Ahem... I'M BACK! hehe! And with longer chapters and more experience. Here's the first chapter of Ruff Love, and if you haven't read Ruff Beginnings and then a Ruff Summer, go read them now or else you will be confused! Anyway, I worked really hard on this and it's my favorite of the three. Well, enjoy!
Oh and by the way, if anyone noticed in A Ruff Summer, when they were fighting Him, Yes I understand that the group fighting move they did is not actually called The Powerpuff Megablast. I actually did a little research to see if the move I was thinking of had a name, it actually doesn't. If you watched the episode 'The Boys Are Back In Town' you would know I was trying to describe the move that the girls did when they grabbed hands and spun in a circle, creating a ball of energy and shooting a blast of electricity or something at the Boys, the Boys did the same thing resulting in both groups being shot into buildings. In my story, all six grabbed hands and spun in a circle, making the blast much more powerful. I just wanted to clear up any confusion and own up to my mistake because I noticed some people get really mad when you mess up the powers the Girls have.
Okay, NOW enjoy! :)
Chapter 1: A Best Friend
Buttercup was making popcorn in the kitchen for herself and her friend. She pulled two soda cans from the fridge and prepared to toss one to her friend who sat in the living room.
"Hey dork, catch!" she said to Mitch, tossing the can before he acknowledged what she had said.
"Huh..." Mitch looked up fast, but wasn't able to catch the can of soda. Instead it landed on his stomach and he yelped in pain. Buttercup let out a laugh before returning to the kitchen to get the popcorn.
"You… you did that on purpose… didn't you?" Mitch asked as Buttercup sat next to him on the couch.
"I would never!" she replied in a fake tone.
"Yeah, whatever" he said rolling his eyes playfully, "but I get to choose what we watch now!" he snatched the remote up from the coffee table and began to flip through the channels. He finally stopped on the news, simply to annoy Buttercup.
She furrowed her brows, "Um.. I don't think so" she reached to take the remote from Mitch but he held out of her grasp. She glared at him and set the bowl of popcorn on the table, "If you know what's good for you, you'd give me the stupid remote."
Mitch smirked, "if you want it so bad, you're gonna have to take it from me." Buttercup smiled before she stood to grab the remote from him. He quickly avoided her reach as he began to stand too. They stared at each other for a few moments. Buttercup was mentally planning her attack to retrieve the remote. Mitch knew she was plotting, luckily, he knew most of her 'tricks' and could easily avoid her. She simply smacked the remote from his hand, causing it to land across the room. They both looked at the remote, then back at one another.
Mitch looked at Buttercup, waiting for her to move, "this is war!" he shouted before he began to run for the remote. Buttercup tripped him, causing both of them to fall to the ground, a few feet away from the remote. They pushed and shoved each other as they struggled to retrieve it.
Bubbles began to walk down stairs humming happily "Buttercup did you make popc-"She stopped in the doorway when she saw her sister literally fighting over the remote with her best friend. Bubbles stood wide-eyed for a moment before slowly backing out and back upstairs. She calmly walked back into her room where Blossom was reading a book.
"Did you get the popcorn?" Blossom asked without looking up from her book.
"No, Buttercup and Mitch were fighting over something, so I just left." She answered, sitting on the floor with a sketch pad and pencil.
"I guess it's probably not a good idea to interrupt Buttercup in the middle of a 'fight'" Blossom said when she heard a thump from downstairs.
Buttercup stood over Mitch, triumphantly holding the remote in her hand. She sat up-side-down on the couch and began flipping through the stations. Mitch lay on the floor, slightly afraid of Buttercup and pretended to be unconscious.
"Mitch, get up you dork" she said half laughing as she threw a piece of popcorn at him. When he wouldn't move she picked up her unopened can of soda.
"I'll throw this can at you if you don't get up!"
Mitch flinched "NO, NO, I'm up!" He stood up and sat up-side-down next to her after moving the coffee table so they could see better. Buttercup smiled at her best friend. She had missed hanging out with him all the time. Mitch had been her best friend since kindergarten. She missed all the laughs and playful fights they shared. She couldn't remember why exactly they stopped being so close.
Mitch looked at her in curiosity "what are you thinkin' about Butterfingers"
She ignored the nickname and sighed "just trying to remember why we stopped hanging out like this."
"Oh, that's easy, ever since the beginning of fall a year ago, when you started dating that guy. Butch, right?"
Buttercup sat up right and stared at the floor, deep in thought. That's right, it made sense to her now, since her and Butch started dating, she had become more and more distant with Mitch. She remembered almost always rejecting Mitch's offers to hang out, so she could go somewhere with Butch. She missed Butch. No matter how much she tried to tell herself she didn't, that thought always came back.
Mitch looked worriedly at Buttercup, "BC, you okay?" She snapped out of thought at the sound of his no longer annoying, childishly raspy voice. "Um… I guess I forgot to tell you. Butch and I broke up…" she could barely bring herself to say the last part of her sentence. Mitch watched Buttercup with concern as he sat right side up too. He could tell by now what she looked like when she was trying to keep herself from crying.
"I'm sorry BC" he said, scooting closer to her and placing an arm around her. He knew she might burst with anger in an attempt to keep herself from crying, but he hugged her anyway. She felt herself getting hot out of embarrassment and anger. She leaned her head on Mitch's chest and tried her hardest not to cry.
"Just cry BC. I can tell you haven't cried much, you just hide under anger. Just cry already." He knew that it wouldn't sound very nice of him, but Buttercup needed to let out her feelings differently, since she clearly wasn't getting over Butch easily.
Buttercup realized she had only let two tears escape her eyes since the breakup. Mitch was right, she needed to cry, and she was glad she could do it in the arms of someone she knew would never hurt her. She thought about everything that happened since the day they realized they liked each other. The laughs they shared, the pranks they pulled, and the sweet hugs he gave her before they parted ways whether it was going to separate classes in school, or saying goodbye after a day together. She missed it, a lot. She let herself cry, more than she ever had in her life. The harder she cried, the tighter Mitch hugged her.
Once she seemed to stop crying, for the most part, Mitch slowly let go of Buttercup and held her face up.
"Doesn't that feel a little better?" She nodded her head and wiped her cheeks, which were covered in tears.
"Thanks for being so awesome" she smiled.
"That's what best friends are for, right" he replied.
Buttercup looked at the clock in the room, "Um Mitch, what time are you supposed to be home?"
"6:30, why?" She gestured toward the clock which read 6:27. "Oh no" he stood and ran toward the door. Buttercup followed him to say goodbye. He gave her one last tight hug before he ran out the door and got on his bike. The entire time he mumbled something about having to rub his grandmother's feet for being late. Buttercup smiled watching Mitch struggle to ride on the really old and small bike. She closed the door and went up to her room.
"Buttercup! What happened, your eyes are all puffy" Blossom said when Buttercup entered.
"I was just crying for once" Buttercup answered nonchalantly, she flopped onto her bed and buried her face in her pillow.
"About what?" Bubbles asked.
"Butch." Blossom and Bubbles didn't ask any more questions, they understood completely.
Drama! oh it's good to be back!
?: No on missed you...
ME: Wha-, the heck are YOU doing here!?
?: Since this is the last story in the series, I decided to make your life a little harder. BTW, you better keep Mitch away from MY Buttercup!
ME: I don't have to listen to you Butch!
BUTCH: Whatever.
ME: *rolls eyes* anyway, I don't own anything but the story line. REVIEW! :) AND THANKS FOR READING! 3
BUTCH: Girly Girl...
ME: Shut it!