Why You Annoy Me
Lily Evans swatted the stupid rose petals that were starting to annoy her a whole lot. Lots of them, those blood-red petals, were swirling down on her from the ceiling, following her wherever she went. This, ladies and gentlemen, made students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stare at her as she passed.
The redhead was definitely getting irritated by the minute. More of the bloody rose petals were raining down at her, leaving a trail of supposed-to-be-parts of a flower behind her. She was definitely going to get James Potter…just he wait…
"Oh don't worry, Lils," said her best friend, Aurora Callaway, reassuringly. "I'm sure James had a good reason."
"To annoy the hell out of me the whole day?" Lily snapped, swatting a few more petals from her line of vision. "I think that's not a good reason at all."
Aurora opened the door to their last class, Transfiguration, with Lily and her rose petals closely in tow.
Lily Evans was an ordinary Gryffindor sixth year, having dark, copper-hued hair that reached down to the small of her back. Startlingly green eyes covered by long, thick eyelashes; everyone was amazed by how unique her eye color was. Her cream-colored complexion suited her just fine, with a slender and quite tall build of 5'7 to accompany it. She's a practically friend to everybody, except Slytherins, of course, for people find her approachable. Lily's also considered one of the heartthrobs of the said school, but not at the top of the popularity scale.
Aurora Callaway, meanwhile, was yet another normal Gryffindor sixth year, having a brother named Alexander Hemmingway who just graduated last year. The school population considers her as Sirius Black's counterpart, for she had most of the male population of Hogwarts practically groveling on her feet, praising the very ground she walked on. She had long, light brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, a pale complexion, and bright sapphire eyes.
"And what, pray tell, Miss Evans, are those following your every step?" Minerva McGonagall asked, gesturing towards the petals, which continued to fall down to the floor.
"Apparently, Professor, they're someone's ideas of how to apologize." She replied, continuing to walk to her seat conveniently placed before James Potter's.
"Well, Miss Evans, I would rather appreciate it if you can extinguish these petals before I start class." McGonagall instructed, waiting on Lily to make the petals disappear.
But Lily didn't move.
"Professor, I'm so sorry to say that I'm afraid I," She coughed loudly towards the person behind her. "Cannot put this little prank to its end."
"Very well," McGonagall said, raising her eyes towards the messy-haired boy who sat behind Lily. "I would have to finish class ignoring these petals then."
Transfiguration continued pretty well, except for the fact that James Potter continued to annoy the hell out of Lily. He kept passing notes, tapping her shoulder; he even resorted to poking her head with his wand. Why, you ask, is James asking for Lily's forgiveness?
It's because last Saturday was a Hogsmeade weekend, and James had promised to meet Lily down at the Three Broomsticks. Lily, meanwhile, was stood up for three hours.
Sirius Black snorted amusedly as Lily gave a slight squeal, James poking Lily's head.
"POTTER!"
James looked up to see McGonagall staring at him.
"Yes, Professor McGonagall?" the said boy asked innocently, much to the smirks of his friends and admirers.
"Five points from Gryffindor for disrupting class." The professor stated simply, waving her hand to gesture that they could get back on transfiguring their rocks. It was quite hard; the lesson was, for they were required to change the rock to become a dog.
Lily turned back to her rock. She wasn't the Transfiguration whiz at all – she was more of a Charm expert after all. Aurora was doing just fine; only problem was her dog still had a rock for a head.
"—it's all in the wrist, Longbottom. It's all in the wrist — no, Wellingham, the other way – twist it the other way…" McGonagall could be heard correcting the rest of the class, tsk-tsk-ing a few times as she passed by students.
"So Lils," said James, who was showing off by changing of the breed of his dog. "You forgive me now?"
Lily didn't answer him — instead, she just smirked and continued to swat a few petals towards James's way and ignore the boy.
"Lily…" James repeated, wanting to get his best friend's attention. "Do you forgive me now?"
The girl didn't respond.
"You know, James, if you stop showing off at how good you are in Transfiguration," his other best friend, Sirius Black started. "She'd pay attention to you."
James glared at him – Sirius was showing off as well. Sirius was quite happy though – some Hufflepuffs were giggling at him and looking his direction. In an act of appreciation, Sirius flashed a million-dollar smile and sent them swooning.
"Honestly, you never learn, Black." Aurora said under her breath. Unfortunately for her, Sirius had keen hearing and heard her right. "It's already noisy and hot in this classroom and you just HAD to put in squeals of the idiotic bimbos of this earth."
Lily snorted.
"It's hot in here, Callaway?" Sirius smirked as James and Remus stared at him. Provoking Aurora's anger wasn't actually the best thing to do. "I suppose it's from my indescribable aura – I think you might be falling for me, my beloved Aurora."
It was Aurora's turn to snort. "Typical of you, Black," said the brunette, who was now petting her dog (which, I might add, had the right head). "Walking around with your big egotistical head and claiming you're so hot. Like that's true."
Sirius stopped changing the breed of his dog and peered at Aurora's. It was a big, black, shaggy dog, sitting obediently atop her desk and wagging its tail. Sirius smirked once again.
"Why, my beloved Aurora, you really do love me." Sirius stated, making James and Remus suppress their laughter.
Aurora death-glared him. "And what the hell does this cute little innocent dog have to do with you, Black?"
Remus answered the question for Sirius. "Don't worry, Aurora…it has nothing to do with him, actually…"
"So, you forgive me yet?" James suddenly asked; he cut the fight that was starting to develop between his best friend and Aurora.
Lily turned around, looking at her best friend in the eye. "Yes, James. I forgave you last night, don't you remember?"
"So you do forgive me!"
"So," Lily started, looking up at the rose petals that were continuing to rain down upon her and her dog. "Can you please get this stupid charm off me?"
James smirked. "Alright, alright. But you do forgive me, right?"
Lily glared. "If you don't take this stupid spell off me, Potter, I probably wouldn't. I even hate roses, Potter."
With an instant flick of his wrist, the petals were gone, leaving the last of them falling helplessly to the floor.
*
Lily Evans and James Potter had been best friends for the past six years. They met way back at the first train ride to Hogwarts, and after a little bit of arguing; everything went fine on and after.
James was glad he had a girl for another best friend, for having a best friend of the opposite gender was quite useful. If you had to go to a date, you can ask her/him if you looked okay at a guy's/girl's point of view; you can ask him/her about relationship problems, again, because of their point of view. If you didn't have a date and you needed one, you can turn to him/her. Lily can be…a…medium of the sort if you want other girls to notice you (not that James can't accomplish that by himself). All in all, for James, having Lily as a best friend was a good thing.
Lily, meanwhile, was quite all right with the idea of James being one of her best friends. Problem is, you can be glared at by the rest of the female population; become a prank victim and be used by their countless fans to be a way to get to know them better. Fan clubs can abduct her and squeeze information out of her (like what were the colors of James's and Sirius's boxers, Lily thought with a shiver); beg her relentlessly for information, or be tracked down by fans and be killed by them for the fact that she was friends with the Marauders.
"Oh look, there he is…doesn't he look absolutely handsome?"
"C'mon, Sirius is more handsome that him – look at his hair…"
"Oh geez, James's so cute as always!!!!"
Lily and Aurora sighed. As they were strolling down the hallway that led to the Gryffindor Tower, several groupies flocked all around them, squealing like little pigs. The two of them hated it as always – stupid, idiotic, mindless bimbos who fawned all over the boys behind them. Fortunately, as the two of them saw it, Peter Pettigrew was safely tucked in bed at the infirmary. Poor boy, always getting into accidents…
The fan clubs died away a few minutes later, scurrying off towards their own common rooms to share their own uh…life changing (more like life boring) experiences, i.e. gossip.
Remus led the group, saying the password to the Fat Lady and stepping inside the hole, with the rest of the group clambering over the hole.
"—so who's you're flavor-of-the-week, Prongs?"
"Haven't really decided yet…I guess ooh look – hottie at nine."
Lily sighed exasperatedly. This was yet another thing she hated about James and his little gang – they toss out girls too much. Well, except good 'ol Remus Lupin, the kind, levelheaded, non-egotistical member of their little group.
"Ooh, goddammit, I hate him, I hate him so much I can get his big, egotistical head and stick it in the lake – let him drown – mindless of the countless bimbos that would kill me…" Aurora hissed, fighting the urge to hurl a curse towards her male counterpart.
"What seemingly deep grudge do you have against Sirius, Aurora? I've been asking you that ever since our first year and you never answer me." Lily asked as they trudged up the girls' dormitory, shutting the dormitory door behind them as they walked to their beds.
"I don't have a grudge." Aurora explained, taking off her school robes and starting to undress herself. "It's just that I find his large egotistical head that can't fit through doors absolutely annoying. Don't you, well…for example, get irritated at James when he's like that?"
Lily narrowed her eyes. "Oh I do, stupid git," she said, not knowing what she was saying. "Using girls like heaps of useless trash. I sometimes feel so sorry for the girls they keep on playing with. Good thing Remus isn't like that."
Aurora giggled. "Of course he isn't. He's Remus. Question though – how come you're so irritated with James now?"
Lily looked down at the ruby carpet, deep in thought. "I don't know…"
*
Sirius smirked as he sat on his four-poster, holding out a mirror before him. James was showering in the boys' bathroom and Remus was quietly reading a book, covers all put around him. Peter Pettigrew, meanwhile, was still in the infirmary.
"Just what the hell are you smirking about, Padfoot?" James asked; stepping out of the shower clad in nothing but a towel. He was rather muscular, but not bulky; the muscles were traced perfectly across his chest and arms. His pale complexion gleamed in the candlelight as his hazel-hued eyes were focused on his best friend, his wet, and damp, jet-black hair sticking up in all places. Between his fingers, he played with his wire-rimmed glasses.
"This," Sirius answered, holding out the mirror for the both of them to see. Remus shifted to see clearly what he was holding out.
It was a rectangular mirror, quite like the ones he and James used in different detentions, only bigger. It seemed to show figures moving around in a room just like their dormitory, only a little bit brighter.
"Padfoot," Remus started, closing the book he was reading and placing it on the bedside table. "That couldn't possibly be the girl's dormitory, is it?"
Sirius nodded fervently, making the mirror shake as well. As the scenery on the piece of reflective glass moved, James examined it closely. Someone, who apparently caught James's eye since his mouth was agape, was walking across the room clad in a loose-fitting shirt. Her legs were quite long and perfect, cream-colored complexion shining slightly by the candlelight.
Interested on who the girl could be, James took the mirror away from Sirius and tilted it, seeing more of the girl. All he saw next was that the figure had the shirt down to her knees, and that she had copper-hued hair. Quite a voluptuous figure, James might add.
"Give me that, Prongs," Sirius said, snatching the mirror back. "Just whom were you staring at, anyway? Divina McKeller?"
James shook his head.
Remus snorted. "Divina McKeller?" he said disbelievingly. "Why would James stare at her? She's just a mindless —
Sirius waved a finger. "Now, Moony, that's not like you."
Remus smiled. "Sorry, but she just gets on my nerves a whole lot. Little git — thinking she's all that. Don't you even remember when she asked us out, nose up and all?"
"Ugh, don't remind me. Weird name too. I can't seem to know how it's pronounced. Dai-vee-nah or Dee-vee-nah…" James said sickeningly. "She's just one of those little bimbos – has air for brains. Airheads, in shorter terms."
"It's even a miracle she seems to pass our exams." Sirius snorted. "So, who were you staring at, Prongs?"
"I don't really know." James sighed. "But she's…beautiful."
*
Aurora stared silently stared at something shimmering under Divina McKeller's four-poster. It triggered her curiosity.
"Hey Lils? Can you go there to Dibimbo's bed and check that thing out?"
Lily, who was already wearing her pajama bottoms under her overly large shirt, looked at her curiously. "Dibimbo? You mean Thy Bimbo?"
"Yeah, however her name's pronounced."
The copper-haired girl walked to the said bed, crouching down low to see that a small, handheld mirror was placed under it. She took the mirror and peered, seeing that figures were moving upon its surface.
As Lily held the mirror close to her, she noted someone who was absolutely handsome moving on the surface. She moved her face closer and tried to listen; people were talking on the other side.
'—talking about us—'
'—had a good impression—'
'—she hates me! Can you believe that—'
A blush silently crept upon her pale cheeks – color was rising onto her face fast. The figure pictured in the mirror was only wearing a towel, with beautifully chiseled muscles that adorned his pale complexion. Unfortunately, his face wasn't shown.
"So, what is it, Lils?" Aurora's voice snapped her out of her little reverie. Trying to hide the blush in her cheeks, Lily stood up and handed the mirror to Aurora.
"I don't know."
*
"Ooh, they're talking…" Sirius said, facing the mirror back to him. As he peered into it, he met the clearest blue eyes he had ever seen in his whole life.
"CALLAWAY!!!!!!!"
At the same time, someone screamed from the girls' dormitory.
"BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Why You Annoy Me
Author's notes: Not really love/hate between Lily and James, but it will be. ^^ I hope you guys liked and please, r&r!!! ^^ Thank you!