Next Chap!!!

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Brick picked out his red ski-jacket to wear over a pair of baggy jeans and a black tee with 'Hi, I don't care, thanks' written on it with red letters. He put on his signature red hat, and checked the mirror. Not that it even makes a difference. Every girl in school will faint if I even say one word to them. Except that dumb... Hey, what happened to Blossom yesterday anyway? Brick decided that Blossom was just stressed. She had to run a campaign, and against HIM of all people. He checked out his reflection, happy with what he saw.


Blossom looked through her wardrobe, disgusted.

Everything's all pink, and flowery and...Ugh!

She quickly decided that anything she owned at the moment would be way too... GIRLY to wear to school. She formulated a plan in her head, and grabbed the first dress she saw. She put it on, and went downstairs.

"Hey, professor, I'm gonna go to school earlier to set up my campaign, okay?" She lied, smoothly.

"Sure, I guess Blossom."

"Okay, Bye!"

She walked out the door and Bubbles and Buttercup didn't even give her a second glance.

Better get to the mall before school! She thought, as she flew away.


"WHOA! Did you see BLOSSOM?"

"No, but I heard! Strange..."

"Oh, I know!"

Everyone in school seemed to be whispering something about Blossom, and it was driving Brick NUTS trying to figure out what happened.

What? Did she come in looking a little less than perfect? Did she get B+ and have a global meltdown? Did she– WHOA! Brick stared open-mouthed at the Blossom he saw before him. She had gone to the Townsville Mall, and straight to "Unique", which was a clothing store that made ALL of their own clothes, and NOTHING looked the same as anything else. Their weren't even two of the same item! But all the clothes were totally cool, and so Blossom went straight there.

Blossom was wearing a fire-red midriff top, which had black stars sown in all over. Her pants were black low-rides, which faded into red near the bottom. She had taken her hair out of the pony-tail, so it hug in long waves down to her back. She wore dark lipstick, and mascara. She looked at Brick, who was still gaping at her, and said "If you wanna stare, why don't you do it in class."

What...Happened...To...Blossom...? Brick was having trouble thinking at the moment. All he could seem to think was Blossom... He was completely... weirded out. Thoughts came flying into his head...

C'mon, Brick, you know you like the little Blossom...

So, looking forward to your little Debate Team meeting? You know SHE's gonna be there...

WHAT are you doing here, Brick-Brain?...

Why was he thinking like this? He knew, in the back of his head, it wasn't just a wardrobe change. So? Why was it any of HIS business?

However, those thoughts didn't stop him from staring at her all through first period.


WHAT'S wrong with HIM? Blossom thought as she caught him staring at her for the third time that day. He quickly averted his eyes and turned away. She found herself smiling at the thought of him paying attention to her. She stopped smiling as soon as she realized it. He's a ROWDYRUFF! Stop! She thought. She turned away, and tried to do her work. She couldn't concentrate. Hey, why not have some fun with this Brick situation. She called over Mr Davis, the newest teacher in school. All the girls thought he was hot, because he was only twenty-five. They flirted with him constantly. Mr Davis came over, and the flirting commenced.


Brick watched Blossom flirt with Mr Davis. This was definitely not the normal Blossom. This Blossom flirted like a pro, and Brick had never seen her flirt ONCE! Of course, she doesn't need to. She has all the boys under her spell... except me. His eyes narrowed as he watched Blossom laugh at one of the teacher's dumb math jokes. One thing was for sure, Blossom would NEVER do that. SHE thought flirting with Mr Davis was stupid, because he was twenty-five, and probably have a girlfriend.

What's wrong with her? Is this about what happened yesterday? Wha– Brick's thoughts were interrupted when Mr Davis passed his table. He turned back to Blossom, who seemed to be staring at his back. A grin then spread across her face, and she quickly scribbled something on the scrap paper. She then passed it to one of her friends. The friend wrote something else on the paper and passed it back. As this continued, Brick suddenly wanted to kill Mr Davis. This is So Stupid!

After class, Brick found the paper and read the notes on it:

Oh My God, Polly! SO CUTE!

Oh Yeah! Speaking of cute, what's up with Brick?

I don't know, You?

Nope, think it might have something to with the new outfit?

???

Oh, and why the change, anyway?

Everything was TOO GIRLY!

Oh... I thought you liked girly?

Until now.

The rest was all notes from the math lesson.


Blossom walked to her locker, and opened it. More notes, but she didn't have time for them now. Maybe just one... it was another one of those blank cards. She felt that really strange feeling again, and quickly ran to P.E.


Brick watched Blossom at her locker. He saw her shiver, and put the card away.

Something's definitely up...


At P.E., Brick was more surprised than anyone else in the room. Blossom appeared, late, and in a completely new wardrobe. This time, she was wearing short-shorts, which were black with red trim, and a red halter that said 'B****' on it, in black sparkly letters. Her hair was now pulled up in a floppy bun, and the make-up was now gone.

What the– Brick was astounded. He knew that Blossom would never wear anything like that! She walked into the room, and the first thing she did was glare at him. Brick was torn between three thoughts:

What's WRONG with her????

She's SO HOT!

No she's not!!!! She's a PowerPuff!!!!!!


Brick decided the best thing to do was try to stay away from her. After a game of Basketball, the coach decided to try and talk to Blossom about her 'less than appropriate' outfit.


"Blossom, do you have anything you can change into?" He said.

"Uh... no."

"Well then I'm afraid you are going to have to go to the office. That outfit is very inappropriate."

"No Way! I'm not goin' to the f***in' office just 'cause you got a problem with my clothes."

The entire room went silent. Blossom had never said a curse in her entire life!!! Brick didn't know what to do. He had to stop himself from cheering. You had to have a lot of guts to take on Coach Bremmor. You could tell he was angry, his face was bright red. He told her to get to the office, but she refused to move. Finally, he let her sit down. When she sat down, everyone clapped for her, Brick the loudest.

Whoa, when did Blossom suddenly get so... so... Brick couldn't think of anything that could finish that sentence. This was getting crazy! He ran up to talk to her after P.E. She was by her locker.

"Yo, Bloss, I–"

"What do YOU want, Brick-Brain?" she interrupted.

"Look, I know you and I have never really gotten along, but I just wanted to say that we were all... pretty shocked back there." Brick was blushing at this point, but he didn't know why.

Blossom snickered, and said "Flirting doesn't work on me. If I liked you, you'd know it."

She slammed her locker shut, and walked away.

Brick looked around to find many people staring at him. He had to find something to divert his attention... Hey, there's a card on the floor. He picked it up, and smelled the same smell on it that he'd smelled before.

This is getting weird...

He put the card in his school bag, and ran home.