PpG3
Secrets and Surprises
Chapter 13 - Dear Diary 2. . .

I can't believe what I did last night! I kissed someone. No, not just 'someone', I kissed Andra!
I think I'm insane.
Not that I think kissing her was a bad thing. It was quite good, actually. A heck of a lot better than when I kissed that Rowdyruff Boy when I was 5. It was just like it was in my dreams. Well, it was a lot more romantic in my dreams, but if felt the same. In my dreams usually we're out on a date at the movies or something, not having a sleep over at her house after we've played a painful game (in more ways than one) of Truth or Dare.
I don't know what I'm going to do at school on Monday. Everything's changed now, although we didn't really talk about it this morning at breakfast. We were awfully quiet. Cassie (Andra's Mom) was giving us some weird looks, but she probably figured we were just tired from staying up late.
Gosh, I hope that's what she thinks!

-Buttercup

Buttercup's acting weird again! She's been all quiet and starry eyed since she came home from Andra's this morning. It definitely makes me wonder about what went on between those two last night.
But then again, part of me doesn't want to know.
I was telling the truth when I told the Professor I don't care who Buttercup likes. She could like a Martian for all I care, but the way she's going about this crush thing still leaves me uneasy. She's spent all day in our room, doodling and sighing into her stupid diary. I caught a glimpse of what she was writing, lots of stars and hearts and the initials again: A.M. and B.U. Unless Buttercup and Andra snuck out last night to meet an 'A.M.' I've never heard of, Andra has to be Buttercup's crush. Which leads me back to the 'do I really want to know what happened last night?' thought. I don't think they, y'know, did anything, nothing really serious anyway. But do I want to imagine my sister making out with anybody?
Ugh, bad mental picture there, which obviously answers that rhetorical question.
I considered talking to the Professor about Buttercup again, but he didn't seem to think anything strange was going on. I think he was just happy that she and I weren't yelling or glaring at eachother. I don't think she made eye contact with anybody today, that's how out of it Buttercup has been.
I'll watch them at school on Monday. That should answer my questions.
-Blossom

Dear Diary,
Buttercup's happy again! Yea! I knew Andra couldn't be as bad as Blossom seemed to want her to be. One night with Andra and Buttercup's back to being her old self again.
O.K., that's a lie. If Buttercup was back to being her old self again, she'd be teasing me an' Blossom and trying to keep me from watching T.V. or something, but she spent most of the day in our room, writing in her diary for hours. I didn't ask what she was writing, I figured it was private stuff and she'd just get mad if I asked her about it. You never know with Buttercup these days. Maybe it's those hormoans they told us about in helth class.
Anyway, I actually like this Buttercup better than the old Buttercup. She was nice an' quiet and kept out of everybody else's way. Maybe I'll want the old Buttercup back evenshually, but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon!
Oh, Blossom told me she thinks 'something' happened between Buttercup and Andra, but I think she's being paranoyd again. 'Speshally since she won't say what the 'something' is.
Blossom's even weirder than Buttercup some days. Maybe I'm the only sane Powerpuff Girl left!
Good night!
Bubbles

Dear Diary -
I don't think I've ever been happier in my life! Buttercup kissed me last night, and I kissed her back. . . it was the most wonderful feeling in the world! Like. . . like what flying must feel like. I was lighter than air for that brief moment, then had a really hard time falling asleep afterwards. Judging from the rustling sounds next to me, Buttercup was having a hard time, too.
By unspoken agreement we didn't talk about it this morning. Mom was around us the whole time, and it wasn't something we really needed to talk about. I didn't think so, at least. Maybe we can get together after school, or at lunch. Or maybe not. Maybe Buttercup was having a hard time getting back to sleep because she couldn't believe what she'd just done, and I mean that in a bad way. Like maybe she started to second guess her decision and she thought she'd made a bad one, and now she doesn't want to see me again!
Too many maybes. Too much worrying. I need to stop doing that. My rational mind says that Buttercup would never do that. She always says exactly what she means, and I'm convinced she meant it when she said she liked me. We didn't talk about it because it was a new experience for both of us and we both have to sort through a lot of emotions.
And now I sound like some crazy shrink. I'm going to bed. It'll probably take me forever to go to sleep, since it seems like every time I close my eyes I see Buttercup's silhouette as she moves towards me. Closer and closer until I finally close my eyes and kiss her
Bed. Now. Sleep.
Andra

Saturday, 11:09 P.M.

Things are returning to normal here, thank goodness. Blossom is still sending tense looks Buttercup's way, but Buttercup's ignoring them. The night at Andra's seems to have been therapeutic for her. She has spent almost the entire day in her room, writing in her diary according to Blossom and Bubble's reports, but when I've seen her she's been happy, so I don't think she's locked herself away because she's angry. Blossom's fears were obviously unfounded, as Ms. O'Peia and Andra both seem to be perfectly likable people. Anyone who can chip through Buttercup's tough act the way Andra has must be a good influence.
Blossom's continuing hostility concerns me, though. I'm beginning to worry about the bitterness she seems to harbor towards Buttercup just as Buttercup is finally beginning to make friends. Is Blossom really so controlling that she resents anyone trying to break up the Powerpuff Girl triumvirate? Is Blossom jealous perhaps? Or is there something deeper going on between the Girls that I'm just not seeing?
Bubbles appears to be the only one unfazed by her sisters, but that's to be expected. She's always been the most flexible of the three. I'm sure today has been one of her best, thanks to Buttercup being too pre-occupied with her own life to tease her or to try and start a fight with Blossom. I wonder if she hopes things will stay this way?