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Flora's nightmare
Bloom and Stella were watching the movie Aquamarine when Musa and Tecna walked in.
"You guys sat around watching movies all day?" Musa asked, outraged. "I can't believe I let you talk me into this!" She shouted, turning to Tecna. They then heard a soft groan from Flora's room. They hurried in and were worried to see her rolling around on her bed with sweat on her forehead. Helia's poem had fallen to the floor. Tecna frowned and felt her forehead.
"She doesn't have a fever," Tecna said with a sigh of relief. "She must just be having a nightmare."
"I wonder what she could be having a nightmare about," Stella wondered aloud. Musa had headed to her room as soon as she had found out Flora was okay.
"She's probably worried about all the homework she'll have to make up," Musa called from the other room. Bloom and Stella rolled their eyes.
"Maybe we should wake her up," Bloom suggested, concerned.
"Yeah, she looks unhappy," Stella agreed. They both looked to Tecna.
"That would be good for her," Tecna said, nodding. "We don't want her to be under too much stress." Bloom walked up and carefully shook Flora. Flora gasped sounding scared.
"I know what's wrong with her!" Stella almost shouted. "She's remembering the fight!" Hearing that, Tecna tried to figure out how they could use that to help them.
"Well, when Helia came to help us, Flora got a lot calmer, so maybe we should act like he's here. It seems like she can hear our voices, so if we talk relieved about Helia coming to rescue, and Sky and Brandon of course, maybe she'll calm down!" Bloom finished her idea proudly.
"That could work," Tecna said thoughtfully.
"Better yet, let's just call Helia over!" Stella suggested.
"Yes! Hearing his voice will calm her, and if he thinks she could be hurt, he'll come right over!" Bloom agreed. Musa, who had walked in just in time to hear Bloom's idea, frowned.
"But what if she wakes up when he's here? She'd be mortified!" Musa told them.
"Maybe, but it would be so romantic!" Stella complained.
"Hey, just thinking of our friend's feelings," Musa defended herself, shrugging.
"Guys, whatever we do, fighting won't help a thing," Tecna reminded them. Stella childishly stuck her tongue out. Musa rolled her eyes.
"Baby," She muttered.
"Did you just call me a BABY?" Stella screeched, causing Flora to scream and fall off the bed, waking up. She sat up, panting. After a second she opened her eyes. The other girls thought she looked scared and helpless.
"Told you so," Tecna muttered. "Are you okay Flora?" She asked. Flora nodded.
"I-I think I'm just dazed." She said softly. Bloom and Musa helped her back up onto her bed.
"I still think we should have called Helia over," Stella grumbled.
"You were going to do WHAT?" Flora practically screamed.
"Hey, I was against it!" Musa said, raising her arms defensively.
"Stella's idea," Bloom and Tecna said at the same time, pointing at Stella.
"What? It would have been so romantic!" Stella exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air.
"So you think I would have been okay with it if you called Helia and said 'Oh, yeah, Flora's so in love with you and she's having a nightmare and we think that if you come over she'll wake up and forget all her problems' ?" Flora was mad about possibly being embarrassed in front of Helia by one of her best friends.
"Well, it is true, isn't it?" Stella asked. Flora blushed deeply.
"Um, yeah, I guess," Flora said more softly, blushing and feeling defeated.
"Well then, it's a good thing I got that on video!" Stella exclaimed triumphantly. Flora's eyes grew wide.
"Oh no, Stell, you didn't!" Bloom exclaimed.
"Oh yes, Bloom, I did!" Stella replied happily.
"Delete it right now Stella." Tecna demanded.
"No way! Helia will love seeing this!" Stella proclaimed.
"You wouldn't!" Flora gasped.
"I-" Stella didn't finish because Musa grabbed her phone from her hands.
"-won't, because I'm deleting it!" Musa finished triumphantly, immediately deleting the video before Stella could get her phone back. Flora's (and everyone else's (except Stella's)) faces relaxed into relieved smiles.
"You're the best, Musa!" Flora said, jumping up and hugging her tightly. Stella, on the other hand, was not happy. She grabbed her phone from Musa.
"Why on earth did you do that?" She screamed. "You have totally ruined my fun!"
"I did?" Brandon said, poking his head in the open window. The girls all jumped, surprised.
"Um, c-come on in, Br-Brandon," Stella stammered, surprised. He sprang swiftly through the window, landing right on Flora's window seat. Then it sank in Flora's brain that Brandon had been outside, had been able to hear Stella, the window had been open, and she had just said …..
She blushed bright red as she figured this out. Tecna noticed her blush and was confused for a moment before figuring it out as well. She gave Flora a comforting glance.
"Um, how much of that did you hear?" Bloom asked cautiously, glancing at Flora.
"I have been here since you guys came in." Brandon answered, seeming slightly ashamed that he had been spying on them for so long. He was surprised when Stella didn't start yelling at him for spying and instead came up and gave him a hug.
Flora, however, was beyond uncomfortable. Stella's boyfriend had just heard her confess her love for Helia, and they weren't dating or anything! What if he told Helia? Flora then became worried, starting to sweat and blushing even more than she had been before, if that was possible.
"Y-you won't … tell him, will you?" Flora asked, feeling unbelievably anxious and embarrassed.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," Brandon assured her with a friendly, somewhat sympathetic smile. She smiled gratefully and let out a sigh of relief.
"But Brandon, you wouldn't deny me the chance to have a little fun, would you?" Stella whined. "Besides, he already told her in a note how he feels!" she continued pleading her case. Brandon glanced uncomfortably from Stella to Flora and back. Flora gasped, worried once again.
"I'm sorry, Stella, but I can't tell Helia Flora's private thoughts that I heard from spying on you guys," Brandon decided, hoping Stella wouldn't yell at him. She just huffed and pulled him into her room.
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