Chapter 8

There was a banging on the door causing Flora to stir.

"Make them stop! It's unhealthy for Flora to wake up this way in her condition!" Tecna called softly to Helia. He became worried for Flora and hurried to get the door. Helia flung it open and a tall boy with spiky red hair and an orange-haired boy with glasses walked into the apartment.

"What is with all the banging?" Helia hissed at the boys. Timmy pointed to Riven, who just glared.

"What's going on?" Musa asked. She peered over the edge of the couch. Riven actually stopped glaring when he saw her, which is somewhat unusual.

"This is Riven and Timmy," Helia introduced them.

"And you are?"Riven asked looking at Musa.

"Musa," Musa said. He nodded.

"Cool," he said. Musa just rolled her eyes. Just then Tecna walked into the room, obviously annoyed.

"What is with all the noise?" She was angry but trying to keep quiet. "If that had fully woken Flora up she could've lost her memory!"

Helia looked alarmed at this information. Tecna reassured him that she had not fully woken up yet. Helia let out a sigh of relief. He went back in to check on her. Outside Tecna had noticed the visitors for the first time. She looked confused, having no clue who they were.

"This is Timmy and Riven," Musa said, noticing her friend's confusion. "Boys, meet Tecna." She said. The guys both nodded, Timmy a little … awed.

"Hello," Tecna said shyly. "I guess you know what happened last night?" The boys looked genuinely confused. "Let's explain it to you then." Tecna explained it to the boys, and when she got near the end, Bloom joined in.

"Stella, Flora and I made a force field that, like, shot the bad dudes across the alley!" She exclaimed. Tecna looked at her and rolled her eyes.

"I guess Bloom's still a little loopy," Tecna exclaimed.

"She's not lying," Said Stella, who had just walked into the room.

"Oh, not you too!" Tecna sounded exasperated.

"Hey, we know what we saw," Said Bloom.

"Yeah, totally," Stella agreed. Riven then walked up to them.

"Well," he began, "I think you're cra-zy!" he continued, tapping their noses on the syllables of 'crazy'. Bloom and Stella looked at each other, angry. Then they turned to glare at Riven who was walking towards Musa. They glared at him feeling their anger and suddenly a lump appeared in the carpet. Riven tripped on it and fell at Musa's feet.

Bloom and Stella high fived each other and laughed.

"You did that?" Tecna asked doubtfully.

"Don't know," Bloom began,

"But Riven fell on his face so we don't care!" Stella finished and they high fived each other again. Then they started whispering about magic or something like that. Musa had just giggled but Riven was mad anyway. He was about to start screaming at them when Musa quietly said.

"Don't, Flora could lose her memory." She told him.

Meanwhile, in Flora's room, Helia was sitting on the window seat holding her hand, praying silently that she wouldn't wake up. He didn't know what he'd do if she lost her memory!

Flora though, was starting to be conscious of her surroundings. She hadn't opened her eyes or anything; she was still too exhausted to do something like that. But she could hear and feel things now. She was confused by the pressure she felt on her hand, almost like someone was holding it. She felt comforted by the feeling.

Just then Tecna walked back into the room. She informed Helia what was going on outside.

"Riven's flirting with Musa, Bloom and Stella are whispering about some magical force field or something, and Sky and Brandon are discussing whether their girlfriends are totally insane or not." She told him. Then she came over to inspect Flora. Helia removed her hand from his and watched Tecna carefully for any sign of alarm.

"She seems somewhat conscious now. She should wake up in about 15 minutes." Tecna said. Helia let out a sigh of relief.

"So she didn't lose her memory?" he asked.

"No, I don't think so," Tecna said. "But we can't be sure."

Flora had recognized Helia's voice when he spoke, even in her dreamy state. She only vaguely heard Tecna's voice telling Helia to call her if she woke up. She was focused entirely on her thoughts, which were all on Helia.

He came here to stay with me? She though, happy by the idea. I wonder why. Oh, yes, the letter. He's in love with me. Wait, it's a Monday! Shouldn't he be at school? Shouldn't I be at school?

Flora's thoughts drifted away and she once again fell into that dreamlike state. The bed shifted slightly and she was thrown onto the floor. She screamed as she fell. The rush of air and movement had woken her up. She immediately felt warm arms around her as she was carried into the main room.

Helia had seen Flora fall

and heard her scream. He picked her up and hurried to the main room, where Tecna was. He set her down carefully on the couch just as her beautiful green eyes flickered open. They were full of fear and then comfort mixed with slight embarrassment upon seeing him.

"Are you okay?" he asked her softly. She nodded, blushing. Tecna looked at her and could tell from a glance no serious damage had been done.

"You obviously need a lot of rest," Tecna said. "You must have done more of the fighting, or at least it took more if your energy."

"You need to sleep, and should probably miss a couple of school days." Timmy observed. Tecna smiled at him and he blushed, smiling back. The two shared a sweet moment for a second before Riven ruined it.

"Would you hurry it up lovebirds?" Riven asked, smirking.

Timmy looked as if he were going to punch him in the stomach.

Then Musa decided to step in.

"You have a problem with love Riven?" She asked him, sensing that he liked her. He shook his head.

"We have to go, dudes," He said. The other guys nodded sadly, sorrow to leave their girls. Helia looked doubtfully at Flora.

"Will you be alright?" He asked worried. Flora only had a chance to nod before once again passing out.

"She'll be fine," Tecna assured him. He nodded and reluctantly followed the other guys out.

"Bye, Sky!" Bloom called.

"Call me!" Stella told Brandon. Tecna waved at Timmy, who blushed and waved back. Helia glanced wistfully at Flora, and Riven 'accidentally' dropped a piece of paper with his phone number on it on the floor next to Musa.