Back at Alfea, the girls were returning to their dorms after a spoiled lunch date.
"Well that afternoon was a total bust" Layla said throwing herself on one of the couches.
"Yeah, I can't believe Timmy would stand me up like that" Tecna said sitting on a lounge chair.
"Remember Tecna, Timmy wasn't the only one, the other boys did it too" Stella reminded as she picked up a fashion magazine and sat next to Layla.
"Yeah, we all got stood up this afternoon, even Flora" Musa said.
"I didn't get stood up, Helia wasn't invited, and he wasn't there for me, so technically I didn't get stood up" Flora defended.
"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that" Bloom said jokingly.
At Red Fountain, Helia's celebratory party was over and the guys were outside. Helia was looking over the balcony looking at Magix. He was too busy thinking that he didn't notice the guys walking up to him.
"Hey dude" Brandon said standing next to him leaning over the balcony as well.
"Hey" Helia replied not turning his head.
"Why did you leave your party? It's finished now" Sky said.
"Yeah I know, too busy thinking" Helia answered.
"About Flora?" Timmy asked finishing his sentence
"Yeah, about Flora" Helia answered.
"What do you mean Helia? You finished your exams, Saladine made you a promise. You can go talk to Saladine about seeing Flora again" Nabu explained.
"I already saw Saladine, he said that I can see Flora again, if I continue studying and don't lose focus" Helia announced.
"That's great dude, then what's stopping you from going over to see Flora" Riven asked.
"The speech that she made at the cafe' earlier, that's what's stopping me."
"What do you mean Helia?" Timmy asked curiously.
"Flora sounded so made, and hurt from what I accidently put her through. She said it herself; I am out of her life now. She doesn't want me back in it at all. She thinks that she is out of my life when I broke up with her, which kind of sounds about right."
"Look, if you go over to her and tell her everything, be honest with her, I am sure that she will forgive you" Sky said.
"She won't forgive me. She will understand, sure, but she won't forgive me. All the things that I put her through, the pain, the agony, heartache, was for nothing. If she takes me back the pain and suffering would be for nothing, I mean, the breakup was only going to last until my exams finished. If she finds out that there was supposed to be no pain, but she did feel pain, and it was about something stupid, when I should've told her to give me space for my exams, then she would never forgive me, I can assure you."
"Helia, that is a risk, but if you don't go and tell her what happened, then you will spend the rest of your life wondering what could've happened" Timmy said.
Helia smirked as he said, "You sound more like an oracle to me Timmy. She will think that breaking up with her for what, a couple of weeks over exams, rather than telling her straight up that I couldn't see her until my exams were over, she will think that I am shallow."
"Who cares? There is always a possibility that she will be upset, but is it worth finding out then not knowing at all?" Brandon asked.
Back at Alfea, Flora had made a pot of herbal tea for the girls.
"This tea is lovely Flora" Stella said taking a sip
"Yeah, I always feel refreshed after your cups of tea" Musa added.
"Thanks you guys" Flora said happily.
Flora took a seat and just as she sat down, a knock was sounded at the door.
"I'll get it" Layla said standing up.
Layla placed her cup down on the coffee table and went towards the door. As Layla opened it, she saw Helia's face with the other boys and immediately slammed the door and turned around.
"What was that about Layla?" Bloom asked curiously.
"Nothing" Layla said sounding like she was hiding a secret.
"Who's at the door?" Flora asked.
"Nobody" Layla replied in the same tone.
As soon as Layla said that, another knock was heard at the door.
"Alright Layla move out of the way" Stella said getting up and pushing her away from the door. "Don't be so stubborn Layla, what are you hiding?" Stella asked as she too opened the door, saw Helia's face with the other boys and slammed it too.
Now Stella and Layla were both covering the door, looking at the girls.
"What is going on?" Musa asked starting to get annoyed.
"Nothing" Layla and Stella answered in unison.
"Enough of this, girls, you are sounding like you are hiding something, now move out of the way and I'll answer the door" Flora said walking towards Stella and Layla.
Stella and Layla moved closer to Flora and were blocking her way. Flora raised an eyebrow to them and moved to the left, and as she did, Stella and Layla followed. When Flora moved to the right, Stella and Layla followed in the opposite direction, blocking her way.
"Girls, what are you doing?" Tecna asked them.
"Nothing," Stella answered.
"Then move out of my way" Flora said moving to the left again but Stella and Layla moved to their right to block Flora again. "Will you quit doing that" Flora said annoyed.
As Flora tried to get passed Stella and Layla, Tecna snuck behind them and opened the front door.
Tecna opened the door and noticed Helia standing there, with the guys standing behind him.
"You better have a good reason for showing up here" Tecna said.
All the girls turned to face Tecna at the door.
"NO!" Stella and Layla cried as Flora snuck passed them and stood next to Tecna.
"Tecna, who's at the...door?" Flora slowly asked realising the face at the front door.
"Man, you two are the worst hiders ever" Bloom said randomly to greet Sky at the door.
"What are you doing here?" Flora asked angrily.
"I need to talk to you Flora" Helia said.
"About what?" Flora asked.
"Can we take this out in the hall and I'll explain?" Helia asked as the boys walked through the doorway.
"Actually, no, we don't have time. We have Avalon's class in 10mins" Bloom answered for Flora.
"Helia, what's the matter? Why are you acting so weird?" Tecna asked.
"Flora, can we go out into the hallway please" Helia begged.
"No, why?" Flora answered annoyed.
"Okay, fine, here's good too" Helia said caving in looking at the others. "Well, I have a confession to tell you."
Flora nodded and she moved out of the way to let Helia inside the dorm.
Helia looked at the others and they realised what Helia was getting at.
"Oh, we can take a hint" Musa said dragging the boys and girls into her and Tecna's bedroom.
Everyone entered the room and closed the door. Immediately, the girls pressed their eyes up against the door to hear the conversation.
"What are you..." Brandon began.
"Shh, we're listening" Stella interrupted.
Outside the bedroom, there was an awkward silence between Flora and Helia, until Flora ended it.
"See, much better than a hallway" Flora said.
"Yeah, but your friends will be listening at the door" Helia replied
"How did he know?" Musa whispered to the others.
"Shhh" they all said.
"I hope they're listening" Flora bite back.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You know exactly what it means. Just tell me what you have to confess."
"Look, I came here to tell you that...I was wrong"
"About what?"
"Everything, Flora"
"I don't follow"
"I was wrong to ever break up with you"
"I knew he couldn't last long without Flora" Stella whispered.
"Shut up Stella, I can't hear" Layla whispered back.
"What?" Flora said confused and thinking that she misheard.
"I should never have broken up with you. The only reason why I did was not because I didn't love you anymore, it was because Saladine made me" Helia began.
"What!" the girls shrieked from behind the door.
Flora and Helia turned around to look at the door. The girls had each other's hands over each other's mouths.
"See, I told you they would ears drop" Helia said proving right
"Don't change the subject" Flora said angrily. "How dare you come here and lie to my face and come up with some pathetic excuse about why you broke up with me."
"But I'm not lying Flora, honest. Saladine told me that I was failing exams because I was spending too much time with you so he made me take 3 make-up exams but he forced me to break up with you to keep me from getting distracted."
"Oh my god" Flora began. "So you see me as a distraction."
"No, never" Helia said attempting to fix his mistake. "It was either, continue to date you but fail my exams and leave Magix to go back home and never see you again, or, break up with you, take the exams and stay in Magix where I can still see you every day. It was either, leave Magix and never see you, or see you every day and not be together, and not seeing you is worse than death."
"Aw" the girls all said from behind the door.
"Can I have a tissue?" Stella whispered as Tecna passed her the tissue box.
Flora still couldn't say anything, she was too mad to. She just stood in front of Helia, staring at the ground.
"Flora, please say something."
Flora gave a small smile and shook her head as she stared at the ground. "And here I thought that you were a good guy Helia."
"I'm sorry?" Helia asked not liking what was coming.
"I don't believe you for one second, but I will play along, after all, this is how it works from now on. You play mind games with me, and I try to play along with them."
"That's not what this is about Flora. I am telling you the truth."
"No you're not, because the Helia I know, or I thought I knew, would never do something like this to me. He would kiss me on the forehead and tell me that he can't see me until his exams were over so he could study for them and pass. The Helia I knew would never break up with me because his uncle made him. The Helia I knew would tell me the truth upfront and I would understand and give him the space that he needed to study. The Helia that I knew would treat me a lot better than how you're treating me right now. But, I will play along to see how good of a liar you are."
"Flora..
"So, you break up with me to study, and you thought that you could come crawling back when the exams were over and expect me to forgive you? I am not a light switch Helia where you can just turn our relationship on and off to get some space. If you needed space, I would've given you space, if you wanted to break up for real, I would've tried to understand. You can't expect to break up with me every time you need to be apart from me for a little while and put me through all the pain and expect me to forgive you until the next time you need space?"
"No, but"
"Well you can forget it. Helia like I said today, I was never in your life to begin with, and now you're not in my life anymore. I am sick and tired of your stupid mind games and broken promises and fake feelings, you need to stay away from me from now on. Now get out of here" Flora ordered calmly.
"But Flora,"
"I said, go" Flora repeated more angrily this time.
There was silence from Musa and Tecna's bedroom. Flora was looking at the ground again with tears falling down her face. Helia nodded and let himself out of the dormitory.
Flora whipped the tears from her eyes and went to the bathroom to wash her face.
The others opened the bedroom door and walked out into the main room of the dormitory.
"Now that is what I call brutal" Riven said breaking the silence.
"I can't believe that Helia would lie about something like that" Tecna said astonished.
"He didn't" Sky said.
"What do you mean?" Bloom asked.
"We were there when Saladine told Helia to break up with Flora" Brandon added.
"Are you serious?" Musa asked.
The boys all nodded in reply.
The girls all gasped as Stella hit the boys' heads.
"You guys knew about this and you didn't tell us?" Stella complained as she hit their heads.
"Helia passes exams, and we get hit on our heads" Riven complained to the other boys.
"Saladine gave him a alternative, break up with Flora and continue studying in Magix, or leave Magix and return home, and forget him studying at Red Fountain" Timmy explained.
"You have got to be kidding" Stella said angrily.
"That is so unfair" Bloom added.
"So Helia was telling the truth" Layla realised.
"Yeah, and we need Flora to realise that too" Sky said.
"What do you mean? She can't go back to him" Musa said.
"What" the boys all said confused.
"If we did what Helia did to Flora, you think you would take us back?" Tecna asked.
"What?" Nabu asked confused.
"Breaking up with someone, just for some study time, putting them through all of that pain, then back to them saying that it was just to have a break, to study, you think you could do that?" Layla asked.
The boys couldn't answer, they knew the girls were right, but they wished that they weren't. The door to the room opened and Flora came out, her face looking refreshed and un-tear stained.
"Hey" Flora said shyly. "What's going on?"
"Nothing, doesn't matter. You ready for class?" Tecna asked
"Yeah, just have to grab my books. Sorry about that by the way you guys" Flora apologised.
"Flora, don't worry. There's no need to apologise" Musa said.
Flora smiled and nodded and went to grab her books.
"Ok, you guys probably should go now. Lift Helia's spirits up a little" Bloom suggested.
"Yeah, ok" Sky answered as they all kissed their girlfriends goodbye.
"But before we go," Riven said turning around. "You think Helia deserves to have Flora back?"
The girls didn't know the answer to that.
"Because we need to tell him something, anything. Whether he should try again or forget about her because he made a mistake" Riven added.
"Tell him...tell him that we understand now. We don't know to be honest with you. We'll get back to you on that" Musa answered.
The boys nodded and left just as Flora came out of her room with her books.
"Alright, let's go" Flora said as she led the girls out of the dormitory and to class.
Helia was back at Red Fountain and in his dorm drawing. He was drawing Flora, like he always does. There was a knock on the door and the boys let themselves in.
"Should've known that you guys would be here sooner or later" Helia said not looking at them.
"Dude, we're sorry about the whole Flora thing" Brandon started.
"Yeah, if it helps, you were really brave" Riven said,
"Not helping" Nabu whispered to Riven.
"You guys don't really need to do the whole spirit lifting thing, really, I'm fine, and it just proved that I was right, but it was good to know how it will end with Flora. I had my chance, and I blew it" Helia said.
"No, you didn't blow it. Saladine made you blow it, you didn't have a choice" Sky reasoned.
"I did have a choice, I could've picked secret option number three, telling Flora the truth right from the start. I should've told her that I needed some time apart to study, she would've understood, that doesn't sound like a break up to me, it sounds like honesty. What I did isn't like me at all. Flora's right, this isn't me, I don't know what I was thinking" Helia said.
The boys couldn't say anymore, what could they say? They just turned and left Helia alone with his thoughts.
