To Make You Happy Ch. 6
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Buttercup's POV:
I felt broken…
I could hear people talking around me, but the words didn't make sense.
All I could think of was Ace, nothing but Ace.
I got to first period not really remembering how I had gotten there and not really caring.
I could hear Blossom's voice in the background, and then I felt a hand around my shoulder.
"Hey Dollface"
My inner defenses kicked in and I could suddenly only hear what Mitch said…
"I heard about you friends, and what's his name, Ace?" I suddenly felt alert again hearing his name for the first time in a couple days…
"Probably some like Meth lab gone wrong right? I told you should've been careful around him" All the muscles in my body tightened as I continued staring at my desk.
"Well I'll tell you what…Mitch is here for you Babe. But look on the bright side at least he died where he belonged….with the rest of the garbage"
And that was all it took, before I knew it I hand tackled Mitch through three classrooms and into the parking lot pavement.
Pure anger roared through my body as I punched him, time after time until I noticed blood on his face, and my knuckles. He put his hands in front of his face, in a sorry excuse a shield, and I something break…
"Buttercup, Buttercup calm down" I heard Butch from behind me as he and Brick from what I could gather tried to pry me away from a bleeding Mitch.
"Don't ever talk about him!" I yelled my voice roaring from between my clenched teeth.
I hadn't noticed all the students that had, gathered around us watching me beat Mitch to a pulp.
"Quiet!" I heard from the sea of people, and out walked Ms. Keane who was now the principle of Townsville High.
I tried to calm down as Brick, Butch and now Boomer had a hold on me…
"Mr. Michelson got to the nurse and clean yourself up, then I would like to see you in my office" She said as Mitch scrambled holding his broken nose, and running to the nurses office.
"Everyone else, go back to class!" She yelled
After almost everyone had cleared the scene, Brick and Boomer let go of me and Butch stood very close, almost protectively next to me. Blossom and Bubbles were there too, making sure I was okay.
"I'm going to excuse the six of you from class for today and tomorrow, you all have other things to worry about before the holidays" She said in a caring voice.
She picked up something from the ground, and handed it to me, it was the broken heart locket.
Mitch must've ripped it.
I took it from her, and she looked at me with sad eyes.
"Buttercup, please take care of yourself" I looked down trying to hold back tears, as she patted my shoulder, and walked back towards the school.
"Buttercup, I'm sorry we should've…" Blossom started to say but before she could finish I took off into the sky, towards the dump.
…
I landed next to one of the broken down cars Ace and I used to sit in and talk…
I had tears flowing down my cheeks now but I didn't care, I pried open the trunk and found the old shoe box I had kept there for a few years now…
I took it, and sat on the roof of the car.
I opened the box, and started looking through it.
The first thing I saw was a picture of me and Ace we had taken at the pier about a year ago, it was one of the only pictures I had of him
On the back it read:
To My favorite puff, Love you Kid
I shuffled through the rest of the papers, and random things I had collected over my time with him and the gang.
Like Maria, Arturo's favorite comb he had stopped using years ago.
I was about to close the box when one picture fell out, I caught it, and smiled looking at the crayon drawing in my hands.
Billy had given it to me a while back… I remembered that day like it was yesterday….
Flashback:
Ace and I had, had a fight leaving both of us yelling at each other, and the shack door being slammed in my face.
He left me there, while he left to go blow off some steam.
We had fights like this every now and then, both of us were just stubborn but we would never admit it.
I went to Ace's room and sat on his mattress regret some of the things I had said to him… and knowing I would apologize as soon as he got back, and so would he…
I finally got up, and walked to the main room to find all the boys gone, except Billy who was sitting in the corner with some paper and old worn crayons.
"Hey Billy" I asked walking over to him, and sitting next to him on the old wooden floor.
"Hi" He said as he scribbled the different colors on the page. "You ain't leavin' is you Buddacup?" He said looking up at me worried, knowing Ace and I had gotten into it.
"No, I'm staying here with you guys"
"Good, Here Billy colored this for you" He said handing me the page he had been coloring.
It was a doodle of him, Snake, Arturo, Grubber, and in the middle were Ace and I holding hands…
"You write for Billy?" He asked handing me a black crayon
"Yea, what do you want me to write?"
"Family" He said smiling at me
I smiled too, and realized this was my family too, and nothing would ever change that.
End of Flashback
…
I ran my fingers over the crumpled picture, and heard someone walking towards me.
"Hey" Butch said looking at me with hurt eyes.
"Hey" I said wiping my face on the sleeves of the black leather jacket…
"I figured you'd be here, You ok?" He said sitting next to me.
I just shook my head and looked at the broken locket in my hand…
"Here let me see, it" He said taking the locket from me.
He fiddled with it for a minute then zapped it with his eye beams, welding it back together.
"There, good as new" He said handing it back to me.
I put it back on , and kissed the locket, "Thanks"
We sat there for a minute, just thinking
"I wasn't supposed to be like this" I said
Butch just looked up at me, listening…
"I mean like we weren't the fairy tale kind of couple by any means, but he wasn't supposed to just leave me. I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with him. Maybe get married, maybe not…. He promised me he would never leave me…"
" I'm sorry BC"
Just then My phone rang
"Hello?"
"Buttercup… Hey" Blossom said sounding sad "Please come home, and eat dinner, you haven't eaten anything" She pleaded
"Yea, I'm on my way…" I hung up, and hugged Butch
"Thank You" I whispered as I clung to him.
"For what?"
"Just being my Butch " I said pulling away
He tried to smile but it didn't work. "If you need anything, call me, and if you need to, you can stay at the apartment"
"I will"
I flew home, and was greeted by the Professor on the phone, and Blossom and Bubbles sitting on the couch looking worried.
Bubbles got up and hugged me, and Blossom signaled for me to sit in-between her and Bubbles.
"What's going on?" I asked my red headed sister
"I don't know, but he came upstairs talking on the phone, and told us to sit down"
"Okay Thank You, I'll make sure to address this with her" He said giving me 'the look'
Blossom looked at Bubbles with concern, and Bubbles took my hand.
The Professor hung up the phone, and sat in his chair.
"That was Mrs. Henderson, Mitch's stepmother. She said that Mitch came home with a broken nose, dislocated jaw, and two black eyes. Buttercup would like to explain your side of the story?" He asked giving a stern look.
"You didn't tell him?" I asked Blossom
"We didn't get a chance to…" Bubbles said
I rolled my eyes and started walking to the stairs…
"Buttercup Utonium, what has gotten into you?" He asked
"Dad…" My sisters protested
"What's gotten into me? You would know if you came out of lab every week or so…."
"And where have you been? It's almost seven…."
"Dad Stop!" Blossom said tugging on his arm
"You were with that Ace again weren't you?"
I stepped back like I had been slapped in the face…
"There was an explosion at the dump Saturday Morning, no one survived" Blossom explained
It took the professor a minute to figure out what she meant. His face changed from anger, to guilt.
"Buttercup, Honey I'm…."
"Don't say you're sorry, You judged him like everyone else in this city. And if I had listened to you, the last words I told him wouldn't have been 'I love you' "
I flew up to my room, and slammed the door, finally feeling how tired I really was.
I laid on my bed, and closed my eyes falling asleep instantly.