Alright, this takes place after the events of Powerpuff Halloween, so read that first if you already haven't, but before Dick committed suicide in jail.

Chapter 1. Bubbles and Boomer

Friday, November 6, 3:30 pm.

It has been five days since Halloween and the girls were still a little shook up over what happened. Having to deal with Dick Hardly again was emotionally draining and the near death experience he put them through just made it all the more upsetting. Having said that however, the events of that night also showed the girls that their evil, if they could truly call them 'evil' anymore, counterparts, The Rowdyruff Boys, were capable of sympathy and compassion and did posses a small sense of justice, as well as morality, in the sense that they wanted to help catch Dick after what he put them all through as well as calling him out on the monstrous way he tried to end them all. The girls haven't seen the boys since Halloween which means they have, so far, kept their promise of not causing trouble for Townsville until they sort everything out, which was good, but the girls knew they would have to speak with them again at some point to truly make some head way in figuring out their new emotions toward one another.

The girls were currently in Townsville Park enjoying one of the last nice days of the year to be outside before the colder weather would start moving in. After a long day of school, the girls wanted to unwind a bit but they each wanted to do something different; Bubbles wanted to head off to a group of trees and talk to the squirrels, Buttercup wanted to just lay in the sun near the lake, and Blossom wanted to get a bite to eat.

Bubbles flew off to a stand of trees where she knew a few of the squirrels that lived there as well as an apple tree that always had some fresh apples hanging from its branches. After picking an apple, she flew over to one of the trees and started cheeping. A moment later, a couple of squirrels came scurrying down the tree and began cheeping back.

A few minutes of this go by until Bubbles hears a familiar voice call down from above.

"What are you doing Bubbles?"

Bubbles looks in the direction of the voice, slightly startled, and sees Boomer sitting up on a branch in a nearby tree, watching her.

"B-Boomer? What are you doing here?"

"I asked you first."

Bubbles blinked, then shrugged her shoulders and said, "I'm talking to the squirrels."

Boomer raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?"

Bubbles nodded.

"So...you can talk to animals?"

Again, Bubbles nodded.

"Wow. I didn't know you could do that."

Bubbles gave a small smile and giggled softly to herself before she turned back to Boomer. "So, now that I've answered your question, can you answer mine?"

"Huh?" Boomer asked.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh, well I..." Boomer pauses for a moment wondering if he should tell her why he's out in the park. He sighs, deciding that he may as well since he had nothing better to do at the moment. "Well, if you really want to know, my brothers and I are still thinking about what happened."

Bubbles gives Boomer a confused look for a moment before realization hits her like a truck and her eyes widen in understanding.

"Oh, right, that."

"Yeah."

"How are you and your brothers doing if you don't mind me asking?"

Boomer chuckled. "Well, I guess you can say we haven't had any real fun since that night. Brick is trying figure it all out on his own without asking Butch or I for help, which I don't think is going to help him much, Butch is starting to go stir crazy since we can't do any of our usual fun things, which usually involves damage to Townsville, and I've been thinking about what happened so much that I get headaches sometimes."

Bubbles nods in understanding. "I know what you mean, we've been thinking about it too. I've never seen Blossom think so hard about something before, I've overheard Buttercup talking to herself about Butch saving her from the cannon blast, and I've...uhh," Bubbles pauses, a little embarrassed with what she was about to say.

Boomer looks at Bubbles with a raised eyebrow and motions with his hand saying, "...and you have...what?"

Bubbles glances up at Boomer, with slightly red cheeks, before looking at the ground and saying, "Well, since we did actually get along that night, after the rocky start of course, I've wondered if it would be possible if we could be...friends."

Boomer's eyebrows shot into his hair at that. That was one of the last things he would expect to hear from any of the Puffs, even Bubbles and she can make friends with just about anybody. Boomer floated down from his tree branch and landed in front of Bubbles. Bubbles, noticing his feet in front of her, looked up and saw the shocked expression on his face.

"Seriously? After all the trouble we've put you three and Townsville through, you would want to be friends?"

Bubbles blushed saying, "Well, we did get along in the long run, we helped each other solve the riddles and I'm willing to bet anything we all had fun doing it, even if our siblings won't admit it, we saved one another's lives," Bubbles smiled at Boomer after mentioning this, remembering how he saved her from drowning and Boomer smiled back remembering how she pushed him out of the way of the spiked slab of rock that fell from the ceiling in the tunnel.

She went on. "You and your brothers helped us catch Dick Hardly at the end of the night, decided not to steal the treasure, and throughout it all, my sisters and I realized you guys do have a sense of sympathy and compassion, like when Brick and Butch were concerned about you when you got shot by the ghost soldier and all three of you calling Dick out for the monster he was when Blossom told the story of our first encounter with him."

Boomer had to nod in agreement, Bubbles was right about all of it. While he and his brothers hadn't admitted it out loud yet, he knew that all three of them were thinking about how they got along that night and whether or not they could coexist. Then Bubbles asked Boomer a question that he shouldn't have been surprised to hear since she said something similar earlier, but it still shocked him to hear it.

"Boomer, do you think we could all be friends if given the chance?"

Boomer snapped his attention back to Bubbles and looked at her in surprise.

"Wha, I,... wait, you're just, flat out asking me that?" He asked.

Bubbles nodded.

Boomer rubbed the back of his head and looked away to avoid looking her in the eye and said, "Well, it's really up to Brick. It doesn't really matter what Butch or I think, if he doesn't wan-"

Boomer felt Bubbles grab his shoulder and he turned back toward her. She had stood up to look him in the eye and say, "That's not what I asked you Boomer. I was asking you if you think we could all be friends. Not Butch, not Brick, you."

Boomer blinked and then looked down in thought. Since Butch and Brick weren't here to hear him say it, he figured he could be honest.

He looked back at Bubbles and said, "Well, I'll be honest, I think we could."

Bubbles smiled hearing that.

Boomer went on. "I mean, we'd probably have to get used to each other's quirks but, if we could do that, I don't think it'd be too difficult."

Bubbles raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Our quirks? What do you mean?"

Boomer snickered. "I mean, like, there are some things my brothers and I find cool but you and your sisters would find gross and there are things that you and your sisters like to do for fun but we'd either think is for babies or is too girly."

Bubbles' eyes widened slightly in understanding before she rubbed her arm saying, "Oh, right."

Boomer then quickly said again, "But, again, I think it would be easy to be friends if we could all look past that."

Bubbles smiled again, knowing that Boomer was right. Part of being a good person was to try and look past someone else's faults and differences and give that person a chance.

Bubbles hears the clock tower at the north end of the park chime 4 o'clock and realized that she needed to start heading home. She turned back to Boomer.

"Boomer, I hate to say it, but I need to start heading home." Boomer actually looked a little disheartened to hear this so she quickly added, "But, I'm glad I got to talk to you about this. All three of us were hoping we could talk to you guys at some point to try and work things out a little."

Boomer smiled at Bubbles and said, "Well, your sisters may be in luck then because Brick and Butch are in the park right now too, I just happened to be alone right now."

"Oh, I wonder if Blossom and Buttercup actually bumped into them." Bubbles said surprised.

Boomer chuckled. "Maybe." Boomer paused for a moment to think about something then said, "Actually, I hope they did, especially Brick. I think he having a conversation with Blossom would really help clear his head."

Bubbles laughed softly at that and Boomer just gave a goofy grin.

After a moment of silence, Bubbles said, "Well, see you around Boomer. I hope I was able to help you."

"You did, thanks."

And with that, Bubbles took off toward home.

Hey guys, what's up? I know it's been a while but I'm still here writing. This is that interlude...maybe it'll be easier to just say in between...this is that in-between story I was talking about and it is chapter 1 of 3.

I'll try to have chapters 2 and 3, the greens and reds respectively, up as soon as I can. See you then.