I do not own the Powerpuff Girls...

The car ride was awkward. Blossom apparently didn't want to be there. But she went along with Buttercup and Bubbles' plan to get him to fall for her. It wasn't right, but she went along with it anyway. She kept glancing over at his muscular arms. The shirt he wore was fitted in the sleeves, which gave a nice outline of his arms, which he earned from playing soccer. When she realized what she was doing, Blossom snapped out of it. Why would she do that? It was Brick for crying out loud!

"You say something?" Brick asked while driving.

"Nice car..." Blossom said.

"Thanks. It's not mine. It's Butch's."

"Oh...then he has a nice car."

"You look uneasy." Brick laughed.

"That's because I am uneasy." Blossom snapped.

"Why because you are with me?" Brick snickered.

"I'm only doing this so that you can stop bugging me." Blossom snorted back.

"So I saw you looking at my arms before." Brick snickered.

Blossom immediately flushed red; redder than her hair bow. Redder than that stupid hat he wore. She spat back, "Don't flatter yourself."

"What? Admit it...you like big muscles." Brick joked. "You can't lie about it. Just admit you like looking at dudes with nice, tone soccer bodies. It's written all over your face."

"Shut up." Blossom snapped venomously, still red like her hair bow from embarrassment. "Now, where are we going?"

"Only the best pizza place in Townsville."

Brick parked the car and the two walked into a small but pretty nice Italian restaurant. They were seated across from one another in a booth. Blossom tried not to admit to herself that she did think Brick looked good tonight and he even smelled nice too. Brick, on the other hand, thought Blossom looked amazing. He just kept glancing at how nicely shaped her slender and curvy figure looked in that sweater dress but refused to let it show. He was there so that he can charm her and dump her.

"You going to be quiet all night?" Brick asked.

Blossom glared at him and said, "If you want to talk, why don't you talk first?"

"I would but whatever I say somehow pisses you off."

"Because you say pretty offensive stuff."

"You still on the feminism thing?" Brick laughed. "Look I am sorry I said I feel like women shouldn't get the same pay as men because men are harder workers."

"Geeze you are chauvinistic." Blossom spat.

At that point, the waiter came over, placed bread and butter on the table and took their orders. They both agreed on mushroom personal pies and sodas. After the waiter had taken their order, they were left alone again.

"Okay, before we start World War 80 in here, I suggest we talk about something else," Brick said.

"Okay. For starters, where did you pull the other 78 World Wars out of?" Blossom snickered.

"Oh and I'm a smart ass?" Brick said.

"Looks like you're not the only one." Blossom laughed. "So...since we are going to be out all night...why don't you tell me about you..."

The two ended up talking about all sorts of things. From classes to people they know to whatever came up.

"Are you serious?" Brick said. "I don't take you to steal."

"I was younger and only wanted to make my dad happy," Blossom said. "I learned a lesson when I stole the golf clubs."

"Watch out; we got a bad ass over here." Brick pretended to holler, which made Blossom somewhat crack a smile.

"Okay, enough with me...what was your most embarrassing moment?"

"Probably when Boomer and Butch butchered my hair in my sleep. They both shaved my head apparently, and I woke up without hair."

"That happened to me!" Blossom exclaimed. "My sisters cut off all my hair and everyone, even the monster we were fighting laughed at me. It was terrible."

"Note to self, never let our siblings touch our hair."

The two started to laugh. Blossom was surprised she was enjoying herself.

"Now your turn." Brick started. "What was the weirdest gift you had even gotten?"

"Bubbles got me all three books of Fifty Shades of Grey for our birthday." Blossom shuddered. "When my dad saw that, he was disgusted and said he would not have "that filth" in the house. I ended up reading all three books to his dismay. Now your turn. The last movie you cried to...if you do cry."

"Shut up." Brick snapped in a joking manner. "The last movie I "teared up to" was American Sniper. It really got to me. Now you. Last movie you cried to?"

"Beaches," Blossom said. "Even Buttercup cried like a baby to that one. Your turn! The last concert you had seen?"

"Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I saw them with my brothers and a few of the guys we chill with." Brick answered. "How about you?"

"Taylor Swift when she came to Townsville. She was amazing. Bubbles and I were singing her songs in the car on the way there. Buttercup was ready to tape our mouths shut." Blossom laughed. "She gave us a shout out and even invited Bubbles, Buttercup and me on stage personally when she played her song, 'Style.' It was great."

"Between us, Boomer secretly listens to her." Brick laughed. "What a loser."

"I won't tell Boomer's dirty secret." Blossom joked.

Brick smiled at her comment. Even he had to admit this was probably the best date ever. He liked they can be normal people outside of school and when he wasn't making her angry for fun.

"So what shows do you like to watch?" Blossom asked.

"Right now I am binging on old episodes of Boardwalk Empire and currently watching Daredevil on Netflix. You?"

"My sisters and I are binging on old episodes of FRIENDS. It's a classic."

At that moment, their pizza came. It smelled amazing. They two ate and talked at the same time. They both kept making comments on how delicious the pizza was. Once they were done, Blossom said, "Wow. That is the best pizza in Townsville."

"I know my pizza, Pink Stuff." Brick joked. "You want to get out of here?"

"Sure," Blossom answered, not wanting the night to end.

Brick paid the bill, and the pair went off. They decided to get coffee at the nearest Starbucks. For a Friday night, the Starbucks wasn't busy. Brick got a French Vanilla coffee while Blossom got a mocha frappuccino.

"That enough whipped cream for you?" Brick joked.

"Shut up. It brings out the flavor." Blossom laughed.

The two sat down and started to talk about more and more things. They got into a conversation about their siblings; they talked about how Boomer was teaching himself how to play 'Lollipop' by Lil Wayne on guitar, Butch's obsession with cars, Bubbles wanting to go into fashion and makeup as a career and Buttercup being the only girl on the football and wrestling team.

"Oh come on! Have you seen the guns on Buttercup?" Blossom asked jokingly. "She could beat down that Ronda Rousey chick or whatever her name is."

"I highly doubt it." Brick laughed. "Plus, she is your sister, so you have to say that."

Blossom playfully slapped his knee as he laughed while sipping his coffee. Then in a serious tone, she said, "You know, you are different."

"How so?" Brick asked as he sipped his coffee.

"Well...until tonight, I didn't want to be seen with you ever. And now that I got to know the real Brick and not the Brick I knew as a child and the one I know at school, I actually like this version."

"Well...what can I say? I'm pretty neat." Brick joked. " You want to know something?"

"Sure. What's up?"

"The real reason why I picked in you and made it my life's worth to make your day a living hell was because I had a bit of a crush on you. I know, when we were kids things were different, but once we got into high school, I thought you were pretty.

"I only acted the way I did to you is because I need to be the leader of the Rowdyruff Boys to my brothers."

"Oh..." Blossom blushed a bit to his confession. "Is that why you are a player? To mask how you felt?"

"Yeah," Brick said. "And of all honesty...those girls were nothing compare to you. You are smart, funny...insanely gorgeous...you look great tonight by the way."

"Thank you," Blossom answered. "You look awesome too."

Brick smiled to her. Now he felt bad at actually planning to get her to fall for him and then dumping her when she did. She wasn't like any of the girls he fooled around with. This girl was special.

"I need to tell you something else." Blossom said nervously, looking down at her frap.

"Spill," Brick said as he took another sip.

"My sisters...well...they told me to go out with you because they wanted me to get back at you for breaking those girl's hearts and I decided to go along with it. Now that I am enjoying myself...well...I feel bad. I just had to let you know." Blossom confessed.

"Funny..." Brick said, making Blossom nervous. "My brothers and I put money down to see if you would fall for me and once you did I would throw you aside like the other girls and break your, heart. Now I feel bad I did that. So you aren't alone there."

The two just looked at each other.

"Wow...siblings, huh?" Blossom said.

The two laughed.

"So...you aren't mad?" Brick asked.

"I'll tell you what," Blossom said, "let's tell them what they were hoping to hear and we continue seeing each other without their knowledge."

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea," Brick said. "At school, let's do what we do best and then just sneak around. No one has to know."

"Deal," Blossom said. "What time is it by the way?"

Brick took out his phone and said, "Almost 10:00. Should I get you home?"

"Yeah. Or my dad will freak." Blossom joked.

The two left Starbucks. Brick grabbed on to a Blossom's hand, and she looked at him.

"Is it okay?" Brick asked.

"Of course," Blossom replied.

They both walked to the car. He let her in before getting in and driving off. He made it back to her place before it was 10:30.

"So you still mad at me for calling off your date with Jimmy Preston?" Brick asked.

"To be perfectly honest, I am relieved I didn't go out with him. He sucks." Blossom said.

The two laughed.

"Thank you for tonight. I had fun." Blossom said.

"Yeah...me too," Brick said. "Well...I will see you Monday."

"Yeah. Text me." Blossom said.

The two were looking at each other; their heart rates were accelerating. Then they leaned in for a kiss, and it lasted for a good minute. Brick pulled away and smiled.

"Wow..." He said while laughing nervously.

"Yeah, wow..." Blossom replied.

"Well...good night." He said.

"Goodnight."

Blossom left the car and ran to her front door all in smiles. Of course, she had to put on a front for Bubbles and Buttercup and pretend it was a terrible date. Brick had to do the same for his brothers. He drove home thinking not only was this the best date, but it was the best kiss of his life.