"Oh, Bubbles, hold on a...second," Utonium called after her just a moment too late. He frowned as he realized he would be getting no good-bye hug from her today, more so when he remembered Buttercup would sometimes slip out before he could catch her. When she did this, he always quipped to the air "Too cool to hug your old man now, huh?", but the smile was short-lived. It wasn't that he didn't understand being a teenager and that showing your parents affection or anything nicer than indifference was considered 'real square'. But a teenager's shoes were no longer his to wear and now he liked seeing his girls off with a gesture of love. He was used to Buttercup sneaking away hug-free, but he wondered about Bubbles doing it, especially since she'd already embraced him this...<br/><br/>The Professor snapped his fingers as if to quietly say 'eureka'. By gum, that must be it. The hug before going up to get dressed was meant to be the 'have a good day' one, but she gave it early. He smiled again as he thought he knew nothing was wrong with his little Bubbles. He did however question how interesting this little misunderstanding was and the value of reflecting on it.  Still, though he was satisfied Bubbles was as normal as ever, what was she looking over her shoulders at? Or for?<br/><br/>In a much less loving home, another super powered teen was woken up even less gently than his brother. Waking up to the ring of a cell phone was merely annoying, but being woken up by it impacting on one's head is infuriating.<br/><br/>"Ow! What the hell, dude!?" Butch sat up and rubbed his forehead.<br/><br/>"Get up, we gotta go to school.<br/><br/>"You better be joking. How many times do I gotta tell you? We're the RowdyRuff Boys! We don't go to school."<br/><br/>"We do now. Remember those uppity Powerpuff Girls?"<br/><br/>Normally, such an obvious question would only get Boomer smacked upside the head, but that phone hurt! "Powerpuff Girls....Powerpuff Girls..." Butch muttered, feigning memory loss and getting up. "Oh! You mean those three chicks on the news? Everyday? The ones who used to be our enemies until we grew out of it? Those Powerp-Of course I remember the damn Powerpuff Girls, you stooge," he said, delivering the whack as he said 'course'. It felt good, especially since Butch aimed for the same spot he'd been hit in, but put more force into it than had Boomer. Always return pain in triple. "What about 'em!?"<br/><br/>"Pops just called and said he'd give us somethin' real cool if we went to school and..." Boomer laid out Mojo's plan for Butch, who seemed to take to it pretty quickly. He would never admit it, but he had his eye on one of the Powerpuff Girls. Which one? Thats so secret, it can't even be written here.<br/><br/>"Oh, take a wild guess!"<br/><br/>"Hey! Don't make me kick your badly-narratin' ass! Boomer, three things: One, you ever wake me up like that again, I'm gonna rip off your arms and fist you with 'em. Two, that monkey ain't our pops. He's a pissed off chimp whose cell we got made in. And lastly, you're gay." He started to hover toward the bathroom before turning back and adding "Oh, and four, I'm down with the plan."