Townsville High

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Chapter 32 - Perfection

Last Chapter - Blossom found out about Buttercup and Butch's secret relationship. Brody broke up with Maxine. Sky and Tyler became friends. &Brick and Buttercup became concerned about Blossom's insecurity issues.


"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Buttercup's head turned to the door to find the source of the voice, Butch. He closed her door behind him and walked over to her. She sat cross-legged on the bed, waiting for him. Butch sat down beside her and smiled at her.

Buttercup sighed. "Blossom knows."

"She knows what?" Butch asked, clueless. Buttercup turned her head back to him and sent him an expression that deemed him idiotic. Butch thought for a second before catching on to what she was trying to tell him. He sighed deeply and got more comfortable on the bed, leaning his back against the head of the bed.

"Oh. Is she going to tell anyone?" Butch asked in curiosity.

"No, at least I don't think so." Buttercup said as her eyes traveled to his. She had tried so hard to keep this a secret, and now someone new was finding out each week. At this rate, the whole group would know by the end of the month, and their relationship would become real. They needed time to see if this was right before getting people's hopes up for nothing.

Butch held his hand in hers. "Maybe we should just tell them about us." Buttercup rolled her eyes.

"We can't, Butch." She said firmly. "We need more time. If everyone finds out then we realise this isn't going to work, it'll have been a waste of time. Remember how fucked up things got when we were just friends? The only reason we never fight anymore is cause we're close, and no one knows about it. We just need some more time."

He smirked. "Well, let's just say we have a week. You want to find out if this will work? Okay, crazy girl. We need to go on our first official date, if you still like me by the end, we're ready to tell people."

Buttercup narrowed her eyes at him like that idea was the worst thing he could have come up with. It was no secret that Buttercup wasn't the type of girl who would go on a date. She's more into staying at home with a pizza and a video game. She didn't like dates nor see the point of them.

"You're a fucking idiot. I don't go on dates." Buttercup said to him, for the third time. He had asked more than once, but this time there was an actual reason to go on one. Butch smiled at her and nodded before taking her other hand.

"Neither do I, crazy girl, but how else are we going to figure this out? Just say yes." Butch looked directly into her eyes. She bit her lips cautiously, not sure on what to say. Buttercup looked hesitant.

"Fine, yes, whatever." Buttercup's eyes rolled. "But this better be one amazing date, Butchy boy."

He smirked. "It will be, trust me."


Ever since the party, Tyler had a feeling that he and Skylar would become great friends. Only he didn't realise that she wasn't so sure. There was something holding her back from being friends with him, and only him. He wasn't sure why, but of course, she didn't want him to know.

Tyler walked into the hall of Skylar's house. Her mother, Cassandra, had just let him in. He was about ten minutes early, but hoped she would be ready by now anyway. As he neared her bedroom, he could hear her yelling at someone on the phone, and he stopped dead in his tracks.

"No! You're not listening to me, I'm not doing it! I've already been to see Dr Harrison this week...Yes, I have!..Look, just call me back next week...Fine then!"

He peered through the open creek of Skylar's door and saw her angrily throw her mobile phone at her wall before growling in frustration. She looked like she had been arguing with someone she really didn't like. Tyler wondered what she was talking about, and why she would need to see a doctor. Was she sick? Was she seeing some sort of therapist? Maybe she was hiding some sort of illness? He intended on finding out.

"Sky." The small blue haired girl gasped at the sight of Tyler and held a hand to her chest as she breathed out. He walked in slowly, eyeing her phone that was now smashed to pieces on the floor.

He chuckled. "Let me guess, your mom said you couldn't get a new phone until your old one broke, I used to do that all the time."

Sky glanced at her phone and smiled fakely. "Yeah, that's just it. You're smart, Tyson."

He didn't even have time to correct her because she had jumped up and grabbed his hand before leading him out of her room. All Tyler could think about was who was on the other line of that phone, and what was going on. He was going to find out, one way or another.


Bubbles' long blonde curly hair swayed from side to side as she walked along the road. She was wearing a pair of very light skinny jeans and a white shirt. The blonde was on her way to meet her boyfriend. She stopped and smiled when she saw him standing by the road.

He looked very handsome in his blue pull-over hoodie and black jeans. Boomer grinned at the sight of his blonde girlfriend and walked on over to her. He stood in front of Bubbles and pulled her into a sweet kiss. Her arms draped around his neck as she deepened the kiss.

"I missed you." He whispered against her lips.

Bubbles giggled and pulled away. "You saw me last night."

"I know, that's way too long to be away from you." He said sweetly before grinning at her. Bubbles laughed happily. He took her hand and they both began to walk over to the street.

They stood by the curb, waiting for it to be safe to cross. A car zoomed past them, making Bubbles jump slightly. She felt her breathing get faster at the sight of the car whiz past. Boomer furrowed his brows and looked down at her, wondering why she looked so faintish.

"You okay?" He asked her in concern.

Bubbles stood perfectly still. "Yeah..I'm good."

He smiled and began to lead her across the road. Bubbles' eyes darted from left to right to left again, making sure that there was no cars. She had gotten so freaked out when the car drove past, but that was expected. After all, she almost died in a car, it was only natural to be a little scared by cars.

She noticed another car coming towards them and her pace quickened up. Bubbles practically dragged him to the other side of the curb, and let out a relieved sigh as they made it to the other end.

"You don't have to be scared of cars, you know. I let you get hurt once, I won't ever let that happen again." Boomer spoke softly to her as he stopped walking. Bubbles turned to him and smiled in gratitude before nodding.

"I know, Boom, and I love you for that." She said sweetly before kissing him lightly on the lips. She moved and kissed his cheek before taking his hand again and continued walking.

"I love you too, angel." They grinned.


Maxine was on her way to Brick's house. She hadn't slept. All she could think about was that her so-called perfect relationship was over. She knew it was bound to happen, she knew that they wouldn't last as long as they thought, but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt.

They had been dating for almost two years, and now she was single again. Maxine wasn't even sure how to be single anymore, she was so used to having a boyfriend that she wasn't sure she'd be able to adjust to being single again. Maxine wondered if Brody was thinking the same.

Her heels clicked along the road as she neared Brick's house. She walked over to the door and let herself in. She never had to knock, considering this was her best friend's house, she always just walked right in. Maxine entered the living room and smiled as she saw Brick sitting on the couch, with Boomer and Bubbles on the other couch.

"So, were you guys wanting coffee too or-" A voice trailed as Brody walked out of the kitchen. He stopped talking immediately when he saw Maxine standing there. They looked at each other awkwardly, before they both glared at Brick with narrow eyes.

"Okay, so I didn't mention that he was here, but Max you can't avoid him. You two used to be really good friends before you started dating, so it's time to get back to that." Brick said carefully, his eyes glued to Maxine's, who didn't look happy with him.

Maxine and Brody's eyes locked on each other's, not knowing what to say or how to act. She simply looked away from him and walked over to Brick, taking a seat beside him. Brody stood still as he looked at her. He cursed himself for forgetting how gorgeous she was. This was definitely not going to be easy.

Brody walked over to the other couch and sat beside Boomer, handing him the coffee he had made in the kitchen. Boomer took it and sipped the burning liquid, hiding his eyes from the awkward glances that Maxine kept dawning on Brody. There was a long silence before Brick finally broke it.

"Um..Max, where's Ty?" Brick asked, trying to distract her from staring at her now ex boyfriend. Maxine finally tore her eyes away from Brody to look at Brick.

"He's over at Skylar's house." Maxine replied.

Boomer raised a brow. "I thought she didn't like him?"

"I didn't like him at one point, things change." Maxine responded with a shrug. Boomer shrugged back, assuming it as a reasonable response. Brody tried to avoid eye contact, but every few seconds he felt his eyes trail back over to her. He noticed she was wearing the black dress that he had gotten for her on their first ever anniversary, he assumed that she didn't realise.

Brody eyed the dress, noticing how it showed off her perfect figure and how the colour of it made her look fierce. He had always thought she looked nice in that dress, now he just wanted to forget about how insanely pretty she was, because he knew that he couldn't just go up and kiss her any more.

"Got any plans for tonight, Max?" Bubbles asked.

She shrugged. "I think I'm going out with Tyler and Sky, but I'm really not in the mood to get drunk tonight." Maxine didn't even have to ask Sky and Tyler what the plan was, because she had a feeling it would be going to some seedy club as usual, and she really didn't want to drown her troubles in alcohol.

"Well you should stay here tonight, you know that Tyler will probably get wasted and it would be easier to let Sky take him home rather than you." Brick said with a smile.

Maxine nodded and hugged into her best friend, keeping her eyes as far away from Brody as she could, even though she knew that he was looking at her. Bubbles frowned at her best friend, realising how awkward and hard this must be for her. She had been there, all the uncomfortable looks she had received from Tyler after their break up, she knows how hard it is.

The brunette's eyes traveled back to Brody, and for once, she wasn't excited or happy to be near him. She just felt numb and broken, like something was missing. Something she needed.


Knock. Knock.

Buttercup glanced out the window to see Butch's car. She smiled and looked at her clock. 10 pm, right on the dot. She took one last look at herself in her full-length mirror. She was dressed in black shorts and a green tank top. She walked over to her bed and slipped on her green hightop's before making her way out of her bedroom and down the stairs.

She didn't want to admit it, but she was nervous. This was not only her first date, but after tonight she would know if this relationship was worth it or not. Buttercup was going to find out everything about him, all the things they didn't talk about, and she was going to make sure he was right for her, and more importantly, that she was right for him.

Buttercup opened the door and smiled brightly as she saw him. There was Butch, standing in his black jeans and green shirt, a black leather jacket sat over his shirt. Buttercup thought he looked nice and kind of dangerous. He had never looked better or happier.

"Hey, crazy girl." He smiled.

She laughed. "Hi, Butchy boy."

Buttercup stepped outside of the house and locked the door behind her. She stood beside Butch, who had his arm out. She smiled and hooked her arm with his before they started walking. She couldn't wait to see how serious he was about her. Butch wanted to make it magical, but it wasn't going to be easy giving Buttercup Utonium the perfect date.

"So, where are we going?" She asked in curiosity.

"You'll see."

After ten minutes of walking in silence, Buttercup raised her eyebrow as he stopped outside the skate park. Usually the skate park was just plain and slightly boring, ramps and skateboards surrounded. But tonight, there was bright light that lit up the park, and it looked like Butch had spent an hour putting them all up. There was glow sticks on top of all the ramps, making it look magical on their own.

"Wow." She said breathlessly as she walked over to one of the ramps. Buttercup spun around slightly, taking in all of the light. It was beautiful. She laughed and looked over at Butch. He studied her reaction, and noticed the way that her green eyes went soft and illuminated in a sparkly way thanks to the lights. She had a small and narrow smile on her face. It made her look different, almost feminine.

Her brow raised. "Our first date is at a skatepark? Dude, why did you take me here?"

Butch smirked. "This was where I first seen you."

"No it isn't? I met you a day after you were created, and it wasn't here." Buttercup said, her face furrowed in confusing. Butch chuckled and led her over to the edge of one of the ramps, and sat down on it. Buttercup sat down beside him and turned to him, still looking confused.

"This might not have been the first place you met me, but this is the first place I ever saw you.."

FLASHBACK;

Butch POV

So, this is Buttercup Utonium? My counterpart. She doesn't look that tough, heck she's a girl! What makes her so special?

I stood with my arms firmly crossed against my chest. I watched her from the shadows. She was sat on top of one of the ramps beside some boy with brown hair and brown eyes. They laughed loudly about something that Buttercup had said. Hey, she's sort of cute when she laughs, but she's an enemy right? I can't think like that.

"Mitch, that was awesome!" The little five-year girl old laughed. So Mitch is his name huh? Crap name.

My eyes narrow at her, as I wonder what was so darn funny. I watched her jump off of the ramp and stand on her light green skateboard. She carefully started to drive the board, slowly because she obviously wasn't very good at it, yet. I smiled as she almost fell, but this guy stopped her from falling. She looks really happy. Even though she's not good at something, she still laughed at herself and was having fun. This girl is supposed to be exactly like me. Maybe not.

"You're crap at this, BC!" Mitch had said to her. She stuck out her tongue at him and zoomed past him on the board. I watched as she started to improve, but almost fell again. Buttercup done some sort of trick on the board, it's not very good but it looks like it's her first time trying it. Her tongue stuck out again at Mitch.

"Not bad." Mitch smiled.

I glance at her one last time before walking away, all the while I thought, tomorrow I'm going to meet this girl and I'll be her enemy. Maybe one day I'll actually speak to her, and I can make fun of how crap she is on a skateboard.

"You still remember the first time you saw me? Butch, that was like over eleven years ago." Buttercup said in surprise at Butch's story.

He smiled and sent a shrug her way. "Believe me, I don't think anyone could ever forget their first time seeing you. You're pretty awesome..for a girl that sucks at skateboarding." His smirk made her cross her arms. Still, she couldn't believe that he remembered it. Then again she did remember her first time meeting him.

"This isn't bad for a first date. Still can't believe I'm even on a date, but I guess there's a first time for everything." Buttercup looked out at the stars that were shimmering brightly. She turned to face him with a small smile on her face. Butch nodded, but he wasn't finished yet. He had the perfect night planned for them.

"Come on." Butch tugged at her arm and dragged her off of the ramp. He led her out of skatepark quickly, anxious to get on to the next part of the date. He ignored her constant questions like 'Where are you taking me now?' and such. Shortly after, Buttercup found herself at the beach.

The darkness would have blinded her view, but Butch had also put lights up here at the beach too, even more than the skate park. There was even more glow sticks, that surrounded them in a perfect circle. There was a blanket in the middle of the circle. Two portable speakers and an iPod sat at each side of the circle, with Buttercup's favorite song playing; The Mixed Tape by Jack's Mannequin.

Buttercup looked at the white blanket and noticed that there was her favorite food, pizza, and her favorite drink, which just happened to be whiskey. Of course, Butch wouldn't allow himself to drink any tonight, but there was a four pack of beer beside it. He wasn't allowed to drink after the transplant, but he was allowed to occasionally.

"Fucking hell, Butch! You must have spent ages doing this." Buttercup gasped, taking it all in. She walked forward, the sand sticking to the bottom of her high tops. She continued walking until she reached the blanket in the middle of the circle. The moonlight made it look even more romantic, and the lights surrounded them.

"It only took like an hour to do this and the skate park, but it was worth it." Butch smiled and sat down on the blanket. Buttercup sat down in front of him with her legs crossed. She listened to the music that was playing, and it made her smile to know that he remembered her favorite song.

"So, I guess this is the part where we talk and figure things out about each other we never knew. Because if it is, we should totally just skip this date." Buttercup laughed.

"I'm pretty sure I already know all the things I should know about you." Butch smirked.

Buttercup's brow raised. "Oh yeah, like what?"

"Well..you're funny and can actually dance, unlike me. You don't like it when I call you beautiful, even though I think you are. You're fucking mental, like drop dead crazy, but so am I so I guess that works out, and you're a good fighter. Not nearly as good as me, but still good." He grinned.

She laughed. "First of all, I'm a much better fighter than you, Butchy boy. Second, I might be a little crazy but you make me crazy, so it's your fault." She smirked. Butch laughed at her comment and looked out into the ocean. It looked so beautiful at this time of night. He turned back to her to see that she was looking at the ocean too, that beautiful sparkle in her eyes.

"So, I noticed things got a little crazy at Brody's party. Aside from the break up, of course. How's Bloss? I didn't get a chance to talk to her after she..well, attacked my brother." Butch chuckled.

Buttercup looked down. "She's just going through a tough time. Craziness does run in our family, you know?" She smirked.

"Oh, I know." Butch laughed. "But you're the craziest."

She smirked.


Bubbles walked into the kitchen to see Maxine, standing over the sink. She had her elbows placed on each side of the sink and her head was in her hands. Bubbles frowned and strolled over to stand beside her. She put her hand on Maxine's shoulder, causing her best friend to look up at her.

"Are you okay, Max?" Bubbles asked in concern, although she already knew the answer. Maxine had been avoiding the issue all night, but she was ready to break at any moment. Bubbles understood, after all she was a girl, she knew better than everyone out there in that living room.

"He used to be such a good friend." Maxine sighed. "Brody was always there for me, then we started dating and it got better. Bubbles, I'm not sure how to be his friend any more. Not after everything we've been through, it's just too hard."

Bubbles nodded. "I get that, Max. But I said that to you about Ty and we're friends again. I guess it's just going to take a lot of effort."

Maxine sighed deeply. "Yeah, maybe. I just really don't see the possibility of being friends with Brody McKane. People hear his name associated with mine, they don't think 'friends'," Maxine turned to Bubbles. "They think 'the perfect couple.'."

The brunette sighed as she said the words. That was what they were always known as. Now they were just Maxine and Brody. She ran a hand through her slick deep brown-almost red-hair. Bubbles smiled sadly and nodded at her friend. At least now they had something in common, an ex boyfriend that they had to see every day.

"I'm sure everything will be fine. You're Maxine Slater, you can handle anything." Bubbles grinned. Of course, the last name Slater seemed foreign to Maxine now, she prefered to refer to herself as Maxine Cairns. It wasn't even her mothers last name, but it was Tyler's and her dad's. There must have been a reason Tyler took their dad's last name, so she decided to do the same.

Maxine laughed. "You're right, Bubbs. Thanks for talking to me. I wasn't exactly the nicest person after your break up with Ty, but I guess I understand how hard it must have been for you now. I really am sorry."

Bubbles smiled brightly. "You're my best friend, I understand that you were just looking out for Tyler's feelings. That's something I should have been doing."

The girl smiled at each other before hugging tightly. In the end, Bubbles found love and Maxine lost it. Now the tables were turned and Bubbles was going to help Maxine through every step of the way. She knew it wouldn't be easy, but it was worth a try.

"He still loves you, you know." Bubbles said.

Maxine smiled. "I hope so."


The night was coming to an end, and Buttercup was now standing outside her front door. She had to be quiet because she was sure that Bubbles was inside, and she couldn't have her sister walking out and catching them in the act like Blossom did. Buttercup still wasn't sure how this would go down, but she wanted to tell Bubbles herself, rather than getting caught.

All in all it had been a magical night. They sat at the beach for an hour and just talked. Then they had their first argument since they had been secret dating, but it only lasted two minutes and was resolved quickly. They talked about some personal things, which Buttercup wasn't as open about, but Butch was.

Then at the end of the night just before they left, Buttercup's favorite song came on again and they danced. It reminded them of when they were best friends and they would go up to Buttercup's room and just dance like a pair of idiots. They never needed a crowd or a dance floor, they just needed each other's company.

"So, have you decided that you want to be my girlfriend yet, crazy girl?" Butch asked with a cute smirk. Buttercup rolled her eyes, cringing at the word girlfriend. She narrowed her eyes and crooked her lip before a small smile broke out, which then turned into a cheeky smirk.

"Like you said, we have a week to figure this out. If by the end of this week I still think you're not..all that bad, then yes. I'll happily date you." She grinned, still not saying the word. Butch beamed happily.

He chuckled. "Date? You need to say the word."

"No way."

"Say it."

"Nope." She teased with a smirk.

"Come on, crazy girl. Say it."

Her eyes rolled again. "Okay, Butchy boy. If I still like you by the end of this week, I'll be your..girlfriend."

Without saying another word, Butch pulled Buttercup into a passionate and romantic kiss that almost made Buttercup feel dizzy for a moment. Her arms draped around his neck loosely as she deepened the kiss. Butch's arms settled on the small of her back as Buttercup's fell down to his chest. He pulled her into him, making her feel even more faintish.

After a whole minute of not being able to tear away from each other, they finally broke the kiss and looked at each other, with that look in their eyes. The look of pure bliss. Buttercup had never been kissed like that before, and she found it as the perfect end to the perfect first date.

"Thanks for a good night, Butch. Now you better run along before one of my sisters catch you out here." She smirked before giving him a quick peck on the lips and letting go of him. She walked over to the door and grabbed the handle. Buttercup looked at him from behind her shoulder and just smiled before opening the door and walking inside.

Butch sighed in a dreamy manner before walking away from her house.

Like I said, the perfect end to a perfect first date.


Okay, so there was no Blossom/Brick in this chapter, but there will be plenty in the next! Also more insight onto Sky's secret, and even some very..entertaining moments between Butch and Buttercup as they try to figure out if they are right for each other.

Thanks for reading and please don't forget to review! VV

Allie Peirce