The Truth Comes Out…
Babs is still upset with Buster for the pills. Plucky has finally made up with Buster. "Buster, I can't believe you did that for me! Why?" "Pluckster, you're my best friend. You deserve to be happy. I wanted to help make things right." "Thanks, pal." Buster saw Babs walking down the hall with Shirley. "Babs, can you please wait up!" Buster caught up with her. "Babs, I can explain. You don't understand!" Shirley looked at Buster. "We don't associate with addicts!" Buster lowered his head in shame. He had lost Babs. Buster felt a sharp pain. He went to the restroom. This time Bugs saw him and ran after him. Buster popped the bottle and took a couple of pills. Bugs caught him in the bathroom, "Are you ok, Buster?" Buster looked up with tears in his eyes and sobbing. "Bugs, I tried. I tried so hard to change my life. I tried, and I still lost Babs. Every time I try to explain to her, she walks away. Buster sniffled and with a fit of anger threw the pill bottle on the floor, launching the pills like bullets all over the restroom. Buster walked away sobbing as Bugs watched in heartbreak. "But, Buster…." Buster just looked at Bugs and turned back to walk away, never looking back again.
For the next few days, Buster failed to show up for school. The teaching staff were worried. "Has anyone seen Buster?" Bugs asked the staff. Bugs overheard Babs talking with the gang about Buster. "I can't believe that Buster popped pills! I don't know how I ever loved him." Plucky spoke. "I don't believe it for a second! I know Buster, he would never pop pills to get high. Not that I'm complaining." Hampton spoke, "Buster is a pill popper. I should have known. No wonder he was acting so strangely the last few months." Having heard enough, Bugs stepped
in slamming his hands on their table, startling everybody in the cafeteria. "You kids need to stop and listen to me! I am sick of this pill popping stuff! Buster is not a pill popper, okay? You guys need to understand something. Buster is taking pills." Babs shook her head, "I knew it." Bugs looked at Babs. "Buster is not popping pills because he wants too. He made me promise not to tell but I guess I have no choice now. He's taking those pills for pain." Plucky asked, "Pain from what, Withdrawal?" Bugs looked at Plucky with a disappointed face. "No, cancer." The toons were shocked by the news. "Next time you kids should hear him out instead of judging him too soon." Bugs returned to his table as the gang sat in silent from the news. Babs got up and ran into the girls restroom crying. The others just sat silent through the rest of lunch.
After school, the gang got together and headed over to Buster's. When they got there, they knocked on the door with no answer. Another knock and no answer. Babs opened the door. There was no Buster. The gang had decided to split up and look for him. The others didn't find any Buster anywhere. Babs, on the other hand, got the surprise of her life. She found Buster laying under a tree. He was in really bad shape. He had passed out from the pain. He had no pills to kill the pain. "Buster! Buster, can you hear me? Buster! Buster, I'm here, Buster. I'm here."