Jealous?

Henry sighed.

"What's up with you?"

Henry jumped, startled, and turned to his brother Jake. "Nothing."

"Uh-huh. Right. You have that lovesick look on your face for no reason. Like I'd believe that. Come on, what is it?" Jake was grinning, like he almost always was, no matter what the occasion might be.

Henry shook his head. No matter what he did, if Jake wanted to find something out, Jake would do anything to get the information that he felt he needed.

"I kind of like this girl , but I know that she'll never like me." Henry offered.

"For Pete's sake, Henry! We are living in New York until you are done with college! You don't have to refer to the place you live by its full name. Call this city N.Y. or something, it makes it sound nicer. And as for your little crush, she goes to college in N.Y. too, I'm willing to bet. It's not hopeless."

"New York has lots of colleges, all far apart. What are the possibilities that we'll ever even see each other again?" Henry moaned to his little brother.

"Oh."

Henry took a deep breath. How on earth could this be possible? How could his crush go to the same college as he did?

Of course, she wasn't alone. There were four or five guys around her, all talking to the lovely brunette at the same time.

"Veronica, could you go to-"

"Veronica, you have really nice eyes-"

"Will you go to the dan-"

Veronica sighed. Why had she come through the front door? It wasn't like these guys ever left her alone as soon as they saw her.

Henry drooped. He had no chance of winning over the Beautiful Veronica Asher. She was already taken, Henry was sure. After all, such a perfect girl had to have a perect boyfriend, right?

Still, Henry felt an emotion inside of him that he had never felt before. He was jealous of whoever had managed to catch the eye of Veronica.

"Hey, Veronica! Want to go to TJ's party together?"

"Max, we broke up. I'm not going anywhere with you." Veronica didn't even look up from her math book.

"Come on. You're teasing me." Max whined.

"No, I'm not. I'm going with Shelia and Marie."

"Fine, but I'll still see you there."

"So you're going to a party tonight?" Jake propped his head up on his hand as he watched his brother get out a shirt.

"Yeah."

"Maybe Veronica will be there." Jake grinned.

"Maybe." A butterfly of hope fluttered in Henry's stomach.

Henry sat alone at TJ's party, and looked at Veronica and some guy talking to her. He sighed. Of course Veronica had a boyfriend. She was too perfect to not to.

"Max, seriously! I don't want to be around you. Go away!" Veronica hissed at Max.

"Baby, I love it when you get mean." Max grabbed the back of her head, and pulled her in for a long, drawn out kiss, ignoring Veronica's flailing fists.

Henry looked over at Veronica again and sighed when he saw some guy kissing her. He did a double take. If that guy was her boyfriend, why would she hit him for kissing her? Henry stood up and strode over to the couple.

"Hey, she doesn't want your attention." Henry grabbed the guy by the shoulders and dragged him off of Veronica.

"Who do you think you are, punk?" The other guy snarled, jerking free of Henry's grip.

"Does it matter?"

"It does if I say it does." The guy threw a punch at Henry's nose. It never got there.

"It doesn't if I say it doesn't." Henr held the fist in his hand.

"You let go of me now, Punk!" The guy snarled.

"Or what?" Henry twisted the fist in his hand.

The guy howled in agony. Henry released the fist.

"I'll kill you!"

"Max, no!" Veronica cried behind him.

"Oh, but yes." Max let loose another punch towards Henry's stomach this time.

"I don't think so." Henry and Veronica said at the same time. Henry avoided the fist at the same time that Veronica grabbed a nacho tray and wacked it over Max's head. Max crumpled to the floor.

"Wow." Henry stared at Veronica. "You took him down with a nacho tray?"

"Yeah. Stupid guy right there. I can't believe I ever dated him." Veronica kicked Max's head.

"You dated that?" Henry was amazed. Veronica was so wonderful, yet she had date him?

"Worst mistake I ever made." Veronica turned her back on Max. She flashed Henry asmile. "You're pretty good."

Henry stammered.

"What was that?" Veronica asked.

"Umm, will you go out with me?" He mumbled.

"I'd love to." Veronica smiled at him again.

Henry melted.

This was not the best I've written on this. I've never expirienced jealousy, so I pretty much made him hopelessly in love, I think. I'm so sorry for the late update! First it was school all the time, then it was my aunt's wedding, and then it was church and a flea market.

The next update is the last. I'm almost finished with the challenge. The last one is going to be hilarious, I promse!

'Til next chapter!
-The Irish Lass