"So do you still think of me as my father's bad seed?" Alma curiously inquires toward the woman, who finishes the rest of her ice cream.
Serena then turns to toss the plastic wrap around the cone in one of the green trash bins before she bites off another piece of her cake cone.
"It wouldn't be fair of me if I were to compare you to what your father did." She honestly admits after she swallows the soft material in her mouth.
"You're on your own path! I commend you for breaking away from your family history." The auburn haired woman expresses before she removes another chunk from the cone.
He exhales a deep sigh and relaxes his stiff muscles, "You're really the first and only person, who ever figured out who I was and still accepted me for who I am now."
"I mean everyone deserves a compliment on their character every now and then. It just shows that your progress is worth it." Serena counters before she bites her cone.
The purple haired male was finding himself agreeing with Serena's logic while thinking, 'Who would've thought that I would be given this opportunity?'
The two continue to quietly sit in each other's presence until the man speaks up, "Are you available for Thursday and Friday?"
Her brown eyes glance up at him with a curious look apparent on her face and poses, "Is it for the Sports Festival?"
"Actually...it is." He honestly confessed with an amused expression on his face.
"We're short on referees for the Chariot race on Thursday. As for Friday, it's Awards Day for the various grade levels. Parents and guardian are invited to attend."
Serena briefly muses over the offer for a couple of minutes and comments, "I'll see if I can clear off those two days on my schedule but thank you for the invite me Alma, I appreciate it."
A small grin stretches across his face after he hears her statement and says, "You're welcome."
She then polishes off her cake cone, hops to her feet, stretches her arms, and utters, "It's a beautiful afternoon...let's enjoy it!"
The purple haired male observes the woman extends her right hand out towards him, which causes his grin to morph to a smirk before he accepts her hand. "I don't see why not."
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"So what do you think those two could be talking about?" Bubbles curiously poses to her sister once they were three blocks away from their white cubic shape home.
Buttercup shrugs her shoulders up and down, executes a left turn, and replies with, "Who knows? I just wanted them to talk with each other."
"I agree." The blonde agrees before she suddenly feels her phone vibrates against her right leg. She then digs inside of her right pants pocket and produces the device.
'A new text message from Midori…I wonder what she wants?' Bubbles wonders to herself before she presses the small button that highlights "READ".
"You won't believe what Bell just sent me." She reads the first part of Midori's text and scans the rest, 'Omg! You won't believe who I just saw together on there way home… Blossom Utonium walking with the new boy Brick Shaw hand in hand! I think she's cheating on Flash big time!'
"So what does it say?" Buttercup curiously probed since she wanted to know what Midori texted Bubbles.
The blonde did not immediately answers her sister so Buttercup quietly begins to wonder if it really was from Midori or if it was from the DFMT coordinators.
She then feels her cell phone vibrates by the time she drives inside of their home's garage.
The raven haired teen checks her bright screen to see an envelope, which means she has a text message with Midori's name underneath it.
"You won't believe what Bell just sent me." 'Omg! You won't believe who I just saw together on there way home…Blossom Utonium walking with the new boy Brick Shaw hand in hand! I think she's cheating on Flash big time!'
'What the hell!' Buttercup inwardly shouts to herself.
She then swiftly pinches herself to make sure that she reads the message in front of her.
"Bubbles!" Buttercup calls her sister's name, who glances up at her and inquires, "Did you receive the same message about Blossom?"
"Yeah..." Bubbles was uttering prior to her sister unlocking the car door.
"We have to tell Blossom!" The blonde promptly proclaims as they amble over to garage door and unlock it with the house key.
The pair slowly enter inside of their home and pass through the kitchen when the sounds of a Sports station broadcasts updates on local games.
Bubbles and Buttercup slowly survey the living room and observe Brick on the love seat while Blossom soundly asleep on the couch with the covers up to her shoulders.
'Why did she move downstairs to the living room?' Blossom's sisters frantically thought at the sight of their sister balled up on the sofa.
The orange haired male then turns his sights toward the kitchen and spots Buttercup and Bubbles with expressions of concern on their faces.
He watches Bubbles waves her hand as a signal for him to come over to where they were.
"Thanks for coming over and watching her for us." She was politely thanking him for staying with Blossom.
"No problem." He replies before he senses that there was something that they were not telling him.
"I'll cut right to the chase then." Buttercup was speaking up catching Brick's attention, "The bimbo decides to turn the rumor mill because she's bored. You need to read this…Bubbles."
Bubbles hands him her phone with the message present on the front screen. "You won't believe what Bell just sent." from Midori. Fwd. 'You won't believe who I just saw together on there way home...Blossom Utonium walking with the new boy Brick Shaw hand in hand! I think she's cheating on Flash big time!'
"The bad thing about it is, she doesn't even live by us." She mentioned as Brick's eyes were glued onto the screen of the phone.
"We just thought you should know this before you head back to school tomorrow." Buttercup adds in before he hands Bubbles back her phone.
"I should be heading home. Thanks for letting me see her Buttercup." He thanks Buttercup, who merely shakes her head before he takes his leave.
The sound of the door closes, which signals that Brick left the house, "What are we going to do?"
"I'll have to sleep on it. For now, all we know is this can either help or harm us. But I'm sure if we play our cards right it can be used to our advantage." The raven haired teen discloses to Bubbles, who nods her head to show she agrees with the plan.
"Let's just hope that Blossom doesn't find out until tomorrow." Her sister expresses before she breaks away from Buttercup in the kitchen.
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Butch and Boomer casually stride inside of their apartment only to discover that Serena was not home since she did not greet them at the door.
"...looks like we got the house to ourselves." Boomer proclaims before he roams toward his room.
'I wonder why Drake chose this time of all times to hold a meeting?' Butch ponders before he casts his eyes toward the clock to see it was five o'clock.
'Two more hours before the meeting, I need to call Brick.' He reminds himself while he reaches for his cell phone.
'I got a message?' The teen thinks after he spots his phone screen glows with "NEW MESSAGE" underneath an envelope.
He clicks on read before the message materializes and an unknown number pops up and says 'Omg, you won't believe who I just saw together on there way home...Blossom Utonium walking with the new boy Brick Shaw hand in hand! I think she's cheating on Flash big time!'
'What the hell?! I thought Buttercup said that Blossom was sick. How is this even possible?'
Butch quickly presses end on the phone before he dials Brick's personal number and waits as it rings.
"Yo, what's up?"
"I just got a text message about you and Blossom. Care to explain?"
"You got it too?!"
"Brick, quit beating around the bush and tell me what the hell is going on?!"
"I didn't do anything! Blossom was too sick to even go outside! So it's not freaking true!"
"Look…I believe you, not just because you're my brother but a loyal and honest person. However, right now we have a problem. I saw Drake at our school."
"Drake? As in the Drake Pierce?"
"That's the one and only. Turns out he saved Midori from a gang of boys this morning."
"What?!"
"I didn't believe it either until I ran in to him in the school's parking lot. He even flashed a signal to me that we have a meeting today at seven."
"Already? He must be planning something big."
"We will find out tonight. Just make sure you get home before six so we can get there on time!"
"Okay man, I'm not that far away anyway."
"Good then."
Butch promptly ends the call and dramatically crashes on the couch. All of the day's events that occurred from earlier finally started to soak in.
'I can't believe that the DFMT is about to start up again! I wonder would it be like last year?' He muses in disbelief while he travels down memory lane.
"Gather around! We have to make sure that the tournament flows smoothly and in an orderly fashion. After all, this is a job that I look forward to having each year so don't screw it up!" Drake loudly broadcasts to a group of teen aged boys.
"Yo, are you ready for this tournament?" The sound of Brick's voice was heard.
"It's just like all the other ones we watched before, Brick." Butch expresses his boredom to his brother's question.
"Is that so Butch?" The sound of Drake's voice was heard amongst the brothers.
"Now Drake, you know we can easily take all of these schools without losing so much as a drop of sweat!" Butch firmly declares to the brunette after he faces him.
"True but we are hired to do security. I'm sure you two can prevent the boys from joining in on the tournament fights." He purposely explains their job detail for the event.
"I'm with Butch on this one. Why are we always stuck with babysitting?! Why can't we fight?" Brick frustratingly quizzes the brunette with a similar smile.
"The answer is…I don't want you two to harm anyone. I, of all people, know how you two go berserk when you lose your focus in a fight. Trust me on this one…both of your time will come. Just be a little patient." Drake genuinely remarks as he manages to damper their fighter's spirits for the moment.
"Fine." The pair simultaneously huffs out at the same time.
"Besides, you're the only two who I can trust with keeping the boys in check." He conveyed with a satisfied expression.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you use that same excuse every time we have this conversation." Brick adds in, which prompts Drake to erupt in to laughter.
"Ah whatever, get to work you two!" The brunette abruptly proclaims while he pushes the brothers out of their meeting room.
Butch and Brick casually patrol through the various mats until they spot this one competitor. It was a girl with raven colored hair, who easily tosses a boy about twice her size over her shoulder. The announcer then declares her the winner since her opponent did not hop to his feet.
'I wonder what's her name?' Butch curiously muses as he unexpectedly draws closer and closer to the mat.
"Come on Butch! We got a problem." Brick quickly snatches him away from the mat that the raven-haired girl presently occupies.
'Why did Brick interrupt me?!' He angrily shouts before he eventually calms himself down with a visible small smile on his face.
'I wonder where she is now?' The raven haired teen curiously wonders to himself before he hears the door knob click open.
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Flash aimlessly stuffs his duffle bag with his sweaty workout clothes after he emerges from the shower and steps in to the locker room.
"Yo, Flash, did you hear about your girl Blossom?" Ron purposely questions after he instantly draws near Flash with Joe on his left.
The blonde leisurely swings his duffel bag over his right shoulder before he looks at his two friends, when he reminds them, "She's at home sick. Why?"
Joe and Ron merely glance at each before they physically shake their heads at his statement.
"Are you sure about that?" Joe was inquiring again as if he were hinting at something else.
"Yeah, she told me herself." Flash confidently assures the pair when he feels a weird vibe from his friends.
"I don't think so. Show him Joe." Ron loudly speaks up after they hear his answer to Joe's question.
He curiously watches Joe reach inside of his pocket and produces his cell phone. He then presses a couple of buttons on his phone before he displays the message from an unknown number.
"Omg, you won't believe who I just saw together on there way home…Blossom Utonium walking with the new boy Brick Shaw hand in hand! I think she's cheating on Flash big time!"
Flash speedily peers up at Joe and Ron to see a serious expression on their faces and poses, "Who sent you this?"
"Does it really matter?" Joe counters since he could not phantom that Flash was deeply in love with Blossom that he could not rationally think things through.
The blonde still did not sense a good vibe from that message. 'If she did do this then she cheated on me with Brick Shaw, of all people! I need to talk to her!'
"I'll straighten things out once I see her." He firmly declares before he pivots away from his friends and takes his leave.
'Blossom has a lot of explaining to do when I see her tomorrow.' The blonde concludes as he furiously slams the door behind him so hard that it rattles the walls as a reaction.
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Author's Note:
10.01.16 Major editing revision
04.06.17 Minor editing revisions