Chapter 18: "When you Look Me in the Eyes"

"Hey Sky?" Bloom asked

"Yes Bloom?" He answered. They were still in the ship and they wouldn't arrive at magix for another hour.

"I've been thinking, what do you like about me? I mean I love you and I know you love me too, but what exactly is it about me that made you fall in love?" Bloom said. Blooms question surprised Sky; it was very unexpected.

"Well, the first thing about you that caught my attention was your face. When I first saw you on earth you looked so lovely, I mean you still do. Your hair was amazing and looked so soft. I don't know too many redheads, you know, and I don't know a single redhead with their hair in layers". He said.

This made Bloom laugh. She hadn't seen many redheads either, her friend Mirta, a witch who assisted Alfea may have been the only one, and she didn't have her hair in layers.

" What else?" Bloom said, she wanted to know more; she liked what she was hearing.

"Well, that was only when I saw you, once I got to know you, I realized you were a beautiful person on the inside too, you are thoughtful, faithful to your friends, you're strong and most importantly you are brave and have a big heart", as soon as Sky said those words Bloom kissed him on the lips. Sky put one hand behind her head and made the kiss deeper. Their chairs were almost right next to each other so they were very close. Bloom caressed his cheek with one hand, and put the other behind his neck.

Riven was back at Musa's house, he woke up a few minutes ago, but still lied in bed. He thought about the moment they shared last night at the park. Everything seemed perfect. He and Musa had danced to her favorite songs for a few minutes, but it felt like less. He wanted to repeat that moment over and over. They didn't get back to the house too late. After they got back they were both very tired so they went straight to bed, and they had separate rooms as usual. Riven and Musa had never shared a room. They would one day when they were married. Riven thought about it, married, he wanted to propose to Musa soon. He had to get a ring and find the right time and place. He couldn't wait.

Bloom and Sky broke the kiss finally after a while when they felt that they could no longer breath. They both panted very heavily. Blooms face was ruby red, her face felt hot. She and Sky had never kissed like that before. Sky looked at her, he smiled slightly, not really sure of what to say. He was aware that this hadn't really ever happened, he was also aware that Bloom felt a bit uncomfortable, she was blushing madly and didn't know which direction to face, or what to say either. Sky broke the silence.

"Wow, that was one heck of a kiss", He said in a tone that made Bloom laugh.

"Yea it was pretty…wow," She said, not knowing what other word to use. Sky smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. It was still very warm. Bloom looked at him, why was she feeling so shy, she and Sky had kissed many times before, maybe not as deeply as now, but they had kissed. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips once more.

"I love you Sky," she said. He grinned.

"I love you too Bloom".

Helia and Flora were at a restaurant having breakfast that morning. After spending the entire day before at Flora's house, he wanted to take her out to eat, plus they would get to be alone for a while.

"So do you like this restaurant?" Helia asked her casually.

"Of course, its one of my favorite places to eat in the entire realm!" She said happily.

"I'm glad you like it" Helia said smiling. He loved to see Flora smile like that, she looked so peaceful and her smile was beautiful. For a moment, Flora and Helia just stared at each other, than Helia reached his hand across the table and took Flora's hand. Flora blushed slightly.

"Have I told you that you look beautiful?" He said,

"Actually you haven't said it in a while" She said smiling, her cheeks turning a bit pink.

" I might not say it all the time, but I think it whenever I look at you" Helia told her.

"Helia that's so sweet", she said, "You look quite handsome yourself, you know?"

Both of them smiled, they enjoyed being together; sometimes talking wasn't necessary, just by looking into each other's eyes was enough.

Stella woke up in her room. She felt so relaxed. She had slept so well. Brandon was sleeping three rooms to the left of her room. They had finished watching the movie the night before, and then headed straight to bed. Both of them were pretty tired. Stella got up, she got dressed and went downstairs to eat breakfast, and she figured Brandon was all ready up. To her surprise, he wasn't. When she arrived at the table, her father was sitting there with his face in his hands. He looked rather frustrated.

"Daddy? What's wrong?" Stella asked him.

"Oh, honey, you're awake. It's nothing, just taking care of some businesses of Solaria, that's all". He told her.

"Daddy, I know it's something else, you look so sad, please tell me why" Stella asked her father kindly.

"I spoke to your mother this morning," He began, "we had an argument over whether or not you should spend more time with her, she thinks that the two of you don't bond enough". He said, and Stella knew right away that her father was upset because he thought he needed her more. And as time passed, Stella began to see that it was true, her father needed her, and she was going to be there for him.

"Oh dad, you have nothing to worry about, I'm going to stay right here with you, I guess I could stay a few more minutes during my visits to mom, but I want to be here with you", Stella said, she kissed his cheek. King Radius looked at her; he had such a good daughter, with such a big and kind heart.

"Thank you dear, you have no idea how much better you've made me feel", he said giving her a weak smile.

Just then, footsteps were heard coming down the stairs. It was Brandon. He had finally wakened up.

"Good morning king Radius, good morning Stella," He said smiling, as he walked in.

He walked over to Stella and asked them both how they were doing, 'fine' they each said. But Brandon knew Stella well enough to know something was up. So as soon as king Radius left, he asked her.

"Stella is something wrong?" Stella didn't answer, " You know you can tell me sunshine", Brandon told her while putting an arm around her.

"Its nothing, just that my mom and dad had another argument, this time over me. They each want me to spend more time with them. When they were getting divorced, they fought over my custody for weeks, but after my dad got it, I thought I'd heard the last of their arguments over me. But I guess not, I feel bad about it." She said looking down.

"Hey," Brandon said softly, "you shouldn't feel that way, it's not your fault or anything, they both really care about you and want what's best for you, they just have to agree on that together. Don't feel bad if they have an argument".

"I guess you're right", she said, she looked up at him and gave him a little kiss on the cheek, and said "I couldn't be happier to have you here", Brandon smiled.

Musa woke up, she got dressed and then she went to knock on Riven's door to find out if he was awake. To her surprise, he was.

"Morning Muse" he said, with a sleepy smile. Musa thought it looked so cute.

"Good morning Riven, did I wake you up?" She asked.

"No I woke up about five minutes ago, so how did you sleep?" He asked her grinning.

"Great, how about you?" She couldn't quite understand why he was grinning like that, but she thought it was funny.

"Yea I slept pretty well too, like a baby", Musa laughed.

"Hey Muse, I was wondering, if maybe later you wanted to you know, go out somewhere with me? You know, before heading to Alfea?" Riven finished saying. This surprised Musa a bit, but she really liked the idea.

"Of course" She said almost as soon as he asked, "I'd love to" She said smiling; Riven smiled right back at her.

"So Bloom, I told you everything that I love about you, now its your turn" Sky said.

"Oh, well, okay then" Bloom said.

"Well, I think you're very handsome, on earth I was never really a big fan of guys having shoulder length hair, but, you changed my mind about that" She said, while Sky was grinning, she wanted to laugh.

"You also look very strong," she told him.

"If by that, you' re referring to my muscles and biceps, then I must agree," He said, still not wiping that silly grin off his face. Bloom blushed a little. Sky had his arms around her and pulled her even closer to him. They were now a few inches apart.

"Another thing that I like is that you're a great fighter, you have your friend's back and you're there for them when they need help. And besides that, you're the kind of person that anyone can trust, you're always honest about things, and I just think you're a wonderful person." She said.

"Bloom, that's really sweet" Sky said, pulling her even closer so now their faces were only about a centimeter apart.

"What you said about me was even sweeter," She said, Sky closed the last space there was between them and kissed her.

When the kiss was over, Sky turned to Bloom and said, we'll be at alfea in 10 more minutes", he smiled.

"Have I also told you that I love your smile Sky"? She said. Sky laughed.

"You hadn't but I'm glad you do, I love yours too." He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and hugged her again.

That's it for chapter 18; I hope you guys liked it. Thank you so much for the reviews, they were all so nice. I'm glad you guys liked the last chapters and all the ones before it. Thank you, I loved your reviews. I'll try to update soon. God bless you all.

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