AN: Here's the next one. It's right after Rock Solid, where the episode ends. This is where I start adding in scenes of my own, so it isn't completely kids-only romance. Enjoy.

Green- Eyed Monster

He had been completely clueless about everything. Including his feelings for Madison. She was pretty, she was nice, she was so sweet and shy and it made him want to protect her even more. Except right now, she didn't look like she needed much protecting. She was laughing. No, she was giggling. With (hopefully at, but that was just wishful thinking) some guy. Nick knew there was something fishy about that guy hanging around Maddie after she was turned into a statue.

His name was Ben. He had initiated a conversation with Maddie in the park the day she had gone away upset. So, Nick supposed, in an indirect way, it really was his fault that this Ben guy was all over Maddie right now. But he wasn't in the mood to play the blame game. He was in the mood to either throw this guy out of the Rock Porium, or punch his face in, preferably both.

Oh, he knew those types, all cute and flirty, coming in front of shy girls' and sweeping them off their feet. Madison would be much better off with someone else.

'Someone like you? ' a snide voice in his head suggested. He ignored it. Madison giggled again and he gritted his teeth, his hands involuntarily curling into fists.

"What's wrong with you?" Vida asked, bopping her head to her music.

"Huh?"

"You look like you're ready to kill someone."

He was. But Vida didn't have to know he was harbouring murderous intents towards her sister's... friend.

He shrugged, "Madison's really trying to get out of her shell right?"

"Yeah," Vida went back to her turntables, "But if that guy hurts my sister, he's going to have me to deal with."

"Me too," Nick muttered under his breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," he said immediately.

Unfortunately for him, Vida wasn't stupid. Throughout their entire conversation, his eyes hadn't left Madison and Ben for a second. And they hadn't stopped glaring at the tall blonde guy who was flirting with her sister like no tomorrow.

"Nick, you're not jealous are you?"

That caught his attention as he snapped his head around, "What makes you think that?"

She shrugged, "Well we all know you have a crush on Maddie... yes it is that obvious," she added, apparently catching the look of incredulity on his face, "Even Xander noticed."

Well. Nick certainly hadn't been expecting that. "It doesn't matter much now, does it?" he said sourly.

"You never know," Vida said, "I think she likes you too. You know, that whole twin connection thing. She'll get over this Ben guy in a while. Just so you know Nick, don't tell her she hides behind the camera again. Because you know, you kind of caused that over there," she waved a hand in the direction of Madison and Ben, "But trust me, he's just one of those guys in passing that thinks Maddie's the cutest girl they've ever seen—"

"—she is," Nick interjected, "Wait. What other guys?"

Vida laughed, "You really have that jealousy thing down. Relax. She likes you. Just give her a bit of time."

"Right." Vida's words hand planted a small seed of hope in his mind. But then he looked across the store and saw Madison with Ben, and the green monster reared its head up again.

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