Dedication : @puttiiiiiii
101 Things Lily Evans Found Annoying About James Potter
1. He asked her out every bloody day.
2. His hair.
3. His friends (except Remus, of course. Remus was an angel.)
4. His smirk.
5. How he never just smiled.
6. How when he smiled, he looked so gorgeous that it took her breath away.
7. How he managed to charm everyone effortlessly while she struggled to make friends.
8. He was Quidditch Captain.
9. He was so hot, it wasnt even fair, for Merlin's sake!
10. How his eyes were so deep and velvety, she could probably drown in them if she looked for too long.
11. How he used to prank everyone without feeling, and humiliate them.
12. How he grew up.
13. He had abs. Merlin's balls! It was like the entire world hated her.
14. How he stopped asking her out in seventh year.
15. He was always better than her in everything. It wasn't bloody fair.
16. He managed to get all the girls.
17. His best friend.
18. His other best friend.
19. How he got so intense on the Quidditch field, that her heart stopped beating.
20. How whenever he got hurt, she died internally.
21. How he barely did any homework, but still got away with it.
22. How he had been made Head Boy, because it meant that she had to spend more time with him.
23. How he used to pick on Snape.
24. His many detentions.
25. He had no manners.
26. He got away with everything.
27. He wasn't ticklish.
28. How he knew how to rile her up.
29. He always made her think about him, damnit!
30. His patronus was a stag. (Her's was a doe, but he didn't need to know that. Not just yet.)
31. His childishness. Dear God, it was so endearing, Lily felt that it should be illegal.
32. His puppy-dog eyes. Another thing that should be illegal, in Lily's humble opinion.
33. His sweetness.
34. His niceness.
35. His smartness.
36. How he drooled in History of Magic. Merlin, it was adorable.
37. His glasses. They never sat straight on his face.
38. How he brushed off his injuries without a care.
39. How he always ran a hand through his hair, to mess it up even more. It made him look even hotter, for Chrissakes!
40. His ass.
41. His entire body.
42. His legs. Jesus Christ. This deserved a seperate mention.
43. How he never actually tried.
44. How he had hated Slytherins before getting to know them.
45. How he had changed.
46. How he made her want to kiss him.
47. His kindness.
48. How she had so many things she wanted to say to him, but couldn't.
49. He didn't like her anymore.
50. He made her list stuff about him, for Merlin's sake!
51. He confused her.
52. His face.
53. How he never read anything.
54. He used to bully students. (But then grew up and apologized, which Lily admired. Not that she would tell him that.)
55. How everyone was obsessed with him.
56. How he made her stomach drop whenever she saw him snogging some other girl in the corridors.
57. How he hurt her.
58. His naiveness.
59. His innocence. (No, they were not the same thing, thank you very much.)
60. His temper.
61. How he never backed down, even when he knew he was in the wrong.
62. His humbleness.
63. His strength.
64. How he made her feel safe, without even trying.
65. How he always led his Gryffindor Team to victory.
66. His bravery.
67. How he never accepted defeat. (Secretly, Lily found it very appealing, though she would never admit it.)
68. How even her best friends were enamoured by him.
69. He had no table manners, at all.
70. His past asshole-y attitude.
71. How he never called her just Lily.
72. His arrogance.
73. How he was so confident all the time. (Lily, personally, found it astonishing.)
74. He was always so optimistic. Lily couldn't understand how, for the life of her.
75. How he put everyone else, before himself.
76. How he makes her think of having a family with him.
77. How she had so many things to write about him.
78. How, along the years, she had picked up and become familiar with all his amusing quirks. (Like how he loathed apple pudding and apple tart, but hogged treacle tart.)
79. He made everyone fall in love with him.
80. He has his own fan club, for Merlin's sake!
81. His personality. (No, she wasn't putting this in because she admired his personality. No she wasn't. James Potter had an annoying personality, that was all.)
82. How he used to pick on everyone.
83. Did she mention that he used to ask her out Every. Bloody. Day? (Better mention it again, just in case the message didn't get through.)
84. He refused to leave her alone.
85. He left her alone, now.
86. He had no fear.
87. He never followed any rules.
88. How she always thought of him. (It was always James Potter this and Potter that..)
89. How he never accepted any help. Least of all, hers.
90. How he could deal with any situation maturely, and sensibly. (She greatly admired this about him. She was a red-head to the very end.)
91. How he never took any of her hints.
92. How he always knew what to do.
93. He could bullshit an essay within one lunch break, and get an O on it; while she would have slaved for three days on that stupid essay and would get an E. (Yes, she was bitter. Yes, Transfiguration was not her subject.)
94. He wanted to be just friends.
95. He made Lily want more. So much more.
96. He never shut up.
97. How he could talk to everyone without batting an eyelid. (Lily could not. She was an awkward hooman. She was extremely jealous.)
98. He was a pig. (Lily didn't know why, but it seemed to be extremely accurate.)
99. How he always spiked the drinks.
100. How he made her want him so badly, but she knew she could never have him. (Because why would James Potter want to be with Lily Evans, the one girl who used to yell at him, insult him and call him rude names.)
101. How he made her fall in love with him.
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