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A/N: Sorry it's been so long, but I hope you enjoy the next installment! Thanks for everyone who's been reviewing – feedback is always appreciated.

Time

Smiling to herself, Madison panned her camera around Rock Porium, filming her friends and coworkers. It was what she usually did at work: capture her friends on camera while occasionally pretending she was being productive.

Madison had been excited when Toby, her boss at Rock Porium, hired Xander. The time she got to spend with him now lasted longer than forty minutes, and it was nice to be able to talk to him in a more relaxed environment. They might have been at work, technically, but more than half the time, none of the employees actually worked.

However, it didn't take long for Madison to figure out that Xander's personality in school was the same as it was at work. He was extremely friendly, especially to female customers, and he succeeded in getting at least one girl's phone number by the end of each week. She didn't like to admit it, but it hurt. While she admired the friendship they had, she often wondered why he didn't act flirty with her. Did he think she wasn't good enough to receive special attention from him? Was it because he honestly wasn't interested in her and he actually respected her enough to not lead her on? Even if he didn't like her, her romantic interest in him grew as they spent more time together. And the deeper her feelings got for him, the more those kind of thoughts plagued her mind.

Madison let out a laugh as her twin sister stepped in front of the camera and made a funny face. "Hey, sis," the shier girl said,turning off the power on her camera."What's up?"

"I need your help rearranging some CD's."

Agreeing, Madison followed Vida to the CD racks. Unfortunately, Xander stood not more than ten feet away from the CDs, flirting with one of the most popular girls at Briarwood High School. What was even more unfortunate was that Vida noticed Madison throwing wary looks in their direction.

Not more than five minutes had passed when Vida turned her shoulder to see what Madison was watching. The more outspoken girl let out a laugh. "Oh, please tell me you are not jealous of that blonde bimbo."

"Of course not," Madison replied, shaking her head. Her twin sister liked to pretend she tuned out the rest of the world when she put her headphones on, but Vida could become quite attentive to her surroundings while behind the turntables. She picked up a CD that had been put under the wrong genre. "I'm just…I-"

Before the quieter Rocca girl could defend herself, Vida gasped and grinned gleefully. "You like him, don't you?"

"I never said that," Madison protested quickly.

"Yeah, but you do. No wonder why you've actually been happy about coming to work lately."

Madison shook her head at her sister. "I should have known you'd catch on eventually." Vida wasn't a hopeless romantic, but she wasn't oblivious to the occurrences in Madison's life.

Picking up a misplaced CD, Vida frowned. "Do you wanna know my opinion?"

"Not really, but I know you'll say it anyway," Madison replied, the hint of a smile in her voice.

Vida glanced back at the Australian before she spoke to Madison again. "Look, Xander's obviously not looking for a commitment. If he was, he'd stop jumping from girl to girl. He's a good friend, but if you're looking for something more than friendship with him, you're wasting your time." With that, she walked away towards her turn tables and left Madison to herself.

Leaning against the CD rack, Madison sighed. That wasn't what she wanted to hear, but her sister was right. Xander hadn't had one steady girlfriend since he moved to Briarwood, and he didn't show any signs of wanting to change that. She was just wasting her time. He wasn't waiting around for one person; why should she?

Looking over at where Xander stood, she saw that he was still talking to the "blonde bimbo." She frowned. Madison wasn't a girl who fell for boys easily, but she had chosen Briarwood's most eligible teenage bachelor. Maybe it wasn't the best choice she'd ever made.

The blonde girl left a few moments later. When Xander turned around, he caught her eye and winked. Madison couldn't help but blush and laugh as she turned to walk behind the counter.

Maybe falling for him wasn't such a bad idea. He may have been a flirt, and he may have been stuck in a 'I need to date every female in Briarwood' phase for years, but Madison would wait a little longer for him too grow out of it. It wasn't time to give up on him just yet.