Why when you see boys fight does it look so horrible
Yet feel so right?
I shouldn't watch this crap, that's not who I am
But with this kid...damn!
Narrator: So for the whole weekend, when she wasn't helping out The Professor in his lab, Veronica spent her time playing with her new friends. Having smart discussions with Blossom, playing with cute animals with Bubbles, and teaching Buttercup how to kick butt! Yes it was all going so well. Then Monday morning!
Everyone was seated at the kitchen table peacefully eating breakfast when Bubbles spoke up.
"Um Professor, do you think we can take Veronica to show and tell today?!"
"Yeah! All the kids will be so jealous when we show them the cool girl living with us!" Buttercup agreed.
"Only if it's all right with Veronica herself." The Professor answered.
The girls turned to her and smiled their big smiles while showing off their big eyes as a sort of adorable plea. How could she say no?
"Well it will be my first time being someone's show and tell." Veronica responded jokingly. "Sure I'd love to!"
"Yay!" The girls delightfully squealed.
Narrator: Later at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten!
"All right girls, you have a nice day at school." The Professor said as all the girls stepped out of the car. "Veronica I'll be seeing you afterwards in the lab. We're making excellent process on that molecular transfusion experiment."
He drove away, waving goodbye to them as he did so. Bubbles took Veronica's hand and pulled it towards the school.
"Come on Veronica! Everyone's waiting inside and I know they're all going to love you!"
This girl cannot get any cuter. Veronica thought.
"All right Bubbles, don't worry. I'm coming."
The four of them walked inside and greeted the class.
"Hi guys!" Blossom started. "This is our new friend Veronica. She's been living with us for the past couple of days and she's been great!"
"Hi Veronica!" the class welcomed.
"Wait a second you guys," Buttercup looked all over the classroom. "Where's Ms. Keane?"
"I can answer that." A voice responded.
The girls looked behind them and seated at the teacher's desk was a girl about Veronica's age with dark red hair and hazel eyes that were behind a pair of thick black framed glasses.
"Oh hey Heather!" Veronica greeted her. "You're interning for Ms. Keane right?"
"That's correct. She called a few minutes ago saying she's having some car trouble so she'll be running a little late. She told me to start today's lesson until she got here."
"Well great! But um before you start, do you think you can point me to the little girls' room? I may have had a little too much orange juice this morning."
"In the back." Heather instructed.
Veronica quickly walked to her destination while the Powerpuffs took their seats, preparing theselves for whatever their current teacher had to say.
"All right class, Ms. Keane wanted to start today with this question…." Heather would've continued on if it weren't for a strange sound in the distant. "What's that noise?"
Using her ultra-sonic hearing, Blossom leaned out with her hand cupped around her ear and got a better listen.
"Hmm," she wondered. "It sounds like a car driving in a fast manner. Driving recklessly even. It's close. Almost as if it's heading-"
BOOM! CRASH!
"Here!"
The aforementioned car was now in the middle of the classroom after driving right into the building. This vehicle was a familiar one.
"That's Ms. Keane's car!" Buttercup declared.
"But why would she drive into her own classroom?" Bubbles asked confused.
"Because that's not Ms. Keane behind the wheel." Blossom concurred getting a closer look at the driver's window. "No. It's-"
Suddenly the car's driver window lowered and showed that inside were five smirking green teens that the girls knew all too well.
"The Gangreen Gang!" they cried.
"Why hello girls." Ace smugly greeted them. "Sorry for dropping by so unexpected like. We was just trying out our new set of wheels."
"What have you done with Ms. Keane you goons?!" Blossom told them angrily.
"Oh dontcha be worryin' ya pretty pink bow 'bout Ms. Keane Blossom."
Ace snapped his fingers which got the rest of the gang out of the car and them to open up the trunk.
"Ya see girls, we was so grateful for ya teach letting us borrow her car, we thought we'd repay her by giving her a ride."
He cackled at his statement as the gang took out a tied up Ms. Keane whose screams of help were muffled by the duct tape over her mouth. Everyone else gasped simultaneously at the horrendous sight.
"How could you have done that?" Heather asked looking right at the gang. She attempted to appear brave although there was obvious shaking in her voice. "Ms. Keane had called me not that long ago saying-"
Once again Ace snapped his fingers. This time Grubber cleared his throat, scrunched up his face a little, and spoke in a perfect imitation of the teacher's voice.
"Oh, um Heather darling I am having trouble starting up my car so I'm going to be a tad late. You're going to have to start the class without me."
Next he let out a giant raspberry and sprayed a heavy amount of saliva all over Heather's face that made her groan in disgust. The gang mockingly laughed and the Powerpuffs stared daggers at them ready to attack. But soon things were put on pause when the back door opened.
"Girls!" Veronica barged in. "What's going on? I heard a loud noise."
She looked at the scene in front of her and gasped. The car in the classroom, the scared children, Ms. Keane bound and gagged, Heather drenched in drool, and the Gangreen Gang looking like the clear culprit.
What she didn't notice, however, was their leader staring at her with widened eyes. His shades were on the tip of his nose in order to get a better look at her. He couldn't believe it. Never before had he seen something so lovely, so beautiful. That hair, those eyes….
Where have you been all my life? He was thinking.
He didn't seem to be able to make words outside his head though since he began to stammer while wearing a dopey smile on his face with tiny hearts starting to form above his head like any other cartoon in love.
"Um, hummina, uh bub, bubba, bubba…"
Narrator: Uh-oh. I think I've seen this look before.
Everyone else had on a look of confusion. Including the rest of the Gangreen Gang.
"Hey Ace what's the matter?" Little Arturo asked. He jumped in front of him as a way to get his attention but to no avail.
"Pbbbblt!" Grubber blew out questionably. Once again, his spit was all over the place. And also once again, Ace took no notice.
"Hey Acccccce," Snake hissed. "Why are you acting ssssso weird?"
He slightly shook him which seemed to work since Ace shook his head and punched Snake right in the nose.
"Yeah he'ssssss fine now." He whimpered.
"Listen girls," Ace finally spoke. "Sorry for the disturbance. We'll get outta ya guys' way so youse can enjoy the rest of ya day. C'mon boys. Let's get outta here."
"But boss, what abouts the car?" Big Billy asked.
"Fugget about it Billy! Wills go do somethin' else. Let's go hit the arcade."
The gang gave one another a look but decided not to question their leader and shrugged it off. They each nodded and headed out the front. Ace was the last to leave since he needed one last look at her.
"Until we meet again." He seemed to say to no one but was really meant for one in particular.
Narrator: Later, back at the Powerpuffs' home!
"Wow that was sort of weird what happened today?" Blossom pointed out to Veronica and her sisters who joined her on the couch.
"Yeah, Ace has never acted that way before." Bubbles seconded. "Even the rest of the Gangreen Gang were wondering what was up with him."
"Isn't it obvious?" Buttercup piped up.
Wanting answers, everyone turned to her for what she had to say.
"Didn't you notice all the signs? The way Ace kept gibbering like an idiot, the way he kept staring at Veronica, the way those tiny hearts kept floating above his head? He's got a crush."
"What?!" The other three shouted.
"How do you know?" Blossom asked.
Buttercup rolled her eyes as she flashbacked to when she stared at Ace with tiny hearts of her own floating above her head. How she waved at him shyly when she saw him at the museum. How she sweetly gave him a soda as a way to get his attention.
"Trust me I know…" she muttered annoyed.
"A crush? On me?" Veronica asked in disbelief. "Oh I don't know about that."
"What guy wouldn't like you Veronica?" Blossom assured her. "You're a brilliant young woman!"
"You're super cool and tough!" Buttercup mentioned.
"And you're as pretty as a butterfly on a flower!" Bubbles butted in.
Embarrassed yet flattered by the compliments, Veronica giggled and blushed.
"Oh well thanks girls. I guess that's what Ace saw too."
Monday, April 15
Dear Diary,
Today was a rather strange day. To start, I went to Pokey Oaks Kindergarten with the girls. Still looks the way it did when I went. I saw Heather there too. Heather D. Turns out she's interning for Ms. Keane.
Oh my god and speaking of Ms. Keane! She was running late today so Heather was going to sit in for her for the time being. I had to use the restroom real quick so I made a short stop there before anything else. I didn't even place my butt on the toilet when I heard a loud crashing sound! I got so scared for the kids that I dashed out of there. What I saw was a freakin' car in the middle of the room and Ms. Keane tied up with duct tape over her mouth!
But that surprisingly was not the weirdest thing. What was weird was The Gangreen gang were there and that guy who's their leader Ace kept staring at something with this weird look on his face and stuttering. Apparently he was staring…at me.
It's funny. I've only seen the guy and his friends a couple times around town. Mainly causing the kind of hi-jinks the boys at my school do. But I don't know. Now that I've gotten a better look at him. I've noticed that he's actually kind of...hot. I don't know what it is. His slick backed hair? The way he smiles with those fangs? The way he's always wearing those shades so no one really has any idea what he's thinking?
Oh god. Is this the bad boy phase Mom warned me about?
Hey, Mr. No Name Kid
Say who might you be?
And could you fight for me?
Hey could you face the crowd?
Could you be seen with me and still act proud?
Hey could you hold my hand
And carry me through No Man's Land?
It's fine if you don't agree
But I would fight for you
If you would fight for me
-Fight for Me from Heathers: The Musical