How Things Change
Chapter 2: Projects
"So what I'm hearing is that you want your brothers, whom might I add can't get along for more than five minutes right now, in private tutoring with me as their instructor?" Blossom continued mixing solutions in her beakers while Brick wrote down the possibilities and outcomes.
He handed her a sheet with the equations he wrote, "It's just for finals Bloss, they could really use the help." He took down some more numbers and stopped her from using the wrong beaker that contained an acid, "Butch has never really been in tune with this kinda stuff and Boomer's just having trouble with a few equations."
"Yes, but tutoring them at the same time is gonna be a major headache on top of the fact that we both know our teachers are going to throw another project at us soon." She let the beaker heat and they watched it change color for a bit.
Brick sighed and finished their observation paper, "Look, I'll make it worth your while alright? Whatever you want,"
She smirked, "I want less work but that's not exactly my style,"
He grinned, "Come on Bloss I know there's got to be something I can do for you," he twirled a piece of her hair between his fingers and watched her face warm.
"Brick cut it out," she sighed, "I do need a favor actually," she turned off all the burners and turned to lean against the table while she read their notes.
He leaned back in his chair with his hands behind his head, "Shoot,"
She set down the papers and crossed her arms, "I'm gonna need you to tell your "girlfriend" to cool it with the silent threats, she's pulling petty pranks and I don't have time for it,"
Brick snorted, "Bloss she's not my girlfriend, you know I only have eyes for you," he wiggled his eyebrows at her and she rolled her eyes playfully, "But sure I'll see what I can do, I'm not sure why she's so attached to me though,"
"White-knight syndrome is a very common psychosis," he laughed at her bad German accent, "you saved her from Ace and his gang all those years ago and now in her eyes you're this macho stud who'll protect her from anything and everything," she turned on the sink and started rinsing out the product in the beakers.
Brick smirked and watched her work, "It wasn't a big deal, she's always been so scared of everything, it was the nice thing to do."
She smirked and washed off her hands, wiping them on her lab coat, "As for this tutoring your brothers' situation, I want a week of free lunch,"
"If you wanted to go out on a date Bloss you could've just asked," she poked out her tongue and hung up her jacket, "No problem, I'll take care of Bell and make sure I have enough money to feed a circus for the week,"
"Hey! I don't eat that much,"
He snickered, "But I do," she shook her head and waited for him at the door while he gathered their papers, "You want anything on the way home?"
She smirked, "Only if you're paying,"
"Of course, Blossy girl," he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and lead her out of the classroom.
A lot of students stayed behind to get tutoring, do their extracurricular activities or catch up on late work so they passed a good amount of their friends on the way out. As they passed the football field they spotted Butch and Brick cringed; Butch had been hitting on Blossom for as long as they had become friends and when Blossom hit puberty it only got worse. He sprinted over and immediately snatched Blossom from under his arm.
"'Sup Bloss, how you doin'?" he wiggled his eyebrows while his arms entrapped her so she was forced to pay attention to him.
She smiled nicely, "Just finished taking notes on a stardust compound, and I also heard that you need tutoring,"
"Is that right?" he looked to Brick who was leaning against the fence and watching his brother with a death glare, "Well Bloss I'd be more than happy to play hot teacher and
naughty student whenever you'd like,"
"Yeah, in your dreams, I need you to take this seriously Butch, it's finals at the end of the year and I wanna be proud of my boys," she maneuvered out of his grip and hovered in front of him.
He arched a brow at her wording, "Boys?"
"Yes Butch, Boomer needs help too, and it's easier if I just help you both at the same time."
He groaned and grabbed her hands, "Come on, Pinky you know we're not getting along right now, don't make me sit in a room with him for who knows how long while I'm trying to focus on your beautiful body,"
"Butch!" he rubbed the back of his neck with a shrug, "You don't have a choice in the matter, I want you both to pass and if that means I have to break you both, you will be there," she yanked his hair and glared down at him.
"Ouch, alright jeez!" he rubbed his head.
She smirked, "Good,"
He groaned and rubbed his head, "So where are you two headed looking so happy?"
Brick flipped him off and Blossom settled back on her feet, "Brick's paying for food and we made a deal,"
"A deal huh? Brick you trying to pull a fast one on me and steal my girl?"
Before Blossom could answer Brick was at her side, "She's not your girl, and it's none of your business,"
"Ooh, touchy,"
Brick scoffed and took her hand, "Come on Bloss I know you don't wanna be out late,"
"Aw what, no hug?" as they passed he smirked and grabbed her butt.
"BUTCH!" she flipped around quickly and froze his hands together, "Watch it," Brick smirked and pulled at her arm to get her walking again.
Brick watched from their table while she placed their order; Blossom is beautiful and Butch was the last person he needed hitting on her all the time. Her pear-shaped figure stood out from her sisters', she had hips and ass for days with a killer rack. It would take a miracle for Blossom to ever notice anyone though, she was always so into her work that it made her dense to the ways of flirtation.
She handed him his drink and poked his forehead, "What's up with you?"
"Why do you let him toy with you like that? It's really annoying," he stared down at his hands while he played with the rim of the cup.
She sat across from him and sipped her shake, "We all know Butch is a pain, and like a dog if I keep ignoring him he'll move onto something else for entertainment,"
He smirked a bit, "Oh yeah? And what could possibly distract him from all that?"
She giggled and swiped at her bangs, "You just gestured to all of me,"
He cocked an eyebrow at her, "And my statement still stands,"
She nodded and pulled up a schedule on her phone, "This, my dear friend, is the list and times of all sports events coming up and can you guess who participates in all of these events?"
Brick took their food from the waiter and grinned in excitement, "This has to be the best piece of info I've had all day, Butch and BC clashing things out for a month non-stop, it's gonna be great," he took a bite of his burger and slid her phone back, "You know Cup's getting really good with that arm,"
Blossom groaned and picked at her chicken wrap, "I mean yeah I'm proud of her, but with the new techno gear the professor is working on its making her edgy,"
"What's it like anyway? You told me he was making it for you guys but not what it does," he took off his hat and let his bangs fall messily against his forehead.
"Well of course the professor is trying to harness the gear as part of our core powers, they all coordinate with our signature colors and there's some new added features he's trying I guess,"
He cocked and eyebrow at her with a smirk, "You guess?"
She grinned and shrugged, "Okay so yeah I know," she bit into her wrap and contemplated a bit, "So all the suits are supposed to allows us to teleport which is kind of useless because we can all fly faster than light itself," Brick snorted and she waved him off, "Buttercup's suit will allow her to materialize objects at will, which is what I'm concerned about, I don't want her getting out of control with it; side note the suit also changes our hair color and the tangency of our power,"
His smirk widened, "So your hair is gonna be pink?"
"And you know I wouldn't mind if it weren't for the fact that it's neon pink, I mean I have tried to tell him to fix the tones but he is so stuck on keeping us cute that he refuses to lose the neon bit," she finished her shake and sighed, "Anyway, Bubbles' suit allows her to create and manipulate any and all sound, and mine gives me control over all the elements."
"Wow, you girls will be pretty much unstoppable huh?"
She shrugged, "I hope so, I really don't see why the villains don't just quit already, they're just so bothersome these days."
"Maybe they just wanna see your pretty faces,"
She giggled and threw away her trash, "Yeah right, seeing my fist is more like it," she wiped off her hands and stood next to his chair, "You ready?"
"Yeah, let's get outta here and get you home princess," he snickered and stood up while dodging Blossom's fists.
"Don't call me Princess, Brick, I will fight you,"
"Yeah, yeah,"