Party Pooper

Goodbye Buttercup?

Sara hesitantly walked over to the crying girl and the teacher.

"Sandra, can I talk to you for a moment?" Before following Ms. Bellum out of the room, she gave the distressed girl a reassuring hug.

"What did you need to talk about Sara?" The tall woman made sure to keep her voice down as she explained the situation to the concerned teacher.

"Sandra, John is trying to send her to a Catholic boarding school. They aren't even Catholic!" The black haired teacher flinched and her eyes widened.

"He's going to take everything away from her if he does that! Even her chances at a soccer scholarship!" The tall secretary shushed the shorter woman.

"She has super hearing, keep it down. I want to talk the professor out of this, but he's really set on it." Ms. Keane frowned and peeked back at the girl in question, who was still sitting on the couch.

"So what do you want to do?" Sara thought hard on it before responding to the teacher.

"Talk to her about what's going on and I'll try to talk the professor out of this." Without even waiting for a response, the red haired woman made her way up the stairs to talk to the professor.

Sandra sighed and made her way back over to the girl.

"Buttercup?" The girl looked up at Ms. Keane with sad eyes. Her former teacher hated seeing the normally strong girl look so weak.

"Ms. Bellum is trying to talk the professor out of your punishment right now, but she told me that I should inform you in case she can't get him to budge. He wants to send you to a Catholic boarding school." The raven haired wild child's eyes widened in horror.

"But Ms. Keane! It's my senior year and they don't have any sports there! All my friends are here and so is my family! That's not fair!" The teacher felt an ache in her chest from the pain in the girl's voice.

"I know it's not fair. That's why Sara is trying to talk to the professor right now." Almost as if on cue, they heard loud voices from the top floor.

"Sara, she's already lucky it's not an all girls school! My decision is final and I'm not budging on this! Bubbles and Blossom weren't happy about it either, but she's not a good influence for them to be around!"

"John, this isn't fair to any of the girls! Plus what about college? She can't get a sports scholarship if she goes to that school!"

"That doesn't matter! She did this to herself!" With that, loud footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs and the professor caught sight of his problematic daughter, a suitcase in hand.

"You. We're driving to the airport now." He roughly grabbed her arm and she started crying as she went along with him.

"Dad, I don't wanna go!" He growled and jerked her towards the door.

"That's professor to you, and I really don't care what you want at this point! Get in the car and I don't want to hear another word!" The girl froze and a pained look crossed her face and she started to cry silently while making her way towards the car. Once she shut herself in the car, the professor got in the driver's seat, not hesitating to pull out of the driveway.

The two women watched after the car in sadness.

"He just took everything away from her..." Ms. Bellum whispered under her breath in disbelief. The shorter woman nodded sadly.

"I hope he changes his mind before it's too late..."

The two other puffs ran down the stairs crying.