Townsville High

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Chapter 25 - One day I'm your hero.

Last Chapter - Butch told Blossom he would tell Buttercup how he feels about her. Maxine told Boomer she was concerned about living with Brody. &Brick decided Bubbles needed to know how she recovered so quickly.

Bubbles walked into Boomer's house. She knew he wasn't in, but she knew that Brick was. Just when she was going to ask who donated a kidney to her, the bell rang and they decided to leave it, but Bubbles needed to know. She owed her life to this person, and she just needed to understand why someone decided to risk their life to save hers.

She saw Brick lying on the couch, watching some movie about a guy in the war. Bubbles stepped closer towards him, and he noticed her. He looked up and didn't look surprised to see her. He sat up and looked at her.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"You know why." She walked over to him and sat down beside him. She turned to him with intensity and curiosity shown in her eyes. "I need to know, Brick. Whoever did this hasn't told me themself, and there has to be a reason for that."

Brick nodded in understanding. "He didn't want me to tell you."

"He?" Bubbles asked. That rules out Buttercup and Blossom. She got worried, as her mind raced to Tyler. Then again, it might not have been him. Bubbles couldn't wrap her head around it being any one else. What would poses someones mind to do that unless it was family or love?

"You have to realise something, Bubbles. When you were dying, everyone else was dying along with you. No one wanted to believe it was real, and we all just wanted it to end. Blossom ran away, Boomer went crazy and Buttercup was breaking down more than any of us." Brick said.

Bubbles felt sick to her stomach. She had never felt like she was good enough for these people, or that she belonged in this world, but without her..the world was crashing down. Bubbles was just as important as anyone else in this group.

"How did you find out who done it?" Bubbles asked curiously, wanting to save the big reveal of who it was until she understood more.

"I went to visit Dr Russell about Boomer's condition, and I saw him, who done it, with him. They were talking about you, and he looked so determined to get this all over with. To end all of it. Then I heard them talking about a kidney transplant, and he said he would do it. I tried to warn him of the consequences, but he was too determined to listen to it." Brick replied intensely.

Bubbles sighed. "Why did he do it?" She was trying to figure out who it was before she was told. The one things she didn't want to hear him say is that it was Tyler, so if she figured out it was him, she was going to leave before she had to hear it out loud.

"He done it because he noticed how bad things got. Boomer was insane. No one could handle seeing him like that. Blossom and Buttercup were in bits. Dr Russell said that the only thing that could get Boomer sane again was for you to wake up..so he made sure you did." Bubbles was close to tears. She knew that things got bad when she was dying, but she had no idea how much.

"I don't want to know who it was." Bubbles decided. Brick raised his eyebrow, knowing that she was lying, on some level. He narrowed his eyes quizzically at her.

"It wasn't Tyler." Brick stated. Bubbles gasped in shock and relief, that was exactly what she wanted to hear. She couldn't handle the pain of having left him just after he saved her life. Bubbles furrowed her brows and turned to Brick.

"Wait..if it wasn't Tyler.." She stopped. There was only two options left, technically three if Brick was just being extremely secretive in hiding that it was him.

Brick sighed. "Bubbles, isn't it obvious? I think you know who wanted to protect us all more than anyone." He looked down at the ground. Bubbles thought for a second and gasped.

Bubbles' eyes grew wide. "Brick, was it.."

Isn't it obvious?

Maxine saw Tyler waiting for her by the park entrance. She slowly made her way over to him, hiding the fact that she was not alone. She told Boomer to stay there for a few seconds while she talked to Tyler. She smiled at him as he noticed her.

He greeted her with a hug. "Hey, Maxy. What was so important that I had to meet you right away?"

"We need to talk." Maxine took a deep breath. "I can't be your sister and your mother, you need to start making your own decisions. There's someone you need to talk to, Ty. He might be the only one that can get you back to being the amazing guy we've all come to love."

Tyler knew where she was going with this and narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms. Maxine stepped aside so he could see Boomer standing there, a little further away from them. Maxine sighed and took Tyler's hand.

"Do it for me." She pleaded. Tyler tore his angry eyes away from Boomer to look at Maxine. He sighed deeply and shrugged. Maxine smiled and walked over to Boomer.

"I'll leave you two to talk." She said before walking away. Boomer glanced at Tyler, who didn't look pleased to see him. He walked over to Tyler slowly, and looked at him awkwardly.

Tyler met his stare. "Come to apologize?"

"No." Boomer replied. "I've done enough apologizing to someone who isn't going to accept it. You're my best friend, and I don't care if I'm not yours anymore, but those years that we were best friends means something to me. I can't help who I fall in love with, and neither can Bubbles, or you. The only thing we can blame is the fact that we all fell in love with each other, minus me and you of course." Boomer joked.

Tyler chuckled, but still his stare was mean. "It's pretty fucked up, all of it. I don't care that you and Bubbles love each other, I still love her, but life goes on. I just don't think I can trust either of you after you went around behind my back. You made a fool out of me, and while you two are both happy and in love, I'm the one that has to suffer."

Boomer frowned. "That's not what we wanted."

"Then what did you want?" Tyler demanded his answer. His face remained blank, but he was still trying to come to a common ground somewhere. He wanted clarity, which is something him and Bubbles never got.

"We wanted to be happy, with each other. We wanted you to understand that, but Bubbles told me not to tell people about us, because she wanted to tell you at the right time so it wouldn't turn out like this. That's why we did what we did. All we wanted was you to be our friend, our best friend, the way it should have been." Boomer spoke softly.

Tyler nodded, understanding what he was saying. I guess he finally got his clarity. Boomer sighed, feeling relief for finally getting his word in.

"I am happy for you both, I want Bubbles to be happy, even if it isn't with me. I just can't do what you all want, for me to go back to person Bubbles made me. How can I be that way just to end up heartbroken again?" Tyler asked.

"One day you'll find someone that you just know you're going to be with forever, like Max and Brody. They wouldn't dream of being with any one else, Bubbles just wasn't that person for you. Just please forgive us, and be that person again. Be my best friend again." Boomer pleaded.

Tyler's expression softened. "Okay, Boomer. Just don't give me a reason not to trust you again, and we'll be just fine." Boomer nodded and hugged him.

Maxine watched from afar with a smile on her face, finally getting her own clarity.

When are you going to tell her? Blossom. X

Butch looked down at his phone and took a deep breath. He still hadn't figured out what words to say to Buttercup about his feelings. It wasn't everyday he told a girl he had deep feelings for her, in fact he never had, because she was the first girl he ever had feelings for.

All of his other girlfriends where just fun, and it was exciting, but there was no feelings there. The thing that made him so sure about liking Buttercup was that they weren't dating, and he still got that feeling of butterflies and the same excitement he had with his past girlfriends.

"What does that text say, seems pretty important for you to be staring at it for five minutes." Buttercup said, glancing at him from the floor. The were sitting at the skatepark, they had been for a couple hours.

"It's not important." Butch said before putting the phone back in the pocket of his black hoodie. Buttercup shrugged and went back to skimming through the music on her iPod. Butch looked at her, trying to find the words, but none coming to mind.

Buttercup shivered, not surprisingly. She was dressed in a tank top and shorts, and today was one of the only cold days in Townsville. Usually it was hot all the time, but the weather decided to mix things up today.

Butch walked over to her and took his hoodie off. He handed it to her, causing Buttercup to look up from her iPod and glance at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Take it, I'm not cold." He lied. He was freezing. Buttercup smiled and took the hoodie, and put it on, feeling the heat. Butch sat down beside her and stretched his legs out. Buttercup turned to him.

"Thanks, Butchy boy." She smirked as his nickname rolled of her tongue. She loved calling him that, and weirdly enough, she liked when he called her 'crazy girl' it fitted her perfectly.

Butch smiled. "It's nothing."

"So, yesterday, how the the assignment go? Did Bloss bore the hell out of you?" She laughed. Butch smiled and shook his head slowly.

"Nope, it was pretty fun. We talked about a lot."

"Like what?" Buttercup pushed.

Butch stiffened. "Nothing important, just that she wants to be a teacher and that I..want to be a boxer. That's it really." He lied, again. Buttercup smiled at him.

"I think it was a pretty kick-ass assignment, I got to know Brody better. I see why you guys are best friends, he's a pretty good guy." Butch nodded.

"Well, he isn't as awesome as my other best friend." Butch smiled. Buttercup laughed and agreed with that statement. She hugged the oversized hoodie over her body and looked down at the ground. Butch took a breath, his mind crawling back to the text from Blossom. He had to tell her, eventually.

Bubbles saw him sitting there. Her eyes lit up, but she didn't know what to say to him. She was starting to think that Brick was being far too secretive and it was him that done it, then she managed to work out who done it without him even telling her. There was only one person who would risk anything to end the drama.

He hadn't noticed her yet, and she was still walking towards him. Luckily he was alone. It would make this easier, but even so this wouldn't be easy. She didn't know if she should thank him or smack him for risking his own life.

"I know you saved my life." Bubbles spoke strongly.

His eyes darted over to her. For a few seconds neither of them moved, neither of them spoke, it was just silence. Bubbles' expression softened when she saw the look in his eyes. There was no regret, just shock that she knew.

"Brick." He muttered.

Bubbles laughed bitterly. "I don't get it, we've hardly spoken two words to each other and you're risking your life for mine, what the hell were you thinking!?" She yelled desperately, needing answers, some that even Brick couldn't provide.

"Most people would say thanks." He looked away from her. Bubbles scoffed and walked closer to him, ready to smack some sence into him. She shook her head.

"I'm not like most people." She spoke. "Didn't you even care that you could die because of this!? If you get into an accident..you're dead, and I'll blame myself for the rest of my life because you done it to save me."

His eyes shut tightly as her words sunk in. He opened them again and fixed them on Bubbles, who was standing there with her arms crossed. He sighed and bit his lip.

"I had to, okay! Boomer was crazy, Blossom disappeared, Buttercup was intoxicated every night and Maxine..she was horrified at the thought of her other best friend dying." Bubbles took a sharp breath and looked away from him.

She scoffed. "Me dying would have been better than you dying for me."

"Not to me." He shook his head. "There was a 10 percent chance of you surviving, but now you're alive and there's still a 50 percent chance of me living. So, I'm sorry if you think what I done wasn't for the best, because to me it was."

He didn't want to argue with her anymore, so he did what he did best, he walked away. Bubbles coughed out a short gasp at what he said. She ran both her hands through her hair and watched him go.

Buttercup sat in her room with music playing loud in the background. She had been thinking a lot lately. Music was the only thing that calmed her mind and put it at ease. She wished Butch was here, doing his silly dance moves and calling her 'crazy girl', just making things fun.

She looked down at her phone at the picture that was her background. It was a picture of her and Butch. She was sitting on her bed in the picture aswell, and Butch was beside her. He had his arm around her shoulder and making a funny face, and Buttercup was smiling happily. She smiled at the picture, remembering that day perfectly.

One particular memory came to mind..

Flashback;

"I've never seen this side of you, Buttercup. It's weird. You're the strongest girl I know, and it freaks the hell out of me to see you like this." Butch said, showing another side of him aswell. Buttercup just looked at him and smiled.

"Shut up, I didn't act like this until you strolled back into my life. I don't fucking know, it's like when I'm with you my wall comes down. I don't like it, but whatever." She shrugged.

Butch stood up and held his hand out towards her. Buttercup furrowed her brows as she looked at his hand. She looked up at him and tilted her head slightly, her eyes narrowing.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"For once, can we just forget everything that's going on and have fun. You know it's what Bubbles would want, so come on, dance with me, crazy girl." He smirked. Buttercup laughed and took his hand, letting him pull her up from her comfortable seat on the couch.

As soon as she was up, Butch brought her hand up and spun her around. He started dancing in the funny way that made Buttercup smile whenever she saw it. She danced too, letting the words of the song overcome her, and for once she felt like there was someone to help her find her way.

"You really can't dance." Buttercup laughed.

"I actually can, I just dance like an idiot because it makes you smile." He smiled at her and started dancing even funnier than before. Buttercup laughed again, uncontrollably.

"You just love making me smile, don't you, Butchy boy." She said, remembering his words when he told her why he let her win the fight. Butch nodded and twirled her around again. He pulled her body into his and dipped her.

She looked up at him and grinned, for once forgetting that their world was collapsing around them. She felt like she could do anything with Butch around, she could overcome every obstical.

Buttercup put her phone down and closed her eyes, thinking of all the times he had helped her smile when she was close to tears. What was going on with her? One minute she hated him then the next she couldn't live without him. I guess that's what best friends are for.

Her eyes trailed back to her phone, and she glanced at the picture, her smile gone.

"You okay?" Blossom.

Buttercup looked over to the door to see Blossom standing there, her arms crossed under her chest and a small, very small, smile on her face. Buttercup nodded, but Blossom wasn't sure she was. She sat down beside Buttercup.

"If you have something you need to tell someone, I'm here." Blossom said, hoping she would say what was on her mind. Buttercup wanted so badly to be able to talk to Blossom when she was upset, but she only felt comfortable doing it around Butch. Still, there was a first for everything.

"When me and Brody were doing the assignment, I told him that my personal secret was that I want to be in love. Sounds nothing like me right? I'm changing so much everyday, and it's freaking the hell out of me, sis." Buttercup said loudly in frustration. Blossom smiled at her.

"That's not a bad thing, Buttercup. I think you'll find love. One day." Buttercup nodded and sighed.

"One day." She repeated.

Brody walked into his room to find Maxine sitting on their bed, staring at the wall. She noticed he was there, but she was still looking at the wall. Brody walked over and sat down beside her, and put his arm around her. She turned her head to look at him, and her eyes were fixed on his.

"What's wrong?" He knew her too well.

Maxine sighed. "I told Boomer something during the assignment, something I should have told you instead of him." Brody raised his eyebrow at her and held her tightly.

"Go on."

"I think that us living together will affect our relationship." Brody frowned. "We're so young, and because of what happened with my adoption, you thought us living together would be the best thing for me. I just think once we realise how fast we've moved, it'll end. We'll end." Maxine looked down, blinking away tears that willed to fall.

Brody bit his lip. "Max, I wanted you to live with me because I love you. We're sixteen, and we've been dating for a year and a half, so living together was a huge step, but it was the right one. I think it's the best thing for us. We get to know each other more, and learn new things. I'm excited to get to know the person I love, aren't you?"

"Of course I am. It's just..I don't want to rush things only to regret it." Now she was crying. Brody held her even tighter and forced her to look at him. His frown was replaced by a sad smile.

"You told me the most important thing to you was family, well you're my family now. I want to be with you forever. I want you to call yourself Maxine McKane on day, and I never want to not be living with you again. I'll prove to you that us living together isn't bad for our relationship, I'll prove that it's the best thing for it."

Maxine nodded slowly and pulled him in for a kiss. Brody knew she would be worried about this, but he wasn't. Love does make people do crazy things, but it's always a good type of crazy.

"I love you." Maxine snuggled into him.

"Not as much as I love you." He wrapped his arms around her. They lay in the bed without a sound, their bed. Maxine frowned, knowing that one day she might regret this, but until then, they would make it work.

One day, she'd realise how much she needed this.

The sun was shining once again in Townsville. The rain had cleared and the cold was gone. Bubbles needed to get some air and clear her head, but she was finding it harder after talking to him. She realised it may have been for the best, but he could still die.

She also realised something unrelated to her kidney transplant, and decided to take care of it. Her feet paced as she saw her sister's best friend. She knew what she was going to say, every word.

Bubbles sat down beside Butch on the edge of the ramp of the skatepark. He was alone. Buttercup had to leave to meet Maxine, and he needed to think. Bubbles turned to him and smiled brightly.

"Look, I know you like Buttercup." She said in a quiet voice. Butch turned to her and raised his eyebrow, not expecting her to say that. He chuckled slightly and shrugged.

"That obvious, huh?"

Bubbles laughed. "Too obvious. I can talk to her if you want?"

"No, that's okay." He sighed. "Thanks, but I think it's something I need to do."

She nodded in understanding. He was holding his hoodie in his hands, Buttercup had given him it back before she left. He didn't even put it back on. He just held it tightly in his hands. It reminded him of her, she wore it a lot.

Bubbles bit her lip and twiddled her thumbs. "Why did you really do it? Did you do it so Buttercup would be happy again?"

"I didn't just do it for her, I done it so my brother would get better and get his happy ending, but I don't think I'll get mine." Butch sighed and look down at the ground beneath him. Bubbles frowned and shook her head.

Told you it was obvious.

"You want to know the truth?" Butch looked at her. "Buttercup might have been sad when I was dying, but you're the one that got her through it. She's never been happier than she is when you're around. You didn't just save my life, you saved hers. You're a hero."

Butch smiled uncontrollably, but still felt like it wouldn't work for them. Buttercup had made it perfectly clear that they were best friends, and that was how it was to be, how could she change her mind just like that?

"The hero ends up being the one that dies in the end, alone." Butch frowned.

Bubbles rolled her eyes. "The hero is the one that gets the girl." Butch turned to her and smiled. They had never really spoken before apart from an hour ago, but Bubbles felt like they could be great friends, she literally had a part of him inside her, and she wanted nothing more than for Buttercup to be with him.

"How did you tell Boomer how you felt about him?" Butch asked curiously.

"Well, I walked into his hospital room, and I told him that it was always him. I told him how guilty I felt about liking him, but I couldn't help it. It went pretty well after that." She laughed. Butch chuckled and nodded. He thought about saying something like that to Buttercup, but it just didn't feel like..them.

"Thanks." He smiled. "Mabey I just need the right time, and the words will just come out."

Bubbles nodded. "Seems like the right idea." She stood up and turned to Butch, a look of gratitude in her eyes. She smiled brightly as she always does.

"Hey, Butch. Take it easy okay? No more drinking every night, you need be careful. Thank you for saving my life, and for saving Boomer's aswell. You really are a hero, Butch Jojo, and you'll get the girl. One day." She said before walking away.

Butch held the hoodie tighter and smiled down at it.

"One day." He repeated.

So I tried to confuse you all by making you think it was all of them at one point, but did anyone know who it was? This won't be the end of this story, because someone important is going to find out that Butch done it:)

I keep feeling like I'm pulling Butch and Buttercup out of character, so I'm going to try and bring them back, it's just hard to write them sometimes. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Next Chapter - Blossom and Bubbles plot to get Butch to confess his feelings. It's Brick and Blossom's anniversary. &Maxine and Bubbles try to sort things out.

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Allie Peirce