RIKKI POV

Cleo and I decided we were going to go on a walk down the beach. We were enjoying the cool summer breeze and the warm summer air. Plus, the view of the surfer guys wasn't so bad either, I thought. As we were walking down the beach something caught my eye.

"It couldn't be," I said.

"It is!" Cleo exclaimed. We were standing there in shock as a girl started running toward us. She came running right into us and gave Cleo and I a big hug.

"I've missed you guys so much!" She said.

"We've missed you to Emma!" Cleo and I said at the exact same time.

EMMAS POV

Cleo, Rikki, and I decided we would get a juice from the Juicenet. I mean Rikki's Café, sometimes I forget Zane bought it and named it after her. Is'nt that cute? It's too bad they broke up.

We sat down at the nearest table. We were just finished ordering when the hottest guy I've ever seen came in.

"Hey Will," Rikki called, "Why don't you sit with us?" He nodded but went to the counter to order his drink first.

"You know him?" I said to Rikki.

"Ya that's Will, he came a few weeks after you left," She said.

"He's so cute," I told them.

"Nuh-uh," Cleo said to me while shaking her head, "He's already taken by our friend Bella."

"Darn," I said out loud," Why do all the cute guys have to show up after I leave?"

Will came and sat down with us. Cleo introduced us to each other. Cleo and Rikki tried to catch me up on everything. So did Will, and apparently he knows we are mermaids, and Bella is a mermaid to.

"Well I have to be going soon I'm supposed to meet Bella back at my boathouse," Will said. However before he could leave we all got into a deep conversation and I was telling them about my adventures in California.

BELLA POV

I walked into Wills boathouse on the dock. We were planning to meet up to go on a picnic for our one month anniversary.

'Will?" I called out. There was no answer. He must not be here yet I'll just wait awhile, I thought. Thirty minutes have passed and there still has been no sign of Will.

"He better have something amazing planned for making me wait here this long," I whispered to herself as I got up to look at his rock collection. I was admiring the shell I got him from the bottom of the moon pool when I heard the door creak open.

"Will?!" I said hopefully as I looked up.

"Nope, it's just me," Sophie scowled, "What are you doing here anyways."

"Im waiting for Will, we have a picnic planned for our six month anniversary," I replied.

"Well." Sophie said, "I guess he forgot because he's at the café with Rikki, Cleo and some other blonde girl."

"Some other blonde girl?" I asked with a twinge of jealousy as she walked out of the boathouse. He's spending time with some blonde girl and not me on our anniversary,I thought. As she approached the café Rikki waved. I started walking towards the table she was sitting at and smiled at all the familiar faces. But, there was one she didn't recognize. "Some other blonde girl..."I thought, "So this is her."

Cleo suddenly turned around, "Bella!" she said sounding a little too excited to see me in my opinion, "Come, sit down, you have to meet Emma."

"Who's Emma?" I thought, "Oh, it must be that unfamiliar face."

I already didn't like this Emma girl. Whoever she was she was taking time away from Will and I's special day. I looked at Will but he didn't notice me, he was to interested in Emma.

"Ugh," I thought. Well I thought I only thought it but apparently I said it out loud because the next thing I knew Cleo was giving me a dirty look and Will asked me what the matter was.

"Well," I said trying not to sound rude, "Will, don't we have an anniversary we need to be celebrating?"

"Oh?" said Emma, "You guys have been dating for a year?"

"No, only a month," I replied.

"Well why do you need to celebrate a one month? Im sure it can't be two big of a deal, why don't you join us for today?"

"Ya Bella, you have to hear Emma's stories from when she was in California." Will chimed in.

"Really Will your siding with her?" I said in amazement, "Rikki, Cleo, how do you know her anyway?"

"Bella," Rikki said You, Emma, Cleo, and I need to have a talk real quick." The four of them walked outside to a private location. Rikki and Cleo told Bella about how they all met and became mermaids. They also told her about how they had to face Charlotte, Dr. Denman and other cool things. Bella became a little jealous. Being a mermaid was the one thing she thought would make her more special than this Emma. But now, they were equal, and she didn't like it.