"Okay so we agreed on, that we are going to take three cars?" Sky asked very authorizing as they were agreeing on what to take with them for the trip tomorrow. They were all sitting together in the café and had just finished making a few adjustments to Helia, Layla, Nabu, Stella and Timmy's plan since they were going to be ten and not five like originally planned.

"Yes." Helia said, and every nodded in agreement.

"Okay I think that was it." Timmy said and was about to get up when Stella stopped him, by saying.

"Wait we have to talk about the actually party." She said and Layla looked at her confused.

"What about the birthday party Demon promised he would take care of everything to do with the party." That was the last thing Stella had said to her, the last time they had talked about Musa's birthday party.

"Well he has or to be specific his mother has everything planed, it is going to be divided in two parts. The first part are going to be the ball part were we all have to wear formalwear, that means us girls have to wear ball gowns and you guys have to wear tuxedos. The second part this going to be the actual party were all the old people goes home, there are we going to roast Musa and just after that Musa's band have a surprise for her I don't know what it is, they all very secretive about it. Oh and the theme are masquerade ball, so we have to wear masks." Demon had only informed her about this today, but to be honest she was relieved that it was Demon's mother who was taking care of everything.

"I don't have a ball gown." Flora said slightly panicking, how was she going to find a ball gown by tonight, they were leaving tomorrow after all.

"Me neither." Tecna said and confirmed what Stella thought.

"Don't worry, I got a hold of one of a designer friend of mine, who specialty is ball gowns. He gave me his key to his shop so girls we are going shopping, my treat." Stella said enthusiastic as she got up from her chair and the other girls did the same, even though Layla wasn't too happy about it and had to make a comment about it.

"I'm sure Musa isn't going to be thrilled about this." Layla mumbled to Nabu before she left and Nabu gave her a please behave yourself look, which Layla only chuckled at him. That left the five guys alone.

"I think this a great idea, who came up with it?" Brandon said breaking the silence that the girls had left them with.

"It was Stella idea after she had apologized to Flora for drunk dialing her." Helia said and he could see the mix emotions in Brandon's eyes as he said Stella's name.

"Well is sound like Stella had a fun night then." Sky said trying to light the mood.

"Oh no I don't think Stella will go out with Rob anytime soon." Nabu said pretty sure and didn't noticed Brandon's eyes growing bigger, when he realized Stella had been with Rob last night.

"No I think she is done with him now." Helia said deep in thoughts which made Timmy ask.

"Why do you think that?"

"Because normally she will try to defend her and Rob's actions but this time, she straight out said that she had screwed up big time. I right think she is done with Rob or at least I hop so; she didn't talk much about Rob but then again she did spend a lot of time talking about Roxy." Helia stopped when he realized he had mention Roxy

"Stella talked about Roxy?" Brandon said interested to hear, why Stella talked about Roxy.

"Yes on the way over to Flora but I don't think I should talk about it." Helia could see Brandon was disappointed and Helia couldn't help but add." But it seems that Stella don't like the fact that you are dating."

"Brandon isn't dating Roxy." Sky said when Brandon didn't say anything; because he was shocked that Stella cared if he was dating anyone, that could only mean one thing- she still had feelings for him.

"Well you might want to tell her that." Timmy said and hoped Brandon would do it soon or he would have to hear about it for hours. As soon as Timmy had said that Brandon face lighted up in a smile, maybe there where hope after all. He just had to find the perfect moment to talk to her about it.


"Have you seen this?" John asked and everyone in the bus looked at him as he gazed shocked at the magazine in front of him, Demon was driving and one else was sitting around the dinner table doing separate things.

"What is it now?" Musa answered him with a question while not looking up from her magazine. She needed something to the distract her mind from yesterday, she would be the first to admit that she had done a lot of screwed up things and she had always known she wasn't a saint. But last night she had hit rock bottom when she kissed Riven that was one thing she was sure of but everything else she wasn't quite so sure of.

She knew she had said to him that it didn't change anything, that he was still an arrogant jerk who thought he could do whatever he wanted. But she could feel it wasn't the same when she work up this morning to find Harry waking her up and not Riven, she couldn't help but feel disappointed that Riven's voice wasn't the first thing she heard. Riven himself had been acting a little strange; he barely looked at her and didn't talk to her in anyway, not like before were he always had some comment to make about her or something she did. The rest of the guys had noticed it too and had asked what happen between them last night; they both had mumbled nothing and hadn't explained more than that.

"You know that article you did the photo shoot for? Well the photo form the photo shoot isn't the only photo they have used." Tyler said from behind John and turned pale; Musa looked up and saw this, now she had to see what Tyler and John's reaction was about. Musa who was sitting next to John leaned into see the photo and was quite shocked herself; it wasn't because of the photo that were an old photo from back when Demon and her were dating, no it was because she knew the only person who could have given it to the magazine were her father.

She knew she couldn't run from her past but she would never have thought her dad would have given a magazine, one of the only photos she had left him. It had been a little over two years since she had seen or talked to her dad and she definitely didn't like talking about it, and that was why John and Tyler reacted the way they did. Every one of the band and her closest friends knew how she felt about her father; that was why John and Tyler reacted that way, they knew it would upset her when she saw it. "Well that just confirms I made the right choice." She said in a ice cold voice as she got up and walked to her room.

"What is going on?" Harry asked what Riven was thinking; they were both sitting on the other side of the table and were leaning over the table to see the magazine and were trying to figure out what was going on. Riven didn't understand one thing what was going on; it was just a photo of her and Demon with their arms wrapped around each other, somehow it brought out a feeling of jealousy in him towards Demon luckily Demon was driving the bus right now.

"What is the big deal?" It came out a lot harder then Riven intended it to, but he couldn't care less.

"Musa have some… daddy issues that is all you need to know. I think we just have to make sure there is always someone in the bus if she needs us, I think she needs some time for herself." Harry tried to explain.

"Okay." Riven said and returned to what he was doing before, Harry seemed to know how to handle it and he didn't want to get involved.


"Come on out I want to see you." Stella yelled excited to see if the dresses she had picked out for Layla, Bloom, Flora and Tecna were as perfect as she thought. Blooms were the first one to step out behind the red curtain. Bloom was wearing a blue strapless gown features a sweetheart neckline and a lace up back. The bodice was with beaded appliqués that come to a point at the drop waist and it has a sprinkle of beaded appliques throughout the tulle skirt. Bloom smiled as she walked over the mirror and turned around for Stella to see the dress on her.

"Stella you are right, this is the perfect dress." Bloom squealed happy.

"Well what can I say, I'm just that good." Stella said and Flora stepped out and joined them. Flora had an outrageous Satin and Tulle pink ball gown on, with a sweetheart neckline accented with a hand-beaded brooch detail. The bodice with full circular cute tulle skirt have a generously sequins.

"I can't thank you enough Stella." Flora smiled gratefully to Stella.

"Oh don't think about it." Then Tecna and Layla came out Layla were wearing an apple Green Elegant tulle and satin ball gown with a Low sweetheart neckline. The gown had a brilliantly beaded bodice and contrasting satin pleated band at the empire waistline and with a full tulle skirt with scattered. The lace up corset back made the gown fit flawlessly on her body. Tecna's dress was a simple purple elegant tulle ball gown with wide and sparkling beaded band at the natural waistline; and had also like they others, a lace up corset in the back.

"Are you not going to try yours on?" Tecna asked Stella.

"No I tried mine on this morning, so it you just have to wait till the party to see it." Stella teased and smiled, she was really excited about this. The next three days she was going be with Brandon without Roxy, that was her chance to get Brandon back and by the end of this trip she was going to see Musa. Things were looking up for her.

"You seem excited." Layla noticed.

"I'm, I'm going to see one of my best friends in less than four days. Of course I'm excited, in fact-"Stella got interrupted by her phone and her eyes widened as she saw who it was." I have to take this." She said and went outside to take the call.


"I don't believe you." Timmy Laughed hard, the guys had all stayed and talked for the last few hours. Brandon had just told them about a time Sky, Tecna, Flora and he went out for ice cream and Tecna and Flora got the shock of their life; and ended up dropping their ice cream down in Sky's lap.

"I swear I'm not." Brandon managed to get out as Layla walked up to them.

"You guys seem to have a good time, I'm sorry to interrupt but I need to borrow Nabu for a minute." Layla smiled and took Nuba's hand; he had no clue on what Layla needed him for.

"Well I guess I will see you guys tomorrow bye." Nabu left with Layla and Helia shook his head, Layla definitely had Nabu wrapped around her finger no matter how much Nabu tried to deny it.

"I guess I should be going too, I haven't packed yet so that needs to be done. You know if you had told me two months ago that I would be taking a three day long trip to see Riven who is a manager on a radio tour for a band, I would have told you that you were crazy." Brandon said.

"Yes a lot of things have happened over this last couple of months." Sky agreed with him." But Riven will always stand the same as a person matter what happens."

"How much do I need to pack?" Timmy said and the guys continued to talk.

Outside Layla and Nabu were talking." I'm really looking forward to having you for myself the next couple of days." Nabu said and Layla's smiled disappeared." What are you not telling me?"

"Well I talked to my dad and we agreed while I'm in some of the realms we are staying in for the night, I might as well meet up with some people that…"Layla stopped herself there was no use explaining it to him, she could already see he was disappointed and her explaining why, wasn't going to change that. "I have to work and I know you are disappointed in fact I'm too, I haven't seen much to you lately and I was looking forward to spending some time with you. But you know I have to do it and you said you were fine with me taking on more royal obligations."

"I'm fine with it." He was fine with her taking on more royal obligations but lately he had felt like they were drifting apart, Layla just seemed distant every time they talked or were together. He had two opportunities now he could talk to her about it or he could change the subject to something else and pretend like something wasn't bothering him; normally he would choose the first one but he knew she had a lot on her plate.

"I wanted to spent some alone time with you, now that we both have the time."

"Sounds like a good idea, what do you want to do?" Nabu smiled but the smile didn't reach up to his eyes like it usually did.

"Well I was thinking that we could have dinner together and then go for a walk, it has been a long time since we have done that." Layla said happy, she didn't noticed Nabu was holding anything back.


Tecna was done packing and was now playing one of her favorite online games; she was sitting on the edge of her chair and was focusing on the screen in front of her. That was when the game's message box popped up; it was a message from Timotheos73, another gamer she often chatted with when she was playing.

Timotheos73: how was your day?

Tec_girl: not as bad as I expected it to be.

Timotheos73: What is that supposed to mean, why did you expect it to be bad?

What she meant was that she was glad Timmy hadn't said a word to her about what they had talked about yesterday. She still didn't know how she felt about everything or if she believed what Timmy had told her, she had actually tracked this Kelly person down and called her but she didn't answer her phone. She knew she would only believe him when she had talked to Kelly.

Tec_girl: That is a long story; don't really want to talk about it. How was your day?

Timotheos73: good, I actually think I got some new friends to day.

Tec_girl: Well that sounds good; it is always good to have some friends when you are in need.
Tecna wrote while she thought about her own friends, she had to admit she admire her friends for not getting involved when she knew how much they wanted to. Yes they all had very different backgrounds and upbringing; Bloom and Sky were both royalty and was brought up that way, Flora were brought up with nature next door on Linphea.

Her own upbringing had been like most others growing up on Zenith, strict but loving even though a true Zenithian doesn't show emotions. Brandon had grown up with very supporting parents and also hugs and kisses every other minute; even as a baby Brandon had a way with the opposite sex. And then there was Riven who's upbringing she knew nothing about because Riven ever talked about his childhood or his family, and she had the feeling there was a good reason why. Yes sometimes she wondered if they would still be friends if they had met each other now and not when they were 15.

Timotheos73: yes it is, by the way have you heard about the new software that is coming out?

Tec_girl: Yes I have, it supposed to bee…Tecna chatted with Timotheos73 for about an hour before she logged off and went to bed, she had to be up by 03:30 and she wanted to get a good night's rest.


After spending half hour fighting about who should make the dinner they had decided to get take way, then the only problem were left were who should stay at home with Musa in case she suddenly wanted to talk about 'it'. Riven most certainly didn't not want to stay, first of all he had never been the one to listen to other peoples feelings or let alone talk about feelings. And second he just wanted to stay as far away from Musa as possible so anything like what happened last night didn't happened again, which were hard enough already because he shared a bus with her. Of cause Riven had ended up losing in rock paper scissors and had to stay, luckily Musa haven't come out of her room one single time and he just hoped it would stay that way as long as he was the only one there.

Music had been play nonstop, they could all hear it through the door. Demon had joked about it and said as long as there were music playing they knew she was still alive, but now when the last song ended a new one didn't start. That was weird, why didn't a new song start playing was she okay in there? He sat and stared at the door for the next ten minutes end till he finally got up and went over to the door. He hesitated for a moment when he could hear a weak mumbling but when he figured out that it was two voices, he couldn't resist opening the door.

"You promised."

"But I'm holding the camera."

"Put it on the dresser and get over here with us." The voices were coming from the TV and Musa was lying on the bed; she was sound asleep but she must have kicked the covers off herself in her sleep because instead of being around her, it was tangled in between her feet. He was going to close the door and leave again but he had to make sure she didn't freeze to death first. It was his job to make sure she didn't get sick, well it wasn't really and he knew that but he wasn't going to admit it to himself. As he started walking around the bed, a male voice started to sing a lullaby.

Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes

And save these questions for another day

I think I know what you've been asking me

I think you know what I've been trying to say

I promised I would never leave you

Then you should always know

Wherever you may go, no matter where you are

I never will be far away

He carefully lifted her leg up so he could get the covers and then pulled them over her. The man were still singing but Riven wasn't paying attention anymore, he was busy watching Musa sleep. On some level he felt drawn to her and not because she were a good kisser or good looking, no it was what she stood for she may be annoying and stubborn but she was all so warm and caring to the people close to her, and he found himself wishing he was one of them. On the other hand it was also what scared him about her; he never thought it was possible for him to want that. He was scared that she might get too close to him; he had to remind himself he couldn't trust her or any other female for that matter.

Goodnight my angel, now it's time to sleep

And still so many things I want to say

Remember all the songs you sang for me

When we went sailing on an emerald bay

And like a boat out on the ocean

I'm rocking you to sleep

The water's dark and deep, inside this ancient heart

You'll always be a part of me.

He picked up the remote control to turn off the TV when he realized what she had been watching. Riven recognize the little blue hair girl with the pig tails as Musa; she were cuddled up between a young woman and the man who was singing, who Riven assumed by the looks of it were her parents. He put back the remote control and started walking out again, he figured that Musa was watching this for a reason and she could turn it off when she woke up if she wanted. He was almost out of the door when he managed to trip over his own feet, he quickly got up again.

"What are you doing?" Riven froze and turned around to face Musa who was eyes were now half opened but she still sounded sleepy.

"I was worried about you and wanted to see if you were okay." Riven said sarcastically and Musa frowned at him "Demon asked me to check if you were still alive." He lied through his teeth in a cold voice; he had never had a problem lying to people and it was like second nature for him, not that he lied very often. "He wanted to know how you are doing."

"I'm fine, just watching some old home videos. I think I'm just going to get some sleep" She closed her eyes again and started humming along with the song. Riven now closed the door and left her alone.

Goodnight my angel, now it's time to dream

And dream how wonderful your life will be

Someday your child may cry, and if you sing this lullaby

Then in your heart there will always be a part of me

Someday we'll all be gone

But lullabies go on and on

They never die

That's how you and I will be

Before Musa drifted back to sleep she thought to herself, why didn't the people she wanted to care about her, care?


Song used BILLY JOEL - LULLABY (GOOD NIGHT MY ANGEL)

Sorry haven't updated sooner but been very busy these last two weeks. Now don't worry Musa and Riven will deal with their kiss soon; and we will also find out about what Stella's phone call was all about there is a reason it was mention. So now the trip is coming up how will everyone deal being stuck in a car together? Well you just have to wait and see, in the meanwhile please review I love to hear what you think:)