Hi Guyss! I'm back with an updateee. I'm really glad I got to finish proof reading this cause it's got a lot of context.
Anyways, Drama starts here.
This chapter contains coarse language and themes.
Thursday afternoon. The day before the Specialists' first football game.
"Here's your juice, O Great one." Musa teased before sitting down next to her cousin while in the backyard.
"Thanks. My Dad's out for the night." He referred to his dad who frequently worked late during the last week of the month before taking a sip of the glass Musa handed to him.
They were on the grass, staring at the clouds, with orange and yellow lights. The cousins sat there, trying to clear out all the stress they have.
"You excited for the game tomorrow?" Melody asked the school's new quarterback.
"More of nervous. So much pressure was added since Yuri's last minute victory." He returned.
"Well, is the team up for it? To win the game tomorrow?" She challenged the team captain, hoping to get some fighting spirit, a Helia special.
"I hope so. We'll try our best."
A brief silence filled the air, as the sun sank slowly into the horizon.
"So... we talked earlier, about you and Flo." The younger cousin spoke abruptly.
"What do you prefer? Pastel or Solid colors?" His intention was clear as he stared off to the sky.
"Stop avoiding the matter. I know you're hiding something. Tell me what it is. Flora's been so upset."
"I know you like her. We all know you do." Her words made him stop.
"Tell me why you're doing this. It's been hard enough to look at Flora like that. To look at you like that." She continued to add pressure.
"I'm scared." It was all he could say.
"Scared? Of Flora? Brandon?"
"I'm scared that I might hurt her." He returned with more confusion.
The conversation faded out into opening doors and thoughts, an activity Musa and Helia found interesting of that they have never done before. Exploring more of oneself and thoughts.
Back to now, where shots, seven minutes and more secrets have been laid down.
She quickly stepped downwards every plank of the stairs. Her long Caramel hair moving swiftly with her. Many and various thoughts racing through her mind.
Why did he volunteer?
Why did he take 2 shots?
Why was he avoiding her?
Why is he afraid?
Why did he do that?
Why?
She reached the bottom, seeing the party getting even more intense. More music blasted, more cups were wasted and more people were there. People who were surprisingly still in tact with their common sense at the late hour.
Still with the music was she shocked. Flora went and sat by a lone bench by the pool. She put her hair behind her ears, trying to gain more focus by doing so.
Everything came washing down on Flora as she turned a shade paler. She tried closing and keeping her eyes open to find a place in her head so she could think, but all she got was frustration. Frustration from the situation she entered.
"Hey." A soothing voice came from the right, alerting Flora even over the loud music and bright lights.
"Musa." She called and sighed at the same time, relived that Melody was there to comfort her.
She came and sat down next to the seventeen year old.
"Flo, whatever Helia said, he meant it."
"Are you sure it isn't the two shots of alcohol?" Flora asked wanting confirmation, any confirmation her brain couldn't produce as from thinking earlier.
"Helia's been meaning to tell that to you. I know for whatever he had to drink, that what he said was genuine."
Lynphea held herself up with her arms planting on the bench. The seventeen year old continued to stare down the pool as the colored light reflected through the water. The words replayed in her head, the sight of his lips as well. The other moments too, when he pushed her away for the past week. All she heard was rejection.
"He was avoiding me. Then drinks two shots for me. Tells me that he's afraid and doesn't tell me of what-"
"He's afraid because he might hurt you." Melody moved closer to the girl in green with her eyebrows softening and a small smile.
"Hurt me?" She faced the King's cousin wanting to learn more.
"With Nicole and all the other girls on his tail, anyone who is a threat to Helia's relationship status is their prey. He protected you by avoiding you, Flora. You saw how Nicole didn't bother you for the time Helia wasn't with you right?"
Flora nodded slightly, together with a gulp. The brunette was getting a better grasp of the situation, seeing then later another hole in the issue.
"Why didn't he just tell me?"
"You think telling you would make it better?"
"Still. Then what about the kiss? He almost-." She said in a tone ready to freak out.
"Wait. Flo. He... kissed you?" The Asian senior wearing a red dress needed answers.
"No. He held my face near his but that's-."
At that moment, someone who had white long nails held Flora by the arm and pulled her to the near side of the pool.
"Bitch." The voice called loudly making heads turn.
It was Nicole Woods who assumably heard the conversation. Then was a senior who stood before Flora, trying to protect her.
"Get out Musa. Leave this slut-ass bitch." Nicole's rage was more than obvious.
The music died down as people started gathering around them.
Melody standing before the Queen B protecting the tree hugger who was obviously a threat to the Social Hierarchy everyone looked up to and was willingly following.
"Evan!" She called to a blonde muscular male who grabbed Musa by the arms.
"Musa!" Flora tried pulling her friend from the blonde senior.
"LET GO OF ME! EVAN!" Musa called her former classmate back in sophomore year.
He led Musa to the side, keeping her arms restrained.
"Now Flora." Nicole grabbed her once more facing her back to the pool.
"I heard some juicy news about you kissing Helia." Woods' tone made Flora shiver, knowing something really bad was going to happen.
The crowd surrounding them grew and let out chatter and gossip about their King. Whilst, no sign of the legendary squad.
"No- We didn't-"
"Now we don't want any lies here. Tell me all details. How was it? How tasty were his lips?" She neared the brunette.
"Nicole. Please put that away. Please." She referred to the empty beer bottle she held.
"HELI-" Melody's call for help was cut off with Evan covering her mouth.
"Nicole. Please. Stop. I'm Sorry. I didn't do anything. Please put that away." Her voice was more than begging. Lynphea tried anything to keep her at bay.
"What? Put what away? I'm not going to do anything. Cause I know you've been a really good girl." Woods stepped closer.
Flora was at the edge, one more step backward and in the cold pool she goes. Then about four steps facing her was a murder machine who hated her since day one.
Nicole made small steps closer, getting ready to use the bottle as revenge. "No! Please." The seventeen year old who wore a green dress pleaded.
"Tell me Slut. How was the kiss? How Fucking good was it?" She took a swing, ready to hit Flora's head with the clear glass bottle.
Just before She did, the Nature lover was forced into the pool that had extremely low temperatures due to weather.
"PLEASEE!" She gasped for air before hitting the water.
The world seemed to have faded out. Her body struck up with the cold water clashing with her body. Her dress, even more so gripping on to her body.
Meanwhile upstairs was the air getting thinner as the tensions decreased with time.
"So are we going to continue? Or just gossip about... whatever happened in there-" Darcy asked the still confused group of seniors before getting cut.
"PLEASEE!" They all heard.
"Flora?" Krystal spoke, recognizing the soft and gentle voice that sounded forced to scream like that.
All rushed the nearest window, seeing a crowd forming between 4 individuals. One looked brave and dangerous with a beer bottle in her hand. Then was another in the hands of a muscular man who wore a yellow bomber jacket. Then the final figure seemed to be like a green dress in a pool, not making out the figure properly.
"Shit." Helia's curse was heard lowly by his nearby friends.
He rushed down the stairs with all of his friends, even a few players and cheerleaders. Although his and Riven's urgency came to a spotlight as they jumped over various steps to catch up on the current status by the pool. They moved people out, trying to beat time.
Musa saw the event without her inability to scream. She saw her friend get forced to jump into a pool at this cold weather.
"NICOLE!" Riven shouted angrily seeing her with the beer bottle.
"No one's telling Brandon right?" Sky said lowly in the midst of the mishap.
The magenta haired male neared her and ripped the bottle out of her hands. "WHAT THE FUCK IN HELL WERE YOU DOING?" He said loudly.
Everything came down to that moment where everyone seemed to have known all that has happened. Riven on the other hand knew it all too well. His anger made all around him stop and freeze due to terror.
Near the angry Apollo was Knightley who immediately jumped in the pool as soon as he saw the familiar olive green dress.
Helia guided her up to the concrete floor with Karel on the edge of the pool, helping her up.
He could feel her shiver as he led her to the edge, coughing water out with red eyes. Still being careful of his actions, he managed to somehow take her hand, remembering what happened earlier and how much it could have been.
They went to the side of the pool, waited by Summers who held out a hand for her to reach.
"You okay?" The other senior with electric blue hair asked as he felt her hand shaking. All he got was coughs as a reply.
"Here's a towel." Summers handed the seventeen year old who had no smile in response as what she would usually do.
Everyone was now aware of what happened. The school's King rescuing the newbie.
Flora's was completely wet. Her hair feeling heavier, her skin shivering with the impact of the cold wind.
Karel stood there, waiting for the midnight haired male to come to surface as the girls chased the wet Lynphea. She walked out to the front lawn knowing her friends would help her somehow.
"I'll drive her home." Layla said checking her purse for car keys.
"We'll be with Musa." Krystal turned to the opposite direction, making the rest of the girls do the same.
"I'll handle it Layla." Helia blocked the hallway with his still wet body.
"Helia, no. You've done enough damage." She tried moving him to the side.
"Please Lay. I just need to talk to her." The King pleaded but the same words escaped out of Tides' mouth.
"You had seven minutes and you blew it. You blew every single second of it."
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