Chapter 11:
Bubbles POV:
Bunny and me were just finishing up folding the sheets. The dogs helped us out along the way and protect us when Blossom and Buttercup are out. After folding I give it to Patch and he goes and places it with the rest of the sheets. Bunny was putting the dirty clothes in a white basket. Spike and Rocky were behind to see if any clothes fall they pick it up in their mouth. Rex was gone with BC and Blossom. I take out my iPod from my back pocket and check the time. It was 4:00 p.m. and I had to grab some pet food from behind a rock and pour it in Patch Spike and Rocky bowl. I grab a little allowance to buy some food for Bunny and me, like a snack. Normally Blossom and Buttercup bring dinner home from work.
"Patch! Spike! Rocky! Come here!" I shout out to them. They come me in an instant, and I give them their food. It wasn't long till Bunny came.
"Bubbles when we take them for a walk, let's grab a snack for ourselves and also for BC and Bloss if there is any change left." Bunny says to me.
"OK!" I say to her. We both were already in our school clothes so we did not need to change.
When the dogs were done with their food, we headed for a walk. We did not need to put leashes on our dogs, we trained them really well thus they don't run off or bite people.
Bunny and I left the park and decided to walk to the plaza. We were walking down the sidewalk when…
"So how were you and Boomer?" Bunny asks me.
"What do you mean?" I ask her a little confused.
"You know, at the park when you were playing Patch. I saw him being nice to you and it seemed like you were having a good time with him." She says to me. I thought about it for a moment and realized that I did have with him.
"Yeah, I did. We had a lot in common, and when we were talking to each other, I felt like we knew each other for a really long time." I say to her.
"Bubbles, I just want you to know, that if you think Boomer is really sweet and can be a good friend, then don't hold back." Bunny says to me in a serious tone, but also with smile.
"Alright, and I can say the same for you Bunny. Expect you and Blaze. How was it?" I ask her.
"It was nothing. I didn't talk much, and he tired to have a conversation with me. Mostly we were quiet and played with Spike." She says to me, but looking in a different direction.
"Why were you being so quiet Bunny? I know what happed 2 years ago, but the difference here is he actually helped you instead of humiliating you." I say to her in a worry tone. "At least try talking to him."
"I don't know Bubbles, honestly I am way too scared. I can't go through the same pain twice." Bunny says her voice cracking a little. I stop in my tracks and hug her tight to comfort her.
"I'm sorry I brought it up." I say to her in her ear.
"it's not your fault Bubbles, its mine. I was stupid." She says to me. I look at her in the eyes sternly and say:
"You are not stupid. Stupid people are not strong, but you are. Stupid are not smart and you are. Also stupid people are not nice, and you are. Don't you dare think that anymore. Got it?" I say to her and she was surprised and later smiled.
"Thank you Bubbles!" she says and hugs me tight. We let go and continue on our walk. We turn around the corner and reached the plaza, and were shocked with what we saw. It was Boomer and Blaze. Blaze was leaning against the purple and black motorbike, while Boomer was lying on the dark ocean blue. Bunny and I looked at each other and were scared. The boys saw and were in protection gesture. "Let's turn around." I say to Bunny because I was really scared. Even though Boomer and me talked and had a good time, I still do not trust him.
"Yeah I agree… let's go." Bunny says.
We were about to walk away when we heard…
"Yo Bunny! Bubbles!" I now that voice and it was Boomer's.
Boomer's POV:
We were riding on our bikes to the plaza. When we arrived we parked our bikes in the parking lot. We turned the engine off and took out the keys. Brick and Butch got off their bikes first they had to walk and move around. Blaze and I took our time.
"Ok, I'm off to go see Blossom. Look after my Bike." Brick says to Blaze and I.
"Sure man." Blaze replies, and Bick heads off.
"Same with my bike." Butch says.
"Ok big bro." I say to Butch and he, to walks off and explores to plaza. That left Blaze and me.
"You know it's kinda weird." I say to Blaze, while lying on my bike, with my legs stretched out and looking up at the clean sky.
"What's weird?" he asks me.
"We hardly know Bubbles and her sisters, and here we are helping them. We don't even know if they want us as friends." I say to him, still looking up at the sky.
"True that Boom, but there is something about Bunny that me attention and worry. Normally I don't like this around girls, but something different about her and her sisters." Blaze says to me with great seriousness
"I know how you Blaze because that is exactly how I feel when I am around Bubbles. She is so sweet and beautiful." I say to him.
"Ooo… someone is in love." Blaze says in a teasing and singing voice. I blush a little.
"I could say the same for you." I say to him making eye contact. I can see him blushing as well.
"Shut up Boomer." Blaze says still blushing a little pink. I giggle a little. I hear Blaze phone ring and mine. It was a text from Butch saying:
I see Buttercup working at the fitness club. I am gonna talk to her and see if she reveals anything.
Butch
"I guess there might be a twist in the plan." Blaze says. He looks up from his phone and looks in the distance. His eyes turn wide. I follow his gaze and I see Bubbles and Bunny walking with Patch, Spike and Rocky.
"Yo! Bunny! Bubbles!" I say. They turned about and look scared. I wonder why.
Bunny POV (Still at the Plaza):
I was really scared but did my best not to show. Bubbles felt me shaking and give me a 'it's ok' look. I could tell she was scared to. The dogs were still in the protective zone since they felt our uneasiness atmosphere. They were not in the attacking position, just had their guard up.
"Hey Bubbles, how are you?" Boomer asked Bubbles. She relaxed and I can tell she was kind of happy to see Boomer.
"What about you Bunny?" Boomer asked me. I gave him a little nod, saying yes.
"What are you guys doing here?" Bubbles asks them. She was not scared but was being causal and normal.
"Well Brick and Butch came her to talk to someone. We are waiting here outside for them. What are you girls doing here?"
"Well Blossom and BC are at work. We were done our chores for the day so we went for a walk with our dogs." Bubbles says. I didn't stop her from saying that, BC and did have Blossom work today, they already knew when we were at the park today. Amazing on how so much can happen in a day.
"Nice bike. Is it yours Boomer?" Bubbles says pointing to the Dark blue Motorbike.
"Yeah, you want to a ride with me?" Boomer says to Bubbles offering a ride.
"Sorry Boomer I can't. I have Patch and others with me." She said in sorry voice. I could tell she wanted to go.
"Bubbles if you want to go, you can go I will stay here and watch the dogs." I say to her. She looks up at me concerned.
"But you can't watch them alone." She says to me.
"Don't worry I'll stay here with her. She won't be alone." Blaze says to Bubbles, then looking back at me.
"Oh. Well ok. Thanks Blaze. Ok Boomer I'll go with you." She says happily. She sits behind Boomer and holds on to him. Boomer starts his bike and starts off in speed.
Blaze turns to me.
"So how are you?" he asks. I ignore him and pass by him. I sit on the edge of the sidewalk looking out in to the streets and the parking lot. The dogs calm down, and relaxed. Blaze walks over to me and sits beside me and Rocky had his head in Blazes lap. Spike had his head in my lap while Patch just laid down on the payment and looked out into the scenery. But he was close to us so it was ok.
"Are you mad at me Bunny?" Blaze asks me.
"No." I say to him while looking out. Not making eye contact with him.
"Then why are you talking to me?" he asks me.
"I told you before. About me being quiet." I remind him.
"I know, but even quiet people like to what once in a while. What is troubling you?" he asks me with worry.
"Nothing is troubling me." I lied. My past was troubling which is keeping me quiet.
"Turn around and say it to my face that nothing is troubling you." He says in seriousness. I turn my head and look into his dark purple eyes. For some reason I couldn't say it. I did not have the courage. But I didn't show it.
"Nothing…i-is…troubling…" I was not able to complete my sentence. I looked down and closed my eyes.
"That's what I thought." He says. He takes his fingers tilts my chin up, making me look at me again. Now my light purple eyes were meeting his dark purple eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asks with worry. I sighed
"Look…drop it. I don't wanna talk about it right now. Besides I hardly have known you for a day." I say him and look away again.
"Alright I won't push you. You can tell me when you are ready. But can we talk try to have conversation?" he asks me.
"Why do you want to talk me so badly? Aren't I boring you already?" I ask him, curiously.
"Not really. I can't really say you are boring because we haven't talked much. But so far I think you are cool person, even though you are always quiet. " He says with honesty. Then I hear my stomach growl, and I turn red in embarrassment. I had not eaten anything school ended and I did not have enough money to buy myself a snack.
"Hungry?" he says with a little laughter. I look up at him and reply.
"Yeah a little, but I can't until my sisters come." I say, and then I held my head in my hands because it was starting to hurt. If I don't eat in a while I get a headache and sometimes it can go bad.
"You are hungry, badly. If you weren't then stomach wouldn't have growled and you would not be holding your head in your hands with that headache." He says. It left me surprised. God how is he able to analyze me.
"I'll eat later." I say to him. He grabs my arm, and stands up taking me to a little candy store in the plaza, that was called 'Chris's Candy'. He didn't wait for my answer; guess he already knew I was going to say no.
"I am not taking no as an answer, we are eating now." He says like giving me an order, which he was apparently. We walk in; everything cost five dollars or more. I only had three dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.
"Go on." He says.
"I can't." I say while looking down at my feet.
"Why?" he asks.
"Because…well… because…I-I…" I couldn't say it. I can't tell him that I didn't have enough money.
"Bunny I won't make fun of you, just tell me your reason and I will help you. I promise." He says while tilting my chin so my eyes would meet his.
"I-I don't h-have enough money. Bubbles and I were gonna by something together and share it." I say low voice, but well enough for him to hear.
"Then I will help you. How much do you have?" Blaze asks me.
"I have three dollars and fifty cents. But here, in this candy store, everything is above five dollars." I say, a tear went down my check. I feel his thumb wipe away my tear.
"Don't worry I will help you. Buy what you need." He says and I nodded. I was a bit hesitant. So I was careful of not buying too much. I would have to pay him back soon anyway. So I got four chocolate bars and four bag of chips.
"How much?" I ask the cashier.
"10.50 please." the cashier lady says. I was about take my money out of my pocket when Blaze stopped me. He paid the lady with cash and we headed of the store.
"I owe you 10.50. When do you want your money." I ask him
"You do owe me something, but not money. There are other ways of paying back." He says with a smirk, which kinda looked cute.
"What do I owe you?" I ask him, since he doesn't want my money.
"I want to be your friend. That is how you can owe me." He says.
"Why do you want to be my friend?" I ask him, curiously.
"Well despite all the other girls at school, you seem like a cool person to hangout with. Even though you don't talk much right now." He says with complete honesty. I smile to what he said. So I say…
"Sure, we can be friends." I say to him and he smiles and so do I.
Brick POV:
I walked in the restaurant and saw Blossom serving tables. I saw her how hard she was working and she looked really tired. After serving the two men, she went back into the kitchen. I went up to the counter and ordered.
"I want a chicken burger." I say to the man at the cashier.
"Anything else sir?" the cashier asks.
"That will be $3.50 sir." he says. I give the cashier the money.
"I have a request to make." I say to the cashier.
"Yes." He says
"The girl that just walked back in, Blossom, I need to talk to her for 15 minutes." I say to him. He nods no. So I give him fifteen bucks extra.
"You got yourself a deal." He says.
He goes back in.
Blossom POV:
" Hey Blossom, we need a chicken burger and after that you can have a fifteen minute break." Jade says the cashier.
"ok" I say. I needed a break badly. I was sweating like crazy since it was so busy. Thank god the crowd was gone. I finished making the chicken burger and head outside to deliver it. I was shocked to see who ordered it. It was Brick.
Brick POV:
Blossom came out with my order and she was shocked to see me. She came over to my table.
"Hey." I say to her
"Hi, Brick what are you doing here?" Blossom asks me.
"Waiting for my order." I say with a smirk. She gives me my burger.
"Sit down Blossom." I say to her and she stares at me with confusion
"I can't I am busy." She says and was about to walk off when I stop her.
"No… you have a break for 15 minutes, so sit down." She looks at me confused.
"I requested the cashier guy and paid him fifteen bucks. I want to ask you something." I say to her. She sits down in front of me.
"Yes, what do you need to ask?" Blossom says.
"What is troubling you and your sisters? I know I barely have known you for a day, and I don't want you to think that I am some sort of a stocker. I just feel a little concerned, especially about Bunny and Bubbles after what happened today at school." I say to her. She was quiet for few moments then spoke.
"I appreciate your concern Brick, but I promised my sister I wouldn't spill it. What happened today, my sisters and I are used it. We are used to getting pushed around." She says with her eyes filled with sorrow and sadness.
"Alright, but can I ask you what is troubling you?" I ask her.
"Brick you do not need to be concerned about me. I am not an important person. I study; go to work and then sleep. My life doesn't have much excitement. It's boring. There is nothing interesting about me at all." Blossom says looking down at the table.
"You're wrong Blossom. We are very smart person, kind hearted, and you leave your troubles to help others. If people at school or anywhere else in this world can't see that then they are stupid." I say to her, and she is shocked. Her pink eyes went wide after what I said.
"No one has ever said anything like that to me. Thank you Brick." she says to me with a bright smile.
"One more thing." I say.
"Yeah?" she replies.
"Can we be friends? I really want to. You are fun be hang around and be with despite of the other girls at school." I say to her and I see a light pink blush on her checks.
"Y-Yes of c-course we be friends. I can know see that you are a nice person." She says and my heart jumped with joy.
"When is your shift finished?" I ask her. It was 5:30 p.m. and soon was gonna get dark.
"Half an hour." She says.
The fifteen minutes were up and Blossom had to leave. Before she left I said something to her.
"Hey bloss." I say.
"Yes." she says while turning her head.
"You have beautiful pink eyes" I say to her. She blushes red.
"Thanks." She says and with that she left. I take my leave to.
Butch POV:
I was in the fitness club and I saw Buttercup. She was at her break so I walked over to her.
"Hey Buttercup"
"Oh hey Butch. What are you doing here? How did you know where I work?" she asks me.
"I didn't. Brick saw Blossom here earlier, and I was walking around the plaza and then I saw you in here so I came by. How are you doing?" I ask her.
"Good." She says.
"Buttercup I am worried about you. I know I have hardly known you not even for a day. But what during school with your sisters, my brothers and I are worried about guys. How you let people at school bully you guys around?" I ask her with worry and concern.
"We don't like it and we don't have a choice. Your brothers were the first people to take the stand for them. So thanks for that." She says.
"Buttercup, I want to be friends with you. I know that it may seem weird to you right now but you and your sisters really cool. My brothers and I were really worried which is why we came here. Normally we don't do this. Sure we take a stand but you guys looked troubled. Especially after when you bumped into us accidently. You were horrified. You don't have to tell me right now the issue, but can we least be friends?" I say to her and look the other way.
"Sorry to worry you and brothers. But sure we can be friends." She says to me, and at that moment my hearted felt like doing cartwheels.
" Well I better sign out now, my shift is done I need to go to my sisters" she says and walks off.
"Bye." I say to her
"Bye." she says back.
And I take my leave.
No ones POV:
"Where is Bubbles? She would be here by now. It is getting late!" Bunny complains.
"Don't worry, he will be here soon, just relax." he says with a smirk. A few moments later butch came out.
"Hey Guys, hey Bunny what are you doing here?" Butch asks Bunny.
"Well me and Bubbles came here to walk our dogs. We saw Boomer and Blaze. Boomer took Bubbles on a Bike ride, so I am waiting here for her." Bunny says to Butch then looks back to the parking lot. Later on, Buttercups out of the Fitness club.
"Hey BC, wanna sit down? You kinda look tired." Bunny says to Butter cup and she sits down beside her on the left. Blaze was actually surprised that Bunny started to talk and he was happy about that.
"What are you doing here Bunny, and where is Bubbles?" Buttercup asks Bunny.
"With Boomer on a bike ride." Butch says to her. It was not long till Brick came out of the restaurant.
"Hey Guys! Bunny, Buttercup what's up?" Brick says.
"Just waiting for your brother to come back. He has taken Bubbles on a ride on his bike." Bunny says to Brick.
"Hello everyone. What is it with the huddle up?" Blossom comes out looking exhausted.
"Waiting for Bubs and Boomer. He has taken her on a bike ride on his bike." Buttercup says to Blossom. She sat down beside Buttercup with her head leaning on BC's shoulder. Brick was surprised on how tired she was.
Then a dark motorbike came in the parking. Boomer and Bubbles looked they had a great time with each other.
"Bubbles where were you? We were getting a little worried." Buttercup says to her.
"Sorry we lost track of time." She says.
"Well we will see you guys at School tomorrow. Come on girls let's go." Blossom says getting up. The rest of the girls follow. Bunny picks up her foods bags and follows.
"You Guys want a ride?" Brick asks.
"No thanks, we don't live far. See you!" Bunny says and the girls run off.
"Ok guys, let's go home I'm beat." Blaze says and the boys nodded. They got on their bikes and headed home to sleep.