Once Flora was all ready she grabbed her ice skates and ran out the door to meet up with the rest of the gang.
When she got there she saw that everyone was already out on the ice. She watched as all her friends glided across the ice. Layla looked like a natural as she did spins and jumps, she almost fell but luckily Nabu was there to catch her in time.
All the other girls were not doing anything nearly as tricky as Layla and Nabu. Most of them were just holding hands with their boyfriends and just going around in circles.
Flora put her skates on and headed out onto the ice to join them.
"Yay, Flora you came." Bloom said passing by with Sky.
Flora smiled and then slowly went to join in the traffic of skaters. It had been some time since Flora had spent anytime on the ice, so she was a little clumsy at first. She was getting the hang of it when a couple, to busy staring at each other, cut her off. Flora slipped and was falling. She closed her eyes waiting for the pain of connecting the ice to hit her. But when it didn't she opened her eyes and saw that she was in someone's arms.
"Are you okay?"
Flora looked up and saw that it was Helia. "Oh…um…yeah. Thank you." Flora stood up.
"No problem." Helia gave her a sweet smile that made her heart flutter. "By the way you look lovely."
"Thank you." Flora looked down at her outfit. Stella had really chosen a cute outfit for her. She had baby pink stockings that went up to her knees. Her white mini skirt came out to a slight poof. Stella had picked out a maroon colored jacket. And to finish off the outfit Flora wore a pink knit hat with a maroon flower on the side.
"Would you like to skate with me?"
"Sure." Then the two of them joined the rest of the group.
As Flora passed her friends they all smiled at her when they saw she was skating with Helia. Layla even mouthed, "I told you so."
Flora tried her best to ignore them and hoped that Helia didn't notice.
Flora was enjoying skating with Helia. She let her mind wonder to the time they had spent in the past, like their walk in the park and their movie date. Flora was so engulfed in her thoughts that she wasn't paying attention to wear she as going.
Some one had dropped their hat and Flora slipped on it. She came crashing onto the ice.
Helia immediately stopped and went to kneel next to her. "Are you okay?"
He sounded sincerely worried about her. Making Flora blush even more. "Yeah I think so." Flora tried to get up but a deep throbbing pain in her ankle stopped her. "Ow." Flora fell back to the ground. "Actually I don't think I am. Something is wrong with my ankle."
"Here let's get you off the ice." Helia then picked Flora up, bridal style, and carried her to the bleachers next to the rink.
He gently placed her on the bleachers and made sure that her injured leg was elevated. "Do you mind if I look at it?"
Flora just nodded.
Helia gently took off her skates and started to remove her stocking ever so slowly. Flora's heart was racing and every time Helia's hand touched her skin and electric feeling went up her body.
Once Flora's stocking was off Helia examined her ankle. "It doesn't look to serious. I think it's just a sprain. It should be fine with some rest and some ice. I'll go grab some. You stay here." Helia gave her a quick smiled and went to the front desk.
When Helia left the other girls came over.
"Hey is everything okay?" Bloom asked with a worried look on her face.
"I'm okay really. I was just clumsy and sprained my ankle."
"Here let me see to make sure." Tecna scanned Flora's swollen ankle. "Yeah it looks like a sprain. All you need is rest and to put some ice on it."
"I know, Helia is going to get the ice now. You guys go ahead and skate. I'll be fine really."
"You sure Flora. We can sit with you." Musa said.
"No I'm fine. Now go."
The girls gave her one more worried glance but grudgingly went back to the rink to join up with their boyfriends again.
"Here's the ice." Helia came and sat next to Flora and put the ice on her ankle. "That should at least num the pain."
Flora winced with the first contact of the cold ice but then quickly got use to it. "Thank you." There was a moment of silence. Flora saw that Helia was still sitting next to her. "You know you don't have to sit here with me. You can go and ice skate with everyone else."
"No, I want to sit with you."
"Oh ok." Flora blushed. Helia actually wanted to spend time with her.
Helia and Flora sat on the bleachers and watched all their other friends skate around. Riven was skating next to Musa but they weren't holding hands like the others. Instead it looked like they had once again gotten into another fight. Then suddenly, Riven face planted into the ice. Musa started pointing at him and busted out laughing. Riven had an angry look on his face but then he grabbed her hand and pulled her down also. Soon both of them were laughing.
"You know he does love her."
Flora looked over at Helia with a confused look. "What did you say?"
"I said he does love her. I have really gotten to know Riven this year and even though he seems cold and emotionless. He is really actually quite sensitive. And Musa really brings that side out of him. She seems to be the only thing that brings light into his day."
"Wow, I never knew that about him. I always knew that he had feelings for Musa but I never realized that it was that strong."
"Yeah, guys don't like to show girls that they are just as sensitive.
"Really? Why is that?"
"I think it is because the guy always wants to be seen by the girl as strong and protective. Kind of like their knight in shining armor. If a girl realizes that a guy is sensitive then it takes away from that illusion of the guy being invincible."
"I don't feel that way at all. I mean sure it is nice to know that the guy is strong and able to protect you when you are in trouble. But I think that a guy who shows his sensitive side is actually stronger then someone who doesn't."
"How do you mean?"
"I mean if a guy shows his sensitivity then he isn't afraid of what others will think of him. He is willing to let the world see him for who he is, not what they expect from him."
"I never thought of it like that."
"It's silly I know."
"Actually I don't think its silly at all." Helia gave Flora another one of his smiles making her heart flutter again. "So how does your ankle feel?"
"It feels better actually, but I still don't think I can walk on it."
"Well the group is planning on walking around Magix after this, but I don't think you will be able to do that."
"It's okay. I'll just go back home and rest." Flora tried to get the girls' attention. They all came over. "Hey girls I think I'm going to go back home. There is no way I can walk around with all of you."
"We can cancel our plans and go home with you Flora. It's not that big of a deal." Layla said.
"No no. All we would do is sit around. You guys go have fun with the guys I will be fine."
"Well alright. But make sure to call us if you want us to come home. Now who is helping you get back home?" Stella asked.
"Oh..um.." Flora forgot that she was going to need help since she couldn't walk.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure she gets home safe and sound."
"Thank you Helia. Now make sure to take good care of our Flora." Stella said.
Helia got up and then picked up Flora bridal style like before. The girls watched with huge grins on their faces as they watched the two of them go out the door,
