Timmy was crushed. He felt like a truck had just run him over. He went the wrong way. He was only 10 minutes away from the studio, and he went the wrong way. Timmy felt terrible. He had finally let Tecna down. He promised her on Erakleon that he would be there for her, that he didn't have any more secrets kept from her. Timmy slowly walked away from the receptionist and walked to his bike.
Timmy placed his helmet over his head and began driving to the other side of Magix to see if Tecna was hopefully still at the studio waiting for her. Timmy knew that it was a long-shot, but what other choice did he have?
The flash from the camera had blinded Tecna for a couple of seconds. Once she regained focus she smiled again for the camera and got another photo taken.
"Beautiful Tecna, just beautiful" Ashley said. "Alright, and that's a rap. Thanks for coming down you guys."
"It was our pleasure" Flora said picking up her bag and heading back to the dressing room to change.
The girls and guys followed her lead and went back into the dressing rooms to change. As the girls and guys were changing, Ashley was busy packing away her equipment. Unbeknownst to anyone, an unfriendly face was peering through a window into the secluded studio. He watched as Ashley packed away the gear with her staff and left to put them away. The figure smirked and opened the studio door and walked in.
Flora was in her dressing getting changed and looked at herself in the mirror. She smiled at herself but had a sudden feeling that something wasn't right outside. Flora quickly got dressed out her dress and back into her normal clothes, her pink skirt with strawberries, with wedged sandals, and a green off-shoulder top. Once Flora was changed and her dress was packed away she walked out of her dressing room to scope out the strange feeling she felt. Once Flora walked out, she found it empty. Ashley and her team must have walked away to put some of the equipment away. Flora thought that she was also the first one to be changed. Flora walked around and sat on a chair with her name on the back.
Flora sat on her chair as she quietly hummed to herself, little did she know that the figure was walking around the studio. Flora looked at watch and saw that it read 2.30pm. She quietly waited for her friends when she felt a strange presence behind her. She slowly looked behind her and saw someone behind her. Flora jumped and got of her chair. The figure walked into the light revealing the figure to be Eric.
"Eric" Flora gasped with her hand over her heart. "You gave me a heart attack."
"My apologies" Eric said with a smirk.
"What are you doing back in here, Eric? Weren't you fired?"
Eric cringed at Flora's statement. "Yes, but I came in here to apologise to you."
"I'm sorry?" Flora said confused.
Eric was a pompous jerk and she didn't think that he was capable of saying those words.
"Yes, that's exactly what I want to say" Eric joked.
Flora rolled her eyes and his smart-ass remark.
"Look Flora, I'm sorry for what I said earlier, just seeing you after all these years brought up a defensive side of me. I want you to have lunch with me, to say sorry" Eric said.
"I don't know" Flora replied unsure.
"Please, just one lunch, that's all I'm asking" Eric said.
"If it's only one lunch, then alright" Flora said.
"Excellent. Meet me this afternoon at 4pm at Café étoile in Magix" Eric said and he left as he heard a few dressing rooms open.
Flora watched as Eric left the building in a hurry. Flora couldn't believe that she had agreed to have lunch with the jerk. But she trusts too easily, she thought that maybe she they both got everything out in the open, he wouldn't be such a jerk to her now that they are living in the same city again. Flora turned around to see Helia, Stella, and Bloom walk out of their dressing rooms.
"Are you okay, Flora?" Helia asked seeing her standing randomly in the studio.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" Flora replied and gave Helia a hug.
After another 5 minutes of waiting, everyone was heading outside were the limo was awaiting them. The girls all piled in except for Tecna, and then followed by the guys. Tecna was last and was standing just by the open car door. She looked out at the open road heading in their direction and wished that she saw Timmy riding down that road. She stared out at the road for a minute before she softly sighed and joined the rest of her friends inside of the limo.
Not far from the studio, Timmy rode on his bike heading for the correct studio. He turned right into the street and saw a building that read "Ashley Viva Photography". Timmy's face lit up with joy when he saw a white limo directly outside the building with someone closing the passenger door.
Timmy silently prayed and sped up to meet the limo. But before Timmy could stop his bike, the limo began pulling out from the side of the road and moving onto the busy road.
"Oh no, you don't. I've come too far to stop now" Timmy said and he pressed a button on his helmet. "Tecna" he said and then started hearing a ringing in his helmet.
A couple of months ago, Timmy had installed a hands-free voice recognition phone in his helmet.
In the limo, Tecna sat looking out of the window completely unaware that directly behind her was a Red Fountain leva bike. Tecna was in her own little world, completely oblivious to her friend's conversations when she heard her phone ringing. She wasn't expecting the call causing her to be startled.
The limo became silent as Tecna answered her phone without looking at the caller ID.
"Hello?" Tecna greeted.
"Tecna" a voice said on the other line.
"Timmy?" Tecna said confused.
Everyone's heads perked up hearing Timmy's name.
"Better late than never" Sky said quietly.
"Yes, it's me, Tecna" Timmy replied.
"What do you want?" Tecna asked angrily.
"Tecna, I'm sorry I wasn't there. I managed to reach on time, but I went to the wrong studio. I went to the one across town."
"Why should I believe that?" Tecna asked firmly.
"Tecna, if you don't believe me, then pull over" Timmy said.
Tecna was now seriously confused.
"What?"
"Pull over" Timmy repeated.
"Why?" Tecna said.
"Turn around. Look behind you" Timmy said.
Tecna slowly turned around to look out the back window of the limo. Her friends followed her lead and looked out the back window. What Tecna saw really surprised her. Everyone was surprised to see a Red Fountain leva bike following them. Tecna immediately recognised the helmet that the rider was wearing.
"Timmy?" Tecna said into the phone.
"Yes" Timmy replied and he moved his bike so that he was now riding alongside the limo.
"Timmy, don't you realise that what you're doing is completely illegal" Tecna said.
"I don't care. I've already gotten one ticket today. Now please, pull over" Timmy begged.
Tecna looked at the others for advice.
"I would hear him out" Stella said.
"If he's doing a death defying stunt like this, I would pull over for him" Brandon said.
Tecna nodded and wound down the window to speak to the drive.
Timmy was narrowly avoiding pedestrians and obstacles as he drove alongside the limo hoping that Tecna would ask the limo to pull over. His prayers were answered when Timmy saw the limo slow down and slowly pulling horizontal into a park parking lot. Timmy sighed with relief and he parked his leva bike next to the limo. Timmy immediately got off his bike and took off his helmet. Tecna opened the door and walked out of the limo. She immediately ran over to him.
"Oh my god, Timmy" Tecna said running up to him worried about his death defying driving. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, fine" Timmy said.
"God Timmy" Tecna yelled hitting Timmy in the arm.
"Ouch" Timmy said gripping his arm.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? This isn't a game, Timmy. You could've gotten hurt" Tecna yelled worried and angry.
"Good thing I didn't' Timmy said rubbing his arm from the pain.
Tecna began to calm down and start to tear up.
"What do you want from me, Timmy?" Tecna asked sadly.
"I just want to talk to you" Timmy said. "I want to be here for you"
"No you don't" Tecna said whipping I tear from her eye. "You had me waiting for you at the photo shoot and you chose Mary-Jane."
The others sat in the limo with the windows rolled down hearing the conversation. They looked down at the ground sadly.
"No. I left Mary-Jane to be there for you, but I went to the wrong studio."
"You had me embarrass myself thinking that you would show up at the last minute, but you didn't"
"I know and I want to make it up to you"
"It's about you, Timmy. You want to make it up me to make yourself feel better. You wanted a project and you got Mary-Jane."
"No, Tecna" Timmy said sadly.
"No" Tecna said. "Stop making excuses. You promised me on Erakleon that you had no more secrets. We promised each other that we would communicate. You promised me that there was nothing else that you were hiding. I trusted you, Timmy. I thought we were going to work on our communication with each other."
"I know I said that,"
"And you know what, I'm done negotiating. I'm done listening to your excuses, Timmy. I believed you on Erakleon, and now, you lied to me again. You really let me down today. I needed you there today, and you let me down. You let your friends down, you let me down, but worse of all, you let yourself down today. You fooled yourself into believing that you weren't hurting anybody. The one time I needed you, and you weren't there. We can't keep doing this Timmy. I thought I knew you, I thought you were the type of person who would never lie to me. I thought Erakleon was a onetime thing, and now, I can't tell if you're telling the truth of not. Did you really arrive at the wrong studio, Timmy? Or were you too busy experimenting on Mary-Jane?"
"Tecna, please" Timmy said.
"No, Timmy" Tecna said sadly. "I am tired of being let down." A tear rolled down Tecna's face. "I'm going home."
Tecna turned around and walked back to the limo. Everyone moved away from the window.
"I'm not lying, Tecna" Timmy called.
Tecna stopped and turned around.
"How do I know that?" Tecna asked. "How do I know that you're not lying again?" She turned around again and got into the limo.
"Tecna" Timmy called as she closed the door. "I'm not giving up, Tecna! You will believe me soon!"
Tecna turned away from him as she wound the limo window up. The limo pulled out of the parking spot and began driving away.
"Tecna!" Timmy called as he watched the limo drive away.
The limo dropped the boys off at Red Fountain and then dropped the girls off at their penthouse at the Ritz Hotel.
"Thank you" Bloom said quietly to the driver as Flor and Musa led the crying Tecna inside to rest, with Layla and Stella following in pursuit.
Once the girls reached their apartment, Bloom unlocked the door and they went inside
"Tecna, why don't we get you to sit down on the couch and I will make you some tea?" Flora offered.
Tecna smiled at her friends' kindness.
"No, that's okay. I've had a long day. I think I'll just run a nice bath and relax" Tecna said and she walked up the stairs and closed her bedroom door.
"Man, I feel bad for Tecna" Layla said sitting on the couch.
"Yeah, do you think that she and Timmy will be able to get passed this?" Bloom asked flipping the kettle on in the kitchen,
"I believe so" Flora said hopeful.
"But it did sounds like they are close to breaking up" Stella said sadly.
"That is only if Timmy finds a way to get Tecna to trust that he's telling the truth" Musa reminded.
Flora nodded and suddenly looked up at the clock. It was almost 4pm and if she didn't leave now, she would be late for her lunch date with Eric.
"Girls, I really hate to do this, but I've got a lunch meeting that I have to attend" Flora said feeling bad as she got her purse from her room.
"What do you mean a lunch meeting?" Bloom asked suspiciously.
"Is it with Helia?" Stella asked with a smile.
"Um, no" Flora said looking for her wallet.
"If it's not Helia, then who is it?" Musa asked.
"Um….it's….Eric" Flora said refusing to meet her friend's gaze.
The girls gasped.
"ERIC!" Stella shrieked. "Why are you going to meet that creep?"
"Because, he wants to apologise for his behaviour today"
"By taking you out to lunch?" Layla said.
"Yes" Flora said. "There it is" she added finding her wallet on the coffee table.
Layla and Musa ran to the door and threw themselves in front of it preventing Flora from leaving.
"Girls, what are you doing?" Flora said with a laugh.
"No, what are you doing?" Bloom corrected.
"Yeah Flora, think about this. This guy tore your heart into tiny pieces and left you heart broken. It took you an entire year to get over him, and now that you've got the man that you deserve. Do you really want to go waltzing up to meet the man that placed you in a pit of misery?" Stella asked cautiously.
"Girls, believe me when I say that I feel nothing for Eric. I am only going to see him to show good faith" Flora replied.
"But how do you know that Eric isn't doing this out of good faith?" Layla questioned.
"Because I have faith in people" Flora said and she gently pushed passed Layla and Musa and left.
Bloom ran into the corridor as Flora waited for the elevator.
"Don't you think you should say something to Helia about this?" Bloom called before going back into the apartment.
The elevator arrived and Flora walked in. It was a long way down to the lobby and it gave Flora some time to think. Maybe Bloom was right. She did yell at Helia on Erakleon that they should always be honest with each other. Flora made an executive decision and decided to call Helia.
She took out her phone and waited for Helia to answer.
"Hello?" Helia greeted.
"Hey sweetie, it's me" Flora said with a smile on her face.
"Hey Flora, to what do I owe the please?" Helia asked lovingly.
"Um, I've got something to tell you" Flora began, seeing the elevator hit the 20th floor. She still had a while to go.
"What's wrong?" Helia asked seriously.
"Um, I didn't tell you this, but I ran into Eric again today" Flora said.
"…..Really….." Helia said a bit defensive all of a sudden.
"Yeah, and he wanted to apologise to me for being such a jerk before, so he asked me out to lunch this afternoon" Flora added.
Helia was silent. Flora took that as a bad sign. 15th floor. This was going to be a long elevator ride.
"Helia?" Flora said a little worried.
"So…your ex-boyfriend sees you after being the biggest jerk on the planet, and suddenly wants to apologise and asks you to lunch, is that what I'm getting at?"
"…Yes….." Flora replied uneasy by Helia's voice.
Helia was silent again.
"Helia, are you mad that I didn't tell you in the limo?" Flora asked.
"No, I'm just suspicious at Eric's behaviour. I mean the guy insults you in every way possible and now he suddenly has a change of heart and wants to make it up to you by taking you out for lunch" Helia explained.
"Helia, I am only going to show good faith. Nothing is going to happen. I promise that this will only be one lunch. Trust me" Flora said.
"Flora, sweetie, I do trust you. I just don't trust Eric" Helia replied.
"Helia, it will only be for 1 hour, hour and a half tops, and then I will leave and never see him again" Flora explained. "I have no interest in seeing him again."
"Alright, but if anything he says makes you uncomfortable, I want you to leave immediately" Helia instructed.
"Definitely" Flora replied.
"Alright, now be careful, my darling" Helia said. "I love you."
"I love you too" Flora said and she hung up.
The elevator arrived in on the lobby floor and opened its doors to let Flora out. Flora walked through the lobby, out the hotel doors, and walked down the street heading for the café. The café was only a short 5 minute walk from the hotel so she arrived on time in no time. She walked into a fancy restaurant with velvet decorations and classical music playing. She walked further inside and found Eric sitting at a table waiting for her. Flora smiled sweetly and walked over to Eric.
"Hey Flora" Eric greeted and took out her chair for Flora.
Helia was pacing around the dorm room at Red Fountain thinking about Flora's lunch with Eric. Helia didn't mind Flora seeing old friends, but since it is her ex-boyfriend, who he heard from the girls used to be the love of her life, and how he treated her earlier today, Helia would admit that he was extremely uncomfortable about that.
Riven sat on a couch reading a car magazine listening to Helia fidget and pace around the room.
"Helia, you're starting to bug me" Riven said looking at Helia. "What's wrong?"
"Flora's got a date with Eric" Helia said continuing to pace.
"Eric, as in the pompous wise ass that insulted Flora today?" Riven asked.
"Yes" Helia cringed.
"Why is she on a date with him!"
"Technically it's not a date. Apparently, Eric wants to apologise for the way he treated Flora today and wanted to show her by taking her to lunch."
"And she bought that?" Riven said stunned. "He's probably trying to win her back with his charming ways, sucking her back into the trap"
"I know! I don't trust him. It makes me uncomfortable that they are with each other for an hour, alone."
"Then why did you let her go?"
"I trust Flora and she assured me that this will be the first and only lunch that she will have with Eric" Helia explained.
"Yeah, okay, that's what Flora says, but what do you think Eric will do?" Riven asked.
"I don't know. Riven, help me. I don't want Flora going alone" Helia said. "Tony has turned her into a sex icon to all of Magix, and now that she's with Eric, I'm just worried. I do not like the way Tony is heading the band. Flora would never wear clothes that she wore today, she's wholesome. I just don't trust any guys around her if I'm not there."
Riven sighed. "Look, no one likes Eric. But Helia, if Flora says that this is the only lunch, then you have nothing to worry about. Flora can take care of herself" Riven said and he walked back into his room for some peace.
Helia looked out his window and looked at the city of Magix. Maybe Riven was right. Flora can take care of herself. She is brave and has powers. And she did say that if she felt uncomfortable in anyway, she would leave immediately.
At the café, Flora and Eric were laughing about the old days.
"I was not obsessed with my hair" Eric laughed.
Flora laughed. "Yes you were. Every time I went to your house, you had at least 3 empty bottles of hair gel in your bathroom."
"Well I least didn't sing in the shower" Eric rebutted.
"I did not sing in the shower" Flora said with a fake gasp.
"Oh you did. I believe your favourite song that you used to sing was 'Mama Mia'" Eric laughed.
"Well, it was a good song" Flora replied and she took a sip of water.
Eric stopped laughed and suddenly became a little bit serious.
"It was great seeing you today" he said.
"Yeah, it was" Flora said genuinely.
"Look, you don't have to worry about me making a move on you. I know you're with Helia, and I actually have a girlfriend too" Eric said.
"Oh really?" Flora said interested. "What's her name?"
"Her name is Emma, Emma Woods" Eric replied. "Her father is one of my father's knights. Her school was across the mountain range to Merlin Academy. We met at a Winter Gala that her school hosted."
"Wow, that's interesting" Flora said.
"Yeah, she's amazing. We've been together for almost a year" Eric added.
Flora smiled as she looked down at her watch. She could believe how late it was. It was almost hitting 6pm.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Eric, but I have to get going" Flora said getting up to leave.
"That's okay. Do you want to have lunch another time?" Eric said helping Flora out of her seat.
"Um…..that would be nice Eric, but I've got a busy schedule with the band and all. Just give me a call" Flora began taking out a card from her bag, "and maybe we could do it again."
Eric smiled at her and she left the café.
"Oh, we will do it again Flora, believe me we will. Soon you will be mine, and mine alone" he muttered to himself as he watched Flora leave through the doors.
So there goes chapter 6 :) Thanks for reading! Please, tell me what you think!
~AngelAlexandra~