With A Little Help From My Friends

He ran his fingers through his black hair as his eyes were focused on her again.

He was far enough from her so he couldn't be noticed and could just freely look at her and memorize every inch of her being. After they broke up this was like some strange kind of habbit for him. He would come here everyday at the same hour, just to be close to her without being noticed.

She was just standing there, on her favorite spot, the breeze gently fondling her face. Her soft, red lips were forming a small seducive but at the same time genuine, pure, innocent smile. Her eyes were closed and her whole body was relaxed as the wind was playing with her hair gracefully and waving it slightly. She reached and removed the rubbing off her hair, letting it fall gently around the soft skin of her face and the wind to wave it even more. She then pulled off her t-shirt revealing dark-blue bikini top and let her shorts slid down her legs, revealing her match-color bikini.

His breath caught in his throat and his heart ached. She was so beautiful, so amazing, so magical. He wished he could hold her in his arms one more time, he wished he could kiss her and make love to her again. He watched her standing there one more second and then jumping and gracefully diving into the ocean, disappearing beyond the waves.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice asked behind him, making him jump a bit on his seat.

"Just looking around and thinking." He replied casually.

"And I suppose that what or more precisely who you were looking at just dove in, right?"

Zane didn't respond to that. He felt the other boy sitting next to him, his blond hair waved by the small breeze.

"I can help you if you want, you know." Lewis said, making the brunette to turn to look at him.

"Help me with what exactly?" He asked confused.

"Come on, Zane, you're mad about her, everyone in this town knows it. And I can help you to gain her trust again. If you want to."

"What's the point? She hates me now." Zane snorted bitterly.

"No she doesn't. She still loves you."

Zane turned to look at him, hope visible on his face.

"Really?"

"Of course. She'll always love you." And Lewis smiled. "That's why I'm offering you my help."

"But why? Why on earth are you willing to help me?" Zane asked, staring at him.

"Because you're my friends, both of you. And you're not the only one who's not handling well this break up, you know?! She's also suffering. Even though she'd never admit it."

Zane's heart ached when he heard Lewis' words and he turned his head to the ocean again.

"I don't want her to suffer. I want her only to be happy."

"I know. That's why I'm so willing to help you. After you two broke up she closed inside herself even more than before. She never shares anything with the girls or me anymore. When we're around she's always smiling and teasing us and is pretending to be happy but inside her heart is breaking. I can see it in her eyes."

Zane leaned his head down.

"I seem to screw up everything I love and care for. Rikki was the best thing that has ever happened to me and I broke her heart." A small tear threatened to fall down his face, but he held it back and turned to look at the other boy. "What's wrong with me, Lewis?"

Lewis sighed.

"That is a question only you have the answer to."

Zane moved his head to look beyond the sparkling waves.

"You offered to help me but how are you to do it when I have no idea what to do, myself?"

"Well in the first place I think you should clean up and repair the moon pool. It meant everything to Rikki and it'd mean more than anything for her to see it fixed. It's your fault too that it's like that anyway."

The other boy stared at him for a moment.

"That actually is a brilliant idea! How on earth didn't I think of that before?!"

Lewis smirked.

"See, I told you I can help. Even only with advice."

"Yeah, you were right. I guess I owe you a big thank you."

"It's pleasure." The other boy smiled. "So the first step is to fix the moon pool. And the next one is to move out from your dad's house and buy a place of your own."

"Sorry what?"

"Listen, for Rikki you've always been only a spoiled rich daddy's boy. Even when you were business partners you always were emphasizing at the fact that you're from rich, business family. So you've got to prove her wrong. Show her you don't depened on your dad anymore. Show her how much you've changed because of her. How much you've..grown up."

"Maybe you're right." The brunette said deep in his thoughts.

"And the last but the most important thing is to talk to her and by "talk" I mean to really open your heart in front of her. It's scary, I know, and I know you're probably going to say that boys never do that, but if you really love her, which I don't doubt, then you have to have the guts to do it. Because she loves you and she'll never break your heart."

With that Lewis smiled to him and they both moved their heads just in time to see the fiery mermaid pull herself out of the water and dry herself.

"I have to go now."

And Zane felt Lewis' hand on his shoulder.

"You'll get her back and everything will end well. You'll see."

With this last words the blond walked away, leaving the other boy deep in his thoughts and staring at her again.

She was now applying some suncream on her skin and he had to do the impossible not to give up to the urge to go and kiss her.

The truth was he couldn't live without her. He then smiled to himself. Lewis was right. Zane really had changed because of Rikki and he was going to prove it to her.

He was going to fix the moon pool and buy a beautiful place for him and Rikki.

For him things just couldn't take the wrong turn. Not anymore, anyway.