The next day, the girls were in the auditorium doing a sound check.
"Hey guys" Flora began as she walked up to the others.
"What's up Flo?" Musa asked.
"Well, I was looking at these lyrics and they sound, well, sort of familiar" Flora announced.
"What do you mean?" Bloom asked starting to get worried that Flora might find out.
"Well, this is some of the stuff that Helia and I said the other day, you know, when you guys were hiding and ears dropping to the conversation" Flora explained.
"You mean when you yelled at Helia?" Layla asked.
"...yes..." Flora answered a little embarrassed. "Did you guys copy some of the stuff for the lyrics?"
"No" they all quickly answered in unison.
"Are you sure? Because this seems a lot like a conversation rather than a song" Flora said looking at the music sheets.
"Flora" Stella quickly interrupted. "Darling, now why would we do that? Now, get on stage and go over the lyrics while we sort out the instruments"
"Ok" Flora said a little scared of Stella.
The girls went into a huddle as Flora walked towards the stage.
"She's getting really suspicious" Layla began. "What do we do?"
"See, I told you we shouldn't have copied their private conversation into the song" Tecna warned.
"Relax, we just have to remain calm, and stick to the plan" Bloom reasoned.
"Ok, now even relax and rehearse with the instruments. Now, Bloom, conjure the violins" Musa started instructing.
"Got it" Bloom replied as she left.
"Wait, are you able to play the violins with your winx?" Musa called out.
"Yes, Stella taught me" Bloom replied.
"Great. Layla, get the drum set out"
"On it" Layla said leaving
"Stella, you are on acoustic guitar, go get it" Musa added.
"Right" Stella said running towards the stage's left storage room.
"Other way" Musa called out as Stella ran across the stage towards the other room.
"Tecna, we need some castanets, for the beginning, and at the start we want some almost eerie music at the beginning, can u get that on the keyboard?"
"Sure can and I think I can get some castanets from the music room" Tecna said walking off.
"Awesome" Musa said picking up an electric guitar.
"Wait, we can't start rehearsing now, we need to wait for Jared" Flora said.
The girls all looked at each other.
"Um, yeah, Flora...about that" Tecna began.
"What?" Flora asked.
"Well, Jared can't make it today, or, next rehearsal" Bloom said with an innocent smile.
"Then how are we going to rehearse?" Flora wondered.
"Well, we have his voice on play back, but don't worry, he'll be singing on the night" Tecna assured her.
"But, he hasn't heard me sing, so, how will that work?"
"Musa used a spell so he has a play back of you singing when he's rehearsing" Tecna answered again.
"Okay?" Flora said confused. "Well, at least he has something to sing with, now you girls ready to do this?"
"Yeah" they all said as they started playing.
Unbeknownst to Flora, there was no play back of Jared's voice, in fact, it wasn't even Jared's voice. Back stage, the guys were there rehearsing with the girls. Timmy and Tecna plugged in a second microphone so it gave the illusion that there was a play back, it was Helia singing along with Flora back stage.
Timmy was handling the machines so that Flora wouldn't notice anything. After the music stopped, Timmy immediately switched off the microphone and Flora turned hers off.
"That was really great" she said with a smile. "I didn't realise that Jared had a good voice."
Back stage some of the guys were laughing quietly.
"What was that?" Flora asked turning around looking at the back stage curtain.
"Ah, nothing" Stella quickly said as Musa snuck behind back stage.
"Shut up you guys" Musa whispered. "It's a curtain, not a bank volt, she can hear you" and she went back to the girls.
"So, you ready for the grand finale?" Bloom asked curiously.
"Yeah, I think I am, just hope that Helia won't be there" Flora answered as Helia face palmed his head back stage from the insult. The guys pat him on the back.
Stella giggled to herself as Layla elbowed her.
"What's so funny?" Flora asked.
"It just seems funny, that's all. Like you wish he was dead, and if heaven has a door, or a curtain, I'm sure he would be pressing his ear against and listening in intently, imagine his embarrassment" Stella said as Helia did have his head close to the curtain listening to their conversation.
The guys all rolled their eyes and Layla elbowed her again.
"No, I don't wish that he was dead, I love him" Flora said packing up the microphone and wiring.
The girls all looked at each other.
"What did she say?" Sky whispered in disbelief.
"Sssh" Helia said shutting them up and listening in again.
"What do you mean Flora?" Layla asked. "I thought that you were mad at him"
"I am Layla, but that doesn't mean that I stopped loving him" Flora answered as she rapped the wires around her arm and placed them in a box.
"So, wait a minute, what are you saying?" Tecna asked confused.
"Look," Flora began as she stopped what she was doing and turned to face the girls. "I am so mad at Helia, I can't trust him, and I can't trust what he is saying, so when he says that he loves me, I don't know if I should believe him or not, but that doesn't mean that I don't love him. I do love him, always have, and always will, but I can't trust him."
Helia moved his head away from the curtain and moved the curtain a little bit to look at Flora.
"I love him more than anything, but the trust that he lost from me is what is keeping us apart. I don't know if he really did want to get back together with me. If that was the only thing that he was telling the truth about, then, he should know that the only thing that is stopping us, is the trust that he lost," Flora said as she turned around and saw some odd shapes in the curtain.
"And I don't think you have to tell him because he and the other boys are hiding behind the curtain" Flora added as she used to magic to roll up the curtain revealing the guys.
The girls face palmed their faces as the guys smiled innocently at Flora.
"Hey boys" Flora said with a smirk.
"Hi Flora" they all said innocently.
Flora smiled. "For the record, if you wanted to see a sneak preview of our performance, just ask, except you Helia, it's rude to ears drop."
"How did you know?" Nabu asked.
"From the shapes in the curtain" Flora answered.
"Guys" the girls all said with annoyance.
"Whoops" Brandon said.
"Girls, if you wanted your boyfriends here to watch, just say so, but next time, don't bring the spy" Flora said blushing from embarrassment and she stormed off.
"Flora wait" Helia called out to her as he chased after her.
"I think she's even more mad now that Helia heard everything she just said" Layla said to the others, watching Flora and Helia.
"Flora," Helia called out again.
"I knew you were a lot of things Helia, but I didn't know that you didn't have any decency left" Flora said as she left the auditorium and into the fresh air.
"I wasn't ears dropping" Helia said.
"Right, so you didn't hear anything about what I said" Flora bit back turning around, stopping in her tracks.
Helia didn't respond to her.
"That's what I thought"
"No, Flora, why are you so upset?"
"Because that was supposed to be heard in private, I didn't want you to hear it, now I feel embarrassed."
"Why should you feel embarrassed?"
"Because I didn't want you, of all people to hear it" Flora yelled.
Helia looked at her, he didn't know what to say.
"I mean, it's like in middle school again, you know the shy girl has a crush on the most popular guy in school, but you don't want them to find out because they would never like you back and they would just tease you, or their friends would tease you and you feel like an idiot. That's how I feel right now Helia. You would just tease me with your new girlfriend and think I'm pathetic, but guess what, I'm not pathetic so here's something you can tell your new girlfriend. I love you Helia, but I can't stand to be near you knowing that you lied to me when we were together, that I was your pity girlfriend."
"Flora, it hurts me that you would say that. I never lied to you, I did and truly broke up with you because of my uncle, but that is a pathetic excuse and I fully take all and every responsibility for it, but you have to know that I do and truly love you, the whole time that we were apart was agony and there wasn't a single moment where I did not think about you, you were on my mind the whole time, I was fighting to be with you" Helia said holding Flora's hands.
Flora smiled as she looked at the ground.
"I wish there was some way of believing that" Flora said as she let go of Helia's hands.
"Flora, please don't go" Helia said with tears in his eyes.
"I have to, because you broke my heart" Flora said turning away.
"Just tell me how to fix this" Helia yelled as Flora kept on walking away.
That night, the girls were having a party, celebrating their position in the final round. The music was playing and the girls were all in the pj's.
"Well, my favourite thing at sleepovers is to have a pillow fight" Stella said happily as she picked up a pillow
"I like to put on some cool tune and rock out" Layla said as she grabbed Tecna and they started dancing to the music.
"You're so going to get it" Musa said chasing after Stella with a pillow in her hand.
"You are" Stella replied as they both jumped on a couch and she started hitting Musa with her pillow.
Musa fell to her to knees on the couch as Stella bragged as the winner.
"The over hand, under hand attack combo works every" Stella began but was interrupted by Musa hitting her with a surprise pillow hit.
"Not as well as the one handed loop swing" Musa said as Stella fell to the floor. They both sat on the couch and laughed as Bloom and Flora were talking on one of the beds.
"Flora, is there any way that would make you trust Helia again?"Bloom asked as she ate some popcorn.
"I don't know Bloom, maybe a gesture that I would for sure know that he was telling the truth" Flora said.
"Just a gesture?"
"I guess, but nothing like a poem or a painting of me, he did that when we were going out, which reminds that I was a pity girlfriend" Flora said sadly.
"Flora" Bloom said moving the bowl of popcorn and giving Flora a hug. "You were never a pity girlfriend, Helia loved you, and still does. Yes, he made the mistake of listening to his uncle, yes he should've told you instead of breaking up with you, but will that get in the way of true love?"
"He loves me?"
"Yes, and he is truly sorry, and we know that what he did was so wrong, and probably doesn't deserve a second chance because you are scared that he might dump you again by the word of his uncle, but, he is a mess without in his life, he's falling apart" Bloom said.
"So, tell me something Bloom, since you girls are the only ones I trust now, what really happened?"
