7-- I'm going to enjoy writing this one! -

Bubbles was lost in her head since this morning. All that flooded her memory was playful red eyes and the strange guy who owned them. Brick was very unusual. He was intimidating, but he was quiet. He was monotone, but his words were impactful. He barely spoke, but he wasn't shy. Brick was so intriguing to her, he just made her mind wander. When he left, he just poked her nose instead of saying goodbye, but for some reason that was fitting for him. The fact that he was also good looking to her didn't help her mind stop thinking about him. It was like this instantaneous interest happened after she interacted with him.

"Bubbles! Are you even listening to me?!" Blossom's voice knocked her out of her head. They were currently in the school cafeteria, eating lunch.

"Sorry, what were you saying?" Bubbles blushed, she didn't expect to get so distracted by him. "I asked if you needed tutoring again? Because I'm available tomorrow night instead of today... My plans changed today..." Blossom blushed now, Bubbles shook her head no.

"Why are you blushing?" Buttercup asked Blossom with a smirk. Bubbles was still blushing from her thoughtsfrom earlier.

"Well I was asked out tonight by that guy in my drama class..." Blossom admits, blushing even more and Buttercup smirks more.

"Oh thank God! I was beginning to think you were asexual!" Buttercup jokes and Blossom now glares at her. Blossom liked to keep herself busy a lot of the time. She could be labeled as the smartest and most academically active person at the school. So Blossom has never really dated anyone. The one thing that Bubbles didn't get was how Blossom, one of the most attractive girls at the school, didn't get asked out until now. Blossom's natural beauty wasn't hard to miss, but she never boasted about it.

"I'm just busy most of the time... I have duties you know! My work won't do itself!" Blossom huffed in annoyance.

"Nobody should be too busy to get laid..." Buttercup's smirk was now devilish, Buttercup did get around and already had her fair share of boyfriends. Buttercup had a more abrasive look, her fun punky nature meshed well with people.

"For your information I am very efficient in taking care of myself! It's called mastur-" Blossom was interrupted by Bubbles covering her mouth.

"Blossom... You were oversharing again..." Bubbles said awkwardly, Blossom had a habit of being a little too comfortable with talking to her friends. She usually delved way too deep into her own personal information.

"You're always so shy Bubs... It's just talking about sex... Anyone catch your interest?" Buttercup now asked Bubbles. Bubbles, unlike her friends, was smaller and more cute looking. She had a few boyfriends in the past but they turned out to be very rude. The blond blushed again, because only one guy ran through her mind right now and she wasn't 100% sure if she liked him or was just very intrigued by him.

"N-no not yet..." Bubbles tried to not stammer. Buttercup's brows reached her hairline in curiosity.

"Who is it?!" Buttercup could always read her friends like a book. That was her thing, Buttercup was a very social person and could read almost anyone. Well except for certain people.

"I'm unsure... I just don't know yet..." Bubbles admits.

"How can you not know! It's either you have a type, or you don't..." Buttercup chuckles at her blond friend.

"I don't know! I seriously don't! It's not that simple for me okay?!" Bubbles blushed, then her eyes were attracted to something... Or someone...

Brick was outside near a window, sketching in a sketchbook. He was nestled in a almost hidden spot, like he was hiding from the world. Bubbles couldn't help herself and watch him. He was so fascinating to her... The way his brows furrowed in concentration and the way his lips turned into a partial frown that mirrored the mood of the drawing. That was the most emotion she's ever witnessed from him. She's never witnessed him drawing before. Brick was a very skilled artist and just watching the process was almost mesmerizing to her. Brick himself was just mesmerizing to her... Okay... She guessed that she did kinda like him... Just a little bit...

She caught a glimpse of his drawing, it was a black and white image of a girl walking through the rain under an umbrella. Brick's art was usually so somber, but so realistic. Bubbles knew of a painting near the school done by him. His signature was one of a kind and was very recognizable. The painting itself was two figures under a moonlit sky, Bubbles actually had her own favorite spot near that painting and used to stare at it in curiosity.

"Who you looking at Bubs?" Buttercup's question caused Bubbles' eyes to snap away from her current activity.

"Um... Nobody..." Bubbles murmured. "Were you staring at Brick? I saw your eyes move in the direction of the window..." Blossom now asked, Blossom was way too observant.

"No!" Bubbles blushed, she couldn't stop the colouring of her cheeks. She cursed herself for being so shy.

"What's your interest in him? Is it because he saved your ass from falling this morning?" Buttercup raised a brow in question.

"N-nothing! He's just really interesting!" Bubbles hated that she stammered when she was nervous. Buttercup looked her over and was piecing together everything. She tilts her head and looked from Brick to Bubbles.

"Him? He's your type? That I didn't expect..." Buttercup's expression was full of confusion. Bubbles was now beyond red and went silent.

Her eyes went to Brick again and this time he was staring right back at her. Her friends were watching this stare down between the two. Bubbles wanted to look away, but it was like his gaze kept her mentally trapped to keep eye contact with him. Bubbles noticed a tiny smirk like this morning momentarily grace his lips, but it only lasted a few seconds. Suddenly Brick stands up and leans against the window, still keeping eye contact. It was as if he was challenging her to see if she'd look away from him.

Bubbles unintentionally did another nervous habit of hers, she started to bite on the tip of her right pointer finger. Brick's left hand twitched and his stare never wavers. This stare down between them was intense and made her stomach feel like it was full of knots, her breathing was uneven and her heart sped up again. How was he the only person in her life who's done this to her? She's seen other attractive guys, but none affected her like him. She noticed a spark in his crimson irises, his eyes almost lit up.

Suddenly two guys walk up to Brick, one had pushed back sandy blond hair and dark blue eyes, the other had spiked, shiny black hair and forest green eyes. They converse about something for a minute and then Brick rolls his eyes. He grabbed his stuff, then started walking away, but his eyes connect with hers for one last time before he left with them. Bubbles tried to calm down her body. What the hell was that?!

"Brick knows my date?!" Blossom sounded shocked.

"What?" Buttercup asked and Blossom sighed. "That guy with black hair and green eyes, that's who asked me out... His name is Butch Davidson..." Blossom said and Bubbles finally looked at her friends, snapping out of her trance like this morning.

"The way Brick was staring at you was odd Bubs... Why did it almost feel like a game?... I can't ever really get a read on him... He's almost unreadable... I'm gonna say though... The third guy is kinda hot, but he looks like he's too soft to me..." Buttercup chuckles.

Bubbles nods, this whole day was just so strange to her...

(With Brick and friends)

"Dude... That chick you were staring was talking to my date for tonight, I can ask Blossom if she can get her friend's number for you?" Butch nudged Brick as the three of them walked.

Brick just raised a brow, "What?" Brick asked in a bored draw.

"That blond chick you were staring at... That's one of Blossom's friends, her name is Bubbles smith... You know... Blossom Anderson was that chick I told you I was gonna ask out... Christ! Do you even pay attention to when I talk anymore!? You're supposed to be my friend asshole!" Butch crossed his arms with a mild frown.

Brick rolls his eyes again and Butch frowns more. "At least fuckin Boomer pays attention to me!" Butch glares pointing to the blond walking with them.

"That girl really seemed to catch your attention Brick... Who was that third girl Butch? The one with e dark hair?" Boomer finally spoke up.

"That's Buttercup Stevens, she's a feisty one... So I wouldn't even try it..." Butch said teasingly before turning to Brick again.

"So what's your deal with Bubbles? Do you like her or something?" Butch asked curiously.

"I don't have a deal with her, she was staring at me so I thought I'd return the favor... She's also the chick who face planted into my chest this morning from that bitch, Princess, tripping her..." Brick shrugs.

"Everyone is saying that you scared Princess... I wish I could have witnessed that... That would have been a true kodack moment for the world to cherish... God she's such a spoiled bitch! Blossom is hotter!" Butch laughs, Butch was very nosey and liked to have knowledge around the school.

"I wouldn't have been able to do that... I don't like intimidating people..." Boomer was the more gentle one of the three, he was a love is the way kinda guy. He didn't like violence or anything to do with inflicting fear.

"She needs to be put in her place Boomer..." Brick says, as the three finally enter the school.

"That she does..." Butch agrees and then smirks, "Are you doing more painting later or are you not ditching us?" Butch asked as they walked down the vacant school hallway.

"I gotta finish that one before someone tampers with my design... Someone keeps throwing acrylic paint on my work and i have to spend hours getting it off... Thank God I use weather resistant shit..." Brick says with a mildly annoyed sigh.

"I wish people could leave your paintings alone... They add some interest to this dull ass city..." Butch say jokingly, but somewhat truthful.

"That's the price of what I do... I've learned to live with it..." Brick says, his voice that usually quiet tone.

"Well at least come to the fuckin mall with us tomorrow you boring son of a bitch..." Butch chuckles at him.

"Whatever..." Brick shrugs again, that was his usual monotone answer to anything Butch asked him.

"I bet sex with you sounds like fucking Steven Hawking... Or the voice on Microsoft word... Are you robotic?" Butch was teasing Brick again.

"And I bet sex with you is the gateway to herpes... Are you insured?" Brick quips back, unfazed.

"Ha ha... Very funny... My dick is clean asshole..." Butch says sarcastically. "

I'll believe that when I accidentally shoot my own foot..." Brick continues and Butch smirks.

The three continue their conversation on the way to class ...

- I'm enjoying writing this story for everyone! I hope at least some like this!-