Hey guys! So sorry I haven't updated in like forever. I have been so busy with college lately, but now my holiday starts...it means party! And I have time for my non schoolthings, this fic is an example. I hope you enjoy this one.

Chapter 16: CONFUSSIONS CLEARED UP

Our Ranger friends are still at Briarwood High attending their high school dance. That night, Xander and Vida confessed about their feelings for each other and Chip finally explained about his mistake. Xander and Chip made up and were glad that all the confusions were cleared up. That's what they thought. Nick joins them after his unpleasant conversation with Ben. He went to confront Xander with it.

"We need to talk."

"Sure mate." Nick and Xander went to the hall to talk. Chip, Vida and Clare followed them. "What's up?"

"Xander, I know you have a crush on Madison…"

Xander smiled as he knew that Chip probably told him the huge confusion as well. "Oh, don't worry about that. It was one huge mistake."

Nick was confused. "What?"

Chip stepped forward. "It was my fault. I thought Xander was talking about Madison, while he was actually talking about Vida. I messed things up."

"You're not the only one who messed things up, Chip."

Chip, Vida and Clare looked at each other and were confused. Xander was confused as well when Nick looked at him with angry eyes. "Nick, are you alright?"

"No, I'm not alright. You wanna know why? I'll give you one hint. Madison."

The smile on Vida's smile got bigger after what Nick said. She got excited. "I knew it. I knew it. You do like her. This is so great."

"Not so great. Thanks to Mr. Plan Xander, I lost Maddie to King Loser."

"What are you talking about, mate? It's not my fault that she chose for him instead of you."

"She didn't want to be with him."

"Rejection is very normal, Nick. You can't get every girl you want. Besides LeeLee then."

"That's not funny."

"Chill out, mate. It was a joke."

"I'm not laughing."

"Back off, mate. It's your own fault that she's here with Ben."

"Oh, yeah?" Nick started to push Xander.

Xander pushed Nick back. "Yeah." They started to push each other and if Vida, Chip and Clare didn't break the 2 friends up, it would have lead to a fight.

"Enough!" said Chip, while he tried to pull away the leader from punching Xander in the face.

"Xander, don't." Vida yelled, while holding him back together with Clare. Clare panicked when she saw the 2 friends fighting. "You guys, stop it. Friends shouldn't be fighting."

"Clare is right. You guys shouldn't be fighting."

"Who's fighting?" The teens shocked when they suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Phineas…"

"I know, I know." Phineas sat on the lockers, while he listened to the conversations. He jumped of the lockers. "Don't scare us like that again. I'm sorry."

"What are you doing here?"

"I happened to be in the neighborhood. Get it? Neighborhood." While Phineas pointed to the huge plant standing in the middle of the hallway.

"Phineas, you shouldn't be here."

Phineas suddenly looked disappointed. "I understand. I don't belong anywhere anyway."

"Phineas, it's not that we don't like you. It's just, if anyone sees you…you look different than everyone else."

"I see." He looked at Xander and his costume. "So, is that what you wear everyday? Nice hat. I like that."

"The store did this, I was supposed to go as Rambo…it doesn't matter. You don't suppose to be here. If anyone sees you here…"

"Well, what about her? She's not from this world either. How come she can stay?" While he pointed to Clare.

"Because she looks more human."

"And I don't?"

"Well, humans don't have pointy ears, they don't have weird noses and they usually take a shower at least once a day."

Phineas started to smell himself. "I don't smell that bad."

"Phineas, you need to get out of here before anyone sees you."

"Hey guys."

Too late. The teens turned around and saw Toby in the hallway. They tried to hide Phineas behind them, but Toby quickly caught the eye of the Troblin. "Who's your friend?"

The teens looked at each other and didn't know what to say. "This is…uhm.."

"Phineas. He's my…uhm…," Xander looked at Vida and Vida didn't hesitate. "Cousin."

"Cousin. Exactly."

"Oh. How come I've never seen him in Briarwood before?"

"Well, you've never seen him before, because…uhm…he's…uhm…" Xander then looked at Chip. "He's from Ireland. From a very small town."

"An exchange student. Hello...uhm…Phineas, right?"

"Hello."

"That's a very nice costume, Phineas. I would almost think you look like that for real."

The teens started to laugh, hoping that Phineas's real identity wouldn't be revealed. Because if his identity's revealed, then they had a lot of explaining to do. "Good one, Toby. It's obvious that Phineas wants to win that competition."

"Good point. Actually, I was looking for you Vida."

"What's up?"

"Do you know where those Jake Bonebreaker records are? I could swear that I brought them with me."

"Oh…uhm…maybe you left them at the store."

"Oh." Toby answered disappointed. He wanted so badly to play the music of his favorite rock artist.

Maybe next time Toby."

"Ofcourse. Next time we'll play it. Next time we'll show everyone out there what real rock music is."

"Great."

"I should be going back inside now. It was very nice to meet you Phineas. Maybe I'll see you inside on the dance floor."

"Definitely." Toby went back inside. Phineas moved closer to Nick. "What's a dance floor?"

"Phineas, what are you doing here?"

"Nothing unusual. Just picking up some interesting conversations. Boy, did you guys pretty mess up everything. First, Xander and Vida, then Madison and Ben, then Nick and LeeLee, then Chip and Vida and last, but definitely not least…my favorite, gotta admit that…Nick and Madison."

"What? What do you mean me and Vida?" The green ranger asked.

"You mean about your longtime crush on the pink Ranger?"

"How do you know about that? Who told you?" Xander asked all panicked.

"Xander, your crush on Vida isn't exactly something new. Most of us knew it already." Nick answered.

"Who?"

"I do." Clare answered while she rises up her hand. Xander shot her a look. "Well, it was pretty obvious. Even Morticon would have seen it."

"Guys…" Vida cut them when she heard Phineas saying that there also has been a mix up between Nick and Madison. "Phineas, what do you mean things are messed up between Nick and my sister?"

"Why don't you ask Xander, the Great? It's his fault." Nick answered sarcastically while looking to a confused Xander. He was now more confused than ever.

"What? Why is it my fault? I had nothing to do with it."

"Oh, no? I just talked to Ben and guess what…it was me she likes, not you."

Vida couldn't believe what she just heard and looked at Nick with widened open eyes. "What? What kind of idiot would say that Madison is in love with Xander?"

"Hey! People do make mistake."

"Please, tell me you didn't."

"It was one little mistake."

"Xander…"

"How was I supposed to know that she was talking about Nick?"

"And what made you think that my sister was talking about you?"

"She said that he goes to the same school as her. Plus she said that he's handsome, has dark hair, is mysterious, charming and lots of girls are falling for him."

"And you thought 'hey, that fits with the Xander Bly profile'?"

"Well, it could have been me."

"Since when does Maddie find you mysterious?"

Xander was silent when Vida asked him that question. "I don't know. I was working on that part. I did find it strange when she mentioned it." Vida rolled with her eyes. Xander looked at Nick, who was looking sad, and realized that it was his fault that Nick lost Maddie. "I'm sorry Nick. I guess I screwed up things between the 2 of you."

"It wasn't just your fault."

"What do you mean?"

"Ben told me that Maddie know about the kiss between me and LeeLee at school."

"What? How did she find out?"

"She saw us. I messed up everything." Nick took a seat on the stairs and sighs.

"So…this wasn't my entire fault?" Xander asked with a smile. The others shot him an anger look. "I mean…that sucks mate."

Vida walked over to Nick and took a seat next to Nick. "Nick, maybe you should tell her the truth."

"You should see her and Ben together. She's happy now. Ben is right. I lost her."

"Oke. If you say so."

The teens couldn't believe what Phineas just said. "What? You seriously didn't say that." Clare said all panicked. She couldn't stand to see Nick all sad about the woman of his dreams.

"Why not? He just said that he lost her. He gives up."

"Wait a sec, I never said I would give up."

"It almost sounds like you do."

"Well, I'm not."

"So, you're going for it?"

"Yeah!"

"And how you're going to do that?"

"I…have no idea. How will I get that geek away from her?"

Phineas put his arm around Nick. "Nicky boy, like I said. As long you're asking the right question to the right person, you'll get the right answer. In this case, you're asking the right question to the right person, coz I have the right answer for you."

Vida shot Phineas a look. "What are you up to?"

"Believe it or not, but Phineas has an idea. A very good idea."

Nick was very curious what Phineas's idea is. The others are listening to him carefully as well. Will Nick get Madison or is she already drifted back into Ben's arms?

End Chapter 16.

Oooh...What will happen? Don't cha just love Phineas? Will Nick get Maddie or is it too late? I will update soon again. Just keep the reviews coming!