A Wish for You

Chapter fourteen: the calm before the storm

“Ahhh,” Dahlia smiled in ecstasy. “As requested, a fresh batch of cookies to share.”

The group of teenagers gathered around the kitchen island, eagerly anticipating Dahlia's freshly baked treats. As she placed the tray of warm desserts in their midst, some couldn't help but observe a noticeable difference between this latest batch and the one from before.

“Not Magnifico shaped this time, Dahlia?” Hal inquired, grabbing one of the cookies and observing its new appearance.

“Call it laziness,” Dahlia remarked.

Gabo chuckled, taking a bite. “Any particular reason you chose star-shaped?”

Safi sneezed before commenting, “Isn’t that obvious, dude?”

“It's Astra.” Bianca said.

“Yes.” Dahlia said.

“Figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask.” Simon said.

“So, like, has anyone seen Asha today or Astra?” Dario impolitely asked after shoving several cookies into his mouth at once.

“Probably still hanging out with him.” Dahlia said.

“She's so lucky.” Bazeema said.

“So lucky, like yuck,” Gabo said. “dude we all know bad forbidden love is going to be.”

“So, so what's wrong with love? All the stories ended up with someone falling in love.” Bianca said.

“I'm just saying that Asha probably has her head in the clouds, clouds with the star.” Gabo said.

“What star?” Adora said.

“Oh nothing, I was just saying something.” Gabo said, sarcastically.

“Whatever that light was.” Adora said. “I'm sure that my Tio and my father will figure it out.”

“Yeah, he will.” Simon told her, As Adora walked away. “Hey, Adora.”

“Yes.” Adora said.

“I…oh! Never mind.” Simon said.

“Ok! Come Bianca.” Adora said.

“Bye, guys.” Bianca said.

“Bye, Bianca.” Dahlia said.

Meanwhile, Asha is sleeping in her room, she's sleeping blissfully until some rays of light start hitting her eyes, she gets bothered by that. She opens her eyes expecting the light to just be the sun.

Astra’s face is literally almost touching hers

"Mornin' A-” Astra said as he and Asha bump heads.

"AAAAH!- ouch” Asha said as she hit her head on Astra's, some dust sprinkle on her face, while Astra doesn't really move at all.

“Oops! hehe sorry, you okay?" Astra asks, unfazed by the scare.

"Uhum, I'm fine... Good morning, Astra." She says while taking some of the dust off her face "Remind me to teach you about the meaning of “personal space” later." She says smiling at him with tired eyes.

“Ready to return from wishes.” Astra said.

“In a minute.” Asha said.

“I think I had enough space in my life, thank you very much." he says with a cheeky smile while sitting on the bed with his legs crossed.

“I know.” Asha said as she got out of bed.

She stood in front of him and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm ready." she said with a smile. Astra took her hand and they left the room together.