The therapist was coming over to speak to Blossom. Dexter had called her several times to speak, not respecting the fact she wanted space. His text messages read:

Are you okay?

How much more space do you need?

Do you still love me?

Answer me!

Buttercup heard Blossom's phone buzzing and knew it was Dexter.

"Blossom, I swear, if you reply, I will cut you out for my life..."

"Buttercup, that's harsh." Bubbles said.

"Sorry not sorry, Bubbles." Buttercup spat.

Bubbles rolled her eyes at Buttercup's sarcasm. She walked over to Blossom and started brushing her long, red hair.

"You nervous to speak to the therapist?" she asked.

"A little." Blossom replied.

"You have no reason to be." Bubbles said sweetly. "You will have Professor, Buttercup, Me and Ms. Bellum with you."

Blossom took Bubbles' hand and sighed.


Downstairs, everyone sat through Blossom's therapy session with Dr. Levin. She was Townsville's top therapists. She was doing her best getting everything out of Blossom.

"When did you start seeing abuse signs?" she asked.

"I did not consider it abuse but more on the lines of petty jealousy." Blossom said. "The Mayor made it Powerpuff Day in Townsville. A little 4-year-old boy can up to me to give me a flower. His mother told me I was his girlfriend. That was in front of Dexter. Me thinking it was cute, Dexter told me it was a good thing I was "out of his league." I scoffed and he seemed hurt that I didn't take his feelings into consideration."

Buttercup scoffed at the story. She had been there when that happened.

"Why do you think he is the way he is?" Dr. Levin asked.

"Because he's a psycho." Buttercup said dryly.

Bubbles shushed her.

"He tells me that his parents undermine his accomplishments and they seem more impressed at the fact his sister is a famous dancer. She danced for Beyonce in one of her tours. Plus, he is very stressed that he may not get into a good college. He was mad that the schools he had his eye on were paying attention to me and not him."

"Do you feel the need to dumb yourself down to please him?"

"Sometimes...he feels the need to check my test scores. If I ever get a higher grade than him, he will be mad for the whole day and make me feel bad."

Dr. Levin took notes. Blossom looked at Ms. Bellum, who nodded her head assuring her she was doing great.

"Blossom, just so you know, you are not alone when it comes to abusive relationships?" Dr. Levin said.

"I'm aware of that." Blossom replied.

Dr. Levin turned to the Professor and asked, "How is the school handling it?"

"Her principal stated that she cannot expel Dexter unless Blossom decides to press charges. Since she is not going to press charges, the most she can do is make sure he stays away from her." Professor said.

Buttercup rolled her eyes.

"Buttercup, you seem angry." Dr. Levin said.

"Really? What gave you that idea?" Buttercup snapped.

Professor gave Buttercup a side glare.

"I'm sorry but this guy is a psycho and the fact she doesn't want to press charges is ridiculous. If I had it my way, I'd beat him up like I do every villain I have beaten up since I was little. But for my sister's sake, I have to hold in my urges."

"She has denied being a victim time to time." Bubbles said.

Dr. Levin looked at Bubbles and took more notes and said, "Tell me more, Bubbles."

Bubbles looked at Blossom and said, "Blossom, I hate watching you like this. I hate not having you at cheerleading practice. I hate what Dexter did to you. The fact you are still defending him and blaming yourself kills me and Buttercup. Are you afraid to break up with him?"

"Seriously." Buttercup jumped in. "Look, I know we haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things and I know you and I have had our own beef but you are my sisters and I love you. I hate the fact you refuse to break it off with him."

"Blossom, I need to do a survey with you." Dr. Levin said.

"What's it for?" Blossom asked.

"Just answer yes or no when I ask these questions." Dr. Levin said. "Question one...does your partner have occasional mood swings?"

Blossom took in a deep breath and said, "Yes..."

Her heart was racing fast.

"Does your partner make you feel bad just because his self esteem is low and to cover up for his own insecurities."

Blossom thought back at the times Dexter showed lack of interest or tried to undermine her success and accomplishments.

"Yes."

"Does your partner tell you what to wear? Does he attempt to isolate you from your friends? Has your partner made threats to you? Has he ever manipulated you?"

Blossom remembered how mad he got when she was going to see Justin Bieber with her friends. He often went through her closet and told her how to dress and what to get rid of. Sometimes, he needed to manipulate her with his emotions to get what he wanted. He often would hate that she would chose to go to lunch with her friends than have to eat lunch with him in the chemistry lab, which she found incredibly lonely.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes."

"Does he hit you?"

Blossom noticed that question made Professor flinch.

"And after he does so, does he say, 'I'm sorry, it will not happen again'?" Dr. Levin asked.

Blossom put her head down in shame. How the mighty have fallen, she thought. Beloved leader of the Powerpuff Girls suffers abuse from the hands of her boyfriend. This made her break down. Bubbles ran over to hug her.

"It's okay." Bubbles said trying to coddle her.

"No, Bubbles. I'm embarrassed. How can I let a guy do that to me? How can you two still look at me as your leader and then I go and let myself get abused by a coward?" Blossom said in between sobs.

Buttercup walked over to her and said, "Hey, it isn't your fault. Nothing was ever your fault. He is a psycho. A fucking, weak ass, psycho."

Blossom looked at Buttercup and said, "I'm sorry I was fighting you. I really am."

"Hey," Buttercup said and took her hand, "you and I have always ones to butt heads. I'm not mad at you. I just hated seeing you act so weak. Because you're not."

"Blossom," Dr. Levin said, "you know if you answer yes to all these questions, you have to break it off with him. This is unhealthy. If you chose to stay, it will only get worse. But if you chose to leave, things will get better and you will get your mental health back to a normal level."

Blossom pulled out her phone and said to her sisters, "I need you two to sit with me for this. I'm going to break up with him."

"You serious?" Bubbles asked.

"Yes." Blossom said. "This is something I need to do. Now sit next to me. Because this will help me a lot."

Buttercup liked hearing Blossom's leader tone voice again. It was a sign that she was going to be back to normal. Blossom called Dexter and felt her heart beating fast. Bubbles took her hand.

"Hello? Blossom?" Dexter picked up at the second ring.

"Hi, Dexter." she replied.

"I missed you! I was a mess without you!"

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Listen, I'm so sorry for hurting you like that. It was wrong. And I am sorry. It won't happen again."

"I know it won't." Blossom sighed. "Because I am breaking up with you."

"What?" Dexter screamed over the line.

"Yes. I am breaking up with you. I can't go on like this. I'm scared, I hate having to walking on egg shells around you, and the fact you could've broken my nose was the final straw."

"But I didn't." Dexter snapped. "And I told you it was an accident. Don't you understand accident?"

"I do. But it doesn't justify anything!" Blossom said. "And I need to break up with you."

"If this is your sisters or Robin or any of them telling you to do this..."

"No. Don't try blaming my sisters or friends. This is all me. Listen, I'm blocking your number so don't think of contacting me. If you agree to this, I still won't press charges. If you steer clear from me at school, I won't press charges. I think that is a fair compromise."

"Blossom, I can't..."

Blossom hung up and took a big breath of relief and said, "That was the hardest thing I had done."

"But you did it and you should feel proud." Dr. Levin said.

"You should. That couldn't have done it better myself." Ms. Bellum said.

"Thank you for sitting in, Ms. Bellum." Blossom said.

"Anytime for you girls." Ms. Bellum said.

"To celebrate, let's go out to eat." Professor said.

"Can Robin come?" Buttercup asked.

"Why not?" Professor said. "Call her up."

"Oooh! Let's go to a Middle Eastern restaurant! I have been craving falafel and hummus on pita!" Bubbles said excitedly.

Blossom turned to Dr. Levin and said, "Thank you for helping me out. It really helped?"

"Anytime, Blossom." Dr. Levin said. "Just take it day by day. It will be hard at first but you will start to feel better with time."

"I have a great support team." Blossom turned to her sisters and smiled.


Later that evening...

The Utonium family and Robin came home from going out to eat. The girls ordered dessert at a bakery and were going to watch a movie in their house.

"I'm so glad you dumped him." Robin said.

"I think everyone is." Blossom chuckled.

Once they got to the door, Professor found a note on the door.

"What's this?"

He opened up the note and it read:

I can't live without your love...you will rue the day you broke up with me.

"My God!" Buttercup said. "He is even more crazy then I thought!"

"Professor, that's it! I'm pressing charges!" Blossom said.