it is you're doing."
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At the end of class Lily and James stayed behind to be told about the particulars of their detentions, Lily glaring at James the whole time. The second they were finished Lily confronted James in the empty hallway. "You! You're the most infuriating, stuck up, arrogant, delinquent, rule breaking, JERK I have ever had the extreme displeasure of knowing! It's your fault we got those detentions! Why when I'm through with you, you'll wish you had never been born! And another thing, if you ever mess with my head again I will cut off your balls and make you eat them!"
During Lily's little outburst, James simply stood and watched her, patiently waiting for her to finish. Actually he was watching the way her curly red hair (the curls were so tight they looked like springs) bounce up and down as she shook her head during her tirade. When she finished, James had heard her only faintly; he was silent for a few seconds. Then he simply reached forward and gently pulled on one of her curls, releasing it when it had been pulled straight. "Boing." He commented as the curl instantly went back to its original shape. Then he turned and walked away leaving Lily to process what he had done.
It took exactly three seconds.
"ARRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll get you back for this James Potter!" She screamed stamping her foot.
"You know you're adorable when you're mad!" He called back to her nonchalantly, as though she wasn't screaming at the top of her lungs.
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"I'm gonna kill him, I'm bloody going to KILL him!" Lily fumed pacing about her dorm room. Sonya lay on the bed reading a book.
"Um hmm." She responded.
"I'm not putting up with this, not in the slightest."
"Sure."
"He's going to pay for this, no boy pisses me off like this and gets away with it."
"If you say so."
"Okay, you're not helping." Lily rounded on Sonya staring at her until she placed the book down.
"What do you want from me? I'm just calling it how I see it." Sonya shrugged at looked a little put out at being questioned in this manner.
"And how do you see it?"
"You like him."
Lily stared at her best friend as though she had grown another head. "Me? Like James Potter? I don't think so."
"Sure you don't."
"He's so, so,.." Lily searched for a proper word.
"Handsome?"
"Irritating." Lily corrected. "He acts like he's just-"
"Gallant in an annoying kinda way?"
"An immature child." Lily flopped onto her bed. "I."
"Love him?"
"Hate him." Lily put her pillow over her head.
"Same difference." Sonya quipped going back to her book.
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Meanwhile, James and the Marauders were having a similar conversation. "James tell the girl you love her already!" Sirius griped as he watched James pacing back and forth.
"I don't love her." James defensively remarked pushing up his glasses from where they had been dangling at the tip of his nose.
"Then what do you think of her?" Remus asked.
"I-I-I- I think… she's annoying."
"Annoying?" Sirius and Remus exchanged aggravated glances, how anyone could be in such denial was beyond them. "In what way?"
"I don't know! How many different ways are there!? A haughty, nothing is going to affect me, I'm so pretty and perfect, kind of way, I guess."
"Okay, when you grow up-" Sirius began.
"Who said I'm being immature?"
"We are, and coming from us, that's saying something." Remus nodded his agreement.
James glared at them for a full five seconds before faltering. "Even if I did like her, stressing if, she hates me regardless."
"No wonder with the way you act around her!" Remus shook his head; "Most guys will pay a girl they like compliments, not insults."
"I haven't insulted her!"
"No, you just put her in detention, rile her up and wear out her patience."
"I don't try to Sirius, it just happens!" James frowned. "I don't know why I do it, I just do."
"You know what, I give up! How about you Padfoot?"
"Yeah, I think this is hopeless."
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AN: Okay, that was short. If there are any typos, I apologize. I have to type this up on Word and then copy and paste it to notepad to upload, when I do that sometime things get messed up. Please review, even if you didn't like it. If you didn't tell me why, just don't flame me.