3. GETTING THINGS STRAIGHT,

Jane rushed to her room and took out her bag. She searched inside it for minutes and then picked two dresses. "What are you doing?" asked Flora, looking at the mess; dresses were all over the bed. "I'll explain later," she said, took the two dresses and rushed out.

She stood outside Stella's room and knocked slowly. "Stella, are you there?" she said. "Yeah, come in," came the answer. Jane entered the room. Stella was brushing her hair; she saw Jane and smiled, though it didn't look like one.

"You want something?" she asked concentrating on her hair. "Yeah, as I'm gonna meet friends of yours, I wanted to look good," she paused and saw Stella turn to her. "So, can you help me which dress to wear and should I wear my hair down or tie a pony?" she said.

"Why ask me?" she said keenly looking at the dresses from the place she was. "I heard you are the most fashionable fairy at Alphea. I thought you'll help, but if you don't want to, it's ok," she said and made a sad face.

"Ok, let me see," Stella got up and took the dresses. "You have a great choice. I'll pick this one," she pointed at the black skirt with a red rose at the waist and a red top. "I loved it too," she smiled and was happy to get a sweet smile from Stella in return.

"And for your hair…" she took Jane's hand and made her sit in front of the mirror. She made two curls and let the loose on her face. She left rest straight. All that time they talked a lot.

She looked at her reflection and blushed. "You are looking great!" said Stella looking proud with her work. "Thank you Stella," she said getting up.

"I'm sorry that I acted cold before," she said looking sheepish. "But now we are friends right?" she added and Jane felt very happy. "Off course we are." She hugged her and left the room.

She was going back to her room, but stopped hearing a light music before Musa's room. She stood there for sometime hearing the music. Then suddenly the music stopped and Jane heard hurried foot steps towards the door. She wanted to go to her room but was too late. The door opened and there was a confused looking Musa.

"Hey, Jane," she said. "Oh, hai. I…was just passing by and heard music which was really nice and…" she said hurriedly making Musa smile. "Come in," she motioned her to sit on her bed. "You look interested in music?" Musa asked sitting beside her. "Yes. I love rock music and specially dancing to it," she said getting up excitedly.

"You remind me a lot about Layla," she said slowly watching her. Jane looked around the room and found a red guitar hanging on the wall. "Wow! Can I see it," she asked pointing at it. "Sure," she helped her get it down.

"I used to play guitar when I was a junior. I didn't get much time to learn perfectly," Jane said and suddenly feeling sad remembering the past. Flashes of she playing guitar along with her two best friends crossed her mind followed by an image of a boy with blonde hair in spikes smiling at her. She shook her head to come out from her thoughts.

"I would love to hear you play," Musa said tapping her shoulder. Jane nodded and played a small tune she remembered. "You are really good. If you like, I can teach you," Musa winked. "Like? I would love to learn from you," she said, "We are friends now?" she added.

"Yeah. Sorry I take much time to trust people. So I acted that way," she said and gave her a hug.

Jane got out of the room and told the other guys about it. "See, I got things straight with Stella and Musa," she said feeling proud. "Yes you did," Flora kept her arm around Jane.

"Let's get ready. The specialists will be here any moment," Bloom said and rushed to her room to get ready.

After some time, the girls got down and stood near the entrance. "Princesses don't wait!" Stella yelled seeing that the guys were not there. "Don't worry Stella, there they are," said Techna pointing at the bikes heading in their direction. "Hey, this is weird," Musa added, "there are six bikes?!"

The bikes landed and everyone went to their respective boyfriends. Jane was standing near the entrance watching them.

"Excuse me," Max said to Helia who was deeply looking into Flora's eyes. He stepped back hearing Max and Flora blushed. "Girls, there is someone I want you all to meet," Helia called out and they turned their attention towards him.

"He is Max. My twin brother," he said and the girls looked at him with surprise. "Helia has a twin brother?" Techna said and Flora who was beside her nodded.

"He'll be joining us for a special mission. We don't know what it is at present," Sky explained. "Hmm," Stella stepped forward. She started walking around Max and he felt a bit uneasy. "You don't look like him," she said still examining him. "Yeah," he giggled running hand through his silky brown hair.

"Wait, we have someone you would like to meet too," Flora said and looked at Jane who was silently standing at some distance. She motioned her to come. Jane hesitated but joined them.

Max stared at her. 'God, you listened to me! I asked for a gorgeous Alphea fairy and she, she is just so perfect,' he thought and still was staring at her.

"She is Jane. She is taking Layla's place to teach. She is with us now," Flora said and the boys smiled warmly making her feel a lot better. "She is Beautiful," Brandon said in a low voice and Stella, who heard him glared at him. "I mean, not more than my sunshine off course," he said smiling at Stella.

"So, what's the plan?" Stella asked him. "I thought you had a plan," Brandon chuckled.

"I know where we can go," Flora said sounding exited.

Thank you for reading.