So as you know, the day of the rose is when Riven made the ol' switcheroo to the dark side with Darcy. But, Musa couldn't have known that till after the fact so we get to see just what she did that day.

Btw- I am a huge Musa/Riven fan so this was sort of hard to me to write, you'll see why. But just keep in mind, things have to get bad before they can get good. ;)

Enjoy!

The Day of the Rose

Musa sat up in bed after yet another dream about Riven, this time the setting was the little secluded party that they had a few days ago. She sighed as she swung her feet out of bed and looked over to her calendar.

Musa had all but forgotten that today was 'the day of the rose' and even though most people in Magix were pretty excited about going home and spending time with their families, Musa just wished she could sleep through the day. He father was away, which was hardly something new, and most of her friends would be going home as well so she figured she could spend the day lounging around Alfea. She walked over to her dresser and looked at the picture of her mother and smiled. She had so much she wished she could share with her mom and even though it had been years since she had passed away, the pain in her heart was still pretty strong on this particular day.

"Hey, Musa I was wond – ," Stella began cheerfully from Musa's doorway but faltered when she saw the look on Musa's face. "Hey are you okay?"

"Yeah," Musa said forcing a look of happiness onto her face even though she felt pretty lousy. "I'm fine, aren't you going home?"

"Nope, I was actually gonna ask you the same question,"

"Oh, nah I think I'm gonna stay here for the day, too,"

"Awesome we can hang out!" Stella said regaining her cheerful disposition and walking out of Musa's doorway back to her room to get ready for whatever she was planning on doing.

"Okay," Musa said doubting that Stella heard. She went back to looking at her mother's picture for a second and then hopped in the shower. Musa was planning to spend the day alone, maybe talk to her mom's picture and explain what's going on with her, but she didn't want Stella to be alone all day. Musa could tell under the sunny attitude she had, there was something troubling her.

After a quick shower, Musa put on her normal clothes and walked out to the common room where Techna and Flora were explaining 'the day of the rose' to Bloom. "Perfect! You can keep us company," Stella said as Musa stepped out of her doorway. It looked like Bloom wasn't going to be going home either.

After Flora and Techna left, the remaining three decided to go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat. The entire school was empty, including the teachers. Musa looked around and saw that they were the only ones in the school and felt kind of awkward there. During the day of the rose back home, most kids stayed on campus, it wasn't that big of a holiday and celebrating it wasn't a priority in any way.

They all sat down at an empty and sipped some tea that the mystro was nice enough to make before he left as well. "I hate when the school is empty, I don't know why, but it's just so depressing," Stella said after a few minutes of silence.

"Later!" Said a new voice. The girls turned around to see Professor Wizgiz ready to leave

for the holiday as well.

"Professor Wizgiz!" Bloom said cheerfully.

"Leaving?" Stella asked

"Of coarse," He said as he turned the pen in his pocket into a rose, then he began to skip merrily across the room towards the exit, explaining as he went. "Going to see dear mama, gonna transform into a bazelisc and give her a scare,"

"Funny guy," Musa said drolly.

"So why are you sticking around Bloom?" Stella asked, she and Musa didn't know since they were both in Musa's room talking when Bloom explained what was going on with Techna and Flora.

"I didn't have a choice, really," Bloom began. "I just found out about this holiday, I couldn't read the magi-cal, I guess I'm still a little behind, anyway, why didn't you two go home?"

"I've never told anyone this," Stella began a little nervously and Musa awaited her answer. She knew there was something bothering Stella and it looked like now she would find out what. "But, all is not well with the royal family, my mom and dad are getting a divorce. So now there are two palaces, but now things are getting really complicated, but these things happen right?"

Musa could tell that Stella was trying to play it off as if there was nothing wrong, but she could tell that this was really getting to Stella. She knew this because she did it a lot too when people asked about her mom. "And what's your story Musa?" Stella asked sounding as if nothing had happened that could bother her.

"Well, I told you guys that I lost my mom when I was a kid, so today's always been a little bittersweet," She began sadly really not wanting to relive the pain she was holding inside hoping she wouldn't start crying. "And my dad is at some important thing, so he's MIA, "

"Musa, I'm so sorry," Stella said

"It's okay, really," Musa assured them. "It been a long time since she passed and I miss her, but I got on with my life," Stella then gave Musa a hug and Bloom took the musical princesses hand as a sign of support and they all began to tear up.

"Well we've got a little family right here," Bloom said optimistically. "And I say we have a good time today,"

"Yeah! The suns are shining, there is a festival in the city, shopping and concerts!" Stella said happily getting up and prancing around the empty cafeteria.

"Is that your cell?" Musa asked picking up on the faint sound of her ringtone.

"It's a text message from Prince Sky," Stella began eagerly as she read the rest of the message. "He and some of the other boys will be at the festival today, wait that's not all, guess what? They're inviting us to the dance tonight!"

"Shall we?" Bloom asked expecting a 'yes' from Musa.

"I think I'm just gonna hang back," Musa said feeling a little depressed again. "But have fun,"

Bloom and Stella left a about an hour later, since Stella needed to go through the steps of finding the one outfit that would make Sky fall head over heals in love with her. After she managed to nail down an outfit, the two were off very excitedly.

Musa then walked around the empty school and finally went up to the tower at Alfea and looked out over the edge.

"I remember when you used to tell me about this place mom, you said it was your favorite spot in Alfea," Musa said as she stood up on the highest tower of Alfea, looking out over the campus and further on, she could even manage to make out the massive crowds in Magix for the festival. "Here you go," Musa said placing a small ornament on the ledge of the towers. She then used a bit of Magix to reveal a magi- photo of her mom.

Musa remembered when she was young that her mom would talk all about how excited she was to see Musa go to Alfea. That was the main reason she had come her and now she was here and she loved the school. "So let me tell you what's going on, classes are good and I'm acing potions, and I met this cool guy, his name's Riven and he's a total blazer (1). He's a little ruff around the edges, but I think that's his way of flirting, you know." Musa said remembering that she did in fact have a boyfriend and shouldn't be so infatuated with some guy.

"But, I do really like Daniel and I love him, but not in that way, or I don't think I do," Musa said as she leaned back against the pillar. "I dunno, mom. Sometimes I feel like Daniel and I are so planned and perfect, I mean everyone wants us to be together I feels so organized, like it's what I'm supposed to do. But then again, why wouldn't I want to be with him? I mean he's sweet and he really cares for me, but I can't stop feeling this way,"

"Anyway, I'm gonna spend the whole day with you," Musa began before her phone went off, she wasn't going to pick up but she saw it was Daniel calling and she figured she would pick up and tlak to him since this day wasn't easy on either of them. "Sorry mom, I'll talk to you later," Musa said closing the picture.

"Okay, I guess. You know. " Musa said answering honestly knowing that Daniel knew exactly how she felt on the day of the rose. "It's kind of weird, the whole school is empty,"

"Yeah," Daniel agreed before lightening the mood with something that might make Musa smile. "You in the mood for a little game?" Daniel said in a playful tone.

"Uhh, what?" Musa asked confused. She was actually pretty happy to hear from Daniel since she was all alone all day.

"I have a gift waiting for you at Magix Airport, it's in the private landing hanger number 11," Daniel began. "I think you'll like it,"

The airport? Musa thought to herself wondering what Daniel could have possibly gotten her. "You did not get me a jet," Musa said seriously not being able to think of any other gift she would be picking up at the airport.

"No, not a jet," Daniel affirmed. "The gift is waiting at hanger 11 and the guards there are waiting for you so I suggest you get a move on. It's time sensitive material so hurry up,"

"Okay fine, but if I get there and see like 11 kilos of coc-,"

"Don't worry," Daniel said chuckling at what Musa thought she was going to pick up. Musa began walking down the steps of the bell towers and into the school, on her way to Magix. She figured whatever Daniel had sent would probably brighten her day anyway. "I promise you will like this and it is completely legal,"

"Okay I'm on my way right now," Musa said as she walked through Alfea and into the quad. She immediately stopped when she saw a limo waiting in front of the school. "Daniel did you send -,"

"Well I can't have you running around Magix all by yourself," Daniel explained knowing Musa had probably just seen the car he had sent to pick her up. "Besides you know you like the idea of arriving in style,"

"You're sweet,"

"And you are on a treasure hunt, call me when you get the surprise," Daniel said and then hung up. Musa smiled and sat in to the limo and thought about what her surprise might be. On the way to the airport, Musa opened the picture of her mom once again.

"Sorry mom, but Daniel has some urgent surprise he wants me to pick up," Musa said looking at the picture knowing she wasn't going to get a reaction out of her. "But maybe this will help me sort out all my feelings, but I'll talk to you later, promise,"

Magix Airport was pretty crowded that day, it made sense since everyone was going home. Musa looked out the window of the limo eagerly as they approached the destination. It was the landing sight for private jets, but when Musa looked around there wasn't one around. Whatever Daniel had gotten her was meant to be a surprise until the last second. Musa stood in front of a small building that was separate from the airport and according to the chauffeur; she was supposed to go in.

Musa was not too keen on walking into some dark place that she'd never been in before so she decided to call the guy responsible for the scavenger hunt she was on. "Hello?"

"Daniel what's going on, why can't I have my gift out on the landing area," Musa asked without any proper greeting. She was having fun with this, but she wanted to get to the surprise.

"Because I said so, go in the room," Daniel commanded.

"No,"

"Musa, please,"

"Why can't I just,"

"Baby," Daniel said in a begging tone.

"Fine, but this better be good," Musa said opening the door and seeing a pitch black room. "It's dark,"

"Light switch is on your right," Daniel said. Musa wondered for a second on how he knew that, but when the lights came on she knew. She stared with disbelief and surprise in her eyes at her boyfriend holding a bouquet of red roses in one hand and a cell phone. "The devilishly handsome guy holding the flowers and talking on his cell phone is your surprise,"

Musa said nothing, she closed her phone and shoved it in her pocket as she ran into Daniel's arms, crushing her flowers in the process. It had been a month since she had seem him last and Musa had almost forgotten how much she missed him. Musa pulled away to look at him and he was clearly as happy as she was. She put both hands on his face and pulled him into an excited kiss that made him drop the flowers and his phone and wrap his arms around her. "So how are you doing?" He asked when they finally parted.

"I'm okay," Musa answered. She loved that Daniel had come here knowing that she would love the company. Musa liked being alone today, but it was as if Daniel had known that she needed someone to lean on when she felt this bad, and it looked like he was always there when she needed him. "I'm so glad you're here,"

"What about you?" Musa asked as she lightly caressed his chest. Daniel's parents were both still alive, but they were hardly what you would call loving. Daniel's mother cared more about her appearance and society events to ever care for him so Daniel was raised by nannies since he was born. His mother would rather have a designer handbag on her arm than her own son. And Daniel's father, Alexander, was probably the coldest person Musa had ever met, and she only saw his soft side since Daniel's father seemed to love her like a daughter. King Alexander was horrible to Daniel, he was never a father to him. He only expected the best from his son and if Daniel didn't deliver perfection, his father was not very happy. Even though Daniel would never admit it, he always secretly wanted his parents' affection even though he played it off like he didn't care about what they thought of him. "You okay,"

"I am now," Daniel said and planted a soft kiss on Musa's head as they continued walking through the empty airport landing area until they got to the limo.

The two stepped into the limo and sat comfortably when Musa looked at Daniel and saw that he was taking the day pretty hard as well. "So why aren't you at home," Musa asked knowing that Daniel probably wanted to get it off his chest and move past the hurt he was probably feeling.

"Well, mom is off at some spa and I doubt she even knows that it's the day of the rose. And the idea of going back to the palace with just me and good old dad was hardly appetizing," Daniel explained keeping his voice void of hurt. "So why not visit someone I actually want to see, besides I hated the idea of you being alone here all day,"

"I missed you," Musa said giving Daniel a quick peck on the lips almost as if rewarding him for being so sweet. But, as she moved away Daniel took the opportunity to pull her close and kiss her back.

Finally, after parting from the moderately passionate kiss, Daniel looked the musical princess in the eye and smiled. He then took notice of the fact that Musa was still wearing the necklace he had given her before she left for Alfea. "I missed you too,"

Musa leaned her head onto Daniel's chest and felt so much comfort being wrapped in his arms. It was nice to be around someone so familiar, especially today. She wanted to be home, but her father was never really himself on this particular day and the rest of the castle was usually quiet. Musa remembered that Daniel and the rest of her group got together and hung out the entire day doing nothing but having fun, since most of them came from the same situation as Daniel did, except for Leslie whose parents really love her. But, they were always busy so Musa and her friends created their own little family since they were young. Being with Daniel today made her feel like she was back home with the people that she was so close to. "So what do you want to do today?" she asked not lifting her face from Daniel's embrace.

"There's a festival isn't there," Daniel said and Musa nodded forgetting that her friends were probably there as well. "We can go there if you're up for it, or we could walk around, go to lunch,"

"We'll do it all," Musa said excitedly sitting up and wiggling out of Daniel's arms. "I'll show you around, but Magix is a lot more fun when you walk around and stuff,"

"Sounds good to me," Daniel said and then told the driver to stop and the two got out of the car. "Alright, Musa lead the way,"

The two walked though the streets of Magix happily, occasionally walking into a few shops and getting things. Musa had forgotten that her friends might be walking around, and when she thought about it, maybe it was time to finally introduce them to Daniel. Musa was just enjoying the day, the same she did last year. It was a day that was usually bittersweet, but her fends always seemed to be able to pick up her mood and make her feel better. Suddenly, Musa felt Daniel pulling her into a restaurant. "Hungry?" she asked looking up into his emerald eyes.

"Yeah, plus a quiet place to talk," Daniel said pulling her closer and walking into the restaurant with her.

The two were seated and Musa looked to Daniel and felt an incredible stab of guilt. Here he was, this great sweet caring guy, coming all the way here for one day just to make her feel better. She hadn't thought of Riven all day, and Musa was hoping that meant that her crush was over because she couldn't keep hiding this from Daniel. "You okay?" Daniel asked when he noticed the look on Musa's face.

"Yeah, just thinking about what else we can do today," Musa lied and averting her gaze, knowing Daniel would be able to pick up on her lie if she didn't.

"Whatever is fine with me," Daniel said as he cut his food with all the correct utensils and the correct posture. It was clear that he had all of the rules he learned in etiquette class firmly embedded in his brain, Musa did as well but she had made it a point to unlearn them, just to piss off her aunt and other annoying family members. "As long as I'm with you,"

"Aww," Musa said as she caressed his hand from across the table. "I love having you around,"

"You're gonna love it more," Daniel said as he pulled out a large jewelry box. Musa looked at it with wide eyes and took it from him excitedly. "Don't worry, I'm not proposing," he mocked from the last time he gave her a gift.

Musa opened the box to see a simmering bracelet with diamonds and sapphires. "Oh Daniel," Musa said happily before leaning over the table and kissing him, the bracelet was beautiful and it matched the necklace he had given her. "I love it,"

Riven would never say anything that sweet to you! Musa told herself and Riven definitely would never smile this much either. It was obvious that Daniel was the better choice and yet Musa had to make a conscious effort to push Riven out of her mind. But for the remainder of lunch, she managed to, they both carried on like nothing was different and it was nice. It was almost as if she had never met Riven.

Finally, when lunch finished the two were back off walking around Magix. They were deep in conversation when Musa heard a voice from behind. "Daniel Cunningham is that you!" said a very familiar voice.

Luckily or unfortunately, that voice belonged to Karen. She and Musa were still in a bit of a spat and she could use this opportunity to tell Daniel about her suspicions, but she wouldn't do that around Musa, would she? "Oh hey Karen," Daniel said with some enthusiasm.

"Hey I didn't know you were coming to Magix today!"

"Yeah it was a surprise for me," Musa said leaning her head on Daniel shoulder. She needed to prove to Karen once and for all the she was with Daniel and had no feelings for anyone else. "Isn't he the sweetest thing ever?" Musa said not realizing how much like Stella she had just sounded.

"Yeah, that's so sweet." Karen began. "You two are just the cutest thing ever,"

"So why aren't you back home?" Daniel asked not sure what was going on. Musa and Karen were normally really good friends and when he talked to her on the phone, she normally brought up Karen in one way or another. Something was up, but he let it go figuring it was some random girl thing he couldn't possibly understand.

"Ugh, home is overrated," Karen said. "I'd rather be here soaking up all the fun,"

"Sounds like a plan," Daniel stated and noted that Musa was looking a bit uncomfortable. "We're actually on our way to have some alone time, so we'll see you later,"

"Okay, bye guys," Karen said as she waved and turned in another direction to walk away. "You two behave,"

When she was a safe distance away Daniel turned to Musa with a questioning look. "We got in an argument about the most random stuff during dance, and I dunno things have been weird for awhile," Musa explained without having to be asked. She did note however that he didn't need much help to realize that she was uncomfortable, it was a plus on his side. Musa had been unconsciously weighing the 'goods' and 'bads' about Daniel all day and so far there the 'bad' list was pretty empty, while the 'bad' list for Riven was full to capacity.

"It'll blow over," Daniel assured as the two began to walk in an opposite direction from Karen. Musa and Daniel began to catch up on all of the happenings between their friends back home and Musa caught up Daniel on all the things going on in her life.

"Hey what's that," Daniel said stopping on the crowded side walk and turning his attention to what everyone else was looking at. He was looking at a bunch of guys lining up on leva bikes ready to race. "Looks like there is about to be a race,"

"Oh I guess you're right," Musa said as she turned around from the direction she was looking and looked to where Daniel was looking. Suddenly Musa felt uneasy, like her stomach was doing back flips and her lungs were taking turns tightening up. She saw Brandon, Sky and Riven sitting on their bikes casually.

"But I don't really want to stand in this huge crowd," Musa said fearing that her new friends from Red Fountain would see her and she would be put in the awkward position of introductions. Now, all the confidence she had about introducing Daniel to everyone dissolved and all she wanted to do was hide. For some reason she didn't want Riven to know that she was with someone else. Plus, she wanted all feelings for him gone before she introduced Daniel to her new friends.

"Oh there are some seats," Daniel said looking at a roped off area that was tented with a man standing in front only letting authorized people in. without waiting for Musa to respond, he took her hand and led her over to there, knowing full well that he had no affiliation with the people that got to sit in the tented area, but Daniel was not about to stand in the street when he could get a seat. He walked up to the guy and handed him what looked like a few hundred dollars and without a word he and Musa were seated with a perfect view of the race.

"Some things never change," Musa said playfully. She would have been perfectly fine watching the race if Riven wasn't competing in it, it seemed like whenever he was around Musa felt anxious and excited, normally that was a good thing, but when you had a really sweet boyfriend who trusted you, it wasn't.

"Hey, at least now you get to see the race," Daniel said taking a look at the racers and catching a hint of anxiety in her voice, although he couldn't figure out why it was there. "How about the making this interesting?"

Musa looked at him skeptically at him not sure if he was serious. When they used to make wagers, they never bet money because they all had plenty of it so it wasn't very fun. Instead, they used to make the loser do whatever the winner said, as long it was in the realm of possibility and morality…mostly. "What do you mean?"

"I say that… uhh that guy with the blue bike on the far left wins the race," Daniel said pointing to a kid with dark hair. Musa swore he went to Red Fountain, she had definitely seen him once before, she thought his name was Jared or something like that. "Who do you think is gonna win?"

"Come on Daniel," Musa said still focusing on Riven, half hoping he would look in her direction. "How are we supposed to know who is going to win?"

"Exactly, I could have just picked the worst rider out there," Musa gave him a hard look hoping he would get bored with the whole racing idea and suggest somewhere else to go. But, Daniel didn't let up. "Fine, I'll pick one for you."

"How is that fair?"

"Well you're not picking," Daniel said unable to keep a laugh from creeping through their cute little argument. "I say, that guy, 1st one from the right,"

Musa looked up and realized that Daniel had picked none other than Riven. (2) She stopped and looked at him for a second to take stock on the situation and from an outsider's point of view, she was screwed. "What?" Musa asked still thinking about how hot Riven looked on the bike. Then, Musa saw Bloom walk up to Riven's bike and he heart nearly stopped. Crap! Musa thought as she quickly turned her head and hoped that nobody saw her, she and Daniel had a perfect view of the race and that meant that everyone had a pretty good view of them.

"Fine you pick a guy," Daniel insisted casually as he put his arm around Musa. "But hurry up the race is starting soon,"

"No, he's umm no he's fine," Musa managed to get out of her mouth nervously. But, when she looked back up, she saw that Bloom and Stella were walking away from the side of the sidewalk. Taking a breathe, Musa sat as calmly as she could and tried enjoy herself in her boyfriend's embrace.

"Great," Daniel said happily as he focused on the race along with his girlfriend.

The race began and from the beginning Riven was in the lead. Musa couldn't help but smile to see him winning and she did show it. Every now and again she would cheer when Riven took the lead, unconsciously playing with her new bracelet on her hand. She was starting to have a great time again. "Glad to see you're warming up to the race," Daniel pointed out and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.

Musa, who was still fixated on Riven, nodded and watched intently. She did however; make Daniel very aware that his racer was not doing so hot. "Looks like I'll be winning the bet," Musa said with a mischief in her eyes and looked back at the race to see something going on.

For a few seconds it looked like everything was fine and the next minute his bike was completely out of control. Musa began to panic as she saw Riven get thrown from the bike and hoped that Bloom, who was chasing after him for some reason, was able to get him before he hit the pavement.

"Oh!" Daniel said cringing at how Riven fell from the bike. "Ouch! But on the bright side I win!" he joked, but it looked like his girlfriend wasn't taking it so well.

"Daniel!" Musa scolded angrily. "He could be hurt!" She said as she leaned as far over the railing without falling over to see if Riven was okay. Just then she saw another rider go to him and attempt to help him. Musa felt a feeling of relief before she saw Darcy pull off the helmet, and her heart nearly stopped.

"See look," Daniel began putting his arm back around Musa. "That scary looking chick is helping him, nothing to worry about," Although he was acting calm, a few flags of suspicion had gone off in Daniel's head since they had sat down at the race. Musa looked a little too eager then she was looking at that one guy and he knew that Musa was a nice person, but she was getting a bit too worried. It made him think that there might be something else going on, but at the same time he felt like he was being paranoid and the last thing he wanted was to push Musa away with some accusations.

Musa would have stayed to see what was going on and to make sure that Riven was okay and that Darcy was taken care of, but Bloom flew over to them and began to yell at Darcy. Musa figured it was time to leave since she didn't want Bloom seeing them and plus, it looked like Bloom had it handled anyway so there was no need to stick around. "I guess," Musa said leaning back into Daniel's embrace. "But I guess you won," She said trying to perk up, still glancing back at the situation with Riven.

"Since I won," Daniel sad happily as the two walked in the opposite direction of the incident, but not before Musa look one last look back. "You have to do whatever I say,"

Pushing the worry she had for Riven back, Musa tried to get in the same mood she was in before. "As long as it's not too crazy," she warned.

"Oh come on," Daniel said with a smirk. "You know me, when have I ever done anything too extravagant," With that Daniel and Musa went back to walking around the streets of Magix as he contemplated what he wanted to do for the rest of the day.

"So I was thinking," Daniel spoke up after a few minutes of silence walking down the streets of Magix. "Instead of making you do something humiliating, I think you might like something else a little more,"

Musa didn't know what he meant by that, but he began leading her in the direction of the marina. Surely he didn't have another surprise planned. How could he have possibly planned seeing a race and winning, thus making Musa follow his plans. Well, he could have made plans earlier and now things are just working out better Musa thought as she walked up to a corner where his limo was waiting. "Another surprise?"

"I do love your reactions to my surprises," Daniel pointed out as they got to the limo. "And I love all the attention I get," He finished with a smirk as Musa sat in the limo. She knew exactly what he was talking about, but she still wanted to know what else he had planned. But at the same time, she wanted to go back and see if Riven was okay.

Finally, the limo pulled up to the Magix marina and Daniel stepped out of the car. Musa got out and looked around at the boats that were docked at the port. "Boat ride?" Musa asked as her face lit up.

"Well, I know how much you love them," Daniel said. Musa remembered back to when she was a kid and her mother had just died. She remembered Daniel and his parents had come over a few days before the funeral and she didn't fully grasp the situation. So, Musa's nanny took her and Daniel out on her yacht for the whole day, and that day she and Daniel did nothing but play and have fun.

Every year after that she and Daniel went on the same yacht to have some fun and as the years passed Nate, Leslie, Duke, Brian and the twins, all came along and the trips became parties and it was almost as if they had become their own little family. Musa turned and looked up to Daniel and smiled. "So which one is it?" She said looking out to the boats that were docked at the marina.

"The best one," Daniel said and led her to the yacht and helped her aboard. It was nowhere near as large as the one they went on every year after school let out, but it was decorated spectacularly with small twinkling lights, roses and in the center of the observation desk there was a plush couch with blankets and hot cocoa sitting waiting for them.

"Did you know that that the Magix Day of the Rose festival ends with a fireworks show over the enchanted bay every year?" Daniel said leading Musa over to comfy spot on the deck. "It took awhile to track down, but this is the best spot to see the show,"

"You've been planning tonight haven't you?" Musa asked as she stepped into the warm blankets and grabbed the hot cocoa just as the sun set on the day of the rose.

"Maybe," Daniel said putting his arms around her and pulling a blanket up to keep them warm, as if they needed it, it was still pretty nice out. But, Musa didn't deny his gesture, he was being very romantic and it was a nice change. "Sometime spontaneity needs a little planning, but it's usually worth it,"

"Was today worth it?" Musa asked with a coy smile.

"Definitely," Daniel said before pressing his lips against hers and pulling her into a passionate kiss. Just as they pulled away from each other the fireworks began.

"Daniel," Musa said looking up from the hot cocoa and the fireworks and into his eyes. "Thank you so much for coming here today, I was pretty much planning on having a sucky day here alone,"

"I'm glad to see you happy," Daniel said pulling her into his arms tighter. "I would have been having a sucky day too, if I hadn't come out here,"

"What would I do without you?" Musa joked before burying her head in his chest and then looking over to the sky and watching the fireworks go off. She closed her eyes and took in the faint smell of his cologne and she remembered how much she used to love it.

"Musa," Daniel said a few moments later, turning her chin so that she would look at him as the fireworks began to fire more quickly, the finale was coming up any second. Daniel looked her right in the eyes and smiled. "I love you,"

Musa sat on the boat, unsure of what to say. The guilt was just piling up as the day went and something had to change She could have said it back, but it wouldn't be the truth. Instead, Musa pulled Daniel into a kiss and hopefully after the best kiss she could muster, he would forget about what he had just said. She then pulled away and smiled knowing full well how much she would hurt him if he knew the truth. She wasn't going to do that to him, so she sat there and pretended that everything was alright.

Even with one of the most romantic nights of her life playing out before her, Musa still couldn't manage to get the sight of Riven scowling at her out of her mind.

1. I don't know what 'blazin' means in that context, but I can only guess that it's a good thing.

2. How convient…

So as warned in the beginning of the chapter, this was not a very fluffly chapter for Musa and Riven. But she and Daniel were offly close. But of coarse she was thinking about Riven.

Next up – Spelled – one of my faves!

xoxo,
princessm