CHAPTER 21
NO POV
It was currently 12 PM in the afternoon and Musa and Riven were sitting in the sitting room still in their pajamas, drinking coffee and browsing the channels.
"Riven?" Musa asked, "So how exactly did those guys, you know…"
"Confess their undying love for each other?" Riven asked.
"That's one way to put it,"
"I'm not a hundred percent sure but I think it happened when I had gone to use the bathroom…"
FLASHBACK
"Okay, I need the bathroom, I'll be right back, if anything happens-"
"Riven, dude chill, she's asleep nothing will happen, we're here," Helia laughed shooing Riven out the room so he could go do whatever he was meant to do.
Layla was sitting on a sofa by the window and staring out, looking a bit sorrow.
"Layla…look, I know you feel and believe that this was your fault, but Layla, none of us agree okay? It was Musa's own stubbornness but that's okay cause she got what she wanted, but we don't blame her and she won't blame you either, what I'm saying is, Layla stop beating yourself up for something that isn't your fault," Nabu said walking to her and sitting on the sofa, Layla smiled at him.
"Thanks Nabu," She sighed leaning her head on his shoulder.
Nabu immediately reacted and put his arm around her.
"Layla?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you…"
Layla's head shot up.
"You do?!" She asked.
"I'm sorry, but ya," Nabu nodded making Layla grin.
So the 2 of them just sat there grinning goofily at each other, until they both leaned in and shared a short but meaningful kiss.
…
"Bloom what would you do if I asked you out, like right now" Sky asked shyly.
"It depends, ARE you asking me out?" She asked smiling.
"Maybe," he smiled back.
"Then MAYBE I'll say yes," Bloom grinned.
"Then MAYBE I'll take that as a yes," He smirked getting closer to her (not that it was easy as they were already pretty close)
"Maybe you should," she shrugged.
"Maybe I'll kiss you now," He said.
"Maybe I'll kiss you back," She grinned.
And with that there licks collided like the plates do when an earthquake is formed, when they pulled apart for air they looked into each other's eyes, their foreheads leaning on each other.
"Does that mean we're dating?" Sky asked hopefully.
"Maybe it does," Bloom laughed pecking him on the lips.
"God I've been waiting for this day for ages," Sky sighed
"Well I guess we were both a bit scared to tell each other how we actually felt," Bloom shrugged, "But I'm happy you built up the courage to make the move as I wasn't planning on doing it anytime soon,"
This made Sky chuckle and wrap his arms around her.
…
"Oh My GOD!" Stella groaned flopping down on the floor next to the wall.
"What happened?" Brandon asked sitting down next to her.
"I am SO hungry!" She whined causing Brandon to laugh.
"Should I treat you to lunch?" he asked.
"OH MY GOD I FUCKING LOVE YOU!" Stella cried hugging him.
"I love you too Stella," Brandon whispered hugging her back.
"Wait, love me as in like a friend or like-" Stella asked pulling way.
"…" Brandon murmured.
"What? I didn't quite understand," Stella frowned.
"Love you like WAY more than a friend," Brandon muttered.
"You do?" Stella asked causing him to nod in reply.
"Brandon do NOT fucking joke around with my heart okay?" Stella ordered which only made him chuckle and pull her into a hug again.
"I don't joke about love," He grinned.
"MY FOOT! Brandon, we BOTH know that was a lie," Stella shook her head.
"Okay okay, I WAS a player, but Stella I fucking swear I love you and I have always and I'm just really stupid because like I just realized it," Brandon sighed, this made Stella smile.
"Promise?" She asked.
"Promise," he nodded, Stella leaned in quickly pecked him on the lips before quickly getting up, "Now, let's go eat," she winked.
…
"Well that was one way to end a basketball match," Helia joked handing Flora a bottle of water that he recently purchased from a vending machine and sat next to her on the love seat.
"Thanks," She smiled taking a sip from the bottle, "But to be fair, it was a hell of a match,"
"That is correct, it sucks that my little sister is better than me in basketball," Helia frowned jokingly.
"I have nothing to say," Flora grinned.
"I left you speechless!" Helia gasped.
"Whatever Minger," Flora rolled her eyes.
"Admit it Flora, You like me," Helia smirked.
"No, you like me, you admit it," Flora said.
"No you!"
"No you!"
"NO you!"
"NO you!"
And with that Helia grabbed her face and kissed her.
(Yes, I added that Hannah Montana scene, I was running out of ideas)
"So uhhh, Tecna, how illogical would it be if I said I loved you?" Timmy asked shyly,
"Very," She said turning to look at him,
"Well then, I'll just wait until it's logical," He shrugged.
Tecna's face broke into a grin, "Waiting is a sign of true love and passion. Anyone can say I love you, but not everyone can wait and prove it's true, and you my friend are not anyone, Timmy you know that feeling, when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody and you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible?"
Timmy nodded.
"Well, that's how I feel about you,"
"You DID NOT just recite a sentence from "When Harry Met Sally" to confess your feelings to me," Timmy gasped.
Tecna grinned, "Well I just did,"
And with that Timmy enveloped her into a tight hug and kissed her forehead before kissing her lips…
"And then when I came back they all asked if they could go out to eat and of course I said yes," Riven shrugged.
"Cool story bro," Musa smiled as she took a sip from her coffee.
"Speaking of Stories, when are you going to start on your graduation speech?" Riven asked.
"Oh shit, haven't I gone through enough?" She groaned.
"Come on Musa, if I were you I'd be so excited that I would have gotten it over and done with the minute I found out,"
"Easy for you to say, you weren't playing in the biggest match of the year OR lying in a hospital bed for 2 days straight,"
Riven smiled sheepishly, "Right, sorry,"
"It's okay, even if it didn't happen, I wouldn't have started, I have NO idea what to write!" Musa groaned, "I've been brainstorming ideas on my phone,"
"Show me your ideas," He said.
"Ya you see, I might have missed out on a minor detail, so let me correct myself, I have TRIED brainstorming ideas on my phone," Musa smiled sheepishly, "So far all I've got is Hi, I'm Musa Roberts…" She said looking at her phone, this made Riven burst out laughing.
"Well, that's uhh, that's a start," He grinned getting up and picking Musa's empty mug of coffee along with his and taking it to the kitchen.
"Riven," Musa whined sitting up on the sofa and turning her head to face the kitchen, "Why do I have to be so damn awesome at everything?"
"Your ego though!" Riven chuckled, "I think all you have to do is sit down, and put your mind to it, it'll be just like when you had to write that essay thing for Mr. Nashville,"
"You're right, I think I'll go back to my apartment and work on it from there, that way I won't get tempted to do other things," Musa agreed.
"Right, go shower, you can by a drink or something from Starbucks on the way," Riven said returning back to the sitting room.
"Okay, pass my crutches," She said. He walked to the wall where the crutches were leaning on and gave them to her.
Musa balanced her foot on the ground and walked up the stairs.
She quickly showered and changed into a white tank top and black sweatpants with the word DANCE written on the right leg vertically, with all stars and a grey sweater thing, she left her hair loose and she honestly couldn't be bothered with any make up or shit like that…not that she had any with her at the moment…
She mentally thanked Layla for packing herclothes instead of Stella, or she would have had no choice but to be wearing some dress or skirt thing right now.
She walked down the stairs and saw Riven waiting for her on the bar stool.
"You ready?" He asked and she nodded.
He helped her into the car and then they drove off to Starbucks where Musa ordered a cool lime refresher as she had just had a cup of coffee like less than an hour ago, and even though it was autumn and it was pretty cool she was still really in a mood for a refresher.
Once they reached the penthouse block, Riven once again helped her out of the car and they walked to the door.
Musa smiled and waved at Eric who was reading a newspaper behind the front desk and he waved back.
She then walked to the elevator and pressed the up button.
"Musa are you sure you'll be fine alone?" Riven asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Musa assured him, "I'll call you if anything happens or I need anything,"
"Okay, text me when you're done," He said as he walked towards the front door.
"I won't promise I'll be done today," This only made Riven laugh and wave goodbye.
Musa got into the elevator and pressed the button to her apartment after putting her keycard on the scanner.
When she reached her apartment she walked to her room and sat on her desk chair.
"What are you even supposed to say in a graduation speech?" She groaned.
After half an hour she groaned again.
She went downstairs to get a bottle of water when her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi Musa,"
"Hey Flora, what's up?"
"Oh nothing, just checking in, how's the speech coming?"
"Well it's coming," Musa muttered causing Flora to giggle.
"Well I'm sure it'll be amazing,"
"We can only hope, hey Flora?"
"Hmmm?"
"Any words of inspiration?"
"Let me ask Helia, HELIA!" Musa winced and pulled the phone away from her ear.
After a minute or 2 Helia came on the phone.
"Musa?"
"Sup Heels,"
"I heard you wanted words of wisdom?"
"You could say that,"
"Well Musa, remember what mum used to tell us when we were in year 12 and going through rough patches when it came to deciding our future?"
"No,"
"Yeah I thought so, she would always say 'If you can imagine it, you can achieve it, if you can dream it, you can become it,'"
"Woah, it feels like ages since we last spoke to mum about our problems,"
Musa heard her brother chuckle from the other end.
"Helia? Do you think you could come over? It would help me with my speech,"
"Sure, Flora was just about to head out to see one of her friends that lived in your area, I can drop her and come over,"
"Thanks Heels,"
Musa then cut the phone and went back upstairs.
Her room was literally covered with scrunched up pieces of paper, "The failed attempts of getting into the dustbin from her desk"
"Why is it so hard to write words onto a piece of paper?" She asked herself.
She picked up the piece of paper sitting on her desk and read it.
"My fellow students, I know I've only been here for barely a year, but the few months that I have spent with all of you will surely be one of the strongest memories I'll be leaving here with today, cause that's all we'll have left of this place, that and a degree. It feels like just yesterday I had begun this new chapter of my life, going to a new University, seeing new faces, faces that have made my University experience something to remember," Musa read aloud, "Hmm, it's not bad, but I still have a long way to go,"
"MUSA!" She heard her brother yell from downstairs.
"I'M UPSTAIRS!" She yelled back.
Soon she heard footsteps running up the stairs.
"Which room is she in?" Helia asked himself
"The last one to the right," She shouted.
Once Helia found her, he quickly gave his sister a hug and sat on her bed.
"So, let's see what you have so far," Musa handed him the sheet of paper and waited anxiously as her brother read it.
"Wow, Musa this is actually really good, and it's twice as much as I expected it to be," Helia said looking at Musa.
"Well, thanks," She smiled, "But I still have a long way to go right?"
"Well, yeah,"
"Damn," She cursed.
"Honestly Musa, I don't think you need my help, and you know I don't normally compliment your work unless it's really good," Helia grinned.
"But Helia…" Musa whined.
"Musa, you're heading in the right direction, this speech is supposed to be from your perspective, it won't be YOUR perspective if I tell you how to write it," Helia said.
This shut Musa up, "Yeah…you're right, thanks Helia," She got up and hugged her brother.
"Aww, I'm sorry I couldn't help Muse," He said hugging her back.
"That's okay, you kind of did help by giving me your thankfully positive opinion," She grinned.
"Okay, I'll be on my way, you need to finish that speech and I need to go shopping," Helia frowned.
"Shopping?" Musa asked kind of surprised as her brother hated going shopping for groceries.
"Yeah, running low on food,"
"Right, OH! I almost forgot! How was last night?" Sha asked wiggling her eyebrows.
This caused Helia to chuckle, "Wouldn't you like to know?" He winked.
"Helia!" Musa complained about his lack of conversation, "What did you do?"
"Musa I cannot tell you that, but all I will tell you is that last night was amazing, Flora is definitely something else," Helia sighed, a goofy smile forming on his lips causing Musa to chuckle.
"That she is, I'm just glad you guys have all finally confessed your feelings to each other, I don't know how much longer I would have kept up with those girls non-stop lovey dovey gossip," Musa joked.
"What about you?" Helia asked.
"What about me?" Musa asked confused.
"What did you and Riven do last night?" Helia smirked.
"Nothing, we aren't a couple so all we did was eat McDonalds and watch TV, oh and Katie came over last night, God her reaction was so funny when she saw me," I laughed at the thought of last night.
Helia chuckled, "You'll come around and fall for him, and soon you'll be married,"
"Oh GOD Helia!" I groaned, "That thought just made me severely uncomfortable," He just laughed.
It did make me uncomfortable. Uncomfortable by the fact that he was right about the falling for him thing…
"Just, urgh, whatever get out, I have stress to put myself in," I scowled shooing him out the door.
He laughed, "BYE MUSE!" He called as he walked downstairs and once I heard the elevator doors shut I made my way back to my desk.
Come on Muse, you can do this…
…
AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER…
"OH MY GOOD FUCKING HELL! FINALLY!" Musa shrieked dropping the pen on the table, "Thank God I don't have to put myself through that stress anymore,"
She got off the chair, put her paper in her binder, put the binder on her shelf, and then walked out of her room.
She made her way downstairs, very slowly as she hadn't gotten used to walking with crutches even though this wasn't her first time.
She arranged herself on the couch with her feet up on the coffee table and she started browsing the channels.
"I honestly can't wait till tomorrow so I can get this fucking thing off!" She muttered looking at the white plaster on her ankle, "Thankfully I won't have it on during the ceremony, speaking of ceremony, WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR BLOODY HELL!?"
She quickly grabbed her laptop from the coffee table.
"Hmm, I'll wear my casual cream dress during the ceremony and then I'll wear a fancier one at the party," She said to herself, "Only problem is I don't have a fancier dress and I don't want to borrow from the other girls," She quickly typed in a URL for online shopping and started surfing through the different options.
"Oh God this is perfect," She cried clicking on a dress and adding it to the cart. Once she added her credit card details and address and stuff she switched off her laptop and put it aside and continued watching TV until her phone began to ring.
"Hello?" She asked leaning back into the couch.
"Hey!" It was Layla.
"Hi Layla, what's up?"
"Not much, just checking in, how's your leg?"
"Annoying, why did you guys have to open your big mouths and insist on putting a cast on me?"
"Well, we thought you'd prefer it better, the nurse said that it would heal slower if she put a bandage as you won't be able to rest that foot and so it wouldn't heal by the grad ceremony,"
"Right, thank you for opening your big mouths I appreciate it ever so much, I just can't wait to get it off and finally be able to walk properly, honestly you have no idea how much my armpits are hurting because of having crutches stabbed into them,"
This made Layla and all her other friends burst out laughing, but Musa was oblivious to the fact that she was on loud speakers.
"So, what are you doing? You done with the speech?"
"Thankfully yes, any longer and I would have pulled out half the hair on my head,"
"Well I'm glad you're done, Helia said it was coming along great, I can't wait to hear it though,"
Musa laughed, "So what are you doing?"
"We're all at Nabu's house, thought we'd give you a call and ask if you wanted to come join us?"
"Thanks for the offer, but I'm alright, hey do you think I could drive with a cast on?"
"GOD NO MUSA! Don't even think about getting into your car alone," Bloom and Stella yelled into the phone.
"Are you guys on loud speaker?"
"Yes," Musa heard all 11 of her friends answer.
"Right then, thanks again for the offer but I'll pass,"
"So what are you going to do about dinner?"
"I'll order a pizza or something," Musa shrugged.
"You sure?" Nabu asked, "Cause if you want we can pick you and take you out for dinner,"
"I'm alright you guys enjoy-wait Riven?"
"Yes Musa?" Riven asked.
"Don't you feel like an 11th wheel or something with all the love in that one room?" Musa joked.
"MUSA!" Her friends (minus Riven) yelled causing Musa and Riven to laugh.
"Yeah, you're right, I'm coming over Musa and we are going to eat Pizza or something together alright?" Riven said.
"Ayt,"
"If you're going to "Netflix and Chill" please remember to use protection, we don't want to become Aunts or Uncles just yet," Flora yelled into the phone, revenge from the uncomfortable position Musa put her in last night on the phone.
"OH MY GOD FLORA!" Musa and Riven yelled simultaneously causing the rest to laugh.
"I'm hanging up now!" Musa sang into the phone before pressing the end call button.
HEYYYYY
It's been long innit?
Really sorry about that, I've just been really busy with school and stuff, I just finished Easter break and so my school has started. ;(
I'll try update more often now maybe once a week? Or once every 2 weeks, actually no I'm not going to even bother with saying things like this.
I'll just update whenever I can and hopefully it'll be more frequently?
Yes…that's better.
Anyways…hope you enjoyed this Chapter, see you again in the next chapter?
Technically I won't physically see you but I will feel your presence…you get what I mean?
i'm not exactly proud of the beginning of this chap, you know the part where they all confess? but oh well...
i'm supposed to be working on my Science homework or revising for my science test but, well...I'm not.
:/
Byeeeee!