Its cold and icy...I'm sickly...I've been stranded in my house...just...here...read this chapter. It's longer than previous chapters and I'm sure you all will enjoy it.

All I own is cover art, and Beauty. Blah blah blah...Craig McCracken...blah blah blah. "Nausea and Shudder" belongs to The GazettE.

~*Nausea and Shudder*~

As if it wasn't bad enough Blossom was catching a ride with Ace, Buttercup's secret boyfriend, all of a sudden, one of Ace's buddies wanted to tag along.

"'Ssssssssup, ladiesss."

Just when Blossom thought she had seen the last of Sanford "Snake" Ingleberry. Not to mention that his snake-like appearance still made Blossom green. Hopefully—

"Hey Snake. What's up?" Buttercup greeted Snake with a fist-bump explosion.

"Nothing too sssseriousss. Sssso…thisss iss your sssisster?" Snake gave Blossom a familiar smile. Snake looked the same as Blossom last saw him; greasy hair, brown cap, blue sleeveless, hooded jacket, black shirt, beige cargo pants, and black sneakers. Snake-like appearance and all.

"Yeah." Buttercup nodded to Blossom, giving a causal introduction. "Blossom, this is Snake. Snake, this is my sister Blossom."

As if things didn't get any better, Buttercup knew Snake too! This ordeal was just adding on to Blossom's suspicion. If Ace and Snake were buddies, they would obviously be involved in some illegal business; drugs, no doubt. However, this worried her greatly, since Brick could possibly be good friends with these guys that would possibly mean he was involved with their business as well. And, based on speculations, because of their green skin, could that mean that Lil' Arturo was a part of this as well?

"Couldn't be. Mr. Arturo—excuse me, Señor Arturo was a very nice man. Maybe skin pigment mutation was an odd occurrence."

Snapping out of her inner thought, Blossom greeted Snake with a nod. Snake gave her a nod back followed by a quick wink. And there goes the chill down her spine.

"Alright. Enough introductions." Ace stepped in. "We needs to hurry up 'fore all the spots gets taken."

On that note, everyone pilled in Ace's black 2008 Cadillac Escalade. Buttercup and Ace sat in the front, while Blossom and Snake sat in the back, much to Blossom's displeasure. To her shock, the interior was actually pretty clean. Minus the obvious smell of weed and empty cigarette cartons here and there, the car was pretty decent.

Ace started the car and drove down the street toward the school. The radio played a very popular song that had a catchy beat and tune; something Bubbles would know. The music was instantly cut off by Buttercup.

"Dear Christ, they put this shit on the radio now-a-days?" Ace complained. "What 'appened to good music?"

"That's what happens when idiots decide to run the music business." Buttercup said shuffling through Ace's CD collection before deciding on one and sliding it in the CD player. Rock music filled the car as the speakers hummed with familiar sounds of guitar, bass and drums. Blossom heard this band before. She and Brick listened to them on their date to the movies. "Dead by Sunrise" was the name.

Blossom found herself tapping her fingers to the beat of the song. That action wasn't left unnoticed by Snake.

"Sssso…you like this ssssong?" He asked Blossom. She stopped her movements to look at Snake for a short second.

"Um…yeah…"

"Really?" Snake said leaning closer to her. "Where did you hear it from?"

Blossom looked away making sure not to have any sort of eye contact with Snake. But she made sure to keep glancing at him to not be rude.

"I heard it from…" Blossom purposely didn't finish the sentence hoping that Snake would catch on. Fortunately, he did.

"Oh. That'sss….sweet." He said in a sort of disappointed tone. Blossom nodded awkwardly. "But you know, I could lend you ssssome CDsss if you wantsss."

"Um…that's okay." This was making her very uncomfortable.

"Naw, sssseriousss…I could totally—"

"'ey Snake." The two turned their heads to Ace who was glaring at Snake through the rearview mirror. "The lady said she ain't interested. So cheese off man." He commanded sternly. With that, Snake sat back on his side of the seat and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride.

Before she knew it, they had arrived to the school and the stadium. The area was jam packed with cars and people that it seemed impossible to find a parking spot anywhere. Luckily, Ace found one on the dirt road near the front gates.

Buttercup and Blossom jumped out of the large vehicle, but Ace and Snake stayed inside. Buttercup turned to her boyfriend. "Aren't you guys coming in?"

Ace nodded. "Yeah. We'll find our own way in." He adjusted his sunglasses to give Buttercup a visible wink.

With that said, Buttercup and Blossom headed toward the gates to give the attendant their tickets they had paid for during school. The stadium was crowded with people; students, parents, faculty and just regular football fans. The music from the marching bands added on the excessive noise that filled the area. Once Buttercup and Blossom headed up to the seating area, all they could see was a sea of Townsville High School patriots, in their school colors of gold and black, waving around signs and banners that said: "GO THS TIGERS!" or "CRUSH THE COLTS!". On the over side were another sea of people wearing white and blue cheering on for the rivaling school, the Citiesville Colts. They held up signs that said: "CITIESVILLE COLBALT COLTS!" and "STOMP THOSE TIGERS!"

In the middle of the field, standing on both sides of the end zones, were the cheerleaders; Colts and Tigers. They were waiting for their respective teams to run through end zones and into the field. Among the cheerleaders, Blossom and Buttercup saw their youngest sister. Bubbles wore the school's cheerleading uniform; black, long-sleeved shirt with the word "TIGERS" in gold, and a black with gold trimmed skirt that, in Blossom's opinion, was too short. Her hair was decorated in black and gold ribbons to match. Also in the squad, Blossom saw captain and co-captain; Princess and Beauty.

Buttercup tugged at her sister's shirt and pointed down at a specific direction. There, Blossom saw their father, Professor Utonium, sitting at on the bleacher seats. He wore the complete set of a cheering football fan; cap, sweatshirt, miniature flags, seat cushions, bits of face paint, all in black and gold, screaming Tigers! Whether or not he actually enjoyed football was a mystery to the girls, but the Professor was a dedicated and supported father, and they wouldn't trade him for the world.

The girls ran to their father. "Professor!" Despite the loud area, their father managed to hear them.

"Girls! You made it just in time. The game is about to start!" As the girls moved closer to their seats, they noticed that someone else sat to their father's left. It was Ms. Keane, the happy history teacher from their school and supervisor to the student government. She gave a cheerful wave to their girls.

"Hi girls! I hope you don't mind. Your father invited me to sit!" She explained.

"It's no problem at all." Blossom replied politely. Once the girls sat down, the two adults continued their previous conversation. Blossom noted that the Professor picked a perfect spot. It was not too crowded to block to view of the game and the area where the cheerleaders will be. Leave to the Professor to make sure he got a good and safe view of his daughters.

Blossom looked to her right and saw that Buttercup was searching for someone on the field. Blossom assumed it would be Coach Jojo or one of her friends. Unfortunately, she found Ace and Snake. Buttercup seemed to beam them a smile as she turned to the Professor and Ms. Keane.

"Hey, Professor. I see some of my friends. I'm gonna go and spend the rest of the game with them."

The Professor nodded. "Alright. But remember, we're leaving once the game is over." He reminded her.

"I know, Professor. See ya!" With that, Buttercup jumped from her seat and ran toward Ace and Snake's direction, much to Blossom's disappointment. Luckily, the Professor didn't see Ace or Snake.

As they waited for the game to start, more and more people started pouring in. On the field, Blossom saw Coach Jojo, along with other staff and faculty, dressed in regulated school clothing; black polo shirt and khaki pants. He was preparing the headset on his head while looking at the clipboard. He didn't seem nervous, despite the recent cripple to his team Blossom overheard today.

She saw coach turn around to the bleachers when his name was being called. He smiled and waved to two male figures. One of them was his brother, Brick Jojo. Brick was leaning sideways on the railing and wore a gold T-shirt that said: "Tiger Teacher" on the front and a red long-sleeve shirt underneath, jean pants and black shoes. He was smiling at his older brother and at the younger boy standing beside him.

Blossom couldn't see the younger boy's face, because he was facing directly at the coach. But from behind, he had dirty blonde hair that went past his ear. He wore a large, blue and white striped hoodie, baggy cargo pants and sneakers. The boy and Butch seemed to be having a conversation before Butch threw both of them the finger, causing the boys to laugh.

Ms. Keane must have noticed Brick and pointed him to the Professor. "AH! Tony! There he is! That's the teacher I was telling you about."

The Professor looked the direction she was pointing. "That's Brick, right? He looks so young!" He said amazed.

"That's because he's a genius! Graduated from high school at sixteen. Then, he finished a four year university in fewer than two!"

Both the Professor and Blossom were shocked to hear that. "And he did all of that to be a teacher?!" The Professor exclaimed.

"Well he told me his father wanted him to go to law school, but Brick very much enjoys teaching. I didn't want to pry too much in his personal affairs."

The Professor nodded in understanding. "Well I'd very much like to meet him."

Once again, Blossom started chocking on air. The Professor quickly turned to his daughter and gently patted her back until her irregular coughing fit stopped. Ms. Keane snapped her fingers in realization.

"That's right! Blossom you're one of Brick's students, aren't you?"

Blossom nodded trying to catch her breath and her father smiled. "Oh! Now I must meet him now!"

"I'll flag him down!" Before Blossom could stop the history teacher, Ms. Keane stood up and waved her arms to catch Brick's attention. "BRICK! BRICK! OVER HERE!"

Brick turned around to see Ms. Keane and politely waved at her. Brick nudged the blonde boy next to him and motioned for him to follow. The two left Butch's attention and climbed the stairs until they reached Ms. Keane, the Professor and Blossom. Once Brick and Blossom made eye contact, his smile grew ever so slightly.

"Ms. Sandra." Brick spoke first with a smile. "How are you?"

Ms. Keane smiled. "Oh I'm just wonderful! I brought you over here to meet a good friend of mine." She turned to the Professor. "Brick, this is Professor Antonio Utonium. Tony, this is Brick Jojo." She introduced.

As the two males shook hands, the Professor gasped once he heard Brick's full name. "Jojo? Your last name is Jojo, right?"

Brick nodded. "Yes sir. Our last name actually." Brick stepped aside to show the blonde boy standing behind him. "This is my younger brother, Boomer Jojo, and our older brother is Coach Butch Jojo."

Blossom saw Boomer's face for the first time. He had deep, dark blue eyes that were covered by his long, blonde bangs. She noticed by his facial features that Boomer looked nothing like Butch or Brick. Even though they were a few year apart, Brick and Butch had some features that made them look similar, but from Boomer, you would be surprised to know that he was related to his older brothers.

Boomer gave everyone a polite nod as he muttered a soft, "Good evening."

The Professor snapped his fingers catching everyone's attention. "Oh my God! You must be related to Mordecai Joseph Jojo!"

Upon hearing that name, the two brothers' faces seemed to brighten up and they smiled fondly. Brick nodded his head. "Yes. That's our father."

The Professor gave an expression as though he was meeting his idol. "I am a huge fan of his books! I'm so honored to meet you and to know that you teach my daughters! Oh! Of course, you already know my second eldest child, Blossom." The Professor proudly introduced.

Brick gave sincere smile without drawing too much attention. "Of course. She is my top student and very brilliant indeed. You must be very proud of her."

"Oh, my girls are my pride and joy!"

Blossom couldn't stop staring at Brick. He was purposely getting on her father's good side, for whatever reason. It was like, having a boyfriend meeting your parents, but instead, he was playing the "Teacher Card" again.

"Smooth…very smooth."

Ms. Kean interrupted the male's conversation. "Tony mention about you father and his work. What does he do exactly?"

The Professor gave her a look. "Sandra. You know perfectly well what he did. He wrote that book I let you borrow."

Ms. Keane gasped. "You mean he wrote 'The Economy from a Criminal Mind'?!"

Brick nodded. "That's him."

"I LOVE that book! It changed my entire look on stock brokers! And the chapter of financing history got me hooked!" She exclaimed.

"He's actually starting to write his next book that goes deeper within the explanation of the Stock Market Crash." Brick informed them causing the adults to squeal in joy.

"Oh please sit with us! We have so much to discuss." The Professor offered. "I'm interested to know why you decided to be a teacher after your father's successful book."

"Of course! No problem. Actually, I was hoping to meet you one day, Mr. Utonium. I'm a fan yours as well, believe it or not, and your work on using renewing carbonated matter into a type of unlimited fuel source is simply revolutionary." On that note, Boomer rolled his eyes knowing full well his older brother was closet science nerd.

The look on the Professor's face was so magnificent that Blossom would have thought that Christmas and his birthday joined together as one and the Professor got a golden golf set made from heaven's angels themselves.

Boomer motioned for Blossom. "Hey, let's go watch the game somewhere else."

Ms. Keane agreed. "Good idea. Why don't you kids go have fun, while the grown-ups have their talk?"

Brick ruffled Boomer's already messy hair. "Stay out of trouble, alright?"

"I know…"

Blossom stood up and followed Boomer up the stairs. She turned around to see Brick sitting down on her seat next to the Professor as they smiled while continuing their conversation. Boomer pulled Blossom out of her thoughts.

"Don't worry about my brother. He's pretty careful." Boomer smiled as they walked along the second floor.

"S-so…you know we're…."

"Oh yeah. So does Butch. We tell each other everything!" He replied cheerfully. "Don't worry. You're secret is safe with us."

At first, Blossom was a little embarrassed, but after looking at Boomer's bright smile, Blossom felt at ease. Funny, Boomer almost reminded her of Bubbles.

"So you're Brick's younger brother, right? He mentioned you from time to time. Boomer, right?"

Boomer nodded and rolled his eyes. "When doesn't he? Every chance they get, Butch and Brick talk about me like I'm their kid." He laughed.

Blossom smiled. "Well you are the baby of the family. Even though I'm a triplet, my youngest sister will get spoiled the most by our relatives."

"Jesus Christ! You're a triplet!?"

"Well we're not identical, but yeah." She clarified. "So aren't you from Citiesville?"

Boomer nodded slightly. "Yeah…I live with our mom. She runs an important business, but she doesn't want to miss being a parent. So I'm stuck at Citiesville…." He sighed.

"You don't like it there?"

Boomer shook his head. "I wanna stay with my brothers. Plus Citiesville sucks." Blossom laughed.

"I understand completely."

The two stopped at the sound of the marching band playing the school song as the crowd started cheering when the football players rushed into the field. The cheerleader cheered as they performed their routine dance complete with high jumps and flips. Blossom smiled and cheered for her sister like she always did during football games. Blossom turned to Boomer to ask him a question, only to find out that Boomer had left her side.

Blossom looked around to see that Boomer had run downstairs to the lowermost section of the bleachers and quickly followed after him. Boomer was leaning on the rails as close as he physically could while staring at the group of cheerleaders. Blossom caught up to him.

"Hey. What's the matter?" She asked.

"Who….who….." He stuttered as he was staring in the direction of Beauty and Princess. Blossom caught on to his nervousness and figured he was staring at Beauty, due to her overall attractiveness.

"Oh? You mean the girl with the short orange hair? That's—"

"No not her! The blonde with the cute pigtails." Boomer explained quickly. Blossom realized that Bubbles was standing next to Princess and Beauty, but was overshadowed by them. She looked back at Boomer, who had a face that looked like Cupid had thrown a love rock at his head. To say that Boomer was dumbstruck clearly did not meet the expectations to his shock.

To put it plain and simple:

Boomer fell stupid in love.

"Oh. That's my little sister, Bubbles."

"Bubbles…" Boomer uttered her name like it was forbidden from the world because it was too precious for anybody to say. His eyes were transfixed solely on Bubbles, as if she was the only person in his entire vision.

Boomer had an instant crush on Bubbles and he hasn't even spoken to her yet.

Meanwhile, Blossom stood beside him, watching him watching Bubbles with the stupidest happy smile she had ever seen. It reminded her of the time she first met Brick. The moment she saw his hypnotizing ruby eyes it felt like she was hit by a ton of bricks; no pun intended. Blossom gave Boomer a heartfelt smile and patted his shoulder.

"You want to meet her?"

Upon hearing those words, Boomer looked like a lost puppy when he faced her. "S-seriously….?"

"Yeah. I, mean, you seem like a nice person, even though we know each other for about two minutes."

Boomer was on the verge of breaking into tears as he repeatedly thanked her like a maniac.

As the football game rolled on, Blossom and Boomer talked even more and started to develop a quick friendship. Apparently, Boomer seemed like anime and manga as much as Bubbles, but Blossom purposely didn't mention that in order to surprise him. From their conversations, Boomer would have a lot in common with Bubbles. Blossom got butterflies in her stomach knowing that she was playing matchmaker.

Before they knew it, it was already halftime and the score was 14- Townsville Tigers and 13- Citiesville Colts. Boomer and Blossom headed toward the concession stands where the girls would usually meet Bubbles. While they were waiting, Blossom searched around to look for Buttercup, but due to the large crowd, she couldn't find her green sister or her friends.

Blossom sighed.

"What's up?" Boomer asked.

"I was looking for my other sister. But I can't find her. I'm pretty worried, especially since she's hanging with a bunch of shady people…." Blossom replied.

"Medium height, short black hair, green eyes….wearing all black?" Boomer asked.

Blossom jerked her head back and stared at Boomer. "Y-yeah…How did you—"

"She's right over there…" Boomer pointed with a grim looked. Blossom saw Buttercup walking towards the stands with Ace and Snake with her. Luckily, Buttercup saw Blossom and walked toward her sister.

"Hey sis! Awesome game, am I right?" Buttercup smiled and looked at Boomer. "Who's this?"

"This is Boomer. He's Coach and Mr. Jojo's younger brother. He goes to Citiesville High though." Boomer gave Buttercup a short wave.

Buttercup laughed pointed mockingly at him. "HA! Your brother is kicking your school's ass."

"I'm used to it by now." Boomer made eye contact with Ace, who gave Boomer an upward nod in acknowledgment. Boomer simply looked elsewhere.

"BLOSSOM! BUTTERCUP!"

The group turned around to see Bubbles running towards them. For Boomer, time seemed to have slowed down. Just from a simple glance of the blonde girl, all of the problems and troubles of the world seemed to have vanished into thin air, and everything good was all in this beautiful, blonde angel running in a short, cheerleading outfit.

Back in real life, Blossom shook her head from Boomer's face of absolute dumbstruck.

Bubbles ran to her sisters and hugged them. "So what did you think? Did I look awesome?" She smiled.

Blossom nodded. "Like always. You don't have to ask."

"I know." Bubbles pouted. "But I want everyone to cheer our team onward to victory!" As Bubbles jumped and twirled around in excitement, Blossom had to hold Boomer steady to keep him from fainting.

Then it finally happened. Bubbles made eye contact with Boomer. Her eyes were so bright and beautiful that he couldn't break away from them. She gave him the sweetest and purest smile that could brighten up the dark world.

"Hi! I don't think we met before. I'm Bubbles!" She said cheerfully to Boomer. "What's your name?"

Everybody turned their eyes to Boomer expecting him to give an equally cheerful introduction. However, Boomer became sweaty and nervous and when he opened his mouth, all that came out was a squeak.

"….Ack…!"

Behind him, Ace and Snake broke out into laughter causing further embarrassment to the blue boy. Buttercup slapped them both to make them stop and Blossom stepped in front of Boomer.

"This is Boomer. He's Coach and Mr. Jojo's little brother. We were watching the game and cheering really loud that I think he kind of cracked his voice." She saved quickly.

Bubbles bought the excuse and gasped. "Oh my. Well we should get you something to drink. Let's head to the stands and get some snacks while we're at it!" She grabbed Boomer's hand and led him in line to the stands. Of course, Boomer grinned like an idiot and agreed to follow Bubbles to the ends of the Earth if he had to.

Buttercup and Blossom shook their heads. "I should probably go with them, in case he drools all over her. Want anything?" That question was directed to Blossom and the two green males.

"Naw, I'm good." Snake hissed.

"'ey, um….gimme one of 'em lil' chocolate nuggets…" Ace requested.

Buttercup looked at Blossom, who shook her head. "No I'm fine." Buttercup shrugged her shoulders and followed after Bubbles and Boomer.

This left Blossom alone with Snake and Ace. Ace approached her. "So, yous enjoyin' the game?" He asked with a smile.

Blossom nodded slightly. "Um…yeah, but I'm not really into football."

"Aw that's too bad. It's a good game too. But I'm wonderin' why the coach ain't usin' his best playa…"

Blossom found herself clenching her fist in anger. "Because you gave him fucking steroids, you freak!"

"Not sure…" She replied.

"So…Me 'n Snake have been talkin' and I gotta say, you gots the prettiest eyes I have ever seen." Ace complimented as he and Snake inched closer to her. Blossom took some steps back away from the two.

"Yeah…are thosssse contactsss?" Snake asked.

Blossom shook her head. "No…they're real." She almost startled herself when she found out that she had been backed into the wall. Ace leaned closer towards to get a better look of her eyes as did Snake hissing on the other side.

"Aw man that's sick as hell." Ace crudely complimented. "N' as I mentioned 'fore…very pretty." Ace leaned his head forward causing his sunglasses to slide off slightly, showing off his dark eyes.

Feeling extremely uncomfortable, Blossom made a move to leave their presence. "Excuse me, I have to go—"

"Aw, what'ssss the russsssh? Don't you wanna hang for while?" Snake grinned.

"Yeah, cutie. We ain't gonna bite. So what's the deal or somethin'? You gots a boyfriend?" Ace snickered which easily started to anger Blossom. Wasn't Ace dating Buttercup or was he just clearly playing her like he is now? That scumbag! Blossom was not going to let him get away with playing her younger sister without teaching him a proper lesson.

"As a matter of a fact, I do!" She said startling both green boys. "And let me tell you something, Mister!" She rudely pointed her finger at Ace's face. "I don't like it when my sister's so-called 'boyfriend' starts hitting on me. I've been tolerating your presence long enough, so I'm going to give you one last chance to stay away from sister, for good!"

"So what?" Ace sneered as he roughly pushed Blossom against the wall. "Whatcha gonna do 'bout it, huh? Your lil' speech don't mean shit to me. So why don't you—"

In an instant, Ace was tossed harshly to the ground and Brick was protectively standing in front of her. Blossom felt his hand on her arm as he pushed her further against the wall. Brick had an angry glare set on Ace alone, because Snake apparently ran off at some point, but, interestingly enough, Brick wasn't alone.

Coach Butch Jojo was also hovering over Ace with a look of pure intent to murder. There was a crowd of people surrounding the two as Butch grabbed Ace by the collar of his shirt and pulled him up to eye level. Blossom heard several angry and worried parents cheering Butch on and call 911.

"You got some serious fucking balls to show your face here after what you did!" Butch growled.

Ace smirked. "What? I ain't my fault. If anything, I did you a favor—"

Butch rammed his fist into Ace's cheek bones. "Shut up! You know goddamn well you're not supposed to be anywhere around here!" He shouted.

Before Blossom to see any more, Brick pulled her away from the crowd and behind the confession stands, away from anyone's eyes. Brick searched around her face and check for any bruises or marks.

"Did he hurt you?"

She shook her head. "No." "But I was about to hurt him."

"I thought you said you didn't know Ace." He glared.

"That was until a couple of hours ago. Look it's been a crazy night and seeing Ace and…Snake today wasn't a part of my agenda." Blossom confessed sounding stressed out.

Brick looked at her. "Wait…Snake was here?"

"Yeah. He must have fled off before you and coach arrived." She explained. Brick bit the inside of his cheek before he sighed. He hugged Blossom gently burying his face in her hair.

"I'm just glad you're safe…"

Blossom smiled and hugged him in return feeling secure in his arms. "I'm a little tougher than I look." She said causing both to laugh.

Eventually, the couple left their hiding spot and heard the Professor and her sister calling for her. Brick lead Blossom to her family where her father pulled her into a tight hug.

"OH! Blossom there you are! You're safe and sound! Did that thug tried to hurt you?" The Professor asked worryingly checked for any marks like Brick had earlier.

Blossom smiled reassuringly. "No Professor. I'm fine."

"Oh Thank God. Had Buttercup not come to us as soon as she saw it, I don't know what would have happened!" Ms. Keane exclaimed.

Blossom looked surprised from Ms. Keane's explanation. "Buttercup did…?"

Bubbles nodded. "Yeah. When we got out our snacks, we saw that Ace had you cornered, so Buttercup ran to get Mr. Jojo and the Professor and Boomer left to get Coach Jojo." She explained.

The crowd behind them erupted in louder cheers as several other people got a chance to beat the living daylights out of Ace; Buttercup was among them. Fortunately, the Townsville Police arrived for Ace's arrest.

The rest of the night ended smoothly. Blossom wanted to talk to Buttercup, but since Buttercup was heavily into the football, they agreed to talk about it when they got home. Boomer and Blossom became good friends and exchanged phone numbers, even though Boomer literally couldn't tear his eyes a second away from Bubbles. If it wasn't for Bubbles's outspoken nature, Blossom believed he would have never uttered a squeak to her.

By the time the football game was over, Townsville Tigers won, the Professor and Brick seem to have grown a very quick friendship, even going to as far as calling each other by their first names. Blossom could have sworn that the Professor invited Brick to dinner.

Once the Utonium Family arrived home, they all changed out of their clothes and got ready for bed. Buttercup laid on Blossom's bed feeling a bit depressed, but oddly relieved. Blossom sat beside her comforting Buttercup as best as she could.

"I should have known Ace was no-good. He was like that when we meet, so why did I expect any different?"

"You probably wanted to be the one who can turn someone's life around for the better. But you probably weren't thinking clearly."

"You got a point. We had a lot in common, but in the end, he wasn't right for me." Buttercup sighed.

"You didn't need my evaluation to know that." Blossom deadpanned.

Buttercup smacked her sister. "Shut up! I fucked up, okay?"

"We all fuck up. But we just got to know when to bounce back and start again." Blossom said. "Thank you, for what you did today."

"It was either tell a teacher, or I'd go kick Ace in the balls myself." Buttercup explained.

"I was going to do that anyway." The sisters laughed as Blossom's phone ringed from a text message. Buttercup rolled out of bed.

"Well, I'm over it now. Night." She said walking back to her room.

"Good night." Blossom answered her phone. It was a text message from Brick.

Brick: What did you do to my little brother?

Blossom: What are you talking about?

Brick: All of a sudden, he started crying and begging me to enroll him into Townsville High. He keeps talking about some goddess he saw today and he wouldn't stop crying!

Blossom: He met my little sister.

Brick: The blonde one?

Blossom: Yep.

Brick: Figured. He has a thing for blondes.

Suddenly, Blossom got another text message; this time it was from Boomer.

Boomer: IM A FUCKING IDIOT! I 4GOT 2 GET BUBBLES'S NUMBER!

I enjoyed writing about Boomer a little too much. But can't you blame me? He's so adorable! Calm down everyone, Ace is out of the picture and Buttercup is over his sorry ass. But overall the highlight was that Bubbles and Boomer finally met.

Anyway if my school work and part-time job would give me a fucking break, I'll finish and post Brawl. But other than that I have nothing else to say or comment. Keep warm everyone!

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