Disclaimer: Don't own the Power Rangers (hope that's not a surprise to you)

AN: This fanfic was inspired by the fact that I felt that Nick and Madison should have interacted more on screen. There was good romance potential in episodes 2 and 4, which went flat until series finale. There was a lot of potential for this relationship to be very sweet and cute (seeing that the real life actors actually dated briefly).

Also, this fanfic will focus more on Nick, Madison, their thoughts, and their perspective. So Chip, Xander, Vida and other characters will come but you won't know what their thoughts are exactly.

So far, I plan to do broken spell, rock solid, whispering voices, stranger within, ranger down, the hunter, and mystic fate. Probably looking 15-20 chapters

Hidden Interactions

Summary: Nick and Madison were always attracted to each other from the beginning. See what their interactions each meant as they go from acquaintances to friends and perhaps more.

Chapter 1 Broken Spell II/First Meeting

" normal conversation"

'thought'

"flashback "

Return to Rock Porium

The group minus Nick had just landed from the tree outside Rock Porium using magic. After dismissing Toby's ridiculous thoughts of them falling from the tree, the group headed back inside for work except one who lingered a bit pondering something.

'I hope Nick makes it back safe from the woods.'

Looking around, Madison finds Nick's bike by the tree and thinks 'He'll come back for it. Maybe if I talk to him while at his bike I can get him to believe in magic or help out. Knowing my friends, we are going to need all the help we can get. Vida's too stubborn, Xander's naive, Chip is well... uh... Chip, and I'm not direct like Nick. I don't know why but Nick is special. Out of all of us, he was the one who came first to help that old man. We wouldn't have gone to help him if Nick hadn't gone.'

"Hey Maddy. Stop daydreaming and come back in to work." yelled Vida. She gestured to the door.

Shocked and blushing, Madison replied, "I wasn't- um - Sorry about that sis. I was thinking about something. It's a lot to take in recently." 'I was about to deny that I wasn't daydreaming about Nick.' The thought embarrasses her.

Vida laughed "Well, don't think about it now. Think about it later tonight. And we have plenty to talk about later tonight" She gives Madison a stare that referred to their newfound powers.

Madison laughed in relief and replied "Yeah, that would be good." 'Phew, she thought I was talking about being rangers.' Looking back at the tree and bike, she sees Nick coming back and smiles in relief. "Hey. I'm going to try talking to Nick." pointing to him. "We're going to need all the help we can get to save the world."

Vida nods, slightly surprised with Madison's courage to talk to a stranger. "Good luck with that. He seems stubborn, but we are going to need help seeing that we have Xander and Chip and their silly antics. Might get us killed one day. Nick seems like he can help keep them in line."

Madison nods and laughs. She starts walking shyly to Nick. Vida notices and turns back. Deciding not to think not too much of it, she smiles happy that her sister was willing to talk to someone to help and hopefully breaking out of her shell.

'Ok here goes. Let's hope this works.' She thought before greeting him.

"Hey there." Madison approaches Nick who had just reached his bike and went immediately to work. She stands, playing with her feet.

Unaware, Nick looks up and smiles back, saying "Hey." while thinking 'Oh, it's the cute one. What does she want?'

"Sure could use your help back there". Madison responded back, hoping that she sounded encouraging with a smile.

'Oh. That' "Wasn't sure if there was anything I could have done" He replied, not sure what to say exactly.

A little sad at the response but not discouraged, she continued "So, while we're out in the world fighting evil, what are you gonna do?," stressing the world and evil. She looks at him with a questioning gaze as if to say what could be more important than that.

Oblivious to her questioning gaze and the stressed words, he replies, "Well first, I'm gonna fix my bike, then I'll head to my grandparents' and see if I can live there, instead of with my sister in Briarwood." He is a little surprised at himself for telling so much about him.

Madison grimaces. "No parents?" She felt sorry for the young man.

"Oh… you are nosy!" He sees her laugh and look down. He continues "Yes, I have parents. They're working overseas for a few years. I was living with my cousins for a while, then my uncle, now my sister."

"Must be hard, leaving friends all the time" she remarks, not knowing what to do if she left her friends.

Nick laughed. "I usually don't stay around long enough to have friends."

Hearing that, Madison was shocked and realized how lonely he must be; she felt worse than before and decides to maybe help him stay.

"You know, you could." Nick looks up hopefully.

'Never thought about having friends. Does she want to be my friend?' Nick is surprised; he never felt wanted before. He ponders more 'I never stayed long enough to have good friends or even a girlfriend.'

Madison thinks ' Poor guy always on the move. Maybe he needs a good reason to stay like friends or a girlfriend', blushing at the thought and what it could imply. She continues to dismiss her thought. "I mean, you could stay somewhere longer, you know, like… here, maybe." 'Ok now I sounded really desperate. Calm down Maddy.'

Nick hesitates. 'I never had an opportunity to stay in one place. But I need to get away from this place' "I'd love to hang and talk to you all day, but I've still got a lot of work to do on my bike, and–"

"Oh yeah, I'm sorry. I just-I was–I was trying…um… I'm gonna leave you to it." Madison turns away, hurt and embarrassed about what had transpired, and walks away before she could embarrass herself even more, facepalming a bit.

Nick feels guilty. 'Man I feel like.. no I was rude to her. She's been really nice to me. I just don't think I can help out with saving the world.'

"Hey, look." She turns around. Quickly, moving her hand out of her face.

"I–I really appreciate what you're trying to do–trying to say". Madison looks a bit more hopeful.

However, Nick continues, "But I guess I'm just not cut out for this magic stuff like you guys." Madison rolls her eyes as if to comment and we are. A thought occurred to him 'Maybe you don't believe in yourself but she does.' He quickly dismisses that thought but remembers a response earlier that day.

Flashback

Nick had just explained that magic didn't work for him against the creatures as it did for the others.

"Try believing again. Maybe it didn't catch on the first time." Madison said hopefully. [1]

End Flashback

He shook his head at thought and chose to ignore it. "But, good luck." He really did mean that. He was pretty sure that saving the world wasn't going to be an easy task.

"Yeah, you too."

Not sure what to do, she points disappointingly at his bike, then turns around again and walks away. "Well guess that didn't work out. I really thought he would help."

Nick watches her go, a sad look on his face. 'We just met. But why do I feel that she really wanted me to stay and help out. How could someone, a stranger, believe in me even though I don't believe in myself?'

With that, he goes back working on his bike, trying to ignore the disappointment and guilt he felt.

Chapter End

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[1] She actually says this at the end of the first episode.