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RATE: Rated M for language and content.
CHAPTER 8: TAKE A HINT
Whose arms are around me? Blossom thought. She was awake, but she hadn't opened her eyes yet. Maybe Bubbles had a nightmare? But there's something off about this... Blossom opened her eyes and saw Brick laying next to her. "Holy shit!" she screamed and jumped up. She looked around and noticed she wasn't in her own room. "What the hell is going on?!"
"You okay, Red? Why are you screaming?" Brick asked still half asleep.
"What happened last night?!"
"What are you talking about? Nothing happened," Brick looked at her obviously confused.
"'Nothing'?! Then why were your arms around me?!"
"Oh, that. You were crying in your sleep last night. I hugged you to try to get you to stop, and when you did I didn't want to move and end up waking you up."
"Where am I?!" she yelled.
"My room in Mojo's old place. You and your sisters are staying with us."
"You mean, that wasn't a dream?" she whispered. "My house and the Professor are really gone?"
"Wish I could tell you differently, Red, but yeah, that was not a dream. Come here," he said. She walked over and he encircled her in his arms. "Everything is going to be okay. Now let's go see if anyone else is up." Brick and Blossom floated downstairs and to the kitchen. "Hey, Boomer. Bubbles."
"Morning. Have you seen-" Bubbles was cut off by screaming. Everyone looked out the doorway to see Butch running for his life from Buttercup, who was chasing him with a baseball bat. "Nevermind..."
"Wonder what he did now," Brick said, unsurprised.
"He's really stupid enough to keep a bat around? Man, he really must be asking for it," Boomer said and rolled his eyes.
They watched as Butch flew outside with Buttercup close behind. "No, no, let me explain! Please don't- Ah! Ow! Oh! Damn, women, that hurts! Ow!" Buttercup floated back inside with Butch behind her, holding his head. "Oww..." He noticed everyone staring at him. "What?"
"What did you do?" Brick asked.
Before Butch could say anything, Buttercup beat him to it. "Hey, Blossom, do you remember a couple months back when some of my underwear disappeared? Well, guess what I found in his drawer this morning."
"You did what?!" Bubbles and Blossom said at the same time while glaring at Butch.
"Told you it wasn't a good idea," Boomer said.
"You knew about this?" Blossom yelled.
"Yeah, I would have said something sooner, but up until the other day you hated all us, or at least acted like you did. Besides he threatened me to keep it quiet but since he already got found out, I'm not going to get killed now for saying I knew."
Blossom looked at Buttercup who still had the bat. "Can I use this?" she said with an evil smile. Buttercup handed her the bat and she walked over to Boomer and hit him on the head, but not hard enough to hurt really bad. "That's for not saying anything." Boomer nodded because he knew he deserved it. Blossom turned to Butch and said, "You better run like hell." Butch's eyes widened and he flew back out the door with Blossom chasing him this time. Everyone stared at the door and then started laughing.
"He's in deep shit now," Brick said, still laughing.
"You just better not have any of Blossom's underwear hidden somewhere, because if she finds it, you're dead too," Bubbles said and looked at Boomer. "Same goes for you."
Boomer chuckled. "I don't, but I can't say the same for Brick."
"I don't," he replied and stuck his tongue out at Boomer.
Blossom walked back in with Butch slung over her shoulder. She threw him to the ground and went to stand next to Brick. "Let that be a warning to you not to piss me off bad."
"Trust me," Butch said from the floor, "you do not want to feel this pain! Ow, my head!"
"Anyway," Brick said, "you girls want to go get new clothes? Butch probably should stay behind anyway to not risk any further injuries today."
"Damn right," they heard from the floor.
Buttercup snickered. "Okay, but we don't have any money. What we did have got destroyed along with our bank cards."
"We'll give you some," Boomer said. "Mojo had a bunch saved up that he was going to use for building his robots and weapons to terrorize Townsville and destroy you girls. Be right back." He flew out and returned with some money and handed it to the girls.
"$500? Each? Geez, how much was Mojo planning on spending on his failed attempts?" Buttercup asked.
"Tons. How do you think we afforded to redo this place without stealing and getting in trouble with you?" Brick said.
"Good point. Let's go," Blossom said and walked towards the door. She saw Butch get up and gave him a look that said 'I'm watching you' before taking off with her sisters.
"So, Brick, what's your real reason for staying behind?" Butch asked.
Brick smirked.
Butch's face paled. "You're not going to beat me too, are you?"
"No, I think Blossom and Buttercup already took care of that," he said. "I have something better in mind."
"How good did you guys sleep last night?" Blossom asked her sisters as they walked around the mall.
"I slept better than I have in a long time," Bubbles said and Buttercup nodded in agreement.
"It was okay, I guess. I was having a nightmare about everything and I got to watch it happen again," Blossom said and shuddered. "I thought maybe it was all a dream and that we weren't actually living with the Rowdyruff Boys."
"It's not totally bad," Buttercup said. "They have an awesome pad at least."
"Speaking of them, did Butch say anything to you about why he was acting all pissed off when the boys snuck in and watched us play?" Bubbles asked.
Buttercup blushed a little. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Blossom noticed her blush. "You're lying. You do know why, or you might have an idea. Spill."
Buttercup sighed. "He didn't directly tell me why, but I think it has something to do with..." She trailed off and looked at the floor.
"With what?" Blossom asked.
"With the fact he loves me..." Buttercup whispered. Blossom and Bubbles stared at her. "What?!" she yelled.
"Aww, that's so cute!" Bubbles squealed.
"Wait, you're not mad?" she asked confused.
"Of course not," Blossom said. "Whatever makes you happy, go for it."
"I didn't say I like him back!" Buttercup said.
"You didn't have to. Your blush and you getting all defensive over it did." Blossom said and sighed. "Besides, I can't be mad if I like Brick, yet totally disapprove if you like Butch. But why was he mad?"
"I think it had something to do with him liking me but never having the guts to just tell me he did," she replied.
"I knew it all along!" Bubbles chirped and her sisters looked at her. "Okay, I'll 'fess up. For some time now, Boomer and I have had an understanding and we haven't hated each other since forever ago. During that time, we'd sometimes secretly meet and talk about whatever and one of the things that came up was you two and his brothers. We always had a feeling that you'd be hating each other one day and in love the next, and look what happened."
Before either Blossom or Buttercup could say anything, three guys came up. "Hello, ladies," the likely leader said. "Want to join us? You look like you could use some company." He grabbed Blossom's butt but she smacked his hand away.
"Eww, no! We have boyfriends, and we're happy with them." Blossom looked back at her sisters and mouthed, "Play along." They nodded.
"Aww, come on babe, he doesn't have to know."
"Oh, yeah?" Blossom faked and pretended to act like she wanted to. "But what would that make me?"
"Mine," he said and inched closer to her.
She slapped him across the face. "Wrong. It'd make me no better than you!"
Take a Hint by VictoriousCast
[Blossom]
Why am I always hit on by the boys I never like
I can always see 'em coming, from the left or from the right
[Bubbles]
I don't want to be a priss, I'm just try'na be polite
But it always seems to bite me in the-
[Blossom]
Ask me for my number, yeah, you put me on the spot
[Bubbles]
You think that we should hook-up, but I think that we should not
[Buttercup]
You had me at hello, then you opened up your mouth
[All]
And that is when it started going south
Oh!
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my- Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
No you can't buy me a drink, let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
The boys stood there shocked and didn't know what to do and tried to run. The girls noticed but kept them there to humiliate them more.
[Blossom]
I guess you still don't get it, so let's take it from the top
[Bubbles]
You asked me what my sign is, and I told you it was Stop
[Buttercup]
And if I had a dime for every name that you just dropped
[All]
You'd be here and I'd be on a yacht
Oh!
[All]
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my- Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
No you can't buy me a drink, let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
[Buttercup]
What about "no" don't you get
[Bubbles]
So go and tell your friends
[All]
I'm not really interested
[Blossom]
It's about time that you're leavin'
[Buttercup]
I'm gonna count to three and
[All]
Open my eyes and
You'll be gone
The girls circled around the guys and moved towards them. The guys stepped backwards trying to get away, unware the were walking towards an escalator.
[Blossom]
One
Get your hands off my-
[Bubbles]
Two.
Or I'll punch you in the-
[Buttercup]
Three.
Stop your staring at my- Hey!
[All]
Take a hint, take a hint
I am not your missing link, let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
Take a hint, take a hint
Woah!
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my- Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, La, La...
The boys took one more step back and fell down the escalator. The girls started laughing. Blossom called to them, "Next time, take no for an answer! Let's go back to Mojo's." Blossom took off with her sisters following behind carrying their bags of new clothing.
A/N: Hope you liked and please review. I apologize if there's weird spacing but when I was transfering this onto this site it was being stupid. I tried fixing it but it didn't do any good. Anyway, I do NOT own the rights to Take a Hint! Sorry for the updating later in the day; I had a bunch of stuff to do...