Hey guys. I'm sorry for the late updates, i always mean to update on schedule but school is just hell right now. It's so hectic I can't explain. I hope you guys understand.
This chapter is bitter. i am sorry. It's a filler, i hate it but I tried my best.
This chapter contains NO mature language... wow. I know, first time for everything.
Here it goes... by the way; thank you for everything. I have received so much positive feedback on this feed back. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
"Helia! Wait up." Julius Harper approached his team Captain.
"Hey." He decreased his speed in able to attend to his teammate.
They were on the field, after classes. Practicing for their first game next week.
The afternoon sun hitting the field and males dressed in loose training clothing.
They wore matching baggy shorts with the school crest on the lower right of the cloth.
"I need to ask permission for absences for the next few days. Practices, I mean." The male with the deep brown colored hair replied.
"For what?" Helia stopped in his tracks which made Harper follow.
Knightley had his hair in a loose ponytail due to his hair being longer than the usual. He faced the senior slightly smaller than him and had deep black hair.
"It's for the project we have in Chem." He asked hopeful to get the Captian's blessing.
"The partnership project?" He remembered who he was paired up with.
Julius nodded and ended up getting the approval he had hoped for. He had just discussed a plan with Flora about their Chemistry project this lunch, the exact reason why Helia had to walk alone to the canteen. His first time walking alone to the canteen since her arrival.
Time passed leaving the field empty. The football players in the boy's locker room cleaning up. The sun started emitting orange and red lights signalling it's good bye. It's light slowly entering the locker room once the players departed from the boy's only room. The school was basically empty, leaving the boys and their coach inside the campus. Same with the parking lot, it was empty except for a few cars and motorcycles. They approached the parking lot where the school was completely student free.
"Helia can you drop me off at Musa's house?" The newly introduced President approached the King.
"Musa's?" Helia asked, knowing how close Musa and His house are.
"Yeah, we have to work on a project in Chem." He returned.
"Yeah sure."
The minute Brandon sat in the car and closed the door was the most silent one yet. He sat on the passenger seat while Helia played the radio lowly.
"So... About Flora." Lynphea spoke.
It was their first conversation, alone for the current year. A conversation Helia dreaded, knowing how strict Brandon is as a brother.
"I knew you would bring this up." Helia said out loud. He knew that this would come sooner or later.
"Why wouldn't I?" Lynphea said in a tone only Helia could describe.
"Look, me and your sister are nothing but friends." He summarized what Brandon would thought as a long deep conversation about friendship and romance.
"I'm not say anything yet." His words brought instant relief.
"Fine. Proceed." He said in a faintly tired tone. A tone Brandon would ignore due to the fact that they were all tired and he was probably tired of this 'Trying to find Helia a decent girlfriend from 1973'.
"I want you to know that I trust her with you. You're probably the best person to protect her and possibly put a target on her back." Brandon took this surprisingly seriously.
"What do you mean?" The clueless senior took a brief glance at his friend before taking a right turn.
"Nicole and Nicholas are capable of many things. The more time She spends with you, the closer the knife gets to her head." The brown haired male continued to deepen their conversation.
"Woah. Are you okay? Do you need coffee?" The Quarterback asked, concerned for him, knowing a nearby coffee place.
"I'm just citing the possibilities." He paused waiting for Helia's reply which didn't come of. "Flora likes you."
"Everyone does." The Midnight haired male's sarcastic side peaked once more trying to avoid the topic.
"Shut up dude." Brandon punched his side before Helia smiled before stopping in front of a stoplight.
"You are right. Everyone does like you. That's why Nicole's coming for my sister especially when She sees both of you together." Brandon said after a small pause.
"And... I'm not going to let that stop me from allowing you." He added.
"B." Helia called out.
"Please just watch over her." The brother ended the awfully deep conversation.
It left Helia and Brandon in an awkward silence, avoiding anymore sensitive topics. As they neared the Melody household, the more the car would ease.
"We're here." The midnight haired male said while pulling back the hard break.
The Lynphea thanked the senior and got out of the car. Just before closing the door, he had to say one last thing.
"Helia. We all know."
The sun set and rose in the morning, moving towards the top of the sky. Lunch time. Thursday Lunch was always the best time to go all out on school money for food. The food never tasted like poison like during Monday. It never tasted bland like Tuesday Also never ever tasted like last night's left over like Wednesday and never like Friday's 'too excited for the weekend so let's spice things up a bit'.
"I think you'll have to walk alone again." Flora approached the Midnight haired male who was packing his things after Professor Palladium had just dismissed them.
"Now? Lunch time? Look Flo, If you're making up for that only time I missed lunch because of Icy, then maybe I should take more shots." Helia joked as he hooked his backpack strap to his shoulder.
"I'm Sorry. Julius and I kind of scheduled it yesterday. I can't miss it. We have to finalize the data." She informed the male.
"It's fine. Are you sure you're not eating? Today's Gordon Ramsey day, remember?" Helia asked hopeful, seeing Julius waiting by the door, probably for the Caramel haired girl he was talking to.
"I'm fine. Maybe next time? I promise I'll make up for this. See you later." She waved goodbye and walked to the senior with black hair.
Helia took one last look at them before finally taking his walk to the canteen when he immediately got sot sucked into a whirlpool of girls.
"Hey Helia. Where's your girl? It's the second time you're not with her after Chem. What's wrong? Having problems?" Vanessa Whales teased with the triplets smirking beside her.
"It's non of your business." He continued walking with the four girls following him.
"Well then, I just want to tell you that Nicole is looking for you-" Vanessa gets nudged by Stormy.
"She means... coach is looking for you and Nicole." Darcy corrected.
He thanked the girls and sped up his pace to avoid the girls. He moved swiftly to the cafeteria. Seeing the huge swarm of students approach the cashier. All of them shouting orders and food of their choice.
Helia walked to the table silently, passing by his friends who were lucky to have their desired food on their trays. He looked at all of them. It was the table he saw a year ago, without Flora.
"Got your food." Timmy slid a tray across the table towards Helia who kept silent since his arrival.
Knightley thanked his red headed friend for the salad and the fried rice. Then was immediately noticed for his status by the end of the table.
"Where's Flo?" Techna asked, breaking through the small conversations of the table.
"She's with Julius discussing their project." He said poking the straw into his juice box.
"Again? That's two days in a row. Don't you think Julius is playing with her?" Riven actively said, alerted with the name.
"Why the hell would Julius do that to Flora? She did nothing wrong." Layla answered Barney's question, still angry of the things he said about her jacket yesterday.
"You never know... He could be trying to get Flora to give Nicholas a big slap in the face for betraying him." Riven replied.
"That's one, but the possibilities are endless." Layla shot back at the male beside Musa who was in front of her.
"And... It's not like Julius would rig Professor Palladium's partnering project." Brandon added.
"What's the problem with Flora and Julius working on a project? I see nothing wrong with it." A voice spoke from beside Karel; Krystal.
"Exactly." Helia spoke up, knowing that his word would intrigue the rest of the table.
The rest of the day passed and the squad was at the parking lot deciding on what to do after school.
Everyone was there except for a brunette still working on a project for her professor.
"Ice cream." Bloom said.
"Fruitti Music Bar. We haven't gone there for so long." Krystal objected.
"I agree with Krystal. I miss watching the sun set there." Stella sided.
"Ugh. Girls. This is why me and Karel don't have one." Helia enjoyed making the girl's boyfriends guilty for these kinds of moments.
"Why don't we try something new?" Karel broke the endless murmur of girls in his ears.
"Like what?" Techna asked.
"Maybe hangout at someone's place." He suggested.
"Who's?" Melody asked before someone
suddenly appeared beside her.
She looked really worn out from running. It was obvious that She tried her best to catch up.
"Sorry I'm late." Flora appeared, panting and her hair all messed up.
"I thought you left me." She added, saying it between breaths.
"Well, you're lucky today. The girls are fighting about what to do." Brandon said.
"Was fighting." His blonde girlfriend corrected.
"So... who's house?" Helia ignored Flora like she was nothing but air.
"My Dad is out until 9." Stella offered.
"Then, lets go." Sky said checking his watch and guiding Bloom towards her car.
They reached their destination by North of the town. A big, modern and bright house stood out. Definitely matching the Solaria heiress.
The afternoon slid slowly as the group played a game of never have I ever. It was their first time playing the game as a whole group hence causing new secrets be revealed. As the game progressed, the more sensitive the topics got.
"Never have I ever imagined myself without the group." The girl with fiery red hair said as it was her turn to ask.
"Uh... Not really." Nabu spoke, speaking for basically everyone who contemplated on the question.
A silence lurked around the room. Leaving all the seniors to look down and think clearly.
"I don't want to take this for granted guys. This is our senior year. Some of us... some of us are leaving. Most of us are. We've been together for a rough 5 years and, It all comes down to this." Layla said softly with a rough voice, enough for everyone to hear.
"Can we promise right here. Right now that we'll never forget each other. That this was our golden years." Bloom said holding tighter to her boyfriend.
They agreed. They all knew that this moment was going to come sooner or later. When they would speak about departure, college and the future. When they leave each other and possibly never get to have those kinds of hangouts. In the Future where some will move to different cities, states, countries and continents.
The future did come, very slowly for Flora. Especially when Helia has been ignoring her for the past week since their hangout at Stella's house.
Every time she would say hi and talk to the male, he would always turn away and talk to someone else. One Tuesday morning when they bumped into each other by the hallway, and he never even looked at her when she was supposed to give him a copy of a report. With this, She had Julius to talk to by the end of classes and the later part of lunch.
Even through texts would he ignore her. He never answered calls and never read her emails to him. Even small smiles She would throw at the lunch table would he set aside. For 8 days he would continue this. Silent treatment from her and any issue related to her. The reason he had would be another thing he would set aside.
She always saw him surrounded by girls which helped her somehow. She never for attacked anymore for sticking to him or even talking to him. How could she when he himself wouldn't talk to her for a reason only the male knew.
Hope you guys liked it.
What do you think about Julius? Is he in between Flora and Helia?
Might I add that this story is still completely about Flora x Helia. I will never not warn you guys if I would change the whole plot. LOL no I WILL NOT CHANGE THE SHIP THE STORY PROMOTES.
FLORA x HELIA IS LIFE.
Let me promote an amazing video on Flora x Helia (its the video I watch when I need insipration.)
Its entitled "Winx Club - Flora and Helia's love story from Season 2 to 7" by WinxClubEnglish
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