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"You asked Riven if he did this on purpose?" Bloom questioned seeing if she heard correctly.
Sky was sitting on one of the chairs in the waiting room the next day after his talk with Riven. Investigators at the crash site believed that there was not anything that Riven could have done not to have crashed into the other plane, except not flying the plane at all. The police report claimed that the aerodynamics matched with the plane speed could have turned out worse by going into a nose dive instead. Due to that, luckily no charges were pressed against Riven. Sky on the other hand believed that if Riven had tried the brakes his injuries would have been very minor, but his theories of Riven not attempting the brakes were his and Jacob's theory.
When Sky tried talking to Riven about it the previous day, let's just say that it was met with a few minutes of constant yelling and ended with Sky being thrown out of the room. Riven had not talked to Sky since. The subject of his crash was a very sensitive topic for Riven even now, a few days later. No one knew exactly why it was such a sore spot with him. One could assume that it had something to do with Musa, like he was thinking about her up until the point of the collision, but one can never know since he does not talk about. Riven refused going to therapy after he is released from the hospital. He does not want to bring up anything. Sky believed that trying to get Riven to open up and talk would be better than talking about it to a stranger, but obviously he lived in a fantasy.
"Yes" Sky replied with his head in his hands.
Bloom raised her eyebrow at her fiancé before looking at everyone else in the room.
Flora sat on Helia's lap looking at Sky feeling helpless to help. Brandon and Stella were sitting on one of the couches on the other side of the room, obviously their couple's counselling is making some progress. Layla and Nabu were standing by Riven's door waiting for the nurse to come out after another check up on him. Tecna and Timmy were sitting next to Sky and Bloom giving silent support.
"Are you nuts?" Bloom suddenly yelled gaining looks from other people in the waiting room.
"Sorry" Flora whispered to them.
Sky removed his head from his hands and looked up at Bloom.
"You actually asked Riven if he tried to hurt himself? That he deliberately tried to crash the plane?" Bloom questioned.
"Yes" Sky answered.
"What made you think that that was a good idea?" Tecna asked calmly.
"I don't know" Sky replied. "I just thought that maybe if he talked it to me, a friend, it would be easier than talking to a stranger. If he doesn't open up to us now, he may do this again. That is why he ran away to the base. He was running from his feelings about Musa and the break up. He didn't talk to anyone about it. He let it consume him and look where it led him. I couldn't let him do that again."
"Sky" Flora said gently. "Did you think asking him if he did this on purpose was the best way to begin him opening up to you?"
Sky sighed defeated. "I guess not."
Bloom smiled sadly at Sky and placed her hand on his shoulder for comfort.
"Don't worry Sky" Brandon said. "So he chucked you out of the hospital room. It is not the end of the world. I'm sure he'll come around when he realises that you were trying to help."
Everyone in the waiting room looked at him.
"You are very positive today" Sky noted to his friend.
"That's the counsellor" Stella explained. "She's trying to get us more positive to get us to open more about our communication to each other. She wants us to focus more on the positive outlooks on life so that we can look past the negative events that have occurred."
"Wow" Flora said impressed. "So this counsellor Helia and I recommended is working out then?"
"I guess" Stella and Brandon both replied.
The others smiled and smirked to themselves seeing Stella and Brandon talk at the same time. That was a good sign to everyone because when they were a couple, the two of them would answer and talk at the exact same time and say the exact same thing.
"Don't say it" Stella warned to the girls noticing everyone's sudden quietness.
"But seriously though" Timmy continued getting back on subject. "Brandon may be right. Riven will come around. He has worse things on his mind then chucking you out of his room."
"Yeah, like what?" Sky questioned.
Everyone immediately fell silent at Sky's question. No one really knew what was going on in Riven's head lately. No one really had an answer to Sky's question. Riven could be thinking about a number of things but the one thing that they all knew he would be thinking about was the very thing that no one dared speak aloud. The silence in the waiting room was so quiet that everyone could hear the sound of doctors and nurses running around the floor from a few halls away. A few calls over the intercoms echoed the room as everyone fell into silence. After a few seconds of silence, the sound of heels clicking down the tiles of a nearby hallway echoed to the waiting room. Everyone shrugged it off as someone arriving to see a friend or relative admitted in the hospital, but Stella knew better.
She knew the sound of those shoes anywhere. Stella's head perked up at hearing the sound of the heels making their way to them. Layla noticed Stella's sudden alertness and grew slightly concerned.
"Stella" Layla said gaining everyone's attention. "What is wrong?"
"Shoosh" Stella silenced Layla as she listened to the heels.
The clicking of the heels on the tiles slowly grew louder and now everyone could hear them.
"What are we listening for?" Brandon asked.
"Shoosh" Stella said again placing her hand over Brandon's mouth.
"Stella McCartney heels" Stella began analysing as she heard the shoes coming towards them. The girls raised their eyebrows at Stella seeing how serious she had become.
"Shoes?" Nabu snickered. "We are listening to shoes?"
"Shut up" Layla whispered to her boyfriend.
"Last season peep toe heels to be exact" Stella continued. "I know those shoes anywhere and I know exactly who wears those shoes."
As soon as Stella said that the heels grew louder and came around the corner revealing the person wearing the shoes.
"Musa" Stella said as Musa revealed herself around the corner.
Musa knew that this was a bad idea as she stood outside the hospital entrance staring at the people walking in and out of the entrance. She had been standing there for a few minutes wondering if this was the best idea. She had gone over the scenario a thousand times in her head and every time the ending was always different. She felt prepared for anything that the girls were going to throw at her. A young couple walked out of the hospital carrying a new born baby in the woman's arms. The baby was wrapped in a light pastel blue blanket with their name on it, Charlotte. The couple looked really happy with smiles plastered on their faces.
Obviously a new family, Musa thought to herself. She watched the gorgeous baby with strawberry blonde hair hold a rattle in her hands. Musa watched as a car pulled up at the curb and the husband carefully helped his wife and new born child into the car. The woman was carefully seated in the back seat of the car with the baby in her hands while the husband placed the bags in the boot. All of a sudden the baby dropped her rattle on the ground.
Musa noticed the woman struggle to pick it up while the husband was busy with the bags so she quickly ran up to the side of the curb and picked up the rattle. The quickly examined the rattle and noticed that it was a stunning sterling silver barbell shaped baby rattle. She turned it over and noticed that is was engraved.
'We had each other, and then we had you. Now we have everything. Love Mum and Dad'
Musa felt her eyes sting with oncoming tears. She quickly recovered and walked over to the car where the mother was watching her walk over.
"Here, your beautiful daughter dropped this" Musa said handing the mother the rattle.
"Thank you" the mother thanked graciously before whipping the dirt on her skirt before handing it to her daughter. Musa nodded her head before walking away from the car.
"Are you Musa?" the mother called out.
Musa turned around and faced the new mother. Musa smiled warmly at her.
"Yes I am" Musa replied.
"Thank you, Musa. Most people are not as kind as you are" the mother said. "My husband and I watched your performance of 'Glamorous' the night before I delivered Charlotte. You have such a kind heart."
Musa smiled at the woman before the husband closed the car door and drove his family away. Musa felt her heart tug a little knowing that the woman was incorrect. She was not kind. If she was, then she wouldn't have treated her friends, and Riven the way she had.
At that instant, all of the fear that Musa had been worried about disappeared and she began walking inside the hospital. Ever since her mother had died, Musa had a slight fear of hospitals. The smell of disinfectant made her feel sick in the stomach knowing what they could be covering up. At any moment Musa knew that someone was going to pass on in this very building. She felt that hospitals were cold and uninviting half the time. But she knew she had to be here, she had to see Riven. She walked over to the reception desk and smiled at the nurse on duty.
"Hi" Musa greeted warmly.
"What can I do for you?" The nurse asked sweetly with a smile.
"I am looking for someone who was admitted here in emergency a few days ago" Musa explained.
"Alright can I get the name?"
"Riven" Musa answered. "Riven Knight."
The nurse typed the name into the computer and waited for a response.
"Alright here he is" the nurse said when the name came up. "He was admitted into recovery yesterday night. Before I hand out the room number, may I ask what your relation with him is?"
"He's my boy-" Musa paused for a second.
Ever since she went on her solo career she had not called Riven other than by his name. She didn't know what to call him anymore. Boyfriend? Friend? The guy she misses terribly?
"Wait a minute" the nurse said breaking Musa's train of thought. "You are Musa, aren't you?"
"Yes" Musa replied.
"Oh I am so sorry" the nurse said with a smile. "I didn't connect the dots. I didn't recognise you. You look stunning. I thought the name Riven sounded familiar. Riven is your boyfriend. I read that article on you and the Winx a few months ago. You two are such a cute couple." Musa smiled warmly at the nurse. "Alright, he is in room 329 on the third floor" the nurse informed. "Here is your visitor pass."
"Thank you" Musa said graciously as she took the pass and headed for the elevators.
As Musa rode the elevator a thought came into her head. How did the nurse still think that her and Riven were still a couple? Tony had made her pretend date that obnoxious arrogant jerk for a week to boost their publicity. Musa was interrupted from her thoughts when the elevator stopped and opened revealing the third level. Musa took a deep breath before she stepped out of the elevator and started heading down the hall way towards Riven's room.
As she walked on the tiled floor she looked at the room numbers and all of the doctors, nurses and family members walk around the halls. Everything was not as creeping as Musa had feared about hospitals. 326, 327, Musa was beginning to get closer to Riven's room when she noticed that the rooms stopped and a large open space came up ahead. She saw a few people walking out of the space heading to get coffee. That must be a waiting area for the floor, Musa thought. As she grew closer to the space she began hearing voices and somebody silencing them.
Musa got to the space and turned the corner and: "Musa" Stella said.
Musa found the Winx girls and the guys sitting in the waiting area staring at her. Everyone was silent in the waiting room as they stared at Mus ain disbelief and disgust. Musa stood there in a casual red lace dress with sleeves that went to her elbows and, just like Stella said, peep toes heels in black. Musa was holding a black bag in front of her feeling a little nervous at the gazes that everyone was giving her. Musa suddenly felt like she was on trial in that moment.
"Hi" Musa managed to say nervously.
"What are you doing here?" Layla demanded walking away from Riven's door.
Musa kept her gaze down at the floor scared to look up at her friends and see the hate shooting out of their eyes.
"I came here to see Riven" Musa answered.
"Yeah right" Layla replied. "You don't care about him. If you did, you would have been here the moment he was rushed to hospital, not standing on stage singing your stupid glamorous life song, telling girls to be true to themselves. You are such a hypocrite."
Musa felt ashamed slightly. She didn't think that the advice she had given the young talent stars would make her come off as a hypocrite. She had said that advice so that they wouldn't lose themselves like Musa had lost herself. She was trying to change and she was going to do it.
"I intended on coming to see Riven that night" Musa defended finding confidence.
"Sure you did" Stella said sarcastically.
"No really, I did" Musa said louder looking up at the girls and guys. "I tried talking to Tony but he and some goons threw me into the limo and locked me in my dressing room so that I wouldn't leave to come here."
"Likely story" Stella said.
"It's true" Musa defended.
"Why should we believe you?" Bloom questioned angrily. "All you have done is lie and cheat your way to the top. You sold us all out. Everything you have said up till this point has been a lie or a scam. Why should we believe you now?"
"Because I am sorry"
Layla and Stella laughed sarcastically.
"Sorry?" Tecna repeated. "You are sorry? Where was this sorry where you yelled at Flora? Where was this sorry where you blurted out everyone's secrets, including Brandon cheating on Stella, in front of a live audience? Where was this sorry when you drove Riven to deliberately crash his plane? Where was this sorry months ago?"
Musa turned immediately silent. Out of all the scenarios she had played in her head, none of them pictured this reaction. It was way worse than what she had imagined.
"I was blinded by the fame and the chance to achieve my dreams" Musa answered sadly.
"You got that right" Brandon said.
"Like you're Mr Innocent" Musa said spitefully to Brandon.
"Hey" Stella yelled angrily. "At least he is trying to make amends to his mistake, Musa. Did you know that he is going to couples counselling with me to prove himself in my eyes? Huh, did you know that? No of course you don't, you haven't been here to care."
"Everyone, I really am sorry for everything that I have put you through" Musa apologised sincerely.
"But is sorry enough?" Flora asked quietly suddenly finding her voice since Musa had walked in.
Flora hadn't seen Musa since the night she quit the band and got back together with Helia.
"What?" Musa asked confused.
"Is sorry enough for us to forgive you and the way you betrayed our trust and loyalty? Is sorry enough for me to forgive your betrayal against me and how you treated me? Is sorry enough for any of us to forgive you and be able to trust you again?"Flora explained.
Riven stirred awake in his bedroom when the nurse left the room. He looked outside the window in the room and saw Layla walk away from the door like she was talking to someone. Riven was confused and he tried sitting up so that he could hear what was going on outside.
"I came here to see Riven" a voice said outside.
Riven's breath got caught in his throat. He recognised that voice anywhere. Riven sat up further in his bed. Riven felt his heart start to beat even faster and he felt light headed. Memories of the crash were repeating in his head over and over again.
"I intended to see Riven that night" Musa's voice echoed to Riven's room.
Riven felt his head get heavier. He placed his hand on the bed side to keep him steady.
"She intended" Riven hissed to himself. "Like she cares."
Riven heard a knock on the door. He immediately froze thinking that it was Musa on the other side.
"It's Nabu"
"Okay" Riven called back relieved.
Nabu poked his head through the door and looked at Riven.
"She's here, isn't she?" Riven asked.
Nabu slowly nodded his head in response.
"She wants to see you, Riven."
"No" Riven said in agony. "No, no, no. I don't want to see her. I don't want her here!"
"I wish I can take it all back" Musa said quietly.
"We do to" Helia replied sadly. "But you can't change the past, Musa."
"But I have changed" Musa said.
The girls scoffed at Musa's sentence.
"No really, I have changed" Musa repeated.
"Why are you really here, Musa?" Sky asked not looking at her.
"To see Riven" Musa answered.
"No really, why are you here? It was not just Riven that you were after. You were here to hopefully see the girls, weren't you? You knew that we all would be here to see Riven otherwise you would have arrived at a different time where you could be alone. Why do you want to see the girls?"
"I have been offered to go on an inter-realm tour" Musa explained.
"Oh congratulations" Stella said sarcastically. "Now you can betray more friends in each realm."
"The investors are very interested in my career and they believe that they will make a lot of money from this tour, not just me. They want to see me perform live in front of them, at the Magix Music Awards, to make sure that they can put their money in me" Musa continued.
"So?" Timmy said waiting to hear the rest.
"But there is a catch" Musa added. "The investors have young daughters going to the awards and they are huge Winx fans."
"Here it comes" Brandon interrupted.
"The catch is that not only do I have to impress the investors with my performance, but I have to make their daughters happy by having The Winx perform at the awards too."
"There it is" Stella sung leaning back in her chair.
"You are not here to see Riven at all" Nabu said. "You are here to convince the girls to get back together to sing a song so that you can go on tour."
"No, that's not-"
"Oh no, then what is it like Musa?" Tecna interrupted. "Tell us, what will happen if these girls do not get to see The Winx perform?"
"The girls will be disappointed" Musa answered looking down at the floor. "And I can't let that happen."
"Because then the investors will deny funding your tour" Bloom added.
"No because I can't disappoint those girls" Musa rebutted.
Everyone looked at Musa like she had two heads.
"I realised that lately I have been losing myself"
"Really?" Stella said sarcastically.
"Stella" Flora warned. "Let her finish."
Musa looked up at Flora and saw that Flora was looking down at the ground. She was still polite as ever even to those who probably do not deserve it.
"I was losing myself because that was what Tony wanted. It was what the lifestyle needed for me to do. I realise that now. I was selling all of you out for publicity, so that we could reach the top, so that I could reach my dreams."
Everyone was silent as they listened to Musa say her peace.
"I am really, truly, deeply sorry for betraying all of your trust and for choosing fame over my friends. For being blinded by the fame and the chance to achieve my dream that allowed me to abandon the real reason why I love music; to bring joy to little kids. I forgot that singing brought me joy and love when my mother died. It brought me friends and it brought me love. I forgot that the reason why we formed this band was based on making kids smile and how their mood can change and their day can improve with our songs."
Musa looked at all the girls and saw that they were all just staring down at the ground, hopefully listening to what she was saying.
"Look, I know that I do not deserve your forgiveness, and I know that I do not deserve it but I need your help. I need you girls to join me on stage one Winx performance. Please. I cannot do it without you and I cannot let those little girls down."
"You only need us to help your career" Flora said quietly. "You only come back when you need us then you will toss us aside like you did before."
"No" Musa said desperately.
"Flora, it's really not like that. I don't want to disappoint the kids because the kids are all that matters. If my music, or our music, do not inspire or bring joy to the younger generation, then what is the point?"
"No, Musa" Flora replied. "It is not about that. You have made it perfectly clear that it is about you, and it is always about you. You want us because you need us and then when you are on your tour, you will leave us behind and never look back. You chose to abandon us when you said those awful things to me. You abandoned us when you chose to sit on that stage in front of a live audience and say that we are holding you back and that Stella was cheated on, Tecna was lied to, that Bloom almost lost a fiancé. You abandoned everything you are when you left Riven a hallow shell of a man."
Musa looked down at the ground feeling the sting of tears form in her eyes.
"Do you know how Riven ended up here?" Stella questioned when Flora was finished. "When you dumped him, he dropped out of Red Fountain and ran away because he couldn't bare the pain that you caused. He ran to the air force, he ran from you."
"He got up in that plane after we mentioned your name" Sky continued. "He wanted to feel something other than pain and numbness that he pushed the plane safety speed and crashed into another plane."
Musa couldn't hold back the tears now and felt a few streak down her cheek.
"So we don't believe you when you say that you need us to cheer younger kids. We don't believe you when you say that you've realised how much of yourself you have lost because we do not believe that you are here for the right reasons. Based on you actions we can only assume that you are here to help yourself get on that tour" Tecna explained.
"Sorry Musa" Flora whispered. "But we will not help you."
"No, we are not sorry" Stella interjected. "We just will not help you. Find somebody as to us and toss aside.
Musa slowly nodded her head. "Okay" Musa whispered subtly whipping the tears from her face.
"Please tell Riven that I hope he gets better."
"Do you think that we were too hard on her?" Flora asked cautiously as her, Stella and Bloom went to get coffee later that evening.
After Musa had left the hospital the guys decided to head back to Red Fountain to report Riven's status to Saladine. Tecna and Layla went with them in case they ran into Musa. Nabu hadn't told any of the girls that Riven knew about Musa's sudden appearance, and he planned on keeping it that way.
"No way" Stella shrieked. "I think that we were to gentle on her. After all that she has put us through, I'm surprised we didn't throw her out of here."
"Could she really have meant what she said about realising her mistake?" Flora asked.
"Don't know" Bloom answered. "And to be honest, I really don't care. If she wants to prove herself to us, then she has a lot to do."
Musa walked down the familiar hallway of the hospital later than night in her favourite pair of jeans, her red one shoulder top and her reliable red sneakers. She walked down the hall carrying a guitar case in her hand. She turned the corner and noticed that Stella, Bloom and Flora were the only ones remaining and were heading to get coffee.
Musa quietly sighed to herself knowing that she had some time to herself before she was chucked out of the hospital by them. She sat down on one of the couches and pulled out her guitar and just started playing some of the strings randomly. While Musa was playing with the strings, a little girl with long brown hair came walking up to Musa.
"Are you Musa?" the girl asked hopeful. Musa stopped what she was doing and smiled at the young girl.
"Yes I am" Musa replied. "And what's your name?"
"Erin" the girl replied.
"That is a lovely name" Musa said with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Erin asked curiously taking the sit next to Musa.
"My friend was admitted here a few days ago" Musa answered.
"Sad" Erin said. "My mum and dad are here because I am getting a new baby brother or sister"
"That's great" Musa replied enthusiastically.
"Yeah but I am bored."
"How about I sing you something to cheer you up?" Musa suggested.
"Really?"
"Yeah" Musa said and started tuning the strings.
"What are you going to sing?"
"Something that my boyfriend and I wrote ages ago, back when I wrote songs for other famous singers" Musa answered.
"What is it called?"
"It's a duet and it's called 'Wouldn't change a thing'" Musa replied and she began playing the guitar.
Riven was in his room packing some of his things back in his bag that the guys brought for him. When Musa left early that afternoon, his doctors informed him that he is well enough to be released the next morning and Riven had never been more relieved. He was sick of the constant wake up calls every four hours to check his vital signs and he was so sick of all the nurses and doctors treating him like a patient and not a human being.
As Riven was packing his bag he began hearing the sound of strings being strum against a guitar. He instantly recognised the tune. When Musa was working as a song writer for Tony, him and Musa wrote a duet song for one of Tony's singers. Musa and Riven loved it that they decided to keep it to themselves and Musa wrote another one for the singer. The singer won an award for the song but Musa and Riven gained something more, they had their own song that only they knew.
As he heard Musa sing the song echoing into his room, he quietly sang his lines as he continued to pack.
'Wouldn't Change a Thing' By Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas- Camp Rock 2
Musa: It's like he doesn't hear a word I say,
His mind is somewhere far away,
And I don't know how to get there
Musa's singing to Erin in the waiting room had caused a few other kids waiting for their parents to walk over and sit with Musa and watch her sing to them.
It's like,
(She's way too serious)
All he wants is to chill out,
(She's always in a rush)
He makes me wanna pull all my hair out,
(And interrupting)
Like he doesn't even care,
(Like she doesn't even care)
Musa: You,
Riven: me
Musa: We're face to face
Both: But we don't see eye to eye
Like fire and rain
(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing
Riven stopped packing his bag and turned to face the window overlooking the city of Magix. He could feel his chest tighten as he could hear Musa singing their song. When Riven sing his part he knew that she was singing to someone else. He poked his head out and saw Musa playing to a bunch of little kids. He closed the door and quietly sung his part to himself.
Riven: She's always trying to save the day
Just wanna let my music play
She's all or nothing
But my feelings never change
(Why, do you try to read my mind?)
I try to read her mind
(It's not good to psychoanalyze)
She tries to pick a fight
To get attention
That's what all of my friends say
(That's what all of my friends say)
As Musa was playing the guitar she noticed how all the children sitting with her had large smiles on their faces. Some of them where swaying while others were quietly clapping along. She missed this. This is what music means to her. She was too busy playing and looking at the kids that she didn't notice Bloom, Flora and Stella return with their coffee.
"She's playing to the kids" Flora said stunned. "
She's smiling at them too" Stella added.
"We had those smiles that day when those kids came up to me, Tecna and Layla the other day" Bloom explained.
"Maybe Musa was telling the truth" Flora said hopeful.
"But what if she's not and this is all a big ruse?" Stella questioned.
Musa: You,
Riven: Me
Both: We're face to face
But we don't see eye to eye
Like fire and rain
(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing
Riven: When I'm yes, she's no
Musa: When I hold on, he just lets go
Both: We're perfectly imperfect
But I wouldn't change a thing, no
Musa: We're like fire and rain
(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a
Wouldn't change a thing
When Musa finished strumming the guitar, Riven quietly poked his head out of his room again and looked at Musa. He watched as Musa smiled at the kids as they applauded her performance. She gave them all a hug and they walked away to go see their parents. Riven's heart felt a bit lighter and he felt less pain. Musa may not have been able to hear him but he could hear her and that was when Riven knew that she was coming back.