Nick looked at Madison from a distance and realized she needed to know how he felt about her, he had no idea why she was so shy, but he wanted to show her she didn't have to hide her heart, it was safe in his hands.

He walked over, and sat next to her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Mattie, what's wrong?" he asked

"Nada… nothing, sorry, I'm used to talking to my sister about problems in Spanish" she said having to correct herself from Spanish

"It's okay" he smiled and put his arm around her shoulder "you said nothing but I'm not convinced"

"Okay, you're right, there is something wrong, my boyfriend stood me up last night" she sighed and snuggled near him "I broke up with him this morning, he took it well, and I found out from one of my friends that he'd arranged a date with another girl last night for some reason"

"Hey, that loser just didn't know how good he had it," Nick said, "I might not speak Spanish, but could you just say something in it anyway?"

"Sure," she grinned and said in Spanish that she thought he was good looking.

"Okay, what did you say?" he asked

"Let's see, I called you good looking"

He chuckled "Really?"

"That's exactly what she said," Vida said from nearby, "Sis, aren't you moving a little fast?" Vida asked in Spanish

"I don't think so" Madison replied pulling away from Nick and stood

"Come on, sis, you got dumped last night"

"I know, but I want to move on" Madison sighed

Nick didn't know what they were saying, but he figured this was a dispute between sisters that he had better stay out of for the moment

"You would have to have a good point, it isn't healthy for you to dwell on getting dumped and forget to live your life" Vida laughed "see you at home"

"Okay, I love you, sis"

"Love you too" Vida left and Madison turned to see that Nick was standing right at her side.

"When did you move?"

"While you were talking to your sister" he put his arms around her and she snuggled into his chest

"Really, I didn't notice you moving" she smiled as they both went towards Rock Porium.

"Great, my sister already left, and she was my ride!" Madison said

"Come on, I'll give you a ride" Nick said

"Okay" Madison said briefly forgetting that his ride was a motorcycle. They got to Rock Porium and headed for Nick's bike.

"Great, I forgot this little fact" she chuckled nervously as they approached his bike "Oh well, I need to be a little more open to new things"

He laughed, "Here," he handed her a spare helmet "put this on"

"Okay" she put the helmet on. He got on the bike and she got on behind him,

"Hold on to me, I don't want you to fall"

"Lindo, Nick" she deadpanned

"Translation?"

"'Nice'" she replied

He smirked, "Sorry, had to say it"

"Yeah right" she said

"Okay, let's go" he took off and they headed for her home. "Now you're going to have to direct me here, I've never been to you're house" he paused "am I even going in the right direction?"

"Yes, you are" Madison replied

It took only a few minutes for them to get to her home.

"Well, bye Mattie"

"Bye, Nick, I'll see you tomorrow"

"See you then," Nick stayed in the driveway until he knew that Madison was safely in the house then left to go home. He knew is sister, Alison would wonder why he was running late, and he would have to tell her the truth, that he had to give a friend a ride home… even though he wanted Madison to be more than a friend, he knew it wasn't the right time. She had just ended a bad relationship and it wouldn't look right if they got together right after her breakup.

Meanwhile: Cruger and Kat were talking about their hopes for Kathleen and Sky.

"I just hope she doesn't end up having my run of luck where children are concerned." Kat sighed as she looked out the window.

"What do you mean?" Cruger asked

"Doggie, you know exactly what I mean… I lost one of my children… I thought I had lost them both" Kat said "But that wasn't the only bad luck I had…"

"What happened?"

"Well, you know how the doctors were concerned about how I delivered my son because I had to have a c-section to have Kathleen. She was, as the my doctor then put it, 'Comfortably breeched' meaning she wasn't going to be coaxed into turning over, no matter what they did" Kat stifled a laugh, it was funny looking back on that incident "she just had to be stubborn!"

"And I wonder where she gets it…" Cruger wondered teasingly

"Doggie!" Kat said, crossing her arms in mock anger.

Cruger found that response truly amusing.

Udonna worked quietly getting ready for the ranger's training the next day… she knew that things were going to be hectic with two teams of rangers around, but she figured that it would be manageable seeing there were now two more individuals around capable of keeping order in Rootcore.

To be Continued…

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