Hellooo, people! I want to thank everyone who's reading this story because it's my come back to the fanfiction world. I have had a huge author's block for over a year now and I'm so happy to be writing again. This story was planned as a one-shot, but as usual my imagination went wild and I think there'll be about five chapters.
First of all, Flora and Helia from Winx Club are my OTP for the moment and I have many ideas on stories about them. I'll try to write them all, but with classes starting for me next week it will be hard. Updates might come only in the weekends, but I'll try. I apologize for any spelling mistakes, I haven't written anything in english in a long time.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story!
It had been two days since the winx had gone to Zenith in order to convice king Cryos to support the alliance with all the planets in the magic dimension. That alliance could be the only way to stop Trittanus, an evil merman who wanted to rule over all the oceans. The winx had tried to stop him many times, but he was getting stronger with each passing day and the risk to all living beings was becoming bigger.
Bloom had come up with the idea to unite the kingdoms against Trittanus, but it was hard to make all kings and queens agree on something. The kings of Eraklyon and Solaria were extremely stubborn and refused to join the alliance. In Radius case, he told Stella that only if all other royals decided to unite would he join the alliance. When Sky's father had refused, saying Eraklyon could defend itself, Radius had refused as well.
The Winx fairies had battled several villains, they had beaten Valtor and The Wizards Of The Black Circle, but it seemed as if they couldn't win this battle. That's why they had gone to Zenith to convince King Cryos to join he alliance. After an attack from Trittanus, chaos had entered Zenith and all the robots that were supposed to defend the king attacked him, but he was saved thanks to the winx. Flora's quick thinking had made it possible for the winx to control said robots and in the end, the king had decided to join the alliance after realizing that technology might fail him, but the other kingdoms wouldn't.
Thats why on this sunny day, the winx were celebrating this victory with their boyfriends,the specialists. The group of 8 was sitting near Lake Roccaluce as they drank cold smoothies and talked about how happy they were that things were working out. Brandon sat behind Stella as his arms wrapped around her middle and they kept laughing toghether. Bloom and Sky sat side by side and kept sharing glances and smiles for they didn't want to think about the Diaspro problem. Musa was singing a song as she played the guitar and Riven looked at her with pure love in his eyes. Their relationship was finally stable after he had confessed his love for her through a beautiful song. Tecna and Timy were hugging each other as they enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the slight breeze.
Everything was perfect, even though they knew Trittanus was still out there causing trouble and the trix were with him. But today was a day of relaxing and forgetting about all the drama around them. They had managed to unite the kingdoms and that was a big reason to celebrate.
Not everyone was happy on that day, though. Flora, the fairy of nature, was feeling depressed and she hadn't come out of her room even though it was already 1 pm. She and her boyfriend of two years, Helia, had barely spoken in the past few weeks. They were going through a rough time due to Princess Krystal always wanting to stay with Helia and Flora's growing jealousy of the other girl. It was illogical, she and Helia had been together for nearly three years and she should trust him,but it was still hard seeing your boyfriend hanging around another girl all the time.
Flora had never been the jealous type, she was usually calm and collected, but Krystal's constant presence made her want to scream. But it wasn't only the other girl that had taken away her sleep in the past few weeks and made her moody. She had a secret and she knew that eventually she would have to tell her friends and, more importantly, Helia about it. But it was hard and she didn't know how they would react, so she kept avoiding the inevitable.
"Why can't it just fit already!"She complained in front of the mirror as she tried to put on pink flowerly pants to match her green blouse. She had decided that it was useless to spend all day mopig in her bed, so she was going to meet her friends in the lake and pretend to have a good time. The problem was that none of her clothes were fitting anymore and it was becoming hard to hide the small bump on her stomach. Yes, Flora was pregnant. She had found out weeks previous and she had been deciding what to do. But with the magical dimension in constant danger and Helia's barely presence, she hardly had time to think about it.
Her friends weren't stupid, they had been suspicious when she had become so "moody", as Stella always said. The only reason they hadn't figured it out was because she had been taking a special tea that made some of the symptons, such as morning sickness, go away. It didn't get rid of her constant mood changes, though. Flora had always been the calm and nice one, but her pregnancy had made her snap at her friends or start crying all of sudden. It was certainly one of the things she hated about her situation.
The worst part was that she felt like she was alone in this. True, she hadn't told anyone about it. But what good would it make? Dropping this bomb would only make her friends worry about her and they already had enough on their plates. The only person she wanted to tell her secret to was Helia. He was the child's father afterall. But he was never around anymore and Flora worried that he would break up with her soon. Their relationship was clearly not working anymore and she always wondered where they had gone wrong.
It was true that Krystal was pushing Helia away from her, but it couldn'be the only reason. Their relationship wasn't so fragile that it could be destroyed by a girl who, Flora tried convincing herself, Helia had no romantic interest in. But even if it was all over, she was going to tell him because she knew that he deserved to know thats she was carrying his child. He deserved to get the chance to be a part of said child's life even if he and Flora weren't together anymore.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a known voice and Flora immediately closed the ziper on her pants and picked up her brush to pretend thats he was brushing her hair. She took care to stay far away from the large mirror in the wardrobe of her and Bloom's bedroom.
"Flora, are you in here?"Aisha's voice rang as she entered the bedroom. Seeing the brunette sitting on the chair, her green eyes filled with emotion and sadness written all over her face, Aisha gave her best friend a sad smile. Walking towards Flora, she looked around the room and found it was incredibly tidy, as opposed to in the morning.
"Hello, Aisha. What are you doing here?"Flora gently asked as she tried not to cry. She could feel her eyes glimmer with tears as another mood change overcame her. God, how she hated not being in control of her own emotions!
"I was looking for you. The girls asked me to convince you to go to the lake and celebrate with them."Aisha said and she gave a comforting squeeze to Flora's shoulder as the other girl sighed. It was clear that the nature fairy was not in the mood for celebrating and, truly, neither was Aisha.
It had barely been a year since Aisha's beloved fianceè, Nabu, had sacrificed himself for the earth fairies. His death still weighed heavily on her mind and even after all this time, the guilt was too much. There were many times in which she had considered taking her own life so that she could join him, but she knew it was wrong and Nabu wouldn't want it from her. No, he would want her to be happy, even without him, but it was just too hard.
"Can you tell them that I'm not really in the mood for celebrating?"Flora asked her and this time she was unable to stop the the tears from falling. She started crying hard and there was nothing that Aisha could do but to hold her and tell her everything would be alright.
The two best friends remained like that for a few minutes, until Flora gained control over her emotions again. Cleaning up her face, she cast a grateful smile to the fairy of waves, to which Aisha returned with a nod of her head. There was a comfortable silence, but it was broken by the ring of a phone.
Pickig it up, Aisha saw Bloom's face and she sighed."They aren't going to give up on this. I really think that you should go there just so that they don't worry." Flora looked at her with a sad smile, but she knew Aisha was right. When it came to the winx, they never gave up on each other and always wanted to make each other happy. Too bad nothing could make Flora happy right now. Well, maybe if Helia decided to show up she could talk to him. Not a good idea! Remember that he has been ignoring you. Her head screamed.
"I don't want them to worry."Flora said and she lowered her head. Aisha was surprised at just how sad she looked. It was no secret that the green eyed beauty was upset about Helia, but Aisha didn't know the extent of that sadness until now. "But I don't think that I can just go there and pretend that I'm happy and that everything's okay."
"I know that, I felt the same way after Nabu died."Aisha says, her voice breaking at the last word. But she quickly recomposes herself, she needs to be strong right now for her best friend. "But you deserve to have a good time. Aren't you tired of staying here and moping over some jerk who has pushed you away?"She knows that she has gone too far by calling Helia a jerk. Like the kind soul she is, Flora immediately defends her boyfriend.
"Please, don't call him a jerk. He just hasn't been around lately."Flora attempts to defend Helia, but Aisha's words are true.
"Flo,I know you are a good person, but I think that you are too blinded by your love for him to realize that he has been acting like a jerk. He hasn't talked to you in weeks and he has been spendding time with a girl who isn't his girlfriend! He doesn't deserve you."Once again tears fall down Flora's face for Aisha's words, although harsh and almost cruel, are very true. She knows it, but she can't argue with anyone about Helia. Not only does she still loves him despite the way he had been treating her, but she's pregnant with his child. She needs him right now.
"I'm sorry, Flo, I was trying to help you, but I only managed to upset you more."
"No, Aisha, you are absolutely right. Helia has been treating me terribly lately and I should go there and end our relatonship, but I can't." Aisha's eyes widen at the words "end our relationship" for she never imagined Flora would go there. But she thinks that this is the best course of action.
"Why can't you break up with him? Just because you love him? Is it worth it to suffer like this for a man that doesn't even seem like he's interested in you ?"It is then that Flora realizes something: Aisha's her best friend. She has been there for Flora for all those years and no matter what she did, Aisha was there to comfort her. If someone deserves to know of the secret she has kept for all those weeks, it is Aisha. And so, Flora decides to drop the bomb.
"There's a reason why I don't want to break up with him, butif I tell you this, you have to promise that you'll keep it a secret."Aisha nods her head and turns her eyes to her. Those blue eyes that remind her of Helia are staring into her green ones and she can see acceptance and comfort there. Flora knows that she has made the right decision, but saying those words is too hard for her.
"Well... you see...ugh. I don't know how to do this."She hides her face in her hands and screams in frustration as she can't even let the words out.
"Just say it, Flora. I promisse you that I won't judge you and I will help you with whatever is going on."This was all that she needed.
"Aisha, I'm pregnant!"She blurts it out and waits for the other girl's reaction. Aisha's eyes widen once again and she freezes. She couldn't have heard it right, could she? Could Flora actually be pregnant?
"You..are... Oh My God!"Aisha screams and her eyes dart between Flora's face and her slightly rounded stomach. Everything makes sense now and Aisha realizes just how much the poor girl is suffering. Without a second thought, she hugs Flora again ad tries to comfort the nature fairy. Flora stays still, not crying for once, as she closes her eyes and just accepts the comfort. When the hug is over, Aisha looks at her with a million questions in mind.
"When did this happen? I didn'even know that you and Helia had..."Flora cuts her off before this conversation gets too akward.
"It was two months ago, before he started ignoring me. It wasn't our first time. But now he's gone and I don't know what to do!"She exclaims and sighes once again.
"Does he even know that he's going to be a father?"Flora sends her a look that says the obvious truth. Sure, Helia had been acting like a jerk lately, but if he had received such big news, even Aisha knew that he would at least have talked to Flora. He was the oldest of the specialists and he was also the most mature. He wouldn't just run away after learning all of this.
"I've been trying to figure out a way to tell him, but I just can't. What if he leaves me? He might be distant right now, but at least he hasn't gone anywhere."
"I understand that you are afraid of telling him, but even jerks deserve to know when their girlfriends are pregnant."They laugh at Aisha's somewhat joke and Flora instantly feels better for telling the water fairy the truth. It feels like a weigh has been lifted off her shoulders and she smiles a true smile for the first time in weeks.
"You're right Aisha. I must tell him before it's too late."Flora sighes as her stomach jumps at the thought of telling Helia the truth. She's terrified, but she needs to do this or else she will surely lose him forever.
A phone rings once again and Aisha picks hers up, but she's surprised to find it was actually Flora's phone that rang. Flora slowly stands up and walks towards the bed where her phone is vibrating. She freezes when she sees that Helia is the one calling her, almost as if he knows that she needs to tell him something important. She picks it up nervously and her voice is shaking as she answers it.
"Hello?" She prays that he doesn't notice how nervous she is.
"Flora? Is everything okay?" He answers and she notices he sounds nervous as well.
"Everything's fine."She answers tightly. "Why are you calling me?"Her words sound harsh, but she can't help but ask it. He had been ignoring her for two weeks and all of sudden he was calling her?
"I was just wondering if you wanted to take a walk with me."He ignores her harsh tone and his voice sounds even more nervous. She wonders what he's so nervous about, but chooses to focus on what she needs to tell him. She can't get distracted right now or else she will never tell him the truth.
"Okay. Where do I meet you?"She knows this is the time to tell him, but she's afraid that when they see each other she'll slap him in the face or yell at him. She tries to calm herself down and it eventually works.
"In front of the school. I should be there in a couple minutes." She noddes her head as she forces herself to be strong.
"I'll see in you then."They hang up and she sighes.
"Who was it? Was it the girls?"Aisha asks from behind her and she suddenly remembers that the water fairy is there.
"It was Helia. He wants to take a walk with me."She answers simply and Aisha understands.
"I guess this is the perfect time to tell him."She says and Flora simply noddes, too distracted by thoughts on how to do it to actually hear what Aisha's saying. "And to slap him in the face, cause he sure deserves it."Aisha adds and that puts a smile on Flora's face. She hugs her best friend and thanks her for her help before existing the room. As she walks towards the entrance all she can think about is why does Helia wants to talk to her all of sudden and how in the world is she going to give him the news.
