SCARS AND BRUISES II fate : winx saga

trust and respect

"Love and respect is what we do this for."

Scar's POV:

"You look like you didn't sleep at all", I comment the dark circles under Stephen's eyes as he gives me a cup of coffee the next day. "Alex called me", he immediately informs me, "I gave him the chance to help us." "No-" "If he's here until tomorrow, he'll help us. If not, he leaves Eraklyon with his family today." "Why would you offer him this chance? This is us finding a solution, not him. He's the reason for this mess anyways!", I reply angrily. 

"Trust me. If anyone hates him, it's me right now. However, even if you send him to hell afterwards, he can be useful right now." "We don't need him to tear Dominic down. We can do this on our own", I shake my head being stubborn. I understand him, yet I wish he wouldn't have made this offer to Alex. 

If he doesn't come.. I hate to admit it but I think I'd be broken. Just yesterday I thought I would admit my feelings to him. Tell him that I've actually grown deep feelings for him. Feelings that I've only felt for Riven and Stephen before. I would have told him that I was ready to forget about the past and be with him, give in, trust him. "We can, but we won't." 

I don't disagree with Stephen anymore. He's made a decision and nothing would change the soldier's mind. Stubborn guy. "What is this next decision within the Triad Kingdom, what would Dominic win if we don't vote against him?", I ask Stephen as I haven't been thought about this before. Alex and I were supposed to be spend some days in the city together talking to citizens. Afterwards, William would tell us about the vote and the different scenarios. 

"It's about the soldiers and which country trains a certain number of soldiers. Dominic would probably want many Eraklyon soldiers to be trained in Sparx so they could become their soldiers eventually. It's all about power and manipulation." "Okay so we want exactly the opposite?" "We want to train our soldiers ourselves in the first place but yes, we take every soldier we can have. Eraklyon needs to remain strong and with you as a leader, its got the best chances." 

"You don't need to say this", I state dryly. "I don't say this for fun, Scar. I believe in you. More than anyone else probably. I know you can-" Someone's knocking the door. Shit, what if it's Alex? No, he wouldn't come here. He'll just break my heart. I can feel it. "Come in", Stephen calls through the door making me furl my eyebrows. Since when could anyone just come in this easily? He could be a FBI agent and he lets his door open? Who could this possibly be? 

"Thanks for keeping the door open. I found my earring on the way", I hear the voice of none other than Stella. Fuck, I forgot to visit her. I open my eyes widely and smile at her brightly. "Finally, your highness is back", Stella pretends to complain about me, "I was wondering who you could meet to forget about me but I remembered that no one could replace me." "I've missed you!", I scream happily and run over to hug her tightly, "I've missed this style, your confidence and the faked arrogance." 

"Duh, it's not faked", Stephen mumbles earning an annoyed look from both of us. "What are you doing here?", I ask her surprised. "A little birdie told me that you need some help with a dickhead. Stephen seemed to know that I'm an expert in fooling men. No worries, S. He's faster teared down than he can get drunk again." Surprised by her knowing these information I give her a surprised look. 

"Secrets that my mom told me in case Alex and I would ever marry. It's a shame. You dismiss the royal life completely for all these years while I build up relationships and now you get the hot prince. The only hot prince available may I add." "Still he never was the soldier of the year or-" "No need to be jealous, Steph", I chuckle grinning at him proudly. I'd almost believed that he'd be over me. 

"I'm sorry for ruining your non existing plans to get married as a young adult. May you want to switch lives because I was recently attacked by the most disgusting man in history", I reply to her joking. "No, thank you. I'll marry myself through the mirror. That'd be no mistake", she shrugs grinning, "But I'll gladly help you burn that ass down." "It seems like this could be fun", I chuckle thankful for the help from my loved ones. 

"I'm in", I hear Alex's voice and turn to the still opened door, "I'm sorry for being late. I had to send my parents away without causing any suspicions." I gulp watching the man entering the apartment. I thought it'd be easier to see him. No, it's the feeling of hell that runs through my body. What should I do? What am I supposed to say? I won't thank him for being here. The least that he can do is to make amends for what he did to me and my country. 

"I need to talk to you, Scar", Alex speaks up to me when no one comments his arrival. "Yeah, no. Not until we've solved the current issue called Dominic", Stephen intervenes probably knowing that I'm definitely not ready to talk to Alex. What does he expect me to say? It's alright? No, it's most definitely not. "He's always been a pain in the ass", Stella mumbles disgustedly. 

Thank god, she agrees with me. She knows them a lot better than I do. Alex looks like he's about to defend him when our eyes meet. I feel the confusion inside of him. I should have never trusted him this much. How ironic of a mind fairy.. "He's admitted to me that he persuaded Becca to dump you", I tell him in front of the others just to prove my point. Whether he believes me or not, his reaction will do the work. 

"Makes sense", Alex nods speaking silently. Seems like he's been having this thought before. "I never liked her", Stella shrugs, "Her hair was too damaged and those sweaters-" "Does anyone have an idea on how to tear Dominic down?", Stephen interrupts Stella's words. He's never been a fan of her styling advices. Once, she told him to cut his hair and he accepted her offer to help him when it turned out it was her first time cutting someone's hair and Stephen ended up with only a few of his hairs. 

"He told me about how he managed to increase his income by making use of the defence taxes", Stella bursts out making me look at her with my eyes widely open. Alex looks just as shocked as I do. Didn't he not know about this? It's his family running the businesses of a country. Looks like we've found a story.