Chapter 2

Buttercup POV:

School’s done and I’m putting my school stuff away in my locker. But then I hear them.

“Buttercup please!” I hear as Bubbles begs me for the umpteenth time.

I don’t say anything and just turned to leave.

“Please! We’re sorry! We know we should have listened to you!” Blossom cries.

I don’t even spare them a glance and leave. The onlookers have mixed faces.

Some are sad and sympathetic. To who? It’s a toss up. Be it to me the one betrayed by her closest friends over some new boys.

Or my betrayers for the pitiful state they’re now in. Who could really say.

Then there were some who had pointed looks at me which held anger. And those who pointed gazes at the girls held disgust towards them.

I don’t care anymore.

Since we defeated him and showed how strong we are and how fast we can recover after using a lot of power crime has slowed considerably.

So now I’m not spending nearly all my time fighting crime. Which gave me a chance to go back to the sports that I love.

But it also gave me a chance to have a night life. Which is what I did almost immediately.

It also helps not having two leeches to take care of. I managed to get into a club and said I was a designated driver.

Which meant I got a special little wrist band that I would show to the bartender. I asked what all they had that had a lid I could screw back on.

He gave me a bottle of soda. Which is great. That means it’s not easy to drug. The club had some decent music. And people were having a blast.

They were talking or partying it up on the dance floor.

I didn’t find the music to be anything that would get me up and moving so I just sat there watching everything.

Then the overhead speakers busted. Which killed all the music. They were about to shut down the club. But I noticed they had a karaoke area.

I asked why not use it and they said no one really flocked to it. So I said if you pay me I can get this party jumping again.

They said sure not really having anything to lose. I first did some DJ magic by laying down a beat.

Which got people to start grooving soon after playing. But what got everything to fire up is when I started to freestyle.

Having two brothers and a famous wrestler as my dad coming up w/ stuff off the top of my head was somewhat normal.

Which meant I was a good rapper.

I would play the beat for a bit then start freestyling again. This went on for a while till people came up to do actual karaoke.

Well some did. Others did freestyle raps too. And some even had rap battles. I was just glad that it was the weekend.

We ended up staying way past the club’s closing time. And even though it was early people were still coming in, in buckets!

I called it a night when I saw I had dozens of texts and hundreds of calls from my family. Everyone seemed sad that I had to stop.

But the club did pay me quite nicely. And they paid me in cash too! On my way home I called my mom.

She immediately started to yell panicked questions at me. I told her I was fine. I just went to a party and it just now ended.

She was shocked but accepted my answer.

Though when I got home my dad and brothers asked why I had to stay so long.

I said it was because the entertainment broke so I provided the music.

I was just too good at what I was doing that we lost track of time. But I even got paid. That’s when I showed them the money I made.

They were shocked to see I made so much. But deeming my explanation satisfactory. They let me go get some rest.

Which I gladly did. But now I get calls from all kinds of clubs. I let them all know my age.

But they all unanimously agreed to give me the designated driver band to make sure I wasn’t given alcohol.

Which they said meant they weren’t technically breaking any laws or rules. I agreed as long as they took the blame.

I let my family know about my jobs so they wouldn’t worry.

I was skating down the street minding my own business when a bunch of limos suddenly surrounded me.

“Are you DJ Bc?” Mr. Moorebucks asks.

“Uh.. yeah. Why?” I ask confused.

“We would like to hire you for the entirety of the upcoming spring break.” He says.

“What!?” I ask shocked.

“That’s right. And we’re willing to pay triple of your original rate for the entirety of the break.” He adds.

Holy.. that’s a lot of money. Rich people scare me.

“What’s the occasion?” I ask.

“Our daughter Miko is coming home. And our little princess wanted to throw a party. So we decided to have a party everyday for the break. The first day is a welcome home party. The next will be princess’s party.” He explains.

“Is food provided? And equipment?” I ask.

“Yes don’t worry we already got everything you need. You just need to show up. The first two parties will be at home. But the rest will be on our private yacht. We have some business deals we want the girls to witness.” He informs me.

“The yacht costs extra.” I immediately say.

“Alright for those days we’ll pay you four times your rate.” He agrees easily.

“Alright.. how early do I need to show up?” I ask.

“Halfway through school would be perfect.” He says calmly.

“Uh.. you would need to ask the principal for permission for that.” I say.

“Alright.” He says. Suddenly I’m flanked on all sides by their maids!

They put me in one of the Limos then we went right back to the school. They dragged me into the principal’s office and sat me down.

“Please never do that again..” I say, still recovering from what just happened.

“Alright. Now Mr. Principal.” Mr. Moorebucks starts.

I just sat there as I literally watched him bribe my principal into letting me leave early. We did the final details in the principal’s office too since we were already there.

I left as soon as I could and went home then explained everything to my family. They were just as shocked as I was.

The days leading up to the break were nothing special. I just didn’t bring anything for school w/ me on the last day.

Instead I brought what I would need for this break. I sat in the library completing all the work that needed to be done then left.

I got done early so I left early. Which pleasantly surprised the Moorebucks.

A maid showed me to my room for the two days I will be here. Then I went and got set up. Nothing will happen till tomorrow.

They just want to see my playlist. Which I understand. They probably don’t want punk rock playing for their precious daughters.

Or those business associates. So I showed them some of my beats. Which they said were perfect for their daughters parties.

But they listed off some more classical type music for the later days. We spent the rest of the day tweaking the songs just a bit.

I basically made them remixes that could get people up and moving but still be classy. Which was hard as fuck!

I finished up then made sure everything was in place for tomorrow. I told them and the maids that nothing was to be touched or moved.

The head maid questioned me seeing as it all technically belonged to her bosses not me and I was just some hired help.

I told her that I have them in specific places to get the party started fast and to make everything go smoothly.

So unless she wanted the party not to be perfect don’t touch anything. Which got her to shut up and the Moorebucks themselves to demand everything be left alone.

I went to the bathroom and I thought I entered a fucking pool room! So after nearly drowning a couple of times.

I was washed up and went to bed. I made sure to wake up early and head to the room. I double checked everything and saw nothing was moved.

I was setting up as in putting the headphones on getting the speakers and stuff hooked up when a maid snuck up on me.

“Miss Bc.” The maid says. I nearly jumped out of my skin and turned to face her seeing it was the head maid.

“You scared me half to death!” I exclaim.

“My apologies. But may I know why you’re up so early? You even manage to out-rise me.” She says.

“It takes a while to make sure the speakers are hooked up right and everything. And from what I heard this daughter loves to be extremely on time.” I inform.

“I see. I’ll go prepare breakfast for you. What would you like?” She asks.

“Pancakes please. W/ bacon and eggs. But can you put the syrup on the side please?” I request.

She nods then leaves. I finish setting up the speakers and everything. I even tested everything.

I had just finished the tests when the head maid came back.

“Here is your food.” She says.

“Thanks a bunch!” I thanked her as I take the plate.

“May I know one thing?” She asks.

“Sure?” I say.

“Why did you specifically ask for the syrup on the side?” She asks.

“Oh! Here watch.” I say. I then put some eggs and bacon on a pancake then put some syrup on it.

After that I wrap it like a burrito and ate it like that.

“I see.. that’s actually something I’ve never seen before.” She comments.

“Yeah.. I discovered this by accident when I was in a rush and just threw it together like this.” I say rubbing the back of my neck and laughing awkwardly.

After that little conversation she left and it was just the waiting game now. The Moorebucks came in not too long after though.

But when, princess saw me she stormed up to me.

“What are you doing in my house?! Hurry up shoo before my sister arrives!” She says.

“Princess! She’s the hired DJ!” Her mother scolds her.

I heard something faintly and immediately played the start of the opening beat. Which started as a build up.

Which means it was quiet and simple which gradually gets louder and more complex. They were all confused by this.

And the parents seemed quite upset thinking I started prematurely. But before they could say anything their daughter came walking up.

Well more like swinging cause she had a helicopter flying her in and was on its ladder coming in.

Talk about a dramatic entrance. But it was only highlighted as she came in right as the build came to its big finale.

“I heard the music build up as I came in! Who was in charge of the music because they did a perfect job!” Miko says a bit too cheery for my liking.

That’s when she looked over at me and we made eye contact. I mean w/ her entrance it’d be impossible not to look or stare at her.

But she must have noticed that I wasn’t really interested since I really had only glanced at her.

I only stared longer because of the commotion her parents made. Especially when they had tears streaming from their eyes while hugging her.

But what’s strange is that she never looked away from me. She was even talking and having a conversation w/ her parents while focused on me.

I’m guessing as soon as she got the chance to approach me, she took it. Because she basically made a B line for me.

I could tell because when I looked up I saw the shocked faces of the staff and princess.

“I hear you’re classmates w/ my sister.” She says in her overly sweet tone. I simply nod.

She smiles. I just changed the song to the next one and her eyes lit up. I had some remixes in my playlist for today.

I thought it would be boring w/ out them. So I figured her eyes lit up because of the change in the type of music.

But that was proven wrong when she grabbed my hand and looked me in my eyes all giddily.

“The base song is my favorite!” She exclaims. I simply nod and try to pull my hand back.

But she wasn’t having it.

“Say.. your hands are soft on the outside but rough on the inside! Do you do a lot of manual labor? Or do you not take care of your hands?” She asks me.

“I do a lot of sports…” I say finally managing to get my hand free.

She was surprisingly stronger than she looks. Which honestly only added to my unease.

“Say you’re pretty cute. Looking for a boyfriend? Or maybe even a girlfriend?” She asks me out of nowhere.

I ended up scratching the record and if I had a drink in my mouth I probably would have done a spit take too.

“I’m sorry.., what?” I ask wide eyed.

I did a quick glance and it looks like everyone is just as shocked as me.

“I simply asked if you were looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend. Why, is something the matter?” She asks.

She tilted her head to the side slightly and had her index finger on her bottom lip more towards the corner of her mouth.

“So I heard right then… But why would you ask that of someone you just met?” I ask.

“Because I was curious. But how about you tell me your age instead if that makes you more comfortable.” She says smiling at me.

I honestly wanted nothing more than for her to lose interest in me.

“I’m.. 14…” I say looking back down at my table and the record I scratched.

“Oh! I’m 16! Isn’t that great there’s not some huge age gap!” She cheers merrily.

I was hoping telling her my age would make her lose interest in me. Guess not. It actually seems to have back fired.

“I.. have a job to do. Please go enjoy the party.” I say going back to DJing.

“But I like talking to you.” She whines.

“But… I feel like you don’t like the music I spent hours on choosing and editing just for you today if you don’t go and enjoy the party.” I say.

It was actually a last ditch effort to try and get her to leave me alone.

“Fine. I guess it can’t be helped.” She says sighing. She then goes back to the party.

I visibly relax after she leaves. When her party was over princess came over to me.

“I wanna see the songs you have for my party tomorrow.” She demands.

“None.” I state.

“What!? I know mommy and daddy didn’t pay you for nothing!” She complains.

“I don’t have any because I was waiting for your requests.” I say. She visibly relaxes.

“Oh. Well then here are some songs I like.” She says. She shows me the songs and I pick what I can work w/.

I edit them and then play them back as remixes for her. Her eyes widened then she smiled.

“I love it! If I knew you could do this I would have bought you sooner!” She says.

“You do realize that after the break I will no longer work w/ or well for your family right?” I ask.

Her eyes widened.

“What!? Mommy and Daddy would really let you go!?” She exclaims.

“Yeah.. after all they only hired me for the break.” I inform, she nods. We finished up our business then she left.

I had my stuff out in the way that I’ll need it tomorrow. Then I went for a bath. I had just gotten in for a soak when the door opened again.

I didn’t suspect much since that happened yesterday and it was the maids asking if I needed any assistance.

But imagine my shock and surprise to see Miko there. I immediately looked away and tried to get my towel to get out.

But she managed to move between me and my towel.

“H-hi… Miko….” I chuckle awkwardly staring at her.

“Hi there. My parents said you go by DJ Bc correct?” She asks. Her eyes not once leaving mine.

“Uh.. y-yeah.” I confirm.

I am dying from nerves! I mean who wouldn’t be!

After all she did literally basically admits she’s interested in me earlier!

“But my sister said your real name is Buttercup right?” She says. I nod.

She smiles. She grabs my towel and takes it w/ her to the wash area. She started washing her hair calmly.

I really didn’t want to risk her seeing me naked clearly. At least the water made it blurry. But thankfully my bath this time has bubbles in it as well.

So she really didn’t see anything. And I think she knows that she makes me feel uncomfortable.

Or she at least thinks that I won’t leave the tub w/ out my towel. I mean why else take it!

So what’s she getting off on!? I mean come on!

“You know I was kinda sad earlier.” She says. This draws my attention to her.

She had just finished scrubbing her hair and rinsed it.

“After all the one person I genuinely wanted to talk to didn’t seem interested in me at all and even found a way to guilt me into leaving!” She continues.

She turned her side towards me slightly more to look at me when she finished.

“Then to add to it she let my little sister talk to her for hours. Even though she started the conversation off oh so rudely!” She adds as she starts washing up.

“Your sister is throwing a party tomorrow. I had to get songs of her preferences.” I explain.

She stops washing herself for a moment.

“Oh is that so?” She asks continuing to wash herself.

“Yeah.” I say.

“So mind explaining why you wanted to leave as soon as I came in?” She asks me. I tense.

She got me there.

“Well.. I’m still an employee technically and I find it inappropriate to bathe w/ my employers’ daughter.” I say trying to sound as natural as possible.

She actually starts giggling at that!

“How about a hypothetical?” She asks.

“Ok..?” I agree hesitantly.

“What if you weren’t an employee? Would you still act the same?” She asks.

“I’d probably try to beat you.” I answer honestly.

She looks taken aback by my answer.

“Why’s that?” She asks.

“Because I’m not close to your sister which means I most likely would be at home right now so if you showed up in my bath at my house I would freak.” I explain.

She looks at me for a moment then breaks out laughing.

“You’re funny and clever. I like that.” She says.

She rinses off the soap then makes her way over to the tub. I went to reach for my towel but she moved it away from me.

She then walked halfway between the tub and the wash station. There was a wooden board there. It had hooks.

She hung both her and my towel up on it. Pretty soon a group of maids came in. They took the towels.

I’m just glad I didn’t bring in my personal towel. As in the one at home. They went to offer us new towels but.

“No need. We’re not done yet. Just place them on this post so that we can get them when we’re done.” Miko says.

“A-actually, I would like my towel now since I want to head to bed early.” I stuttered nervously.

“No. Let my parents and sister know that any delays tomorrow are because I decided to have a chat w/ her.” Miko says stopping the maids again.

The maids having to obey their young master did as told. They then promptly left. She then turned at me and smirked slightly.

“Did you stutter earlier?” She says in a taunting tone of voice.

“Why have the towels so far from the tub?” I ask.

Yes I ignored her question. Listen I’m not giving her that satisfaction.

“Oh, because I know you won’t get out to get it. You hide more in the water the closer I get to you. So you’re obviously hiding something.” She says.

“Are you saying that you know this and are going to deliberately make me uncomfortable?” I ask.

She laughs again and sits next to me in the bath.

“Oh sweetheart, I’m just simply making sure you understand. I hold the most power here. So no trying to avoid me. Got it?” She asks leaning closer to me.

I immediately moved away from her.

“But I still need to work.” I argue.

“I’m reasonable. When you’re working I’ll leave you alone. But as soon as you’re off the clock you’re mine.” She says.

“But technically when I was talking to princess I was working but I was off the clock.” I bring to light.

“Oh? You managed to find a loophole. Fine I’ll give it to you. But if I find out that you weren’t actually working you’re not going to like what happens.” She says.

“Can you stop scooting closer to me? I’m used to bathing by myself so I’d rather not have someone else so close.” I say moving away from her again.

“I simply wanted to hug you to solidify our deal.” She says moving closer to me again.

“When we’re both clothed.” I say moving away.

“I can’t tell if you’re playing hard to get or if you’re actually hard to get. But either way I like it.” She says smirking at me.

“If I said I would tell you something neat if you get me my towel and don’t look at me after I get out of the tub what would you say?” I ask her.

“Hmm. That’s an interesting offer. But I’m going to need more information than that.” She says.

“What if I told you something about me that might make you mad?” I ask. She frowns.

“Like something abusive? Or anything along those lines?” She asks moving slightly closer to me.

“You’d have to get my towel and agreed to not look at me when I get out of the tub.” I say.

“You make a hard bargain. But fine I’ll bite.” She says as she gets out of the tub she wraps herself in her towel then gets mine.

She closed her eyes and handed me my towel when she got close enough to the tub. She even turned her head away.

I wrapped myself in my towel.

“I’m going to move away ok? It’s only because I think what I’m going to say might make you really mad and I don’t want an accident happening because you grabbed me or tried to.” I say.

“Ok.” She agrees. I immediately go to the changing room and get dressed. I then yell from the door to the changing room.

“I’m not going to hug you.” I say. Her attention immediately snaps to me.

But I already had the door closed and was running to my room. And I’m blocking the door. And locking it.

I’m not letting her catch me by surprise again. I mean come on!

Were you watching the bathroom or me to see when was the best time to strike!?

I’d rather not deal w/ that.

And seeing how I had just finished blocking the door but I soon heard pounding afterwards means I was right.

“Open this door Buttercup!” Miko says. She definitely sounds pissed.

“I can’t..”

*Yawns.*

“I’m.. too tired.” I say. I know this is definitely not going to help my case but I’m a dumbass.

And I’m gonna die a dumbass.

Couldn’t have it any other way. I mean just ask my dad and brothers. Those guys are dumbasses too!

“Buttercup. If you don’t open this door you’ll regret it.” She says eerily calm.

“I’m being serious. I’m too tired. I’m already in bed.” I say as I climb into bed.

That’s when I heard what sounded like the lock unlocking. Then followed by a thud and I saw some of the stuff I used to block the door move.

“Buttercup did you block the door?” She asks.

“Business hours are done. Come back tomorrow and try again.” I say.

I get comfortable and fall asleep.

I wake up and stretch. I look at the time and see it’s only 5:30. The party isn’t till 8. So I get up and get ready.

I open my door and see the head maid standing there.

“Ok.. that’s a little creepy.” I say. She bows.

“Forgive me. But may I make a request of you?” She asks.

“Depends on what it is.” I answer.

“Please.. don’t prevent young mistress Miko from entering your room.” She says hesitantly.

“Did she ask you to say that?” I ask.

“No. But.. she was rather unpleasant last night after your bath. Even the master and madam were at a loss.” She answers.

Welp, that’s definitely good to know. I need to avoid Miko at all costs. Especially after this job.

“Well… Would you pass something on to Miko please?” I ask.

“What is it?” The head maid asks in agreement.

“Tell her it’s either the bath or the room. She can’t have both.” I say feeling a bit awkward.

The head maid seems unsure but nods never the less. She leaves and I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

After that I went to the party room to do a speaker check and setup. Yes checking the speakers before each party is necessary.

Speakers can go bad pretty easily. Especially if they’re used a lot for parties.

And depending on how loud you turn up the speakers could also bust them faster.

So better safe than sorry.

“You know trying to hide away in here won’t save you.” Miko says out of nowhere.

I jumped from the scare she gave me and turned to face her only to see her directly behind me!

“Woah! Personal space!” I exclaimed. She frowned slightly.

“It’s only 7. You don’t need to be here till 7:30.” She says not backing away. Instead she moved closer.

“I’m doing the setup and checks..” I answer kinda lamely as I try getting away from her.

“My mother and father just got these speakers.” She says.

“But they’re DJ speakers.” I argue.

“So?” She asks.

“DJs could bust brand new speakers after one jig.” I answer.

“But I don’t think you were that irresponsible w/ them.” She says a bit calmer.

I think realizing that it was a genuine reason is what calmed her.

“Doesn’t matter. You could be the most careful person in the world. And have the best of the best speakers but they can still bust easily.” I explain.

“I see… Well then I got the message from the head maid.” She says.

“Alright.” I state as I go back to my work.

“I don’t want to choose I want both.” She says.

“So neither, ok.” I say not even turning to look at her.

“Not funny.” She says.

“Not joking.” I say right back.

“Buttercup!” She says. She was about to say more when the head maid came in.

“I forgot to ask earlier what you wanted for breakfast so I just made you your usual.” She says.

“Thanks a bunch!” I say as I take the plate happily.

My ‘Usual’ is just the pancakes, bacon and eggs. W/ syrup on the side.

I think she only called it that because it’s the only thing she knows for sure I eat.

“Usual? How often did you come to my house for you to have an usual?” Miko asks.

“Don’t over think it.” I say. I immediately made my burrito and started eating.

“Never seen someone eat this like that before.” Miko says as she sits in front of me watching me eat.

“Uh.. can you not watch me?” I ask.

“Be happy I’m only watching for now.” She says.

This gave me a bad feeling so I ignored her. I continued to eat and finished up the setup.

When I finished eating and moved my plate I accidentally bumped into the DJ table. This got a drive to fall out.

I instantly realized it as my personal drive and went to pick it up but Miko beat me to it.

“What’s this?” She asks eyeing the drive.

“Hey that’s my personal drive. Give it back.” I say as I try to take it back from her.

“No way!” She says keeping it out of my reach.

“What’s going on in here?” Mr. Moorebucks asks as he, his wife and princess walks in.

“Oh she had a personal drive that fell and she’s not letting me hear it.” Miko says.

“Come on play it.” Mrs. Moorebucks says.

“That costs extra.” I say immediately.

“Alright.” Mr. Moorebucks says and snaps his fingers.

Pretty soon a bunch of maids come in and open four briefcases in front of me.

“This enough?” He asks.

I forgot how rich these guys are. So after I picked my jaw back up I simply nodded in defeat.

The maids left w/ the cases. Probably to put them in my room or something. I just took the drive from Miko.

“I made this myself so don’t expect much.” I warn them then plug it in.

Yeah, I’ve been down, been kicked around,
Lost my ground in this battleground,
Fingers crossed, but I see no light,
These shadows linger before my fight.

[Verse 1]
Tryna pick up the pieces of a heart that’s torn,
Thought we were destined, but I was worn,
Every word you said was a lethal blow,
Left me stranded in a world of woe.
Gotta rise from the ashes, ignite my soul,
Realize now, gotta take control,
Your betrayal was sharp, but I’ve gained my strength,
Moving forward, I’ll go to any length.

I’m shedding these chains, ready to break free,

[Chorus]
Bounce back, that’s the motto, I won’t fall, 
Future self, I’m here, I’m standing tall, 
Got my vision clear, no looking back, 
Trust myself, and I’m on the right track.

[Verse 2]
Running through my mind, echoes of deceit,
But I’m learning to dance on my own two feet,
Picking up the lessons, they won’t break me down,
Wearing scars like crowns, I’ll take the town.
I see my reflection, the fight in my eyes,
No more lies, no more goodbyes,
Every moment’s a chance, I’m making a vow,
To be my own savior, no fear, no doubt.

The past is a shadow, I’m walking in light,

[Chorus]
Bounce back, that’s the motto, I won’t fall, 
Future self, I’m here, I’m standing tall, 
Got my vision clear, no looking back, 
Trust myself, and I’m on the right track.

[Chorus]
Bounce back, that’s the motto, I won’t fall, 
Future self, I’m here, I’m standing tall, 
Got my vision clear, no looking back, 
Trust myself, and I’m on the right track.

(Made by DonnaAi.)

“That’s not bad.” Miko says as the song ends.

“Thanks.” I look back and see some people behind the family.

Then I snap to look at the time. It’s 8:05! These must be the guests. Not only are they my classmates but they even recorded it!

“If I knew the time I would have waited to play the song!” I exclaim as I hurriedly take the drive out.

I then started playing the songs we agreed on last night.

“You know Buttercup you don’t have to be embarrassed about your song.” Miko says.

W/ the music playing unless you’re close to the DJ table you can’t hear what’s being said.

“You know I don’t like how you got your family to get me to play that song. After all, I can’t just tell the employer no.” I say then go back to working.

“Fair enough.” She says then walks off.

After that the party actually went pretty smoothly. So at the end of the party I packed up my stuff.

The head maid told me that the yacht had a DJ booth set up already on it. So I didn’t need to worry about moving this one.

I just nodded then left. I went to my room and made sure everything I needed was packed and stuff.

Then I went to the bathroom and had the quickest shower of my life. I also moved my stuff to a different room.

Yeah I’m going to avoid that psycho older sister of princess’s if it’s the last thing I do.

But the air when I met the Moorebucks at the door this morning was… Tense to say the least.

“Uh.. morning?” I say awkwardly.

“Good morning dear. Are you ready to go?” Mrs. Moorebucks asks. I nod.

Pretty soon we left and got on their yacht. We boarded the yacht and I went straight to their ball room.

It feels weird knowing I’ll be DJing in an actual ball room. But I set everything up and did the checks and tests.

I made a point to say that I’ll be making sure everything is set up right so I would like not to be disturbed.

Which was agreed to. So I basically hid in the room. But I did hook up some lights and turned off the big lights.

Which gave the room a nice effect and went well w/ the music.

Then pretty soon after that, the party was to begin so I went to my booth and waited.

And to say there was a lot of people would be an understatement. But I started the music like normal.

Looks like a lot of these people had big families that they felt they had to bring along.

No wonder they needed me to remix the classical music. But seeing as most of the kids were dancing.

I think I did a good job. After the party I went to my room. Thankfully each room on the yacht had its own bathroom.

I locked my door and took a shower. I was in and out pretty fast. But somehow Miko still got in my room w/ out me noticing!

“Uh..? Can I help you?” I ask her.

Thank my lucky stars I was dressed.

“Yeah, why did you avoid me yesterday? You took a really fast bath and even switched your room.” She says.

“Maybe the fact that I had to play a song I didn’t really want to play for anyone?” I ask her.

“At least you only had to play it. I could have told Mom and Dad that I wanted you to play it and give it to me.” She says.

“Is that why you’re in my room now?” I ask.

“Well seeing as I didn’t get to spend that much time w/ you last night I figured I’ll spend some w/ you now.” She says.

“No.” I state immediately.

“Sweetheart. You don’t have a choice.” She says.

“I’m not getting paid for this shit.” I groan out.

“No, it’s a bonus!” She says cheerfully.

“I’d rather have the money.” I state point blank. She frowns.

“If that’s the case why don’t I ask my parents to pay for you to be my snuggle buddy whenever you’re not DJing?” She asks.

I tensed. There’s no way I’m agreeing to that!

“If any of you try to do that trust and believe you won’t like the outcome.” I say.

“Are you threatening me?” She asks.

“No. I’m just warning you.” I shrug.

“How about a little game then? If you catch me or manage to stop me from entering your room I’ll leave you alone for the night. Deal?” She asks.

“That’s the best I’m going to get out of you isn’t it?” I ask.

“Yep!” She says.

“What if I fall asleep before you attempt to come in?” I ask.

“Then I’m cuddling you and falling asleep next to you.” She says.

“I don’t like how that sounds. But if that’s the case then you can’t enter my room during the day.” I state.

“Why’s that?” She asks.

“Well you could wait till I fall asleep then come into my room. At like midnight or something. Isn’t that unfair?” I ask.

“You got me there. Alright.” She agrees.

“I’m guessing it starts tonight?” I ask.

“Yep!” She says as she pulls me into the bed.

“… Night..” I say then try to get comfortable and fall asleep.

After that the days passed by like this. I stayed up most of the night so that I could catch her. She leaves.

I go to sleep for the day. Wake up then bath. Get ready for the party that night. Then DJ and repeat.

Now I just finished my last party. So I went to the Moorebucks after all the guests had left.

“So what time are we going to be home tomorrow?” I ask.

“We have one more day out here Buttercup! We just have this as a free day so you can relax however you want tomorrow then we should be back in the morning the next day.” Mrs. Moorebucks says.

“Ok!” I agree.

It’s not like I could just leave anyways. Plus that means I can spend more time at the pool!

There was a bit of time where I could relax for a bit and I spent that time by the pool since it was huge!

The downside is I noticed that Miko had binoculars so she would use those to stare at me when she and her family were on the upper deck.

Which I’m honestly not looking forward to having to deal w/ her for a whole day.

But I could just avoid her and when asked say I thought we were playing hide and go seek tag.

So after my talk w/ the Moorebucks I went to my room. And almost instantly after going in did I hear someone trying to come in too.

I opened the door and caught Miko trying to pick the lock.

“You’re early.” I state.

“Duh! If I can get in tonight then I can keep you in bed and cuddle you to my heart’s content!” She exclaimed.

“I don’t remember that being part of the deal.” I state.

“Well tomorrow is our free day so it makes sense that I would do that!” She says as if it was only natural.

“No.” I state then shut the door. I spent the next few hours keeping her out of my room.

When it finally reached midnight she grumbled but left.

I sighed in relief and plopped down on my bed. Never doing this again. Pretty soon I fell asleep.

“So how did I get roped into your family competition?” I ask.

So I woke up and got ready for the day. I was just relaxing by the pool and then suddenly someone grabbed my shoulder.

It was Miko. She then dragged me over to the top deck where volleyball was set up. She then said, princess said I was good at sports.

Thus I was forced to join in. Princess said she wanted to be the ref so I was on a team w/ Miko against her parents.

“Relax! It’s going to be fun!” Miko says.

Pretty soon the game starts. And Miko is really good at sports too it seems. She knew the terms and could keep up w/ me.

We spent the whole day playing sports and stuff. Thankfully the Moorebucks had a family only event planned so I didn’t have to worry about Miko tonight.

But that relief was short lived because when I got back to my room my belt was flashing. I immediately rushed to get it and locked myself in the bathroom.

Just to make sure no one over heard my conversation. Then I answered.

“What’s up?” I ask.

“Where have you been!? We’ve been trying to call you all day!” The professor yells.

“I’ve been busy. I just now got back and saw my belt!” I explain.

“Buttercup! You’re a Powerpuff girl!?” My.. dad yells!?

I looked behind the professor and saw my family. But not just them Blossom’s family and Bubbles grandma too!

“What’s going on?” I ask.

“So the girls were talking and it ultimately led to us telling your parents that you’re the Powerpuff girls.” Ken says avoiding eye contact.

“My family shouldn’t have found out. So what made you guys think it was ok to tell them? Especially w/ out asking me first!” I yell.

“Buttercup! That’s not important what is important is why you haven’t forgiven your friends yet!” My mother says.

“Are you being serious mom!? Didn’t they tell you about the fights we had?!” I ask shocked.

“Yes and you all said hurtful things! But they have apologized and I think you should give them a second chance.” She says.

“Dad, bros. Mom or me?” I ask.

So we tend to ask this when we have a fight in the family. This just tells us who sides w/ who.

“We did fight for you. But your mother ultimately wore us down.” My dad says not meeting my eyes.

“Hm.” Is all I say before I hang up.

I ignored their calls and just went to bed. The car ride back to the Moorebucks’ mansion was awkward.

My phone kept ringing and I took my belt buckle out to prevent calls from the professor or the girls.

Also so that the Moorebucks didn’t see or hear it. That would have revealed my identity. And I’m not dealing w/ that.

But they all kept looking at me since my phone was blowing up but since I was ignoring it they didn’t want to bring it up.

The only reason I didn’t turn my phone off was so that I could watch my bank account.

I was able to make a bank account w/ out a parent signature thanks to the mayor. It was really easy to get him to agree.

So after making sure I had everything I brought w/ me and making sure I was paid correctly I left.

I decided to answer my dad’s call as I was walking out of the mansion.

“Can you guys just leave me alone!” I yell at him.

“Buttercup! Please hear us out! Your mother remembered the last time you girls fought and how the villains kicked your butts! She just wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again!” My dad cries trying to reason w/ me.

“I don’t care! They should have listened to me from the beginning!” I argue.

“I know! But your mother does have a point! You’re on your way home right? How about your mother makes your favorite dinner and we talk afterwards?” My dad asks.

He’s clearly getting desperate.

“I’m getting a hotel.” I say. I had just taken two steps out of the mansion when I said that.

But my second step seemed to not touch anything. I looked down at what was a puddle earlier but now it looks like a black hole to the center of the earth.

“Uh-oh…” Is the last thing I say before black.

The girls’ POV:

“Girls!” The professor exclaims.

“What is it, professor?” Blossom asks.

“Buttercup’s dad just called! She’s missing!” The professor says.

“What!?” Both the girls exclaim.

They immediately transformed.

“Where was she last?!” Bubbles asks.

“Moorebucks mansion!” The professor says.

The girls soon flew off. They got there in record time and looked around a bit. But something shiny caught their eyes.

“What’s that?” Blossom asks. Bubbles goes over and picks it up.

“It’s… Buttercup’s phone..” Bubbles says, shaking a bit.

Not long after that did the cops show up. Followed by the mayor and the professor.

“What do you have in your hand Bubbles?” The professor asks.

Bubbles shows him the phone.

“This isn’t good. Girls go around and try to see if anyone has seen or heard anything. We’ll question the Moorebucks.” Ken says.

The girls nod then fly off.

Buttercup’s POV:

*Groans.*

“Ooh! She’s waking up!” A high pitched voice says excitedly.

“We can see that!” A lower pitched voice says.

“Hey you going to say or do anything?” The lowest pitched voice says before I feel something ripped off my face.

I flinch at the sudden brightness and wait for my eyes to adjust. I slowly look up and I’m shocked at what I see.

It looks like if Blossom, Bubbles, and myself became emo and edgy!

“Who.. are you guys?” I ask.

“We’re…”

“The PowerPunk Girls!” They all say.

As I stare at these girls I only had one thought in my mind.

First we get male rip offs of ourselves and now this!? What the heck!?