Chapter 14
The girls got back to Alfea. Everyone was throwing looks at them, and lots of glares towards Bloom, Musa and Layla. The girls completely cut Stella out of the group and she only briefly hung out with Ali.
The girls were heading towards their first class, Math.
Bloom, Musa, Layla, Flora and Tecna were heading down the hallway as everyone threw insults and glares in their direction. They decided it's best for Ali and Lucy not to come with them, cuz Lucy was already a part of the group Bloom, Musa and Layla; and Ali insisted on not coming cuz of helping Lucy, while actually helping Stella.
They passed next to a crowd with a lot of insults ready and the guys were there too.
Layla abruptly parted from the group and headed to the bathroom with her head down.
The girls were slow to react, but got to the bathroom, only to see it's empty.
Muffled sobs echoed through the bathroom.
"Layla?" Flora knocked on the closed door from the bathroom stall "Layla please open the door!"
In a while, she opened the door. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
They hugged her.
"L, you're not alone in this, we're with you!" said Bloom.
She washed her face "I just thought they were different." she said.
"We all did." said Musa, darkly.
Bloom sobbed, wiping the tear from her cheek "Come on, we'll be late."
Tecna tried opening the door but it wouldn't budge.
"We're locked!" she said.
"Urgh! Those idiots!" Musa started banging on the door.
They heard some giggles through the door and then running.
"Great, we're stuck!" said Musa, pacing around.
First period was almost over.
They heard someone heading their way and started banging on the door and yelling.
They heard the door click and it opened, revealing Stella.
They speedily went past her and out in the hallway.
She sighed and left, heading to Miss Ofelia's office.
She knocked on the door and entered once Miss Ofelia told her to come in.
She slowly came in the office.
Once Miss Ofelia saw it was Stella, she quickly stood up from the chair and hugged her.
"Goodness!" she said "I am so glad you're okay!" she looked behind Stella "Where are the others?"
Stella told Miss Ofelia the story, Miss Ofelia didn't know about the article but she believed Stella.
"If you need someone to talk to, about anything, I'm always here, OK?" she said, Stella nodded.
"Thanks."
When Stella was exiting the office, she bumped in the girls (this time with Ali and Lucy).
They glared her down and entered the office. Ali stayed a few seconds longer, she squeezed Stella's hand and smiled.
As Stella got to her dorm, she saw that she got a message on her phone.
She slowly opened it, afraid to see what it is.
'Where's a sister when you need one?
I'd say talk to your friends, but you don't have any.
-Secret whisperer'
Stella angrily threw the phone at the wall as it smashed into tons of little pieces, she fell back on the couch and started crying in her hands.
…
In a few days, the girls still haven't forgiven or trust Stella.
Nothing big happened, though the girls started trusting Ali and Lucy and told them their secret.
But the rumor still didn't stop, Tecna and Timmy were working on finding out who wrote that, but only Flora and Helia knew that.
Did I forget to say that Helia and Flora re back together?
This is how it happened:
Flashback
Flora was looking at Helia draw at MAKO since she was there too.
She slowly approached him "Hey."
"Oh, hey um...F-Flora." he said, slightly blushing.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Well I came to draw…" he quickly covered the drawing, hoping Flora didn't see it, but it was too late.
"Me. You were drawing me." she said "Why?"
He sighed "I'm just gonna say it, I hate lying to you Flora" he stood up "We only broke up with you to help you. We started doing research on the 'Secret whisperer' and tracking your phones, trying to find out who it is. Believe me, we only broke up to keep our research a secret so 'Secret whisperer' can't hack our system and now that I heard Timmy included Tecna in the research I just couldn't keep it anymore, I'm sorry!"
She just stared at him "Why didn't you help us when that article came out?!"
"We had to keep our cover." he said "Believe me, Riven, Nabu and Sky didn't want to agree on it more than the rest of us, but they had to, so did we."
"Well what about the other rumor? You know, the one about Timmy cheating on Lucy with Tecna."
"Timmy couldn't stand it so he let Tecna in on our research." said Helia.
"Poor Tecna, everyone's been giving her the evil eye." said Flora.
"That's probably how Stella feels as well." said Helia.
"Stella?" asked Flora, then all the pieces fit together, Stella wasn't the 'Secret whisperer', she was set up, just like Tecna "Oh my god, I can't believe we've been so unfair to her!"
"You can't tell anyone about this!" said Helia "Promise me!" he caught her hands.
She slowly got closer and kissed him "I promise."
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her.
End of flashback
It seemed that none of this could be fixed.
Musa, Bloom and Layla were hated by everyone, and so was Tecna, all because of articles by the 'Secret whisperer', the girls hated Stella cuz they didn't know she was set up and Flora was almost caught as a mermaid and all of that was too convenient.
Ali and Lucy weren't that targeted, but they had their suspects, Lucy did. She suggested two people, the quiet shy girl from Math class and Tecna-who was kind of distant from the others.
The others partly agreed, though not as much about Tecna, but they still agreed.
Author's note
I wasn't gonna post, but I at least got 1 review so I decided I'd post.
Thank you so much to Bloom love for reviewing, you are the reason I actually posted so I dedicate this chapter to you!
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