Chapter twenty-nine

Today was the day that they set their plans to work. The three of them agreed they'd meet at the park again. Blossom and Buttercup brought a microphone for Tino to yell into to make sure everyone in Townsville to be able to hear him.

"Where IS he?" Buttercup said impatiently.

"Just wait a couple of minutes, have some patience Buttercup." Blossom noted.

"We've waited two hours Blossom, I'm beginning to think someone's chickening out!" Buttercup stated madly.

"Buttercup! Have some patience. And besides even if he IS deciding not to come, there's nothing we can do. He's the main part of our plan. We can't do this without him. All we can do is wait." Blossom stated.

"No, we can go and beat the crap out of him."

"And where would you go to find him?" Blossom asked her.

"Uh maybe his HOUSE?" Buttercup raised an eyebrow.

Blossom sighed, "Ah Buttercup, if Tino really does decide not to come he wouldn't go and hide in his house trust me. He would know that we're going to look for him there, and that you're going to give him a fist in the head so obviously he wouldn't stay home."

"What are we going to do then? Stand here and get baked in the sun? I don't want to be black for my next date with Clayton." Buttercup complained.

Blossom's eyes shone. "That's it! Tino and Clayton are best friends, He should know where Tino is."

"Uh…so?"

"SO you can go and ask him. If I remember correctly his house is just across the street from here?"

"Uh…"

"Come ON!"

Blossom dragged Buttercup a crossed the street and rang Clayton's doorbell. Clayton opened the door moments later.

"Oh Buttercup…and Blossom, Um…Hey!" He stammered.

Buttercup just stood there blushing.

Blossom pinched her in the arm.

"Um…come on in." He told them.

Blossom had to push Buttercup all the way in. Clayton seemed to have noticed all this. "Um…Buttercup are you okay?"

Buttercup's face was still red and couldn't speak.

"Oh yeah she's fine. She's just got a case of…of…um…blushing-pox." Blossom tried to cover up.

Clayton walked over to Buttercup, and put his hands on her arms. "Buttercup? What's wrong?"

Buttercup finally came to her senses, "Oh…um…nothing. I was just…uh…nervous about coming to your house. You know, without being invited." She blushed.

"Why? I know, but you're always welcome to my house Buttercup. You're my girlfriend." Clayton said.

Buttercup looked at Clayton in the eyes.

Clayton reached out and hugged her.

Blossom, who was watching all of this so impatiently, "NOW…Buttercup if you still remember, we came for a reason."

Clayton looked at Blossom.

"Do you happen to know where Tino is Clayton?" Blossom asked.

"Uh yeah. I thought…he said…he said he was going to the park to meet you guys." Clayton stuttered.

Blossom and Buttercup looked at each other. "Uh oh. I KNEW we should have kept on waiting." Blossom said. "Oh no, what if he went and we weren't there. HE might get mad and leave, or what if…" She looked around to Buttercup, and to her surprise, she caught Buttercup and Clayton making out on the couch. "BUTTERCUP! We have to go NOW!"

Buttercup looked up at her, "Why don't you go and see if he's there. It really makes no difference if I'm there or not." She said as she went into Clayton's arms again.