After Brick left she couldn't catch a wink of sleep. She felt so dirty and depraved she went and took two showers to wash the feeling off. Blossom thought she could still smell him on her skin, two showers later.

The fact that she enjoyed that so much felt like a slap in the face of the victims. She couldn't even imagine her sisters' reaction if they found out about his visit.

'Am I a sex maniac? Is that it? Maybe everyone in school is right..?'She stored the jacket in the farthest corner of her closet. It was clearly too dangerous too keep around.

'But what do I do about him? How do I face him again? He was ready to do it here..on my bed.'

The thought of her spreading her legs with her family asleep in the same house made her die of embarrassment. She somehow managed to make it throughout the night without going completely insane.

Near the break of dawn she could hear the sound of a door opening downstairs and a sudden thud.

'Could it be him?' she rushed downstairs as fast as she could only to be greeted by the sight of a beaten to a pulp Buttercup lying on the floor, blood dripping from her wounds. There wasn't a place on her body that wasn't bruised or cut.

''Jesus, Buttercup, what happened?

'Shhhh, I don't want to wake everybody up. I'm fine.'

'This looks far from fine to me?'

'I'm ok, I just went and got trashed at the biker bar, then fought everyone there.' she said, all in one breath.

Blossom raised an eyebrow, she couldn't imagine her sister getting bested by a gang of humans, even if they were the scariest around. 'Humans...? I sound like him '

'Yea, so, imma just go to my room now.'

Buttercup attempted to get up the stairs, but she was staggering so Blossom assisted her.

'Don't lie to me.' Blossom whispered in her ear. 'I know it's weird coming from me... but I won't judge you for it.'

''I told you what happened. What more do you want?' Buttercup said, half annoyed.

They got her to the green room and Blossom tucked her in bed.

'Ok, sleep tight. I'll go wipe the blood.'

Before she closed the door completely, she heard hee sister saying.

'I went to fight him, ok?'

Blossom got back inside the room. 'Who?'

'That sick fuck.'

'Brick?' she asked, feeling a sudden pang of jealousy.

'No, not Brick. The green one.'

'Oh.' Blossom mouthed and sat on the edge of the bed.

'So that's it, goodnight. Buttercup covered herself with the blanket and turned her back to her sister.

Blossom went to clean the blood in the doorway. She thought about pressing for more details tomorrow, but knowing Buttercup she wouldn't budge.

'You could just tell her about Brick , then maybe she'd be willing to share as well.'

'Oh, good one. Yeah, never in a million years.'

She ran into the professor the next day at breakfast:

'Buttercup is not feeling very well today, she said she just wants to stay alone in her room.'

'Oh, I see. Better not disturb her then.' said the professor wiping his classes on the tablecloth.

'I guess I started covering for you, BC. Would it have happened a few weeks ago? Probably not.'

'What about you, Blossom? How are you feeling?' She could feel his concerned gaze piercing through her. 'Have you thought about getting out of the house, going back to college?

'...Professor..'

'Fair enough. I can't force you. ' he gave her a sideways glance. 'Don't let them control your mind. It's not your fault. '

Blossom winced and continues to unenthusiastically eat her cereal.

As she went back upstairs she found her phone glowing with 3 missed calls from Mindy. What could it be?

As she rang back, Mindy answered immediately:

'Hey, Mindy. what's wrong?' she could hear yells rustling on the other line.

' It's about you, a dude came here to threathen Alex. I think they're about to fight, hurry up!!'

'oh no, please no.' Blossom thought as she sprang through her window.

As she arrived, she noticed a huge crowd Blossom managed to wade through it, and noticed two people at the center. One was Alex, who seemed less than thrilled to be there, and another was a tall figure wearing a concealing black hoodie.

'Did you understand what I said? Is it clear to you?' It was his unmistakable voice.

'I don't know who you are, dude. You can't just waltz in and tell me what not to do.'

'Like I said, you don't have a choice in it. I'm merely being nice by warning you. You should appreciate it.' the figure said cooly.

'I don't appreciate controlling people. What are you to her, anyway? She didn't mention having a new boyfriend.' Alex spat, crossing his arms.

'It's none of your concern. You should just stay away from her like I said and nothing bad happens to you.'

Alex noticed Blossom in the crowd and called for her:

'Blossom, who the hell is this guy?'

The figure turned around:

'Hey, Pink.' he smiled and came closer, whispering in her ear: 'You told me you don't want him dead. I'm making sure he doesn't do anything that might put him in that position. '

Blossom found herself at a loss for words. She knew that the situation could get very wrong, very fast. Any minute Alex could say something that could end in violence if she didn't play her cards right.

'He's...my boyfriend. Yeah, my boyfriend.'

Blossom grabbed Brick's forearm, she could feel his arm jerk in surprise at the contact.

'Oh.' Alex's eyes widened.

'And we're late for a date right now, so..' Blossom motioned behind her to suggest they're going to leave.

'...Are you ok? Wait!'

But they were already gone, walking at a rapid pace towards the exit.

'What do you think you're doing here? ' she snapped at him.

'Already told you.' Brick chuckled.

'How come you didn't go all megalomaniacal superhuman on him? I'm genuinely surprised.' she spat back.

''Hn, you wonder?'

When they were in a safe distance from the crowd he grabbed her and promptly flew her away. When she let her go they were way up high in the sky, the air was blurry, Blossom figured they must be among the clouds.

'I didn't want you to get shat on by the press again. I didn't want to ruin last night for you.' he grinned. 'Me as Brick making a scene would put the spotlight back on you, you deserved a break . But I had to talk to the guy, so I came up with a solution.' he waved his fingers around the moisture around him.

'I needed to talk to him, especially after last night.'

Blossom felt her cheeks getting hot.

'And you though that 'Blossom Utonium gets a boyfriend after getting 3 people murdered is a better headline' '?? she yelled, clenching her fists.

'Better than 'Blossom Utonium gets 4 people murdered'... don't you reckon?' he smirked.

'Couldn't you just wait for him after class to talk to him? Everyone saw it.' she furrowed her brow.

'That's how I wanted it to be. I want everyone to know that you're mine.'

Blossom suddenly felt anger bubbling inside of her.

'I belong to nobody but myself. Why do you feel so entitled to me?'

Brick smiled serenely: ' You're entitled to me, as well. That's just the way it is. We were made for eachother. I can't escape it as much as you can't.'

He got closer to her: 'Don't tell me you didn't feel it last night?' he tucked a strand behind her ear. 'That was the best fucking kiss I've ever had. Nothing compares to it. Imagine more than that'

Blossom's underwear got wet just at the thought.

'I.. I did. ' she said defeatedly.

Brick was baffled at her reply, he wasn't expecting it. Encouraged by it, his left hand snaked around her waist and right one got under her skirt and cupped her buttocks. He started slowly massaging it while playing with the edge of her underwear.

Blossom relented and sank her nails into his back. Her body desperately wanted him move his hand closer to her pussy, his teasing her underwear was driving her insane. Suddenly he removed his hand and she gasped in regret, but he went and placed his thumb above her soaked underwear.

'Fuck, you're the good kind of wet this time.' he muttered, then went in for a kiss. Their mouths were hungry, tongues battling for dominance. This time Blossom relinquished control, her body taking over. She straddled his hand without realising and rubbed her sex on it.

She couldn't take that flimsy piece of cotton between them, she went insane with desire.

His thumb continued massaging above her panties, but then his fingers moved them aside and entered her folds.

She let out a moan and drew him closer.

'Fuck, I want to hear that again.'

His fingers found her clit and he started making small circles with his fingers. His other hand grabbed her by the hair and tilted her head so he could freely nibble at her neck. Blossom couldn't contain her moans under his relentless touch, he spread her lips, inserted one finger into her and started massaging her inner walls.

'Guess we won't be needing any lube. You're soaked. For me.'

She couldn't take it anymore, Blossom felt her heart boom with excitement and a huge electric jolt snapped them both. The sheer force of it separated them, Brick's hand was smoking and hair charged with static.

Blossom was absolutely mortified, she could feel all the memories flooding back. in. They both stared in awe at eachother, when Brick started violently laughing.

Blossom continued staring at him in shock.

'This is so funny!' he managed to say.

'Blossom's eyes narrowed: 'Funny? This is what it is? Am I a fucking joke to you?'

Brick seemed confused, it took a while to understand.

'Are you upset? I was just trying to break the tension.'

'Well, you broke it, alright.' Blossom said, flying away from him.

'No, no, I'm not making fun of you. You got it all wrong.' he followed her.

'Just, just leave me alone.'

She sped up and Brick could only grasp at air.