Perfect Stranger
Chapter 3
First Night
Disclaimer: I do not own The Powerpuff Girls. But I do own the plot/story line because I made that up with my brain. No copyright intended.
"Hey Professor." Blossom said cheerfully as we all filed in the front hall and into the living room.
"Is it alright if the guys stay here? I mean they don't have anywhere to go." Blossom asked Professor as he came out with a dirty sauce and meet spatula and apron that says, ' While I Have This Apron On I Am The Boss' Buttercup got him that last Christmas.
"Yes, I suppose. Got thing we have those spare rooms, but 2 will have to share one. I only have so much room." Professor said.
"Thank you, Professor. For letting us stay, we'll be good, promise." Blaze said putting me down, finally!
Professor raised an skeptical eyebrow.
"Right, Bubbles it your turn to set the table." Professor said.
"M'kay." I said walking in the kitchen.
I opened the plate cabinet, our kitchen is startling white, the cabinets and cupboards are white and have glass in them, which makes it easier for me to find the plates, bowls, etc.. Because knowing me, I'd get confused as to where stuff is. Our plates are white too. The dinning room is to the right of the kitchen.
Blossom turned on the lamp light that hangs above the table, Buttercup got 3 extra chairs from the shed, and she and Blossom made room with the sitting arrangements. I grabbed 7 plates, 7 sets of forks and butter knives, and 7 napkins and walked to the table. Tonight Professor lasagna, my favorite. I set the table, there are 3 chairs on the each long sides and Professor's chair stays where it is on the short side in the middle. We all sat down and gave Professor our plates, he dished out our food. The boys sat on one side and we sat on the other. My sisters and I sat on the side, where our backs are to the kitchen. Blaze sat across from me, Blade sat across from Blossom and Blaster sat across from Buttercup. It's awkward silence for the first part of dinner than after Professor sips his water he says.
"So, Bubbles. How is Abigal?" he asked.
"Abby's fine, she went to see Mike today, she texted me." I said.
"That's good news, how is Michael's condition?" he asked. I sipped my water.
"Um.. He's got a concision, he should be home in a few weeks." I said.
"Oh, maybe we should stop by the hospital to see how he's doing." Blossom said.
"You just want to go because you think he's hot." Buttercup said.
Blossom blushed, I giggled. "Oh, sorry. If your wondering who Abby and Mike are, well Abby is my best friend and Mike is her older brother. He got in a motorcycle accident last week." I told the guys.
"Oh." Blaster said.
"Yeah, he ran into a tree." Buttercup said so intheused.
"Buttercup, he ran into a tree because of a stupid deer was in the way." I said.
"Whatever." she mumbled.
I rolled my eyes at her. Then it was silent, except for the forks scraping the plate. It's 7pm by the time we are all done eating.
"Buttercup you have dishes tonight." Professor said.
She groaned, "Fine." she said.
"It's not all that hard, all you gotta do is scrape off scraps into the garbage, then put the dishes in the dishwasher." Blossom said.
"But it's so much work." Buttercup said groaning.
"Geez, BC, how lazy can you be?" I asked. She shot me a glare.
I laughed. I heard running upstairs, "Hey! Bloss, what's your hurry?" I shout up to her.
"I'm gonna be late meeting, Dex." she said paniced.
I giggled. Dexter is Blossom's nerdy friend that she's totally crushing on.
"Oh, got a hot date?" I ask, she flushes in embarrassment.
"No!" she yelled then rushed upstairs.
"Well c'mon. I'll show where the rooms are." I said then walked upstairs, and heard Blossom's shower going.
Professor all gave us separate rooms and our own built-in bathrooms and walk-in-closets.
"Okay, that one is Blossom's room." I said pointing to the far right.
"The one in the middle is Buttercup's room." I said.
"The guest rooms are next to each other. They separate Buttercup's and my room." I said.
I opened both of them, they are a jointed with a door separating them.
"One of these doors is not a closet, it's the door to my bathroom. So don't use it." I said taping the door on the left on a corner.
The guest rooms are tan colored and have 2 beds on either side and there's a large dresser in between the beds. It's a pretty small room but livable.
"So, who's bunking where?" I asked them arms crossed over my chest.
"Blaster and I will take this one and Blade can take the next one." Blaze said.
"Okay, you cool with that, Blade?" I asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" he asked.
I shrugged, "Well, that room is next to Buttercup's room. I thought you'd be peed off considering you don't like her that much." I said.
"Nah, it's cool." he said.
"Okay." I said.
The stairs are in the center of the upstairs, so I had to walk around to the huge double doors.
"Okay, this is Professor's room." I said and opened it to a huge room.
There is a master bathroom on the left side, and a walk-in-closet on the right side and in the middle is a king size bed. There is a desk, a book shelf, and 2 dressers.
"That is nice." Blaster said.
"Yeah. And this is an extra bathroom you guys can use, towels are in this cabinet." I said closing Professor's room and opening it to a smaller but has a mediam sized bathroom. It had a tub/shower against the wall, to the right sink above the sink was a mirror/medicine cabinet and to the right built-on the wall is the towel cabinet.
"There's also extra shampoo's and conditioner's in here along with other showering stuff." I said opening the cabinet to show them.
"So you good?" I asked them.
"Yeah, were good. Why you got somewhere to be?" Blaze asked.
"No, I'd just like to take a shower and get ready for bed, and just hang in my room for the rest of the night." I said.
"Alright, go do your thing." he said.
I nodded and went to my room opened it a little then I turned back.
"Don't steal anything, okay." I said half-joking.
"Us? Steal? Who do you take us for?" Blade asked acting like he was wounded.
I pouted at him.
"Okay, okay. We're not thieves." he said.
I sighed then walked in my room. I got some PJ's and clean undies and set them on my sink counter. I put my head band on my white-tan vanity, and brushed through my hair. I took off my necklace, clasped it together and hung it on my vanity mirror.
I undressed and tossed my clothes and bikini in the laundry basket in my bathroom. I turn on the shower and slip into the nice steaming water. I hummed a tune trying to remember the song, then I remembered. I was humming Hall Of Fame by The Script, I love them! After my shower I changed in to my PJ's, which are just old gym shorts and a tank top. I sat at my vanity and brushed my hair. There was a knock on my door.
"Come in." I said.
Buttercup came through the door in a skin tight black leather outfit, it was pants and a tube top but were connected into one. Her hair was messed up, no make-up on except lip-gloss and she was actually wearing heals. She looked really beautiful.
"Where you going?" I asked.
"Mitch and I are going clubbing with a few friends. Promise you won't tell dad." she said begging me.
I sighed, why am I always the one to cover up for her? "Yeah, I promise." I said. She sighed of relief and willingly hugged me.
"Thanks Baby, I owe you one." she said.
Then she used my window to fly out of. I shook my head. I turned on some music, putting my iPod in my speaker thing. Evanescence blasted through my room, but I kept it low enough as not to disturb Professor. I got out my easel and continued working on the painting I have been working on for the past week and a half. I put my hair up in a messy bun and got out one of Professor's old shirts that I use as a art smock. What once was a crisp white shirt is now a splattered/dotted rainbow. There was another knock on the door.
"It's open." I said as my hand moved fast over the painting.
I looked over, "Oh hey guys. Is my music too loud or something?" I ask walking over to turn it down.
"Nah, Evanescence is awesome." Blaster said.
They helped themselves to my bed, I gasped and flew over to my bed grabbing Octi. I don't want the smell of butt on him.
"What? I don't want you sitting on him." I said as they all looked at me. I sat him down on my window seat, where I was sitting before.
I sat back down and continued my painting. It's a yellow rose that looked worn down, I made it that way for a reason. The yellow rose symbolizes many things but what stands out to me is that it symbolizes joy. This shows what happens to the joy once lonliness enters it. It's pretty big, it's a 20X20 inch painting. That's why it took me so long.
"So, did you guys want something?" I asked not taking my eyes of my work.
"Nah, we were just bored." Blade said.
I stopped, "Oh. We could go down and watch a movie." I suggested.
As I was putting my paint brush in the water bowl I have, then cleaning it and putting it in my paintbrush box. I put the lid on my paint palate and put that and my paintbrush box back on my desk. I threw away the messy yellow paper towel. I also turned off my iPod.
"What were you working on?" Blaze asked me.
"Oh, nothing really. Just painting a flower. You wannna see?" I asked them.
I picked up the easel carefully and turned it around. "Tada." I said smiling.
I started to frown when they all stared at it like it.
"Well it's not finished yet, I still have to that corner over there, and I could shade a bit better, or use a lighter yellow here-" I got cut off by Blaze putting a finger in my lips.
"Stop. It's amazing." he said.
A pink blush rose to my cheeks, I smiled as his finger is still on my lips.
"Oh, right. The movie." Blaster said clapping his hands together getting off my bed and walking out of my room followed by Blade.
I blink, I hadn't noticed Blaze and I were staring in each other's eyes that long. I pull off my art smock, and yank out my bun. I shake my hair, and fluff it up. I brush it quickly, the waves already forming soon to be curls. But now that my hair is getting longer its curly and wavy. I grab my blanket and go downstairs Blaze following me. I come down stairs and see Blaster and Blade looking through out DVD collection.
"I see you found the movies alright." I said giggling.
"Huh? Oh yeah, wasn't that hard considering the cabinet said DVD's on it." Blaster said.
"It was Blossom's idea, to put a label on everything." I said.
I tossed my penguin fleece blanket on the tan way to comfortable couch. Blossom got this blanket for me for Christmas that's why there are little Santa hats on the penguins.
"You guys like popcorn?" I asked.
They shrugged.
"Um...alright." I said unsure.
I turned around and went into the kitchen, I grabbed a large popcorn bowl.
"Need any help?" Blaze asked leaning against the door frame.
"Yeah, thanks. Could you pop the popcorn? It's in the pantry you can't miss it, and the microwave is right here." I said pointing to the microwave in a corner under the cabinets on the right side of the sink.
He nodded and got 2 bags of popcorn out.
"You do know how to work a microwave, don't you?" I asked him.
He chuckled, "Yes. Just because I come from a different world doesn't mean I don't know how to work technology." he said smiling.
"Well, I just wanted to be sure." I said shrugging then opened the fridge.
Now, where did Professor put the soda? I bend down and look through stuff, I move cans and other stuff out of the way, and yes I know my but is totally in the air right now. But I'm on a mission. I frown and stand back up and close the fridge and open the basement door that's to the left of the fridge.
"Dad!" I yelled.
No answer.
"Daddy!" I yelled louder.
I heard something break and a few gumbles. I giggle.
"What?! What is it, love?" he yelled up to me.
"Where'd you put the soda?" I yelled.
"Oh, I didn't put any in the fridge yet." he yelled back.
"Duh, that's why I'm asking." I yelled then giggled.
"It's all still in the shed, love." he yelled.
"Okay, thanks." I yelled to him then closed the door.
I opened the back door, it's a glass door, I ran into it once trying to get outside to catch a kitten I saw wondering around. We have a back porch with a gazebo in the far right corner then in the middle of the back yard is our gigantic rectangular swimming pool and to the right of that backed up against the fence is the shed.