An update before Turkey day(:

Chapter 10;

Three and a half-whole days had passed since Musa had spoken to Riven. She hadn't bothered looking out her window for their nightly summer flashtlight games or go on IM to have their early morning conversations. Or they would casually talk on Skype, making fun of another. She was huddled up in her room, watching a rerun marathon of The Nanny and a sequence of her favorite movies.

Instead of lounging around her pool that Riven and his friend used, she was huddled up in her room, faking sick and watching American Graffiti. She was lying on her plush blankets in front of the airconditioning. Who needed a male best friend when you had 80's movies and lemonade to replaced him?

She was at the part where Toad was trying to get a guy to buy him beer so he could impress Debbie, a girl who chewed to much bubble gum and wore a wig. She prefered Curt Henderson, the hottie who spent his last night home looking for a white Thunderbird. It was sweet how he went to extreme measures to find a girl who ended up being a prostitute.

She sighed, love was blind and dark. It came with the identity of the blind and the deaf. It was something you could feel, see, and hear; clearly actions speak louder than words.

A fist knocked on her door, shaking her out of her uneasy thoughts. "Who is it?"

"It's me." Musa smiled and hollered for him to come on in.

Brandon stepped through the door with a glass of lemonade and a handful of Uno cards. "Here I figured you may want some more lemonade speaking that has all you have came downstairs or out of your room for the last three days." He gave off a toothy grin and sat down on the opposite side of her bed. They hadn't kissed since that day in her garage and she honestly didn't mind.

"Thanks, and hey I have came outside of my room for other things too." She protested, crossing her arms over her chest.

He raised his head and looked at her, his eyes full of question. "Oh really?"

"Actually yes, for your information I came out to get a bowl of Captain Crunch this morning. And let me tell you it was tasty. Actually the bowl is sitting over there on my night stand."

Brandon couldn't refuse the urge to roll his eyes, "Oh you ate it up here, what a surprise. Well if you aren't going to come out of this room, I am guessing you are just going to have to deal with my company."

Musa giggled, snatching the cards from Brandon's hand. She was a way better shuffler than he was. He couldn't shuffle to save his life. She shuffled the cards and wasn't satisfied until she heard the audible sound of the cards flipping through one another.

"And you have been keeping me company the last couple of days anyways, so what is another day to spare huh?" Musa dealt each other seven cards.

Brandon examined his cards briefly as he watched Musa carefully and precisely. Maybe this summer was not going to be a bad summer after all.

"What?" Musa asked gazing into Brandon's eyes. She felt a blush creep up on her cheeks before she started to hide behind her cards; hopefully it wouldn't be as obvious now.

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"So when are you going to talk to Brandon?" Timmy questioned Riven when everyone else left the room. He knew this was a subject that he had to almost be triple-dog-dared to bring up. Riven was scary when he was mad.

He shrugged his shoulders and slumped into his gaming chair and clicked a few more buttons on his controller. He more focused in his Modern Warfare 3 game then he had ever been in a video game in his life.

"Right." Timmy expected the same answer that everyone else had gotten. They saw Brandon less and less now that he and Musa were a "thing" or something. Or at least that is what they assumed anyways. And ever since Brandon and Riven's spat, Riven has been in the worst mood possible.

Riven paused his game and looked at Timmy, "Look I have no idea why everyone keeps trying to but into my business, but I am telling you all now, I am fine and if anyone wants to press that answer then so be it. I am fine and if Brandon wants to go fuck Musa then let him. Whatever."

A sigh exhaled from Timmy's mouth. You would have to be blind if you couldn't see the hurt in Riven's eyes or the pain in his voice when he said Musa's name. "Well maybe if you apologize, you know, girl's like chocolate."

Timmy turned around and walked out of the room to leave Riven by himself with his own melancholy thoughts like usual.

"Who cares?" Riven called out, even though he mentally made a list in his mind of Musa's favorite candies and chocolates.

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All of the girls except Musa were at Flora's house while her parents were gone on their annual two-week vacation to Aspen. Flora decided to skip this one out, seeing that she wanted to spend bonding time with her friends and especially Helia.

"So Stella you seem awfully quiet, are you okay?" Bloom asked the overly bubbly girl. Normally she was overly hyper, boucning off of the walls and gossiping about the latest gossip and the newest trends.

Stella glanced up from her phone, a small smile was tugging at the corner of her lips. "Actually yeah, I am just tired, I was up late last night, talking to uhh-Musa. She hasn't been feeling well, she must have the bug or something."

Flora raised her eyebrows, questioning the blonds answer. "Yeah the bug, I am sure."

"Are you sure it doesn't have to deal with anything from that party?" Layla picked apart her sub and ate the vegetables first.

"Speaking of the party, where were you Bloom?" Techna asked, adverting her attention onto Bloom.

Stella looked in Bloom's direction, she knew exactly where Bloom was. "Yeah where were you, Andy was looking for you. We spent all night looking around Mitzi's house to find you and we called you like a bagillion times."

Bloom shrugged her shoulders, "I arrived there and then figured out my parents were having some sort of business matter and I needed to be there, so I had to leave and go meet up with them. Of course I changed and all, but I lost my phone. I found it the next day lying underneath my car seat."

Flora grinned, "Oh well I am sure Andy understood. Actually I didn't see him once he and Stella went searching for you."

Bloom remained quiet, hoping her friends wouldn't bring up the subject of Andy. It was hurting her that he hadn't talked to her in three days and she hadn't talked to him either. Everytime she would go to text him, she would feel guilty and back out, leaving an uneasy feeling sit in the pit of her stomach.

Luckily her friends ignored it and proceeded onto further conversations.

"So Layla, I heard Nabu asked you out on a date to the movies tonight?" Flora perked up, cupping her hands together.

Layla grinned widely and showed off her white teeth. "He did, and we are going to see Footloose."

"I hope you have fun. I know Musa would love that movie." Bloom said wishing Musa were there with them. She was the one who seemed to hold the group together tightly. Today it seemed as if everyone was in their own worlds, maybe that is what love did to somebody.

Stella smirked, "Yeah well she is to busy having the bug to do anything. Or snuggling with Brandon in that matter."

Techna gasped, "What?"

"Well come on, it seems like logical sense. Or she is avoiding Riven at all costs. Or both."

Stella's phone rang and she picked it up. It was hard for her to hide the grin that was on her face, "I'll be right back, it's my dad." Stella walked out of the room and answered it, talking quietly so nobody could hear her conversation.

"Yeah well I should probably get going." Techna dusted off her jeans as everyone stood getting ready to leave.

"Bye guys."

Stella appeared back into the room several minutes after everyone had left. The room was empty all except for Flora flipping through channels through her flat screen television.

"I am going to go to the bathroom and then i'll scat." Stella said placing her phone down onto the end table and darted up the stairs towards the guest bathroom. Flora couldn't hide her anxiousness and curiousity. She picked up Stella's phone and looked into her call logs, scrolling down to find Andy's name not once but at least ten times in the last three days.

Flora frowned and crinkled her plucked eyebrows, what could Stella possibly have to deal with Andy that much. She heard Stella flush the toilet and open the bathroom door. Flora looked in disgust, knowing the girl didn't wash her hands. She placed the phone back down onto the table and and sat back onto the couch, pretending she hadn't seen anything.

"Bye Stella." Flora waved goodbye as Stella left her house. Something was up with her and Bloom and she was going to get to the bottom of it. Well after Helia came over to have some alone time of course.

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Mitzi arranged the stuff in the bag around, slipping several tapes and whatnot into the leather sidebag that hung around her hips. She was ready to meet with Andy, a fellow ex boyfriend of hers way back when. It felt like nom since she had a conversation with him, if only she wasn't going to be a drag on everyone's day. You don't attend Mitzi's party and not expect her to find out anything.

She left her house, carefully cruising down the road. She had three stops to make; Musa's, Andy's and Bloom's and oh was Gardenia going to get a run for their money. She enjoyed making people's lives miserable; hey it was better than her own right?

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Mitzi approached Andy outside of his house. He was dressed in sweatpants that said Senior wrote down the side of the leg and he had on a tshirt and his hair was a mess. For somebody who had just cheated on his girlfriend, he seemed to be doing okay. He looked nervous yet anxious and his eyes kept flickering towards the direction of his front door.

"Oh is there somebody there? I do not want to keep you waiting long." Mitzi grinned but opened her leather bag open, tearing the velcro apart and pulled out a black tape and a disk in a clear plastic case.

"Oh okay?" Andy frowned staring at the tape and disk in his hands.

Mitzi smirked, "Just watch it and thank me later alright?"

She walked down the driveway and watched Andy roll his eyes and turn towards his door where he has some unfinished festivities to finish.

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Mitzi did the same thing with Musa and Bloom. She handed them tapes and smirked with an evil expression written across her lips. "Here you might want these, but don't forget to thank me later." She laughed and walked away, tossing her hair over her shoulders. She couldn't wait to hear back from them and see what unfolds with the group that is suppose to never fight. She lived for reckless drama like this.

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I know this chapter is shorter then the others, but that is okay right? I updated for those who are curious to what is going to happen next. Things will pick up and Riven and Musa will eventually talk, eventually. I think I am going to have a sequel to this just so you all know (: thanks for the reviews last chapter by the way, they do mean a lot to me!

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