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"No."

"But, Maddie—"

"No."

"Maddie, please—"

"I swear to god, Vida, come near me with that thing and I will hit you."

Vida snorted ungracefully. "You wouldn't."

Maddie glanced down at the green, slimy, disgusting thing in Vida's cupped hands. "Oh, believe me—I would."

"Maddie, it's just a tiny little frog!"

"Vida, you put one down my pants when we were six!" Maddie exclaimed. "I've been scarred for life! Scarred and traumatized!"

Completely disregarding Maddie's warning, Vida stepped forward. "But it needed help!"

Maddie yelped and pushed her sister away. "Don't come near me with that thing!"

"Is that really all you can do? After what you just did to Koragg?"

Maddie and Vida turned around to see Nick, Chip, and Xander watching them. Nick raised an eyebrow as they waited for an answer.

"Koragg didn't have a frog," Maddie defended. She shuddered. "I don't like frogs."

"Why not?" Nick asked, his voice full of laughing curiosity.

"It was an incident when we were six and it involves Maddie's pants and our cousin's frog." At Nick's questioning look, Xander held up his hand.

"Don't ask," Xander advised. "Vida was a very curious child who liked to cause mischief."

"Are you kidding me?" Chip said with a snort. "She still likes to cause mischief!"

Vida opened her mouth to argue, and Chip's rebuttal was quick. Xander sometimes popped into the conversation. Maddie shook her head, a smile on her face as she watched her friends argue.

She could feel Nick standing next to her. It had been a few days since she had been turned into stone, and her anger with Nick, while not completely gone, had dissipated quite a bit. She still couldn't help but feel hurt about what he said. And she had every right to!

At the same time, he had been nothing but kind and courteous since then. In fact, for the most part, he seemed to avoid her. It certainly felt like he was trying to.

Maddie opened her mouth to say something, but she was cut off when someone walked up to the counter.

"Madison, right?"

Maddie looked up to find the boy from the park standing in front of her. She shuddered again, this time for an entirely different reason. Seeing him brought back memories of when she had been turned to stone—and they were still fresh in her mind.

She managed to smile anyway. "Hi… Ben?" she questioned.

He smiled. "Yeah," he said. "Listen, I wanted to know if you were doing anything tonight."

Maddie glanced over at Nick from the corner of her eye. She felt butterflies form in her stomach when she saw that his fists were clenched. Looking up at his face, she saw that his jaw was set and clenched tightly. She fought back a laugh as she answered Ben.

"Thanks, but no thanks," she said.

Ben's face fell. "Are you sure?" he asked, his voice much less charming now.

Maddie smiled kindly at him. "I'm sure," she said.

As Ben walked away, Maddie snuck another look at Nick. He had relaxed, and he was even wearing a smile. He chuckled quietly to himself as the bell above the door jingled, signaling the departure of Ben.

Maddie turned to Nick, trying to summon up her courage. "Can I talk to you?" she asked. Nick nodded his head. "Alone?" Nick nodded his head again, and they moved into the staff room.

"Alright," Maddie said as the door swung shut. She hadn't meant for it to seem like she was trying make a move, or something, but it was probably better, now.

"Why are you avoiding me?"

There was no way around it—blunt, in a situation like this, was the only way to be.

Nick's eyes showed panic for one split-second—if Maddie hadn't been paying attention to his amazing eyes, she would not have noticed.

His face became carefully polite again. "I'm not avoiding you," he said.

Maddie's eyebrow shot up. "Oh, really?"

Nick nodded his head. "Yeah. I just talked to you out there, didn't I?"

"So? That was once. The past couple of days have been like pulling teeth with you. So, not only am I not spontaneous, but I'm also not good enough to be around?"

Nick's face fell immediately, and he looked hurt and defensive. "That's not true, and you know it," he said.

Maddie smiled triumphantly. "Got you."

Nick looked momentarily confused. "What are you talking about?"

"You're avoiding me because of the whole my-getting-turned-into-stone incident," Maddie said. "Your reaction to what I just said proved it."

Nick sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "We didn't really get to talk about this, did we?"

Maddie smiled lightly. "Not really," she said.

"I guess now is a good time."

"Yeah."

"Look, I didn't mean to do anything that would hurt you," he said. "And I didn't want to make the same mistake again, so…"

"You avoided saying anything to me," Maddie said. She nodded her head.

Nick rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. "I guess I just say stupid things around you because I like you," he mumbled. He looked up at her, his blue-green eyes intense. "I would never intentionally hurt you."

Maddie's jaw had dropped open, and she was openly gaping at him. Her eyes were as wide as saucers.

"What… what did you just say?" she whispered.

Nick's brow furrowed. "That I would never intentionally hurt you," he said.

"No. What did you say before then?"

Nick paused, trying to remember what he said a few moments ago. His previous words came back to him, and his eyes slowly grew wider.

"Oh," he said.

"Do you mean it?"

"What do you—"

Maddie shook her head. "Do you mean it?"

Nick's eyes locked with hers. "Yeah," he said softly.

Suddenly, Maddie's lips were on his. Nick didn't even hesitate as his arms wrapped around her waist and he pulled her flush against him.

They didn't know how much time had passed. But suddenly, the door to the staff room opened, and Vida, Xander, and Chip appeared in the doorway.

"God, don't work, or anything," Vida said. "Just stay in here and suck faces."

Nick and Maddie pulled away from each other. Each were breathing heavily, but they were grinning. Maddie's face turned beet red, and she buried her face in Nick's chest. Nick laughed and wrapped his arms around her.

"Do you two plan on returning to work?" Xander asked.

Maddie gave a response, but it was muffled by Nick's shirt. Nick nodded his head and jerked his head to the door.

"Alright, we get the hint," Vida said.

"Wait a second," Maddie said. "You don't seem shocked at all."

"Are you kidding me?" Chip said. "We all saw it coming. You two were just being oblivious."

Maddie looked up at Nick. "Were we really that obvious?"

"Yes. Now please get back to your jobs," Xander said.

They walked out of the staff room and closed the door behind them; this was their way of saying they could have a few more minutes to themselves.

"You know," Maddie said. "I'd say what I did was pretty spontaneous."

Nick rolled his eyes playfully. "You're still thinking about that spontaneous thing?"

Maddie smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I thought I'd just prove you wrong. My thoughts wouldn't really silence themselves."

"Well," Nick said as he drew her towards him again. "Let me silence them for you."

And then he kissed her.

Author's Note: I hope you all liked this chapter. I also hope you liked the little tribute to To Kiss A Frog. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, and especially to those who reviewed every chapter. Review, please?