"So, Madison, what do you think?" Nick asked as the sat at a red light

"I never thought that I'd enjoy this ride half as much as I do"

Nick chuckled "Just goes to show that you really can't say you don't like something until you try it"

"Yes, and I'm glad I'm doing this with you"

'So am I Mattie, so am I' Nick thought as he gently placed his hand on hers for a moment before the light changed and they took off again

Madison's ex-boyfriend had been watching as they got onto Nick's motorcycle and headed off for a ride together.

'I can't believe this, she was mine…' Rick thought angrily 'and if I can't have her, no one can' when he made that threat he didn't realize that a fight with Nick Russle would be more than he could take.

He went after Nick and Madison and found them at her house where she was about to leave. Nick kissed her good-night before she went inside and he went back towards his bike to go home himself and he saw her ex leaning with his hand on the seat of his bike.

"Get your hand off of my bike!" Nick ordered

"Get your mitts off my girl, and I'll leave you alone!"

"She's not yours, Rickie…" Nick said trying not to blow his temper "when will you realize you aren't God's gift to women and that maybe Madison Rocca doesn't want you!" Nick was now enraged this guy wanted Madison so he could hurt her again

"It looks like we're going to have to leave that call to Madison"

Madison came outside as Richard (Rick) pulled back to punch Nick in the face, the punch landed leaving his nose bleeding slightly.

"You ass!" Nick cursed "you don't deserve someone as good as Madison…"

"Nick!" Madison cried

"You know, I ought to beat the hell out of you, but I won't… you really aren't worth my time" Nick said looking at the blood on his fingers that he knew was coming from his nose

"I will be back" Richard said and left.

"Nick" Madison came to his side "come on inside and let me clean that up"

"Okay"

Nick and Madison headed inside and Vida met Nick at the door.

"I underestimated you, I really thought you were going to kill him there!" Vida chuckled

"I wasn't going sink down to his level, but believe me it wasn't easy to keep from grinding him into the dirt… and the reason had nothing to do with my bike or the fact that he punched me in the face, it all had to do with what he did to Mattie"

Madison didn't know what she should say so she silently went to get the first-aid kit.

'So my sister finally found someone willing to take up for her, Udonna was right it's time for me to step back and let Madison find happiness' Vida thought 'but that doesn't mean that if he breaks her heart I won't break him!' Vida smirked

Madison returned and cleaned up the blood on Nick's face and found he would be fine; Vida excused herself from the room as her sister took care of Nick

"Weird, Vida typically doesn't do this…"

"Doesn't do what?" Nick asked in confusion "leave you alone with a guy"

"Exactly, she's been protective of me since my ex broke my nose"

Xander sighed as he tried to call Vida

"V, how is Madison?" he asked

"She's doing fine, why didn't you call her and ask her that?"

"I didn't want to" Xander said casually, "Isn't she with Nick?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Wouldn't want to disturb the love birds now would we?" he asked playfully

"Xander, you know you're pathetic"

Xander laughed at her comment as if it were merely a joke.

"Shut up"

They got off the phone and Vida looked in on her sister just in time to see Madison and Nick break off a romantic kiss. She smiled and decided that it was best she made herself scarce… she had things to do anyway so she just got to her own business.

Madison was happy to be with Nick, even under the circumstances.

"Mattie, I understand this isn't easy for you, your dating record hasn't been all that great"

"That's putting it mildly, you have no idea what I went through with that jerk, and he's one of the biggest reasons that Vida protects me, the second is our dad…"

"Your dad, but he bought Vida that awesome car," Nick said in surprise

"Yes, but he plays favorites and Vida is his favorite daughter, and to him I'm not even there, if you realize I don't own a car myself, he won't even co-sign on mine, and he couldn't wait to get the papers signed on hers!" Madison showed reason to be jealous of her sister, but it was obvious she wasn't

"Then if Vida gets so much how come you two have such a good relationship when I see thousands of reasons for you to be jealous of her"

"Well, our mother gives us equal treatment all the time, she has offered to let me use her car until we save enough that I could get my own" Madison smiled "and besides, Vida doesn't rub it in my face, but mind you, she milks it for all it's worth and sometimes turns it in my favor behind dad's back"

Then their father burst into the room.

"What is going on in here, Madison Rocca!" her father yelled.

"Dad, this is my boyfriend, Nick Russle" Madison said rather hastily feeling that the introduction was a necessary evil.

"Where is your sister?"

"I'm right here dad," Vida said

"Okay… why is he here?"

"Dad, he brought Madison home from work he's a coworker of ours and when he got here her ex-boyfriend attacked him and we brought him inside to treat a slight injury but he wasn't going to hurt her, she wouldn't have been in the room alone with him if I thought there was a danger involved!" Vida said her voice dripped with anger

"As you can see, dad is the other reason!" Madison whispered to Nick

"Yeah, that's all to clear!"

The next few weeks were filled with dates and excitement for a young couple brand new at dating. Then things took a tumble as Madison's sister ran into her ex and things went ablaze as Vida gave him her uncensored opinion of him by calling him everything under the sun and then some and nearly getting injured in the process! Xander knew that day would come that Vida told Madison's ex to take a long walk off a short peer, but not that nicely, he just didn't know when she'd do it.

Then the worst happened that caused Madison to emotionally crash and burn.

To Be Continued…


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