(a/n: How can things work if no one will make the first move?)

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Chapter 10:

Solutions

"Sakura! Sakura!" Madison ran to catch up with her friend and finally caught her, walking alongside Li, Eli and Meilin.

"Can I talk to you? Please?" Madison's eyes were still puffy from crying.

"Yeah, if you want to…"

"Sakura, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you like that, and you were right. You do a lot for me, but I've been too selfish to notice that."

"You're not selfish, Madison, I just never realised how inconsiderate I am of you. It's like I always expect you to fix things, and I never think about what you need fixing!" The girls stared at eachother for a long moment and errupted in peels of laughter.

"Friends?" Sakura smiled.

"Best friends. Forever!" Madison hugged her best friend.

"But...um, Madison, can I ask you one little question?"

"Anything, Sakura!" Madison smiled, already knowing what the question would be, but she didn't know the answer.

"Why do you hate Li?"

"I don't." Madison replied, shocked by her own answer.

"Does that mean you two can be friends again!" Sakura's emerald eyes shone with hope.

"Maybe we can. Maybe we should go and talk for a bit?" Madison sighed. Time to fix things.

"Yeah, you do that, and I'll get you a special surprise." Sakura twinkled.

"Surprise?" Madison was taken aback.

What's she got up her sleeve? She's planning something, I can tell from the way she smiled at me...

"I'll tell Li you wanna talk to him."

What do I say? I don't hate you any more, so you can ignore all the stuff I said? Doubt that'll pass.

Madison sat on the brick wall with her back facing her former friends. She tried to not pay attention to the fact that they were staring at her, that they were muttering. That Eli wasn't even looking at her. She felta hand on her shoulder, and she turned. It was Li. Time to go.

"Sakura said you needed to talk to me..."

"I'm sorry. You make my best friend happy, and that's good enough for me. I can't be the most important person in her life forever, and I was out of order screaming at you like that. You don't deserve it, and you two are destined to be together. You can hate me if you want, but I'll never hate another person again. It doesn't bring out the best in me, as you can tell..." Madison smiled.

"Madison Taylor, you're one of a kind, you know that?" Li said simply and smiled. Madison jumped up and hugged him.

"Friends?" Li asked, and Madison knew she didn't need to answer.