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Summary: Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Theme challenge; 10. Green-Eyed Monster.

Green-Eyed Monster

Red hot anger is slowly creeping up on me from a forgotten corner of my mind. I know it's irrational, but I can't help it. I finally get up the courage to ask her and he's charming his way into her heart. Flirting is so natural to him, he doesn't even realise he's doing it anymore.

He can get any girl he wants, why does it have to be the one whom for the first time, truly captured my heart.

I can't believe this, not even a week out of the deep freeze and he's already trying to get laid. He might be my best friend, but he is going too far.

I want to do something, but the alarm keeps me from doing so and for once I'm thanking Astronema, silently of course.

My heart jumps when Ashley is struck down in battle. She says she's fine, but that doesn't slow my racing heartbeat. We double team the crocatox and for a brief moment I'm the soul centre of her undivided attention. Then Zhane has to butt in with some fancy looking fighting techniques.

My blood starts to boil when Ashley is obviously impressed and wants to learn. Just because I don't use them, doesn't mean I can't do them too. They are ridiculously overrated, not to mention highly insufficient and time robbing. If there's one thing you don't have in battle, it's time.

Back at the Megaship I decide to just risk it and ask her out, compete against Zhane if I have to. Everyone is leaving holding bay to look for Darkonda's lab, so I can catch her fairly alone. I should have known Zhane would interrupt while I'm stumbling to find the right words and I know I've shot the only chance I might have had.

I don't join the others on the bridge and a few minutes later Zhane returns to report. He swears he knows I like Ashley and that he's not trying to step on my toes. Yeah right.

Not being able to stand his face much longer, I flee to the bridge. The others tell me they located Darkonda and we're going to check it out. I know it's not fair, but I make Zhane stay anyway. I know the other rangers are not happy with me, but at least I feel a little better.

Once our battle is over I realise I can't make Ashley like me if she'd rather be with Zhane and I'm stupid to let her come between us. Lucky for me Zhane forgives me and as he leaves the bridge he tells me all the time Ashley was with him, she was asking about me.

I want to drag everything out of him, but Ashley enters the bridge, walking straight for me. She's nervous, I can see and she has trouble to get out whatever she wants to ask.

I blurt out if she wants to go check out Hailey's Comet with me, and accidentally grab her upper arm before I can stop myself. I want to hit myself when she looks at my hand for a moment.

My heart is soaring when she tells me she'd love to and the green eyed monster in my mind roars one triumphant before going back to sleep; she wants to be with me.

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