Townsville High
~Wow ahaha, a lot of people had an opinion on my Mitch idea. As I said it's entierly up to you guys so if you really don't want him in the story I won't put him in it. Anyway, thanks to all those who reviewed!~
Chapter 15 - Deep feelings
Last Chapter - Butch and Buttercup became friends. Brick and Blossom got closer, and Bubbles fought with Tyler over Maxine, leading to her trying to kiss Boomer.
Butch's eyes rolled open, a small smile on his face.
He had the best the other night, as the bed was better than the floor. Butch brought his hands up to rub his sleepy eyes, and noticed there was still a hand on his chest. He looked over and saw Buttercup cuddled up into him. Butch smirked, knowing she would hate herself if she woke up realising that she was snuggling with him. He stared at her for a bit, excited to wake her up and start their friendly banter.
"Buttercup." He said, nudging her.
Buttercup stirred and buried her head more into her pillow. Butch smiled and slid out of her arm, standing up. He walked over to the window and pushed the curtains open, causing Buttercup to groan and throw a pillow to his face.
"You really aren't a morning person, Buttercup." He chuckled.
Butch grabbed his clothes and walked into the bathroom to get changed. Buttercup's eyes narrowed, trying to adjust to the light. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She was so tired, but excited as today was the day. The day. She could finally prove she had a future in boxing, and she planned on taking Butch down to do it.
She smiled as she saw the outfit she layed out for herself the previous night. A pair of green shorts with black studs that formed stars, a white tank top with tears on the side, and green fringe. She was going to look breathtaking. Of course, she didn't care how she looked, but it was nice to know people appreciated it.
Just in time, Butch walked out of the bathroom, fully dressed.
"Look who's awake." He smirked.
Buttercup smirked back and picked up her clothes. "You take longer to get ready than me. You're such a girl, Butch."
"Oh yeah?" He challenged. Buttercup nodded, that competitive smirk still tugging at her lips. Suddenly the two were attacking, rolling about the floor, fighting for domanance. It was all in fun. Buttercup and Butch were laughing as she rolled about the room, kicking anything they could.
This was there way of showing friendship; beating the crap out of each other.
Just as Buttercup got the upper hand, she sat on his stomach, staring down at him. He smirked at how easily she had over-powered him. Buttercup felt his leg move from underneath her, and she fell down a little. Their lips were seconds apart. The awkwardness was over-whelming.
"Wow! Am I interrupting something, mates?" Brandon's voice drawled through the room.
Buttercup jumped up in surprise, getting as far away from Butch as she could. Butch stood up too, looking innocent. The smirk on Brandon's face made them want to wipe it right off. The Australian chuckled.
"I thought you two weren't dating?" He grinned at the look on their faces.
"We're not!" They both yelled in unison.
Brandon simply raised his eyebrow in a way to say 'Are-you-so-sure-about-that' and smiled.
"Really, we were just fighting and his leg moved and then you came in, and it looked so wrong!" Buttercup reassured him, her arms flailing about for effect. Brandon chuckled again and nodded at them.
"Of course. Now, c'mon, we'll be late if we don't move now." Buttercup ran into the bathroom to quickly get changed, and Brandon and Butch walked out into the common room, all the while Brandon was smiling like he had a plan up his sleeve.
Bubbles couldn't get over the other night.
She had tried to kiss him, but that wasn't even the worst part, he didn't let her. For about two months it was all he had wanted, and now he wasn't even willing to do it. Bubbles didn't know what had come over her, mabey she was just mad at Tyler, or mabey she wanted to do it..
No.
She liked Tyler, not Boomer..right?
Bubbles groaned and threw her pillow half way across the room, screaming inside her head. She was sick of thinking. Thinking leads to doing, and she wasn't in the right mind to do anything.
"Bubbles?" A voice called.
The blonde looked over to the door where she saw her sister. Blossom was still in her pink and white pyjamas, and was holding a tray of breakfast. Waffles, Bubbles' favourite. Blossom smiled brightly at Bubbles.
"I made you breakfast." Bubbles shook her head.
"Not hungry." Blossom walked over to her bed and sat down beside Bubbles, placing the tray beside her. Bubbles turned her attention to her sister, who was looking at her with a worried expression.
"You've been in a mood since you came home last night." Blossom furrowed her brows. "Oh, and come to think of it so was Boomer when he showed up at Brick's."
Bubbles flinched at his name, he entered her mind again. She replayed the almost kiss in her head, trying to make sence of it again. Blossom noticed her discomfort and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Did something happen last night?"
"No!" She yelled. "..I mean, no. I just got in an argument with Tyler, that's all." Bubbles reassured her, a fake smile plastered on her face. Blossom smiled slightly.
"Oh, well I'm sure you'll work things out. You two are the dream team, right?" Blossom asked giggling. Bubbles smiled and nodded. That was what people called them, but in Bubbles' opinion Max and Brody seemed more like the dream team, or even Blossom and Brick.
"I hope so.." Bubbles said, frowning. Truth be told, she still couldn't get that blonde boy out of her head. She was trying to think about Tyler, and what she would do, but his face just kept popping up.
Bubbles glanced at Blossom. "Bloss..what do you do when you can't get someone out of your head?" Blossom smiled, immediately thinking of Brick.
"Well, either you go see that person and sort out whatever problem you have that has caused yourself to be thinking about them constantly, or you avoid them." Blossom smiled. "I personally think you should go see TJ."
Bubbles furrowed her brows. "Huh?"
"TJ? That's who you were talking about, right?"
"Oh..yeah, of course!" Bubbles nodded, finally letting Tyler enter her mind. Blossom smiled at her and gave her a comforting hug before leaving the room. Bubbles closed her eyes tightly and picked up her other pillow, and screamed into it.
She came up for air. "I really need to go see Boomer." She said aloud.
Maxine was meeting the guys at the park.
Usually she enjoyed it, but seeing Tyler was just going to be awkward. She was excited to see Brody and her friends though. She was planning on doing her usual thing, laughing and having fun. Only this time she would be pretending everything was normal, when in reality, nothing would be the same again. She could only pretend.
When she got there, she saw everyone, minus Buttercup and Butch of course. Her smile faded when Tyler glanced at her. She just looked away from him, and walked up and placed a kiss on Brody's left cheek.
"There's my gorgeous girl." Brody smiled, hugging her.
Maxine hugged back, glaring daggers at Tyler behind his back. Bubbles noticed this and glanced at the pair of them, avoiding Boomer's glare herself. Maxine turned her attention back to Brody and wrapped her arms around him.
The brunette took a moment to be thankful for her boyfriend. She had never really realised how lucky she was. Brody was so supportive, and very attractive. He had the most broad shoulders and the best cheekbones. She sometimes thought he was too handsome to be hers. She still found herself glare at Tyler.
Boomer however, felt unlucky that he didn't have his dream girl. He couldn't stop staring at her. There she was, in the arms of Tyler, smiling brightly as she played with his hair. He noticed that every now and again she would stare back at him, almost looking like she wished she was in his arms.
Brick noticed the wave of unease and awkwardness.
"What's with all the tension?" Brick laughed.
Maxine and Tyler immediately looked away from each other, as did Boomer with Bubbles. Realising no one had answered his question, Brick shrugged and didn't say another word. Brody felt Maxine tug at his hand, and pull him away from the group.
"Have I ever told you how lucky I am to have you?" Maxine asked. Brody smiled in surprise at her statement and entwined his fingers in hers, dragging her closer to him.
"What brought that on?" He asked her.
"I was just thinking." She smiled. "I couldn't have a more supportive person in my life. I'm so lucky to have you Brody, I didn't even realise it until now."
Brody smiled back at her and pulled her into a soft, sweet kiss.
"Aren't you two cute?" A voice asked.
Maxine and Brody turned around and saw a face they didn't like. Just seeing him made Brody's face go red in anger, and Maxine frown. It was her ex boyfriend, one the group knew all too well now. It was Brett Jonas.
"What the hell do you want!?" Brody demanded.
Brett leered. "I think you know, McKane." He said, giving Maxine the slyest glance. Maxine was oblivious, but Brody knew exactly what he meant, and went to charge for him. Maxine pulled him back quickly, her freakish un-human strength over powering him.
"He's not worth it." Maxine said, pulled Brody into her arms. Brett glared at Maxine, his eyes narrowed at her remark. She gave him the coldest of looks before turning back to Brody.
"I'll handle this. Just go over and talk to the guys." Maxine noticed how Brody looked reluctant. "Hey, you trust me right? I can do this, just go, please."
Brody gave Brett a death glare before walking over to the rest of the gang who were oblivious. They hadn't seemed to notice Brett's sudden appearance. Maxine was fine with that, she could look after herself. She was a strong girl.
"What are you doing with that reject?" Brett asked.
Maxine's face remained blank. "I love him."
"You loved me once too. Things change, or do they?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Maxine scoffed at his assumption and gave him another death glare. If looks could kill, Brett would be a goner.
"Just go, Brett. We've been broken up for over a year, I love someone else now. You really think bringing Buttercup to his party was going to make me jealous? I don't want you anymore! You're just a fucking mistake! You're a coward, Brett!" She screamed.
Brett didn't look happy.
He walked closer to her, so close to anyone else it would look as though they were about to kiss. Maxine's breathing got quicker as he got closer. His eyes narrowed at her dangerously, making her back up slightly.
"How dare you talk to me like that, Maxy." She widened her eyes seeing his anger. "You're not so high and mighty behind closed doors, are you? ARE YOU!?" He screamed back.
Maxine was about to do something when a voice interrupted her.
"You have ten seconds to get away from her." The pair looked shocked at who was speaking.
Brett smirked. "You? Why do you care? We all know you're not Maxy's friend."
He nodded. "Yeah, I'm not her friend. I'm her fucking brother, and if you don't get away from her right now, you're gonna regret it!" Maxine stared at him in shock. He was..defending her?
Brett gave Maxine a final glance before walking away, not wanting to get on Tyler Cairn's bad side. Maxine looked up at Tyler with thankful eyes, and out of no where, she hugged him.
It felt weird, the hug felt weird. They still done it though. Tyler wrapped his arms around his little sister protectively, watching to make sure that Brett was leaving. Everyone glanced at the pair in shock. No one had ever seen them hug before, in fact this was the first time they ever had.
"..What are they doing?" Blossom asked, shocked. She was truly surprised by this, it isn't every day two enemy's hug. Brick furrowed his eyebrows.
"I have no idea." Brick replied. Brody and Bubbles looked at each other and smiled, knowing exactly how special this moment was. Everyone else was surprised, but Brody and Bubbles were relieved that their girlfriend and boyfriend's ultimate sibling rivalry was over.
Maxine pulled away. "I thought you didn't want me to be in your life?" She asked, reenacting the same words he had used not two days earlier. Tyler sighed deeply, a million emotions shown in his eyes.
"Whether I like it or not, we're family, Max." He smiled. "Even if you are annoying."
Maxine laughed, and nodded. "Family? I like the sound of that. Tyler Cairn is my brother...wow, how weird does that sound?"
"Who said you could call me Tyler?"
"You're sister did." She grinned, teasing him.
Tyler chuckled. "Sister? I like the sound of that."
The two smiled at each other, and made their way back to their very confused friends, all explained the truth. The truth that they were family, and that they wanted to get over their sordid past.
After the shock of learning Maxine and Tyler's secret, Brick and Blossom decided to take a walk and just be alone. Brick was happy to get her on her own, he had been dying to have a private kiss with her all day. Whenever he kissed Blossom in public, Brody, Tyler and Boomer would make faces at them.
Blossom took the opportunity to wrap her arms around him, like she was trying to tell the word that he was hers. She brought his face down to hers and placed a tender kiss on his lips, grinning as she did so. Brick grabbed her from around the waist and picked her up, making her squeal in surprise and excitement.
"You're so beautiful, you know that?" Brick asked, twirling her around.
Blossom laughed. "You're so unlike yourself today, you know that?"
"I guess I'm just different around you. You make me want to be all mushy and cute." He grinned at her as he pulled her into his muscular chest. Blossom kissed him again, and as he was distracted, she stole his red cap and put it on her head.
She was surprised when Brick didn't moan at her for stealing his hat.
"Aren't you going to yell or at least take your hat back?" She asked, with a raised eyebrow.
Brick smiled sweetly. "Nah, it looks better on you anyway."
Blossom grinned at him and took his hand, leading him over to a bench. She sat down and he sat down beside her. She hugged into him, savouring the time alone they had together.
"Hey, you wanna know something?"
"Hm?" Blossom mumbled, not looking up.
"I love you, Blossom."
That made her look up. She was so shocked to hear those words. He had never said them before. Neither had she, it was so new for them. Blossom felt a wave of happiness over-come her. Her head was spinning, his words swirling around.
"..You really love me?" She asked.
Brick nodded. "Yeah. I do."
"Guess what?" She asked playfully. "I love you more, Brick."
"That's not possible." He said shaking his head. The pair clashed into each other's arms and they shared the most passionate kiss they had ever had. Love was a big word, but it was the right word to describe their feelings for each other. Blossom pulled away and caressed his cheek.
"I hope you realise you're not getting your hat back." She said seriously.
Brick chuckled.
"You ready for the biggest fight of your life, Jojo?" Coach Radley asked.
Butch nodded, and looked over to Brandon who gave him a thumbs up. Butch smiled and nodded and Brandon in response. His breathing got much slower when Buttercup entered the gym. His eyes grew wide, and his mouth hung open.
She looked..amazing. No. Beautiful. Gorgeous? No, Butch knew the right word. Breathtaking. She looked breathtaking.
"Ready to get your ass kicked?" Buttercup smirked, feeling everyone's eyes on her. Butch couldn't even speak, instead he just nodded, his mouth still open. Buttercup got ready and began stretching.
Butch saw one of the scouts, Mr Kelly, walk in. Suddenly the man's words entered his mind..
"I was impressed by your skill and passion." Mr Kelly smiled. "You seem to have a lot of talent, I'm sure we could find some career for you in the future."
Butch had stars in his eyes, grinning uncontrollabley. At that minute he forgot about anything else, and all he could see was Mr Kelly, smiling at him. Butch was so relieved.
"Thank-you." He paused. "What about Buttercup?"
"She's a brilliant fighter also, but the fact that she couldn't finish the fight was upsetting. I'm sure she'll prove herself tomorrow, hopefully."
Butch frowned. He was trying so hard to look good he didn't even realise he was making Buttercup look bad. He felt as though he needed to make it right, but how?
Suddenly it dawned on him, and Butch knew what he had to do..
Butch and Buttercup faced each other. They were staring each other down, intensity shining bright in their emerald eyes. Brandon watched from the sidelines, grinning in anticipation.
As soon as the whistle was heard, Buttercup charged for Butch. She sent a punch to his gut, then one to his face. Butch recovered quickly and punched her side, making her flinch slightly. Buttercup threw a barrage of hits, that Butch couldn't seem to block. It was almost like he was letting her get the upper hand.
Buttercup and Brandon both noticed Butch wasn't on his game today.
The raven-haired girl threw a punch to his face, and then a double-hook to his stomach. She expected him to recover and throw many back, but no. He fell.
He actually fell.
Buttercup gasped at how easy it was, and stated counting in her head.
10..
9..
8..
"Why isn't he getting up?" Brandon's partner, Carrie, hissed.
7..
6..
"I don't know, Care." He replied.
5..
4..
3..
"What is he doing!?" Radley whispered.
2..
1..
Ignoring the shock, everyone cheered for Buttercup, who was staring at Butch in shock. She noticed that as soon as it hit 1, his eyes had opened, almost as if he were awake and fine the whole time. Buttercup shrugged the thought away and smiled at Brandon who had came over and hugged her.
"That was smashing, Buttercup! You're amazing!" Brandon said, picking her up and cheering.
Butch looked up at them, a small smile on his face. Brandon noticed this and narrowed his eyes at Butch, grinning a little. He put Buttercup down and lent Butch a hand to get up.
Mr Kelly walked over. "Miss Utonium, that was brilliant. If you ever consider a career in boxing, we'll be sure to give you a call." He walked away after saying that.
Buttercup stood grinning, her mouth open. She was so happy she could barely contain it anymore. Butch walked up to her and smiled at her.
"Good fight, Buttercup."
"Yeah, good fight. Butchy." She smirked.
Brandon and Carrie watched them from afar. Carrie was smiling up at Brandon, who smiled back at her. They had seen what was going on, it was oblivious to everyone else.
"He must really like her to throw out his own fight so she would look good." Carrie sighed dreamily.
The blonde boy chuckled. "He won't admit it, but I think Butch Jojo has actual feelings."
Yes, he sure did.
Sooo sorry if this chapter seems really rushed! I know it's bad, I accidentally deleted the document and had to re-do this chapter, so I apologize if it's rushed!
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Allie Peirce
