Thank you all so much for all the support. Here's the last and final chapter of Home Is Where the Heart Is. I wanted to add a lot more humor to this, hence the OOCness of some characters.
"Um, would any of you like some orange juice?" Flora asked, awkwardly.
"I'm up for some," Bloom said, wanting to ease the awkwardness of the whole situation. Everybody agreed, left and right.
"Same here." - Tecna
"Me too." - Riven
"Sure." - Stella
"Uh huh." - Layla
"Yeah, same." - Nabu
"Why not?" - Timmy
"Okay..." - Helia
"Fine with me." - Sky
"Ditto." - Musa
"Okay, uh, I'll just... go get it." Flora said. Everyone nodded—did I forget to mention awkwardly?—and started bombarding Brandon with questions as soon as she was out of sight.
"What the hell is she doing here with you?" Tecna asked.
"And why the hell are you so keen on keeping us away from her?" Riven asked angrily.
"Are you still mad at me?" Stella asked quietly.
"Why didn't you tell us that you found her?" Timmy asked, genuinely confused.
"You know that we've been looking for her for a long time. She's my best friend! I just don't understand." Layla said.
"Dude, you should've told us." Nabu told him.
"I'm just going to keep quiet." Sky said.
"But you're contradicting what you just said by speaking which technically means that you're not keeping quiet." Timmy pointed out.
"Can we just go back to questioning Brandon?" Bloom asked.
"ENOUGH!" Brandon yelled. "Tecna, Flora's here with me because she's not there with you. Riven, it's because I don't want her to get hurt any more than she is now. Stella, quite frankly, yes, I'm still mad, but not as mad as I was a few months ago. Timmy, it's because she's not ready yet. Layla, she's not ready to see you yet, I'm waiting for the time when she does. Nabu, it's all up to her. Sky, you're not being quiet and I agree with Timmy. Timmy, you're right, he's not being quiet. Bloom, hell no. You guys aren't questioning me anymore!" After that he was clearly out of breath.
But, sadly, nobody listened to Brandon's last statement, and kept asking him questions, some, just plain stupid questions since they didn't know what else to ask.
They failed to notice that Helia wasn't with them anymore.
"Hey." Helia said as he entered the kitchen.
Flora turned around to see her boyfriend—ehem, ex-boyfriend—standing there behind her.
"Hi," she said softly.
"So..." He said.
"So..." Flora repeated.
They looked at each other for a moment and burst out laughing.
Helia leaned on the counter. "Listen, Flora... I'm really sorry for the heartbreak I caused you. I really do hope that you can forgive me."
Flora walked over and placed a hand on his arm. "I'm not the type of person to hold grudges, Helia. You know that. Which is why I've forgiven you already. Don't worry about it, okay?"
He nodded and smiled. "So, we're cool then?"
She smiled back and kissed his cheek. "We're cool."
"Brandon." Stella said.
"Stella." Brandon coolly remarked.
"I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't mean to do what I did. You were the perfect boyfriend to me and I—I..." She broke down crying. Brandon sighed and rubbed circles on her back.
"It's fine. You're sorry and that's all that matters."
In her happiness, Stella gave him a hug. "Thank you. Thank you so much, Brandon."
"I'm coming back to Alfea," Flora said after everyone finished their juice.
"You are?" Bloom smiled. Everyone beamed with happiness. Flora only nodded. The girls tackled her with a hug.
"I'm so glad!" Layla said, "I finally got my best friend back."
"She never went, right Flo?" Stella asked. They were on good terms once more.
"Yeah." Flora smiled warmly. After the girls hugged her, she went over to the guys and hugged them.
"Glad to see you back." Sky said. She smiled her thanks.
"You guys can come back tomorrow to help me pack, alright?" Flora said.
They all agreed on one o'clock, and soon, it was time for them to go.
Brandon shut the door after they left.
"So... where were we?"
THE END! Hope you guys like it. I have an idea for a new story, it's a horror story, but I still don't know which pairs to use. Suggestions, anybody?
