I don't own the Power Rangers. Bleh.

Reviewer credit time! A load of thanks to Mellie Erdmann for reviewing so much and so positively; I'm glad your mid-terms are over with too. Thanks also to YellowPrincess for branching out from RJ/Fran. RedAsARose, thanks for checking in on this fluff-fic. And thanks to Theresa Nolan for being so supportive of my various fluff-epics.

Virtual candy corn for all of you! It is October now, after all.

It was a slow time at the Rock Porium. Like usual, Vida was DJing. Today her music was a mixture of punk rock and New Age. Chip was showing a new employee around, waving around a toilet plunger like a pointer. LeeLee and Phineas were 'taking inventory' in the back room while Toby was doing some number crunching in his office. Xander was asleep in "his" beanbag, his face hidden under a fedora.

Nick was watching Madison restock some CD shelves instead of doing any actual work. Of course, little actual work was needed to be done right now. Her face was focused as she made sure she put the CDs where they belonged. Her long jet black hair was pulled away from her face by a pale blue headband. Under her purple Rock Porium shirt she wore a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved blue T-shirt.

She was so beautiful, Nick mused to himself. He really wished he just go over and kiss her.

Then it hit him.

Twenty-one: Change (post "Path of the Rhino")

He could.

Warily he went over to her and stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her. Leaning down he breathed into her ear, "Hi."

"Hi," Madison barely managed to reply, since her heart was racing and her brain had melted with Nick's arrival. Her boyfriend. Nick was her boyfriend. It still blew her away. After those two long years of wishing and hoping it had happened. Nick was her boyfriend.

"May I kiss you?" Nick asked hopefully, nuzzling at her silky hair. Madison had to smile at that.

"You're my boyfriend, Nick. You can kiss me whenever you want."

So Nick moved in, gently laying his lips onto hers. She exhaled slightly, turning her head so they could fit together even better. Moment by moment Nick nudged her along until her back was to the CD shelves without her fully realizing how she had gotten there.

Madison reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Holding him close, she was still afraid at times that this was just a wonderful dream and she'd wake and it'd prove to be the day before the cliff incident. Or worse, the day when she had met Nick. Now she knew to a degree what Udonna had gone through after Leanbow's return and the Master's defeat.

Due to a lack of air, they finally pulled apart.

"I like change," Nick decided. Madison nodded, running a hand up into his crinkly hair.

"Me too."