Author's Notes: Once again, I'm here with another chapter. Okay, you can tell Blossom is going to let temper get the best of her.

Chapter 3: Immaturity

Somewei

Since the day they had come back from Moon Crest Forest, Mia completely despised Blossom Utonium with apassion. She had not only beaten her in every subject in school; she now was as good-looking as her if not better! And, she received the looks from Brick that he gave her when they first started going out. There was one thing for sure; Amelia Sanchez was not going to let that redhead steal her spotlight.

She knew this called for drastic measures. Even if it meant ruining her school's good record of their cheerleaders bringing home trophies every competition. Mia set her hazel-brown eyes on Blossom's extremely strong and sweet blonde-haired sister and smirked. The wheels in her head was starting to turn about the upcoming plan.

Bubbles giggled at the joke Torrance just said along with Kelly and Missy. Her blue skirt swayed as she moved toward her locker and opened it up. The Powerpuff blonde didn't notice Mia and her friends approaching as she and her friends talked amongst themselves.

"Bubbles, that baby blue sweater matches perfectly with your dark blue skirt and white pumps," Kelly commented. Bubbles finished putting her books away and smiled at Kelly. But for once she wasn't thinking of clothes, she was thinking of the National Cheer Competition and winning the finals.

"Thanks, but I want to talk about our routines for Nationals," Bubbles said. Kelly nodded in understanding as she mentally told herself to switch from her fashion side to her serious hardcore cheer side. Bubbles smiled happily once Missy and Torrance also switched to their cheer sides. She knew that she could depend on them. They were actually her toughest cheerleaders on the squad. Bubbles hadbegun to talk about their routines with the three other teenagers when Mia, Naomi, and Courtney rudely interrupted them.

"Um, girls can we speak to you?" Mia asked as politely as she could, despite the fact that she didn't like cheerleaders. Missy rose an eyebrow as she looked at her friends. The brunette may be a popular cheerleader, but she didn't like popular snobs. Especially popular snobs named Mia, Courtney or Naomi.

"If it involves telling us to leave the school, getting a life, Buttercup, hating our routines or Blossom, then no, you can't," Bubbles said sharply. Mia gave them the best fake smile she could muster and giggled.

"No, I'm having a sleepover this weekend, and I wondered if you girls would like to come?" Mia said. Naomi and Courtney nodded in agreement with their friend. Torrance pretended to think as did Kelly.

"Gee, I'm sorry, I'm kind of busy," Torrance said sarcastically as Kelly nodded in agreement. Mia did her best not to glare at Kelly or Torrance. She shook the anger out of her and focused her eyesight on Missy and Bubbles.

"I guess I'll go," Bubbles said hesitantly. Much to Missy's dislike, she agreed to go with Bubbles because she didn't trust the curly-haired brunette one bit and she was only going to make sure that Mia didn't pull anything on Bubbles.

"You agreed do go where?" Blossom nearly shouted once she heard about Bubbles' acceptance to Mia's party. Buttercup was normally on Bubbles' side, but this time she agreed with Blossom. She knew that her redheaded sister knew something was up with Mia and she didn't want Bubbles getting hurt, but it seemed Bubbles saw it in a different light.

"I agreed to go to Mia's party? What's so wrong with that?" Bubbles asked defensively. Blossom slapped her forehead and sighed heavily. Her blonde sister just wasn't seeing what she saw. Mia was up to something and Bubbles was blind enough not to see it.

"Listen Bubbles, Mia…she's…sneaky, and she having a problem with not being the most popular girl at school and she's probably plotting something to get back at Blossom, here," Buttercup tried to explain, but didn't go on because Bubbles cut her off.

"No, you listen. I'm tired of being known as the immature, baby-ish one here. If you got a problem with me growing up, well that's just too bad!" Bubbles huffed. Blossom rolled her eyes. She thought that Buttercup and Bubbles would have gotten past this 'Bubbles is still immature' stage, but no, they still were there. Bubbles, then, turned her fierce eyes on Blossom.

"And you!" she snapped at her redheaded sister. "You just barely came back from Stanford! You haven't been with us for a year and you're expecting me to be the same naive Bubbles!" Blossom looked at her sister with a shock expression.

"No I don't!" Blossom proclaimed.Theblue puffrolled her eyes as she looked at her sister disbelieving.

"Sure," Bubbles said with a hint of sarcasm. Blossom, being the redhead she was, finally snapped and let got angry at Bubbles. She couldn't take Bubbles' attitude anymore. She was used to Buttercup, but not Bubbles and she wasn't going to get pushed around by her sister.

"Fine! Go, but if anything happens to you, don't come crying to me!" Blossom shouted angrily as she stormed toward her bedroom. Bubbles sighed with frustration as she watched her sister retreat to her bedroom.

"I won't! In fact, I'll becoming home telling you how much fun I had with Missy," Bubbles shrieked as Blossom's pink door slammed shut. The blonde calmed down and looked Buttercup. She smiled at her black-haired sister. The blonde always knew that Buttercup was on her side.

"Don't think I'm on your side this time. I agree with Blossom," Buttercup as she began walking up the steps. Bubbles looked at the green Powerpuff shocked.

"What?" she said nearing a whisper. Buttercup rolled her eyes as she whirled around and looked at the sweet blue Powerpuff.

"Normally I don't agree with Blossom because it's normally about a monster and knowing my personality, I have a tendency to want to just go in and beat the living daylights out it, but on this subject, both Blossom and I know Mia and she doesn't like Powerpuffs. She only likes Rowdyruffs," Buttercup explained. And with that, the teenager left her sister in shock.

Dinner that night was oddly quiet. Bubbles was still thinking about what Buttercup said, Blossom was still fuming about the fight that afternoon and Buttercup had nothing to say to either of her sisters. She was disappointed in Bubbles' poor judgement of Mia and she was disappointed with Blossom's sudden outburst.

Buttercup knew that her sisters were better than that. Sandy and John looked at their daughters and saw Blossom's angry expression and decided that they would ask them what happened individually later that night. They didn't want argument at the dinner table.

Blossom sat in her room listening to her CD of Kelly Clarksonand looking at Seventeen Magazine. She knew one thing would calm her down and that was her magazines and CDs. She sighed heavily as she looked around her room. She kept wondering if she did think what Bubbles said. Had she thought that Bubbles was still her naïve, sweet self?

A lot changed over the year. Her sisters changed, her friends change, she, herself, had changed. Even her room changed. Her room wasn't filled with posters of posters of Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson or Hoku anymore. Instead it was filled with Green Day, Kelly Clarkson and Lillix now. Her comforters weren't pink and white anymore. They were black and pink now. As Blossom continued to look around her room she heard a knock at the door. She glanced toward the pink door and saw her father walk in. She smiled and murmured a small 'hi.'

"Hey sweetie. You seemed really quiet at dinner. Care to tell me why?" The Professor asked. Blossom bit her bottom lip and wondered if she should tell him.

"No, I'm fine," Blossom replied. John nodded and began to walk toward the door. Blossom watched him inch closer toward the door and began to have doubts of not telling him. She knew whenever she didn't tell her mother or father something it always ended in a bad result.

"Wait, dad!" called Blossom. John turned around and smiled at Blossom. He knew somehow she would tell him what was wrong.

"Yes?" He asked. Blossom sighed heavily as she looked down toward the carpet.

"I want to tell you," The redhead teenage girl admitted. John smiled as he sat down next to his daughter. Blossom paused her CD and pushed aside the magazine and prepared to tell him.

"Well, today, Bubbles, Buttercup and I had a fight concerning the sleepover that Amelia Sanchez invited Bubbles too," Blossom began cautiously. John raised an eyebrow as he listened to what she said.

"Why is that so bad?" He questioned.

"You see, Amelia, or Mia, has a bad reputation of despising me and Buttercup. Lately, since I came back,she has been glaring at me more often then she does, and I'm worried that she might do something to Bubbles seeing how she capable of doing something. I told Bubbles that and she got defensive and started yelling at me.

"She accused me of calling her immature when in reality I wasn't even thinking that. All I was doing was protecting my sister like I always have. So we started yelling at each other and I said that if she went and something happened to her I wouldn't care and that's not true." John listened intently as his daughter spoke.

"Now it seems that she won't speak to me, and I want to talk to her, but I'm afraid I'll have another outburst and start yelling at her again because I'm still upset with the fight earlier," Blossom finished. John nodded as Blossom finished talking.

"Well, it seems that from what you're saying you disagree with Bubbles from going to this party because you're afraid that this Mia might do something to her whereas Bubbles just wants to spread her wings and wants to experiment with her life. From what it looks like both of you are looking from a different point of view.

"You're looking at her and telling her not to go to protect her, and Bubbles is looking at it as if you think of her still immature. What you need to do is put yourself in her shoes and see what she sees," John said. Blossom looked at him puzzled with her father's last statement.

"See what she sees?" Blossom asked inquisitive.

"Basically think from her point of view," John explained simply. Blossom nodded her head in understanding as she smiled at her father.

"Thanks dad," Blossom murmured as she hugged her dad. John smiled as he embraced her back.

"You're welcome sweetie," John said as he stood up and exited her room. Blossom sat there thinking about what her father said and tried to "see what Bubbles saw." It was difficult to because she couldn't shake the feeling that Mia was going to do something.

Sandy knocked on Buttercup's door and walked in. She entered her daughter's green room and saw Buttercup on the computer talking to her friends through Instant Messaging while she was listening to her CD player. Sandy walked up to Buttercup and put a hand on her shoulder. Buttercup jumped up slightly from being startled and glanced at Sandy.The green puff took of the earphones and smiled at Sandy.

"Yeah mom?" Buttercup said.

"Sweetheart, your father and I noticed that you girls were quiet at dinner tonight. How come?" Sandy asked. Buttercup stopped her CD player and looked at her mother. She knew that they would ask her this question.

"Today, Bubbles, Blossom and I got into a fight. Basically Bubbles is upset that she can't go to sleepover because Blossom says so," Buttercup replied shortly as she turned back to her computer. Sandra Utonium looked oddly at Buttercup half expecting the problem be given more explanation.

"That's it?" Sandy questioned curiously.

"No, you see the party Bubbles was invited to was for Amelia Sanchez, a girl that doesn't like Blossom or me and we don't like her. Blossom has a hunch that Amelia or Mia is up to something and doesn't want Bubbles to go. Normally, I would disagree with Leader Girl, but this time I have to agree with her. I also feel like something is up," Buttercup said.

"Oh, and Bubbles is angry at that," Sandy said.

"Yep," Buttercup answered as she looked at her computer screen and started answering/talking to her friends again. "That it?"

"Yes, dear, thank you," Sandra said as she exited the bedroom and met up with her husband.

"Party?" Sandy asked.

"Yes."

"Blossom mad at Bubbles?"

"Yeah."

"Bubbles mad at Blossom?"

"Yeah."

"Now Bubbles?"

"Yep." John answered as he and Sandy walked toward their blonde daughter's room. They knocked on the door and found Bubbles at her canvas with a drawing pencil in her hand. She looked up and gave them a small smile.

"Hi," Bubbles greeted. Sandy smiled and asked her the same question that she asked Buttercup and John asked Blossom. Bubbles, like her sister, explained the situation and told them she thought it was unfair that Blossom and Buttercup could do things with out anyone yelling at them or telling them that they couldn't do something and John and Sandy just listened.

"Well, we talked to Blossom and from what she said, Buttercup too, they're worried that Mia may do something to you and they just don't want you to get hurt. I bet you they told this themselves and I understand from where you're coming from, but why don't you think from they're coming from," Sandy said.

Bubbles looked at them and nodded. Before they left the room, she promised them she would think about where they were coming from and told her parents that she would talk to her sisters tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Bubbles met up with Blossom and Buttercup at the kitchen table. Bubbles had explained that she wanted to go just to see what it was about and, much to Blossom's disliking, they agreed that she could go as long as she was careful. As the three sisters talk, the doorbell rang and Bubbles rushed to get it. She smiled when she saw Boomer at the door.

"Hey, Bubbles, Blossom, Buttercup," He greeted. The greeted him back. "Could I ask you guys a favor?"

"What?" Bubbles asked curiously. Boomer smiled meekly and sighed.

"Can I get a ride. Brick and Butch ditched me for their girlfriends," Boomer asked. Blossom shot Bubbles a look like saying 'see, I told they weren't nice to anyone.' Bubbles rolled her and gave her a look that read 'I'm still going.'

"Whatever," Blossom muttered as she pushed past the two blondes. "I'm out. Bubbles can give you a ride. Buttercup's and my car are at the dealers getting repaired or in my case, getting its 'check up.' Later." Blossom brought out her skateboard and walked outside. Buttercup's eyes widened as she quickly grabbed her roller blades and followed her sister.

"Since when do you skateboard?" Buttercup asked. Blossom giggled and rolled her eyes.

"Since I became Miss-Not-So-Prim-And-Proper," Blossom replied simply as she hopped on her skateboard and starting rolling down the sidewalk. Buttercup mouth 'oh' and followed her sister toward Townsville Central High.

"Boomer, how come you don't just fly there?" Bubbles asked curiously once both her sisters were gone. Boomer blinked several times before blushing in embarrassment.

"Whoops," He said. "I forgot."

Bubbles smiled and then finally giggled. Boomer looked at his counterpart blankly before joining in with her and laughed at his own embarrassment and mistake.

Once Blossom and Buttercup entered the school, the boys automatically started asking them for dates, but both girls just ignored them. From afar, Brick saw the group of boys and wondered what all the commotion was all about. He saw Blossom and Buttercup in the middle and just shook his head. Butch suddenly popped up behind him.

"Hey man, what's up? What's with the idiotic group of players?" Butch asked he motioned toward the group around Buttercup and Blossom. Brick shrugged and began to entered to combination to his lock that was right next to him.The green ruffsquinted and rolled his eyes. The 'players' as he called them were asking dates once again. He noticed that Buttercup was replacing Bubbles today.

The day went pretty much normal except for the fact that Mia was acting strangely nice towards Bubbles and neither Buttercup or Blossom liked that. Friday came and went and finally Saturday approached. Bubbles had packed all of her sleepover things and went to Mia's house around 6:00 PM.

"Hi Bubbles," Mia greeted as she let Bubbles and Missy in. Bubbles smiled happily, but Missy kept her stern expression, totally not trusting Mia. Mia grabbed Bubbles and Missy's thing and put them next to her other friends things.

The teenagers had played the traditional truth or dare. They called Brick's and Butch's house and talked a lot. Mia finally suggested drinks and ran to the kitchen to go them. When she came back, she had each girl a lemonade. Missy refused the drink and listened to the girls talk once again. Missy looked at Bubbles and saw holding her head with one hand. She noticed that something was wrong and looked closer. Her face was going pale.

"Bubbles, are you okay?" Missy asked. The other girls looked at Bubbles once Missy spoke up. Bubbles dropped the glass and held her stomach. "Bubbles?"

"I don't feel so good," Bubbles murmured as she fell to the floor and fainted. Missy jumped up and ran toward Bubbles followed by the other girls.She panicked and brought out her cell phone from her purse seeing how she didn't know where the phone was lying around. Missy dialed 911 and called for an ambulance. She grabbed her jacket and put on her shoes once the EMT's burst through the doors. They did their normal procedures, but finally decided to take her to the hospital.

Unknown to what was happening to her sister, Blossom sat quietly on the couch watching TV. Next her, Buttercup was asleep. As the redheaded leader watched TV, the doorbell rang. Blossom quietly got up and walked toward the door. She opened it and found Brick standing in the rain.

"What do you want Brick?" Blossom asked. Brick rolled his eyes as he pretended to be annoyed.

"I didn't come here of my own free will. My brothers are in the car and Boomer asked me to ask you girls if he left anything here?" Brick said. Blossom looked down to the floor and thought.

"Yeah, he did," Blossom said finally, but was interrupted when she heard the phone ring. Blossom told him to come inside the house and went to answer the phone.She picked it up and spoke into the receiver, "Hello? Hi Missy…Missy what's wrong…okay, okay calm down…She what…okay…we'll be right over."

Blossom hung up and ran over to the sleeping form of Buttercup.The redheaded girlshook her sisterawake and told her that Bubbles was in the hospital. Buttercup woke up with what Blossom told and her grabbed her jacket that was on the armchair next to the sofa.

"What happened?" Brick asked. Blossom gritted her teeth as she looked at the teenage boy grimly.

"I'll explain later, can you just take me to the Townsville General Hospital?" Blossom snapped. Brick nodded as he ran to the car and waited for the girls to come. Buttercup ran into the car followed by Blossom once she locked the door.

Townsville General Hospital
7:50 PM
One hour later

Blossom sat beside the bed staring at Bubbles along with Sandra, John and Buttercup. Outside in the waiting room was the Rowdyruff Boys and Ms. Bellum. Blossom sighed heavily as she walked out of the room and into the waiting room. The boys and Ms. Bellum looked up.

"How is she?" Ms. Bellum asked. Blossom sighed as she looked at the mayor's secretary.

"The doctor says that someone gave her too much sleeping pills. He says that thanks to the Chemical X in her blood it didn't kill her, but she may be out for awhile. Dr. Robertson says that it's a miracle she didn't fall into a coma," Blossom explained. Ms. Bellum sighed in relief knowing that Bubbles was going to be okay.

"My goodness, that gave me a scare," Ms. Bellum muttered as she sank into her seat.

"Blossom! Someone has something to explain," Falcon called as she entered the hospital with Heaven right next to her. Everyone looked toward the two girls and found Mia looking at them meekly. Blossom walked up to her.

"Talk!" Heaven nearly shouted.

"Um…well…you see…er…" Mia began. The curly headed girl became really nervous under Blossom's fierce glare and panicked. Falcon sighed heavily and rolled her eyes.

"It was her that did that to Bubbles," Falcon burst. Blossom's eyes widened as she glanced at Falcon and then at it turned back to an icy glare when she looked back at Mia.

"You," She growled. "You nearly killed my sister!"

"Oh well, that's one less freak in our city," Mia said simply.

Author's Notes:

And I'll leave it there and have you wait for the next chapter Criminal Intent. Let's just say that there's going to be a really bad one-sided cat fight. Powerpuff match 114! Ready! Set! Go! U.U God, I've been watching too much G Gundam….no, I've been watching too much Gundam, period. Anyway, read and review and once again, NO FLAMES!

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"Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself."

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