Watchful Eye

"Bloom, well done, your parents would be so proud of you."

"No! Wait, I need to know more… don't go…" Bloom reaches for what truly isn't there.

A clam voice enters her mind from the real world.

"Bloom… Honey, wake up"

"Oh Flora, what was going on?"

"You were dreaming again, did Daphne have something to do with it?"

"Yeah she did, it's a little fuzzy, what did I say?"

"Something about not going and you need to know more"

"Oh, I remember bits. Daphne came and she told me something about my parents would be proud and then she left, I just wish I knew more."

"Well I'll help you, you know that"

"I know you will, you're such a great friend Flora"

"Yeah you are too Bloom, you must be so exhausted, but you need to get ready, remember we are all going out with the guys today."

"OH. You're so right, must hurry and get ready, I need to clear my head, I nearly gave into Darkar."

Bloom jumps out of bed and rushes to get ready. She puts on her usual Yellow top and blue starry jeans. All her friends were already ready and waiting for her. No doubt that Stella couldn't wait to see Brandon, as per usual.

"BLOOM! Are you ready yet? How long does it take to get ready?"

"Stella, of all people you spend the most time getting ready, and you're complaining that Bloom is taking too long…"

"Well for your information Musa, a girl needs to be pretty, it works for the guys"

"Well according to my calculations, Bloom has had a pretty rough time with the whole Darkar thing, I would say that you give her another 2 minutes to be exact, which is much quicker than the time you take."

Bloom walks out of the room to a bunch of smiling friends, and Layla runs to give her a hug, quickly she whispers in her ear.

"Bloom I know I haven't been here long, but I trust you so much. If there is anything I can do for you let me know"

"Layla I know that I can trust you as well, and…" Thinking back to her expression of sadness last night.

"And if you ever feel sad or lonely just come and talk to me."

Layla and Bloom both exchange smiles and catch up with the group.

Outside the boys were waiting, all in a line. Riven as usual was standing looking bored and annoyed, although Musa had an idea that he was only masking his true affection for her. Each girl run up to her guy and embraced each other. Layla on the other hand stayed back and watched sadly as she had no one that cared so much about her like the guys did for their girls. Bloom was aware of the situation and quickly turned around seeing the same expression as last night. She decided to let it go and would talk to her about it later.

"Come on guys, lets get going, I don't want to have to wait here all day, let's go shopping or something"

"Riven since when do you care about shopping, maybe you should be my boyfriend instead of Brandon"

"Snookums, you shouldn't joke around like that, besides, Riven is too serious for you"

"I only suggested we go shopping because I am sick of waiting around here, it's so boring at the moment."

"Yeah I agree Riven, let's not waste anymore precious time with our girls and let's have some fun, come on Tecna."

The group walk off in the direction of the bus to town. Layla follows slowly behind and finds a seat that is unoccupied and sadly sits down. She has so many thoughts running through her head, and she can never quite work out what to do.

"Why is it that they all have someone that cares for them, while I have no on, does nobody like me? Am I really that bad? I know I'm new to Alfea and all, but I just feel like I'm the odd one out."

While everyone is waiting for the last people to get on, someone gets on the on bus. Suddenly Bloom doesn't have such a calm feeling over her. It looked like the same person that she saw last night with Sky. They had the hooded cape that went to the ground, and they walked with their head down so that their face couldn't be seen. She watched them all the way, right until they all got off the bus, hoping to get some clue of who it was. It was such a nice day in town and who better to spend it with than each other. Each couple went their separate ways, Stella of course went to the Clothes store, Musa went to the music shop, and Tecna went to the electronic store. Each took their guy with them. Layla slowly walked to the sports store and Bloom stayed back with Sky, she needed to tell him about the person.

"Sky, you know that person we saw last night? Well they're here, they got on the bus."

"No I hadn't noticed, did you see… look there they go, and are they… are they following Layla?"

"You're right it looks like they are, I wish I knew who it was, maybe we should follow them."

"Yeah I think we should we don't know who the person is and what they are up to."

Just at that moment a strong wind came past blowing the hood off the face of the person. The face revealed a tall man with shot black hair and a slight tan. As quickly as the hood had come off, it was back on.

"Sky did you see that?"

"Yeah I did, at least we know it's a guy, but what does he want with Layla, why is he following her?"
"If I knew I would feel a lot happier, but I don't. I think the rest of our fun day has just ended. I don't want to let Layla out of my sight. Who knows what he could be up to."