Chapter 5: Hanging Out

Helia's P.O.V

Miele, Flora, and I are walking down the street to Flowers Galore. On the way there is Fresh a local smoothie place.

"You girls want a smoothie?" I asked them.

"If its not too much trouble." Flora said. Her politeness is adorable.

"Of course not. Come on." I said.

"YAY! Smoothie!" Miele said

We went to the walk-up window to order our smoothies.

"Okay what do you two want?" I asked.

"I can pay for ours." Flora said.

"It will be my pleasure, Flora." I said.

"Are you sure?" She asked

"Of course." I replied.

"Okay. Then I want a blueberry-cherry." She said.

"I want strawberry-banana." Miele said.

I nodded and turn to the window.

"I have a blueberry-cherry smoothie, a strawberry-banana, and a lemon lime smoothie." I said to the cashier which is a guy with red hair and lots of freckles. He must be new cuz I come here all the time.

"That'll be $5.19." He said. I paid him and step away from the window.

"Flora?" The guy suddenly said.

"Hi, Jeremy." She said smiling at him. I couldn't help but feel jealous.

"I'm sorry about you guys getting evicted." He said looking sympathetic.

"Its okay the castle is beautiful and the Royal Family is great." She said. I smiled feeling proud.

"Well that's good. Yeah they are great. Like take Helia here Craig said that he will not except anything free." He said looking at me.

"Nope. It just doesn't feel right. We're rich and live in a castle of course I wont except anything for free." I said.

"That's very noble of you." Flora said smiling at me.

I shrugged and look away bashfully. Wow, Flora's the first girl that made me bashful. "Its just what I believe in." I said.

"Your orders are ready. Who got blueberry-cherry?" Jeremy asked. Flora walked up to the window and got her smoothie. "Thank you." She said and walked away sipping her smoothie.

"Strawberry-banana?" Jeremy asked.

"Me! Yay, smoothie." Miele said excitedly getting her smoothie.

I chuckled and went up to the window again.

"And lemon-lime." Jeremy said handing me my smoothie.

"Thank you." I said. I put a $5 in the tip jar and went towards Flora and Miele.

"Thank you for buying our smoothies." Flora said once we start walking down the street again.

"Your welcome." I replied.

All of sudden we heard beeping. "That's my phone. I just got a text." Flora explained while taking out her phone out of her purse. She read the text and put her phone away. "Can we go to the thrift store? I need a dress for Stella's party." She said.

"Stella?" I asked. "Princess Stella of Solaria. As in Brandon's girlfriend?"

"Yes. She's one of my best friends." She said. "Wait, how do you know Brandon? I never seen you at RF before."

"I was there for orientation on their first year. I was going in my second year but I dropped put to go to art school. But I was there helping my godfather organize. And I met Sky, Brandon, Timmy, and Riven. Ever since then we became friends. Now I'm thinking of going back to RF this year. Art school was great considering I love art and is a pacifist. I really didn't fit in."

"I know Sky, Timmy, and Riven too. I'm best friends with there girlfriends. But my main best friend is Princess Aisha of Andros." She said.

"I heard of her. She has a rebellious side don't she." I said smiling.

"You can say that." She said giggling.

"Anyway, how about we go to the most expensive dress store and I can buy you one." I said.

"That's very nice of you Helia. But I can't take you money." She said.

"Flora it will be my honor. And I will not take no for an answer." I said firmly.

"Okay if you insist. But first the flower shop since we're here." She said. I turned around and see she was right.

"Okay. Lets go in." I said. Pulling the door open for them. "Thank you." Flora said.

"My pleasure." I replied.

"Why couldn't we go to the one you work Flora?" Miele asked her.

"Because Miele, I can't afford there. Not even on a employees discount." Flora answered.

"Where do you work?" I asked her.

"Rarity. The flower shop that sells rare flowers and they are really expensive. I also work at Nutrients Bakery." She said.

"Well we could've went to Rarity and I could pay for it." I said.

"Helia, you're doing to much for me already." She said.

"I don't mind Flora." I counter.

"I know you don't but its to much. Just let me pay for this, okay?" She said.

"Okay." I said.

We went in there Liv, the owner of the shop, came in hug Flora.

"Oh, Flora, I'm sorry about what happen." She said.

"Its okay, Liv, we're doing fine." Flora said.

"Hiya, Liv." Miele said.

Liv let go of Flora and hugged Miele. "Hi, sweetie." She said to Miele.

"Hey, Liv." I said.

"Hello, Helia." She said straightening up and smile at me.

"You two know each other?" Flora asked.

"Of course. Helia is one of my favorite customer, besides you of course. He comes in her to get his mother flowers. And any woman in his family. Anyway get whatever your hearts desire its on the house." She said.

"Oh, Liv, you know I can't do that." Flora said.

"Flora you are my friend. You can have whatever you want. No cost." She insisted.

"But Liv-" Flora started.

"No buts. Now go shop." Liv said.

"Fine." Flora said defeated. Suddenly I thought of a idea.

"You know I could-" I started to say.

"I know what you're thinking, Helia. And no you will not pay for this." Liv said.

"But-"

"No buts, Helia. You are also a friend." She said.

"All right, Liv. Thanks." I said.

"No problem." She said.

"Okay. I'm back." Flora said coming back with like 5 different flower bouquets. And 3 different vases.

"That was fast." I said.

"Well I'm pretty fast with this kind of thing." She said shrugging.

"Just give me your new address. And I'll send them to it." Liv said opening the flower transporter. Her husband is inventor. So he invented something to make it easy to for the customer to get their flowers home. So they don't have to carry them around. It looks like a microwave but it doesn't have things that microwaves have.

"The Lynphea Castle. Servant Department, room 18." Flora said.

"Okay, got it." Liv said after pushing the right buttons. She grabs the flowers and vases from the counter and put them in the transporter. She closed it and pushed the 'Go' button. "All righty. I'm sure they're in your room safely." She said.

"Thank you. Liv we have to go, bye." Flora said.

"Bye Liv." Miele and I said in unison.

"Bye guys see you all later." She said as we walked out.

"Okay. The only expensive party dress shop I know is Party Flower. Is that okay?" I said.

"Yes. That's fine." She said.

"Lets see if we can get a lady bug to go there." I said.

"Okay." She replied. We walked down to the lady bug stop. We waited for a few minutes till a lady came and lay down in front of us.

"One lady bug at your service. I'm Avery and I'll be your driver." a late 20 something year old with auburn hair said. I helped Miele and Flora get on then I got on.

"To Party Flower, please?" I said

"Okie dokie. To Party Flower, Spotty, Ha!" She said pulling on the reigns and we went up in the air.

A little while later….

We landed right in front the store in a matter of minutes.

"Here we are. That'll be $10." Avery said as we are getting off. We thanked her and I gave her $15.

"YAY! Dress shopping!" Miele shouted while throwing away her empty smoothie cup.

"I'm sorry you had to girly stuff, Helia." Flora said throw her cup away too. I did the same then open the door for Flora and Miele.

"It's not a problem, Flora. I don't mind." I insisted. She is so sweet. I got to tell her how I feel. But I'm to shy to.

Once inside the shop Flora went towards the pink and green dresses.

"Do you want to buy a dress Miele?" I asked.

"Hmmm….Okay." She said and skipped to the kid's clothes. I went over to the dressing area and sit on one of the couches there. I closed my eyes and thought about me and Flora dancing around the castle ballroom.

"Helia." Flora kept repeating in a loving coo.

"Helia!?" The last one was urgent and I feel someone shaking my shoulder. I open my eyes and there was Flora looking worry at me. I instantly blushed at what just happen.

"Yes, Flora?" I asked.

"Are you feeling, all right?" She asked.

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine. What did you need?" I asked.

"I just want to let you know that I'm going to try this dress and if I like it we can go." She said.

"Okay, but, uh, what about Miele, she was going to get a dress." I said.

"I already got one." Miele piped up. I turned around and see her sitting beside me.

"Oh, okay then." I said. Flora went into a dressing room leaving me and Miele alone.

"What did you get?" I asked her. She showed me a short-sleeved sparkly navy blue dress with a daisy buckle white belt.

"Really nice." I tell her.

"Thank you." She said happily.

"Okay. I'm finish." Flora said coming out of the dressing room.

My jaw instantly dropped and I feel a blush coming on my cheeks. She looked so beautiful, her dress is a spaghetti two part above the knee dress. The shirt part is soft pink with dark green straps. The skirt part is full and flowy and have pink and green pleats. In between the shirt and skirt part is dark green belt with a dark pink rose buckle.

"You look beautiful." I blurted out before I stop myself.

"Thank you." Flora said blushing.

"Yeah. That's really a pretty dress Flora. You should get it." Miele said.

"Okay then, this one is a keeper." She said holding the skirt out with her hands.

"Would like shoes to go with it?" I asked.

"No thank you. Basically all my shows go with anything." She said and head back in the dressing room.

A few minutes later she came out holding her dress.

"Let's get going. I'm sure Miele is anxious to go to the park." She said.

"All right. Let's go." I said. I paid for the girls dresses then we head out. And got on another lady bug.

…..

We are at the park now. Flora and I are on the swings while Miele was being a kid going down the slide and climbing up the jungle gym stuff like that.

"Thank you for tonight Helia. It was really fun." Flora said. I smiled at that glad that she had a good time.

"My pleasure. I'm really glad you had a great time." I said. She smiled at me then we sat in silence.

I'm debating whether I should ask her if she has a boyfriend or not. I mean I don't want to sound to forward. But I am in love with her. Okay I'm going to do it. What's there to lose, right?

"Hey, Flora…" I said.

"Hmmm?" She said looking at me.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" I asked. She looked at me alittle shocked. "No." She said. "Why?"

"Just wondering." I said.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" She suddenly said. Needless to say I was surprise by the question.

"No, why?" I asked.

"Just wondering." She said smiling at me. I smiled back.