I reassured myself that I looked casual yet seductive as I prepared for my 'date' with Butch. A pair of low rise black ripped skinny jeans that showed off my curves just right. A plain forest green checkered hoodie. A pair of black vans, black studs and my locket necklace and I was set to go. As I walk downstairs, I hear Mitch sigh.
"BC, your going on a date not just hanging out."
"That's exactly what it is, plus this is part of the job"
"Well at least have some fun, I mean when was the last time you went on a date?"
"That's none of your business!"
"My point exactly! So go out have fun and please attempt to let your guard down"
"What if he tries to seduce me?!"
"Hell, let him! You've been kinda tense lately, you could use that right now" He smirked. I hit his arm and made sure it hurt. He swiftly pushed me out the door. I opened the garage and got onto my Harley.
I parked into the restaurant's parking lot and walked in. A waiter greeted me politely even though I could tell she was ready for her break.
"Are you ?" I nodded in response. "This way, please" She led me far away from the door into a dark secluded booth, where I saw a dark haired boy sitting there searching through the menu. The waiter handed me a menu as I took my seat on the opposite side of Butch. I mumbled a quick 'Thank-You' as she walked away. I starred at Butch, waiting on him to adknowledge me. He simply just continued to search thought his menu. Fine, two can play that game. If he was gonna ignore me, than I was gonna ignore him! I opened my menu and did the exact same thing he was doing. After a few minutes the waitress came back and we ordered. She took up our menus and went along her merrily way. I noticed Butch purposely avoiding my eyes.
"Is this how all your dates go?"
"Oh so you admit this is a date?" His voice was hoarse and dry as if he has been screaming.
"No, it's just. Your avoiding me, why?". He seemed tense and uneasy, something was definitely wrong.
"Lets just say, I'm not the best guy to get mixed up with. I'm making this easier on you." He wasn't saying that yesterday…
"Why the sudden change of heart? You were throwing all your best pick-up lines at me yesterday, why act like a closed up clam now?"
"You ask a lot of questions"
"You never answer them", we sat in silence before I said, "Plus who said I was Miss. Goodie Two Shoes?" He smirked.
"Look we both know neither of us want to be here, so why bother?"
"You came didn't you" He looked a bit shocked after I said that. Of course I was right. Why bother to come if you don't want to be here.
"I wouldn't give up the chance to see you, Beautiful" I rolled my eyes,
"Oh now you wanna be Prince Charming"
"No, I'm far from it" There goes that silence again. It was drastic and aganitizing. Maybe this wasn't gonna work, but who was I to give up? "But seriously, if you didn't look so hot I would say you were trying to look hot. Were you trying to impress me?"
Yes. "No, why would I impress a snob like you? Get over yourself. Plus you don't need girls like me, you have Princess". A grunting noise escaped from his lips,
"I would much rather have girls like you" . There goes that smirk again. Boy did he think he was smooth. I was about to reply when I seen a familiar red-head out of the corner of my eyes. I took a closer look, and realized it was Blossom! I grabbed Butch's hand and told him to be quiet, of course he did the opposite.
"Why are you telling me to 'shh'?" He was being so loud and belligerent. Blossom along with a few other people turned and looked in our direction. Fuck, she coming this way!
"Dude act casual!" I let go of Butch's hand and pretended that we were talking. A soon as Blossom was ear shoot I said, "Don't say anything and follow my lead". My voice was stern and in control, I dare him to say anything. I have control over this situation, even though nothing like this ever happens ! Time for my acting skills to kick in.
"Hey Buttercup" My sister casually sits down next to me, tense as ever. Her head was slighty turned down so her hair was covering her face, hiding her facial expression.
"Hey Bloss, what's wrong? Where's your boyfriend? How did you find me here?"
"Please slow down, one question at a time" Her voice was starting to break.
"I told her she asks too many questions…" I eyed him, letting him know I heard what he mumbled. Blossom began shaking…I knew what was next, tears. If I didn't get her talking, I wouldn't get anything out of her.
"What happened with-" She cut me off before I could say his name.
" Please, just stop. Don't say it, I don't want to hear it. Buttercup, I think I need to talk to you in private. There are some things we need to discuss…" I grabbed her hand and we rushed the girl's bathroom. Luckily, there was no one in the stalls. I put the trash can infront of the door. No one was getting in and no one was getting out. I leaned casually against the door.
"Talk."
"As you know I was with him and things were going great. Perfect infact. Then… he started to pressure me to do things I didn't want to" her voice started to crack, eyes glassy. What she said finally registered in my head.
"Did he rape you?" Her eyes widened,
"No, I fought him off in time"
"So it was an attempt?" She slowly nodded. I felt my blood boil as I watched my sister cry. I threw the trash can cross the room, as I reached for the door I felt Blossom grab my arm.
"Please, don't do anything. Just let this go"
"Hell no Blossom. He attempted to hurt you, after telling him to stop HR DIDN'T! HE WAS GONNA DO IT! I'M NOT GONNA LET SOME LOW LIFE GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS!" I snatched my hand away from her grasp, and stormed out the bathroom. I almost made it toward the door when I felt another hand grab my wrist. I whipped around to see Butch looking at me with curious eyes. I snatched it back, "This really isn't the time. Sorry but I have to go". My eyes went wide as Butch grabbed me by my waist and forced me to stay put my his side. "Whats your deal?"
"Your not going anywhere, without me"
"I dont need you, I can handle things on my own"
"Obviously you can't, your thinking irrationally. Now, stop making a scene and tell me where the hell we're going"
"You are gonna stay here and wait for your food, I'm leaving" With that, I finally pulled away from his grasp and stormed out toward my Harley.
Finiding Blossom's boyfriend's house wasn't difficult at all, being here a few times by force may have come in handy. I quickly parked my Harley and banged on his door. I swear I was standing there for 5 minutes. As each minutes pasted I was only getting angier. Just kick the door down and pay for it later... I did exactly what my concious told me to, without a second guess. I kicked the door down with ease. This was simple, maybe a bit too simple...
"BRYAN GET YOU ASS DOWN HERE. WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO DISCUSS!" I frantically began moving through the house. I checked the kitchen only to see a few dishes were thrown, but why would there be thrown dishes... Unless you were trying to defend yourself or there was a bug and you wanted to kill it... I moved into the dining room. I noticed streaks of blood trailing up the stairs. Oh fuck! I reach into my pocket nd pressed the 'Panic' button on my beeper. My phone then ringed, "Ed get your aging ass down here now. I got a bad feeling about what I just walked into"
"I'm sending back-up now" He hung up. I needed those people to teleport their asses here now! I heard someone in the stepway of the front door, I ran to meet up with them. I ran up only two meet a pair of familiar green eyes.
"Butch, what the fuck!? So your stalking me now? So that's what we do in Twenty Twleve? Okay..."
"I'm not stalking you, I got a bad feeling" How did he know about what's going? "I'm only here to protect you"
"I can handle myself"
"No doubt about it but remember your not Superwoman" He moved throughout the house freely, hopefully I will be able to cover up everything he his about to discover about me.
"Let me show you want I found" I grabbed his soft hand and led him into the kitchen where the dishes were clearly thrown then to the blood stain carpet.
"Where does it lead?" I shrugged. "Lets follow it" He followed along the path of the blood. This was NOT the time to be adventerous, but I followed him anyways. The blood led up the stairs and into what seemed to be Bryan's bedroom, since there were model pictures EVERYWHERE. "This kid obviously gets no action"
"Yeah, he tried to rape Blossom, asshole. He better hope that was his blood, or i'll make a trail of my own...". Thankfully Butch didn't hear what I mummbled or i would have gotten some questionable looks. We followed the trail into the closet and it just stopped. There we stood in the middle of his closet, that was a little too big to be a guy's closet if I must say. But anyways, the trail just stopped, no sign of a body or stuggle. Nothing that could help us conclude what happened to the body.
"Where do we go from here?"
"There's nowhere left to g-" I was interupted by someone closing the door on the outside and locking it. Who has a closet that locks on the outside? I mean seriosuly! Who has a closet that locks at all!? "This is just great really"
"Being stuck in a closet with a guy like me, I know" Even though it was slightly dim I could see his smirking face as clear as day. I reached over and pulled down on the light switch, to see his face more clearly...Well actually to slap him.
"See what being in a closet with a guy like you does to a girl?" He was holding his face.
"Yeah, you can't keep your hands off me" I completely ignored him and began searching for a way out. No windows, no secret doors, I attempted to kick the door down with no luck. This is such a safety hazard, but then again who gets locked in a closet!
"We're gonna be here for a while..."
"No shit, Sherlock. It took you 10 minutes of mindless searching just to come to that conclusion. Detective work is definately your future profession" I glared at him,
"Thankfully I have people coming" Wait...10 minutes have past, it doesn't take that long for back-up to get here! As if on cue, i get a text : 'Something came up, back-up had been interferred, hope you can hold out on your own -ED'. Great... I rolled my eyes. Suddenly my screen flashed a 'low battery' screen and powered down. I calmly placed my phone in my pocket. "Yeah no one is coming, and my phone just died".
"At least you had service, this is a complete dead zone!", He slumped down against the wall, " What if we're stuck here forever"
"Please dont start that, at least wait until more time has past until we play the 'what-if' game" I slumped down next to him with my hands in my lap. Yep its offical, I'm stuck in a closet with Butch. This is not what I planned...