Ch. 12 We love you, Violet
After hugging Jack-Jack dearly, she looked at him and asked soflty "You think I should go apologize?" Jack-Jack just looked at Violet with those eyes full of innocents. "I'll take that as a yes." She went up the stairs and was about to open the door, when they heard them talking loud, so she decided to listen if they were talking about her.
"Well, now look at what you guys did!" Said Brick. "Blossom and Butch!"
Not believing that Brick was blaming her too, Blossom shouted "What? Why are you blaming me for this too? Butch was the one who started it!"
"Yeah, but I wasn't the one who gave in to my anger and let it out on him, and threw something at Bubbles, there for making Bubbles angry at you guys and throw it at ya, accidentaly hitting the picture of her family!"
"Hey, you got angry with Butch, too!" Buttercup pointed out.
"Well... yeah, I did too, but at least I listened to Bubbles and stopped and decided to ignor Butch for now!" Brick justified. "As I was saying, now because of what happened, she's ticked off at us, and..."
Blossom then went on with keeping herself from being blamed and said "Well, if Butch hadn't kept his mouth shut, I wouldn't have lost my patients with him and...!"
Bubbles then interupted her and said "Blossom! You always blame other people for what they've done wrong, and you've rarely blamed yourself for anything! You've done much mistakes as everybody else! You've caused some distruction in Townsvile as much as me and Buttercup did when we didn't know how powerful we were, you've convinced some senior super heroes to fight some supposed-to-be retired villains, you've left us all because you felt like everythings going too fast for you..."
Not liking how Bubbles was lecturing Blossom, Boomer tried to calm Bubbles down saying "Bubbles, it's okay."
Bubbles then shouted at Boomer "No! It is not okay!" Making Boomer back away in surprised manner that said 'okay, sorry I pushed your buttons, sheesh.' Then Bubbles faced Blossom and continued "Blossom, you may fight inside the law like Superman, but that doesn't make it as an excuse of being self rightous!"
"Bubbles, I do not act self rightous!" Blossom denied.
"Yes you do!" Bubbles argued.
"You had better listen to your sweet-hearted little sister, Blossom, cause she has a point!" Said Butch.
Blossom then turned to Butch and said sternly "You stay out of this! This is between me and Bubbles."
As everybody argued, Brick face palmed himself in a bit of shame saying in his thoughts 'oh, perfect, now look what I've caused...!' After having enough of hearing her family arguing, Bunny screamed at the top of her lungs "SHUT THE CRAP UUUUUUUUUUP!" Which made everybody look at Bunny with their mouths open and their eyes widened in shock. Violet covered her mouth as if avoiding to gasp in shock after hearing it too. Bunny covered her mouth in shock and shame of what she just said. "I... I..." Bunny then closed her eyes with little tears nearly running down her eyes. "I'm sorry!"
She was about to fly out the window, when Boomer stopped her by getting in her way and said "Bunny, wait! Don't go, please. You have nothing to be sorry for. We should be sorry..." Boomer then hugged her to calm her down and dry her tears.
Seeing this, Brick sighed and said "Look, guys. The reasone we were sent up here is because Violet was so stressed, that she lost it and sent us up here so that she would deal with us for a while, so that she can cool her systems, not because she hates us now. Bunny shouted like that is because she was being over whelmed by us fighting each other." Blossom and Bubbles looked down with shame as Butch crossed his arms and turned away, trying to not look like he is just as ashamed. "She was so scared that this family was about to fall apart that she had to take desperate measures. Violet might probably be the same way, we might not know what her family is like, but I can tell that Violet has a great mom and she's trying her best to be just as great as she is."
Blossom then looked at Brick with a face of realization and said "Your right... I guess... I have to learn a thing or two from her... After all... non of us had a mother before..." Violet was touched at what they just said about her being like a mother to them, only because they never had a mother in their life.
Bubbles then sniffled and said "Yeah... Violet's been a good babysitter to us... but we weren't being good to her... She probably hates us now..."
"No!" Violet cried out in worry, pushing the door open revealing that she was listening to them the whole time, and she realized it.
The kids looked at Violet in guilt as Buttercup asked soflty "How much of it did you hear...?"
Violet scratched the back of her head in awkward honesty and said "Pretty much the whole thing..." Violet then sat down on the bed with Jack-Jack still in her arms, and the Puffs and Ruffs sat down with her. "Guys... About what I did... You know... yelling at you guys like that... I'm sorry... I'm sorry that I let all my anger out on you guys... And about what I've heard from you guys..." Violet then felt like sheding a tear as she continued "I want to say... thanks... I thought that you guys would hate me after I made an angry scream at you guys..."
Feeling shocked and guilty of what they heard, Boomer hugged Violet and said "No, Violet! We don't hate you! We never did..."
Buttercup then hugged Violet too saying "Well... actually... we weren't sure about you at first... but, after seeing how awesome you are, we've started to like you alot."
Butch and Bubbles hugged Violet also. "You've also got us out of tight spots when the bad guys underestimated you." Said Bubbles
"And you protected us as if we were your younger sibelings." Said Brick as he gave Violet a hug too.
"You have as much discipline as a mother should." Said Blossom as she hugged Violet.
Bunny was the last to hugg her as she said "Your the most greatest friend we've ever had."
With the Puffs and Ruffs around her, they all said "We love you, Violet."
That made Violet so warm and happy inside, she started to cry as she placed one hand on Boomer's head and another on Buttercup's as she said "Thank you... I love you guys, too..."
After a minute or so of a sweet moment, Bubbles said in sadness "I'm sorry that I broke the picture of your family..."
Violet then put her hands around Bubbles and said "Oh, don't worry about it. It's okay. It was just a picture. It's nothing like the real thing."
Brick then said "We'll clean up the mess for you."
"No, it's okay. I'll do it myself."
"No Vi! You did enough for us. Now it's our turn to do something for you." Brick insisted.
Violet looked at Brick and the others, seeing determination on their faces. Then she sighed and smiled saying "Alright. If you guys want to do this for me so badly..." Before she could finish, they all zoomed out of the room and started cleaning and fixing, much to her surprise. She eyed their work from upstairs and said "Okay, and while your doing that, I'll get desert started!"
Everybody looked at Violet with surprised and confused looks of what Violet just said. "Huh? Your still going to do that?" Bubbles asked.
"Of course. I didn't yell 'AND NO DESERT!' Did I?" Said Violet.
They laughed at how Violet shouted out 'and no desert.' "You right, you didn't, but..." Brick began as he sighed and closed his eyes in a bit of guilt saying "I don't think we deserve that... maybe Boomer, Bubbles, and Bunny do, but..."
"Well I say you all do!" Said Violet. "Even though you kids have been fighting with each other, complaining, and caused some problems for me, you guys have been a great help." Then she rolled her eyes. "And I suppose, you've been helpful too, Butch... in a way." Butch stuck his tounge out as a way of saying 'whatever' when no one was looking. Violet went to the kitchen and said "Bubbles, could you go and get Jack-Jack down to the kitchen with me while I go make the cookies?"
Bubbles was about to say okay, when Blossom cutted in and said "I'll bring him to the kitchen for you, Violet!"
Violet looked at Blossom with a raised eye brow and said "Uh... I'd appreciate that, Blossom, but I think you should just help Butch with the stuff you two broke. Besides, Bubbles is good with babies, aren't you?"
Bubbles nodded her head yes while Blossom secretly crossed her arms in a grumpy manner with a mad face as she said in her thoughts 'Sure she said that, but what I heard was Bubbles is better at taking care of babies than I am...! And she's saying I am as responsible for this mess as much as Butch is? Well... I might have lost my cool when I should have ignored Butch, but, seriously?'
Since Butch and Blossom were cleaning the living room, and Bubbles was taking care of Jack-Jack, Brick gathered Buttercup, Boomer, and Bunny, telling them to go down to the lab, since that place needs some cleaning up too. They closed the door and went down stairs where Brick explains what they should do. "Look guys, Violet's been working very hard for us, and even thought we're helping her out, I think we should show her some appreciation for it. If not alot."
Buttercup, Boomer, and Bunny looked at each other in thought, then back at Brick. "Maybe your right. We owe Violet alot, but what do you have in mind?"
"I've been thinking of buying her a new photo frame for her family picture." Said Brick.
Bunny smiled and clapped her hands together in joy saying "That sounds wonderful, Brick! I can't wait to go get it!"
"You won't have to wait, cause we're going to go get it tomorrow!" Brick added, making everybody confused.
Then Buttercup pointed out "But, tomorrow's Monday, and you know what that means, right...?"
Brick looked up with a bored and irritated look saying "You don't have to tell me...!" Then he looked back at them with a normal face. "But I've kind of thought about that too. We're going to pretend that we're sick!"
Bunny made a worried and sad look saying "But... wouldn't that be lying?"
Buttercup then placed a hand on Bunny's shoulder and said "Bunny, sometimes the truth can cause trouble. Even thought it's the right thing t do, it still can have some side effects."
"She's got a point though." Said Boomer. "We can't pretend to be sick, because we have to look and sound sick."
"Why do you think we've asked Nerdtron from Retrovile to make improved versions of the sick patch for each of us?" Said Brick as he flew to a the wall and pressed on a tile to reviel a secret storage space that had many stuff they got from friends around the world as souvenirs. He then picked three patches up saying "Buttercup, Boomer, you two and me are gonna put these on, that way, we'll pretend that we're sick."
Buttercup and Boomer each picked a patch from Brick as Buttercup said "Nice plan, but what about the others?"
"Violet will have to stay home and take care of us if we all get sick. So that's why Blossom, Bubbles, and Butch aren't gonna be in on this. And why Bunny will be taking care of us instead."
"Oh... And that's why your not giving me a sick patch?" Bunny asked, all impressed in a childish manner of how that plan is suppose to go.
"Percisley." Said Brick.
"Why would Violet let Bunny take care of us?" Buttercup asked. "What is she gonna do? Go to our school?"
"Well yeah. Didn't you hear what Bubbles said?" Brick said.
As Brick was explaining, Plankton fell off the wall and slowly got up groaning quietly in pain and saw Brick, Buttercup, Boomer, and Bunny talking. "Those brats are having some sort of meeting down in the lab." Then he rubbed his hands together with a sinister smile "Which means, the secret safe in their room is within my reach...!" He slipped through the door, and snuck around, hiding behind furniter to furniter, heading for the stairs. Then he hid under one of the glass pieces and started to crawl unnoticed to the stairs. "Yes...! Yes...! I'm almost there...! Just a little further...! Why do I get the feeling that this happened before?" Then, he stopped when he saw the floor around him go dark. He looked up and saw Bubbles with a broom and pan.
Plankton screamed when he was sweeped up into the pan. Bubbles heared his scream and looked around in confusion. Not seeing what could've caused the sudden noise, she shrugged her shoulders and went back to work. When the pan was full, Bubbles went to the kitchen and smelled warm peanutbutter and choclate chip. Bubbles smiled and said to Violet, who had just backed two batches "Mmm... They smell pretty good, Violet! Do you alway do this with your mom?"
Violet placed a third pan full of unbacked cookies in the oven and said "Sometimes. But we would mostly go on hero work as mother and daughter."
"That's really great! You and your family do alot together."
Violet smiled saying "Yeah. When mom's too busy with some things, I would do stuff with my dad, like stop car chases, net bank robbers, save senior citezens with their problems, you know, this and that."
"What about your younger brothers?"
Violet scratched the side of her head and said "Well... With Dash... it's kind of like what goes on between Blossom and Butch, as far as I'm conserned. You see, we would fight alot, both spiritualy and phsicaly, and he would get me into trouble, but he would get blamed for it, but aside from all that... he's my little brother and he wouldn't do anything to hurt me like some evil lunatice would, so I should at least show him some love." Then she picked Jack-Jack with a happy look on her face as she pressed her nose against his, making him smile and giggle. "As for Jack-Jack here. He may still be a baby, but he has many different super powers, he's a bundle of joy, and I love him very, very much."
Bubbles smiled and said "I've grown to love him too! He's a bundle of joy just like me, Boomer, and Bunny!" as she dumped the trash into the trash can, with Plankton in it.
Plankton popped his head out and said to himself "I think I'll just wait here in this comfy filth until they leave the house for tomorrow."
"I'm really glad that you agreed on going to our school! I just know that everybody is gonna love you as much as we do!" Said Bubbles. "Did you ever consider being a teacher's aid? Meaning an extra hand in class?"
"No, not really. But that could be a prett good job." Said Violet as she decided to change the subject. "What about your family?"
"Oh! Well, the Professor created me and my sisters and we really love him very much. Brick used to be very mean, but he saw the error of his ways and became nicer and wiser. And he went from hating me, to loving me. Boomer, he was a little less mean, but he was still our enemy, that is... until Blossom hurt his feelings by mistake and patched it up with kindess and caring. Buttercup, she may act all grumpy and may tease us alot, but she has a soft spot and loves all of us. Hee, hee, hee... Mostly Brick... And Bunny... she is just the most kindest, most determind, and most strongest person feeling person of all of us."
"What about Butch and Blossom? You seem to have been defending Butch whenever Blossom is going off on him."
Bubbles' joyful expression completely disappeared and was replaced with a sad one as she looked down saying "I don't usually like to talk about it, but... you see..."
Before Bubbles could go on, they heared a sneeze. They turned to the door way where they heard the sneeze and saw Blossom at the door. Blossom yelped and hid behind the door way. "Blossom?" Violet asked in confused manner. An awkward silence took place.
Bubbles broke the silence and said "I'd better get back to work." Bubbles by Blossom and said soflty and sternly to her "You shouldn't spy on people...! Even your own sister...!" Which made Blossom guilt strucked, and she didn't like it one bit.
Then she heard Violet's voice calling her. Blossom came in with guilt on her face. "Why were you standing there by the door way? Were you afraid that Bubbles was gonna say something about you that will make you look bad?"
"No!" Blossom responded quickley in a worried way. Violet looked at her for a while as Blossom sighed. "Maybe..."
Violet then kneeled to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Blossom, are you scared that people will look at you as self-rightous and unfairly judgemental?"
Blossom moved her eyes to the side and and said "Maybe... a little..."
"Are you jealous of Bubbles or something?" Blossom then stammered a couple of times, unsure if she is trying to make Bubbles be more like her or if she is just envious of her. Violet stopped her and continued. "Blossom, I can tell that the answere is yes by the way your trying to find a way to answere me. Why be jealouse of her? She does mistakes too."
"Yeah, but... Whenever she makes a mistake, she's forgiven easily, but whenever I make a mistake, I get forgiven too, but I get punished as an added edition!" Blossom said in a complaining tone. "I mean, I'm the one who is smart around here and knows not to give people trust unless they show enough proof that deserve it!"
"So, your saying that you didn't trust me when you first saw me?" Violet said. Blossom was taken aback of what she heared. "You see the flaw in your words of wisdom?"
Blossom sighed calmley and said "I can't help it... Everybody always likes Bubbles for her cuteness and her compassion. I try to be better by showing what they did wrong and what would happen if they don't fix their problems, but they say that I'm too bossy, too judgemental, and too smart for my own good! What is that suppose to mean? Is it saying that they would rather be with a poor naive sensitive girl than a smart, mature one?"
Silence came between them for a moment. Then Violet petted Blossom's hair genlty saying "Sometimes, acting smart all the time is like telling everybody else that their dumb and always will be." Hearing that, Blossom looked down with a hurt look on her face, making Violet think 'wow... that didn't come out right..' Then the buzzard went off, meaning that the third and last batch of cookies were done. "Blossom, what I meant was... just because people think more differently than you, it doesn't mean that you should see that as a problem. If everybody was the same, it would be the most boring thing ever."
"Okay..." Blossom said softley.
When Violet got the last batch out, The others came in as Brick said "We finished the job! Is dessert ready?"
"They just got done!" Said Violet as everybody took two or three cookies form the pan.
"Thanks Violet!" Everybody said.
"Your welcome." When everyone ate their dessert and down them with milk, Violet saw that it was almost seven-thirty, so she got everyone to take baths, get dressed into their pajamas and off to bed. But before Brick, Buttercup, and Boomer tucked in, they hid their sick patches under their own pillows.
It was obvious that they weren't feeling sleepy, so Violet decided to talk to them. "Say guys, how much of a good dad is he?"
"The Professor? He's an awesome dad!" Said Buttercup.
Brick then added "He does things every parent should do, like send us to school, make us dinner, give us words of wisdom..."
"Not to mention spanks us when ever we do something he doesn't like, or puts soap in our mouth whenever we say some words he doesn't like, or suspends our super power privileges!"
Brick then smacked Butch's head saying "Shut up, Butch! Why can't you show some respect for him! He took us in and accepted us as his sons and this is how thankful you are of him?" Butch didn't say anything, only crossed his arms and looked away in anger. "Your lucky that the Professor would never kick any of us out of the house!"
Violet then said "Guys, let's not fight."
"Sorry..." Said Brick. "Anyway, I bet the Professor is having better time than we are."
Meanwhile in Tokyo's best laboratory, reaserchers were running for cover as Megaman and Gutsman were battling each other. Behind a turned over table were Utonium, Oka, Wakeman, and Light. "You really should consider upgrading your fire-walls in your systems!" Oak said to Light.
Utonium then said to Wakeman "I hope the kids are having a better time than we are!"
"You're telling me." Wakeman responded.
Back at the house, Violet and the kids kept on talking until they started to feel tired. Violet laied Jack-Jack asleep in the crib and went down stairs to the couch to get some sleep, not knowing that Brick, Buttercup, Boomer, and Bunny are gonna do something special for her tomorrow.
It looks as Violet mannaged to make it up to them real well, and Brick felt an earge to thank her in a special way. Will it work? Or will something cause disaster for them? Find out on the next chapter! (R&R)
