Townsville High

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Chapter 12 - Our love is insanity.

Last Chapter - Brick started avoiding Blossom. Maxine learned that she had been adopted, and Tyler feared about losing Bubbles to Boomer now that they are friends again.

Previously..

"It's inevitable." A voice said from behind Tyler.

He turned around and saw Maxine leaning against her locker, with her arms crossed. Tyler was annoyed by the sight of her, these two never seemed to get on, much like Butch and Buttercup. He furrowed his brows at her.

"What are you talking about?" He asked, annoyed.

Maxine rolled her eyes. "It was bound to happen. You can't keep two people who were literally made for each other from being friends. They're close, you need to stop being jealous and learn to trust your girlfriend and your best friend." She stated.

"Who the hell asked you!? Stay out of my business, Max." Tyler growled.

"I'm just saying." She replied. "I don't care about you or your relationships, personally you annoy the living crap out of me. I'm only bothering because you're in a relationship with my friend."

Maxine shot him a look before walking away.

"Don't fuck it up." She said while still walking, not even looking back.


Blossom was starting to worry, Brick hadn't talked to her in 4 days.

Not a visit, not a call, not even a text. She just wanted to know what was going on with him. It was obvious he didn't do relationships, but the night she revealed her feelings, it really felt like he wanted to be with her, and commit. She had to stop thinking like this, it was driving her insane.

The red-head shook her head, shaking her thoughts of Brick out, and returned to talking to her sister.

Buttercup was all packed to leave for the training camp. Luckily for Buttercup it wasn't an actual camp, and there would be rooms, because Buttercup hates out-doors and never would have agreed. Blossom smiled as she hugged Buttercup, as did Bubbles.

"Have a great weekend." Blossom said.

Buttercup rolled her eyes. "Please, I'm going with Butch, this is going to be a crap weekend." Blossom and Bubbles laughed slightly and hugged their sister one last time before she picked up her bag.

"Bye, sis." Bubbles said. "Try not to kill Butch, okay?"

"I won't promise anything." Buttercup said sarcastically before walking out the door.

She was met by Butch outside, who was going to be driving them to the place. Buttercup narrowed her eyes just at the sight of him. Luckily she had three days to beat him up in a boxing ring, that would be fun.

"Hello, sunshine." Butch said with a smirk. He had started calling her that since she had fallen asleep on him, because he knew how much she hated it, and it reminded her that she had slept on his shoulder.

"Shut up." She muttered before pushing past him and getting in Butch's car.

He smirked mischievously and walked around to the drivers seat. He got in the car and stuck the GPS on, so he would know how to get to the training centre. He started the car and started driving. He turned to Buttercup, a sarcastic smile on his face.

"So, how are you, sunshine?" Butch asked as he drove.

Buttercup groaned. "If you don't stop calling me that, you'll be breathing through a tube."

Butch snickered.

"Whatever you say." Buttercup rolled her eyes and leant her head on the window, looking out as they drove. She felt eyes on her, and turned to look at Butch, who immediately looked back to the road. Buttercup raised her eyebrow before looking back out the window.

This is going to be a long weekend, thought Buttercup.


Bubbles was at Tyler's house.

She was sitting on his couch with him, watching some show about animals. More like a documentary. Bubbles snuggled into his chest, and smiled up at him, waiting for him to notice. After a few seconds he smiled, still looking at the TV. He finally looked down at her and smiled even wider.

"You staring at me, love?" He asked.

Bubbles grinned. "So what if I was?"

"I ain't complaining. If I were you I'd spent all day starting at me too." He said in vain with a chuckle. Bubbles giggled at his comment and hugged him tighter, her head resting on his chest.

"..Can I ask you something?" Bubbles asked.

"Shoot."

Bubbles avoided his stare. "Do you ever think you'll stop liking me." It was a wierd question, but a true one. Bubbles was scared that his player antics would kick up again, and he would leave her for another girl.

Tyler frowned down at her. "Relationships don't last forever.."

The blonde sighed and closed her eyes tightly. That was not the answer she was wanting. She felt Tyler lift her chin up to look at him. He smiled at her.

"..But my feelings for you will." He added.

Bubbles smiled back. "You mean that?"

"I've been with lots of girls, but none of them made me feel the way you do. I always knew you were special." He said. Bubbles smiled happily and pulled him in to a fiery kiss. She felt her knees go weak at the kiss.

Bubbles and Tyler.

Tyler and Bubbles.

She said it in her head a million times, it still never felt real. It was something she had wanted to happen for weeks, since she first met him, and it was finally coming true. She had her boyfriend, her sisters, and her ex enemy best friends. She had everything she needed, everything she wanted..but it still didn't feel real.

It was too good to be true, but she would still enjoy every second of it.

"That might just be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me." She grinned and kissed his cheek.

"Yeah, that might just be the sweetest thing I've ever said to anyone." He chuckled.

Bubbles caressed his face lovingly. "I don't want this moment to end, ever."

"Then we won't let it." He said pulling her into another kiss.

Yeah, it was too good to be true, but it was real, and that's all that mattered to her.


Brick was walking home.

He had just said goodbye to his brother, then took off before Blossom would notice him. He didn't like avoiding her, he was sick of it, but in his mind it had to be done. Mabey she would just give up on him and everything would be fine..obviously by thinking that, he didn't know Blossom that well.

"Brick." He sighed hearing her voice, and turned around.

"Blossom." He said casually.

Her eyes lit in anger at his casual attitude towards her. He didn't even smile, he just looked at her, waiting for her to yell at him. She crossed her arms and gave him a horrifying death glare that made Brick gulp.

"You lied to me."

"Did I?" Brick raised his eyebrow.

"I got your text." She paused. "Then I saw Butch."

Brick closed his eyes, realising he had been caught out in his lies. When he opened them again, Blossom had her arms crossed over her chest, and was looking at him with a livid expression.

"Okay, you got me. I just didn't want to see you." Ouch, that hurt.

Blossom's mouth hung open in shock at what he had said. Did he really mean that? Her mind was hitting 90, trying to digest his horrible words.

"So..you want to end this?" She said, enfisis on the word this, because she didn't seem to know what was going on with them either. They were hot then cold. She didn't know where they were going in this relationship either.

"No." He said, frowning slightly. "I just need my space, Blossom."

"Space? You've had four days of space, Brick!"

Brick sighed. "You're not my girlfriend, Bloss! We're dating! You don't need to be around me every second of the day."

"I don't want to be around you every second of the day, but at least one a week would be nice!" She screamed in his face.

"Whatever." Brick said shaking his head before walking away. Blossom watched him walking away and panicked. Suddenly Butch's words entered her mind again.

"Who's Cordelia?" She said loudly enough for him to hear.

Brick stopped dead in his tracks, and turned back to look at her. His facial expression softened, before returning to a blank one.

"Someone that made me realise something," He turned back around and shouted, "Relationships are fucked up."

Blossom frowned as he began walking away again, not looking back. She shut her eyes tightly, stopping the tears that were willing to fall. He wanted to date her, but he obviously didn't want to comitt to her.

"I won't wait around forever." She whispered before walking in the opposite direction.


Maxine heard the door open, then close. Her eyes flickered from the TV to the door, where Mellisa stood. She narrowed her eyes at her so-called mother before standing up from the couch.

"Hello, hon." Mellisa smiled.

"Hello, mother." Maxine said, tensing the word mother. Mellisa furrowed her brows at Maxine's hostile behavior and walked over to her daughter. She put her bag down and watched carefully as Maxine held up an envelope that was addressed to her.

Mellisa's eyes grew.

"Look what I found." She said dangerously.

"Max.."

"Don't." Maxine said shaking her head. "Sixteen years. Sixteen years of lies, fucking lies!"

Mellisa was frightened by Maxine's outburst. Maxine was a cheerful, bubbly and sarcastic teenager, it was shocking seeing her act like this and even raise her voice. It was like a whole different girl.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I knew you would act like this. Ethan and I-" Mellisa was interrupted.

"How dare you even mention his name. I spent years hating that man, wishing that he wasn't my father, and now I find out he isn't! You should have told me when he left, mabey it wouldn't of hurt as much when he left us!" Maxine yelled.

Mellisa sighed and walked closer to Maxine.

"Ethan loved you like his own. He left us because he stopped loving me, he never stopped loving you, Maxine." Her words cut through Maxine like ice, but it didn't have the effect she wanted. Instead, Maxine scoffed and shook her head.

"He didn't even care enough to admit that he wasn't my father. You both lied to me! How can I trust you after knowing this?"

Maxine, not wanting to hear Mellisa's voice anymore, stormed to the door. Mellisa panicked and ran after her, grabbing her arm to stop her from leaving.

"Please, don't leave! I'll explain everything!" Mellisa begged.

"I don't have to do what you say, you're not my mother, Mellisa." She spat.

"Where are you going!?"

"Brody's. Don't follow me." She said with cold eyes before slamming the door. Mellisa stood perfectly still with wide tearful eyes and an open mouth. She looked down to the ground before falling to her knees and bursting into tears.

Maxine ran as fast as she could, she couldn't stop running. She kept going, until she reached Brody's house. She finally stopped, and started panting heavily with tears streaming down her face.

She knocked on his door and waited a few seconds before Brody opened the door.

"Max?"

"Brody..I-I found..I.." She couldn't even speak properly.

Without even waiting for her to finish, Brody pulled her into a hug. He stroked her hair as she cried into his chest. He held her tighter, promising not to let go.


"We're here." Butch said, pulling into the driveway.

Buttercup stepped out of the car, and looked at the large training centre. It was pretty magnificent. Butch stood beside her and admired the building too. She glanced at him. A man that looked about in his 20's with blonde hair came out to greet them.

"You must be Butch and Buttercup." They nodded. "Welcome, your training won't start until tomorrow morning, so let me show you to your room."

The pair followed the man into the building. There was a bunch of tough looking teenagers sitting in the common room, who all glanced at the new comers. The man took Butch and Buttercup to a small room at the end of the corridor, on the door it read Dorm Number 27.

"I should tell you, we have a shortage of beds, so you'll have to share."

Buttercup gave the guy such a scary death glare, that he walked out the room before she killed him. Butch glanced at the one bed and narrowed his eyes. Buttercup glanced at him.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me." Buttercup moaned.

"We can be adults about this, Butterbitch." He smirked. Buttercup crossed her arms and glared at him. She narrowed her eyes dangerously, making Butch step back as if he was about to be attacked.

"Butch, if you don't sleep on the floor, I swear to god I will cut you." She said dangerously with a murderous shine in her eyes.

Butch rolled his eyes in defeat. "Fine."

Buttercup smiled and jumped on the bed, stretching out. She watched as Butch started unpacking his bag. She found herself staring, and forced herself to look at something else, so she started unpacking too.

Butch glanced at her, also confused on why he was staring. She met his glare, and their eyes locked. For a second they just looked, both of their eyes narrowing slightly.

"What you lookin' at?" Buttercup barked.

"You looked at me first!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Shut up!" Buttercup growled before jumping off the bed and tackling him. He forced his strength and spun them over, so he was on top. Buttercup kicked him and pushed him off of her.

"How the hell are we going to get through three days of this!?" Butch yelled, annoyed. Buttercup tilted her head and avoided his stare, a playful smirk dancing on her lips.

"Either you do as I say or one of us will end up dead." Buttercup smirked more. Butch couldn't help but smile, masking a laugh. Buttercup was shocked to see a genuine smile come from the broody boy, usually it's a provocative smile or a smirk.

"Whatever you say, sunshine." He said before ducking to avoid a pillow that was tossed at his head. Butch chuckled and threw it back at her. She narrowed her eyes and smiled playfully before attacking him again.

Like I said, this was going to be a long weekend.


"I'll see you tomorrow?" Bubbles asked.

Tyler smiled and nodded, giving her a kiss. Bubbles returned the kiss heavily, wrapping her arms around him. She felt herself smile against his soft lips, wishing that the moment wouldn't end, but it had to. She pulled away and kissed him on the cheek.

"Bye." She said smiling before walking away. She felt eyes on her and grinned, before turning back around to see him watching her. She waved at him before turning back around and walking.

She made it half way to her house, when she saw a girl approach her. This girl was pretty, with long brown hair. Her eyes were pools of blue, and fixed on her. Bubbles raised her eyebrow as the the girl walked over to her.

"You're Bubbles right? We have English together." The girl said in a sweet voice.

"..Yeah, that's me. Who are you?" Bubbles asked curiously. She had seen this girl in class before, but the girl had never really spoken to her before, so why was she talking to her now?

"I'm Heather." She said. "I should warn you about Ty, he's not the sweet guy you think he is."

Bubbles frowned, and looked offended. "Let me guess? You're one of his many ex girlfriends? Listen, he's changed, so don't try to convince me that he hasn't." She said fiercely.

Heather smiled. "He's gotten into your head too huh? I just wanted to warn you, Bubbles. I thought he really loved me. He told me he'd been with many girls, but he knew I was special..then he cheated on me a day later. Don't believe what he has to say, I learned that the hard way."

Bubbles furrowed her brows as Heather walked off, not uttering another word. Bubbles shook her head, thinking that she was just trying to get her ex back or something, then a voice entered her head..

"I've been with lots of girls, but none of them made me feel the way you do. I always knew you were special."

The blonde let her eyes grow wide, and gasped slightly. Was he really just using her too? Did he really change? Bubbles didn't know what to think anymore.

Her father always told her to never trust a handsome boy with an ugly past..but he also told her that anyone is capable of change. Which one should she trust?

Without another thought, Bubbles shook her head of any doubtful thoughts of her boyfriend, and walked away, back home. She wasn't about to let what some girl said break her trust..


"So she didn't tell you anything about your real mother?" Brody asked, handing Maxine a cup of coffee.

She took it and shook her head. Maxine was sat, cross-legged, on Brody's bed. Wearing one of his over-sized football shirts. Her frown got bigger as she thought about the fact that her mother wasn't Mellisa.

"I didn't exactly stick around long enough to find out." Maxine sighed. "It's hard enough knowing Mellisa isn't my mother, I don't think I can handle knowing who she is."

Brody sat down beside her and put his arm around her comfortingly. He pulled her into him, and she put her head on his shoulder. Brody hated seeing her like this, vulnerable.

"Don't you want to know who she is?" Brody asked.

"No.." She looked away. "She gave me up."

Brody frowned. He turned her chin to face him, and he noticed there was a single tear running down her cheek. He wiped it away and caressed her face.

"You don't want to meet her at all?"

"Of course I do, Brody..but not for any good reason. I just want to know why she abandoned me..what is it that's wrong with me!?" Maxine burst into tears. Brody pulled her into another hug, his eyes wide at how upset she was. He'd known her since they were kids and he'd never seen her this upset.

"There's nothing wrong with you. You're perfect. Just because one person didn't think so, doesn't make it true." Brody pulled away. "I fucking love you, Max."

She frowned and nodded. "I love you too, Brody."

Maxine leaned forward and kissed him.

"I'm gonna go brush my teeth, okay. Go to sleep, and we can talk about this more tomorrow." He gave her another quick kiss before getting up and going to the bathroom. Maxine stood up off the bed and walked over to her phone that was buzzing.

Mom.

Maxine rolled her eyes and thought, what does Mellisa want.

She picked up the phone.

"What?" Maxine said with no emotion.

"There's something you should know about your real family, Maxine." Mellisa's voice sounded serious, and like she had been dying to say it for years. Maxine was curious, curious enough not to hang up the phone.

"Continue." She replied.

"I didn't know your real mother well, but you know her son. I believe he goes to your school, you've known him since you were young, Maxine."

"...Who is he?" Maxine said slowly, her voice cracking slightly.

"Tyler-Jay."

The sound of a phone dropping to the floor echoed throughout Brody's room. Maxine coughed out a gasp as her eyes grew wider than dinner plates.

"...Tyler is my brother!"


Told you a shocking secret would come out!:) Don't you just love the drama!? I do! Tyler and Maxine hate each other, and now they're brother and sister! How will this work out? &what will happen with Bubbles? She has a tough decision on who to trust.

Next chapter - Buttercup and Butch start their training. Bubbles starts to doubt her relationship. Maxine confronts Tyler, and Blossom makes a final decision about her relationship.

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Allie Peirce