When her friends first noticed Flora's friendship with Riven, they were worried. However, after telling them she had already spoken to Musa about it, and that Flora had gotten her consent, they left the issue alone. If Riven called her, wanting to meet at one place or another, they no longer found this unusual.

The single Winx Club member who hadn't discovered Riven and Flora's friendship was Bloom. While the other members lives had gotten consistently less busy, Blooms life had taken the opposite trend. At minimum, she had two dates every day; this was a month and a half after her breakup with Skye. Flora was starting to miss spending time with her friend, and had decided to talk with her that evening.

Prior to this event, however, Flora had decided to spend some time by herself. She went to the park, and strolled along happily. The day was chilly, yet the sun still shined brightly in the sky, smiling down upon the fairy. She grinned back at the sun, and wandered aimlessly along, until she spotted something that startled the smile right from her pretty face.

Helia was sitting down and leaning on a tree not six feet from her. His back was to her, but from this angle she could see a pencil and parchment sitting in his lap. He was sketching a girl; Flora realized that the beautiful girl starring in his drawing must be the other girl he met. His new girl friend; the one he had favored over her.

Flora walked down the path towards him, not wanting to turn back because she had as much right to be here as he did. Still, she paced by quickly, praying that he didn't see her.

But because Fate was in a bad mood today, Helia did see her, and shouted her name.

"Hey, Flora!" he called, getting up to follow.

Please go away she thought, but didn't say.

"Hey, what have you been up to?" He asked as he caught up to her. The question was innocent enough, but his words erected a feeling in Flora that she rarely ever felt: anger.

"What have I been up to?" she echoed, menace dripping from her voice. "Well, I've been really busy with school lately, Techna won the science fair, and, oh yeah! I found out about your girlfriend the other day, now that you mention it."

His face paled "You found out about….."

"Yeah, I found out about your lie. About how you dumped me for someone else, and not, as you said, because 'I no longer feel that way anymore'" she finished, quoting what he had originally stated as his alibi for a breakup.

"I, uh—"

She cut him off "You could have just told me the truth in the first place." Her anger was replaced by hurt. "It would have hurt more at first, but I would have gotten over it" she continued, her voice cracking. "I was finally getting over you, you know? And then I find out that you lied to me; that you dumped me for another girl and lied about it. You have no idea how much that hurt—" She wanted to say more, but was halted by her own throat closing up. She couldn't see anymore either, for her eyes had succumbed to tears.

She wanted to run; Lord only knows how much she wanted to run. But Flora didn't want to look like even more of an idiot if she tripped while running away. After all, she was practically blind, and wouldn't be able to see an oncoming obstacle. So instead she just stood there, with Helia looking taken aback that he had caused this to happen. He even looked sorry that he had caused her pain.

"Flora, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a broken sob. Flora was standing, clutching her sides and letting out wails. All the emotions trapped in the coke bottle within her chest that had never been released were making their presence known now. Helia stood their awkwardly, not knowing what to do. He tried again.

"Please, Flora. I never meant—" He was cut off again, and Flora thought she heard a thump and an "Ooofff!" She looked up to find Riven standing in front of Helia (who was on the ground), with a deadly look in his eyes. She closed her eyes, not wanting to believe the scene that was occurring in front of her.

"What did you say to her!?" Barked Riven menacingly.

"Nothing, I swear!" She heard Helia reply.

Someone encircled her in a hug, and she sobbed into Riven's shoulder. She felt his neck turn as he shot one last glare in Helia's direction.

Then he was steering her along the path back the way she had come. He never said words of comfort; the hug offered that. All he did was let her stain his shirt with salt water, holding her in his arms as he led her back to Alfea.