Sorry for not updating yesterday, I was so busy! But still here is a long chapter to make up for it all!
Thank you to Secret Keys, Stellawinx, stella-my-life, Stella, angelalexandra, StellaxBrandonLover and PriincessCiara for reviewing.
Diclaimer: I don't own Winx Club
Chapter 6 The Love has gone.
Melissa took Brandon back to her store; she let him in the back room where there was a small office in the back.
"Have a seat" Melissa said sitting down on her spinning chair, "Now, look at this book" She said handing a book to Brandon, "These are all the necklace's we have to offer or if there's nothing to your taste I can take a plain silver chain and create it by adding a stone to it".
Brandon flicked through the book, the necklaces were very pretty and pricey but they didn't stand out, he wanted something unique like Stella.
"Nothing you like?" Melissa said looking a little down hearted.
"They are all very pretty, but I want something that's unique, one of a kind just like Stella" Brandon explained.
Melissa nodded, "So a custom made one it is, I can have one made by today for you, now what stone do you want in it?"
Brandon thought hard, being a squire he didn't really know what were just normal stones and what were big beautiful ones, he looked up at Melissa and sighed, Melissa gave a small giggle.
"Ok, do you have a picture of her, that way I can see what stones would suit her" She explained.
Brandon immediately fished out his wallet and opened it revealing a picture of Stella, Melissa carefully took it in her hands and analysed it.
"She's gorgeous" Melissa whispered, "Beautiful eyes".
"I think that they are her best feature" Brandon said with a smile "No, her hair is lovely, its so soft and smells sweet, no I think its her lips, they are so soft when I kiss her and taste like honey…no hang on it's-."
Melissa held up her hand, "Ok calm down" She said with a giggle, "I can see you really love her, you're right, a girl like her shouldn't have a necklace that other girls will wear she needs something just for her, couture!"
"That's her favourite word" Brandon muttered.
"Fashion conscious?" Melissa asked and Brandon nodded, "I like it!"
Meanwhile Stella was returning after going shopping for her Christmas presents, she was very pleased with her finds especially Brandon's, she had got him a very expensive shirt, something that she knew would suit him well and it was green, his favourite colour.
She smiled to herself and walked into her apartment, there she found Tecna and Musa surrounded by Layla, Bloom and Flora, when they saw Stella's they're faces fell.
"Hey girls" Stella said a little nervous, "What's up?"
"Stella…we have something to tell you" Musa whispered.
"What?" Stella asked, "What's wrong, is everyone ok?"
"Not really" Bloom said.
"Stell…we really don't want to tell you this, especially with all you've been through but…" Layla trailed off.
"Girls you're really starting to scare me" Stella said, "What's going on?"
"Stella we saw Brandon today…with another girl" Flora came out with it.
There was a small crash as the several bags that Stella was holding fell down to the floor…
Brandon was waiting in Melissa's shop while she added the finishing touches to Stella's necklace; he waited patiently watching her carefully engrave letters to the back of the silver pendant.
"Is it done yet?" Brandon asked.
"Now, now" Melissa cooed, "We want this to be perfect right? Well perfection takes time".
Brandon sighed and sat back, he looked down at the necklace and thought about Stella, he really did hope that she liked it, she really deserved this, and he didn't seem to mind anymore that it could be pretty expensive.
He just wanted to make this Christmas a treat for Stella, there wasn't going to be any fights during the holiday, Stella had nothing to worry about.
"And we're done" Melissa's voice rang out bringing Brandon out of his train of thoughts.
"Really?" He asked sitting up.
Melissa nodded and handed over the necklace, Brandon cradled it in his hands like a precious jewel; well it was a precious jewel, for his Princess so it had to be handled with care.
"After hearing your description of Stella and seeing a picture of her I knew that a bright purple and green sapphire would suit her, they are very rare and I am lucky to have found some to use for my jewellery" Melissa explained.
"Why is it called purple and green?" Brandon asked, "It just looks purple to me".
"It may look purple on the outside but if you look deep into the centre you can see traces of green" Melissa said, "Look".
Brandon lifted the necklace up to his eyes and looked into it, sure enough there were small green lines swirling around the gem magnificently.
A smile came to his face, "Melissa…thank you…thank you, thank you so much!" He said pulling her into a big hug, "It's beautiful, she'll love it".
Melissa smiled, "Another satisfied customer".
"How much do I owe you?" Brandon asked pulling his wallet back out.
Melissa reached out and placed a hand on Brandon's wallet, "Put it away, I don't want any money, just the fact that you're happy means that I'm happy" She said.
"Now go! And have a great Christmas!" She called as Brandon left the shop.
Brandon decided to go and see Stella, he wasn't going to spoil the surprise but his missed her and wanted to see her before Christmas.
He walked towards her apartment and pushed open the door, "Hey Stella" He called.
She was no where to be seen, he walked towards her room, "Hey Stella, where are you?"
There, he saw her. She was sitting in her room looking at Brandon, she look furious.
"Stell are you ok?" Brandon asked, she didn't say anything.
"Stella" He said reaching out towards her.
"Don't touch me" She snapped.
Brandon retreated his hand, "Are you ok?" he asked.
"You tell me."
"Well…you look pretty angry" Brandon said, "Do you want to tell me what's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Stella fumed, "Well what's wrong is that after everything that I told you about wanting to have a great Christmas you go and spoil it".
Brandon gasped, had Stella found out about the surprise, he didn't want to say in case it wasn't that but still why was she so mad?
"You had to go and ruin it, I can't believe you" Stella continued.
"What have I done?" Brandon asked.
"You going out with another girl!" Stella shrieked.
"What?" Brandon whispered.
"Yes that's right" Stella huffed, "The girls saw you out with 'a beautiful brunette' how could you?"
"Stella, no you don't understand it's…" Brandon stopped; he didn't want to ruin the surprise even though Stella was angry.
"Save it" Stella growled, "I thought this Christmas was going to be amazing, but no, you've ruined it".
"Stella it's not what you think" Brandon tried to explained.
"I know exactly what it is" Stella said, "I said that this would happen, I knew that what happened years ago would repeat itself, you said it wouldn't happen but once again love has ruined this day for me".
Brandon tried to grab Stella's wrists to calm her down, "Stella stop! I'm not seeing this girl! Why don't you trust me?"
"I did" Stella said, "But now I'm not sure at all, now that you're with that girl".
"Stella!" Brandon shouted, "I'm not with her?"
"Then what were you doing with her?" Stella asked folding her arms.
"I-." Brandon thought about the necklace, "I can't say".
"You're with her then!" Stella shouted, "If you're can't tell me then your with her".
"No!" Brandon cried out, "Stella stop it your over reacting, just shut up about this girl I'm not with her and I'm not listening to this anymore, you're jumping to conclusions and your being stupid-."
SLAP
Stella's palm slashed across Brandon's face, leaving behind a burning sting on his face, Brandon clasped and hand to his cheek in shock.
"Get out" Stella murmured, "Now!"
Brandon didn't have to be told twice, he didn't look back at her and he stormed out.
When Stella heard the door slam she placed her hand over her mouth and let out a loud sob, she slowly collapsed down on the floor crying louder. She had thought that Brandon cared for her, and now he was nothing to her.
Brandon was walking back trough Gardenia, his cheek still stinging, he walked down a empty street and sighed, he looked up towards the dark sky and felt a tear run down his face.
He rummaged through his pocket and pulled out the necklace, he looked at it; it reminded him of Stella badly. He wanted to tell her, but he didn't want to ruin the surprise and he didn't expect things to blow up like that.
He brought the necklace to his lips and kissed it, things needed to be sorted out, tomorrow was Christmas Eve, and things needed to be ok between them…