SCARS AND BRUISES II fate : winx saga

masculine energy

"Are we done discussing your jealousy issue?"

"That was hot", I breath heavily as I stand up and put my clothes back on, "Thank god no one else goes around here." "At least there's one thing less that you still want to experience", Stephen chuckles and I roll my eyes. 

"It's not like I have a list or something", I defend myself, "You're the one who's had so many plans." "I still have those plans", he makes clear seriously, "I still want to experience all of this together with you." 

"Does that mean you're coming back?", I ask not knowing what else to answer. I feel the same about Stephen. I'm just not used to talking about my feelings or even admitting them to myself. "If you want me to come back, I'll drive right back with you", Stephen nods and instead of nodding, I kiss him passionately. 

"I want more answers like this", he chuckles and grabs me by my waist so I could not go away immediately. "That'll be no problem", I giggle and take his hand so we can walk through the woods.

"How were you doing during the past weeks?", Stephen asks looking at me worriedly. "I've found mom", I immediately tell him smiling widely, "I've visited Saul secretly and he's told me about mom so Riven and I found her in the first world. She's great." 

"Riven and you, huh?", Stephen repeats furling his eyebrows. "Sky was forced to visit Eraklyon with dad so I would have been alone if Riven hadn't joined me." "You could have asked the girls", Stephen argues making me roll my eyes. 

"I didn't want them to pity me." "Or-" "Are we done discussing your moment of jealousy?", I ask shrugging as we walk past the sea. "Saul's told me about Riven and you. I'm just wondering what that means for you and him and you and I." 

"It means nothing. Riven has helped me as a friend and from my point of view now, it was completely right to do this with him. Just because Riven and I were in a relationship once doesn't mean that we don't know how to have a friendship. Actually, you and I aren't together so it's only my business what I do in my free time." 

"Scar, we've just had sex", Stephen sighs raising an eyebrow, "I think I deserve to know what's going on in your love life." "Absolutely nothing that you need to be aware of. Riven is only a friend." "Okay, fine." 

"If you still care about the actual topic, mom is great", I mock him, "But you must know about that. Did you also know about her and Saul?" "About their forbidden love?", Stephen asks concretely and I open my eyes widely. I mean I could see that mom liked him but forbidden love? That sounds a lot more interesting. 

"Oh, you didn't know about that." "Come on, tell me more about those secrets I don't know anything about", I say a bit more sharply as I'm annoyed by him having secrets from me. "Scar, it's not like I should have talked to you about it. It's not that serious anyways. Both, Saul and Andreas admired Olivia and I think she's always liked Saul as well but Andreas made the first step and Saul acted like nothing happened and let them be happy." 

"This is about my family, Stephen. I think you should have talked to me about it", I snap at him as he's only justifying his lies. "You didn't even know a lot about Olivia or what happened to Andreas and her. I couldn't have told you about Saul and her." 

"Yeah, because you didn't tell me anything about mom and dad!", I complain loudly but I'm glad that I can still control my magic. There are no lightnings around me. "We should get back to the house", Stephen changes the topic making me gasp. 

"I should have known it. You do whatever you do without taking care of how it affects me or my family. What happened earlier was a mistake." "Scar, don't-" "Leave me alone." I turn around wanting to go back to the house but Stephen holds me back by my wrist. 

Surprisingly, he pushes me against a tree and before I can ask what's going on, he crushes his lips onto mine. I give in enjoying it whenever he's this close to me. Every time he kisses me, it feels like the time when we used to hide at home. 

As soon as Saul's left the house, we went riding together or even when he was at home, we sneaked out many times. I'm surprised Saul hasn't found out back then. 

"I'm sorry, Scar", Stephen breathes letting his forehead rest against mine, "You're right. I should have told you about it all, especially before I've made all of these promises. But I was afraid and I still am. We haven't had a chance to be together. I didn't want to risk it all by emphasizing what I've done wrong." 

I'm surprised by his sudden apology but smile as that's all that I needed to hear. "It's fine", I whisper overwhelmed by his honest words and nod, "I wish we could have had this chance to be together before but we can still do anything together. I understand you." 

Stephen smiles at me but takes off his jacket and lays it around shoulders, "It's getting cold. We should go back home. Let's talk there." I agree and we walk back through the woods. Back home. That sounds great. Especially after I haven't been here in a long time.

"What the hell", I whisper sharply as I see the house bursting into flames when we leave the woods. The fire has increased so drastically that we see the flames from further away. "We need to extinguish the fire." 

I'm about to run back to the house when Stephen holds me back by my upper arm. "Look", he says seriously but also sadly so I look at where he's pointing. That's dad. It's dad and some of the specialists. Next to him are Dane and Riven. 

They've burnt the house down. Dad burnt down the place that I call home and Riven's helped him. How could he do this? "Wait, what if Bloom and Sky are still in there?", I mumble alarmed, "We need to get there!" 

"Scar, wait", Stephen says holding me back once again, "Bloom's a fire fairy. She'll take care of Sky and her. But if Andreas sees you, he'll assume even more that you've helped Saul escape. We need to stay here until they leave."