Townsville High
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Chapter 28 - Three Little Words
Last Chapter - Buttercup had doubts about dating Butch. Tyler forgave Bubbles. New student and new member of the group, Skylar, joined and decided she didn't like Tyler. Bubbles told Boomer she loves him. &Maxine moved out.
Buttercup looked at herself in the mirror. She saw something she wasn't used to. Instead of her usual boring outfits, she was dressed nicely, and she put more effort in. Her attire was a long black band shirt that said 'Paramore' on it; Buttercup's favourite band, Butch's too. She also wore extremely dark green shorts.
Her outfit was compleated with many black and white bracelets, an emerald pendant necklace that her father had given her, and black heels. She borrowed the heels from Bubbles, of course.
Even her hair was different. It was puffy, combed back and extreme. She looked fierce and amazing. Buttercup was staring at herself, trying to find the girl she woke as up, but she decided a change was needed. She knew now that someone found her attractive, so she stopped making no effort.
"You look so pretty." Bubbles squealed from the door. Buttercup glanced at her with a blank expression, only making her look even more fierce. She rolled her eyes.
"I never look pretty." She drawled. Bubbles smiled sweetly and walked over to her sister before they looked at her in the mirror. Bubbles looked nice, as always, in her light blue jeans and white halter top. Bubbles felt tiny compared to Buttercup when she wore heels.
Bubbles grinned. "You always look good, Buttercup. Today you just look like you realised it." Buttercup narrowed her eyes and looked at Bubbles. It meant a lot coming from a girl that most boys found amazingly attractive. Buttercup tried not to smile, but it came out.
"I'm catching a ride to school, are you walking?" Bubbles asked.
Buttercup shook her head. "Butch is taking me."
Bubbles smirked slyly. "Butch, huh? You two are getting close."
"Best friends ride to school together." Buttercup said before walking towards the door. Bubbles rolled her eyes. No matter what Buttercup said, Bubbles knew that something had changed the night he stayed. She was happier, she spent her time talking about him and she was dressed better. That wasn't a coincidence, nothing was in this town. Everything meant something.
Buttercup made her way outside, where Butch was. He was sitting in his dark green sports car, the one that Buttercup loved so much. He was looking in front of him until he heard the front door close. Butch glanced to the side and his mouth fell open. There she was, looking like an angel. Maybe the angel of death, but still an angel.
"Wow." Butch said. He was speechless, which was weird for Butch, he always had something to say about everything. Buttercup smirked and hopped into his car. She was amazed that she was managing to walk in heels without falling every five seconds.
"Stop drooling and drive."
Butch smirked. "You look good."
Buttercup glanced at him and smirked back. "I know. Now, drive."
The engine started, and they took off. Buttercup glanced at him from the side of her eye and smiled. She felt Butch's arm lay on the back on her seat around her, and she lay back more. Butch grinned as he drove to school, with the girl he would one day fall in love with.
It was still unclear where they stood, but Butch planned to talk to her about it today. She had her doubts. So did he. Still, they really liked each other, so doubts would fade. Buttercup couldn't deny her feelings anymore.
"So, how about that date?" Butch pushed. Buttercup rolled her eyes but laughed and turned to face him. She narrowed her eyes but she already had her answer.
"No chance." She replied.
Butch smiled. "Then how about instead of me always coming to yours, you come to mine tonight and we have a non-date. Of course, this non-date will still include a lot of kissing."
"Hmm." Buttercup smiled. "What if Brick or Boomer see us?"
"What if they don't." He drawled.
She grinned. "Good point. I'll be there."
"Awesome." The car stopped but they were no where near school yet. Buttercup raised a brow and looked at him. Butch smirked and leaned forward before kissing her passionately. Buttercup felt the air rush to her head and the feeling of butterflies take over her body.
Her arms snaked around his neck as she pulled him in and deepened the kiss. When she pulled away, Butch was staring deep into her magical green eyes. They just looked at each other, not uttering a single word. Buttercup couldn't get the amazing feeling away, that feeling she got whenever he was around.
"If we're not dating, then what are we?" Butch asked curiously.
Buttercup smirked. "Half way in between best friends and dating. I don't want to tell anyone until we know that we're going to last and this isn't a mistake. So until then, we're going to do a Boomer and Bubbles; see each other in secret."
Butch grinned, liking the sound of this plan. Usually dating in secret ruined things like it did with Bubbles and Boomer but that was only because Bubbles' wasn't single. They both were. It was the best thing, they needed to make sure this relationship was right and wouldn't last a couple of days. They also had to learn to talk their feelings out instead of arguing and fighting.
"Not a bad idea, crazy girl." Butch smirked.
Buttercup laughed and turned back to face the road, as did Butch. He started driving again. The wind picked up Buttercup's long extreme hair as they drove. Butch's arm was still sitting on the back of Buttercup's seat, settling around her. She lifted her left hand up and took his in her own.
"Don't make me regret doing this, Butchy boy." Buttercup drawled.
Butch smiled. "I won't, Sunshine."
Buttercup laughed, the name Sunshine was annoying but it reminded her of the day she first started to fall for Butch. To be honest, she prefered it when he called her crazy girl, it fitted her a lot better.
Bubbles and Boomer walked into school, hand in hand.
He drove her to school and they spent the whole ride saying those three words that they had both wanted to say for so long. Ever since Bubbles told Boomer that she loved him, they got a lot closer and happier. Who knew that three words could lighten your days so much.
"So, do we have plans tonight?" Bubbles asked Boomer.
"What would you want to do?"
Bubbles grinned. "I just want to spend the whole day with you." Her voice was sweet and sincere. Boomer couldn't contain the beaming smile on his face. He kissed her lightly, and he felt like he was floating right there in the hallway.
"I love you, angel." His new nickname because his favorite one. He called her it as much as he could, just like how Butch had his funny own nicknames for the girls such as Red for Blossom, Crazy girl and Sunshine for Buttercup, and Blondie for Bubbles. Although Brick didn't seem to use nicknames often.
"Say it again." Bubbles said breathlessly.
"I love you."
"Again." Their faces were just inches apart. Her eyes were practically batting in anticipation just to hear those words. No one had ever really told her that they loved her before except from Tyler and one other ex boyfriend that she didn't feel the same about.
He looked deep into her eyes. "I. Love. You."
She nodded. "I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing you say that."
Boomer kissed her again. "Good, because I plan on saying it a lot."
Their lips connected once more, in a battling and intense kiss that tore them both apart like lighting. It was magic, fireworks, butterflies. Everything.
Three little words, not only can change your whole day, but your whole world.
It was English, and the girls were in class. Blossom had spent most of the class thinking. Mostly thinking about Brick, of course. Then again she had a lot of other things on her mind. She was starting to notice how different everyone was since moving here.
Everyone in the group had changed a little bit; Blossom was more independent. Buttercup showed emotion. Bubbles grew up. Brick grew past his own fears. Butch cared about everyone, instead of just himself. Boomer fell in love. Tyler became a man worthy of love. Maxine found a family worth keeping, and Brody became braver and bolder.
She knew that Sky moving her was going to change her too, and that worried Blossom. Sky was the perfect friend, one who would do anything in her reach to make things right and good. She was dependable and still the most fun. Sky was a flirt, but never flirted with a non-single boy, and she was very funny. Blossom didn't want that to change.
Blossom was watching Sky with a worried expression. She had noticed the changes from the last time she saw Skylar, to now. They were extremely drastic and noticable. Apparently Blossom wasn't the only one that saw it.
"Hey, have you noticed that Sky drinks every night?" Blossom whispered to Bubbles. The blonde looked at Sky, who was drinking what appeared to be a bottle of water, but by her body language proved that it wasn't. Bubbles narrowed her eyes and turned back to Blossom.
"In Citysville I never saw her drink." Bubbles paused. "Ever."
This was strange the the girls. Skylar was a girl that did live for the moment, but liked to have her wits about her when doing it. She never touched a drink, now she was drinking every day and night. They knew someone was going on with her..something had changed.
"She's like Buttercup, drinking all the time." Blossom pointed out. They looked back over at Sky, who wasn't paying attention to anything in this classroom, except the girl she was speaking to. Bubbles remembered the girl, known as Heather. Bubbles didn't like this girl, and didn't like the fact that Sky was playing nice with her. She was intoxicated and didn't know this girl, so she wasn't to blame.
"Yeah, I also noticed that she doesn't seem to be into any guy in this school. In Citysville we had to pull her off of any guy she could find. What is going on with her?" Bubbles wondered curiously. They were determined to find out why she was acting so strange and secretive.
Blossom narrowed her eyes. "What happened in Citysville when we were gone?"
Bubbles frowned. "Something bad, I'm guessing."
They watched as Skylar finished the rest of the 'water' and attempted to throw it into the bucket, but missing it completely. She laughed at herself before she started talking to Heather again. Blossom and Bubbles glared at her, wondering what could have been so bad to change her so drastically.
Maxine was in the same class, a large frown was plastered all over her face. She hadn't spoken to Brody yet, but she knew when she did that he would be upset. She just left him. He was still her boyfriend, but she left even though he told her how much he loved living with her.
She was worried about what he would say. All she wanted was to make him happy, and now she had moved out. It felt like a mistake, but it also felt like the right thing to do at the time.
"You're Maxine." The tall girl with blue hair sat down beside Maxine. Her eyes were dancing with excitement, and her smile was friendly. Her hair shined in the light of the room and her eyes seemed to sparkle. Maxine took a look at Skylar and instantly envied her beauty. She made a mental note to watch Brody with a close eye.
Maxine smiled. "You're Skylar."
"Sky." She paused. "We should get to know each other. Blossy told me many stories about you. How about tonight? I know this club that doesn't check ID's. Bring your boyfriend, if you want."
The brunette's eye brow raised. "How do you know I have a boyfriend?"
"You're gorgeous. It would be very hard to believe you don't have one." Skylar said with a grin. Maxine was starting to like this girl more and more by the second. One thing that Maxine noticed about Skylar was that she acted like she had several different personality's, all of which amazing. She had a different characteristics of everyone in the group.
She smiled widely and nodded at Skylar.
"I'll see you tonight then. Mind if I bring my brother too?" Maxine asked. Skylar narrowed her eyes in thought, trying to remember which one was Maxine's brother. Bubbles had told Sky all about her ex boyfriend that also happened to be Maxine's big brother. She then remembered him, and her mood fell.
Sky shrugged. "He's a bit of an idiot, but he seems like fun. Sure, you can bring him."
Maxine smirked. Yes, she definitely liked this girl. Skylar smiled at Maxine before getting up and going back to her seat beside Blossom. Maxine thought about Brody again, and how things were getting so hard for them to be together. Maybe one day they would move in together again, but until then, she was happier on her own.
Buttercup was walking to her next class when she felt someone grab her arm. She panicked as she wall pulled into one of the empty Biology classes. She yanked her arm away and spun around only to come face-to-face with Butch. Buttercup sighed in relief before punching him in the arm.
"You scared me." She moaned before hitting him again. Butch winced at the pain now throbbing in his upper-arm, but still had the nerve to smirk in the cheeky way that he did. Buttercup's eyes narrowed at him, just daring him to make a snarky comment.
"The all-mighty Buttercup got scared?" Butch smiled. "What happened to you?
"You happened." She said with a smirk before literally pulling him into a kiss. Her hands gripped the collar of his shirt and she pulled him into her. They kissed briefly and strangely enough, romantically, before breaking the kiss.
Butch's arms found there way around her and he smiled brightly at her. She looked amazing today. Well, he always thought she looked amazing, but today was different. When he saw her walking down the hall, he knew that she was his. That made her look even better, just knowing that she only had eyes for him.
"Listen, Sky invited me to this club tonight. You in?" Buttercup asked, more like demanded. She wasn't going to let him get away if he said no, she prefered to be around him when she was drinking, which knowing Buttercup, she would be.
"Of course." He kissed her briefly on the lips, sealing the deal.
Buttercup realised how long they had been in here.
"We're going to be late for class, idiot." Buttercup said before crossing her arms.
Butch smirked. "Since when did you ever care about being late, crazy girl?"
She let a playful smirk tease her lips and her eyes rolled. She had said that to him a few weeks earlier. Buttercup walked over to the door and looked outside, her head turning left from right, making sure that no one was around. She grinned at the emptiness of the corridor before turning back to Butch.
"We have five minutes." She said before pulling him into another kiss. This one was longer and much more affectionate, but nothing Buttercup did ever seemed to show affection. She felt that feeling again and cursed herself for feeling butterflies around him. It was like Butch had some sort of hold over her, and managed to make even Buttercup, who hated being in relationships, want to be in one.
Although their luck was cut short, as someone walked down the hall and past the door. He slowly walked back with a raised eyebrow and saw them kissing before a gasp left his lips.
"What are you two doing?"
Buttercup and Butch jumped away from each other before glaring at him with wide eyes.
"Brody..we can explain this." Buttercup said in defense.
He smiled. "I think I get the picture." Brody said before walking away. Buttercup and Butch stared at the door before glancing at each other and muttering something at the exact same time.
"Crap!"
"Maxine." Brody tried to stop her before she got to class. Maxine spun around as she neared the door, seeing her boyfriend. His eyes showed despair, but there was a hint of hope. He just looked happy to see her.
"Brody." She said softly. Maxine couldn't find the words to make this right. She felt horrible for running out on him, it made her feel weak. She done it for all the right reasons, but there was still guilt there.
"Please don't move out." Brody begged.
Maxine frowned. "I love you..but if we keep living together, we'll get torn apart and I can't imagine a life where I hate you or where I don't love you. It's for the best."
"Don't say that. I thought it was helping us. We got to know each other better and spending every second of my day with you made me love you more. Living together was for the best." Brody's voice raised. Maxine sighed and let her hand slip into his. She cupped his hand with both of her's and held it up.
"Did you sleep last night?" Maxine asked curiously. She noticed that his eyes were puffy, red and there was bags underneath them. His hair was more ruffled than usual. He looked positively exhausted.
"No. I can't sleep without you beside me."
"Please don't make this harder than it already is. I know you want us to take the next step, but we're too young to be moving this fast."
"I guess it's your decision. Maybe one day we'll be ready for this." Brody smiled sadly before putting his arms around her waist. She told him that she would make it up to him, and she invited him to this club that Sky mentioned.
"One day we will be ready, I know it." Maxine replied softly.
Brick was sitting on the usual bench outside. He was alone, until he saw Blossom making her way over. She was frowning with a slight pout, making Brick eager to ask what was wrong with her. She was holding something in her hand, a piece of paper. Brick raised his eyebrow at her as she stood in front of her.
She looked devastated.
"Bloss, what's wrong?" Brick asked in concern as his eyes fixed on her. Blossom looked up at him and shoved the piece of paper into his hands. He looked down at it with a raised eyebrow before looking back up at her.
"What is this?" He asked.
Blossom frowned. "I failed..I got an F!"
"Do you really care so much about getting an F?" Brick asked in confusion, unsure of why she was so upset about this. Then again, if he didn't get why she was upset, he obviously didn't know his girlfriend very well.
Yes, she did care. Blossom wasn't melodramatic, ever, but she had never gotten an F before, and lets just say..she wasn't too happy about it. Brick put the piece of paper on the top of the bench where he was sitting and looked into her bright dull pink eyes.
"What's so bad about getting an F?" Brick asked, confused. He was one of the smartest in the group, and even he got F's sometimes. He never cared. This was highschool, it never mattered to him, but it clearly mattered to Blossom.
"I'm a failure." Blossom frowned.
Brick smiled. "You are not a failure. I mean, F is for fantastic, right?"
Blossom didn't look amused. "I'm serious, Brick! This is how it starts, I fail one test then it becomes more than one until I'm working in a pizza shop!"
"You're over-reacting." Brick said seriously. Blossom glared at him and grimaced. Did he know her at all? I mean, this was Blossom Utonium. All she was known for was being smart and independent. She felt like she had failed herself. Blossom had to always get what she expected, and now she hadn't.
"I'm not over-reacting. How on earth did I get an F!?" Blossom threw her arms up for effect. She narrowed her eyes in frustration before picking up the piece of paper and ripping it into a million little pieces. They scattered about the ground in front of her.
"Maybe you were just tired and weren't thinking properly. I'm sure they'll let you re-sit the test." Brick said comfortingly. He put his arms around her as she nodded sadly. Brick found it cute how upset she got for getting an F. This was the girl he fell in love with. Blossom was perfect to him no matter what.
"You know I love you, right?" She laughed shortly before snaking her arms around his neck. Brick grinned and kissed her twice on the lips before staring deep into her eyes.
"How could I ever forget?"
She beamed.
The night was here, and half of the group were at the club. Blossom, Brick, Bubbles, and Boomer weren't there. They were at Brick and Boomer's having a movie night rather than going out to get drunk.
Sky and Maxine were sitting at the bar, while Brody and Tyler were at the other end of the club. Butch and Buttercup were running late, as they were..let's say preoccupied. Sky couldn't help but notice how distant Maxine was acting with her boyfriend, and decided to investigate.
"So, what's with all the hostility with you and your boyfriend?" Skylar asked curiously before taking a long drink of her tequila. Maxine sighed and looked down at her own drink, wondering if it would make her forget it all for at least a few minutes. She looked at Sky and sighed again.
"We moved in together after I found out about my adoption. It was reckless and it destroyed out relationship. So I left. He's not happy about it." Maxine replied before drinking her whole drink in one, trying to forget.
Maxine stared down at the glass, feeling as though all of problems were inside, on display. She shut her eyes tightly as the woozy light-headed feeling took over. Even when she closed her eyes, she saw him. He was her whole life. Without Brody there was no Maxine. He held her whole life in the palm of his hand.
Sky rolled her eyes. "Boys, eh? They're always thinking about themselves."
Her remark made Maxine question Sky's whole motivation and opinion on life. Sure, Maxine thought that boys could be selfish, but that was one thing that Brody was not. He was like a male version of Bubbles, he made everyone else happy. Moving in made him happy, for once he was happy, and she ran like a coward. She shattered his whole happiness. She was disgusted in herself.
"I'm guessing you don't have a boyfriend then?" Maxine asked, not looking at her. She could practically feel Sky's hostility after that question was asked.
"I had one." Sky pushed her cup forward to the bartender. "I don't anymore."
The bartender filled up her cup again and pushed it back towards her. Sky looked down at it before turning back to Maxine and smiling. Maxine furrowed her brows, wondering how Sky could be so fine about her break-up. She didn't much about this blue haired girl, but she assumed she was a lot like herself.
"What happened?" Maxine didn't want to pry, but she was curious and intrusted.
Sky chuckled. "Life happened. There's some things you just can't hold on to forever. I'd think about that before you and Brian play happy families."
"It's Brody."
"Whatever." Sky downed her drink and stood up from the red bar stool. She smiled at Maxine and put her hand out towards her, offering her a hand up. Her hair flipped and her smile seemed sinister, but Maxine decided that this girl was troubled, so nothing seemed right with what she was saying. Maybe it was the drink talking, or maybe she really felt this way. Who knows.
"Let's dance." Maxine grinned and took her hand. Sky leaded her over to the dance floor and the pair let the music and the alcohol do their thinking for them. They moved with the music, and just for a second, they both forgot about boys, and just thought about the moment.
At the other side of the room, Brody and Tyler were watching them with amused expressions. Tyler watched Sky as she danced in a way that made every boy in the room want her, and his sister was dancing as she always did, keeping up with the beat. Brody stared at Maxine, wondering if things would ever be the same again.
"I like Sky, she's..interesing." Tyler smirked. Brody rolled his eyes as he looked away from the girls and at Tyler, who was still watching the blue haired beauty.
"Figures you would be attracted to Skylar. She looks just like Bubbles." Brody chuckled at him.
"Good point." Tyler said before taking a drink of his beer. Brody felt someone tap on his shoulder, and he turned around to see Buttercup and Butch. The boys both glanced at them with surprised expressions.
"What are you two doing here?" Tyler asked. Brody slyly smirked at Butch and Buttercup, but as they were pretending that the whole 'getting caught in the act' thing never happened, they got their nonchalant game faces on.
Buttercup smiled. "Sky invited us. Where is she?"
Both Brody and Tyler pointed to the dance floor where Sky and Maxine where dancing. Buttercup narrowed her eyes, not even recognising the girl she was seeing. Buttercup was the last of her sisters to notice how much Sky had changed, but she was the first to know that it meant either someone broke her or something changed her.
The dark-haired girl made her way over to them.
"Hey, guys." Buttercup grinned at them. Sky spun around and smiled in pure glee as her eyes lay upon Buttercup. She hugged her tight before pulling away. Buttercup glanced at Maxine and smiled with an added nod.
"Dance with us." Sky laughed as she took Buttercup hand and started dancing again. Buttercup joined in while laughing. Her emerald eyes glanced over at Butch, who was smirking at her as always, admiring her from afar. She winked at him before turning back to the girls.
A sudden sensation of invincibility washed over Buttercup. She felt like she could over-come anything now that everything was right in her world again. She had her sisters, her friends and her lovely but cocky secret boyfriend. Life couldn't get better for her.
Well, all that could change if Brody spoke. She would have to make sure she talked to him and made him keep quiet, or better yet, make Butch do it.
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Six drinks later, eight songs later and four dances later, Buttercup was practically collapsed on the floor. She laughed as her and Sky both almost went flying off of the table top they were sitting on, but luckily Butch and Maxine had caught them before they had. Maxine wasn't nearly as drunk as her two friends.
The only people that seemed to be drunk were Buttercup, Sky and Brody.
"How you feeling, my crazy girl?" Butch said before smacking himself on the forehead. He had just remembered that he was around friends and calling her 'my crazy girl' was probably suspicious. Luckily for Butch and Buttercup, not one of them seemed to have heard.
"Drunk. How is sobriety?" Buttercup smirked.
"Great." Butch said sarcastically.
Buttercup rolled her eyes. "Bet you wish you hadn't donated that kidney now."
"It got me you, I'd never regret it." Butch said sweetly and quietly so only she could hear. Buttercup looked at him in surprise that he had said something so sweet, but she still grinned. She wanted to kiss him right there, but she couldn't. Not anytime soon anyway.
"Tyson, you can go get me another drink." Sky smirked at Tyler's angry expression. She had been getting his name wrong all night, Brody's as well. She called Brody various names; Brian, Blake, Brett (Which really annoyed him.), Beck and strangely at one point she called him Connor. Which was no where near the name Brody.
"I will, if you call me by my actual name and not Tyson." She had called him Tyson about seven times now, along with Travis and Tyrone. Sky's smirk got wider before she uttered something she was brave enough to say.
"Okay." She drawled. "Get me a drink..Tyler-Jay."
Everyone excluding Sky and Tyler gasped and braced for attack. Even Bubbles and Boomer couldn't get away with calling him Tyler-Jay, not even Maxine, his own sister. Luckily for Sky, he stood perfectly still. There was no chairs being thrown, no yelling, not even a mean stare, just a blank one.
"You're lucky I like you, Skylar." Tyler warned before walking over to the bar to get Sky another drink. Buttercup and Butch glanced at each other with wide eyes, freaked out beyond compare.
"Okay, what the hell just happened?" Buttercup asked in confusion.
Maxine smiled. "I think Ty's ready to move on. He seems to like you, Sky."
Sky didn't look amused. "He's not my type." She said before pulling out her phone and checking for messages. This confused Buttercup, because she had met Sky's previous boyfriends, and Tyler was exactly her type.
What was going on?
"Here." Tyler handed Skylar the drink. It was filled with tequila and rum, Sky's favourite mix. She had been drinking it all night and asking Tyler, or should I say 'Tyrone', to get her it. Tyler wondered if she would ever get his name right.
"Thank you.." Tyler pushed, waiting for her to say it.
"You're welcome." Sky smirked before jumping of the table and grabbing Maxine and Brody's hands, pulling them to the dance floor. Tyler glared at her with a shocked look. This girl really was something alright.
Buttercup smiled. "We're going to go get some air. See you in ten, Tyson."
Tyler narrowed his eyes at Buttercup and Butch, who both snickered before walking out of the back entrance of the club. Butch smiled, knowing that Buttercup didn't want to get 'air', she just wanted to be his girl at this moment, which she couldn't do inside the club.
His predictions were correct. She pulled him into a deep and passionate kiss.
"I've been wanting to do that all night." Butch whispered against her lips.
Buttercup grinned. "I know."
They kissed again.
Not happy about the ending but I wanted to get this up quickly for you all. So, this chapter we saw Butch and Buttercup pull a Bubbles and Boomer, and started dating secretly. We got more insight into Sky's character, and the beginning of a big story line for Blossom which will start next chapter.
Next Chapter - Butch and Buttercup convince Brody not to tell anyone about them. It becomes clearer that Sky is harbouring a dark secret about her past life. &Blossom's self confidence begins to horrificly and dramatically shatter.
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Allie Peirce
