Buttercup loved Blossom like a sister, really, but Princess? No, no, definitely no. So when Princess came to their side of the cafeteria, she already knew what she wanted. Princess had her eyes on Butch, and to be honest, Buttercup pitied Brick. She knew that Brick knew about Princess and her game of making Brick jealous, but while some girls only go as far as giving a peck on the cheek to a different guy, she goes to a full out make-out session in front of Brick.
She watched as Princess practically sat on Butch's lap, and just on cue, Brick entered, watching the scene unfold.
"So you must be the new kid." Princess practically purred, while Butch looked at her with a mixture of amusement and annoyance.
"My name's Princess, and if you would like, I could show you around the school." Buttercup didn't miss the look of annoyance on Blossom's eyes as she watched her step-sister throwing herself on a different guy. She kept saying it was because she didn't like people cheating on each other, it reminded her too much of her dad, but Buttercup knew there was something else. She just didn't know what. She turned to Butch, who seemed to have made a decision. At first Buttercup thought he was going to accept the offer. She was so wrong.
They were all surprised when Butch stood up, letting Princess fall on her ass. She let out an unnattractive shriek, followed by an annoying, "What was that for?!"
Butch just raised his eyebrow, before looking at Brick. "Dude, I know you said she was good in bed, but damn, she looked like a freaking prostitute."
The entire cafeteria turned silent as a graveyard when Brick glared, not at Butch, but at Princess. Princess looked nervous, but hid it with a smirk.
"Hi, babe! When did you get here? I didn't know you were-"
She didn't get to say anything as Brick grabbed her hand and forced her out of the cafeteria, with words coming out of her mouth like, "Put me down!", "Brick, I was just teasing!" and "Brick, you just embarassed me in front of the entire school, you..." The words faded, as they seemed to have left the hallway.
The cafeteria looked at us, then back at the door that the "couple" exited, before they started talking, murmurs from all over the table.
"They should mind their own business." Buttercup signed angrily, glaring at the ones that were still stealing glances at them.
Apparently, the new guy seemed to have the same mindset, because he banged his fist on the table loudly, scaring the entire cafeteria into silence.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Were any of you part of their relationship? No? Then shut the fuck up and mind your own business!"
The students did, miraculously, and Buttercup was impressed. Normally, not a lot of people could shut the entire student population's mouths. Especially the teachers.
The new guy must've caught her eye, because he smirked at her. Her eyes narrowed, before rolling her eyes. She didn't want to tell him what he did was impressive-not like she could say anything- because it would boost his already large looking ego.
The bell then rang, signalling the start of Buttercup's Art class. She quickly ran, not willing to be late for her second favorite class. By the time she was in front of the classroom, only Ms. Keane, her teacher, was the only one inside. Ms. Keane saw her first before signing a greeting her.
"Good afternoon, Buttercup." Ms. Keane signed, and Buttercup's heart warmed up. When Ms. Keane found out she was mute, she took her time to actually learn sign language for her. That automatically made her Buttercup's favorite teacher.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Keane." She greeted back, before taking her seat. As soon as the entire class was present, Ms. Keane began to write on the board, thereby starting the class.
o O o
Gym class had always been Buttercup's favorite subject, seeing as she didn't need to talk, just follow instructions and do her best physically. That didn't mean she enjoyed who she play with, though.
The girls that she had to share the locker room almost always talk-more like gossip- about things that don't have any connection to them other than:
a.) They think they're hot.
b.) They believe embarassing people they don't like is normal (which kind of is).
c.) They think they don't belong together.
d.) They think they're hot.
Buttercup began changing her clothes, when two girls, cheerleaders by the looks of it, started their daily ritual of gossip.
"Oh, my god. Like did you saw what just, like happen in the cafeteria?"
Of course they did, everyone was there.
"That was like, totes embarassing, ya know? She was just, like, dragged by her boyfriend."
"I know right. What an idiot. I heard from Annie that Brick caught her fucking Jason from the football team."
"Oh my gosh, like, Zyle, the cheer captain, totally said that Brick fucked her good last night. I think Princess found out about it and fucked Jason in revenge."
Buttercup rolled her eyes at that. She seriously hated it when people just assume they know the entire story because they heard it from "trustworthy" people. Sure, she and Brick weren't close, but she really hated it whenever someone assumed something that wasn't true and start spreading rumors about it.
Hey, did you know about what happened to Bubbles earlier?"
Buttercup suddenly froze in the middle of wearing her shirt.
What happened to Bubbles?
"That was like, the worst thing. I seriously thought she was about to, like, cry."
"Yah, who was the guy that called her a slut again?"
The word "slut" made Buttercup's blood boil. Years ago, some people posted on facebook about Bubbles sleeping with her cousin. Obviously, it wasn't true, they were just really close cousins, almost siblings, but the two were bullied so badly the cousin decided to leave in order for the rumour to die quicker. 'Till this day Bubbles would break just hearing that word.
"I think it was Jonah, or something."
"That was, like, pretty low if you know what I mean. I know she, like, didn't accept his "Will you be my girlfriend?" speech, but, like, so low."
"Totes. Anyways, did you hear about Jackson?"
That's when Buttercup quickly wore her clothes and left the shower room. She looked around the gym until she saw him, wearing the uniform of blue shirt and shirtpants. He had that smug smile, like he achieved something that deserves a metal.
"...Jonah, or something..."
Jonah Anderson, the guy who had been chasing Bubbles, despite her obvious refusals. The guy that chased anything with a skirt. The guy that made her sort-of little sister cry.
Instead of confronting him like she seriously wanted to, she quickly shook her anger away, knowing that her first priority shouldn't be "hit the bastard that broke friend's heart". It should be " find friend and make sure she was okay, then hit the bastard that broke her heart".
She silently left the gym, knowing that the gym teacher would be late anyways, seeing as the football game was about to start and and she and the coach would be strategizing on what this week's curriculum would be that would push other's limits without pushing it too much. That doesn't really work out in the end.
Buttercup began her hunting expedition, first to the art room (Bubbles' first favorite class), then to the music room (Bubbles' second favorite class), then to chemistry (her actual class), then finally, she decided to check the infirmary.
The school's nurse, Nurse Femme, is a bit of a femminist. Okay, fine. She is possibly one of the most hardcore feminist Townsville has ever seen. She refuses any help from boys, seeing as shhe has the "Whatever boys can do, I can do, too" attitude. She doesn't treat anyone differently, no matter what gender, which is both good and bad. An example is that she once asked a girl to help her carry two out of five boxes, telling her, "Just because you're a girl, doesn't mean I'm not going to ask you to help me carry this, now unless you're on your period, anemic or allergic to medicine, you're going to help me carry these boxes young lady!" Same goes for boys, too. She told the boy in an elective to help her clean the infirmary and fix the beds, which he replied with a "that's a girl's job" card, which earned him a five hour lecture, resulting him to just do whatever she asked him to do, from rearranging the napkins, to filling up the tampon boxes.
Buttercup liked her for obvious reasons, she can handle herself, she's independent, and she truly believed in gender equality. Nurse Femme seemed to have enjoyed Bubbles presence, because Bubbles normally go to the infirmary if she needed some alone time, and she doesn't get chased out by Nurse Femme.
When she was already in front of the infirmary, she heard something thst confused her. She thought that she would hear crying, sobbing sounds from her friend, but all she heard was...laughter?
Sure it was a bit hoarse, but it was still laughter. Buttercup opened the door silently, and saw a (sweet?) scene. Her friend was on onw of the infirmary beds, her eyes a bit puffy and red, her hair messy, but she was laughing at a joke someone made. Someone she doesn't recognize.
He had blonde hair, a bit shaggy, but it gave emphasis to his ocean blue eyes. He was smiling, a dimple of his cheek as he began to tell another joke, making Bubbles laugh a sweet laugh, nothing forced, just natural.
Nurse Femme was sitting on her chair, writing a few notes, though once and a while, she looked up, making sure Bubbles was fine while at the same time listening to the guy's jokes. Buttercup figured she'd talk to Bubbles later. Right now, she should let Bubbles be, since she was already happy.
And since she already made sure her friend's okay, at least for now, it's time to beat Jonah in gym class.
She turned around, before colliding into what felt like a wall, making her fall flat on her butt. She looked up only to see the new kid's eyes staring at her in amusement. She blushed in embarassment, before dtanding up and walking straight to Gym, ignoring the fact that the new kid's eyes never left her departing figure.