Townsville High
~Hi, hope you all like this new chapter! It's mainly based on Bubbles' as she returns to school but there's some green action too.~
Chapter 23 - Family comes first.
Last Chapter - Blossom found out from Dr Russell that someone in the group had donated a kidney to Bubbles. Tyler found out about Bubbles and Boomer. &Maxine recieved a letter from her mother asking her to look after Tyler.
Quick Note - Guys, hey! Just wanted to tell you all I'm planning on bringing out a new story, most likely based on the greens. If you have any idea's on what you'd like to see me write let me know:)
Bubbles stepped into school, looking as good as ever in her baby blue sun dress. Her white heels clicked along as she strolled down the school hall. Her curly blonde hair bounced as she walked. All eyes were on her, as usual.
She got the occasional, 'Good to see you're back.' and 'Glad you're well again, Bubbles.' to be honest, she was already sick of all the attention, which she usually craved. She was sick of being pitied and people treated her better than usual because she had recovered. She just wanted things to be back to normal, but they never would.
Her eyes darted to her locker, and she sighed knowing that Tyler's was next to hers and he would be there. Yep, she was right. She saw Tyler grabbing his books, that bored look on his face he used to have before they were dating. Something good about their relationship, it made them both happy to be at school, now they were both miserable.
Bubbles was going to walk up and apologize but stopped when she saw a tall blonde appear beside him. He smiled at the blonde girl and kissed her. Bubbles coughed out a gasp. How could he move on that fast when he was still in love with her?
"Why am I not surprised to see that?" A voice asked. Bubbles looked beside her and saw Butch glaring at Tyler with a blank expression. Bubbles frowned and turned back to Tyler, who was all over this girl.
"I don't get it, he's still in love with me, how has he moved on already?" Bubbles asked. Out of everyone, Boomer and Butch knew Tyler more than anyone. She knew that Butch would know, otherwise she wouldn't have bothered asking him.
Butch turned to her. "You don't get it, do you? Ty was a hell-raising player before you showed up and he became a committed and decent guy, now that you're not with him anymore.."
"He's back to being..Tyler." She finished his sentence. Butch nodded and glanced back at Tyler who was now walking to class with his arm around the blonde and his other arm around some random brunette.
"I'm glad you're with my brother now, but you've just brought old Ty back." Butch said to her. Bubbles frowned. She had changed him for the better, and now he was back to the boy he was when they first met. He was a destructive player again.
Bubbles held her books tightly against her chest. "This is his problem, all I ever did was try to be happy. Don't blame me for this." She muttered before walking away and heading to class.
Butch felt a little ashamed at trying to blame her, but decided to let her go anyway. He turned back to the door and saw Buttercup walk in, late as always. She walked over to Butch and smiled at him before throwing her books at him and making him carry them.
"So, how is my idiotic and cocky best friend?" Buttercup smirked as they started walking to class. Butch smirked back and chuckled at her comment.
"Great, how is my crazy and hot best friend?" She rolled her eyes at his remark, making Butch smirk even more at the look on her face.
"Not bad, and if you don't stop calling me hot I'll personally castrate you."
Butch laughed. "You wouldn't get the chance. Now c'mon and hurry up before we're late, crazy girl." Buttercup glanced at him and raised her eyebrow and smiled playfully.
"Since when did you ever care about being late, Butchy boy?" She shot back. Butch and Buttercup laughed as they walked into class and took their seats. Everyone else was already there, including Bubbles who was glaring at Tyler as he started chatting up some new girl.
Buttercup turned to Butch. "So, I was thinking you should stay over again. I can beat your ass at that racing game for the eighth time."
"Buttercup, wanting me in your bed already? Sorry, you're not my type." He joked with a smirk. Buttercup rolled her eyes and elbowed him in the side, ignoring his joke.
"No, it's just Bubbles is gonna be out all night with your brother and Blossom never comes out of her room, I think she has a test or something, so I don't want to play video games alone. Are you in or not?"
Butch shrugged but smiled. "Why not, should be fun."
She smiled and turned back to the front.
"Tyler-Jay, pay attention!" Mrs Ritchards yelled. Bubbles and the rest turned their attention to him, who was smirking and laughing. Tyler turned back to talking to the girl he was talking to, not caring that the teacher was still watching him.
Mrs Ritchards walked over. "You haven't had detention in a month, which was surprising for you, Mr Cairns, so why are you trouble-making today!?" Tyler kicked his feet on the table and glanced at Bubbles from the corner of his eye before looking back at the teacher and tilting his head.
"Why don't you go back to teaching the class, that's your job, right?" He replied with as much cheek as he could. No one had seen this side of Tyler in a while, and it was horrifying seeing it again. Everyone was just getting used to the new Tyler.
"You have detention at the end of the day." Mrs Ritchards said before walking back to the front of the class. Tyler laughed bitterly, causing her attention. He smirked as all eyes were on him again.
"Don't expect to see me there, Mrs Bitchards." He laughed. Bubbles glared at him with wide eyes, and his eyes finally met hers. He grimaced at her before narrowing his eyes and turning away. Bubbles hated this hostility he showed towards her, she knew she and Boomer shouldn't have became exclusive this soon after their break-up.
"That's it, get out of my class and to the principles office, and don't expect to come back to this class again." Mrs Ritchards yelled at him. Tyler laughed and stood up before throwing his hands in the air like he didn't care, which he didn't.
He smiled. "Will do, if it gets me out of your stupid class."
Maxine stood up and walked over to him, ready to scold him herself, but she didn't because she needed to look after him like their mother wanted. She was going to be there for him, whether anyone liked it or not.
"Miss Slater, where are you going?" The teacher asked impatiently.
She grabbed Tyler's arm. "If you kick my brother out, I'm out too. Oh, and it's Maxine Cairns, not Slater." She spat before dragging Tyler out of the room laughing, well, he was laughing, not her. The rest of the gang watched in shock as Maxine and Tyler wandered in the wrong direction of the principle's office, like they weren't going there.
"What the hell are they doing!?" Brody whispered loudly to Brick and Buttercup who were sitting beside him. He knew she wanted to stick by him but not this much. He turned around to Bubbles and Boomer who were looking at each other with guilt in their eyes.
"What have I done?" Bubbles muttered in remorse.
Buttercup decided to skip her next class. She wasn't in the mood to sit through maths today, she never pays attention anyway. She sat on the bench outside the school building, and turned her iPod on to full blast as she let the music and the lyrics run through her mind.
She had been thinking a lot about how things had changed in the course of two weeks. For some reason she couldn't seem to place what Butch had said in her mind, it was like he didn't seem to care anymore. Then again, why does she care? She wanted him to go back to who he used to be, and he was, she should be happy.
Speak of the devil.
"Cutting class? I'm rubbing off on you." Butch sat beside her on the top of the bench. She turned her head to face him and laughed. Her legs crossed and she turned her iPod down slightly to hear him better.
"Please, I was cutting class when you were still an evil villan that didn't go to school." She replied. It was weird to think that he used to be some evil villan, and now he was her best friend and a shoulder to cry on. How things change in a year, right?
Butch chuckled. "Good point. So, what's the plan for tonight?"
Buttercup shrugged. "Video games, order a pizza, listen to music. The usual." She replied. That was their usual thing. They had been spending a lot of time with each other lately. He stayed at her house more than he stayed at his own now. Blossom liked to make jokes and say stuff like 'Soon he'll be moving in.' Buttercup was starting to regret telling her about the kiss. The kiss that apparently meant nothing.
"Yeah, sounds fun. It's better than sitting in my house and watching your sisters suck the faces off my brothers." He joked and chuckled. Buttercup laughed nodding.
"Hey, what you listening to?" He asked. Buttercup pulled one of the earphones out and handed him it. He put it in his ear and smiled at the song. He had heard it once before, it was pretty good.
The song was 'The mixed tape' by Jack's Mannequin. He stopped to pay attention to the lyrics. He looked at Buttercup who had her eyes closed, taking it in. This was something they had in common, their love of music. No one knew it, but whenever Butch stayed at Buttercup's, they would stay up all night listening to music and discussing their favourite tracks.
"This song is good." Butch said. Buttercup pulled herself out of her trance and turned to him before smiling. She turned the volume up higher and Butch started doing his lame dance moves that always makes Buttercup laugh.
She laughed hysterically. "You're an idiot."
He smiled. "Yeah, and you're crazy."
Hey, no one's perfect.
"Max!" Bubbles ran over to the small brunette that was at her locker. She hadn't seen her since first period when she left with Tyler, and Bubbles was hoping to find out what went on. Maxine turned to her and didn't speak, waiting for her to speak first.
"Is Tyler still in school? I think I need to talk to him and try and fix this." Maxine scoffed.
"Fix what? There's nothing wrong with my brother, he's just turned back into the ass I used to hate, thanks for that. Bubbles, don't you think you've done enough!? Stay away from Ty." She spoke harshly, making Bubbles frown. She knew this was her fault, but she didn't deserve Maxine being mad at her.
"Look, I'm sorry, Max. I know I've hurt him, but he changed for the better, he was a decent person because of me, if I can bring that side of him back..shouldn't you at least let me try?" Bubbles asked.
Maxine crossed her arms. "Tyler isn't your responsibility anymore, he's my responsibility. Our mother wanted me to look after him, and I will, and I can't do that if your fucking with his head. He loves you, Bubbles, and you told him that your falling in love with his ex best friend, what did you expect to happen!?" She yelled.
Bubbles frowned, realising what Maxine had said was right. She told him something he didn't want to hear, and now he was destroying himself all over again.
"Don't be mad at me." She pleaded.
Maxine laughed bitterly. "Too late for that. You know, you could have at least dumped Ty before getting together with Boomer. Cheating is an awful thing, I would know, Brett cheated on me countless times. I don't see why you bother getting close to people-"
She leaned in closer to Bubbles. "-You destroy everything you touch." Maxine slammed her locker door and stormed away from Bubbles. She felt herself panic, Maxine was her best friend in this school, along with Boomer, and now she hated her. How could she let this happen?
Maxine had never mentioned why she hated Brett so much, and if Bubbles knew it was because of cheating she never would have done it to Tyler. Now she knew, and she could never make things right again, she had lost everyone she cared about, except Boomer and her sisters.
"Don't let her get to you. She's just upset, she'll come around." Bubbles heard Boomer speak. She didn't even know he was there. Bubbles turned around and frowned at her boy friend.
"Who knew that us becoming exclusive would cause this much conflict?"
Boomer smiled. "It doesn't matter. We're together, that's how it was always meant to be." He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly as she snuggled into the crook of his shoulder.
"Yeah, you're right." Bubbles nodded.
It was lunch time and Blossom was sitting outside on her usual bench alone. She looked around at her friends that were scattered around the place. She was trying to figure out which one had donated the kidney to Bubbles, and which one she had to be watching out for.
She glanced at Tyler, who had the most motive. He was sitting talking to Maxine and ignoring her to flirtatiously look at some girls. She narrowed her eyes at her top suspect before looking elsewhere.
Brick and Butch were talking at the other end of the school grounds. Brick had reason, because he and Bubbles' got really close before the accident, he told her if he could he would do anything to get her out of the medical induced coma, he had as much motive at the rest. Then again Butch would do anything to see Buttercup happy, it could have been him.
She looked at Brody now, who was jotting stuff in his maths book. He was bottom on her list, but it could have easily been him. She then looked at Boomer who was sitting with Bubbles and eating lunch with her. He had motive too, but he had just woken up from his own damage, he would not have been able to donate.
Then there was Buttercup, who had been self-destructive since the accident and the only person who seen her through it was Butch, no one knew where she had been hiding and what he was doing. Mabey she had done it.
"What you thinking about?" Blossom gasped and fell out of her trance as Brick appeared beside her. She hid her book that had a list of names and motives. She put the book in her bag and turned back to Brick with a fake smile on her face.
"You." She lied. Brick smiled and kissed her passionately. She turned to him and decided to become the little detective, he was third on her list behind Tyler and Buttercup.
"So, don't you think it's wierd that Bubbles recovered so quickly?" She noticed Brick tense up and her mind clicked. Now he was number two on her list. He shrugged and glanced at his brother and Bubbles before looking back at Blossom.
He smiled. "It's done, don't worry yourself about it. She's perfectly healthy now, that's all that matters. Just forget about it."
Blossom nodded slowly. "Yeah.."
Now he was on top of the list.
"Tyler, I hope you plan on going to detention." Maxine said, sounding like his mother. He rolled his eyes and sat back in his seat smirking as his legs kicked up on the top of the bench. He turned to Maxine and smiled.
"You don't know me very well if you think I'm going, Maxy." She ignored the hated nickname and pushed his legs off the table in frustration before crossing her arms. He raised his eyebrow at her. "Why do you care so much anyway, sis?" He asked.
Maxine sighed. "You're my brother, I need to be looking out for you, Ty."
"Actually, I'm your big brother, I should be the one looking out for you." Tyler pointed out. Maxine sighed again and reached into her bag. She pulled out the picture of herself, Tyler and their mother and passed it to Tyler.
"How do you have this?" He asked as his eyes darted to her.
"Mellisa gave me a letter from Elizabeth, that was in it. She asked me to look after you, and I will." She said. Tyler looked at the picture and his face softened as he looked at his mother. He missed her so much, you could never imagine how much. He looked back at Maxine and kept a blank expression on his face.
Maxine smiled. "She was really beautiful, Tyler. What was she like?"
"Well, she was like you." Tyler answered. "She was always smiling even when she didn't want to, and no matter what she looked out for her family. She put everyone first." Tyler smiled but frowned at the memory of his mother. Maxine put her arm around him and looked down at the picture.
"Bubbles was worried about you today, I sent her away." Tyler looked at her, shocked. Aside from Brick and Brody, Bubbles was her best friend, and she had sent her away? Tyler was not expecting that at all.
"Why? Bubbles is your closest friend."
"Yeah, but family always comes first." She said before hugging into him. Tyler frowned and hugged her back, for the first time really feeling connected to her. He noticed Bubbles and Boomer and his frown disappeared into a scowl. Bubbles' eyes fixed on him, so he broke the stare and looked away.
Tyler sighed.
School had been over for a couple hours, and Bubbles was meeting Boomer at the park. She sat on a bench and waited for him for a few minutes. She saw him walking towards her and she smiled brightly. Just seeing him made her day better. Bubbles stood up and hugged him securely.
She broke the hug a little and kissed him, glad that she didn't have to do it in secret anymore. Boomer smiled down at the small blonde and led her to sit on the bench.
"So, how are you, sweetness?" He asked.
Bubbles giggled. "I'm okay. Better than ever actually. Do you not think it's strange how fast I recovered?" Boomer hadn't really thought about it much, but now he realised yes, it was strange. He furrowed his brows.
"I suppose it is. Didn't Dr Russell tell you anything about it?"
"Not really, I mean he told me that I made a miraculous recovery, but I don't believe in miracles." Bubbles replied, causing Boomer to glance at her in surprise. He laughed and gave her a look.
"You? Bubbles Utonium, doesn't believe in miracles? There's nothing more shocking than that except mabey..Buttercup believing in miracles." Boomer laughed along with Bubbles.
Bubbles smiled. "I just don't think they can be real. I mean, if miracles existed, my dad would still be alive and we wouldn't have gotten into the crash in the first place. Fate can't be twisted, you know?"
"I guess that makes sence." Boomer agreed. "-But if it wasn't a miracle, then how did you recover so quickly?"
Bubbles looked at Boomer with intensity shown in her crystal blue eyes. She didn't answer him, she just remained quiet as her eyes fixed on his. Boomer's mind was racing. He took her hand, causing her to look down at it.
"Let's just forget about it, this is our first date, we shouldn't be talking about the accident." He said to her. Bubbles nodded and let a small smile tug at her pink lips. She placed her hands on either side of his neck and placed a kiss on his lips.
"Yeah. Thanks for taking me out tonight, Boom. I needed it after the day I've had." Bubbles replied before shifting in her seat so her back was lying against him and she lay in his arms. Boomer looked down at her and nodded slowly.
"Maxine won't be mad forever, neither will Ty. No one can stay mad at you." He said sweetly. Bubbles beamed and reached up to kiss him twice on the lips as her arms wrapped around him lovingly.
She grinned. "You're the sweetest."
"I think you'll find that's you, sweetness." He chuckled whilst grinning. Bubbles had never felt better. She was still upset about Tyler, she wouldn't really be over him until they both got clarity, but until then she had Boomer to remind her why she left Tyler everyday.
"Turn the music down!" Blossom's voice bellowed towards Buttercup's room.
Buttercup and Butch laughed hysterically before turning the music up, rather than down. See, Blossom told them that she was studying for a test, but in reality, she was studying her list again. So far she only suspected three people; Brick, Tyler and Buttercup, but she still knew that everyone else was a suspect, mainly Butch before the others.
Blossom decided to go downstairs to do her work, considering Butch and Buttercup weren't going to turn the music down anytime soon. It was almost one in the morning, it was a surprise the neighbors hadn't called the police. Bubbles decided to stay over at Boomer's so that they could go to school together the next day, which Blossom didn't mind because she knew Bubbles was responsible and wouldn't get into any..business.
She had asked Brick to keep an eye on them just in case.
"Butch!" Blossom heard Buttercup laughing hysterically from her room.
"He must be dancing again." She muttered quietly before rolling her eyes. She didn't mind that Buttercup had a friend that she got on so well with, don't get me wrong, it was just annoying sometimes. Blossom never minded when Butch stayed over either, she had to get on well with him now that she was in a serious relationship with his brother, but he was starting to get on her last nerve.
Upstairs, Buttercup and Butch were dancing about Buttercup's room, trashing it in the process. The song they were listening to earlier was playing. Buttercup jumped on the bed and started dancing more, while Butch was on the floor trying to do 'the worm' but looking more like a dying cat.
"You should go on one of those dancing shows, you're brilliant." Buttercup joked. Butch laughed and got up off the floor before pulling at her arm so she would fall of the bed. She laughed as she began to fall off the bed, but rather than landing on the floor, landing in Butch's arms as he caught her.
"Making me fall just to catch me? How heroic."
Butch smirked and put her down. "I could have let you fall, it's called being..oh, what's the word?..oh yeah, nice."
Buttercup rolled her eyes but smiled. She sat on her bed and used her stereo remote to turn the music off. Butch sat on the bed in front of her. He took a moment to take in what she was wearing. It was a pair of grey sweats and a green top. It was amazing how she could be dressed like that and still look good.
"So, why didn't you want me to tell Bubbles that you were crying? It's pretty much expected." Butch said. Buttercup stiffened and took a breath. She looked away and pursed her lips.
"That's the thing, it's not expected of me. I'm the tough one. You're the only person that's ever seen me cry or any of that."
"Why?" He pushed. He had been wanting to know why for a while, but he assumed he would never get an answer. He watched Buttercup shrug and finally look him in the eye.
"I don't know." She replied uncomfortably. "I guess it's just easier to show you that side of me, because you're the one that brought it out in the first place."
Butch tried not to smile. "You brought that side out of me too. It's wierd right? This is more of Boomer and Bubbles' thing, we're the strong ones. I guess there's a first for everything."
Buttercup nodded, understanding everything he said. She had been thinking about the two of them for a while now. He could bring out the side of her she didn't want anyone to see, and more importantly, she didn't mind. The same for him. She just wanted to understand why she was so comfortable around him.
"You know, when you were getting changed earlier, Blossom told me something." Butch started. Buttercup raised her eyebrow at him in curiosity. Those two never really talked, what could she have said?
"Yeah?" Buttercup asked.
"She said that you told her I kissed you." He chuckled. Buttercup shot him a blank look and made a mental note to pound on her sister later for talking about it.
Buttercup rolled her eyes. "It accidentally came out. She's just trying to wind me up."
"Why would you mention it at all? Have you been thinking about it?" He smirked as Buttercup's face went red with anger and embarrassment. Her lips pursed again and she got ready to smack him.
"Shut up."
Butch smirked. "You have!"
"Have not!" She screamed at him.
"Yes, you have!" He shot back.
"I really haven't!"
"You have!"
"Shut up!" She pounced on him, sending him flying off the bed. Blossom heard it and assumed they were killing each other. Buttercup sat on top of him with her arms crossed, clearly not happy with him, as usual. Butch laughed and sat up as much as he could, bringing Buttercup up slightly.
Butch looked into her angry eyes, that seemed to soften as he did. He just looked at her, making Buttercup feel even more uncomfortable. Butch smiled and lifted her off of him before standing up.
"We have school tomorrow, time to sleep." He said before jumping into her bed. She didn't seem to mind sharing a bed with him, after all, they did it at the training camp. Buttercup climbed into bed and lay her head down. She arranged herself so she was facing him.
Butch was looking up at the ceiling. Buttercup was no longer mad, that was the good thing about them, one minute they were mad at each other, the next everything was fine. Butch glanced at her with his head turned to the side.
"What?" He asked, noticing how long she had been staring.
"Nothing, I was just thinking." She said quietly before letting her eyes closed. "Night, Butch."
"Night, crazy girl." He closed his eyes and positioned himself so he was sleeping on his side and facing her. One of his eyes opened slyly to look at her. He sighed as quiet as he could before closing his eye again and drifting to sleep.
Like it? I'm working very hard to get give the greens some chemistry and some amazing moments, there will be more coming your way. Tell me what you all thought of this chapter please:)
Next Chapter - The gang have a class assignment to get into pairs and learn as much as they can about each other, things get interesting.
^Like the sound of the next chapter? I haven't worked out the pairs yet, which pairs would you want to see?
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Allie Peirce
