Chapter 3: Confrontation
Josh keeps telling Blossom about his science fair, but Blossom starts thinking of Brick and feels guilty about being late, and knows he's angry.
'Uff I don't know why I feel guilty he's been an hour late himself a few times and without telling me.' Blossom thinks to herself. '...though after we started dating he is actually trying on being on time.'
'Emphasis on trying.'
'But It's the thought that counts' the pink clad girl thinks with a sigh.
"So what did you think about it, Blossom?" Josh asks her, awaking the red headed girl from her daydream.
"Um, think about what?" Blossom says sheepishly, not having listened to the brown haired boy.
"What you thought of the math test." the boy says with a excited smile, probably not noticing Blossom distractedness.
"Oh it was fine, it was practically the review so it wasn't hard to do." Blossom replied, remembering the test.
"I know! Sometimes I believe they should make the tests more challenging-" the hazel eyed boy said continuing on but Blossom drifted to her thoughts once again.
'I should make it up to Brick someway, hmm what would he like?'
'If I were to ask him I know he would ask for a kiss but knowing him he would turn it into a make out session.'
Just the thought makes Blossom blush and she quickly snaps out of it.
'Okay, what else? Hmmm…'
'Oh I know!' Blossom thinks 'I could make him some homemade food, I've noticed him and his brothers only eat fast food, which is incredibly unhealthy.'
With that idea in mind she grabbed her phone as Josh was still chattering about his GPA.
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Seeing Josh walking and talking with Blossom incredibly infuriated Brick.
'It was so obvious that stupid geek has a crush on Red as he's boasting about his school achievements.'
His only relief is that Blossom doesn't seem interested in all of his academic achievements as she seems to be nodding to whatever he says and seems to be in her own world and it was confirmed when the boy asked her something about a test and Blossom asked for him to repeat the question.
At the beginning Brick was worried Blossom might find those nerdy achievements attractive since she is studious too.
'But she seems totally disinterested even pulling out her cellphone as the nerd talks about some pga thing, whatever that is.'
To Brick's surprise he hears a familiar ringtone in his pocket and Blossom hearing it too quickly looks towards his hiding spot but Brick was quicker and hid even deeper in the bushes.
Brick doesn't look up as he hears the nerd ask "Everything okay, Blossom?"
"Yeah everything is fine I though I heard something" Blossom replies.
When Brick heard their steps walking away he slowly looked up.
And he sees the nerd continuing talking and Blossom nodding absentmindedly.
'Damn it, who the hell messaged me! I swear if its Boomer asking for his damn hot dog Imma kill him!' Brick thinks furiously as he pulls out his phone.
How about I make you some food to make up for being late?
'It's Red.' The red headed boy muses.
'And food what the heck?'
Brick begins typing.
I dont need no food if u really wanna make it up to me ditch that stupid project and come be with me
'Ditch that stupid nerd while you at it too!' Brick thinks but doesn't type it since it will reveal he is following her.
He looks up and sees Blossom sighing while looking at her phone.
'Wooow I feel the love, Red.' The red headed leader thinks sarcastically.
The red clad boy quickly turns his phone to vibrate mode before his pink eyed girlfriend can send him another text.
And as he expected a text came.
Brick you know I can't do that, I told you from the beginning that our meetings couldn't interfere with my studies.
The red headed boy rolls his eyes as he quickly typed his reply.
I doubt an hour will make you that behind Red
Brick sees Blossom pout angrily.
'Ha that's kind of cute…' Brick thinks with a smirk.
Before Brick dated Blossom he would of been grossed out at even the thought of thinking someone or something was cute but things have changed since then.
That's rich coming from you, you're always arriving late to our dates.
'Okay now that wasn't cute.' Brick thinks as his smirk falls from reading her text and begins typing again.
Babe lets not point fingers anyways I don't want food as make up for our time lost why don't you… sweeten the deal?
Brick looks as Blossom's cheeks begin to blush as she looks at her phone.
Um…
Ya know exactly what I want Red
Brick smirk widens even more as he sees the red headed leader blush even more.
"Are you okay Blossom? You look kind of red, do you have a fever?" the hazel eyed boy asks worriedly.
"Huh?! Uh…! N-no I'm fine don't worry Josh I-it's just the heat, I'm getting a bit sunburned." Blossom says coming up with an excuse fast as her blush doesn't lessen.
"It is a beautiful, sunny day!" Josh agreed.
'Damn you nerd! Don't interfere!' Brick growls in his mind.
The pink clad girl takes a deep breath calming herself, while Brick observes her in amusement.
With a now calm face Blossom quickly types a message and puts her phone in her pocket.
I'm busy right now, we can talk about this later.
'The hell?! Busy how, you're just walking with a damn nerd!' Brick rants in his head.
Hey! You can't be that busy besides I want to talk about this NOW!
But even as he had sent the text, the Powerpuff leader didn't grab her phone from her pocket.
'You're really pissing me off, Red…!'
Losing his temper he calls her phone.
Blossom ringtone rings out as Josh was still talking.
Blossom looks at her phone started while the boy besides her looks at her puzzled.
"Um aren't you going to answer that?" said boy asked her.
"Um…" Blossom says unsure before releasing another breath of air and looking more decisive. "No that would be rude to you, I'll call him later." Blossom says with a small smile.
'But you're being rude to me!' Brick thinks in anger.
'Ohhhh… You're gonna regret that, Red.' Brick thinks furiously.
Not long after they finally reach the Powerpuff residence.
Brick sees them enter the house and uses his super hearing to hear their conversation.
"Hey girls." the familiar strong and feminine voice of Blossom says.
"Hi Blossom, hi Josh!" a girly voice replied, Bubbles.
"Hey." a rougher girl voice said, Buttercup.
"Good afternoon." Josh says politely.
"Are you guys using the living room to work?" Blossom asked.
"Yeah!" Bubbles answered.
"Oh I guess we'll use the bedroom then." Blossom says.
'What?! How can you invite a guy to your bedroom!' Brick fumes to himself. 'I mean I'm an exception of course, but not him!'
The Powerpuff leader and her classmate enter her room and Brick flies up to the windows and listens and observes from there.
"You have a pretty room!" the brown haired boy exclaimed with a smile.
'What's he talking about, it's all pink and junk.' Brick thinks with a grimace.
"Thank you." Blossom says and takes out a laptop, paper and pencils from her drawer.
"We can begin by researching the culture and history, is that okay with you?" Blossom asks.
"Perfectly fine by me, I actually brought some books that might help." Josh grins and takes out 5 books from his backpack.
'How the hell did all that fit in that tiny backpack?' Brick wondered.
"Oh that's perfect! I'll focus on looking for culture on my laptop and you can look for history in your books."
The boy's grin fell from hearing the red headed girl words.
"Oh… I thought were going to read together"
"We would advance much more by doing tasks separately." Blossom reasoned.
'Ha! Take that nerd!' Brick thought triumphantly.
With that the two students began working on their project and after what seemed like eternity for Brick, he grew extremely bored.
'Damn this is so boring…. how long have they been working now? It must be time for our date by now'
Brick takes out his phone to check the time and his eyes widen.
'The hell! It's only been 10 minutes?! It feels like forever!'
'Ugh it doesn't look like they're doing anything besides working, should I just come back later?' Brick asks himself.
Though their conversation made Brick stop in his tracks.
"I think my favorite greek goddess would have to be Athena." Blossom said after Josh asked her for her favorite greek goddess.
"Oh yes Athena, the goddess of wisdom and courage, she reminds me a lot of you." Josh says.
The pink clad girl raises her brow as if to tell him to continue.
"Well she is amazingly intelligent and very strategic, she is also known for her compassion and generosity all qualities that you have, not to mention extremely beautiful." the boy was blushing profoundly by the end of his sentence.
Blossom simply widened her eyes and stared at him, not expecting that at all.
She imagined he would simply say she was the smart one of the puffs or something of the sort.
'Does he… have a crush on me?' Blossom thought.
Brick in the other hand was seething from the window, his hand was grabbing the hole of the window and it cracked from the strength.
Blossom too surprised of Josh's words did not hear the crack.
"I l-like you!" Josh yells out making Blossom flinch from the surprise.
With newfound confidence Josh continues, "Together we could be the smartest couple in school! No one could beat us!"
Brick's eyes darkened dramatically, a scowl set in place, a snarl stuck in his throat and his brow furrowed.
But before he could blast the nerd, with a loud thud the door opened.
"Woooow well isn't that romantic." sarcasm filled her words.
It was Buttercup.
"Unfortunately for you John, Blossom already has enough boy problem as it is." Buttercup said as she scowled.
"My name is Josh…" he corrected, all his confidence deflating.
"Yeah whatever, well I think it's time for you to head home." the lime clad girl says while crossing her arms.
"B-but we barely started…!" the boy paled.
"That's your fault for babbling about some greek superhero."
"She is a greek goddess!" Josh corrects again.
'Well for once Buttercup was of some help instead of a burden.' Brick mused, letting go of the cracked window.
"Um I'm sure we can continue working tomorrow." Blossom told Josh with a strained smile.
The hazel eyed boy looked downcast as the red headed girl didn't answer his feelings.
"Ok…." with a sad expression the boy grabs his backpack and heads downstairs, the two power puffs going with him.
Brick flies down and hides in a bush closest to the door.
The front door opens and Josh and Blossom exit.
"Um thanks for having me over…" Josh says with a sad smile.
"Oh! It was no problem." the pink clad girl replies with a strained smile.
Josh looks like he is about to leave but instead says "I'm g-guessing you don't feel the same for me…"
Blossom looks at him with sadness and guilt.
"I'm sorry you're a great guy but I already have feelings for someone else."
"I-i understand…"
After that exchange the brunette boy started walking away with his head down.
Blossom felt sad at seeing him that way but knew there wasn't anything she could do, so with a sigh she headed back to her room.
Brick on the other hand smirked at the scene, happy to see the boy miserable and hearing Blossom admit her feelings towards him.
'That doesn't mean I'm done with you, nerd.' he darkly thought 'You're gonna pay for all the stunts you tried to pull with my girl.'
The red headed leaded flew towards the hazel boy direction with a dark smile.
Meanwhile unbeknownst to Josh who was sadly walking back to his house.
'I don't understand, I always thought Blossom was a logical, smart girl.' the hazel eyed boy thought.
"But to reject me just because she likes someone else! I doubt the guy is even half as smart as me!" he grumbled to himself.
"Ya sure about that?" A voice said startling the young boy.
"W-who's there?" He cowardly asked and looked around but didn't see anyone around him.
"Ya know, you really shouldn't underestimate me." the voice continued, only sounding louder and darker.
"W-who are you?!" the boy asked in panic as he began to shiver and sweat as his eyes started to look everywhere around him.
And in a flash he was taken to a nearby alley and pushed to the wall where he was met with furious crimson eyes.
"You're worst nightmare."
Josh's eyes widened in fear as the red headed boy's dark smile widened.
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Meanwhile in the Powerpuff residence.
"You just can't seem to catch a break, first the red punk and now this annoying nerd." Buttercup told her red headed sister with a sigh. "I swear why do the crappiest guys come after you."
Blossom felt angry from her sister's vocabulary and the fact that she called her boyfriend 'crappy' but decided not to show her anger as it will make her raven sister suspicious of her.
"I just wanted to work on my project, I didn't expect any of this to happen" the pink clad girl said with a sigh.
"And although it was pretty mean to kick him out, I know it would have only been more awkward if he stayed so thank you." Blossom thanked her raven sister.
"You're lucky I had to come to the room for Bubbles markers." Buttercup smirked "What would you have done if I hadn't come?"
"I honestly don't know probably stare at him dumbly as I was still processing his words" Blossom sat at her bed, still processing what just happened.
"Oh come on Bloss it was so obvious even Bubbles noticed, he was always checking his homework with you, always telling you his 'perfect grades', staring at you when he thinks no one is looking, and blushing at whatever thing you say." Buttercup rolls her eyes at the memory.
"I… just though he was a shy, studious boy who liked to express his happiness from his good marks."
"You might be the smart powerpuff but when it comes to romance even you fail, huh." Buttercup snickered.
Blossom rolled her eyes.
'Kind of ironic I'm the only one of my sisters with a boyfriend.' Blossom thinks to herself. 'That reminds me in the end I won't even be late for our date since Josh ended up leaving early.'
"Well you can still partner up with me if ya want." Buttercup offered with a sly smile.
"No thanks I'll still do the project with him, I can't go back my word."
'Even with awkwardness I'm sure he will do more work than Bubbles and Buttercup together.' Blossom thought to herself.
"Pfft whatever I'll just go back with my partner then." Buttercup started flying away "Ya know since I didn't kick her out." Buttercup mocked.
"Haha very funny." Blossom said in a humorless tone. "Even If you wanted to kick her out, you can't since she also lives here."
"Man this is what I get for helping you out." Buttercup grumbles and flies away to the living room leaving Blossom in the bedroom alone.
The pink clad girl shakes her head and closes the door.
The red headed leader takes out her phone to check her messages, to notice a very angry message from her favorite red counterpart.
Hey! You can't be that busy besides I want to talk about this NOW!
'I knew he was going to be angry but I didn't want to be rude to Josh.' Blossom loudly sighs.
'Man I shouldn't have told him I was gonna be late.'
"Well I already told him I was gonna be late, I might as well use the time to work on the project." Blossom says at loud and goes back to working.
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Meanwhile back in the alley.
The brunette boy groaned in pain barely able to stand from all the hits he had to go through.
"W-why…?!" the hazel eyed boy yelled at the red headed boy.
Josh realized who his attacker was due to his unique eye color but he still can't fathom why he would attack him out of nowhere.
"I-I don't h-have any money." the hazel eyed boy rasped.
"I don't want any stinkin' money." Brick grabbed Josh by his collar.
"This is what you get for flirting with my girl." Brick glared at the hazel eyed boy before blasting off to the sky, still holding tight to Josh's collar.
Josh screams as the wind hits him strongly in the face and before long they arrive to a tall, pointy building where Brick quickly ties him to the building.
Josh stares at Brick in horror, "I-I don't understand…! I h-haven't flirted with anyone! I don't kn-!" but Josh stops and realized who he's talking about.
"You're kinda slow for a nerd." Brick taunts.
"I d-dont understand she's your e-enemy…!"
"Oh she's much more than that, believe me." Brick smirks.
"The one she likes is YOU?!" the hazel eyed boy exclaimed in shock.
"The one and only."
"Y-you're going to r-regret this when s-she finds out you d-did this to me she'll-" Josh stuttered angrily but was stopped when Brick's furious crimson eyes glared at him and once again he was grabbed from the collar as Brick towered menacingly over him.
"You aren't going to tell Red or any of the puffs ANYTHING, in fact ya better keep your mouth shut or you won't live to see another sunny day."
Josh begins quivering and tearing up from Brick's words.
"Consider this a warning, nerd."
Brick takes out a dirty sock from his pocket and stuffs it into Josh's mouth.
"This is so you don't squeal."
Brick let's go off his collar and looks to the sky and then turns back one last time and says "You better not cross me or my girl or you'll regret it!"
With those last words he blasts off, leaving Josh tied in one of the tallest buildings.
'I'm coming for you now Red" Brick thinks deviously as he heads to the Powerpuff residence.
What did you think? A bit dark? That was the point, the original two stories were kinda dark so I didn't want to leave that out, also even though Brick has changed since dating Blossom that doesn't mean some of his dominant traits were going to leave like his possessiveness. If anything since dating her that has increased.
