Hi everyone. I'm sorry I took long with this chapter. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 7:Getting To Know To Each Other part 1
Riven and Helia finished an intense training session, practicing the use of their sword fighting, and martial combat skills. "Geeze Riven, you need to calm down." Helia panted. "What are you talking about?" Riven asked annoyed. For the past two hours Riven focused all his anger and frustration towards training with Helia. Every punch, kick or swing of the sword contained an immense about of anger that he felt towards that scrawny, blacked haired guy that kept putting his thin lips on the cheek of the fairy he loves. Riven looked at Helia and all he saw was Jared when he was training. "Yea I think that's enough training." Helia said while grabbing a bottle of water from his gym bag. "Sorry pal" Riven said as he padded his friend on the shoulder. "I guess I don't know my own strength" Riven said as they started walking off the field. "That's not what I'm talking about." Helia said " You need to tell her how you feel, holding it in is unhealthy for you." Helia began explaining. " I don't know what you're talking about." Riven said annoyed. While walking back to the dorm Riven and Helia passed the front of the playground. "GRRRR" Riven groaned as he sqeezed all the water out of the bottle. Helia looked in the direction Riven was facing. They saw Musa and Jared sitting close to each other laughing and talking. "I think keeping it in is a wise thing to do." Riven said angrily. "They're not doing anything Riven. They're talking. You need to stop jumping to conclusions and think something is going on. You have a bad habit of doing that Riven." Helia said. "Yea whatever." Riven replied. "C'mon you're seeing her tonight, ask her. Musa won't lie to you, besides I think you're reading more to this." Helia said reassuringly. The two specialists quickly passed the park without Musa noticing them. The boys walked the rest of the way to their dorm in silence.
Once in his room Riven jumped in the shower. He let the water from the shower head wash away his anger from earlier. "Maybe Helia is right, maybe I'm overreacting for nothing." Riven thought to himself. "Either way in a few hours I'll be seeing her, and I still don't know what to do to make it up to her for yesterday." He thought about what Musa would like to do, it had to be great Riven thought.
Riven got dressed and started pacing in his bedroom. "I don't know what to do, do I take her out to the movies, get some food?" Riven began asking himself out loud. "You okay?" Helia asked as he walked into the room. He saw the look of frustration R on Riven's face. "Can I make a suggestion?" Helia asked his friend. Riven stopped pacing and looked up with a look of desperation on his face. "Maybe you should take her to a place you like. Let her get to see the real Riven and the not annoyed defensive one she's used to." Helia suggested. Riven took his friend's idea and thought. After a few moments he thought of the perfect place to take Musa.
Back at Alfea Musa was frantically going through her wardrobe trying to find something to wear. "I have no idea what we're doing or even if he's going to show." Musa said out loud. "Who's not going to show" Tecna asked as she and the rest of the Winx girls walked into the room. "Musa has a hot date with Riven tonight, actually I don't think you can put Riven and hot date in the same sentence." Stella said laughing as she walked into Musa's closet looking for an outfit for her pigtailed friend to wear. "You're going to look great tonight, no matter what you wear." Flora said reassuringly. "Thanks Flo… welcome back." Musa said. "So a date with Riven, I wonder what you guys are going to do?" Bloom asked curiously. "It's not a date. We are just friends. He feels guilty for the accident and wants to be nice." Musa said.
"Sweetie I don't think that, and you shouldn't." Bloom told her friend. "Yea well" Musa said as she rolled her eyes. Stella came out of Musa's closet holding a dark blue denim skirt with a red tank top and a denim jacket. "Here" Stella said as she handed the outfit to Musa. "This will be perfect for whatever you guys do tonight" Musa looked at the outfit and quickly put it on. She trusted Stella's fashion opinion, plus she only had a half hour left before she had to go. Musa took the outfit and got dressed. Her friends wished her luck. Musa took a quick glance in the mirror, and had to give it to Stella; Musa thought she looked good tonight. She wasn't over or under dressed. "Bye guys." Musa said as she left her bedroom and walked out the door.
Musa looked at her watch and saw that she was still a few minutes early. She walked over to one of the benches and sat down. Musa was nervously anxious for the night to start. Musa really believed that Riven wouldn't show up. She took a deep breath in and looked up at the stars. "Oh mom" She said out loud. "Help me". Musa began to think of her mom, she remembered how she and her mom would sit outside at night in their garden back in her kingdom and watch the stars. Her mom would tell her stories about how you can tell your future just by looking at the stars. Musa remembered one night when she was six that she saw a bunch of stars that appeared to take the form of a heart, and she showed her mom. Her mother told her that it means Musa will have lots of love in her life. She will never be lonely, because someone will always love her. Musa knew that the story her mother told wasn't really true. You can't tell your future by looking at stars, Musa thought, but she still liked the memory of it, and the thought that she will always be loved. A tear trickled down Musa's right cheek, and she quickly wiped it. Musa didn't want to get upset, not now at least when she is suppose to hang out with Riven. After a few minutes Musa heard a noise behind her but she thought it was just one of the students of Alfea so she didn't move. It was Riven standing there watching her. He's looking at her in awe, and anxiously waiting to start the night with Musa. Riven took a deep breath. "Hey" He said. Musa turned around saw Riven, she couldn't help but smiled. "Hey, you came." Musa said sounding surprised "Yea why wouldn't I?" He asked annoyed. "Did she not want me to come?" Riven thought annoyed "I don't know thought maybe you wouldn't show." She responded. Riven didn't understand why Musa would think that. Did she not want to hang out?" He thought. Riven always thought the worst in people, but with Musa he didn't want to think that way. "Umm… How's your ankle?" He asked as he walked around the bench and stood in front of her. "Better…..Thanks….You did a good job with first aid kit." Musa said. Riven smirked at her comment. "Yea well it was nothing." He said. "So… are you ready?" He asked. "Yea….where do you want to go?" She asked. "No where special." Riven said. "Oh…sounds like loads of fun." Musa said sarcastically as they walked towards his levabike. "Idiot! Why did I say that, now she's going to think I don't care. Way to go jackass." Riven thought to himself.
"New bike?" Musa asked as she eyed the levebike that was standing in front of her. "Nope… Same one… I worked on it all morning." Riven said. "Well you did a great job…looks great." She said. "Yep" Riven responded annoyed. He started to think about this afternoon when he saw Musa and Jared in the park. Riven handed Musa the extra helmet and sat on the levabike. She looked at it hoping he put a sticker on it like last time, but there was nothing. She placed the helmet over her head, and climbed on the bike. Once she had her arms wrapped around his waste they drove off.
For Musa it felt like they were riding on the bike forever. "Are we there yet?" She shouted. "Just ahead…..why…bored already?" Riven responded jokingly. "Just asking" She said. A few minutes later Riven slowed down and stopped his levabike in front of a large oak tree. Riven and Musa climbed off the levabike, and Musa began to examine her surroundings. They were on a large grassy hill over looking Alfea. There were trees all over the place, and flowers growing along the edge of the cliff. "Where are we? She asked curiously. "I don't know if this place has a name but I came here all the time when I first started Red Fountain…great thinking place." Riven said as he pulled a bag and blanket out of the trunk of his levebike. "It's a pretty place...thank you for sharing it with me." Musa said surprisingly. "Yea well, thought we'd get to know each other, and couldn't think of a better place than this." Riven said.
Musa was standing against the oak tree enjoying the view. "Catch" Riven called out as he tossed the bag towards Musa. "What's this?" she asked as she caught the bag.
Riven was opening up the blanket above the grass, so the two can sit down. "Dinner" He said "Dinner?...gee. I was in the mood for paper, you know me so well." Musa said jokingly "Ha-ha. Open the bag." Riven said. "I know…it was a joke…you know it wouldn't hurt you to loosen up once in awhile, instead of just always having a look on your face and an attitude." Musa said "Attitude…me…..okay….that's partially true… but I don't always have a look on my face." Riven said sarcastically. "Of course you don't… your Mr. Sunshine 24/7." Musa said laughing. Riven smirked. "I like it when she is sarcastic like that, almost putting me in my place." He thought to himself "Is that a smile I see?" Musa said as she looked at him. "No you're seeing things" Riven says trying not to laugh. "Sure…that's what it is. I'm hallucinating from yesterday's accident." Musa said jokingly. "Oh that's funny….just eat your dinner." Riven said.
They sat on the blanket next to each other staring at the beautiful view that is in front of them. Opening the brown bag, Musa was surprised to see her favorite sandwich, honey glazed turkey and cheese on a hero. "This is my favorite sandwich. How did you know I like this? " Musa asked. "I make it a point to know what you like" Riven thought to himself. "Ummm..I took a guess." Riven responded.
Looking at Riven surprisingly, "good guess." Musa said "How could he have known…I doubt he guessed…hmmm" Musa thought to herself. Riven and Musa sat on the blanket enjoying their dinner. "That's sweet of him to bring a blanket for us to sit on…..not like him at all though." Musa thought. Riven handed Musa a plastic bottle of iced-tea. "Here. Just incase you're thirsty." He said "Thanks." Musa responded.
Musa was glad to have a drink, honey glazed turkey always gets her very thirsty.
"It's so beautiful up here" Musa said as she continued to looka round the area. "Oh wow!" Musa shouted out as she got up from the blanket. "What?"Riven asked concerned. Pointing to a bunch of flowers at her right, "There are red daisies up here." Musa said excitedly. "What's the big deal about that?" He asked. "I have the exact same flowers growing in my garden back home" Musa explained. "So?" Riven said. "Sooooo my mom and I planted them before she died, she knew that red is my favorite color, and I always loved the smell of daisies….I never saw them near Alfea….I thought they only grew in my kingdom." Musa explained "Oh" Riven said. Idiot….why don't you listen more carefully….smart move. Riven thought to himself.
"So…. I wonder if people come up here." Musa asked as she sat back on the blanket.
"Not really, many people don't know about it…..that's why its so great." Riven started to explain. "I don't want this place to get infested with people all the time….where would I go to be by myself." He finished. "I see" Musa said. "But…you told me."
Musa and Riven began looking at each other. Their eyes met, and their bodies moved closer to one another. "Yea… a….umm" Riven began to stutter. "You're different." He said. "Wow did I just say that out loud." Riven thought to himself. "I am?" Musa said surprisingly.
Riven continued looking into Musa's big blue eyes, but quickly turned away from her and began looking towards Alfea. "A…yea…I know you would….a… keep my secrets." Riven said. "Oh…of course I will." Musa said as she began to blush.