Thanks to: DancingFool10 and Musicalyak
Chapter 22
Last time: "Hello?' Bloom asked into the phone. "Bloom I need help." The voice said on the other line.
Summary: A friends needs Can Bloom help her friend Bloom's but she won't let Bloom let anyone else know. Can Bloom help her or will she tell someone and risk the friendship?
"Are you ok?" Bloom asked.
"I'm fine I just need you to come and help me." The voice said.
"With what?" Bloom asked.
"If I tell promise you won't tell any grownups?" The voice said.
"I promise." Bloom said.
"I was out with my boyfriend and we were walking, then he took me to an ally way and started hurting me. Bloom I'm scared." The voice said.
"Don't worry what do you need me to to do?" Bloom asked.
"Just bring Justin and Conner and don't tell your parents." The voice said.
"Ok I won't. I'll see you soon." Bloom said.
"Thanks bye." The voice said.
"Bye" Bloom hung up the phone.
"Is everything ok?" Flora asked.
"Yeah, I have to go for a bit." Bloom said.
"Need us to do anything?" Layla asked.
"No you guys stay here or go home if you need to. I'll be back." Bloom said and left.
"Justin Conner." Bloom yelled out into the hallway. She left her room and walked across the hall and pounded on the doors until they opened up.
"What's wrong?" Justin asked.
"I'll explain on the way, we just need to go quickly." Bloom said. Justin noticed she had her coat and keys on her.
"So how are we getting there?" Conner asked coming to the door.
"Walking." Bloom answered. The three quickly ran downstairs hoping to escape out the front door. Unfortunately Mike stopped them.
"Where are you guys going?" He asked.
"Out to enjoy the fresh air." Conner said quickly.
"Yah it's not like we're sneaking out to do something bad." Justin added nervously. Bloom glared at him.
"Bloom what are you doing?" Her father asked. Bloom took a deep breath before telling.
"It's Melissa she called saying she was being beaten up in an ally way by her boyfriend." She said.
"You mean Derek?" Justin asked.
"Derek? I though it was Tom?"Bloom said.
"They broke up during Senior week and She started dating Derek right after you left." Conner explained.
"Anyways she wanted me to help her but she wouldn't let me tell a grown up. if you show up she'll know." Bloom said.
"Bloom telling me was the right thing and going to help will be better for her." Mike said.
"I promised I wouldn't get adults involved." Bloom said.
"Just go and be careful." Mike said.
"Thanks." Bloom said and ran out the door.
"So where are we going?" Justin asked trying to keep up with Bloom.
"Melissa said an ally way." Bloom answered.
"Which one there are dozens here?" Conner stated.
"She didn't say she hung up." Bloom said.
"That's great what are we supposed to do run around until it's christmas morning looking for her?" Justin asked. They suddenly heard a scream from the distance.
"Or just listen for a scream." Conner said.
"There behind the mall." Justin said.
"Let's go." Bloom said leading the boys.
"You know we probably should have grabbed more people for this." Conner suggested.
"Why didn't you ask your friends to come?" Justin asked.
"You've seen what they can do. This needs to be done the old fashion way." Bloom stated.
"Right" He sighed. They came around the corner to see a girl with long blonde hair lying on the pavement. She was wearing a green striped turtle neck shirt, pink pants with flower patterns on it. She had on a pair of green slip on shoes. Her hair was wavy and tied in a low ponytail that was falling out.
"Melissa" Bloom yelled out to the girl. A tall boy with black hair looked up and turned around towards Bloom.
"Bloom look out." Justin called. Bloom ducked and rolled herself out of the way.
"Bloom." Conner called out.
"Get away from her he warned. Another boy with black hair walked over and pulled Bloom to her feet again. He grabbed her by the neck and put a knife to her throat.
"No one moves or she dies." He warned.
"Bloom." Conner shouted.
"Police." Justin said hearing syrians coming their way. They soon saw flashing lights as the cruiser pulled up next to them.
"Let the girl go." An officer ordered. The boy let go of Bloom and pushed her to the ground. Justin ran over and helped her up.
"Are you ok?" The officers asked them.
"Yah we're fine thanks." Conner said walking up to them.
"Bloom your father called me and told me where you guys would be." The officer continued.
"You told your parents." Melissa said getting up off the ground.
"I'm sorry I had to." Bloom said.
"I trusted you." Melissa sighed.
"I know I'm sorry." Bloom said softly.
"Mike over here." The officer said. Mike walked over to the kids with another boy next to him.
"Tom?" Melissa asked the tall boy with black curly hair.
"Hey Melissa are you ok?" He asked. She nodded.
"How did you know where we were?" Bloom asked.
"Your dad came over to my house and told me what happened and he drove me over here." Tom explained.
"Come on I'll take you kids back home."Mike said.
"Melissa why don't you come over. I have clean close I can lend you." Bloom offered.
"Ok" Melissa said. Bloom got in the front seat with her dad while everyone else got in the back. When they got home everyone went to the downstairs guest room. Bloom ran up to her room to grab a new set of clothes from her closet. She walked in and went right to the closet not talking to anyone. Sky looked up and notice a rip in her jeans. "Bloom what happened?" He asked. Bloom looked down and noticed the rip as well. The others looked up at her.
"I fell on the pavement. Slipped on black ice." She lied. She did not want to tell them the real reason. She knew they would ask her questions and she did not need it at the moment. Bloom grabbed another pair of pants from her closet and left the room before anyone could ask anything. She ran downstairs and returned to the guest room and stayed there for a bit.
"Here you go." She said handing melissa the clothes.
"Thanks" Melissa said and left for the bathroom. Bloom went to a mirror on the door and started fixing her hair. She pulled the elastic out and let her hair fall to its original length. She combed it out slowly then pulled it back into a low ponytail. Melissa came into the room with Bloom's clothes on and her hair pulled back into a braid.
"I'll be right back." Bloom said and left the room. she went to the bathroom and changed her pants. She went back upstairs and grabbed a laundry basket from the hall closet. "Here you can put the clothes in this." Bloom said walking back into the downstairs room. Melissa tossed the clothes in the basket.
"I guess I should call my dad." She sighed.
"Want me to instead?" Bloom asked, knowing that her friend didn't want to herself.
"Ok but not in here." She said.
"I'll go upstairs." Bloom said and left. She went back to her room and grabbed the phone. She dialed Melissa's number and waited for someone to answer.
"Hello?.. hi.. yah this is Bloom.. yah she's fine a couple of friends and I found her and brought her back to my place.. she's doing fine.. Oh Mark?... He got arrested the cops came... Yah I was, Justin, Conner and I almost started a fight... Yah I'm fine...Well one of his friends grabbed me and put a knife to me... She was thrown onto the pavement... I was too when the police came... I told you she's at my place... and so is Tom.. If it's alright I can bring them home myself...bye and Merry Christmas...ok bye" Bloom said into the phone when Melissa's father answered it. Everyone looked up and was listening in.
"Bloom what's happening?" Sky asked when she hung up the phone.
"My friend Melissa, was on a date then she got beaten up by her boyfriend." Bloom answered.
"Wow what a jerk" Flora said.
"Yah what boy has the reason of doing that?" Musa asked.
"Boys here are different." Bloom stated.
"How?" Stella asked.
"Here they thinks girls can be used as some sort of tools and when things don't go the way they want them to, they leave and move on." Bloom said.
"Wow." Layla said.
"Yah gotta go." Bloom said and left the room. She went back downstairs and stayed there for a bit.
"So what did my dad say?" Melissa asked.
"Um he wants you home and I said I would do that." Bloom said.
"I'll come to." Justin said.
"I'll grab the keys from my dad." Bloom said.
"Dad I need your keys. I'm bringing Melissa home." She said into the living room.
"Here you go." Mike said giving her the keys. Bloom walked away.
"Don't forget your cellphone." He said.
"I won't." Bloom answered.
"You guys ready?" She asked her friends.
"Yah you?" Justin asked.
"Almost just need my phone." Bloom said and ran upstairs. She ran back into her room and grabbed the phone and ran out.
"Let's go." Justin said leading everyone out the door. Bloom got behind the wheel of the car while Justin sat next to her in the passenger seat. Tom and Melissa sat in the back seat. Bloom pulled out of the driveway and down the street. about an hour fifteen minutes later she pulled in front of Melissa's house.
"Tom need a ride home?" she asked.
"No thanks I'm going to stay here for a bit." He said. Bloom watched the two waking towards the house holding hands.
"That's sweet." Justin said.
"Yep." Bloom agreed.
"Makes me wish I had a girlfriend again." He continued. Bloom looked at him.
"I had one remember? She was from Mexico and she spoke spanish. Her name was Rosalie." He continued.
"Mmhmm" Bloom said.
"We broke up" He said.
"Of course" Bloom sighed.
"I remember it like it was four years ago." He sighed.
"It was four years ago. I was there when it happened." She said.
~Four years ago...~
It was winter and almost Valentines Day. Bloom and Katy were upstairs in Bloom's room. Bloom was on the phone listening to another girl cry from the other line. Katy was on the bed listening in as well. Bloom hung up the phone when the sobbing from the other end of the line had stopped.
"What was that about?" Katy asked.
"I don't know but I thin it's the love note Justin gave her this morning." Bloom suggested.
"JUSTIN GET IN HERE! NOW!" Katy yelled. Justin came running into the room.
"What?" He asked.
"Guess who just called?" Katy said.
"Ummm" He began.
"Rosalie just called. She was crying over something that you wrote to her." Bloom said.
"Oh the note I bet she loved it. " Justin said.
"Actually she said you insulted her." Bloom said.
"Can we see the note?" Katy asked. Justin took the note out of his pocket and handed it to Bloom.
"It's a draft." He said.
"Obviously" Bloom said looking at all the writing mistakes and correction marks on the piece of paper.
"Well." Katy said.
"You insulted her she's going to break up with you." Bloom said.
"What?" Justin asked.
"Everything that you wrote to her that you thought you were saying was nice are actually were insults." Katy stated.
"Like?" He asked.
"Es muy gordo. You just said she's fat." Bloom said.
"I thought that meant gorgeous." Justin argued.
"No that's magnifico." The two girls said together.
"I that meant you had a magnetic pulse or something." Justin insisted.
"What?" Bloom asked.
"Did you bother to use a spanish to english dictionary?" Katy asked.
"No" He answered.
"What about a translating site?" Bloom asked.
"They have those?" Justin asked. Bloom rolled her eyes. Justin's phone went off.
"Hey it's her." He smiled and answered his phone. The girls stood there waiting for him to hang up. He hung up the phone and turn towards them.
"Well did she say?" Bloom asked.
"She broke up with me. Apparently that was an insult to her and her family." He sighed.
"We told you. Maybe you should stick to dating girls that speak English." Katy said and walked out of the room with Bloom following her.
"Coming?" Bloom asked poking her head back into the room. Justin smiled and walked out into the hall with her.
~Present~
"Your lucky you haven't had any problems with your boyfriend yet." Justin said.
"Yah you really don't know what happens at school." Bloom said.
"Why do you guys have problems?" Justin asked.
"It's complicated." Bloom answered pulling the car out of the driveway. When they got back home, everyone was in the living room hanging out.
"We're home." Bloom said walking in through the door.
"Is she ok?" Mike asked.
"Yah she's fine." Bloom replied tossing him the keys. Bloom left the living room and went into the kitchen.
"Everything fine?" Layla asked.
"Yah come on let's go upstairs." Bloom said. She lead everyone over to the staircase.
"Bloom the door." Taylor shouted hearing it ring.
"Then go get it." Bloom answered and continued walking upstairs.
"IT'S FOR YOU. THERE ARE A COUPLE A WEIRDOS AT THE DOOR!" Taylor shouted.
"ALRIGHT I'M COMING." Bloom shouted back as she reached her room.
"We're be in your room." Tecna said.
"Yah I'll be back once I tell whoever to leave." Bloom said.
"BLOOOM PRONTO." Taylor yelled.
"I"M COMING."Bloom yelled back. "
You know I have other people I need to be with." Bloom said coming down the stairs.
"Whatever, just answer the door." Taylor said and walked away. Bloom watched her leave then went to open the door.
Diaspro and Mitzi clash in the next chapter. This should be interesting now.