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Okay, so here's the second chapter! Sorry if there's any grammatical errors.
Chapter Two
Inwardly, I sighed in relief. This time, it was just one person, and they were dressed pretty nice (so obviously it wasn't the twins). I looked up at their face to find them smiling at me.
'Whoa! This is much better.' I thought, and I also threw in a reminder to breathe. An extremely good-looking boy now stood in front of me. His short, chocolate brown hair complemented his light tan skin, and his clear blue eyes looked stunning, even with neon lights flashing everywhere. He also had extremely white teeth, which he was flashing at me at the moment.
"Blossom, right?" he asked, holding out his hand in a friendly way.
I nodded dumbly, amazed that a guy this good looking was talking to me (which was so unlike me, but what can I say? Hot guys are my weakness.) and shook his hand.
"I'm Richard, but you can call me Richie." he replied, flashing me one of those incredible smiles again.
I felt my cheeks flush as I returned his smile. I thought to myself, 'This place just got ten times better…'
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We both sat down at a table together. Once I really warmed up to him, Richie and I talked for quite a while, and we had gotten to know each other a little more.
He played football at his private high school, but his favorite subject was Science. What I was really impressed with was that he got his school's honor roll every semester, and his IQ was 125. Yeah, extremely impressive. And not only was he smart, but he had great looks! I had just began thinking I had found my soul mate, when suddenly, I saw Buttercup and Bubbles rushing over to me.
"Just a moment, Richie," I said apologetically, giving him a small smile. He shrugged and smiled another amazing smile. I stood up from my chair, turned to Buttercup and Bubbles and they led me to a more private place where we could talk. As soon as we got there I gave them an annoyed scowl.
"This had better be good, you guys." I told them sternly. I watched their faces, Bubbles eyes were extremely wide with anxiety, and Buttercup had a concerned frown on her face.
"You're not going to believe this!" Bubbles cried, and the panic in her tone made it even more evident to me that she was panicking.
"Yeah, look over there!" Buttercup finished, pointing over towards the entrance. Her tone wasn't as panicky, it was more agitated. It was hard to see over people's heads, it was so crowded. I stepped a little over to the right, then to the left, and squinted my eyes to see through all the commotion. There was a crowd of people in one particular spot, but nothing really out of the ordinary.
I looked back at them, raised my eyebrows and shrugged.
"I don't see anything," I replied simply. At this, they both sighed impatiently.
"Well, look again!" They shouted this in unison, and a few people that were nearby turned to look at them. I started at their sudden outburst, but then obediently turned to face the entrance again. I focused on the entrance. Finally, some of the people who were crowding the area shifted, revealing the center of attention. Their backs were to me, and all I could make out was a blonde haired boy, a boy with dark hair and a redheaded boy. I recognized that hair anywhere. My jaw dropped.
"…The Rowdyruff Boys?!" I exclaimed, looking at my sisters again. They nodded solemnly. I groaned out loud. "No! But…why? When did they get here?" I tripped over my words, and I double-checked back at the entrance to make sure that I saw what I saw. Sure enough, they were still standing there, chatting it up with whoever was in front of them.
"They just got here," Bubbles replied, nervously tugging on the ends of her pigtails.
"Yup. And, who knows why they're here? Most likely to cause trouble. And who knows how much trouble?" Buttercup said, folding her arms. She pursed her lips together tightly before speaking up again. "But they haven't noticed us yet, so maybe if we stay low...they'll leave us alone."
Bubbles and I looked at her with shocked expressions, but we both knew she had been looking forward to this since we were little, and she wasn't about to give this night up to fight those idiots. Besides, we weren't dressed to fight right now anyway.
Ever since the Rowdyruff Boys had first come back after we destroyed them a long time ago, they had been giving us all sorts of trouble. They had even gotten ten times more dangerous. With age, they'd become stronger, more powerful. But for all their chaotic potential, they sure didn't utilize it as much as they could've. Usually, if Mojo wasn't giving them some sort of order, they would lie low. However, lately, they had been causing little crimes all across town, right as we're doing something important. Just for the sake of ticking us off. It was really working, and we were already sick of them in the first place.
I sighed. "Fine. But," I paused, my face growing serious again, "If any of them try to hurt anyone innocent here, we're going to step in. No exceptions."
My sisters nodded in agreement, and we all carefully set off to go back to what we were doing before. I made my way back to the table Richie was sitting at before, but as I neared, I didn't see anyone sitting there. I glanced around at the other available tables, but I didn't see him there either.
"Richie...?" I called. I looked around for him, continuing my search, but when I finally found him, I felt my heart sink.
He was holding some other girl against the wall intimately, and they were kissing passionately. They were so busy, they didn't even notice my presence.
I sighed, feeling not only insulted, but also slightly disappointed. 'Well, it wasn't like we were dating or anything. It's not even like he had asked me out.' I thought. Oh well, so much for a great night.
Deciding to go back to the table I was at before (after making sure Gregory and William were nowhere to be seen), I sat down once again, resting my chin in my hands. I stayed there for a while, observing the crowd, when I noticed that the Rowdyruff boys were slowly making their way over to where I was. They didn't see me, but they were nearing dangerously close.
'Uh oh,' I thought, yanking up my purse. I jumped up from the table, and I looked at my options. Either go onto the dance floor and risk revealing my secret, or go to the soda bar where Bubbles currently was. Deciding that walking there would take too long, I flew over to the soda bar.
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Bubbles and I hung out together at the bar, talking animatedly about some girls at our school, while Bubbles sipped on her vanilla milkshake. I had finished up another Dr. Pepper, and now we were laughing hard about something Bubbles had said.
When we finally calmed down, Bubbles spoke up. "My stomach hurts," She said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Mine does too," I chuckled a little bit more, and then remembering that me stomach muscles were sore, I stopped abruptly. After a brief pause, I spoke up again in a hushed tone.
"So, have they noticed you yet?" I began to absentmindedly run my fingers through my hair. Bubbles half-shrugged.
"Almost…" she trailed off, and she bit the end of her straw. I nodded for her to continue. "Well, Boomer kind of glanced at me, but I don't think he recognized me."
I nodded again. It was probably because of all the makeup, she had never worn that much before. "Well that's good, that he didn't recognize you I mean." I replied. Then I paused as I realized something. "Hey, where's Buttercup?"
Bubbles swiveled her chair around, searching for her, then faced me again. "I don't know. She's probably dancing again." She smiled at me reassuringly. I smiled back reluctantly. Bubbles noticed this and her smile faded into worry. "Let's go find her," She said, getting up from her seat. I nodded in agreement and stood up with her. I fiddled intently with my tangled purse straps as my feet shuffled forward, and in my distraction, I bumped into the back of someone.
Someone very tall, I might add, which explains why I fell hard on my butt.
Bubbles helped me up as I rubbed my sore butt. "Sorry about that," I mumbled to the persons' back, looking straight down to my feet. How embarrassing. The person turned around, and Bubbles gasped suddenly. I looked at Bubbles, cocking an eyebrow. What was her problem? Then, when I glanced up at the stranger I bumped into, I saw a shock of long red hair. I gasped also and backed up a few steps.
I was staring at…you guessed it…Brick Jojo. Directly in the face. I was face-to-face with the leader of the Rowdyruff Boys.
Brick was dressed in his usual casual type of garb-red shirt, jeans and red beanie. It was almost like he didn't even know where he'd be going when he'd gotten dressed this evening. He looked me up and down with that stupid smug look on his face. "Well, look who it is! Hey, honey. Can't stay away from me, can you?" A toothpick hung from his lip as he talked. He sauntered closer to me, closing the remaining space between us. As always, his shoulders rolled arrogantly as he walked.
I snorted as if his sudden appearance hadn't affected me at all, rolled my eyes, and shoved past him with Bubbles clinging to my arm. "Let's get out of here," I said to my sister, glaring at him as we passed. We walked quickly away.
Far behind us, I heard his voice again. "Hey Pinky, where you going?"
"Now we definitely have to find Buttercup!" Bubbles said under her breath anxiously. I nodded, and we started walking faster so we'd lose him in the crowd.
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"…What?!" Buttercup thundered, throwing her hands up in the air. She let them fall to her sides with an exasperated sigh. She scratched the side of her head, frustrated. "Great. I guess we'll need a plan B, then."
"We always end up needing one," Bubbles added, chuckling a bit.
I smiled sheepishly at her. "No kidding," I replied. My smiled dropped, becoming becoming serious once again, and I said, "I say we avoid them the best we can, and if they are persistent, use force by any means necessary." My eyebrows rose. "If you need to use force with them, make sure there are no civilians too close to you. We don't want to hurt anyone."
Bubbles and Buttercup nodded in agreement, and we all split up again, promising we would contact each other by text or call if anything else happened.
Deciding that there was nothing left to do, I started to walk towards my lone table once again. Just when I was about halfway there, I felt my phone vibrating on my hip. 'Something already?' I thought. I grasped my pink phone and answered it. "What's wrong?" I said immediately into the phone.
On the other end I heard Bubbles' desperate voice. "Blossom!" she exclaimed, breathing heavily, like she had just run somewhere. Running was no problem for us though, so obviously she was anxious about something. "Middle of the dance floor, under the disco ball. Look, now!"
I whirled around to look over towards area she was talking about, and started, almost dropping my phone to the hard linoleum floor. The Rowdyruff boys had very serious and sullen expressions on their faces, floating just under the disco ball. Their eyes scanned the whole building carefully and critically, as if they were looking for something.
"What are they doing?" My voice was just above a whisper.
"I overheard them, and I think they're looking for us!"
I gasped as they started to look my way. "Oh, crap!" I exclaimed, quickly looking for something to duck behind. "Got to go." I told Bubbles and hung up before she could say anything. I looked around desperately, and decided the closest thing was a nearby table. I dove under it, and after a few moments, I peeked over the top. It wasn't until then that I realized a couple was sitting there. They stared down at me like I had grown a third eye.
"Haha...so...how's your evening going?" I said to them quite uneasily, you could cut the awkwardness with a knife. I scratched the back of my head. They still continued to scowl at me as they walked away. "Sorry about that!" I called after them, and when I realized I had shouted much too loud, I ducked under the table again. As soon as I did, I shook my head.
'What the hell am I doing?' I thought. 'I am a Powerpuff girl. A super heroine! Super heroines do not run and hide from their enemies. Especially not someone as idiotic and pathetic as the Rowdyruff Boys! So what if they're our arch rivals?' I mentally kicked myself for hiding in the first place, crawled out from underneath the table, and stood up.
'I'm not going to hide anymore!' I pulled up my bra strap that had fallen down, tugged on the bottom of my camisole and smoothed my skirt. For some reason, suddenly I got the skin crawling feeling of someone watching me. I glanced around to see if somebody really was, or if I was just being paranoid.
Then I spotted Brick, still in his position under the disco ball. His blood red eyes were bearing into my pink ones as evenly as if he had been standing right in front of me. The intimate feeling of locking eyes with him threw me off, but something else seemed strange to me. He wasn't frowning or anything. He was just openly staring, unashamed.
It felt odd. I snapped out of the strange gaze, frowning warily and turning away, not caring if he kept staring. I was more concerned about if his brothers had spotted my sisters as well. 'I should go see if they're okay.' I thought.
I paced quickly towards the bar, ducking behind as many tall people as I could. When I made it to the bar, I spun around to look back at the disco ball again.
The space underneath was empty. The brothers were all gone.
'What…but, how? They were just there! Where...?' I wondered, backing away from the bar. I stared at the disco ball, making sure my eyes weren't trying to fool me. After a few steps, I bumped into someone behind me.
I turned around, but I didn't tear my eyes from the disco ball in case they reappeared. I began to apologize. "Oh! Sorry about tha-" My words faded into a startled scream when my eyes turned forward to find the owner of those intense red eyes standing yet again right in front of me.
Sorry, that's all for Chapter Two!
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