Sorry this took awhile – lots of stuff has been going on - - anyway….
Here you go, another chapter - what happened after their conversation online.
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Heartbroken
The next morning Musa opened her eyes and gave a heavy sigh, she was still very upset from the conversation she had the night before with whoever her mystery man was. Well, he wasn't hers, he made that very clear the night before. She got out of bed and got ready for her first day of classes after her week absence. She gathered her books and turned on her computer. She looked at her "Magix Instant Messenger". She did not receive any messages, well not any that she really cared about. She gave a shrug and quietly walked to the bathroom quietly, she didn't want to wake Techna, who was still sleeping soundly in her bed.
Musa walked slowly to class, she had managed to not only get hurt during the fight with the witches, but she also managed to get sick during her recovery. She felt a little woozy, but she was sure it would pass. She just wanted to get out of her room and do something that would take her mind off of everything that happened over the past week. She just needed to clear her mind. Griselda's mind-numbing lecture on potions worked well to hold her interest, for about 10 seconds. Musa, along with the half of the class, drifted off to sleep. Her mind drifted to Riven and the masked stranger she met at the ball.
Musa's Dream
She smiled as she dreamt. She was at the ball and dancing with her masked knight. He brushed the hair out of her face and stroked her cheek, just as he did in reality. Then, lowered his head and lightly kissed her on the lips. She looked into his eyes and kissed him passionately. She then ran her fingers through his hair and untied the mask. He grabbed his mask and pulled it off. And Musa smiled as she looked at Riven.
"Surprise," He said with a smile as she gazed into her beautiful blue eyes, and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I knew it was you," Musa said with a defiant look on her face.
"Good, I didn't want you to be thinking about some other guy," Riven said as he rested his forehead on hers.
"Nah, I only think about you," Musa said with a smile
"Good, because I love you," He said as he pulled away from her so he could look into her eyes. Musa flung her arms around Riven's neck and kissed him again. "I love you too!" she said happily as she pulled away and looked back into his amazing violet eyes.
"Musa….Musa….MISS MUSA," Musa's eyes flew open when she heard Griselda yelling at her from the front of her room. She quickly sat up and realized the entire class was looking at her. Flora turned and looked at Musa.
"Are you okay?" Flora asked looking the flushed look on Musa's face.
"Yea, I'm fine," Musa said. "Sorry, I don't feel too good right now," Musa said apologetically to Griselda.
"I'll let you go on this one since you have been recovering for the past week," Griselda said. "You don't look to good, Flora will you please escort princess Musa to Nurse Ofelia's office?"
"Sure," Flora said as she and Musa left the room. Musa was definitely not happy, she was upset that she was pulled out of her amazing dream, and then made a spectacle of in front of her entire class, and now she was back to Ofelia's office. "Are you sure you're okay, you seemed really upset in class and all day," Flora asked with a very concerned look on her face.
"I just, I don't know, this whole thing with the mask ball and the guy and everything has really been kicking my ass," Musa admitted to Flora. She knew Flora wouldn't tell anyone, or let something slip out. She really did want to talk about it with someone and Flora had always been a good listener.
When the two reached Ofelia's office, she urged Musa to lay down for a bit, but she allowed Flora to sit with her. Musa and Flora decided that this was a great idea, they got to miss class and they got to talk, win – win.
"So, tell me what's wrong," Flora asked. Musa went on to tell Flora the entire story about what happened the night before. "Oh gosh, you know what; there isn't anything you can do about this so I think you just need to forget about him."
"I know I do, but I don't know, I really think I fell for this guy and now it's all over, even though it never really was a relationship. I don't know I feel kinda...," Musa stopped, she didn't really know how she was feeling.
"Heartbroken?" Flora finished for her. Flora had seen that look on her best friends' face before, specifically freshman year when Riven was with Darcy.
"Yea, I guess so," Musa said turning away from Flora and looking out the window. "But, okay you have to promise not to tell anyone this," Musa said turning back to Flora with a very serious look on her face.
"Promise," Flora said.
"I kept imagining that the guy from the ball was…" Musa really didn't want to say this aloud, she knew that when she did, she would have to deal with it and get over him, a task she still couldn't accomplish even though it had been 3 years since she met him.
"Riven?" Flora finished for her once again, this time with a small smile on her face.
"Is it that obvious?" Musa asked
"No, actually you pretty much have everyone fooled, even me for a little while, but I see the way you look at him, same way Stella looks at Brandon, Bloom to Sky…" She was going to go on, but he noticed that the examples were not helping to make her friend feel better.
"Look Flora, I'm fine, really I am, I think I just need some time alone to just relax," Musa said as she got up. "Since we both have the day off, I think I'm going to go and have some alone time, why don't you go see Helia or something,"
Flora smiled and nodded. "Thanks Flora, I really needed that," Musa said as they walked out of Ofelia's office.
"What are friends for?" Flora said with a smile as they walked away from each other.
Red Fountain
"So, word of advice," Sky began as he limped into the common room with the help of Brandon. Helia looked up to see Brandon helping Sky into the room, and Sky looked like he had a rough day.
"What happened?" Timmy said as he looked away from his laptop cutting Sky off before he could begin explaining what happened.
"Riven," Brandon answered. "He has been in a mood all morning and Sky was lucky enough to get assigned as his sparring partner in battle training." Brandon continued sarcastically. Sky sat on the couch and looked at the other guys.
"Any idea what's got him so worked up?" Helia asked as he looked up from his sketch book.
"Not a clue, he seemed perfectly fine yesterday, well "fine" in Riven terms," Sky said as let out a heavy sigh.
Just then Riven walked in to see everyone staring at him. He was going to respond with some snide remark, but he had too many things on his mind. He then saw Sky and decided to apologize, or at least give Sky his version of an apology, he was taking out his frustration on his friends after all.
"Sorry about that," Riven said as he looked over to Sky.
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine, but are you okay?" Sky asked with a genuine look of concern. That was when Riven noticed all the guys were waiting for him to respond, he figured out that they must have already discussed his not-so-friendly behavior, he wasn't surprised. He had managed to make friends with the some of the most loyal guys in Red Fountain which was still surprised him since he knew that he wasn't the easiest person to get along with.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." Riven said. He then turned around and headed straight to his room. He noticed Helia's disappointed face on his way into his room. Were they really expecting me to open up and share my feelings? He thought. They had to be used to the fact that he didn't like to show his emotions. He hated putting himself out there, where he was vulnerable. He just walked into his room and decided to focus on his school work, although it he knew it would be futile, his mind always seemed to wander to Musa.
When Riven got into his room he shut the door behind him and prayed that his roommate wouldn't come in after him and badger him until he couldn't take it anymore. Unfortunately, he had no such luck. Helia walked in after Riven, sat on his chair and continued to sketch in his notebook. Riven ignored him and grabbed his textbook and began to study for a test he had the next day, pretending to be unaware of the real reason Helia had followed him into their room.
After ten minutes of uncomfortable silence Helia finally spoke up. He knew that he would eventually get Riven to open up. "So what's really been bugging you?"
"Nothing I'm fine," Riven said not lifting his eyes from his paper. He did not feel like talking about anything, not only that, but to really open up he would have to tell Helia about his feelings for Musa and he had worked very hard over the past couple of years to keep that a secret. Plus, if he shared that information it probably wouldn't be long till Flora found out, meaning the rest of the girls, including Musa, would find out as well. Riven could talk about anything else with Helia, but not this, it was too risky, if Musa found out everything would be ruined. He knew that Helia and Flora told each other everything, it was nauseating. And secretly, Riven was jealous. He wished he could have a relationship like that with Musa, where they could tell each other everything and share their secrets. But, it would never happen so he had to stop dwelling on the fantasy.
"Really, because I think Sky wouldn't agree," Helia commented as a rebuttal.
"Look, I understand that you're just trying to help, but I really don't want to talk about it," Riven said as he opened his nightstand drawer to grabbed his keys, he couldn't help but notice that his mask was in there too. With a quick look of sorrow Riven slammed the drawer shut, after grabbing his keys. "I'll see you later," He said as he walked out of the room.
Helia shook his head and continued to work on his sketches, he was sure Riven would come around, he just needed some time.
Musa walked out of Alfea and then wandered off Alfea grounds. She didn't even realized where she was walking, there were too many things racing through her mind. She wandered through the enchanted forest and ended up at silent falls. She decided that since she was there, that she would at least enjoy the view. She sat at the base of a huge oak tree and let the gentle breeze caress her face. She closed her eyes and tilted her head back against the tree. She thought a lot about her talk with Flora. She was really angry at the guy she was with at the ball; he totally made a fool out of her. She decided to take Flora's advice; she needed to get over that guy. She only knew him for a week, actually one night; he chose to ignore her for one week. Musa closed her eyes, felt the breeze, and took a deep breath. She looked out in front of her and just stared trying to just stop thinking about everything. Clear her mind and just relax.
Riven quickly got on his bike and left Red Fountain, he traveled at a break neck speed, trying to somehow go so fast that not even his thoughts could catch up to him. He just needed some time to get his emotions under control again. After the ball he had been anxious and excited at the same time. He was worried that there was some way Musa would find out it was him behind the white mask, at the same time he wanted her to find out, even though he knew that would open up a huge can of worms.
He just needed to focus on school and remember his place. He was nowhere near good enough for Musa, she was a princess for gods sake! He could do this, he had managed to keep his emotions at bay for the past three years and he only had to keep this up until the end of the year, then he wouldn't be around her as much and maybe he would be get over her, or at the very least the temptation would not always be around. Out of sight, out of mind…right? He had been trying to convince himself all day that everything would be fine, he would get over her, he kept telling himself. I just need to forget about everything that happened, it was a stupid idea, we can and will be friends and that's good enough for me. He was not going to let this bother him anymore; he was determined to discipline himself into not loving her, no matter how ridiculous that sounded.
Riven pulled up to Silent Falls and he noticed that someone was sitting in the spot he normally sat. He stared at the girl for a second before he realized it was Musa. He wanted to go to her, but that would totally undermine his efforts to get over her, he needed to separate himself from her for a little bit so things could get back to normal. He stood there for a second and realized that she wasn't moving.
Riven panicked and automatically assumed the worst. He ran to her side and knelt down next to her. He lightly tapped her shoulder. "Musa, hey Musa are you okay?" He asked as his heart sank when she wasn't responding. Then, he saw her eyes slowly open as she yawned. He couldn't help but smile, she looked adorable when she was waking up, an inappropriate part of him wondered what it would be like to wake up next to her, he brushed the tactless thought away as she looked down at her to make sure she was alright.
"Hey princess" he said with a smile as she looked up at and smiled.
Musa looked up at Riven and she couldn't help but think he sounded so familiar. She would have thought about it further if she wasn't completely on edge because Riven was looking straight at her.
I know kinda boring, but I needed this chapter to set up the next one
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I have the rest of the story completely mapped out so it's just a matter of typing, so the rest of the chapter should be up soon.
