Musa stood in the quad dressed in a jean skirt, blue button down shirt, and sneakers. For the first time in her life, she took longer than an hour picking out her outfit and had even asked for Stella's help. The other girls had mixed feeling about her going out with Blake tonight. Bloom and Flora thought she was going behind Riven's back a little by going out with Blake, Layla thought it was a good idea, and Stella thought she should dump Riven all together. At 6:55, Blake rode up on his levabike and pulled his helmet off. His already big eyes got a little bigger when he saw Musa.
"You look good," he said walking towards her.
She blushed a little and said, "Thanks."
He held out his hand and offered to help her onto the bike. "Shall we?" he said with a smile. She smiled back and climbed on. Blake got out an extra helmet and put it for her. Then he put on his own helmet and revved the bike.
"Hold on tight!" he said into the helmet radio and sped off towards Magix. The other girls watched them go from an upstairs window in Stella's room.
"I still think this is a bad idea," Bloom commented, moving away fro the window.
"Yeah," Flora said, sitting down at Stella's desk. "Riven's going to be really mad if he finds out Musa went out with another guy."
"Oh, forget Riven!" Stella yelled. "He treats Musa badly anyway."
"Stella's right, Flo. Maybe this could be good for Musa," Layla shrugged.
Stella started brushing her hair in front of the mirror. "Besides, who's gonna tell him?"
"Well what if he calls?" Bloom asked.
"Well, we have her phone so we just won't answer it," Tecna said, holding it up.
"She left it?" Layla asked.
"Yep. She asked me to hold onto it for her for the night."
"Oh this is great!" Stella yelled, turning and jumping up and down.
"Why is that great?" Bloom asked.
"That means she wants to be alone with Blake with no interruptions! She must really like him!" Just then, Musa's cell phone rang. The girls gathered around Tecna and looked at the caller I.D. It was Riven. The girls exchanged worried looks and let it ring.
"Oh, this isn't good!" Flora squeaked softly.
"Hush!" Stella hissed, as if Riven could hear them through the closed phone.
When it stopped, Tecna started to open it but Stella held her back.
"Wait, let's see if he leaves a voice mail." The girls waited a few more minutes then flipped the cell up to see the screen. One new message. They looked at each other and wondered if they should listen to it. Stella snatched the phone out of Tecna's hand.
"Stella!" Flora yelled, reaching for the phone. "We can't just look at Musa's messages! It's an invasion of privacy!"
Stella rolled her eyes. "We're all friends here! I'm sure she won't mind."
Flora was going to press the subject but curiosity got the best of her. Stella put it in speaker and the other girls gathered around to listen.
"Hey Musa, it's me. Riven. Uhh, guess you already knew that though…Ummm. I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other day. I didn't mean to blow you off a few days ago I-I sorta got detention and was a little embarrassed to tell you so I guess I didn't. But you knew that too I guess… So give me a call back… I just want to talk and maybe… do something tonight? So I'll talk to you later. Bye."
The girls all looked at one another and Stella snapped the phone shut. "I still think he's a bad boyfriend," she said half-heartedly, crossing her arms. Even Layla thought it was real sweet he had called and apologized.
"Should we tell her? About the message?" Flora asked.
"It's only right," Bloom said.
"Not to mention it is her phone," Layla said walking up to Stella and holding out her hand for the phone. Stella took a few steeps back and turned away from the girls.
"We don't have to tell her anything if there's no message," Stella said over her shoulder.
"Stella, no!" Tecna yelled. "We can't just delete her message! She has the right to know he called!"
"Says who?" Stella asked and she ran out of the room with the phone. Layla ran after her and wrestled the phone away from her.
"I'll just hold onto this for the night," Layla said, putting Musa's cell phone in her front skirt pocket. "And I'll be the one who gives it to her when she comes back."