Townsville High
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Chapter 29 - Crazy Girl
Last Chapter - Buttercup and Butch started dating in secret, only to be seen kissing by Brody. Maxine formed a friendship with Skylar, who happened to dislike her brother. Bubbles and Boomer got a lot closer. &Blossom got an F in her test, making her self confidence fall.
"What you thinking about?" Butch asked his favorite girl. Buttercup and him lay in her bed. Luckily Blossom and Bubbles were out, so they could be as alone with each other as they needed. They could be a couple for a few hours. Buttercup lay, lying in his arms, her hand grazing over his own.
She bit her lip. "This. Butch, what if Brody tells someone? I mean he tells Max everything, she probably knows. We can't be exclusive right now. We need to see if this is going to work first."
Butch looked down at her beautifully sad face, and his free hand locked around her shoulders. His other hand was lying on her stomach, with her hand lying on his. He enjoyed being able to do this. It was hard to pretend there was nothing between them when all he wanted was to be around her all the time, and to be able to kiss her freely.
"I'll talk to Brody, but for the record, I think this will work. Sure, we might not have had the most stable friendship, but that was because we're Buttercup and Butch. Haven't you noticed that we've not had one argument since this all started?" Butch asked her. Buttercup nodded softly and smiled.
"Yeah, I have noticed. It's just..if people know, then things become real. This all feels like some fucked up dream. I like it this way, it makes it all easier." Buttercup said.
The one thing that freaked her out the most was how much they had both changed. It was getting harder to notice herself in the mirror every morning, same for Butch. Pretending that everything was still the same made it all easier for them. Butch understood this, he just hated that it was the only way.
"Okay, crazy girl." He smiled down at her. "I don't care if it takes weeks or even months until we find out if this is gonna work, we'll do it just us. No one else needs to know."
Buttercup smiled in gratitude. Her heart raced in anticipation as Butch's eyes locked with her own and he slowly leaned down to reach her face. His lips loitered about her own. Her eyes closed tight as the connection of their lips made the breathless feeling come back to her. Her arms went numb as she kissed him. They finally pulled away and smiled at each other.
She lay securely in his arms and lay her head on his chest. She finally felt like she could breathe again. Buttercup knew that there was a chance that this wouldn't work, but she didn't like to think about that.
"When are you going to talk to Brody?" Buttercup asked in a quiet and nervous voice.
"Today." Butch replied. "We're all supposed to be going to the beach today, so I'll talk to him then."
The gang didn't have school today, so Maxine decided it would be fun if they all went to the beach for a relaxing night. Buttercup looked up at him and in a second, everything felt right again. Nothing else mattered. She still didn't believe in love, she wasn't worried about falling in love with him, but she had fell for him, and it felt pretty damn amazing.
"Skylar." Blossom poked her head through the door of Skylar's bedroom. Her parents had let Blossom in, and her sudden appearance startled Sky. The blue haired girl quickly shut her laptop and picked up some papers that were scattered about her bed. Blossom was intrigued on why she done that.
Blossom took a moment to look around Skylar's room. The walls were a dark blue, although one of the walls were a very light blue, and it was almost fully covered in quotes, song lyrics and speeches. Sky liked to write, of course. Her bed was wooden with white sheets. On the top of her dresser where various books, bottles of what looked like alcohol, some beauty products and her jewelery box. It was a lovely room, much better than her room in her old house.
"Hey, Blossy." Sky grinned.
"Are you okay? I mean, I didn't want to ambush you, but you've been acting strange since you got here." Blossom said carefully as she walked inside Sky's room. Sky narrowed her eyes at Blossom, thinking she was being nosey. Her life was not important to them, at least that's what she thought.
"Stay out of it." Skylar said before putting the papers she held in a drawer beside her bed. Blossom frowned. Her mood was changing at the drop of a hat. One minute she was happy, then she was angry, then sad and finally happy again. It worried not only Blossom, but everyone else that cared for her.
"Please, let me in. I know something is wrong." Blossom sat on her bed beside Sky, who inched away a little. Sky didn't say anything, she just looked at Blossom with a blank expression. Blossom knew it was time to find out what was happening and her hand moved close to the drawer, about to open it to see what the papers she was hiding said.
"No!" Sky screamed before swatting her hand away from the drawer. Blossom flinched a little and looked at Skylar like she was crazy, which for all Blossom knew she was, but she wasn't acting crazy, just over secretive.
Blossom frowned. "Sky, we're best friends, you need to tell me what's going on."
"Best friends? You abandoned me, all three of you did. I was left in Citysville and you weren't around to help when when I found out-" Sky quickly stopped talking before she could let something slip that she would regret.
"Found out what?" Blossom pushed. Sky looked at her with a desperate look before her mood changed once again, and she smiled in the pretty way she always did. Blossom furrowed her brows, confused on how she was smiling right now.
"It's nothing, Bloss. I'm just being dramatic. No reason to worry." Sky's smile was calm and serene, but her eyes were telling a different story, playing a different movie, showing no emotion. It was like she had the life sucked out of her in that very moment, but she still cared enough to set the smile on her face.
Blossom didn't look very convinced, but she knew that whatever was happening in Sky's life and whatever happened when they left Citysville, she wasn't going to find out via Sky. She had to find out another way.
"Okay..well, do you want to come to beach with us all? We're just going to have fun considering there's no school." Blossom said with a reluctant smile. Sky grinned at her best friend and nodded.
"Will there be drinks?" She smirked in a cute way.
Blossom laughed. "There will be."
"I'm in!" Sky chirped, feeling better already. Blossom beamed at Sky. She glanced at Sky's laptop, which she had shut the second Blossom walked in. All Blossom wanted to know was what could be so bad that she couldn't tell her best friend? Why is she shutting her out?
What Blossom wasn't yet aware of, was that this secret was something that could change someones whole life, and it will.
Bubbles was sitting in Boomer's house watching some boring movie that Brick put on. She was dressed in light blue shorts and a darker blue short sleeved shirt, prefect attire for the beach. They were meeting everyone there in an hour, so Bubbles, Boomer and Brick decided to wait at the house.
Boomer was sitting beside her. She was sitting with her back against the edge of the couch, with her legs over his and her hand securely in his own. Brick was on the other couch, watching the movie with interest. He was excited to spend the day with Blossom, she had been feeling a bit bad after her F.
He couldn't see why getting the F had upset her so much, but he knew her well enough to know that even something so small and insignificant could ruin her day.
"This movie is so boring." Bubbles complain, her eyes rolling.
Brick smirked. "No, you're just into chick flicks. This is a guys movie."
"Exactly." Bubbles shot back. Ever since the class assignment, Bubbles and Brick had gained a better friendship than they had before, as had Blossom and Butch, Buttercup and Brody, and Boomer and Maxine. It seemed the assignment wasn't as stupid as they all had thought. It made them all better friends, and their group had gotten stronger.
"How's Blossom doing?" Brick asked the blonde curiously in concern. Bubbles had been watching her closely for the past two days, making sure that she was okay. As always.
"She's not happy about failing that test. It's like she seems to think that being smart is all she has going for her, and now that she's failed that test, she feels different about herself. Don't worry, I'll watch her." Bubbles explained, adding a smile at her last sentence.
Brick smiled back. "Thanks."
"It's what sisters do, right?" Bubbles replied. Brick's eyes traveled back to the TV as Bubbles' traveled back to her wonderful boyfriend. She snuggled into him, laying her head on his shoulder as she scooted closer to him. Boomer's arm made its way around her waist and his chin rested on the top of her head.
"I love you." Boomer whispered making Bubbles giggle.
She placed her hand on his neck. "I love you so much more."
"Not even possible." Boomer said before pulling her into a long sweet kiss.
Brick sighed. "Now I understand why you guys didn't like me and Blossom being all cute. I think I'll go get changed." He muttered before walking over to the stairs and heading up to his room.
Boomer and Bubbles laughed before kissing each other again.
Maxine slowly made her way into her old room, where Brody was sitting on what was their bed. He looked over at her, small hope in his eyes. He made his way to his feet. Maxine smiled slightly and walked over to him.
"Hi." She spoke awkwardly. "Ready to go?"
They were leaving soon to meet the rest of the gang at the beach. Maxine was trying desperately to cling on to the last part of their relationship that was still working. He loved her, she loved him. Maxine wanted it to be that way forever, but she felt as though they were drifting, and it scared her.
"You look amazing, and yes, we can go now." Brody said before smiling at her and placing a kiss on her lips. Maxine grinned and admired his own outfit. He wore a simple pair of brown board shorts and a white short-sleeved shirt.
Maxine hooked her arm with his. "We have to go pick up Blossom at her's, come on." They made their way out of the door and out of the house.
Meanwhile, at Blossom's house.
She was all dressed for the beach. Her attire consisted of a pink and white polka dot bikini, covered by a pink top and black shorts. Pink flip-flops were on her feet. Blossom thought she looked stupid in this outfit, like she couldn't pull it off.
For the past two days, Blossom had started to notice every single little bad detail about herself. Like how her dyed dark red hair was fading, how her stomach wasn't perfectly flat, how her make-up was always either over or under done, how she dressed so different compared to her blonde sister who always dressed to impress.
Also how she wasn't as smart as she led on, which wasn't true, she just thought that way. Blossom wasn't going to get over this any time soon. Every bad detail about herself, big or small, was more obvious to her now.
Blossom heard a car honk outside, and she knew it would be Brody and Maxine, so she took one last look at herself in the mirror. She pulled her shirt down, trying to cover her insecurity's, then she was off in a flash.
Finally everyone had made it to the beach that wasn't even that far from Blossom's and her sister's house. Everyone was dressed nicely, even Butch and Buttercup who didn't want to make any effort. The sun was shining and the beach was half full with random kids, teenagers and adults, all enjoying the gorgeously sunny Saturday evening.
Butch and Buttercup were sitting on their towels, catching a tan and chatting. Of course every time Blossom and Brick, who were sitting in front of them, turned their backs, they would kiss quickly and laugh.
Maxine was sitting with Bubbles and Sky near the water. Sky was drinking, of course, and Maxine was having a heart-to-heart with Bubbles about her rocky relationship with Brody.
Tyler and Brody were talking to Boomer about the girls in their life. Tyler moaned about how annoying Skylar was and how she never got his name right, and Brody was chatting about Maxine.
"She thinks she's so perfect." Tyler rolled his eyes.
Boomer smiled. "So do you."
"Yeah, but that is so not the point!" Tyler shot back before narrowing his eyes at Skylar, who was laughing at something his little sister had said. Boomer was watching Bubbles giggle with a smile on his face.
Butch approached the three boys. "Hey, Brody. Can I talk to you?"
Brody smiled, guessing what this was about, and nodded at Butch. They walked away from Boomer and Tyler, to a quiet and secure spot. Buttercup was watching them closely, hoping that things would go smoothly.
"Come to tell me that what I saw wasn't what it looked like?" Brody asked with a cute smirk.
Butch shook his head. "Actually I came to ask if you wouldn't tell anyone. Me and Buttercup..we're pretty much dating, but we're stuck in between. We just need time, so don't tell anyone, that means Maxine too."
The brunette chuckled. "Of course I won't tell, I'm your best friend remember. So..is it serious?"
"I want it to be, she's just a little confused right now. How's things with you and Max?" Butch asked curiously, not wanting to pry, but he was intrigued. Boomer mentioned their little 'show' in the hallway a few days before, and he wanted to know if his best friend was doing alright.
"We'll be fine." Brody replied. "We've been in love for almost two years, it's not like a couple of fights are going to break us up. I'm just worried that she doesn't see it that way."
"It'll be okay, man. No relationship's are perfect, right?"
Brody shrugged. "I guess not, especially in this town." Butch smiled, realising just how true that statement was. Nothing could ever just be perfect, there was always something holding them all back from who they wanted to be with.
Meanwhile, Tyler decided to make a bold move and talk to Skylar, who was now sitting on her own, admiring the ocean. He noticed as the small amount of wind lifted her beautifully long blue hair, and her eyes sparkled. She looked like she was deep in thought. Tyler slowly walked over and sat down beside her.
"Hey, Sky."
She didn't look amused. "Bye, Ty."
Just as she was about to stand up and walk away, Tyler stopped her by yelling 'wait.' She turned back to look at him, her face blank, drained of emotion. Tyler was so intrigued about her that it scared him. He just wanted to get to know her, she had been so lovely to everyone else in the group except him, but why?
"Um..what's your favorite colour?" He blurted out nervously. Tyler's brows furrowed, no girl had even made him this nervous before. In fact, no girl had ever made him nervous at all.
"Excuse me?" She asked in surprise.
Tyler sighed. "It's small talk, Sky. You know, the thing that friends do."
He expected her to say some snarky comment about how they are not friends and never will be, but instead she smiled sweetly, which shocked him so much he almost fainted. Her smile was beautiful. She had full pinkish lips and clear white teeth that shown through the littlest bit.
"You would think that it's blue, but it's actually orange." Tyler blinked at her response.
"Interesting." He replied. Skylar's head tilted as her smile faded into a small insignificant one. She studied his eyes, wondering why he was even bothering talking to her. Sometimes she felt like she didn't belong in this group, that she wasn't normal enough to fit in, but no one in this group was normal.
"What about you, Tyson?" He blinked again.
"It's Tyler."
Sky smirked. "I know, I just like annoying you."
"You don't see to like me." Tyler said carefully. "Why?"
This was Sky's time to blink, and one side of her mouth quirked up. She looked genuinely surprised by this question, but her face didn't show it. It was like she was always in control of how people saw her, and how she reacted to certain things.
"You're not good with first impressions. I'm amazing at them, which is probably why you're hopelessly intrigued by me and I'm irritated by you already." Sky said so softly it was almost a whisper. Tyler wasn't sure how to respond to such a statement. This girl did truly amaze him, which wasn't common for him.
"Oh..okay." He said, a slight sadness tugging at his voice. Sky tilted her head at him and narrowed her eyes. He noticed how insane she looked when she done that, but how gorgeous she looked when her smile picked up.
Her face went blank. "It hurts, doesn't it?"
"What does?" Tyler replied in utter confusion. Skylar looked at him as if he was so idiotic but her slight smile covered it completely. Her eyes traveled over to two particular people in their little group. She nodded over to Bubbles.
"Seeing someone you love, love someone else." Tyler look over to where Sky was looking and saw Bubbles and Boomer. He was standing behind her with his arms around her waist, and his chin rested on her shoulder as they chatted. They were both smiling, happy to be in each others arms.
"Of course it hurts, but life goes on." He spoke sharply.
"So you don't have feelings for her any more?" Sky's brow raised curiously as she spoke in a monotone. It was an obvious question. Tyler zoned out for a couple of seconds before turning his head back to look at Sky. His eyes fixed on her sparkly turquoise orbs.
"Yes, but I'm glad that I'm not with her any more. She helped me change into a better person and that made me happy, now she's happy too, I don't care that it isn't with me." Sky looked at him in admiration, at how he could be so strong about this. She didn't smirk at his answer like she always did when they spoke, instead her eyes lit up in a way that showed she was pleased, then the look disappeared.
She grinned. "Good answer."
Blossom was sitting with Brick. She was looking out into the world, her face frozen and her eyes still as she thought. She had zoned out for so long, she hadn't noticed Brick trying to get her attention. Eventually she did, and her eyes traveled to meet his.
"Are you okay?" He asked in concern.
Blossom smiled. "Yes. You worry too much."
"I have reason to worry, you've been acting weird for the past few days. Are you sure that you're okay?" Brick repeated, begging for a more reasonable answer from the red head. Blossom usually would have looked grateful about how concerned he was for her, but this time she just looked at him with a blank look.
"I'm fine, okay." She said fiercely. Brick nodded slowly, not buying it for a single second. He put his arm around her and pulled her into a hug, but Blossom didn't hug back, she just sat still with the blank look still on her face.
Her mind started to betray her..
Why does he care so much?
You're a failure.
Ugly, fat, stupid.
No one cares.
Who would love someone as stupid as you?
Blossom's eyes shut tightly as her thoughts started to give her a headache. It seemed strange that just one little bad test was making her doubt everything she had previously loved about herself, but she didn't realise that something much more dire was going on in her head..
Something that could ruin her.
Ooooh, drama! Okay, so basically I bet you're all thinking, Allie what are you doing girl? It was just a bad test, why is she thinking like that? Well guys it turns out one little thing like that can trigger something more, I would know, it happened to me once, not because of a test but something not even that significant.
You'll see where I'm going with Blossom's next story line in the next chapter, you'll also get more insight about the next big secret that will come out soon, and some wonderful Butch and Buttercup moments!
Next Chapter - Blossom is in serious danger when her thoughts catch up with her. Tyler starts to realise something is going on with Sky. Maxine and Brody's relationship is in jeopardy. &Buttercup and Butch get closer.
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Allie Peirce
