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Buttercup

I kind of didn't want school to end. Not only because I was having a decent time with Butch, but also because my sisters were going to ask me about each and every little detail. As Butch and I were saying our final goodbyes, he asked if I wanted him to walk me home. After I rejected him and he left, I started heading home.

"Buttercup!" I turned around to find Mitch running after me. I stopped walking to wait for him. "Hey, Buttercup." He smiled.

"Hi." I said quietly.

"What's wrong?"

"I'll tell you when we get home. In fact, can we go to your house for a little bit?"

"Sure." We walked silently the whole way. When we reached his house(which was across from mine) we headed straight for his room so we could have a private conversation about my troubles. He grabbed a tablet and a pair of his fake glasses so he could look like a condescending therapist. I laid on his bed while he sat in the recliner across the room. "So what seems to be the problem, Ms. Utonium?"

"Well, I have been having the feeling that there are some fake people around me. Like the therapist sitting across the room from me." I chuckled.

"Mhm.. Mhm.. Mh- HEY!" Mitch laughed out loud and hopped on the bed with me. "Alright. Buttercup. Spit it out!"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you. It's Butch and Derek. They've been acting weird today. They never talk to me, and now they do. I'm confused. Butch has shown me a lot of feeling today. He kissed me on the cheek and held my hand without realizing it. He keeps on opening doors for me and pulling in and out chairs for me like I can't do anything for myself. What is going on? And what did you and Butch talk about this morning?" His jaw dropped.

"Hold on, Buttercup. One at a time. So Butch and Derek have been acting weird because they never talk to you and now they do?"

"Yeah."

"How so?"

"Well, for starters, Butch punched you in the eye because you tried to take me away from him and apparently flipped him off.

"Yeah, so I did." I sat up on the bed.

"Please tell me what you guys were talking about." He looked at me. He had to think about it. And he shook his head. "If I did, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. And you would hate me and think of me differently." What? Why is he saying that?

"Why are you keeping secrets from me, Mitch?" I asked hurt. He stared into my eyes. It was silent for a couple minutes. What is going on?

"Buttercup?"

"Yeah?" Next thing I knew it, our lips were touching. I don't understand. Why are all these guys all over me all of a sudden? I'm not being conceited, I'm being serious. After the kiss was over, I started laughing, but he wasn't. Did that mean it felt right to him? It couldn't have. Tears shot out of his eyes like I never seen before.

"I love you. And I finally felt the connection, Buttercup. It felt right to me. But it's too late."

"Too late for what?"

"You have to leave now." He sniffled as he shoved me out of his house. I watched him slam the door in my face. I walked home and into my front door. There, my sisters greeted me with questions. I ran straight to my room and cried. I should be happy, but I'm upset and depressed. I'm more confused than I have ever been. My best friend was keeping secrets from me and I make him cry because I didn't feel a connection when he kissed me. I wanted to, but I didn't.

"Buttercup!" The girls yelled in unison as they opened my room door.

"Go away!"

"What happened today?" asked Bubbles.

"GO AWAY!"

"Not until you tell us what happened…" Blossom argued. I sighed and looked at them.

"I'm in serious boy trouble."

"How?"

"So Derek from the football team asked me out to dinner on Friday. I accepted. Butch just randomly acts like he's my boyfriend or something and starts being nice to me. Neither of them have ever talked to me before today, and then I just came home from Mitch's house and he kissed me and he told me that he loved me and now I don't know what to do…"

"Derek asked you out on a date?" Blossom squealed with excitement. Is that all they can hear? That is all they can hear. They're typical teenage girls. But maybe this was a typical teenage problem. I sighed.

"Is that all you heard, Blossom? Does it kill you to understand the problem that I am going through?"

"We heard you, Buttercup! Sheesh! Who cares about Mitch? And especially, who cares about Butch? Mitch is a freakin' low life and Butch.. BUTCH IS A ROWDYRUFF BOY!"

"He's using you, Buttercup." Bubbles said softly.

"Now, Bubbles, I highly doubt that's the reason. I think Derek is using her."

"No, Butch would be the one who would be using her. It's in his blood."

"How would you know? Butch hasn't had a girlfriend in high school yet!" Blossom protested.

"He tried."

"Who?"

"Ariel."

"She moved."

"Boomer told me he was in love with her, but then all of a sudden he decided that he didn't want a girlfriend."

"BOOMER? Boomer told you? Why are you and Boomer talking?" Blossom interrogated. Bubbles sighed and shook her head. I didn't say a word. I just walked out of my room and went downstairs to the living room. This girl talk was not working. I sat down on the couch and laid there. A couple minutes after, Professor came through the front door.

"Hello."

"Hey, Professor."

"Is there something wrong?" Professor could talk to me. He'll know what to say.

"Actually, there is."

"What is it?"

"Well, it boys." Professor sighed and sat down on the couch.

"I knew this day would come. Have you read the book?"

"What book?"

"The Book of PR?" {PuffRuff}

"Yeah. It's a fairytale somebody made a long time ago about us and the Rowdyruffs. Why do you ask?" Professor went to the book shelf and brought out a golden book and dusted it off.

"Look who wrote it." He pointed at the name.

"John Utonium. Professor? You made this book?" He nodded. "So this isn't a fairytale?"

"No, in fact, it's destiny." He pointed his finger in the air. "I'm not saying that it should happen now, but it should happen soon. You may not feel it now, but you will eventually."

"Actually, Professor, there's more to my problem. You see, Butch is only showing signs of liking me. He didn't start talking to me until today. Two years and a half years of being in the same school and he decides to talk to me now. And Mitch just told me today that he loves me and started crying because he felt a connection with me, but I didn't. And there's this guy named Derek who I have been crushing on for a while. He's similar to Butch at the moment. He just started talking to me today. Before today, I was just Buttercup. Now I'm in this love triangle, and I'm in the center of it!" Professor smiled.

"Well, like I said. You know your destiny. It'll happen sooner or later. But for right now, just follow your heart." He kissed my forehead and headed down to the lab.

"Hey, Professor?" He took a step back to where I can see him.

"Thanks." He nodded and went downstairs into the basement. I was left thinking, What am I going to do?


Not one of my best chapters.

Mitch couldn't look at Buttercup anymore because it hurt him too much. He finally confessed to her that he loved her and he finally felt a connection, but he knew it was too late.

Buttercup tried talking to her sisters but they didn't understand. Buttercup's only solution was Professor and he unraveled the truth. It was destiny.

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