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I hope that you all enjoy! Let's go...Chapter 11!
The day finally arrived when Flora was allowed to be released from hospital. The girls were all waiting outside her room waiting for her to get the all clear from the doctor. Everything was quiet while Flora has been in hospital. The girls forced Tony to stop performances and recording until Flora was all better, but that didn't stop Musa from writing a song here and there. The girls all smiled as Flora walked out of the doctor's office with a small bag on her shoulder.
"It's so good to see you out" Bloom said with relief as she gave Flora a hug.
"Thanks" Flora replied.
"Are you ready to go?" Layla asked.
"Yeah, I just want to sleep in my own bed without nurses or doctors running in and out in the middle of the night" Flora laughed.
The girls smiled at Flora's attempt at a joke. Her voice was back to normal, but her throat was still sore. She couldn't eat anything rough like chips or anything, and she would have to take it easy with the singing. If Flora sung or yelled too much, she would lose her voice for a week. The girls started making their way through the hospital and they walked outside to their limo. As soon as the girls walked outside, they were ambushed by reporters.
"Flora, Flora" a reporter called running to them. "Is it true that you were placed in hospital because of a hostage situation with an ex-boyfriend of yours?"
"Why haven't we seen your boyfriend, Helia visit you while you were in hospital?" another reporter asked.
"No comment" Layla yelled back at every question as she and Bloom pushed their way through leading Flora towards the limo.
"Is it true that Helia dumped you, Flora, while you were in hospital?" a reporter asked as Flora got into the limo.
Layla whipped her head around to the reporter who asked the question.
"No comment" she yelled into his face and the girls all piled into the limo and drove away.
Flora sat in the car silently as the girls looked out the windows watching the reporters slowly disperse and leave.
"Man, some people just don't understand the word privacy" Stella commented looking out of the window.
Flora made no comment and continued to stare into space. Flora hadn't said much when she and Helia broke up. All she had been saying were short phrases or one worded answers. She didn't have the energy to talk about her and Helia. It pained her too much to even think about it. Flora still couldn't believe that Helia broke up with her because the band was changing her. She couldn't believe that she had allowed herself to be tempted by the idea of fame and be pressured to change into something she's not. Flora didn't mention anything to the girls about this, but Flora had been thinking about it all the time while she was in hospital. She thought about what would happen if Flora spent less time with the band and more time trying to get Helia to believe that she was still the same person? Would Helia take her back if she tried to change back to who she was as well as still be in the band? Or would it come down to being in the band or being with Helia.
Flora wouldn't say this out loud but she did see some of the girls changing as well since they started the band. Stella had been spending less time with Brandon and blowing him off dates, which hasn't gone unnoticed by Brandon, Bloom has been side tracked with the band so much that she hasn't even thought about picking a date for her wedding, Tecna has been worrying about Timmy being there for her, when she hasn't been there for Timmy that much. She hasn't been out on a date with him in weeks. Layla has been a bit more aggressive due to the lack of privacy that has arrived with fame, and the most noticeable change was Musa. She has been band crazy ever since the band started. She only thought about the band and how to advance in their reputation. She didn't care how she would do it, all she cared about was getting to the top, she didn't care who got hurt in the process. Flora was still hurt by what Musa said to her during album recording the other day. Musa hadn't even been able to look at her at all since Flora stormed away from her that day.
The limo pulled up at the girls' hotel and they walked up to their apartment. Everyone was silent as they walked inside. Flora immediately walked up the stairs and into her bedroom and closed the door.
"She's still upset over Helia, isn't she?" Bloom sighed.
"It's so sad. He could have at least waited until after she was out of hospital" Stella agreed.
Flora closed her bedroom door and dumped her bag on the floor. She slowly looked around her room seeing everything still in its rightful place. Flora sighed sadly seeing her room completely empty. Whenever Flora was out all day doing band things she would always arrive back to her room seeing a bouquet of flowers from Helia, or a message on her phone, or even one time she found him waiting on her balcony with a special dinner waiting. But there was nothing. No flowers, no message, no Helia. A silent tear slowly rolled down Flora's cheek. She was absolutely crushed about the way things ended with Helia. She had never felt so alone before, except the semester before when Helia broke up with her to pass his exams. That was the first time that Flora felt absolute heartbreak, and there was only one thing that made her feel slightly better. Flora quickly wiped the tear away with her sleeve and walked over to her desk. She sat down and took out a piece of paper and a pen and began to write.
Stella sat on the couch downstairs and was worrying about Flora. Flora had been up in her room ever since they all got back from the hospital. A few of the guys had called to see how Flora was, but the only one who hasn't called was Helia. Stella thought that Helia would at least call to make sure that she was alright considering he was the one who had convinced Eric to release Flora, and save her life. The whole penthouse apartment was silent. All of the girls were in their bedrooms working on an assignment that is due soon for Faragonda. Stella was too worried about Flora to be stressing over her assignment due in two days, and even worse, was that her and Brandon's anniversary was the day before. Stella can work on the assignment in two days, no problem, the only thing though was that Flora remembered the anniversary, since the band started, Stella had been really forgetful with engagements with Brandon. Flora might be able to remember the date, but will Stella? That was the question that Flora had on her mind for Stella.
"Poor Flora" Stella sighed lying her head back on the couch.
All of a sudden, Stella was startled by her cell phone ringing for a received text message. Stella picked it up and read the message.
Message from Tony:
I'm happy that Flora has been released from hospital, finally.
Tomorrow you have been asked to be special guest stars on the morning news show, 'Wake up, Magix'. Meet at the studio at 7am that morning. You will be guest hosting.
Love Ellie xoxo
P.S, my birthday is tomorrow night and you are all invited to the big party
After Stella had finished reading the message, she groaned and got up from her seat and yelled to all of the girls from the bottom floor.
"Girls! Tony has arranged us to be guest hosting on 'Wake up, Magix' at 7am tomorrow morning!" Stella yelled.
"WHAT!" the girls all yelled in annoyance and they all ran down stairs.
"This sucks, I hate getting up early" Layla said annoyed.
"But it will give us a chance to try this out" Flora said passing out music sheets to the girls.
"What is this?" Musa asked curiously.
"It's a song, which I wrote" Flora replied annoyed.
"About Helia?" Bloom added.
"Yeah" Flora answered sadly. "I just finished it. Can we try it out tomorrow? I have seen him watch 'Wake up, Magix' every morning. He loves it. It would be a great way to get him talking to me again."
"I'm in, but it sounded like Tony didn't want any singing, only hosting for advertisement" Stella informed.
"Then let this be a surprise to him" Tecna suggested.
"Yeah. Oh, and the song is techno, you like that, don't you Musa?" Flora said spitefully handing Musa the techno sheet music and walked back up stairs.
The girls looked at Musa and immediately went back into their rooms to practice the song.
Morning came and the girls arrived at the studio tired and exhausted. They hated waking up early especially after a late night of rehearsing and studying. They walked through the studio doors and were welcomed by the director.
"Welcome, welcome. So good to have you here, now, all we want you to do is sit on the couch with the host and she will ask you questions about today's topics and all we want you to do is give your opinions" the director said leading the girls to the set.
On the set was a young 30 year old woman standing in a silver pantsuit getting her makeup down. She had long blonde hair and a fair complexion.
"Ladies, may I introduce you to Natalie" the director introduced. "She is our host"
"Nice to meet you" Natalie said smiling at the girls as the makeup artist placed blush on her.
"Good now sit on the couch and Natalie will help you through" the director added walking to his seat.
"Excuse me, but are we singing this morning?" Flora asked.
"Singing? Your manager never mentioned anything about singing" the director replied.
"I think it would be a wonderful idea" Natalie said walking over since her makeup was finished. "We have an empty slot for 5 minutes since one reporter is stuck on Pyros with the recent dragon migration."
"Fine, but your manager won't like it. I won't be the one telling him" the director said and walked off.
At Red Fountain, Helia was wide awake and sitting in front of the TV with a cup of coffee in his hand. Brandon and Sky were up with him because they wanted to watch the show as well. They both knew that the girls were on and were given strict instructions to make sure that Helia was watching, and not to tell him that the girls would be on.
The boys sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. The show had just started and Natalie was on the screen instantly.
"Wake up, Magix. I am Natalie Bennett and today we have a very special guest on this morning" Natalie said through the TV.
"A special guest, that's something new" Sky said watching Helia's reaction.
Helia nodded and sipped his coffee.
"They are the hot rising sensation spreading throughout Magix. I like to welcome today's special guest, The Winx" Natalie continued.
Helia was so surprised that he swallowed his coffee down the wrong way and was chocking and coughing.
"You knew?" Helia said between coughs.
"We had no idea" Brandon said pretending to be just as shocked.
"How are you girls today?" Natalie asked.
"We are great. We are so happy to be here" Musa answered for all of them.
"That's great to hear, but Flora, just recently we heard that you were placed in hospital and were just released" Natalie said concerned.
The camera zoomed up on Flora. Helia rolled his eyes and was about to stand up when Sky and Brandon's hands were on his shoulders and forced him to sit back down.
"Well, yes, that is correct" Flora said embarrassed.
"Tell us what happened there" Natalie said.
"Um…you know, it was a routine check-up, nothing major" Flora lied.
"I heard that you were attacked while visiting someone at a hotel" Natalie questioned.
Helia flinched at the memory.
"Um…..well….I-I" Flora stuttered, she had no idea what to say.
"Is that true, or just celebrity gossip?" Natalie asked.
"You know how things like this get around" Stella said helping Flora.
"Yeah, she was meeting an old friend at the hotel and slipped on water in the kitchen" Bloom added.
"That is why she can't answer, because she doesn't remember" Stella added.
Flora silently sighed in relief. Helia watched Flora's reaction. He rolled his eyes seeing that the girls lied for Flora so that their reputation wouldn't be tainted. Typical celebrities, Helia thought.
"Oh, that's terrible. I am glad to see that you are all better" Natalie said genuine. "I hope you didn't feel interrogated, I just wanted to know if you were okay."
"Well, thank you" Flora said with a smile.
"Now, let's get on with the show. Terrible storms spread across Tides causing drastic changes to the water cycle. Sarah Smith live from Tides, has all of the details" Natalie said.
The cameras immediately turned off and switched to a camera on Tides leaving the girls off camera.
"Thank you so much for doing that, girls" Flora thanked Stella and Bloom.
"Not a problem, Flora."
Halfway through the show Natalie was introducing the headlines and getting the girls' advice and opinions on everything. There was laughing and some small debates between Tecna and Natalie. Everyone was giggling and smiling through the whole show.
"Wow, you girls are just lovely" Natalie said near the end of the show. "Now I understand that you girls want to sing a new song that you've written to finish up this morning."
"Yes, that's right. Flora wrote it" Tecna said with a smile.
The camera zoomed up on Flora again as Natalie was waiting patiently for a response.
"Yeah, I wrote it after I got out of hospital. I wrote it about my boyfriend" Flora said quietly.
"Your boyfriend, oh I read about him in the featured spread you girls did a while ago" Natalie said with a smile. "And girl, that boy is fine" she added with a smirk hinting that he was good looking.
The girls all laughed at Natalie. Flora felt a pain in her chest when she said boyfriend. It killed her to say it without it being actually true. Flora couldn't face the embarrassment telling on TV that she and Helia broke up.
As Helia was watching the TV, his ears perked up hearing the word boyfriend. Helia sighed softly so that Sky and Brandon wouldn't hear. Flora wasn't allowed to call him boyfriend anymore, they were broken up, but he could see that Flora didn't want to be publicly humiliated on TV. Helia also blushed a bit when Natalie said that he was good looking. Brandon felt like gaging hearing that on TV.
"Boyfriend?" Musa said confused.
"Oh no" was the only thing in Flora's head.
"Flora, did that fall black you out last night?" Musa continued gaining a confused look from Natalie and angry ones from the others.
Flora laughed nervously. "No, Musa, why?"
Helia was watching and couldn't bear to watch.
"She wouldn't" Helia thought to himself, seeing Musa publically attempt to humiliate Flora again.
"You and Helia broke up the other day, remember" Musa added.
There were gasps coming from the audience. Natalie looked at the girls stunned, Flora looked pale and covered her eyes with her hand as she shook her head, and the girls looked like they were going to scream at Musa.
"Flora? Is this true?" Natalie asked surprised.
Flora removed her hand and laughed nervously.
"Oh, don't listen to her" Flora replied. "She's just kidding, she's kidding" Flora repeated to the audience.
The audience clapped at Musa's attempt at a joke.
"But I'm not-" Musa began but was interrupted when Layla threw her hand covering Musa's mouth.
"Yes you are" Layla whispered in her ear.
"Well, that was funny" Natalie said laughing. "Musa really had us all then for a second. I was thinking that Helia would be mad letting you go, girl. I mean, look at you. You two are the perfect couple" Natalie added.
Flora's face looked to the ground. They were the perfect couple. Helia watched the TV seeing Flora's expression changed when Natalie mentioned perfect couple. Helia couldn't stand seeing Flora look so hurt, but Helia hated seeing Flora change and he hated what she had become.
"Okay, well, ladies and gentlemen, let's finish up this morning's show, with The Winx" Natalie introduced.
The cameras turned to a different set and there was a nice soft pink back drop with purple lighting. Flora stood front and centre standing in front of a microphone, as Layla sat at the back on drums, Bloom and Stella standing next to each other as back-up singers, Tecna on keyboard and controlling the techno music, and Musa on electric guitar.
"Breathless" by Cascada
Flora: Uptown another endless night
Hearts break in early morning light
Bloom and Stella: (Yeah)
Flora: I take my time
Downtown alone some boy at home
Don't know what's really going on
Bloom and Stella: (Yeah)
Flora: I take my time
But underneath it all I know it feels so right
I feel I'm going crazy but I won't cry tonight
(Chorus)
Flora: Don't turn away I need to say
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: You are the one who leaves me breathless
Flora: Don't run away, I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: As long as I can be with you
Bloom and Stella: Now I know
Flora: I never meant to break a promise
Bloom and Stella: (Whoa)
Flora: I never meant to say goodbye
Don't turn away I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom and Stella: As long as I can be with you
Flora: If I could start it all again
I know you're more than just a friend
Bloom and Stella (Yeah)
Flora: I turn back time
Bloom: (I turn back time)
Flora: But underneath it all I know it feels so right
Bloom and Stella: (Feels so right)
Flora: I feel I'm going crazy but I won't cry tonight
(Chorus)
Flora: Don't turn away I need to say
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: You are the one who leaves me breathless
Flora: Don't run away, I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: As long as I can be with you
Bloom and Stella: Now I know
Flora: I never meant to break a promise
Bloom and Stella: (Whoa)
Flora: I never meant to say goodbye
Don't turn away I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom and Stella: As long as I can be with you
(Bridge)
Flora: Come take my hand lets break away
Bloom and Stella: (Break away)
Flora: Don't stop don't be afraid, cause I know
Stella: (Cause I know)
Flora: We'll be forever
The stage went black and a strobe light came on as the techno solo was played by Tecna and Musa.
Helia watched Flora sing her song. He felt a huge pain in his heart. He loved Flora with all his heart, but, he hated seeing her change. This wasn't the Flora that he fell in love with. He just wished that Flora would turn back to normal, or just quit the band so that she was back to herself. It may sound selfish, but this wasn't good for Flora either. Flora was abused by Tony, and Eric, has been eating less, sleeping less, losing track of her studies. Flora was unhappy secretly, and now it was plain seen. Helia couldn't take much more of the lyrics. Flora was hurt, and he had to do something about it.
He immediately grabbed his jacket and ran out of the door. Sky and Brandon smirked at each other. They were hoping that Helia was going to the studio to visit Flora, what they didn't know was that Helia was going there for different reasons. They looked back to the TV and watched Flora sing knowing that her song was just the thing to get Helia moving.
(Chorus)
Flora: Don't turn away I need to say
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: You are the one who leaves me breathless
Flora: Don't run away, I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom, and Stella: As long as I can be with you
Bloom and Stella: Now I know
Flora: I never meant to break a promise
Bloom and Stella: (Whoa)
Flora: I never meant to say goodbye
Don't turn away I wanna stay
Flora, Bloom and Stella: As long as I can be with you
Flora: Don't turn away I need to say
Bloom and Stella: You are the one who leaves me breathless
Flora: Don't run away, I wanna stay
Bloom and Stella: You are the one who leaves me breathless
The studio audience cheered for the girls on stage. The girls were all smiling, except for Flora, she was fake smiling. She hoped with all her heart that Helia was watching. The girls all bowed and waved to the studio audience.
"Let's give it up for The Winx" Natalie said walking up to the girls clapping.
The audience clapped even louder and were whistling and cheering. Flora smiled warmly at the audience but didn't feel like speaking any more. She had disobeyed her doctor's orders about taking it easy, she could have taken her voice back a week extra towards recovery. Flora didn't care, she hoped that it was worth it to have Helia see the performance. Her prayers were suddenly answered when she saw someone standing at the corner of her eye. She turned her head looking at the studio door. She saw a black haired guy standing by the doors looking at her. It was Helia. Flora couldn't believe that it actually worked. She didn't believe that it would work so well to bring Helia down to the studio.
"Well done girls" Natalie complimented. "And that's our show for this morning. Meet us again next time tomorrow morning. Have a good day."
"And we're clear" the director said. "Wonderful performance girls."
Flora smiled at the director and immediately ran over to Helia. Helia stood there still as he watched Flora ran straight towards him. When she was close enough she grabbed Helia and pulled him into a hug. It happened so quickly that Helia didn't have time to react.
"Helia, it is so good to see you" Flora said giving him a hug.
Helia said nothing and waited for Flora to release him from the hug. Flora eventually released Helia from the hug and looked at him.
"Did you see my performance?" Flora asked nervous.
"Yeah, I did" Helia replied. "That's why I'm down here."
"So, what did you think?" Flora asked hopeful.
"Flora, I'm not here for the reasons that you think" Helia said.
Flora's expression fell and she took a couple of steps away from Helia.
"I'm here because the song that you sung showed me that you think that saying sorry and singing me a song will suddenly make it all better" Helia continued.
"But I am sorry, Helia. I wanted you to know how I feel about you" Flora said.
"I know, Flora. I still love you too, but, we can't be together if you don't trust me. We can't have a relationship where we second guess each other, it doesn't work like that."
"But, I do trust you, Helia"
"Then why didn't you trust me about Eric?"
Flora could feel tears welling up in her eyes.
"Look, I'm not here to make you feel worse, what I am here to say is that saying sorry isn't going to make things better. It's over, and you just have to accept that."
"Isn't there some way you could forgive me?"
"There might, but I haven't figured out what. I can't be in a relationship with someone who doesn't trust me, and with someone who I barely know. This band is changing you, Flora, and I don't like the person you're becoming if we're being honest, I actually hate it. I feel like I don't even know you anymore. If you want me back, then just leave me alone for a while. I need some space, away from the band, the fame, and the mistrust."
And with that being said, Helia turned on his heel and walked out of the studio.
"Helia" Flora called but Helia kept on walking. "Helia!"
The winx girls watched Helia walk away, and leaving a broken girl behind.
"Flora!" Bloom called running over to her. "Did it work?"
Flora didn't stop the tears anymore, she just let them fall. Bloom saw Flora's tears and she wrapped her arms around her crying friend.
"No, it's really over" Flora replied.
That afternoon the girls returned home and were exhausted.
"We are never doing another morning show, again" Stella said throwing herself on the couch.
Bloom, Tecna and Stella were the first ones entering the apartment. There was silence in the apartment until Musa, Flora, and Layla walked in.
"What were you thinking?" Layla demanded storming into the apartment. "You are about to reveal Flora's break up to the whole city."
"I'm sorry" Musa said rolling her eyes.
"No you're not, you're just saying that to make it all better" Layla yelled. "You shouldn't have even seconded guessed her on TV. What Flora says about her personal life is her business and shouldn't be seconded guessed, by anyone."
"Well she should have told me that she was going to be lying" Musa defended placing her bag on the side table.
"I shouldn't have to, Musa" Flora said walking through the door and closing it. "It's my business, and you should stop putting it where it doesn't belong!"
After Flora said that, she walked into her room and slammed the door. Musa turned around and saw her friend's glaring at her.
"What?" Musa asked.
The girls shook their heads and went into their rooms.
"Should I RSVP no to Ellie's party then?" Musa called hearing the girls slam their doors.
Later that evening Stella was busy finishing off her assignment that was due in the morning when her phone began to ring. Stella sighed and answered it.
"Hello" Stella answered sitting at her desk with a pen in her hand.
"Hey, honey" Brandon replied on the other end.
"Oh, hi" Stella said not even listening.
"Hey, what's going on?" Brandon asked.
"Well, I have an assignment due in the morning and a second recording time for the album, that Musa ruined the other day. Honey, I'm sorry, but it looks like I'm gonna be here all night."
"What, but tonight is our anniversary" Brandon said upset.
"Our what?" Stella said confused.
"Don't tell me you forgot our anniversary" Brandon said hurt.
"Oh, our anniversary is tonight" Stella released. "Brandon, I'm so sorry, but I really don't have time to see you tonight. I have too much to do."
"But we have to celebrate our anniversary."
"I know honey bear, but we can celebrate it another night."
"No, then it won't be special. What if I come and visit you?"
"No-no-no-no, please, I've just have so much to deal with."
"But Stella-"
"I've got to go Brandon" Stella interrupted and hung up.
Brandon looked at his phone seeing Stella had hung up on him.
"Stella hung up on you?" Riven said lifting weights.
"How did you know?" Brandon asked.
"She's been doing it a lot lately" Riven said.
"I know" Brandon sighed.
"Isn't tonight your anniversary?"
"It was supposed to be"
"And she blew you off, again" Riven added.
"Yep"
"And now you're starting to feel like she doesn't have time for you, and that you two are pulling away" Riven continued.
"How do you know this?" Brandon asked.
"It's a gift" Riven said smug.
Brandon just rolled his eyes.
"Look Brandon, Stella said that she couldn't see you tonight, right?"
"Yeah"
"But she didn't say anything about you seeing her" Riven implied.
Brandon turned to Riven and knew what he was getting at.
"You know, you're becoming a romantic guru since you've been dating Musa" Brandon said with a smirk.
"Trust me, I'm just very observant, and now how to bend the rules to suit you, and sometimes, it works" Riven said.
"Especially when you two break curfew?" Brandon joked.
"Trust me, I don't have to bend the rules. If I'm meeting Musa after hours and not coming back, I will be breaking the rules, no questions asked." Riven smirked.
"And you have broken a lot of those" Brandon said packing a bag of stuff.
"The girl is hot and is 'fun' at night" Riven smirked.
"And that is when Brandon left after hearing too many details" Brandon narrated for himself as he left the room.
Later that night, Brandon arrived at the penthouse with a cute mini basket to celebrate their anniversary.
Stella was re-reading her assignment allowed for mistakes and didn't hear Brandon had come in.
"Convergence may be a powerful spell, but it does bring about repercussions," Stella said reciting her assignment.
"hi!" Brandon said startling Stella.
"Oh my god, what are you doing here?" Stella shrieked.
"Well you said you couldn't see me to celebrate our anniversary, but that didn't mean that I couldn't come see you" Brandon began as he took food out of a bag.
"You brought dinner" Stella said a little annoyed at the timing. "Brandon, I told you that I didn't want you to come over."
"Really?" Brandon said sarcastically. "Funny, I chose to ignore that."
"You're sounding a lot like Riven lately" Stella questioned.
"And Riven's starting to sound like me, but enough about that. We have an anniversary to celebrate."
"Brandon, honey, this is very nice, but, but I-I got a crisis."
"Yeah, but I got you bon-bons" Brandon said holding up a little tub.
"Brandon, I'm sorry, I know that this is our anniversary but I told you on the phone. I don't have time.
"Okay, you don't have to stop, fine I'm invisible, act like I'm not here" Brandon said as he took out the food.
Stella rolled her eyes and began re-reading her assignment. When Stella finished a paragraph, she became stuck began talking to herself, re-reading the assignment question that she had to answer hoping that she would get more ideas.
"Let's see..." Stella said to herself as she read the study questions. "To weaken a troll, what is the probability that my fairy dust, combined with my enchantix powers, will have an effect on the troll's mobility?"
Brandon immediately turned on Stella's private TV onto a football game. Stella stared angrily at him.
"Is it too loud?" Brandon asked.
"Just a tad" Stella replied angrily.
"Oh, sorry" Brandon said as he turned down the TV.
Stella rolled her eyes again and went back to her text book. All of a sudden, Brandon yelled at the TV.
"Come on! He was totally over the line! Foul! FOUL! Man, who is this referee? He doesn't know the rules" Brandon yelled annoyed.
"Brandon" Stella yelled angrily causing Brandon to mute the TV. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, sorry, but hey, it looks like you're done with your assignment, so how about a drink?" Brandon suggested.
"Brandon," Stella began trying to remain calm. "You're not listening to me. I don't have time to stop, I've got too many things to do."
"Come on Stel, you don't have what, 10 minutes?"
"I don't have 10 minutes!" Stella yelled.
"Don't yell at me, okay. This is the most I've seen you ever since your band started."
"Look, I cannot do this right now, okay, I've got an assignment due in the morning, and a song I have to learn for the album. Would you just go back to Red Fountain, I'll talk to you later" Stella said forcefully and she stormed out of her bedroom.
"Yeah, but wait..."
"Good bye!" Stella yelled.
Brandon started to pack up the dinner into the bag in anger, and he stormed out.
Back at Red Fountain, Brandon was eating the rest of the dinner while the others were on dates with the other winx girls, they all were apparently all have time to study and rehearse.
There was a sudden knock on the door and Stella walked inside.
"Hey" Brandon said.
"Hi" Stella began. "Look, about what happened earlier..."
"No hey, well, I-I completely understand. You were stressed, but I just wanted to see you since we have barely spent 5 minutes in the same room since the band begun."
Stella immediately threw her bag down. "I was gonna give you a chance to apologise to me."
"For what? For letting you throw me out of your bedroom? For forgetting our anniversary?"
"You have no right coming down to my penthouse, Brandon. You do not bring dinner when somebody's studying and trying to work!"
"Yeah, well excuse me for wanting to be with my girlfriend on our anniversary, boy what an ass am I" Brandon said sarcastically.
"But I told you, I didn't have time."
"Yeah, well you never have time. I mean, I don't feel like I even have a girlfriend anymore, Stella. I feel like we're drifting apart!"
"Brandon, what do you want from me? You want me to quit the band so you can feel like you have a girlfriend? So that you don't feel rejected by me?"
"No, but it would be nice if you realised, it's just a band, it's just for fun."
"Just for fun"
"Yes"
"Brandon, do you realise that is this a huge opportunity for the girls and I? I mean if you don't get that..."
"Oh, hey, I get that, okay, I get that big time. And I'm happy for you, but I'm tired of having a relationship with your answering machine! Okay, I don't know what to do anymore."
"Well, neither do I! I am tired of arguing about my music career interfering with our dates, Brandon, no, you're, you're making this too hard."
"Oh, I'm making this too hard. Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"I don't know, I don't know. Burgh! Look, maybe, we should take a break."
"Okay, okay, fine, you're right. Let's, let's take a break" Brandon began as he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door. "Let's go for a walk, clear our heads, or something..." he added opening the door.
"No" Stella said calmly. "A break from us."
Brandon looked at her speechless. He felt like he was just hit by a tonne of bricks. He then left slamming the door behind him, leaving Stella alone in his bedroom.
Later that night, Brandon returned back to find all the guys back from their dates.
"Hey guys" Brandon said.
"Hey, so what are you doing here?" Sky asked.
"Yeah, I thought tonight was your big anniversary dinner" Helia added.
"Yeah, a little change in plans. We're, gonna break up instead" Brandon answered sitting in one of the couches.
The guys all stared at each other in shock, neither one of them having the guts to say anything that could upset him more.
"So, what are you going to do?" Sky asked
"What can I do? When one person wants to break-up, you break up" Brandon replied.
"Hey, no way. Come on, call her and work it out" Helia said passing him the phone.
"Come on, we just had this huge fight, all right, don't I have to wait a while?"
"Hey, this isn't like swimming after you eat, pick up the phone!" Riven yelled.
"So much for Mr Romantic" Brandon said.
"Either call her or be beaten" Riven threatened.
"You're not helping, Riven" Sky said.
Brandon ignored Riven and walked over to another seat.
"Why don't you go out" Nabu suggested.
"Yeah, the Ellie invited us to her birthday party tonight" Timmy added.
"Why would I want to go to a party when I just got dumped?" Brandon asked.
"Well, why did she break up with you?" Riven asked
"She was busy with studying and I went over with dinner since I haven't seen her in over a week" Brandon explained.
"Why dinner?" Riven interrupted.
"You said I should see her" Brandon said.
The other guys turned to look at Riven.
"I said see her, not bring her dinner when she's working, you idiot. You never interrupt a girl when she's studying, or with her music. And trust me, I would know!" Riven yelled.
"Why didn't you say that before?" Brandon yelled back.
"It was implied" Riven said.
"Brandon" Sky interrupted. "Come with us to the party. Bloom said that they aren't able to go, but Ellie wants to see us, she's out friend. You won't have to fight with Stella there."
"Fine, but I won't have fun" Brandon promised.
The boys made their way to Ellie's house that was 2 blocks away from the girls' penthouse. Ellie had always had a thing for Brandon, but no one ever knew, and she wanted to keep it that way. If anyone found out, she would be fired. So when the boys arrived, it became a real surprise that Ellie was all over Brandon.
"Hi Brandon" Ellie said flirtatiously
"Oh, hi Ellie" Brandon replied as he and the guys made their way to one of the booths to sit and chat.
"Hey Brandon, look at you, so sad. Come dance" Ellie suggested.
"Nah, that's okay, thanks" Brandon replied.
Ellie didn't take no for an answer.
"It's my birthday party. And I'm the birthday girls, so you just have to dance" Ellie said trying to get him to stand.
"Look, I don't feel like dancing, I feel like having a drink. Okay?" Brandon said.
"Oh, okay" Ellie said joining the guys. "Hey waiter, drinks for the guys and the birthday girl."
At the penthouse, Stella was regretting what she had said earlier. She was pacing backwards and forwards in her room.
"Oh, be home, be home, be home, be home, be home, be home," Stella said dialling Brandon's mobile. "Oh, you're not home."
Back at the party, Brandon and Ellie were still dancing.
"Still no smile?" Ellie asked.
Ellie had Brandon right where she wanted him. She leaned in and kissed him. Brandon leaned back for a second, and then they both kissed, passionately this time.
Cliff hanger! Sorry guys, but it just builds up the suspense!
Oh, and also, some of the argument between Brandon and Stella were from the argument Ross had with Rachael on Friends. I do not own some of the conversation.
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Thanks for reading :)
~AngelAlexandra~