Stella's POV
It was 5:30 pm when I woke up. Again I lost my sleep and couldn't sleep till the end. What could I do? I managed to get up, still feeling the pain on my stomach the asshole left. Slowly I walked to the bathroom, filled the tube with water and refreshing bubbles, took off my clothes and got in. Aaah, every time I tale a relaxing shower it seems like I haven't had one for eternity. Plus it was the only time I really got relaxed, the only place where the time freezes for me. I began to play with those bubbles, make them and blow them. I liked it since I remember me. And at last closing my eyes I switched off of this reality. But a while ago, having myself satisfied, I got out and walked to take a towel. Fortunately there were always 4 towels just in case. And they were hanging beside a mirror. Before I put a towel on, I threw a glance on my reflection. The bruises on my face were gone but on my stomach… I winced as I felt the pain while touching it. That asshole signed his death agreement yesterday. I'll show him!
Brandon's POV
I was so tired from yesterday's events that could barely walk my way to school. Because of that damn girl I had to sit and read those… freaking books and abbreviate! I hate that girl! As soon as I reached school, I noticed that was 7 minutes late. Great! And my first subject was Maths that I prefer more than that damn history. I walked up to the classroom's door and could heard the teacher explaining something. Inhaling I entered.
"Hi, Mr. Saladin." I said sheepishly as all stares were on me, including Sky's, Tecna's and… Annete's?! Shit! Calm down! Actually that was the first time of me being late. And all because of that damn blonde. Screw her! Ok, Brandon, just stay calm and pull your freaking self together!
"Denilo, you're late today. But as this was the first time and considering your advantages at this subject during this short time, you can take your sit. But it won't happen next time." He said. Phew.
"Thank you." I said as I went and took my seat behind Annette. After some time…
"Ok, class, now let's see how much you've understand this subject." The teacher said and wrote an equation. "Find out the solution, please. You can work in pairs if you want." Every one work in pair except for some. Sky asked Tecna's help seeing her passion for this subject and achievements. She's really a smart girl.
After struggling for 3 minutes, I couldn't work out the equation. But… on the other hand the was my chance! Annett loves this subject too, and she's always great at it like Tecna. That was the only chance to talk to her.
"Um… hey, Annett!" I tapped her on the shoulder. Shit! Even this small touch makes me nervous. I could feel my hands sweating, my heart rate speeding up like there was a race.
"Yes, Brandon?" she turned to me smiling. For a damn moment I lost my words and felt my cheeks boiling! What the heck? Why is this happening? How stupid I feel myself! I hope she didn't notice. Ok, finally finding my lost voice again, I said, rubbing the back of my neck because of the nervousness and smiled like a total idiot.
"W-would you… please,… help me in this? Seems like… I'm stuck in this… if, of course… you don't mind."
"Sure I don't mind!" again that breath taking smile! I swear this girl is going to be the main cause of my future heart attack! She turned her body to me and leaned on my desk writing on a paper and explaining the equation. But I barely heard her angelic voice as I was busy studying yet beautiful face. Her skin was unnaturally pale but it went with her black and straight hair, mesmerizing blue eyes, and those reddish lips, radiating from the light. I could see the softness of those puffy lips. I bet they would match with mine perfectly. I would give everything to just make her mine and I don't care how egoistically it would sound. All I know is I want her to be with me and to stop thinking about that asshole.
"See? It was easy!" she said as she finished.
"oh, thanks." Great, I didn't hear what she had said.
"By the way, are you ok? Yesterday you went back so exhausted" she suddenly asked. But wasn't she ill yesterday?
"But weren't you ill?"
"I was. I was looking out of the window when I noticed you entering the neighbouring house in front of ours. I never knew you were living beside." Just imagine my happiness when she said it. Today's my lucky day! Because:
We talked
She helped me
I got to know she's my neighbour
She cares about me
"Well, …*cough*… I appeared to be in pair with an insane blonde for our history presentation." I said. "And I hate that history so much!"
"I hate it too. Who knows, if I hadn't been ill, we would have ended up together in pair?" if I could turn the time back! I know Annett was never good at history but… screw it! I would spend my time with her, regardless of what my mark would be in the end. Heck, I just want to be with her!
"Listen, if we live beside each other, we could go home after school together." Another heart taking sentence. Going home with the love of my life… but wait that witchy blonde wouldn't let me! Hate her even more!
"Unfortunately I can't go home with you as I have to…. Prepare for the presentation." I said sighing.
"Oh." She sighed as well feeling hopeless. I hate it when she is like this.
"But… why don't we come to school together?"
"I like it!" she said as she smiled. At that time the bell rang, Mr. Saladin gave us out hometasks and we all rushed out of the class like crazy to the cafeteria. Of course, being the gentleman I am I helped Annette with her bag while she carried some heavy books.
"Are you sure you don't want me to carry those heavy books for you?" I asked concerned.
"It's fine." As soon as we reached and met with the others someone rushed at me from behind.
"Brandy, Brandy!" they sang."oh you, little dog, why didn't you tell me your in pair with Solarian?" guess who it was from the first try.
Yes, it was her, Jessica.
"So?"
"So? You'll help me to collect information about her." She said.
"Again,Jess? Isn't what you've got, enough for you?" Musa said.
"Nothing is enough, darling, especially for a journalist!"
"But wait. You said, you're partner is Solarian?" Tecna asked.
"Unfortunately…"
"I think she's going to kill you, if anything, considering what happened that day…" Roy said as a matter of a fact.
"But I think it will be fun." Annette said in a sweet tone.
"As if. You've never talked to her, have you? " I said.
"Come on, Brandon, even bad things have good aides!" her hope always admired me. By the way I didn't have her phone number!
"Annette, can I ask for your phone number, for tomorrow's morning…. Meeting?" Why I always get nervous at these important times!
"Meeting?!" all gasped. But someone smirked. Again guess who.
"You mean date?"
"No, Jessica, it's not date!" Annette and I said at the same time. Though deep inside I wished it was. But soon it will be! I mean constant meetings soon become dates!
"Oh, sure!"
"Jess, leave them!" Aisha said as they all excused and left us alone. Annette gave me her phone number and I gave her mine before the bell rang.
"So are you staying?" she asked.
"Unfortunately." I said annoyingly. She chuckled and did the most unbelievable thing! She placed her hand on my cheek rubbing the edge of my lips with her thumb.
"Come on, Brandon, smile is more suitable for you." Wouldn't this sentence make your heart melt? Because it made mine so. I flashed a bright smile only for her.
"When you say so, it's impossible not to smile for you." Did I say blush suited her? Feeling her cheeks burning under my soft gaze and and husky but seductive whisper that came out independently, she pulled back her hand from my cheek and averted her gaze.
"Please, Brandon, stop it. I feel uncomfortable." It acquired so much will to not grab her and kiss her right then and there.
"Sorry." I chuckled rubbing the back of my neck.
"ok, see ya tomorrow. Good bye." She waved to me and went.
"Bye.' I whispered and waved her back. Now back to these damn reality! I made up my way to the library and at that time no one was there. I went to find Miss Hitler when suddenly someone kicked me from behind.
"You thought you'd stay unpunished, bustard!"
"Daniel. I should've known."I got up and faced the asshole and his pets Riven and Nex as I Remember. "Want more? You'll get more!" I said as I punched one of his pets and grabbed the other's collar. But Danile rushed and lunched me on the face. I fell and touched my mouth with the back of my hand and saw blood on it. He's a dead meat. I rushed back to fight him when suddenly…
"Thrawing your usual party?" our heads turned the direction the voice came to meet Stella in the upstairs with a smoothie in her hand and a straw in her mouth. "How low of you." Again that irritating tone.
"My future bedroom lady, you'd better watch your tone and your tongue as I don't want to ruin that hot body of yours that soon I'll claim mine." He chuckled and smirked. Fucking asshole!
"This body will never be yours, dickhead!"
""You know, they say never say never." Surprisingly she smirked at that sentence and said.
"Those, who said that, used 'never' in their saying twice!" Good point. "Besides who you think you are? Don't you want to accept one true fact according to which a 'poor', 'fragile' and 'weak' girl kicked the shit out of of your ass!" She was pissing him off. Daniel's gaze got darker.
"I told you to watch your tone, bitch!"
"Or else what? Huh! As if you could do something, poor human scum!"
"I'll show you!" he said as he stormed off to her place. But she stayed calm and even smirked. Didn't she get what was happening?
"Idiot, run!" I shouted .
"Not so fast! We aren't finished!" The asshole's pet said as he punched me. After some struggles, they managed to knock me down. I wanted to get up when suddenly something fell down before me. It was a straw with a paper written 'watch out'. As I glanced up I managed to push myself away as a flow of books flooded those pets heads
Stella's POV
Just my luck! The dickhead with his company appeared kicking the ass lf the hero. And the library was empty. But I was sure that school administrator Griselda and librarian Barbatea were going to appear there soon. Hm, a perfect place and a perfect time for my sweet revenge! Near the edge of the stairs there were two very old, almost collapsed bookshelves, onw full of maths book (we!) the other full of history. I don't believe I have to do this to my fav subject but uh well, justice and revenge are more important. Soon I managed to piss of the asshole so he got upstairs. Just as I planned. But before I managed to get a small sheet of paper, write something on it, tied it up around my..uh… straw and dropped it so that the hero got it.
"You're going to regret, bitch!" the asshole claimed.
"Oh, really?" I smirked taking another sip of my smoothie. Furious he rushed at me. My back was facing the bookshelf and when the asshole rushed, with one slight move I stepped away and he met the bookshelf. Bumping into it, its book flowed down on the boys' heads as I planned. And tada! I heard footsteps coming over there! I quickly rushed down with a worried tragic, nearly crying face. Now's the show time.
Brandon's PoV
After the little book incident I heard footsteps coming closer to the library.
"Baka! Idiot!" a loud shout was heard and someone got down from the upstairs. Yeah, it were Daniel Stella but … she looked so different, so worried? She came and looked at the history books. Some of them got torn. She looked at the books with horrified look then rushed at Daniel pushin him backwards.
"Baja! Asshole! How could you!" and this time.
"What has happened hear?" Miss Griselda and Miss Barbatea came in. Miss Barbatea was in shock seeing the mess. None of us spoke, except for Stella.
"Miss…*sniff* I'm sorry *sniff* so sorry!" is she… crying? "I couldn't stop this! I am…*sniff* so… sorry!"
"Miss Stella, would you, please, explain me what has happened here?" Griselda asked strictly correcting her glasses.
"I… I was waiting here for this… gentlemen to practise and prepare for our presentation at the end of this term when suddenly I heard sounds of fighting." She placed her left hand on her on her cheek to wipe her tears and it slide a little down reaching her chin while her curved pointing finger with her thumb touching her pinkish lips seemed to keep her lips from talking with sniffs. And her right other hand was around a little under her chest covering left elbow. I should admit she was cute. She had those beautiful black and long eyelashes… pinkish cheeks…. Wait what? What am I talking about? What the hell! "I saw these three kicking this boy because of some issue they had since childhood. I couldn't just stay there and watch how three jerks kick a fallen one!" is she defending me? " I tried to stop them but…. But…" she then turned to Daniel. "But this, sorry, freak pushed the old bookshelf down and history books flooded down on them."
"What? You're lying, bitch!"
"Mr. Hunters, watch your language!" Griselda said.
"No, how could you, how could you do that to our historical treasure!? How dared you? Murderer! Do you understand that this treasure is more expensive than your poor life!" Stella said pointing at the books. I see she really loves history.
"Without the knowledge of this books you are nothing, can't you see it?"
"Shut up, or else…" Daniel tried.
"Or else what? What? The fact that your granny is the headmistress of this school doesn't give you the right to treat books like that, you, murderer! Now how am I suppose to get those books you torn today, baka?"
"Enough! You all are getting distensions." What? Oh, come on, Griselda!
"Please, Griselda. I think Miss Solarian tells the truth, considering her passion towards history. Seriously, I've never met anyone who loves history this much as Miss Solaria. If it was maths book or chemistry or physics, than it would have turned out in an other way." Barbatea stood near Stella supporting her.
"Ok, but be careful, Miss Solarian, I sure appreciate and respect your father but don't show your genes here, it's a school, not a court or police station."
"What could I do. It's in my blood."
"And you four…" oh no, I'm screwed. But Griselda couldn't finish her sentence as Stella cut her off.
"Please, Miss Griselda, he's not guilty. He only appeared in a wrong place and wrong time. He's also new here and besides he needs a doctor for his bleeding in case of any infections." She again defended me? I don't believe it, Griselda sighed and let it go.
"No, she framed me!" Daniel kept shouting.
"Miss Solarian, you may go and practise. I will give you the reserved ones of this books you ever need. Now please, excuse me, I'll go after someone to help me clean up here."
"We'll help you."
"No, please, you suffered much today." Barbatea left. And… guess what? Stella now went back to ger usual expression as if nothing happened here. She just coughed and went upstairs not even looking at the books side. You know what this means. She's a great actress. All those emotions, expressions and even tears were fake. She really framed Daniel.
"I thought you loved history." I said as I followed her.
"I do."
"Then why did you do this? And don't deny it, I know you framed Daniel and that show was a fake one."
"You answered your question. Besides, we're quit!" she then got a cotton from her bag and gave it to me. "Here, wipe your blood off and get started with reading." She said as she sat down looking at her empty plastic cup.
"Then why did you help me?"
"Because I need you." Wait what? Need me? Like someone in love needs their second halves? As if reading my thoughts she rolled her eyes and said.
"Hormonal perve, need your freaking help, not you!" she said as she began to read.
"What are you talking about? I didn't think anything." I said my arms crossed.
"Yeah, sure. Now, you have to do me a favour as I saved your butt for three times today." Three times? When one time suddenly became three?
"When you saved me other two times, especially today?" she rolled her eyes again and sighed.
"I'll explain
I saved from those three dickheadswho were kicking your ass
I warned you about the books before they flooded
I saved you from Griselda's favorite detentions"
"Fair point." I said as I wiped off the blood. Unlike other blondes she is smart.
"Then go and bring me a coke as I had to sacrifice my smoothie for you and my sweet revenge." She asked. As if. What am I to her? A waiter.
"Go and get yourself!"
"I would if wasn't lazy to get up. Besides…" she showed me her three fingers dancing aiming the show that day. I rolled my eyes and went after her coke. On my way I met Miss Barbatea.
"Are you now ok?"
"Sure. It was nothing. Just small cut."
"Glad you are ok, but I want take other fight in here anymore."
"Uh, it won't happen again."
"I hope." She said and left to get herself busy in her books.
Getting the coke I went back. When I got to our place I saw Stella reading the book extremely closely. Perhaps in 10 or 14 cm distances.
"Do you know you're going to spoil your vision if you read like that."
"Do you know I can't stand people who interrupt and disturb me?" she didn't even look. Ok, I just warned her and all. I put the coke beside her and took a seat grabbing the damn history book.
"You forgot the straw!" God, this woman is demanding.
"Then go and get it as I'm not going after it. And don't mention the saving facts. Besides I thought you didn't like when someone interrupts ir disturbs the work!" right on place! Ha, this time a score for me.
"And how am I supposed to drink thus?" she said after suffering in opening the bottle.i sighed and opened it for it.
"Just pour it in your plastic cup for smoothie."
"Nah. I don't like when different flavors get mixed together. So go after the straw! As without it I can't drink this!"
"Really? Do you know there's another way drinking from this damn bottle?" I started to get pissed off!
"Really? And which way?" I grabbed the damn bottle and drank from it. Then put the bottle in front of her. "This way!" She looked at it disgusted.
"Do you really think I:m going to drink it now after you drank it?"
"What the hell! Just drink the freaking liquid!" my voice raised a little.
"No, the bottle and the liquid touched your mouth." She said folding her arms.
"What's the problem with it?"
"Who knows what microbes you have in your mouth! And now they spread in the coke." Seriously? If one day you find me in prison for killing someone, don't blame me, blame this demon!
"Then deal with it, as I'M NOT GOING AFTER ANYTHING!" I stated and go on with my reading. Silence spread upon us for 10 minutes but…. It wasn't actually a total, pure silence. She just didn't talk that whole time, instead she was chirring the fucking plastic cup! It was getting on my damn nerves!
"Will you stop it?" I tried to be calm.
"Stop what?" she said continuing the damn sound!
"Chirring the fucking cup!"
"I can't. I'm in depression because I didn't get enough sugar for my organism. So I have to somehow calm my depression down." She said chirring and not looking at me.
"Just threw that damn thing away!"
"Do you see any trash cans here?"
"They are down the floor."
"Too lazy to go." I can't believe this!
"Give it!"As the irritating sound kept on I gave up and got up snatching out the damn thing from her hand and going down to throw it. When I reached the can…
"Don't forget the coke with a straw this time!" she called after me.
Fuck this little bitch!
I hope you enjoy this chapter. Sorry fir the delay. I was busy in making a video for my first fanfiction "The power of the forgotten world", writing next chapter for "The power of elements" and drawing my manga-comics based on the first fanfiction again.
Anyways thanks fir your reviews.
Jessie: Are Riven, Bloom and Nabu in this story?
Yes, they are. As you saw I added Nex too and he and Riven are Daniel's friends. About Bloom you'll find in the next chapter. And Nabu is going to appear very soon.
Flora Fangirl thanks
S: When are the Winx and Stella going to meet each other and make friends and when will Brandon start to know her more?
After one or two chapters I think Brandon will have no choice but to get to know Stella mire than others. As for friends… Stella in this story barely trusts anybody, especially boys, and always keeps herself away from people. So to get her and be friends is way harder. I didn't really think what will happen, how they are going to be friends but… we'll see how everything turns out.
Lovebooks200426 thanks for your review. Will try
Also thank all the guests who reviewed. I appreciate it and sorry for a big delays. I will do my best to follow the schedule I made on my profile. Or I hope so.
See ya next time!
