I see Buttercup sitting in her room, with her bathroom door open. My jaw drops, I turn to Tasha, see that her jaw has dropped as well, and then ask who the guy is sitting next to her. She blushes a deep shade of red. So does he, for that matter. I've never seen a boy in Buttercup's room. "He's... he's..." Buttercup stutters for a moment, until she's interrupted by the boy.

"I'm Jake. You must be Bubbles, and you're Tasha, right? I think I have Mr. Harrison's class with you." I could tell he was confident, because even in this embarrassing situation, he was sure of himself. Now that I think about it, he does look familiar.

Buttercup speaks up, "He's just a friend, guys. Really, you guys can go. He's helping me with... homework, yeah, that's it - homework!" Her voice sounds nervous and shaky. I look at her, and with my eyes I ask if she thinks I believe that, and she subtly shakes her head no.

I turn to Tasha and ask, "So, ready to go eat our cupcakes?" She looks at me, giggles, and we walk out of the room. Quickly, we walk down to my room, and collapse in a fit of giggles on my bed.

"Okay, was it just me or did Buttercup have a boy in her room? And, was it just me or was he hot? And how long do you think this has been going on? This is, so, not like her! I mean, she's had boyfriends, but they were like in middle school. I mean, what is this, The Twilight Zone or something? I don't know how to accept this! I don't even have a boyfriend, and Buttercup is such a tomboy!" Tasha's voice is so worked up that I tell her to chill.

"Calm down, Tasha. It's just a boy, maybe they really are just friends. We need to be quiet though so that Professor doesn't come and see a boy in the house that he doesn't know. So, relax, we'll go in at three like she said earlier and we'll take Blossom and find out what's going on with everyone!" I could hear my own voice sounded nervous, even if I was prepared to hear about Buttercup's boy. I told her we should go tell Blossom about the three o'clock meeting.

I knock on Blossom's door and we get invited in. "Hey girls, what's up? Sorry, I didn't say hi to you earlier, Tasha. I didn't know you were at our house. So, what brings you to my room?" Blossom shuffles with the papers in her hand while she speaks.

"Tasha, do you want to tell her? Or should I?" I ask her and she says that I can. "Okay, well, Buttercup has a boy in her room. I don't know what they were doing, but his name is Jake and we have a class with him. We're going to have a three o'clock meeting in her room, okay?" She nods her head and Tasha and I leave quickly until we can see Buttercup and Blossom again.