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A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I appreciate it. I wrote this sort of as a follow up of the first chapter. I hope you enjoy!
One Moment II
Xander had always been aware of Madison's existence, but they never came in contact with each other. He occasionally passed her in the hallway at school although he never pursued her. Why should he chase someone who showed no interest in him when dozens of girls would go out with him at the drop of a hat?
The first day of his junior year of high school, he was surprised to see that Madison was in his anatomy class. He hadn't really chosen her as his lab partner; everyone else in the classroom had already had a partner, or the people who were left had reputations of being lazy students. He wasn't a genius, but he wasn't an academic failure, either. So he sat next to her, and from that first class period, he knew that he had been stupid in not bothering to talk to her before. She had a certain air about her, a quiet confidence, and even though she was shy, Xander knew she was special.
The moment he truly became attracted to her came during a dissection period halfway through first marking period. They were dissecting a fetal pig, and after they had managed to expose the inner organs, they had to remove the liver from the rest of the body. Madison had volunteered to work with the scalpel, and Xander read directions from their lab books and carefully watched her actions.
"Make sure you don't cut the organ itself; just cut around it," he advised her as she slowly cut the innards of the pig.
Madison finally succeeded in cutting the liver away from the rest of the body. "Got it," she exclaimed proudly, setting the scalpel down in the dissecting pan. She reached into the pig's body to pull out the separated organ, but because it was immersed in bodily fluids and her gloves were smooth latex material, the liver flew out of her hand and landed on their teacher's desk in front of them. Mr. Goldberg clearly was annoyed, but Xander and Madison were highly amused.
And as they stood together, holding their stomachs and doubling over in laughter, he became hooked on her. It was by far the weirdest experience he shared with a girl, but it was also the most special. For once, he wasn't the one to win the girl over; she had succeeded in winning him over. It was all due to one temporary lapse of coordination.
Who knew that the formaldehyde the dead animals were soaked in could be such an aphrodisiac?