The final school bell loudly rings, which signal to the students of Pokey Oaks High that day three of Sports Fest has officially drawn to an end.

"I guess we have to wait for Blossom." Bubbles mentions before Buttercup rolls her eyes at her sister's statement.

"I mean what's up with him asking Mr. Matura if she could leave with him?" Midori abruptly chimes in.

"I don't like that blonde haired twit. He isn't all there." Buttercup states her opinion about Flash while she taps her index finger against her temple.

Buttercup peers up at the clock before she exhales a deep sigh, "Well they have about fifteen minutes before we leave school with or without Blossom."

"Do you need to get something from your locker?" Midori suddenly poses to the two sisters.

Bubbles shakes her head in a no fashion and retorts, "I don't think I have anything important in my locker. Why?"

"I need to drop some things off." She provides her reason while she points to the items that were in her arms.

"I don't see why not." Buttercup adds in before the trio travel in the direction of Midori's locker.

"...but back to this Flash and Blossom relationship, don't you think its kind of odd how he baited Blossom into that date?" Bubbles verbalizes when she returns the conversation back onto Flash and Bubbles.

"So he tried to con her in to a date? And she went along with it?" Buttercup questions after she listens to Bubbles' inquiry.

"Now, now, now Buttercup, you know Blossom only sees the facts and figures in things." Bubbles sternly reminds her raven haired sister.

"A girl who is ruled by her brains rather than her heart." Midori basically sums up Blossom's personality in one shot.

"We're here!" She abruptly announces once the trio finally reach their destination.

Buttercup gently rests her back against a nearby locker while Bubbles casually glances over Midori's shoulder.

As Buttercup was about to close her eyes, the sight of Bell's gang crowd the medium size hallways of Pokey Oaks High.

"Speaking of the couple of the hour," She mutters, which captures both Bubbles and Midori's focus as they peer off to their right.

Bell simply wore a smile of approval while Flash hooked his right arm around Blossom's shoulder and used his strength to tuck her underneath him.

"It's a shame that the student referee didn't keep your red haired friend in the game." She deliberately mentions after she approaches Buttercup, Bubbles, and Midori.

Buttercup merely glances up at Bell and casually rebuttals, "You already know that that rule should've been overturned. However, I will accept the lost because of the lack people on the floor compared to a complete slaughter."

Bell briefly pauses to herself since she was not use to this very calm and complacent Buttercup that currently stands before her very own eyes.

"Now if you don't mind, I do need my sister so I can take her home." She calmly declares while she gently pushes her back off of the locker and eventually returns to her upright position.

"To the victor the spoils." Flash merrily interjects in the girls conversation, which earns him a scowl from his girlfriend's blonde haired sister and close friend.

Bell critically studies her rival's facial expression, swiftly raises one of her arms in front of Flash as mean to halt him, and finally instructs, "Stop teasing her and let Blossom go."

Flash quickly displays to his classmate an expression that clearly reads, "You actually agree with this?"

"We will save our banter for another day." Bell merely comments before she leisurely advances a little closer to Buttercup "...besides, its no fun when you aren't interested."

Right before Flash releases Blossom from within his grasp, he leans in for a kiss but Blossom shifts her face in time so that the kiss lands on one of her cheeks.

Bell snaps her fingers twice to capture Flash's attention before she points to the direction of the door, "Until tomorrow then Buttercup."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Buttercup easily brushes off Bell's feeble attempt to start a physical confrontation with her.

"Let's head to the car." She suggested to the group once Midori closed and locked the locker door back. "We stayed here for far too long."

Meanwhile,

Butch and his brothers' finally departed from within Mr. Matura's classroom,

"So tomorrow is the last day for the Sports Fest, eh?" Butch directs his question toward Fiji, one of his fellow classmates.

"Yeah, its four days of activities before the Awards Ceremony on Friday." He answers when he adds, "So see you guys tomorrow?" while he waves them off.

"Pokey Oaks High isn't like the other schools that we came from." Boomer unexpectedly mentions while he lazily adjusts his shirt.

"You can say that again." Brick wearily agrees with his blonde haired brother's claim about Pokey Oaks High.

"Did you handle that problem of yours?" Butch pops the question after he glances over his left shoulder.

"I'm working on it as we speak." Brick hastily reassures his brother, which causes Boomer to sharply pass looks at the two on his left.

'It's just like that time when Serena asked me to get them from Butch's room.' He recall that his brothers would often time speak in code whenever they were by themselves.

'I wonder what's going on?' Boomer mentally ponders to himself as they finally made their way out onto the school's courtyard.

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'So he wants me to bring her in for a physical?' Serena weighs to herself while she takes her leave from General Malone's office.

'She sounds extremely difficult to deal with if I'm her twentieth handler.' She inwardly contemplates while she leisurely ambles through the fort's numerous corridors.

Her brown eyes occasionally peered down at the sheet of paper that she was supposed to give to the woman in the front.

There was a written address in which she assumed was Bell's residence since General Malone suggested that she should hail a cab.

'I wonder why is that?' She wonders to herself before she draws near the woman that she was order to locate.

"General Malone instructed me to report this address and give you this." Serena politely greets the woman in the traditional military fashion.

The woman quietly reaches out for the piece of paper, critically reads it, swiftly grabs the land-line phone and punches in some numbers.

A brief conversation ensues before it concludes with a "Thank you". "Your cab will be here in less then twenty minutes."

Serena promptly thanks the assistant, who warmly smiles at the woman in front of her.

"Good luck with that stuck-up little girl." She boldly verbalizes before she swiftly departs from the desk.

The orange haired woman personally did not know how to respond to the statement about the General's daughter.

So Serena ultimately decides to remain polite to the woman and kindly utters a "Thank you".

"I'll be cheering for you then." The woman honestly proclaims with a smile on her face and an unexpected pump of the fist.

She mentally opts to nod her head rather than speak in case someone may overhear their conversation.

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"Hey you guys…isn't that Drake?" Brick inquisitively poses toward Butch once they near Serena's orange Mustang GTO.

Butch tracked a visual path based off of the direction where Brick's head was pointed. He soon came face to face with the brunette haired boy, named Drake Pierce.

Drake awkwardly offers them a stiff wave of his hand before he cheerfully greets them. "It's good to see you ladies again. Enjoying your little Sports Fest?"

"A week of no school work plus a free game of dodgeball today, it doesn't get any better than this." Butch honestly admits when he answers his question.

"I wish Cram would have something like this…but we have too many delinquents at the school." Drake hopelessly mumbles his disappointment.

Butch strolls up to him, settles his right hand on his left hand shoulder, and whispers, "In the meantime, I'm sure you will distract yourself with much prettier things."

A smile surfaces on his face along with a chuckle from the young man, "You know me all too well. Your sense of timing is still sharp, my friend."

On the inside of Pokey Oaks High,

"So Midori, have you finally gone out on your date with Drake Pierce yet?" Bubbles curiously questions her red haired friend about the brunette as the quad cross the school's entrance and exit.

"Bubbles," Midori hastily snaps at her, which immediately earns a curious stare from a rather deadpan Blossom.

"Who is this Drake Pierce, Midori?" Blossom abruptly poses toward Midori, who merely slaps her hand on her forehead.

Bubbles merrily giggles at the ginger's reaction when she suddenly diverts her concentration onto the courtyard.

"I have an even better idea, Blossom," Bubbles happily speaks up before Midori casts her sights toward the bubbly blonde.

"How about you just meet him in person?" The red head instantly froze after she intently heard what Bubbles just recently announced, "You're lying!"

Her sights was slowly rotating in the direction of the parking lot, nervously searching for Butch's car and frantically registering: Boomer's blond hair, Brick's orange hair underneath his red cap, Butch's raven-black hair, and an unfamiliar brunette among the group.

"Our little Midori has her own personal stalker." Buttercup teasingly adds in before Bubbles instantly bursts in to a fit of giggles while Midori silently shrieks a "no".

She watches as the girls begin to head in the direction of the parking lot. 'If I don't move with them then I will just draw attention to myself.'

With the guys...

'The girl with the orange hair is new…if I remember her name it should be Blossom.' Drake inwardly reflects when the boys notice the group of girls saunter toward them.

"Maybe we should just give you a Pokey Oaks High parking decal. It seems as if you will be a frequent visitor from now." Buttercup jokingly reveals, which garners smiles all around, except for Midori and Blossom.

"As much as I appreciate the offer, it would take the fun out of sneaking in here to see Midori." The brunette deliberately declares before looks were swiftly exchange between him and the red haired girl.

Buttercup could have sworn she seen Midori's heart utterly halted as the expression of shock on her face was absolutely priceless.

It eventually took a nudge in the side from Bubbles' elbow to snap Midori out of her trance. She then whispers, "He is even willing to break the law to come see you. How sweet!"

A brief silence befalls the group before Drake vocalizes, "Anywho, I don't want to hold you all up from any other special events today. Midori, do you need a ride?"

Before she could even agree or deny, Bubbles gently pushes her toward him, "Oh, that would be awfully nice of you Drake."

Midori immediately peers over one of her shoulders to see that Bubbles happily waves at her while Buttercup simply smiles with a totally confuse Blossom.

"Take good care of her." Buttercup cheerfully quips before she mimics her sister's actions.

"The peanut gallery has spoken, the door is unlock if you want to get in now." The brunette politely informs her.

Bubbles and Buttercup note the look on her face as she sends a mental message their way, "Some friends you guys are".

"Since everyone is in a rush to send me home, have a good rest of the day everyone." Midori politely parts from the group as she angrily tugs on the passenger's door handle.

"Be safe you future lovebirds." Bubbles constantly teases before they finally pull out of the space and then out of the parking lot.

"You think they would last?" Butch suddenly asks Buttercup after he appears right next to her.

She simply shrugs her shoulders in an up and down fashion, "I try not to stick my nose in other people's relationships. They tend to backfire on me whenever I do."

"Ah…I see," He responds while he quick cuts his eyes over to where the others converse with one another.

It was then that an idea hit Butch, "I just had a brilliant idea on what we can do for our next date!"

Buttercup instantly peers over her shoulder to see that none of them heard Butch's sudden declaration.

A sigh of relief eases from her lips as she once again closes her eyes for the second time today. "I swear I miss a much quieter Pokey Oaks High."

Butch overhears some noise from his left when he asks her, "What was that that you're mumbling under your breath Butter?"

"It's nothing." She easily brushes it off with a fold of her arms and scrunches up her forehead to concentrate.

'She's thinking about something.' He assumes before he lifts his fingers near her forehead and gives her a simple thump on the head.

"Hey what was that for?!" Buttercup irritably inquires as one of her hands now cover her sore forehead.

"You dropped your guard. Had to keep you alert." Butch calmly explains why he did what he did.

"Try not to think too hard about the things that you can't control." He adds in before he calls out to his brothers' at the car.

'Could he tell?'

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Author's Note:

04.03.17 Major editing revisions