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Green Eyed Monster

By: Noelle

Chapter 3: The Problem with Lily…

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Disclaimer: I do not own Lily Evans, James Potter, Sirius Black, and any of the recognizable characters. I do own Ella Reichman though. I do not own the recognizable places, such as Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. J.K. and Warner Brothers have the right to the Harry Potter universe, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

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"What a week!" Ella said, collapsing on her bed. Lily just smiled, and stepped over to her armoire. The week was finally over, ending with an exhausting double Potions. Lily took out her pressed flannel pajamas, and went to the bathroom. She quickly showered, and put on her pajamas. When she reappeared in her room, Ella was gone.

Probably off to snog some guy, Lily mused. Walking to her nightstand, Lily picked up her new book, and laid down to read.

She was in the eighth chapter when she was interrupted. By James Potter nonetheless. He walked into the dormitory and sat on Ella's bed, staring at her. Lily tried to ignore him, but she couldn't.

"What are you doing here?" she snapped. "Can't you see I'm trying to read?"

"Come with me to the Astronomy Tower," James said cockily, smiling.

Lily continued reading. "Would you please be as kind as to shut the door on your way out?" she asked politely.

"Oh, come on. You know that you want to come!" James gave her a puppy dog face, even though she couldn't see it from behind her book.

"I do not wish to go with you anywhere. Now if you could vacate my room, I will be eternally grateful." Lily took a moment to look up and offer a fake smile.

James leaned back on Ella's headboard. "What sort of guy would you go to the Astronomy Tower with, Ms. Evans?"

Lily set down her book to gaze at James. "I am not going to go over my romantic preferences with you of all people, Mr. Potter. Now, if you could please leave before we have a repeat of Wednesday's Transfiguration lesson…"

"All right, I'm going," James said huffily, as he walked to the door. He then turned, and smiled. "Until next time, fair maiden…" he said, doing an elaborate bow. He didn't bother to shut the door -- he left it open a crack. He knew that would irritate Lily.

Sure enough, it did. "Stupid prat," Lily muttered, as she stood up to close the door. "Who does he think he's dealing with? Fair maiden my arse!" Walking to her bed, Lily picked up the book she was reading. She fingered the cover. The cover showed a princess with long red hair trapped in a tower. The prince below was on a white stallion, and coming to rescue her. That was what Lily thought of romance. She believed that one day her Prince Charming would come, riding on a white stallion, rescue her and carry her off into the sunset. Sighing, Lily clung the book to her chest. She then laid the book down, and turned off the light, saying her prayers to God. She then turned off to pleasant dreams, not involving James Potter.

Lily awoke when the lights flamed up. Ella rushed in, her hair messy and her lipstick smeared. She was grinning as she collapsed on her bed. Lily smiled faintly. "Where have you been Ms. Reichman?"

"Sirius Black took me for a ride on his motor bike."

Lily's mouth dropped. "You didn't!" she said, fighting back laughter.

Ella raised her eyebrows. "Of course I did! What girl wouldn't! We rode around the grounds for awhile, until…"

"Until…" Lily said, mimicking her best friend.

"Until he took me up to the Astronomy Tower."

Lily screamed. "Ella!"

"What?" Ella asked defensively. "I am human, you know. I couldn't turn down those sexy eyes of his! He is such a great kisser! I bet he's great at other things too…" she added, hinting at the obvious.

"Ella Reichman, I can't believe you! You and Sirius Black!"

Ella grinned as she flipped over on her bed to face Lily. "Well, what's this I hear about you and James Potter?"

Lily felt her tell-tale blush creeping up. "What about me and James Potter? Nothing's going on…"

Ella smiled knowingly. "I heard that he has a crush on you."

Sputtering, Lily said, "What?" She turned to face Ella. "Who did you hear that from?"

"A little star named Sirius. And he heard it from Bertha Jorkins, that gossip from Hufflepuff. The one dating Gilderoy Lockhart, you know." Ella grinned.

"Well, even if he did like me, I do not like him! Now, I am going to bed!" Lily threw the covers over her head.

"Good night, Lils," Ella called out.

"Night Ella."

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Sirius walked into the dormitory to find James wide awake and pacing about. "What's wrong, Prongs. The Green Monster too much for you?" he asked teasingly.

"Nothing is too much for me," James answered. "Do you know where I can get a white horse?"

Sirius coughed. "What?"

"Well, it's just that I think that's the kind of guy Lily likes." James frowned as he continued his pacing. Peter and Remus were sleeping.

"She likes guys with horses?" Sirius questioned.

"No," James said exasperatedly, running his hand through his messy hair. "She likes 'Prince Charming' and that sort of thing."

"How do you know what she likes?" Sirius asked.

James looked up, and stopped pacing momentarily. "Well, I saw some of the books she had. Most of them were fairy-tale books. The one she was reading now had a princess on the cover, and Prince Charming on a white horse."

Laughing, Sirius informed James that he was no Prince Charming.

"Oh, shut it. You know, the problem with Evans is that she always has to be so darn perfect. I don't know if she is even capable of falling for anybody. She is so scared of feeling anything! I tried to get a rise out of her by asking her to go to the Astronomy Tower, but she politely declined. I would have been happier if she said 'Drop Dead Potter'. The best I could get was 'Do you want a repeat of Wednesday's Transfiguration lesson?' By the way, where have you been? I could've used your help," he glanced at the clock, "four hours ago."

"Well, I was out," Sirius said snippily, as he took off his robes. He was wearing a pair of boxers and a white T-shirt underneath.

"With who?" James asked, raising one of his eyebrows. He was one of the few people he knew that could do that. Sirius couldn't, and hated when James did it.

"Ella Reichman."

James rounded on Sirius. "You should have been helping me but instead you were out with Evans' best friend!"

"Well, I helped you out a little," Sirius said meekly. "I told her that I heard from Bertha Jorkins that you liked Lily. I'm sure she'll tell her…"

"So you lied?"

Sirius smiled sheepishly. "Not exactly. I sort of told Bertha that you liked Lily."

"You WHAT?" James screamed out. Remus rolled over slightly, and Peter continued his snoring. He lowered his voice. "You what?"

"James, that is the last favor I'll do for you in this whole mess," Sirius said. "You are so bloody ungrateful!"

James threw himself onto his bed. "I am going to bed," he announced, covering his head with his pillow. "Good night!"

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Two weeks had passed. James had made numerous attempts to make Lily Evans fall for him, but none of them worked. He was beginning to see why Sirius gave him a full year to do so. It was now the second week of October, and he was starting to become nervous. What if he lost?

Now, James was waiting inside the Great Hall. He was sitting next to Lily's normal empty spot. She always got to breakfast at the same time: 7:30. James counted down on his watch, and at 7:30, Lily walked in. She paid no attention to James (she was reading her book) and sat down.

"Morning, dear flower," James said charmingly. He gave Lily the smile he reserved for the girls he really liked, that would make them turn to jelly. It had no such effect on her.

"Potter, would you please leave me alone?" she asked politely, but with an icy edge to her request.

"Of course, beautiful Lily. As soon as you agree to come to the Halloween Ball with me."

"Hogwarts is having a Halloween Ball? Why haven't I heard of it?" Lily asked, not noting his invitation.

James gazed at her. "Professor Dumbledore is going to announce it at dinner tonight. So, how about it? Would you give me the honor of accompanying you?"

Rolling her eyes, Lily answered, "Potter, do you ever give up?" before standing up and leaving with a scone.

For the rest of the day, James tired on endlessly, asking Lily to the ball at every chance he got. Each time, she politely declined. Finally, the last time, Lily had enough.

"Lily, damn it! Will you go to the bloody ball with me?" James shouted, losing his patience.

Lily whirled around angrily. "Fine! I will go, on three conditions!"

James grinned. "And what would those be?"

"The first condition is that you have to get higher marks than me on the Charms test tomorrow. Or else, I will not go with you." Lily said.

"It's a deal, fair Lily," James said, "but what about the others?"

Lily instinctively flattened her robes. "I will tell you those if you succeed the first."

James began to walk away happily, with a cheery, 'Thank you, fair Lily'. He had made it twenty steps when he realized the error he had made.

Lily had the best marks in Charms. There was not one test when she had received under a 98. The highest James had received in Charms was an 85. "That girl… she is a true monster," he muttered, as he ran off to the library, to study. "A Green Eyed Monster."

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A/N: Well, that's all for now. I should have the next chapter up tomorrow. And I would like to thank all the reviewers! You guys are the greatest! So, James will have to try really hard to get past Lily's 'conditions'. Chapter 4 will focus on that, and Chapter 5 will be the Halloween Ball. If you have any comments/suggestions/criticisms, leave them in a review or you can email me at Luckie7n13@aol.com.

Also, to celebrate my first year on fanfiction.net, I am going to give a cameo to the 18th person to review any of my stories, beginning on June 7th. You can do so by reviewing using the box thing or emailing me. And if you win, you get to pick the story you have a cameo in (either this one, or you can pick any year for the Marauder series. Just leave me your email address, so I can contact you. You also get to pick the sort of cameo (like, romantic involvement with the character of your choice, if you want). Hopefully, I will post a new chapter of each of my stories on June 18th (my anniversary!) Well, that's all for me. Adios!