The Return | Winx Club

chapter two: catching up

“Anyways,” Stella changed the topic back to her daughter since she hadn't got anything to say back to Musa. “Celeste lately, before she goes to bed, she always tells me she wants to stare at the night sky because she likes the sight of the stars. So now, every night before going to bed, I and her would get on the balcony and both stare at the sky while we would gossip about something. I love spending mother and daughter time with her, she's like my best friend but with my blood. Every day we get closer, and I like this because when I was, I think around her age, it was kind of hard talking with my mother so I love that she talks to me with no problem.” The girls ultimately smiled at her and, Bloom, who sat next to her, gave her a side hug.

She was also proud of Stella, like everyone else. She always had bought her big personality to everyone and made them happy to have a friend like her. Stella might be clumsy, annoying sometimes, and stubborn, but she always had a big heart for her loved ones.

“I'm honestly having such a good time with the kids,” Aisha began as all attention was now drawn on her talking. “I never thought I wanted to be a mother or marry anyone, but now I got two absolutely beautiful children and a husband, who is just lazy sometimes.” The girls laughed once again. “While I was expecting Zale, I always thought to myself, ‘alright, you're having a child even though you always said that you'll be independent with no children’. But when he was born, all I could think about was that I'll protect that little cute face of his, with my teeth if I have to, because I already loved being his mother.” Aisha teared up a bit, but suck it up quickly, because she didn't want anyone to see her cry right now. “So, when my baby boy became two years old, me and Nabu told him he would be a big brother in nine months and his face was like, I have no clue what you're talking about sir,” The girls started laughing even more at Aisha's change of voice in the last sentence. “No seriously, you should've seen him. So yeah, Aqua then arrived and Zale cried legit non-stop because he thought we didn't love him anymore, just his baby sister. He cried more than Aqua did when I gave birth to her, I mean it. Becoming a mother was such a big change to me but I wouldn't change any bit of it because I love being a baby mama.”

The girls grinned ear to ear. That was a very cute hilarious story from Aisha, and it only seemed like yesterday when the Winx found her at the forest in front of Alfea. She came through a very long journey since then.

“My daughter is such an angel... sometimes.” Flora commenced with her story. “Lilian is a very shy girl but loud at the same time, I didn't even know it was possible. She likes playing in the garden but if it rains and me and Helia wouldn't let her out to play, she'll go crazy. I don't know if you guys knew or if I told you, but I had few complications during my pregnancy that I had to have surgery after I gave birth to Lilian,” Flora started explaining while the other girls face changed expression to surprise and shock.

“Why, what happened?” Tecna asked, worried at how come she never knew about this. The girls knew Flora had complications in her first few weeks but they hadn't known anything about surgery.

“Nothing too serious. Giving birth gave me this infection somewhere in my womb, I don't really remember what caused it but I had to get it treated before it could also affect my whole body, which luckily it didn't. But I'm fine guys.” Flora reassured as she smiled at them and they smiled back. “Anyway, I think around when Lilian was one-year-old, she started saying her first words but her first words weren't either ‘mama’ or ‘dada’,”

“Oh, what were they?” Musa asked concerned and curious to know what the words were. Flora stared at her for a second and tried to remember what were they then she smiled.

“Her first words were ‘Maui’ amd ‘bubbles’. She loves the Disney movie Moana recommended by Bloom, so I understand the first word but I'm not sure where she got bubble from. Yeah, I don't know how she been able to say that before saying, mama. By the way, I think me, Aisha and Tecna were pregnant at the same time but Aisha was four months more than me and Tecna was two months more than me, right?” They both nodded as they remembered how once they all hang out together for baby shopping. They all giggled for a few seconds then Flora continued. “Anyway, being Lilian's mother opened me up to something new and an emotion I never thought I felt before, and all of you know this sensation. I love her so much, words cannot describe how much I do and I'll always protect my girl.”