Only a Matter of Time

Chp. 2

Buttercup had trouble finding all of her classes that day but soon realized that Butch was in every single one of them. It was as if she was stalking him, but not purposeful. Butch on the other hand was shocked on the way she was reacting around him. In homeroom she wanted the seat next to him. In first she wanted to talk to him, at lunch she wanted to eat with him. Maybe she was stalking him, but it seemed like she was a lot like him. Didn't want to follow the crowd. She even looked like him as well. Besides her being a girl and him being a guy, they could be siblings. The only difference was that she had longer hair and bright lime green eyes, which was strange. He had only seen a girl with lime green eyes twice, and that was his counterpart. He couldn't place a name on her so he ignored that feeling, but he couldn't shake off that he some how knew her but couldn't remember her. He looked at her letting his eyes wander. She was wearing a bright green shirt with black stars printed on it with a black fishnet long sleeved shirt underneath, black skinny jeans with holes up her thighs and legs, and finally a pair of lime green high tops.

Buttercup then saw Butch looking at her and asked "there a problem?"

"No, no problem, but why do you even want to hang out with me, I'm not exactly on the top of the food chain. Besides you should be scared of me."

"Well, why do you push people away?"

" I can't talk about it"

"What do you mean?"

"It has something to do with… my brother" he then started to tear up but he quickly wiped away his tears.

"What happened?"

"Just… Nothing… You don't need to know."

"I'll tell you what happened to my family if you do."

"No… I just can't. If you won't leave then I will!" He then stormed off mumbling under his breath. Leaving Buttercup to wonder what was so wrong. Did she say something wrong? She barely had time to think about it when a guy maybe 6"1' with shaggy brown hair and deep brown eyes came up to her.

"Buttercup? That you?'" He asked quietly

"You have the right person. But who are you?"

"You don't remember me do you? It's me… Mitch"

"Mitch?!" She then got up and hugged him.

" How you been BC? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be 'Protecting Townsville'?

"That ended when my sisters died. They blamed me for the accident… so now I'm here"

"Really? They blame you? That's bullshit right there." He then hugged her

"Thanks," she smiled at him "I missed you"

The bell then rang and they walked together to their classes. Butch spotted them and got angry. When he reached the class he walked in and waited for her to show up.

When she walked in through the door he smiled to himself, not letting anyone see, he liked her, not like like but as a friend, he felt like he could actually talk to her. He couldn't explain it, he felt like he needed to protect her, and keeping her away from Mitch felt like something he needed to do.

(LATER THAT NIGHT)

Buttercup was tossing and turning in her bed with the same nightmare that she's had since her family was killed in that accident. The same man talking telling her it wasn't her fault it was his and he did it to blame her. That she was next and to watch out. That was followed by a scene of her being murdered, either a slit throat or a gunshot to the head.