Fire and Water
Ars Amatoria love themes: Madison and Nick
By graceful pheonix
Disclaimer: These are not my characters. They are the propery of Disney(grumbles). Any way on with the show.
Vol 1
Helm
AN: Takes place after Rock Solid
It was a very hot day in the city of Briarwood. It was also the day that the Rock Porium's air conditioning decided to stop working. Toby found this out when he came in to open the store and figured that sales would be down due to the weather. With the lack of customoners he scheduled shifts of two to cover the store. Which is how Nick and Madison ended up working the current shift.
"Only ten more minutes til Vida and Xander come in" Madison told herself as she restocked the cds. Unless they are running late. With that thought a groan escaped from her mouth, signaling her frustration with the hot weather. No, don't think about that, it's just too hot. "Maybe ice cream will do the trick" she said to herself as she placed Linkin Park back in their place with the rest of the alternative rock. "Who has ice cream?" a voice asked from behind her. "Nick! Don't do that!" she said. "Do what? You did it first by saying ice cream, which actually sounds really good right now in this heat."Nick replied.
"I might get an opportunity if V and Xander ever show up." she told him. "You? What about me? What did I do to not deserve any ice cream?"Nick asked her with a smile. Madison smiled at his last comment as did he. "Is it always this hot during the summer?" Nick asked her. "Not always, but then we don't always have a broken air conditioner." A smile formed on her lips as she spoke again. "But then we also have this really great ice cream parlor down the street that is always an option on hot days like this."
Just as Nick started to say something in reponse, Toby burst out of his office shouting on the cordless phone. "What do you mean you can't send anyone out here to fix it? Isn't that your JOB, your ENTIRE BUSINESS? Well lets just said that my business is dwindling because its hot out there and in here. Hello? Hello? They hung up on me" Toby told them. "Sorry about your luck Toby" Nick said apolgetically. "Isn't it almost time for Vida and Xander to come in? It's almost four" He asked the two teens. Madison spoke up, "They still have some time before they are late. In the meantime I'm sure there are more than one repair company in the phone book that can fix the air conditioner." Toby nooded in agreement. "Back to the phone book" he said as he moved into his office and closed the door.
"Toby is right. Shouldn't V and Xander be here by now?" Nick asked. "Yeah, they should. Then again anything could have come up, especially with all that is going on right now." Madison replied. "They would call us if it got to be too much though" the leader in Nick said. "True" said Madison with a sign. A silence came over them as Nick helped Madison stock the shelves with cds.
The store was still quiet as they moved to the rap section of the Rock Porium. After five minutes of that section, Nick decided that it was too quiet. "Hey Madison. Is it this quiet like a creepy quiet or an enjoyable one?" he asked her. Madison paused and then replied "It's a good quiet. Vida isn't trying to get Xander for some comment that he makes and Chip isnt here to be Count Discount with all the grand speeches. Yep a good quiet that is about to end because they should be here by now and we should be out of here." Madison sighed.
Just then, the motion sensor on the door alerted them that they were not alone. They could hear Vida and Xander argue as they entered the store. "It was your idea to get ice cream V, so don't blame me." Xander's voice rang out across the store. "Well if you didn't stop and flirt with all the girls in the entire store, we wouldn't be late Cassanova." Vida replied in defense. "Where have you two been? You're both late" Madison's voice broke the tension. Nick looked at Madison in surprise, considering that was what he was going to say. Nick started to say something but decided to let Madison take the helm.
"Sorry sis. It was hot out and we decided to get ice cream" Vida started. "Wait a minute, you two left us in an extremely hot store longer than we needed to be just so you could get ice cream? Did you two ever think that Nick and I were hot too and wanted ice cream?" Madison asked her sister. "I...um... I" Vida stuttered. "What Vida is saying is that we were selfish and that we are sorry."Xander finished.
"Apology accepted" Madison said. Nick who remained silent during the conversation, decided to speak up. "Hey Maddy, want to go get some ice cream?" as he said this he held his arm "I would love to Nick." Madison replied with a smile as she took his arm. Arm in arm the two walked out the door and down to the ice cream parlor, leaving two rangers with ice cream melting on themselves.
This is my first attempt at power rangers fanfic so please read and review. It would make my day alot brighter. Thanks!