Here's another chapter and this one took me a while to write up.
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Chapter 9 Everything He Wanted
A sudden thunder storm had rolled in over Magix, the moon and twinkling stars in the sky had been blocked out by dark gloomy clouds. The storm was so loud that it kept the some of the students at Alfea awake.
"I really hate thunder storms" Flora said clutching onto a pillow, "They're way too loud".
None of the girls could sleep so they all had come out of their dorms and gathered together.
"I don't like them too but what's worrying me is Stella hasn't come back yet" Bloom said looking out of the window, "You don't think anything happened to her do you?"
"I'm sure she's ok, she's with Brandon and he'd never let anything happen to her" Musa said as shed stretched out on the couch.
The thunder cracked through the sky and the rain lashed against the windows, the girls tried to made conversation to try and block out the sound until a new sound was heard, a small knocking could be heard at the door. Bloom got up to answer the door to find a surprise.
"…Stella?" Bloom asked nervously staring at the figure in the doorway.
Indeed it was Stella but she looked terrible, her hair was a tangled mess, she was shivering and it looked like she had been cry or her eye make up had been smudged down her face.
"Stella what happened to you?" Bloom asked leading her friend into the dorm room leaving the door open.
Stella made a small squeaking noise which could barely be heard, Bloom lead Stella over to a chair on, she sat down and bent over looking like she had been scarred for life.
"Stella what happened?" Tecna asked as all the girl huddled round their friend.
"Brandon…he…he" Stella muttered.
"Has he been hurt?" Asked Layla, Stella shook her head.
"No…he…we broke up" She whispered.
The girls all gasped. They all thought that Stella and Brandon was the pair that would never break up, they were both madly in love with one another so. The girls knew that something big must have happened for something like this to happen.
"Why? What happened between you two" Flora asked.
"Yeah why did you break up" Bloom then asked.
Stella still seemed in shock over it all so the girls waited patiently for her answer.
"Well…I went over to Red Fountain and…he seemed ok with me at the time…but I looked at his phone when he was out the room and… they had messages from Helena on it… so I confronted him about them and…and he started saying some really nasty things to me…so…I… I walked out" Stella managed to choke out and then she buried her head in her hands and sobbed harder than ever.
The girls all exchanged horrified looks at each other, they didn't really listen to what Stella had said about Helena and they didn't really believe her about how evil she was but now, watching their friend cry like this made them believe that Helena wasn't the sweetest girl around.
"Sweetie are you sure that you're just over reacting about what Brandon said to you" Flora said placing a comforting hand around her friend, "Maybe he didn't mean the things he said".
Stella glared at Flora, "He called me a jealous paranoid freak and then a spoilt little witch and he looked like he was being pretty serious" she said angrily.
"Really" Layla said shocked "That doesn't sound like something that Brandon would say".
"I know" Sobbed Stella, "I have no idea what came over him, he's changed…ever since Helena turned up he's been acting completely different…he lied to me all about this entire thing and that is thing that's hurting me the most".
The girls all watched Stella helplessly as she cried harder and harder, but what made them upset was how they couldn't help their friend when she was crying like this. Nothing like this had ever really happened to them.
After a few hours of listening to Stella cry and say over and over again 'I don't know what I did o deserve this' Musa decided to speak up.
"Listen Stell, I know you're really upset but you really so need your sleep too, so how about you try and get some and if you need any of us then we'll help ok" She said kindly.
Stella nodded, "Ok, thanks girls" She said as she walked into her room and closing the door behind her.
"I wonder if she'll be ok" Tecna said looking at the closed door.
"She will be" Layla said, "I hope".
The girls all walked back to their rooms and instantly fell asleep, as for Stella; she didn't feel like sleeping just yet. She was still in shock over the whole incident and she was still trying to figure out on why this happened, every now and then she would think that it was a dream and she would pinch herself to try and wake herself up, but nothing happened.
She looked over to the bedside table in her room, all filled with photos of her and Brandon. It made her feel miserable just thinking about him and even the memories that she had of him in her room kept on reminding Stella of him.
"I can't bare to even think about him right now" Stella said getting up, she pulled a box out from under her bed and began to place all the photos of him in there, along with any presents that he bought her and opened her closet and searched for the very back which was the place where she normally kept clothes that she really didn't like anymore, she picked up the box and placed it in the very back of the closet, she closed it trying to forget every last thought of him, but something was holding her back.
Something inside of her was telling her to never forget him, he was the only person that Stella ever really loved and nothing that important should be forgotten, despite that thought it was still bringing Stella down and she tried to think of every little thing to get rid of the thoughts of him.
Finally she decided to go to bed; she climbed under the covers and desperately tried to forget the heartbreaking night that she had just had.
The rain was still pouring down over Magix and it was now harder than ever, one girl was still strolling round Magix and that girl was Helena, she had seen Stella run back into Alfea in tears and had decided to find out what was going on, she snuck up to their dorm and listened through the open door, after finding out that Brandon and her had broken up she instantly began to create the perfect plan to get Brandon back, which now explained why she was walking, with nothing but a black umbrella, through the pouring rain towards Red Fountain.
"What a perfect night" Helena said, "There's not a soul around, it's beautiful weather and I can finally get my boyfriend back".
She smiled to herself as she walked towards the building, "He's probably still in his room around this time" She muttered to herself as she entered the building and walked up to Brandon's room and knocked on his door.
Brandon was still trying to come to terms with what he said to Stella, it seemed all too fake, he would never say anything like that so why did all those horrible things come out of his mouth? He had thought about calling Stella and telling her that he didn't mean any of the things that he said but he knew that when Stella was upset she would never listen to reason so he had decided to let her calm down before trying to apologize.
Just then Brandon heard a knock at his door; thinking that it could be Stella he got up and answered the door to find Helena standing in front of him.
"Helena" He said, "What are you doing here?"
"Hey Brandon" She said with a cheery smile "I was just having a stroll in Magix and I thought I'd come for a visit".
"Oh ok" He said a little disappointed that it wasn't Stella, "come in".
Helena walked inside smiling to herself, "Are you ok?" She asked Brandon, "You don't seem yourself".
"Yeah I don't feel myself" Brandon said. "Stella and I just broke up".
Helena gasped pretending that she cared, "Really, why" she asked.
"I really don't know, we got into a big fight and she ended up walking out on me" He said sitting down on his bed.
"What was the fight about" Helena asked, sitting next to him on the bed.
Brandon looked at Helena, "Ok, promise not to get mad, ok" he said to her, the last thing he wanted was Helena getting angry over why Stella and he broke up.
Helena smiled, "I promise, why would I get angry?"
"Well" Brandon started, "It's about you".
"Me" Helena said sounding shocked, "what did I do wrong?"
"Stella was really upset over you and me spending time together again" Brandon told her, "She thought that I was cheating on her with you, I don't know what came over me though, I just snapped and started yelling at her and then she got really upset and left. I feel so bad about it though, I don't want to end it with her, I love Stella so much and I just want to fix this with her".
"Do you really want to get back with her though" Helena said, "She got angry because you and me were just friends, imagine what she'd be like if you two got back together, she'd be more protective and she'll watch out for anyone that you talked to".
Brandon froze, "Wait, what are you trying to say?"
"Think about it Brandon, if she didn't want you and me as friends then soon she would get angry about you talking with your friends that are girls and you trying to be the good guy and trying to keep your relationship from collapsing again immediately stop talking to your friends, soon after it will be your male friends leaving you with no on to talk to but her and only her" Helena said.
"But Stella's not like that" Brandon said, "She would never try to stop me from seeing my friends".
"She tried to stop me from seeing you didn't she", Helena said, "Did you know that whenever her friends would try and talk to me she would tell them to get away from me, it was really upsetting".
Brandon couldn't believe what he was hearing, he could never believe that Stella would do anything like this, little did he know that all these things that Helena was telling him, were lies.
"I can't believe she would do something like this" Brandon said looking at Helena.
"Well she did, I really do think that you should move on from Stella" Helena said calmly, she placed her hand on top of Brandon's and moved closer, "She didn't give you anything that you needed; I know that other girls out there can".
"So you think I should move on?" Brandon asked.
"Defiantly" Helena said slowly moving closer towards him, "Forget about her, just think. Once you move on from her you'll have your life back, no more doing everything that she wants, it'll be all you all the time, no more shopping for hours, no more waiting for hours while you wait for her to get ready for a date. Won't it be great?"
"It sounds good" Brandon said not realizing that Helena was wrapping her arms around his back.
"But I did like having Stella around, she really did have some good qualities" He then said.
"Well if you're ready for another girlfriend" Helena said moving her hands up to his neck, "Then I know another girl that would be perfect for you".
"Who?" Brandon asked, Helena jerked Brandon's head round to face her own.
"Me" She said with a smile.
"What?" Brandon said, "You… with me…that…that's crazy" He tried to move away as fast as possible.
"Oh come on" Helena said trying to get even closer, "I've changed, I'm not like that girl I used to be, I'll give you all that you want and more".
"But I broke up with Stella only a few hours ago, I…I can't just find another girlfriend, its crazy" HE said quickly getting up from the bed.
"So?" Helena said also getting up, "Brandon we have something special, you may not have realized it yet but I have. Don't you see? That's why I came here looking for you, I couldn't stop thinking about the last day we saw each other before you left and it made me think that I have been controlling and I have changed".
She now had Brandon cornered up against a wall, there was no way for him to escape now, "I can give you all that you want Brandon and more, I love you so much and I want you to see that" Helena said to him.
Brandon tried to take this all in, he really did like Helena but everything was happening so fast, he looked at Helena, her blue eyes were sparkling just like they were years ago, Brandon couldn't take it anymore, he wanted Helena again.
"Ok Helena, I think I need time to think this over, I'll give you my answer another day" He finally said.
Helena backed away, trying not to lose her temper, "Ok fine" she muttered, "I better be off then" She walked back over to Brandon's bedside table and without him realizing, she slipped a small tablet into the glass of water on the table, it sunk to the bottom and dissolved instantly.
She turned back to him, "But promise that you'll give me your answer soon?"
"Ok" Brandon said as she left.
Smirking to herself Helena walked back out the building and off to Alfea, her work for that evening had been done.
Brandon was now sitting alone and feeling confused, he wasn't sure if he wanted Helena or not and he didn't now if he should apologize to Stella now that this had happened.
He looked at his clock and saw that it was pretty late, he took the glass of water of from his bedside table and drunk it all before climbing into bed and falling asleep.
Well that's another chapter gone, please review and more will be up soon.
