Riven was sitting in his bed, half asleep and half awake. It was hard for him to stay sleep with Timmy moving around all over their room. All he wanted to was sleep in one day and since they rarely got the opportunity to, he was going to take advantage of it today on the Day of the Roses.
"Aren't you going home?" Timmy said, apparently thinking that Riven was awake.
"hmmmmm" Riven groaned. He didn't want to get up, he was still contemplating the different dreams he had that night. It had started off as a dream of him running through the streets back at home like he was running towards someone but didn't know who. Then suddenly he ran into a girl, and it was Musa. She had smiled at him and grabbed his hand and they began running again.
Then they stopped and she opened a door and light came shining through, but that was when he woke up and he assumed that Timmy turning on the lights had made the light enter his dream and wake him up. This was another reason for him to be angry, he wanted the dream to keep going.
He wasn't sure what it was about Musa, but he just really liked being around her and something about her was different than other girls he had been with or seen. The problem was, he never felt this strong about a girl before and therefore had trouble actually expressing himself. Whenever he was around her, he froze up and tried to hide the fact that he liked her rather than let her know.
It seemed like she liked him from the way that she acted around him the couple times they had been together since that day in the swamp, but he couldn't be sure. She gave him a lot of attitude too, which is something he kind of liked about her.
"You awake Riven?" Timmy asked again.
"Yes, now that you have made so much noise. And no, I am not going anywhere. I'm staying here for the holiday. It's not really celebrated on my planet" Riven said as he looked up and pulled down his blanket. He got up and looked around for pants and shirt.
"So what are you going to do all day?" Timmy asked as he packed away his computer.
"I'm doing that bike race thing in Magix with Brandon and Sky"
"Sounds Fun! I wonder why they aren't going home?"
"Probably to attempt to beat me even though I am definitely going to win"
"I'm sure you will" Timmy laughed.
"Have fun at home, see you Monday!" Riven called out to Timmy as he walked out the door.
"Good luck!" Timmy replied.
"Don't need it!"
Riven was confident that he was a more skilled rider than Sky or Brandon, and thought he had decent chances to win. Plus he hoped that Musa would come since Stella and Bloom were supposed to be coming to watch Sky and Brandon. Apparently Stella and Sky were now an item, and all Brandon could talk about half the time was how much he liked Bloom and how awesome she was. At least Riven had the decency to keep his feelings to himself.
Brandon proved to be just as annoying as always on the bus ride to Magix since all he talked about was trying to find a rose for Bloom and that he was planning on making it "official" sometime soon, as soon as he was positive he liked her. Even Sky was getting annoyed with having to keep encouraging him.
"Well she won't want to be with you if you lose today" Riven finally said as he read a book that they had a report due on soon.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Brandon said.
"She seems like she would be impressed by a guy who could prove his specialist skills, especially on a bike" Riven said. He knew this was going to make Brandon mad, and he didn't care. He was sick of the Bloom talk and he wanted to win this race.
"She's not like that" Brandon said in an angry tone.
"Whatever dude" Riven said and continued to read his book, while Brandon went back to talking about Bloom.
They finally got to downtown and registered and then went to meet up with the girls. To Riven's disappointment, Musa did not walk about with Stella or Bloom.
"Where's Musa?" He asked and Stella looked surprised to hear him ask about her.
"She decided to stay at Alfea and just hang alone today" Stella said after hugging Sky.
"Oh" Riven said. He then watched Sky and Bloom hug and how they both looked at each other. He wanted that with Musa, and it was clear that she didn't want that since she didn't come to see him.
He didn't know why he did it, maybe because he was in such a bad mood that day and mad/hurt that Musa didn't come, but he then walked over to Bloom and complemented her hair and said "Why don't you promise a kiss to the winner, who is obviously going to be me"?
Riven loved the look of anger on Brandon's face, but suddenly felt coldness on his face an shirt and realized Bloom had dumped a flower pot on him.
"What the Hell Bloom! I was just joking around jeeze" Riven yelled at her.
"Hey lay off her" Brandon intervened.
"Get the hell out of my way, you all are so annoying. You're going to be sorry when you lose this race" Riven said as he pushed Bloom and Brandon out of the way.
He was sick of all their happy attitudes all of the time and just wanted to get away. He had to focus on winning today, that was the only thing that would make him feel better now.
After walking around for a while and getting changed into his gear he suddenly ran into Bloom.
She nervously explained that she was sorry but she just wanted to be friends. At this point Riven didn't really care about her, he never liked her in the first place. He just wanted to make Brandon mad. But she gave him an awesome looking helmet and decided that this would make Brandon even angrier after he realized that Bloom had given him a gift to clearly help him win.
"Uhh, Thanks Bloom" Riven said. He put on the helmet "This is awesome!"
'Good Luck Riven!" Bloom yelled out as Riven began to drive away.
They all were at the starting line and Riven just happened to be next to Brandon.
"Good Luck Riven" Brandon said, almost in a sarcastic tone.
"yeah you too, don't get too caught up in my exhaust fumes" Riven said and then smiled.
It seemed like it took forever for the light to finally go green, but once it did Riven felt such a rush of adrenaline and quickly sped up to the front of the pack where he would soon make his move to get into first. There was only one large loop so he didn't have a lot of time and was moving very fast already.
He went by one building and noticed Bloom in her fairy outfit flying behind him.
"What the hell are you doing? Get out of here Bloom!" Riven yelled as he saw her reach out her hand. He then suddenly felt a shock of pain go through his temples and felt groggy and fuzzy. He grabbed his head to make it stop and realized he didn't have control of his bike anymore and it crashed.
He couldn't get the helmet off as it was continuously shocking him and making him weaker. He fell to the ground and then felt soft hands taking the helmet off. He looked up and saw a familiar woman with brown hair. She was wearing a riders uniform and he was confused, because he thought that girls were not allowed in this race.
She grabbed his chin and made him look into her eyes. "Are you okay Riven?" She said seductively.
In a short moment he felt connected to her in some way and then realized how gorgeous she was. He figured that she had saved him from the helmet that Bloom clearly cursed in order to keep him from winning.
"Riven! Stay away from her, it's a trick!" Bloom said as she came over.
"No you get away bloom! You are the one that gave me the helmet! She, excuse me but what is your name?" Riven said.
"Darcy" the woman smiled back.
"Darcy saved me and I would probably be seriously injured by now if it wasn't for her."
"Riven! You have to listen to her, she wouldn't lie!" Brandon said as he came up and grabbed Bloom by the side.
"Of course she did, just to help you win. Well I'm sick of you and this team and always having to deal with your feelings of superiority over me. I'm done with this" Riven said. He started to walk away and he heard Darcy say "I'm coming with you!"
She ran up to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks for saving me"
"Anytime, handsome. So you're Riven?"
"Yup, so you're Darcy?"
"Indeed I am. Come back to my dorm with me and let's hang" She said and grabbed his hand.