Ch 3.

LOVE IT

Buttercup's POV:

I spend that night, trying to hide the bruise that appeared on my neck. I slept with the blankets pulled close to me and curled up next to Butch. It didn't hurt at all, but Butch had never left a bruise before. I knew it would kill him if he saw this.

I got up before he did so I could take a shower, and put some make on to cover it up.

I looked in the mirror to see a long purple bruise along my neck. I took a deep breath and jumped in the shower.

I started singing as the water ran, and then heard my favorite voice harmonizing with mine, I started laughing.

I peeked out from behind the curtain, and Butch was leaning in the door frame smiling at me.

I turned off the water and stuck only my hand out from the curtain.

"No way, you gotta come out and get it." Butch said laughing.

I tucked my chin so it touched my chest and got out and quickly wrapped my towel around me, still hiding my neck.

Butch quickly picked me up and carried me back to the bed. He laid me down and laid on top of me kissing me passionately.

I kissed him back, with just as much feeling. I couldn't help but forget about everything else in the world but him.

He kissed down my jaw and then down my neck. I gasped and threw the covers over me.

"What's wrong?" He asked looking at me like I was crazy.

"Nothing, um we just don't have time for this. My sisters are gunna be here at ten." I scrambled to make up a good excuse.

Butch looked up at the clock on the headboard. "It's 8:30." He said laughing and trying to kiss me again.

"Butch, I want to but not right now ok?" I pleaded.

Butch looked at me with a raised brow. I pulled some clothes out from my drawer next to the bed and got dressed not moving the blanket from me.

Butch watched me carefully.

"You're hiding something from me." He whispered crawling next to me.

"No I'm not, why would you say that?" I asked looking the other way.

Butch said he could tell when I was lying, by my eyes.

He pulled my chin up to look at him, but I didn't move the covers from under my chin.

"You're lying……" He said as his green eyes met mine.

He grabbed the covers and moved them away from me completely.

His eyes widened in horror. He gently pulled my chin up again.

"No......" He whispered, his words dripping with remorse.

"Butch, it's ok. It doesn't even hurt."

He backed away from me, and bumped into the door.

"Baby, please. You didn't mean to." I tried telling him.

He flung open the door, and zoomed through the living room, to the front door.

I flew after him, but couldn't catch him. I stopped in the door way trying to catch my breath.

"What happened?" Brick asked from behind me.

I turned around and looked up and the blue and red rowdyruffs in front of me.

"Oh crap…" Brick mumbled looking at my neck.

I pushed past them and sat on the couch putting my face in my hands.

"What am I doing?! I gotta go find him." I started to head for the door, but Boomer stopped me.

"No you don't he's probably at Mojo's. You need to just stay here, it'll give him time to cool down." Boomer told me.

I sighed and turned around to sit back on the couch, Boomer sat in the chair, and Brick sat next to me.

"Let me see it." Brick sat trying to look at my bruise. He had got to med school for about two years and then dropped out, so he knew things when it came to bumps and bruises.

"It's not even that bad, I'm f…."

"BC let me see." He said sternly

I rolled my eyes, and leaned my head back.

"It's a pretty good bruise, BC." He said wincing a little.

He went to the kitchen and came back with some ice wrapped in a towel.

"Put this on it, it'll help."

We sat there waiting for my sisters to get here.

They knocked on the door, and Brick let them in Boomer right behind him.

They greeted each other, but I couldn't help but stare at the wall worrying about Butch.

"Hey Buttercup, what's wrong?" Blossom asked sitting next to me.

"Where's Butch?" Bubbles added.

I didn't answer.

"He freaked when he saw the bruise on her neck, he ran off." Brick answered for me.

Blossom looked at my bruise, and then sat back down.

"He's never left one before." I whispered.

"It's gunna be ok, he'll come back." Blossom said resting her chin on my shoulder.

"You can cry if you want." Bubbles said sitting on the floor in front of me.

"BC never cries." Brick said as him and his brother laughed.

"She did yesterday….." Bubbles said looking up at them.

Both of them shut up. Some tears started to roll down my cheeks but I wiped them away when my phone rang.

"Hey, Where are you?!" I said sniffling.

"Baby, I love you, always remember that ok?" the voice on the other line said sounding depressed.

"Where the hell are you Butch!" I yelled tears flowing freely from my eyes.

"I can't take this anymore babe, I can't hurt you anymore."

"NO! YOU DON'T GET TO GIVE UP ON ME. WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS TOO LONG. I NEED YOU, YOU'RE ONLY GUNNA HURT ME IF YOU LEAVE ME."

"I'm sorry."

"No, please don't leave me." I whispered through gritted teeth.

"I love you." And the line went dead.

"please…" I whispered into the phone.

I threw the phone across the room, and started to take off out of the house, but Brick stopped me. He had a firm grip on my shoulders. He had worry written all over his face.

"What happened?" He said in an angry voice.

"He's giving up, he gave me his goodbyes and everything."

That's all it took. Brick, Boomer and I were out the door in seconds. Blossom and Bubbles not far behind us.

I knew where he would be, not Mojo's, the Townsville bridge.

I flew the opposite way from Mojo's.

"Where are you going?" Boomer asked.

"She knows what's she's doing." Blossom and Brick said at the same time, and they all followed me.

We got there just in time to see him jump and fall into the very choppy waters.

"NO!" I yelled and revved up my speed and flew into the water right behind him. The water was freezing.

I tried hard to look for him, as the water kept pulling me down.

I searched for him, but saw nothing. I found the surface and took a deep breath, and dove back under.

I squinted trying to see anything, when right below me sinking to the bottom I saw him.

I swam as fast as I could and pulled him back up to the surface. I shot up out of the water and flew with what little strength I did have, back to the shore, with him in my arms.

I put him down on the ground, he wasn't breathing.

Brick pulled me off of him, as Blossom started doing CPR.

"Come on." I begged dropping to my knees, and putting one of his limp hands up to my face.

All of a sudden Butch started to cough up water.

I took a deep breath, and looked at him.

His eyes slowly opened, and he moaned coughing some more.

He slowly sat up and looked at the ground. His eyes were full of disappointment.

"BUTCH JOJO DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!" I yelled tears burning my eyes.

I got up and walked away, I had to take a breather.

I started to walk to the shore line just trying to blow off some steam, when somebody tackled me from behind.

I was slammed to the ground. I looked up and saw the eyes I loved filled with hatred.

"BUTTERCUP LEAVE ME ALONE!" he yelled, pure anger in his voice, as he pushed me into the ground. I heard my shoulder snap.

I stared at him in shock, as his brothers trampled him to the ground, holding back his punches.

Blossom and Bubbles rushed to my side, trying to help me up, but I couldn't take my eyes off of his angry face.

"BUTCH CALM DOWN!" Brick yelled, and Butch suddenly snapped out of it, and stared at me horrified.