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Butch~
I lie on my back with my eyes closed, absently feeling Naomi playing with my chest hair while I pretend she is someone else. A certain brunette's words echo in my head during our fight in the fucked up part of Townsville.
"Don't you ever fucking talk to me…." PUNCH "touch me.." PUNCH "or fucking look at me again!" PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH.
"Butchie are you listening?" Naomi asks bringing me out of the memory. I pull my arm from behind my head and place it on her caramel shoulder.
"I'm sorry baby I wasn't. Say again?" I whisper, tracing her arm with my fingers.
"Don't worry about it." She purrs and kisses my chest. I smile down at her while her big brown eyes look up at me. Something else is lying behind them but I am too tired to try to figure it out. My mind keeps drifting to Buttercup and how I haven't flown behind her to her house since the fight. I think about how I have seen her talking to Brick all month but decided to ignore it tonight. For whatever reason seeing him flirt with her put a fire in my chest that could close up my throat and make my fists tremor. The last thing she needed was for me to lose my shit over Brick being drunk, he wouldn't ever act on those words. He loved Blossom too much, he hasn't even slept with anyone since her. Sure blow jobs here and there but never sex. While I'm over her trying to drown out the thoughts of Buttercup in every other female I can get my hands on. But none compare to her. We were each other's first but that isn't the only reason I can't get her out of my head. After a long sparing session I saw an opening and pinned her to the ground. She giggled at the closeness and leaned up to kiss me. Her hands always finding the hair at the nape of my neck, gently pulling and as the kiss deepened it got a little harder, which I loved. We had kissed like this before, played like this before. Her hands would always snake into my pants and stroke me. I never had to ask, the first time was the only time she was red with embarrassment about it, asking if she was doing it right, if I like it. Probably the only time she was unsure of herself and all I had to say was "Butterbabe your hands are magic." Then I would groan and bite her shoulder really hard. She always loved it too. The first time I explored her pants I made sure she was okay she would always moan yes. That nice deep throat moan that was a mix between almost too loud and just loud enough. She wasn't the first girl I played with but she was my first everywhere else. I would kiss her and fight for dominance a long time before moving my mouth to her nipples, and my fingers under her underwear to feel how wet she was. Every time I would smirk with victory, making the strongest person I know bow to my will. But in due time she would make me bow to hers. This time was different though, this time she flipped me on my back and nuzzled my neck. I could feel the heat from her cheeks before she nipped my ear lobe.
"We should go all the way today." She breathed out, making me throb at the thought.
"Are you sure?" I asked, making her look me in the eye, "We don't have to if you aren't ready."
"I wouldn't have mentioned it if I wasn't ready." She said smirking, pulling my pants down quickly. I laughed, she always gets what she wants.
"Me on top first okay?" She said, I looked up at her and nodded as she pulled down her own pants. She had on this lacey forest green pair of underwear. Usually she wore regular cotton bikini style but today it was something special.
"Damn did you wear those just for me? Show me your ass first babe." I smirked, relishing the thought of seeing it underneath all of that see through lace. She blushed but did as I asked, even bent over for me too. I groaned
"Yes dark green just for you." She laughed while she slipped her panties off of her. My breathing hitched as she removed her bra. She was flushed from the excitement and nervousness.
"Damn, how did I get so lucky to have such a beautiful best friend?" I asked, looking her dead in the eye. She smiled sweetly at me before straddling me.
"Same way I got lucky enough to have such a sweet and strong best friend." She said nuzzling my neck again before biting it. I groaned again before she took me in her hands, my heart beating out of my chest.
"Ready?" She asked, she was as nervous as I was.
"Always." I purred before she placed me inside of her. She started grinding her hips and all I could do was grab onto her perfect ass.
I bite my lip at the memory. Trying not to grow hard at how amazing round two of that sex was. The first round was both of us trying to get used to each other but it didn't take long. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself to wait because she was going to think I was using her for sex. The sound of the ocean was echoing in my head, that's where I told Buttercup we had to leave. I ruined our favorite spot for the both of us.
Blossom~
After Brick and I had a very stern talking to by our boss Brick pulled me into his office to talk.
"Is everything all right?" He asked, leaning on the edge of his desk. I make a hmph sound as I cross my arms.
"Yes." I lie, to get his over with to get out of this suffocating room with this suffocating man. All I can think about is him lately and just as I am starting to think about something else this asshole pulls me right back in.
"You're lying." He growls, gripping the edge of his desk too tight, "Since when did you lie to me?"
I watch the wood splinter underneath his grip.
"I started after you did." I hissed back.
"Pray tell Blossom when did I lie to you?" His eyes were dark, I was watching him begin to crack. Struggling to keep himself in check.
"Apparently the whole time we were dating?" I howl at him, the room drops a few degrees. We stare at each other like we used to on the battle field. Pink analyzing red, red analyzing pink just before red can't take it anymore and throws the first punch. But that's not what happens this time.
"Why don't you let me help you? Why do you think I am out to get you?"
"Brick! You told me you loved me and then disappeared the next day. My sisters told me that you all left. For no reason I was devastated…" I didn't finish my sentence before Brick places his hands on my face and kisses me hotly. I succumb for a moment and kiss him back, losing myself in him like I used to do. He turns me around and places me on the desk. His hot hands roaming my body. My heart is racing and I want this I really do but I don't need it. I shove him off of me with too much power and send him through the wall into the next office. I feel my face go into my signature deer in headlights and rush out of the room. My eyes already stinging and my hand clasped to my swollen lips.
Bubbles~
I had been staying at Boomer's apartment ever since the big fight, well actually about a month after we rekindled. But after the big fight came all the makeup sex I could ask for. Boomer, though you wouldn't know it by looking at him, loves rough sex. Coincidently so do I. He knows how long to choke me and how hard to pull my hair while he slips in from behind but the trouble is…I'm very late for my period. I hastily grab three gallons of water, a pregnancy test and all the chocolate ice cream the store has to offer. The clerk doesn't say a word and neatly puts my test between all the ice cream.
"50.25" The clerk smiles at me, her face is almost familiar. I slip her a hundred as realization washes over me. My sisters and I saved her from a giant monster, though one man we couldn't save.
"Keep the change." I mumble as I grab all of my bags in one swoop and fly out of the door. It doesn't take long for the gallons of water to go through me. My chest swells as I anxiously wait on the edge of the tub as my test develops. I grabbed a few packs just in case but don't know if a blood test from a doctor would be arcuate either. Blossom would know, I can't go to her, she would eat me alive. First for having sex at all, second for not being smart about it and lastly for having it with a rowdy ruff boy no less. I jump out of my skin as the two minute timer goes off on my phone. I stare down at the test for a long, long time before realizing I was holding my breath.
At work I was in a fog, I was messing up every order I got and wasn't getting very many tips for it. I decided to take a break in the kitchen and talk to my favorite expediter.
"Bubbles dude you have been back in here to fix orders six times. Is it me?" He asked, checking over a plate for Serena, "Or is something eating at you?"
I bite my lip and weigh my options. Could I really trust Rick with something so big? I frown and choose a go to lie.
"I'm just tired is all." I half mumble, "With the media storming around the complex, waiting for me or Blossom to come out for the past month has been hell. Blossom is barely talking to me or Buttercup. It's just a lot."
Rick stares at me for a moment before returning his gaze to the food.
"This has nothing to do with Boomer right?" He asks darkly, "He isn't hitting you right?"
"Oh God no." I gasp. He continues to shift plates and point out mistakes to the chef, who angrily grabs the plate and slams it on the floor.
"Wow real mature Gregory."
"For the last fucking time Rick my name is Greg not Gregory. G-R-E-G!"
"Really? Well it should be D-U-M-B-A-S-S."
"Da fuck did you say to me, you little punk ass bitch." Greg asks as his large hand swallows Rick's shirt.
"Oh so you don't know what that spells." Rick gives a snarky reply, shoving Greg off of him. They take out their frustrations on each other and begin a small scuffle. I think about breaking it up but then get called to the dining room by Boomer.
"Hey are you okay?" Boomer asks, while encircling me. I shrug in response having no idea what to say. He studies me for a long moment.
"Are you tired baby?" He whispers in my ear, "Did I keep you up too late last night?"
I feel a hot blush roll over me as my heart sinks into my stomach. I push away from him slightly, his touch feeling too feverish.
"Maybe." I sheepishly reply, I turn to head towards Buttercup. Boomer tries to keep me in place but I give him an icy look. He lets go and I feel his eyes on my ass as I reach the bar.
Buttercup is awfully close to Brick's face and I think I recognize the hoodie she wore in here this afternoon. I shake it off and sit next to Brick who instantly straightens.
"Buttercup can we talk after work?" I whisper, she looks towards Brick and then towards me. At first I think she is going to tell me no but then she stops. She stares at me for a long time before waving someone over to watch the bar.
"You look like hell so you're gonna tell me now." She comes from behind the bar and grabs my arm, she leads me to the back alley. She doesn't breathe a word until the door slams shut.
"Why do you look paler than the moon?" She asks, fishing around in her shorts pocket. I watch her withdraw a small white pill.
"What are those?" I ask but she shrugs her shoulders.
"This isn't the matter at hand mom." She says before swallowing it and then fishing for a cig or maybe a blunt. She lights it and I get my answer, she passes it to me but I decline. A few moments of silence swim between us. If I wasn't…..I would be smoking that blunt with her.
"Bubbles for real, does this have something to do with Booms?" She asks, "Do I have to kill this ruff?"
"No." I exasperate, "I'm…..I'm…. I'M FUCKING PREGNAT BUTTERCUP. I'M SO SCARED."
She drops her blunt and looks thoroughly stunned. Her jade eyes are so wide I mostly see white before she swoops me into a hug, melting me into a puddle of tears.
"Are you sure?" She shushes into my hair.
"Yes. It's been two months and I have taken every test I can." I feel her shift her weight to her other foot.
"Are you going to go through with it or get…." She swallows, "An abortion?"
I clutch her tighter as I gasp for air. I don't know what I am going to do so I sob instead of answering her. She pulls me out of the hug and wipes my tears.
"Whatever you do I support you okay?" She smiles, "Does Blossom know?"
I shake my head and thank God that Buttercup understands, that she isn't going to abandon me for my choices.
"Do you want to keep it that way?" She coos, rubbing her hand on my back.
"Yes." I choke out before another waves of sobs roll through me.
Buttercup~
It's been another four days of the same thing. Meeting Brick hastily behind the bar to kiss until our lips are swollen and our bodies aching for one another. Both of us so high or drunk that we don't realize we are moaning different names. I would always make him stop when his hands touched the hem of my underwear. He was a good distraction but I knew I couldn't go that far with him, yet. He figured it out quickly and made things last. His hands always roaming and his mouth had left marks where only I could see. Brick was different from Butch, in more ways than one. Brick was hastier while Butch liked to take it agonizing slow. Butch's shoulders were broader and his skin was electrifying on mine, Brick's burns. Butch's hands were rough from working while Brick's were smooth. There was just something about Butch that would never leave me alone.
I sit on my windowsill in my underwear and oversized t-shirt watching the summer sky open. Buckets of water are pouring from the sky and I watch the lightening dance. Usually I would be all about this storm, flying it in. The wind matting my wet hair while the rain drop pricked into my skin like needles. Sometimes Butch and I would go into storms together but that was so long ago. Laughing to myself as the war rages on inside. Wars with fists and blood I could win, I would always win but a war with myself well that was questionable. I decide to clear my head by going for on a short flight and then to the gym.
I forgot how good it felt to sweat. Currently I was working on my squats. I maxed out the bar with all the weights they had. Six hundred pounds and a thousand squats later I was ready to call it a night. I drop the bar and the weights crack the floor. I grimace at the fracture and the permanent bend in the bar. I think about how much it will be to fix this and glance over my reflection. I flex my leg muscles that burn like the sun and smile to myself. I hadn't lost any muscle mass by skipping the gym I check to make sure my six back and arms are the same before I grab Brick's hoodie and slip it over my green sports bra. I sling my bag over my shoulder and drink my protein shake as I round the corner only to run smack dab into the person I just forgot.
"Hey there Butterbabe, how did your work out go?" He's all smiles at first then his tone sours, "How did you get that?"
"Get what?" I growl.
"Brick's hoodie." He growls, grabbing a fistful of it. I step back but he pulls me in with one strong arm.
"So How. Did. You. Get. It." I stand still for a moment and weigh my options.
"He gave it to me last night because I was cold."
"Bullshit." He growls, coming in real close to me, "It already smells like you. It doesn't smell like Brick at all."
Butch could always catch me in a lie, he would always say 'You can't bullshit a bullshitter.' Realization washes over his face and he fingers the hem of the hoodie.
"Are you with him? Has he marked you?" One hand goes to my chin as he moves it left and right. Then his hand slips down to my collar bone but I step back.
"What does it matter? Have you marked all of those girls Butch?" I snarl, "We aren't together anymore! You're so deep in other women I'm not sure I want you."
His eyes snap to mine and I hear a primal growl in his throat.
"If I find out that Brick of all people has marked you. He's dead." He says letting go of the hoodie, "You and I both know he is the reason we are no more. The only fucking reason."
He pushes me to the side and walks towards the weight room. He blasts his music and grunts from the extra weights he has brought. I grab onto the front of Brick's hoodie as I go into the cool summer night. Am I wrong to try to move on with Brick?