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~*Someday*~
One week has passed.
It was finally the Townsville Citywide 27th Annual Autumn Festival.
The mayor of Townsville issued a city-wide shut down of all businesses, schools and social arrangements so that everyone had to attend today's festivities. The mayor went as far as having attendance on every resident in the entire city.
But, who could blame him?
This was most anticipated event of the month. No citizen would even dream of missing the Autumn Festival, of all days. As always, it was being held at Townsville High School and showcased many wonderful events for both children and adults alike. Bobbing for apples, pie eating contests, three-legged races, pickle eating contests, puppet shows, fortune telling, talent shows, and several charity events.
The students worked very hard on decorations and scheduled events for the festival and as always, it became a spectacular turn-out. The school was decorated with colors complimenting the fall harvest; shades of red, orange and green were in everyone's sight. There were many booths hosted by many clubs of the school that featured wonderful aspects of their club and sometimes they would have something neat to show.
The school, inside and out, was filled with smiling people. There wasn't any sadness in the area, because everyone was having a goodtime. The mayor of Townsville paid each and every student we saw a compliment on another job well done for a spectacular event.
Even those who did not live in Townsville were invited and of course, they were also enjoying themselves. Including Boomer Jojo.
This was Boomer's first time coming to the Autumn Festival, since his mother was far too busy this weekend to even pay attention to him. Of course, Boomer didn't care. That meant he could stay with his father and brothers for the weekend, and also could see that beautiful angel that occupied his thoughts since her met her. He and Brick were walking around the school front courtyard, with was occupied with many booths and food stands.
Even though teachers were still on the job, that didn't meant they weren't allowed to relax and enjoy the festival. So with that in mind, Brick dressed business causal; black dress shirt, red tie, dark blue jeans and red Vans. His button-up shirt was tucked in his pants and held up by a simple black belt. His hair was pulled back into a low ponytail, as usual. Boomer wore a black "Sleeping With Sirens" t-shirt underneath a large blue and grey flannel shirt, grey skinny jeans, blue converse and a black beanie covering his messy blonde hair.
Due to their gorgeous appearance, the brothers' attention seemed to be captured by every male and female alike. Most of them already knew Brick but with Boomer in the picture, it made everyone swoon and gossip. Of course, the brothers' clearly ignore them all. As they passed by the many food stands, the aroma of cotton candy, candy apples and funnel cakes intoxicated Boomer and he let out a soft whimper.
"Brick…please..." He whined.
"No."
"Just a bag of candy corn at least! It's not gonna change anything."
"You are participating in Sports Day tomorrow, and if Butch finds out you're cheating on your diet…"
"Then let's just make it our little secret?"
"No."
The younger boy groaned in defeat. "What if I don't buy it for me?"
"Who the hell are you going to buy it for? If you think you're giving sweets to Butch then—"
"NO!" Boomer nearly shouted. "God no! I was talking about….Bubbles…"
Brick raised an eyebrow. "Who?"
"Bubbles! Dude c'mon!" Boomer lowered his voice to a whisper. "That girl I met last week…the one I've been crushing on."
"You mean 'obsessing over'?"
"Yes—no! No! Bro, don't make me sound like I'm a creep!"
"You are a creep."
"No I'm not!"
Brick rolled his eyes while Boomer continued. "Besides, don't you want to give 'you-know-who' a gift to?"
Brick scoffed over the silly idea, but after staring at the many prize stands, he realized that in the past few weeks, he had not talked to Blossom as much as they used to. He understood because she was probably too busy with the preparations of the festival and schoolwork and whatever else she was occupied with, but, to be honest, Brick missed her very much. He missed her cute little quirks and developing smartass remarks. He missed the way her eyes would twinkle when she laughed or when she fiddles with her hair whenever she's in deep thought. Her face would suddenly blossom into happiness when their eyes met. He missed it all.
"Hey. How do I win that one?" Brick addressed to the white and red teddy bear to the man behind the stand. He hoped Blossom will love it.
On the other side of the schoolyard, where the stage equipment was being setup, the girls were in the process of organizing their band equipment and going over last minute changes to their performing song. Thankfully, their cousins were there to help and give advice when needed.
"So in the beginning, Bubbles will give the count and I'll start playing, after four sets of four rests, Buttercup will play. Bubbles, you will come in after Buttercup when I start singing. After the first verse, we'll crescendo into a forte." Blossom said pointing at her marked music sheet.
"But are we still going to crescendo after the first chorus?" Buttercup asked.
"Yeah but then we'll immediately go soft before the second verse."
Bubbles twirled her drumsticks in her hands. "Are we still ending on the same note or we going to try the cascading thing we practiced last night?" She asked.
Buttercup shook her head. "Nah, that was train wreck. We're sticking to our old plan."
Bubbles started jumping in her school shoes. "I can't believe we're performing today! I'm so excited!"
"Well try to contain that excitement, cousin. You girls won't go on stage for a couple of hours." Brute reminded them.
"I know, but the anticipation is killing us." Blossom agreed.
"Well you girls have other shit you gotta be doing. Like tuning instrument, syncing, practicing vocals…"
"And let's not forget make-up and wardrobe!" Brat interrupted her elder sister. "I did you girls a favor by designing your outfits and I'll be damned if those go to waste!"
Brute rolled her eyes and pushed Brat out of the way. "Anyway…you girls will have plenty of time to do all of that, just so long as nothing interrupts you."
"You mean like that?" Buttercup pointed to the front school gates. A limo was parked next to it and along came a crowd of people with their cameras and phones at the ready to take picture. From the limousine emerged a tall man wearing expensive clothing and flashy clothing. Once he stepped out, the crowd erupted in hysteric cheers and screams. They people started lining up for autographs and photos with the superstar.
Blossom sighed. "Looks like Jack Ranger is here…"
Brat frowned and folded her arms. "Who invited that hack?" Once she said that, Princess Morebucks and her father stepped out of the limo and took pictures with Jack.
"Does that answer your question?" Bubbles asked. Suddenly, Berserk and Bara-Bara ran to the group carrying autograph books and wearing T-shirts that say: "Twister".
"We heard Ms. Twister is here! Where is she?!" Berserk demanded.
Blossom stared at her cousin. "Where did you hear that Ms. Twister is here?"
"Online. Duh! Now where is she?!"
"Twister isn't here, little sister." Brute pointed at Jack Ranger. "Jack is here though."
Upon seeing Jack Ranger, Bara-Bara threw her stuff on the ground in disgust. "Aw c'mon! I had my hopes up for Twister and fucking Jack is here?!"
"I never knew you guys were fans of Ms. Twister." Buttercup commented.
"Huge fans!" Berserk huffed. "I fucking hate Jack Ranger."
"We all do."
Blossom checked her watch. "Alright, we have to head back to our homeroom classes and club activities. We don't perform until 5:15, so let's meet back here at 3 o'clock."
The girls nodded and the elder cousins went off to enjoy the festival. Once Bubbles went to put away her drumsticks, Blossom turned around to see their father waving at them. "Girls!"
"Hey Professor!" Blossom and Buttercup walked closer toward him. The closer they approached their father they realized that he wasn't alone. Next to him was tall girl, with brown hair and purple eyes. Her skin was pale and her body looked frail, but upon seeing Buttercup and Blossom, the girl gave a bright and glowing smile. She wore an off-shoulder, see-through, purple sweater with a black tank top underneath, jean shorts, black stocking and purple high tops. She wore her hair a loose ponytail that hung on her left shoulder.
Upon seeing the girl, Blossom and Buttercup wasted no time running toward her. "BUNNY!"
The two hugged their eldest sister while Bunny laughed and hugged them back. "It's so good to see you girls again!"
Blossom was the first to release her while Buttercup held onto Bunny for dear life. "What are you doing here? Did the doctors say you could come?"
The Professor smiled. "Actually, that's what I've been waiting to tell you, but your sister couldn't wait to surprise you."
"The doctors did some tests on me and said that my heart is recovering stronger than ever. So pretty soon, I'll be out of the hospital!"
The younger sisters gasped. "Are you fucking serious?!" Buttercup shouted. Bunny nodded excitedly.
"Well, Bunny has to take a few more tests before they can release her, but I'm sure that she'll be home very soon." The Professor exclaimed.
Buttercup pumped her fists in the air in absolute joy and celebration. Seeing her sister's spontaneous actions, Bubbles caught up with her family. "Buttercup what are you—OMYGOSHBUNNY!" Bubbles cried as she latched onto her big sister and upon hearing the good news, she instantly broke into hysteric sobbing.
The triplets were more than excited to have their big sister back.
Avoiding the entire commotion of Jack Ranger's appearance, Brick and Boomer finally found their eldest brother participating in the Annual Pumpkin Pie contest as a judge. According to Butch, it was the best job in the whole festival because he got to eat pies for free. Boomer, of course, got angry over the fact that Butch was eating sweet while he cannot. While the two brothers argued, Brick was looking around to see some of his students hard at work on their assigned booths. But still no since of his student girlfriend.
In his hand, he held a white teddy bear with red hearts all over its body. He won this easily at a target-shooting game and was determined to give it Blossom. He was seriously sure she will adore it. Now the next problem was finding her.
He checked the building, the track, the courtyard and the auditorium, and still no sign of Blossom. He asked his students, who told him that they saw her in certain locations throughout the day, but Brick never had a chance to catch-up to her. Maybe he forgot she was Student Council President and was basically in charge of the entire festival. Not only did Blossom have to check her class's booth, but all the other student run activities too.
God—Brick missed her.
"Listen here, fat-ass, you can't sit here and stuff your face with fucking pies! While I can't!"
"And you listen here, smartass, you can't talk to me like that because I'm the eldest! So fuck off!"
"You always pull the 'Big Brother' card every time! Just give me one slice of pie for the love of God!"
"No! You're on a strict diet! I don't want your dumbass to be wiped out tomorrow in the games!"
"Why do you even care?! I don't even go to this school!"
"Because we share the last fucking name! No brother of mine is gonna embarrass me!"
"Just shut up and let me try a slice of pie!"
God—Brick really missed her.
"Brick? Butch?"
"Is that you?!"
The brothers turned around to witness a sight they never wanted to see.
Berserk, Bara-Bara, Brat and Brute were standing a few feet away from them.
It was too late to run away now, because they already made eye contact.
"Aw shit…"
Blossom checked her watch. It read 1:47 meaning that she had about an hour before she headed back to the stage area for the talent show. In the meantime, she had been running around the school grounds checking on the booths, the students and indoor activities. She was the student council president and was practically in charge of the festival so it was her job to inspect every living being in the area.
So far everything was in order. The people were laughing and having a good time and the students were working hard while also having fun. Just the atmosphere Blossom had hoped for.
Blossom left the building and bumped into the last person expected to see.
"Oh! Hey Blossom."
"Hey Ben." The atmosphere became very awkward very fast. "Is everything going smoothly so far?"
"Oh—oh! Yeah! No disruptions so far, expect for Jack Ranger's appearance. But besides that, no bad news." He smiled.
"Good. Well…I'll see you later. I have to go and observe the pie-eating contests." Blossom turned to leave until Ben stopped her.
"Blossom wait!" She turned around to meet Ben again. "Um…Blossom are you still going to the dance? I hope my advances toward you didn't make you so uncomfortable that you decided not to—"
"Oh no!" Blossom shook her head. "I will be going to the Fall Dance. I promised my sister that I'll go."
Ben nodded. "Cool. Cool…Well…I'll be there, of course. So…I'll save you dance." He smiled.
"Yeah, okay. Sure…" Blossom smiled nervously.
"Great…see you then." Ben left in the opposite direction leaving Blossom awkwardly standing there. She thought over what she agreed to, because honestly, Blossom wanted Ben to go away as politely as possible. Now Blossom regretted even having a conversation with Ben in the first place. She just agreed to dance with him at the Fall Dance.
This day just kept getting better and better...
Blossom walked a fairly short distance to the Pie Eating Contest area which was located in the gym. Once Blossom entered the building, a crowd of people were gathered around several sets of tables and aroma of freshly baked homemade pumpkin pies captured everyone's noses. The contest would begin in a few minutes so the contesters and judges were getting ready. She knew that Coach Jojo was a judge, as well as the Mayor of Townsville and the Mayor's Assistant, Ms. Sara Bellum.
Blossom walked around the area taking a quick look of all the pies on display. Meanwhile, Boomer couldn't breathe on the other side of the gym thanks to Brat.
"OH MY GOD! Your little brother is, like, sooo cute!" Brat squealed while squeezing Boomer onto her suffocating chest. Usually, any boy would be more than excited to have their face between a woman's large breasts, but in Boomer's case, it was a nightmare. He couldn't breathe, she couldn't let go and if she messed up his perfectly messy hair, Boomer was going to lose it.
After about three minutes of their little brother being tortured, Butch pried Boomer out of Brat's grip. "Yes. We are very proud of his cuteness, but we want him back now!" Once Butch released Boomer, the youngest brother quickly hid behind Brick. Brick rolled his eyes.
Berserk smiled. "Sooo…" She twirled her hair. "What are you guys doing here?"
Brick sighed. "Well since…Butch works here—"
"Dude, you work—ahh!" Brick quickly elbowed his older brother's gut to shut him up.
"—he invited us and…here we are." Brick finished playing it cool. He heard Butch calling him a 'motherfucker' under his breath. Luckily, Brat and Berserk bought it, but Brute wasn't convinced, and Bara-Bara didn't honestly care.
"So you work here Butch?" Brat asked.
"Oh yeah. Gym teacher, sports coach. …pie contest judge." Butch and Brick really wanted these girls to leave.
"What about you Brick? What do you do?" Berserk asked batting her eyes.
"I…um…"
"Oh my God! That is such cute teddy bear!"
Brick completely forgot about the white stuffed bear he was carrying until Brat mentioned it. "Who is it for? Is it for a special someone?"
"Is it for your girlfriend?"
"Actually!" Brick placed the stuffed animal in Butch's face. "I got for my brother!"
"What the fuck—"
"Yeah. Butch loves stuffed animals. He collects them as a personal hobby and he has been begging me for this bear all day."
"You are such an ass."
"And since I love him, I got it for him."
Brute gave Butch a look. "Seriously?"
Butch and Brick exchanged looks; Brick's face was asking Butch to play along while Butch's screamed: "Don't do this to me". However, Butch sighed. "Yeah sure. I'll put this in my other teddy bear collection."
The girls giggled as an announcement played overhead.
"Attention all contestants! We are about to begin judging and tasting the pumpkin pies. Judge will now begin their test tasting, so anyone who is not a judge or contestants must leave the floor and take a seat in the bleachers. Thank you!"
Upon that announcement, Brick quickly snatched the bear from Butch and ran to the other side of the building. Boomer quickly followed his brother, not wanting to stand another minute with the unattractive girls. Brick hurried to the announcers table only to find that no one was behind it, not even the orange haired beauty he heard a few seconds ago.
Boomer finally caught up with him. "Dude, where's the fire?"
"She's gone"
"Who?"
"Blossom. I heard her in the intercom and she's gone. Like poof."
"Like poof?"
"Yes…poof."
Brick had never been so sad in his entire life.
Blossom had to be rushed out of the gym for an emergency. Her vice president told her about an urgent matter inside the school building. Once Blossom ran outside toward the entrance, she saw a hoard of people running out the building yelling and screaming. Blossom turned to her vice president and asked what happened.
"The café in the cafeteria caught on fire. Someone left the stove on and the kitchen suddenly we up. But the fire is being put out now."
"Is anyone hurt?"
Rebecca shook her head. "No one was hurt, but now the café ruined and we don't know how to fix this. Plus for the bonfire we'll need some refreshments, but that can't happen anymore now that the cafeteria is toast."
Blossom sighed. "This really is a disaster…" She suddenly thought of an idea. "Isn't there a senior class that did a miniature café theme for their homeroom class?"
Rebecca gasped catching on to Blossom's idea. "I think so! I'll so see if they have anything left for tonight's bonfire."
"Good. Then once the pie-eating contest is over, take the winning pies as well."
Rebecca agreed and gathered a bunch of other students to help her with the task. Once Blossom was left alone, several parents and adults were quick to voice their upsets at the student president. Blossom spent about ten minutes reassuring the people that everything will be fine and the festivities will continue as planned.
"Blossom!" The pink student turned around to see Bubbles running toward her in a witch hat and cloak. Apparently, it was her turn for their homeroom's fortune telling booth.
"Bubbles? What's wrong?"
"Someone's sabotaging the student booths! Everyone is getting upset!"
"I'll take care of this." Blossom ran near the front gates where several rows of handmade booths stood. The people and students around them were very upset and angry. Blossom took a closer look and saw that signs were taken down, several items were broken and all of it was drawn on with offensive words; such as: "PRINCESS RULEZ!" and "PRINCESS IS AWESOME!" and so on.
Blossom quickly ignored all the parents and adults and went straight for the students; specifically her homeroom classmates.
"This has Princess's name written all over it!" Robin declared.
"Yeah, no shit Sherlock! She literally came by here and ruined all of our hard work!" Mitch frowned. "She can't do that!"
Blossom shook her head. "No she can't. Does anybody know why?"
One of her classmates pointed one of the larger booths in the area. "I think it has something to do with that."
Everybody turned around to see a large golden stage at the end of the row that clearly outshined every other booth in the area—no, every other festivity in the whole festival. It was labeled: "PRINCESS'S GOLDEN CARNIVAL" in colorful lights and featured several attractions, like; clowns, balloon animals, ice cream stands that serve sundaes, petting zoos, and even a miniature Ferris Wheel! The people flocked over to the shameless display of wealth leaving the students to their mess to clean-up.
Blossom was wondering how did Princess managed to put this number together without her or anyone else's knowledge?
Blossom made her way to the carnival and saw Princess on stage wearing a golden suit and top hat with black gloves and boots resembling a rich ring leader of a circus. Blossom rolled her eyes. "Princess!" She shouted.
The Morebucks heiress turned to Blossom with a smirk and jumped down to her level. "What can I do for you, Blossom Utonium?"
"Princess…what is this?! I clearly didn't authorize this!"
"Um…This is my golden carnival, duh! I had to liven up the festival a little since the rest of our classmates were doing such a crappy job…"
"Princess! This is not about you; it's about the school! Including the students! Now take this down or else I'll report you."
"Why?! So the people can look at poor-class run around in their crummy cardboards—?"
"Precious school booths that you clearly defaced!"
"Not to mention that superstar Jack Ranger will have a proper place to preform instead of that...cheap stage." Princess rolled her eyes.
"That's it! I'm putting my foot down!" Blossom slammed her foot on the ground. "I'm reporting you to the principal and then you'll take…ALL OF THIS….down!"
Princess smiled. "Oh. You mean our principal, who's riding the Ferris wheel over there?" Blossom turned around to see their beloved principal having the time of his life on the Ferris wheel. She frowned at her constant stream of misfortunate events. Blossom just wanted this day to end.
"Don't worry about the talent show, Blossom." Princess continued. "I already talked with the principal, and since my stage is visibly superior to the school's…lame, poor, wooden stage….the concert will be held here!"
"Concert? What about the talent show?!"
"You mean the shameless display of talentless hacks—?"
"OUR CLASSMATES!"
"Yeah…that's definitely cancelled. There's no room for Jack Ranger's performance. So…you're welcome." Princess smiled and left the stage leaving Blossom horribly dismayed.
Thirty minutes left until the Talent Show and—oh who was Blossom kidding?! There wasn't going to be a Talent Show because Princess Morebucks, once again, managed to steal the spotlight from her fellow classmates and took charge of her plans. She does this every year, so why didn't Blossom see this coming? That spoiled brat pulled a number this time. Princess managed to ruin the fun for the rest of her classmates who won't be able to show off their individual talents for all to see.
"THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!" Buttercup yelled expressing Blossom's opinion. "Who is she to demand that the talent show be cancelled for a stupid carnival?! Like seriously, who does that?!"
"Princess Morebucks, apparently." Bubbles answered as laid on the stage defeated.
"Of all the stupid, asinine, shark-jumping horseshit she's ever done, THIS stunt takes the cake!"
Bubbles shook her head. "She's done worse."
"Well this is certainly on the Top 5!" Buttercup yelled as she paced back and forth. "We spent weeks practicing only to have our shot be blown away!"
"This is…the worst Autumn Festival ever…" Blossom agreed with a silent nod.
As Buttercup continued to yell and scream her frustrations to the world, Blossom hopped off the stage and took a walk that was….away from the heinous carnival.
Another year gone to a waste, thanks to Blossom underestimating Princess's power. Like seriously, there hasn't been an event that Princess was involved in. Half of the reason for Blossom being Student Council President was for the spoiled brat to not have her way with student activities, but know Blossom felt like a failure. The festival was ruined in her opinion, even if she could see the smiles on the adult's faces.
"Blossom?" The pink student looked up to see her red-eyed teacher/boyfriend, whom she realized she hasn't seen all day. From that realization, Blossom felt bad that she was too busy to notice her own boyfriend and now her failures were piling up.
Brick walked up to her in concern. "Blossom, what's wrong?"
She shook her head. "No…it's nothing…"
He placed his hands comfortably on her shoulders. "Stop lying. You look like you're about to cry."
Blossom sighed, knowing that he was going to get an honest answer from her, and buried her face into his chest. Thankful that there were no unwelcomed eyes to watch them, Brick wrapped his arms around her and softly petted her hair. "Why can't Princess do something normal with her wealth…like donate it to charity or…end world hunger…?"
"There…there…" Brick shushed. "Princess just wants some attention." He would know from personal experience.
"This…is the stupidest carnival…ever…Now…nobody will have a chance at the talent show. Everyone worked so hard too and I feel awful for not being able to do anything about it…"
Brick didn't say anything and opted to kiss her forehead.
"I wish there was some way to shut down the carnival."
"There is." Brick answered simply causing Blossom to look up at him.
"…What?"
Brick shrugged. "Yeah. Just hit the switch and the carnival shuts down."
"Hit the switch….?! You make it sound like this can be over just like that!" She emphasized with a snap of her fingers.
"Princess is not a complicated person. Sure, she may have guards and money, but—" Brick stopped himself feeling that he was saying too much all at once. "Look—just gather the students to the Talent Show area, tell them to prepare and everything else will be taken care of."
"Wh—what?! 'Taken care of'?! Brick what are you talking about?"
Brick smiled and pressed his lips against hers in a simple kiss and whispered. "Trust me."
Blossom was utterly confused. There was so much more to Brick and its killing her inside that he refused to reveal his true nature. But after looking into his soft velvet eyes, what choice did she have but to trust him?
Blossom nodded. "Okay. I trust you." She checked her watch. "You have less than twenty minutes to pull his off."
"I'll be done in ten." He smirked and walked away to the carnival.
Not knowing what else to do, Blossom ran back to the Talent Show stage and told the surrounding adults and students to quickly prepare for the show. The students were entirely confused and the only ones who some-what understood the situation were her own cousins.
"YOU HEARD THE LADY! I WANT THOSE LIGHTS SET UP! YOU BRATS GET YOUR TALENTS READY!" Berserk yelled over Blossom's instructions, suddenly taking a terrifying command over the students. Buttercup and Bubbles ran up to their sister.
"Blossom, what's going on?"
"Look girls, you're going to have to trust me when I say that the show will go on!" Blossom reassured as best as she could.
"But how?" Bubbles asked.
"Who cares how?! You three need to get dressed in uniform!" Brat yelled while tossing their band uniforms in their faces. "And hurry up!"
Without a moment to spare, the girls, along with the rest of the participating students, ran to prepare for the talent show. The show was about to be on.
Within a few minutes, the word had been passed that the talent show will be on the school stage as originally scheduled, so people began to move away from the carnival, slowly but surely. The students decorated the stage with colorful balloon, ribbons and paint to make it stand out, but it paled in comparison to Princess's carnival. The participates were prepared with their costumes, props and skits and were waiting for the show to start.
Blossom checked her watch and noticed that ten minutes had passed, but she still saw that the carnival was still active. She hoped that Brick came through with his promise or else this would have been all for nothing. "I hope nothing went wrong…" She wondered fiddling with the end of her dress. For their band costumes, the girls went with Bubbles's idea of what she called a "Lolita" style. Blossom wore a white dress shirt underneath a pink overall dress wrapped around a black bow, a red bow tie, white and pink stripped stockings and black dress shoes. The dress was big and lacey that ended above her knees, but luckily with was comfortable enough to play in.
"Hey Blossom." Blossom turned around at Buttercup's call. Her sister wore a similar outfit; lime green dress shirt with a black lacey overall dress, dark green bow tie, green and white striped stockings, and black dress shoes. She also had a green headband on top of her head, making Buttercup twice as adorable as she already was. Buttercup folded her arms. "What's going to happen? Just because we're starting the show doesn't mean people are going to arrive. Princess's carnival of wealth is still running."
Blossom sighed. "I know just…you gotta trust me okay?"
"Alright fine. But this better be good."
"Hey girls!" Their youngest sister ran up to them in her outfit. Bubbles wore a baby blue dress filled with plenty of frills and lace that was wrapped in a black bow, a dark blue bow tie, blue and white stripped stockings and black shoes. Her ponytails were tied in smaller blue ribbons and in her hand were her drumsticks. "The equipment is set up and everyone's ready for the show to start. We need to take our seats with the rest of the talents."
The three sisters moved away from the backstage and headed toward the front in the audience seats, only to find out that about fifteen people—minus their family and other students participating in the show—had actually attended. Blossom felt her stomach churn at the sight. This was not what she expected at all. "This is bad…"
Once they took their seats, the sounded of fun and excitement from the carnival instantly stopped, causing the few people to turn out. Blossom witnessed the once golden land of fun and money turn into pitch black as the rides, the music and the lights were shut down. The girls could hear people protest and complain as they saw Princess on stage yelling at her guards to fix this mess. Eventually, the people began to leave in crowds and dispersed into different areas of the festival—mainly the talent show. The girls and rest of the students began to cheer in excitement as they realized that they were in control of the situation once again. Blossom smiled wider than before knowing that Brick actually had a hand to this.
Ms. Keane quickly ran up stage and spoke into the microphone. "In an exciting turn of events, let's start this talent show early, shall we?!" Upon her announcement, the girls jumped at the roar of cheers behind them. Crowds of people were suddenly piling in that there was no more room for people to sit down. For the next few minutes, students were performing their own unique talents without fear and each one was more spectacular than the last. Singing, dancing, joke telling, even talents you would have never heard of. It wasn't long before the girls were up next.
"Thank you Elmer for that amazing tap dancing number! Let's give him a round of applauds!" The people clapped and cheered for the boy as he walked off stage with his tap dancing shoes. "Next on the list are three talented sisters who are back together since their adorable kindergarten band…!"
The girls groaned. "Did Ms. Keane really have to bring that up?" Buttercup complained.
"…please welcome Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup as…the Powerpuff Girls!"
Upon their cue, the girls quickly got on stage; Blossom with her guitar, Buttercup with her bass and Bubbles with her stick and drums already on stage. They received many various comments about the outfits they wore, but it was quickly silence once the girls got into position. The area that was once loud and cheerful was now dead quiet, and the crowd's attention was for the girls and only them. Blossom looked out into the crowd and saw her family on the third row. Professor with his camera, next to a smiling Bunny and her cousins near them. She saw her friends to the side surprised and awaiting for their song. On the other side, she saw Princess looking pissed off and Beauty playing on her phone indifferent.
Then she saw the one person she was looking for: Brick.
He stood in the far back with his brothers staring at her with no intentions of breaking their eye contact. From his red eyes, it seemed like the people and everything around them had disappeared and they were only ones left in the world. Those eyes were a constant heart-stopper for her, but it wasn't until Blossom looked at her boyfriend that she realized that she wasn't nervous about preforming in front of her peers. Upon realization, Blossom snapped back into reality. With a confident smile, Blossom turned to her sisters, who smiled nodded back. Bubbles raised her sticks and banged them together giving Blossom the beat to start.
Blossom strummed her guitar giving the first notes of the melody to listening ears. Blossom played perfectly like she practiced and after four counts, Buttercup joined her following her rhythm exactly. Buttercup matched Blossom's melody and by the time, Bubbles played it was time for Blossom sing.
"Grab the key let's go out and have some fun
Have you ever seen such a perfect day?
What's in your mind? Let's do it one by one
Have you ever thought such a day would come?"
By now, the audience was bobbing their heads to the steady and began clapping along in unison with the song. The girls began to crescendo.
"Time's up! Forget the theory
Start up the brand new story
Straight up and put it shortly
THIS IS THE WAY MY LIFE GOES!"
From that line, the girls brought the energy through their music, and Bubbles and Buttercup joined their sister for the harmonic chorus. With a forte, the crowd cheered in excitement as they loved and clapped to the song.
"Someone said I am such a foolish girl
Who cares? It's better than without a light!
Sometimes I need someone to hold me tight
Explain to me what is justice what is right?"
Suddenly, their voices were overshadowed by Blossom guitar shredding, taught by Bara-Bara. Blossom played her guitar solo—which was about the same melody as the chorus, but it ended with a higher note than normal. Despite the fact that she thought the solo was lame, the crowd loved it. The cheers only increased and Blossom saw Berserk and Bara-Bara jump in the air in excitement.
"Shut up! You're so wordy
Forget about all those worries
'Show me your smile, how charming'
Go home and kiss your mommy!
"Someone said I am such a foolish girl
Who cares? It's better than without a light!
Sometimes I need someone to hold me tight
Explain to me what is justice what is right?"
"Somehow I hate to see you lie and lie
I know how dumb I am but so are you!
Sometimes I want to laugh and cry at once
Explain to me what is justice what is right?!"
The girls ended their note together as planned and they finished their song by Blossom bowing to the audience saying: "Thank you". The crowd gave the girls a standing ovation and chanted their band name over and over. The Professor was more than proud with his camera as he moved from his seat to the front row to get a better angle at his girls. Princess had already left angry. Bunny and their cousins cheering along with the crowd. Blossom looked back to see Brick clapping and smiling proudly at his girlfriend causing Blossom to smile back tenfold. Bubbles jumped from her seat and gave her sisters a group hug screaming that they did it!
The sun began to set signaling that it was time for festival to be over, but not without a traditional bonfire ceremony. The people would gather many logs and leaves, and set it on fire while enjoying some delicious treats. Since the cafeteria caught on fire, the people at on some delicious homemade pies from the contests as well as some cookies and smaller cakes some of the students have made. The people of Townsville were happy with the changes and enjoyed themselves in community merriment.
From the aftermath of the carnival, Princess was forced to take it down because she couldn't get the power to come back on. Blossom wondered how did Brick manage to accomplish that, but she was too concerned with her overall joy to be worried. Despite the girls' amazing performance, they only won second place.
"SECOND PLACE?! WHAT THE HELL?!" Brat yelled.
Buttercup shrugged. "Look Elmer had some amazing feet. He made tap dancing look like a way of life."
Brat scoffed. "Ugh! With your performance plus your outfits, you girls should have destroyed those other losers!"
Blossom rolled her eyes. "It wasn't a competition."
"Yes it was! You got SECOND PLACE!"
"Alright Brat, calm down. That's not what's important." Professor reassured. "The important thing is that girls played with all of their might and had fun."
"Totally! Let's do that again sometime!" Bubbles suggested.
"We'll see." Blossom said.
Bunny smiled. "I can't believe you guys got the band back together! That was a great surprise!"
"Creative hiatus!" Blossom insisted, but everyone ignored her.
"Well girls, give your big sister a hug and kiss, I have to take her back to the hospital." Their father said sadly causing the girls to frown. "Don't worry. We'll visit her next week and remember, she'll be discharged very soon."
The triplets gave their eldest sister a hug. Bunny smiled. "I'll see you girls soon, okay?"
"We'll miss you Bunny…" Bubbles nearly cried, but Buttercup slapped her shoulder.
"Idiot! She said she'll be out soon! She's not leaving forever!"
"OW! Bunny! Buttercup hit me!"
"Did not!" The two younger sisters began hitting and slapping each other, but before Bunny could intervene, like old times, Blossom stepped in the middle and quickly separated them. Blossom smiled at Bunny.
"Don't worry. I got this."
With more hugs and kisses, the Professor took Bunny back to the car and promised the girls to return for them when it was time for everyone to go home. All of a sudden, the girls heard the intercom of their principal addressing the entire people.
"Um…ladies and gentlemen…I'm sorry to report that due to an allergic reaction to…pumpkins…Jack Ranger would not be performing for us today…"
From the news, the entire schoolyard was filled with sad groans, complaints and protests, except from the girls, who cheered in relief. Buttercup smiled. "Thank you karma!"
"Yeah I know what a relief!" The girls turned around to see the Jojo Brothers walking towards them. Coach Jojo waved at Buttercup and gave her a soft punch on her shoulder. "Nice performance girls! You really blew my mind. I didn't know you had it in you." Even though, Butch was talking about the three sisters, his attention was mostly on Buttercup.
"Thanks Coach! We just thought it would be nice to bring the band back!" Buttercup smiled. Blossom wanted to say sometimes but instead gave up once Brick approached her.
He smiled. "That was some amazing talent. I didn't know you could play the guitar."
"Me neither." Blossom laughed. "Boomer! I didn't know you were here too."
The youngest brother smiled at Blossom and gave her a friendly hug. "Yeah of course!"
"Bubbles." Once Blossom mentioned her little sister, Boomer instantly tensed up. "You remember Boomer, right?"
Bubbles smiled brightly at the blonde boy. "Of course I do! We met at the football game last week! I could never forget someone like him!" From that comment alone, Boomer could die happy right now with no regrets in the world. "Oh! Your shirt! I've heard of that band before."
Boomer looked down at his band T-shirt once realizing what she was talking about. "Sleeping With Sirens? You know them?"
Bubbles shook her head. "Not really. I haven't listened to them before. What are they like?"
Once Boomer explained about the band, Brick quickly pulled his girlfriend away from their family and into a more secluded area to be alone. "Nice distraction." Brick complimented.
"Since Boomer has a crush on Bubbles, I just couldn't resist playing matchmaker."
"So…the Powerpuff Girls, huh? Is this what you have been doing these past few days?" He asked gesturing to her Lolita outfit she still wore.
"Look the frills and stuff were not my idea." Blossom defended.
"I love it." Brick compliment while playing with her bow tie. "And I love seeing you in it." He inched closer to her backing her against the tree they stood beside.
Blossom smirked. "Then take a picture, because you're never going to see me in it again."
"Already did. I took about twenty."
She frowned. "Ugh! You're such a creep. You're just like my dad."
"Oh! Here. I won this for you." Brick finally handed Blossom the teddy bear that he had been carrying all day, but the look of joy on his girlfriend's face was absolutely worth it. Blossom gasped and hugged the soft stuffed animal affectionately.
"Brick…this is wonderful." She smiled. She got on the tip of her toes to reach to Brick's lips to give him a sweet and gentle kiss. "Thank you." She whispered in his lips. Brick responded with a kiss of his own while wrapping an arm around Blossom's waist. The two swapped kissed realizing that they hadn't done so in weeks. The same passion was still there and the sparks never died between them.
This day was certainly worth it.
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