this is my first fan fic ever so please go easy on it :( i started writeing this on paper a year ago hope you like it

Melody sat on her bed head in her hands, what am I going to do should I tell him or not, I don't know god why is every thing so confusing.

She looked around; it had been 4 years since her last adventure. Since then she had lived a relatively peaceful life. Happy to belong to both the land and sea as such she had now acquired many new friends both human and mermaid. Her best friend being a merman she had bumped into in Atlantica 4 years ago with her friend's Tip and Dash. Alex was a blond merman with a green tail and green eyes and ever since the seawall had been removed they had met at a large rock just off shore to talk, play games and sing together. Many of the town's people commented that they made a beautiful duet and many of them stopped to listen often.

But right now melody was seriously nervous, her feelings for her friend had long developed in to some thing else and it was driving her out off her mind with worry.

So many things raced through her head how much she cared for him and how afraid she was that he wouldn't feel the same, that he would laugh in her face or just not talk to her forever. Dam it what ever I do I screwed any way so why try just then.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Come it" called melody in a monotone voice

Ariel walked in to her troubled daughters room, with a concerned face she knew her daughter would not like the news she had for her, but she had to tell her. She sat down on the bed as Melody stared at her questioningly.

" Melody, another suitor has come to ask for your hand, we are having dinner with him and his guardian tonight" Ariel stated not looking at her daughter for she knew melody hated the whole princes coming to ask for her hand tradition.

Melody sighed, shed turned down all the princes that had ask for her hand so far of coarse, since her heart already belonged to another whether he wanted It or not. Ok kind of a depressing thought.

"Mom, if your trying to get me to accept this one.." melody was cut off

"No no, just informing you that is all" she babbled nervously and then abruptly changed the subject her concern getting the better of her.

" I've noticed you've been worrying a lot want to talk about it?"

Melody sighed she knew she would not be able to hid her true feelings from her mother for long. She sighed and began to unravel every thing she felt for Alex and how she feared that it couldn't work because she was human and he was a mermaid, well a merman actually but that was beside the point. Ariel listened to her worried daughters fears and hopes with a smile playing on her lips melody was acting exactly like she would have expected.

"Melody it doesn't matter weather you come from the sea, the land or both your in love and that is very precious where you decide to make your home on land or in the sea is some thing to be decided later" her hand grasped her daughters as melody looked down with a lost look plastered on the features that she had grown in to and made her look so much like her father.

"You love him right?"

"Yes" melody mumbled lifting her head to stair hopelessly at the wall.

"Then for heavens sake tell him before the whole palace catches your blues" stated Arial smiling widely

Melody looked up at her mother all most amazed at her simple answer and wondered why she had worried. She suddenly hugged her mother she always made her feel better at times like these. For some reason she always saw the rational side of things.

"Thanks mom I'll tell him tomorrow" said Melody smiling widely from the thought of this and she could all ready feel the butterflies fluttering.

Ariel looked at her confused "why tomorrow why not to day?" she was thrilled that her daughter had finally admitted something that she had already figured. But was confused by the delay in melody's confessing her feelings to Alex, who in her books was a very fine young merman with honour and a good heart.

"Cause I need to turn down a prince today" melody smiled, her mother had not all ways understood her but now they were thick as thieves. Ariel smiled back.

Melody looked at the time and bolted up right and ran to the door "ok bye mom I got to go meet Alex an I'm late love you bye" half of this was yelled as she skidded down the hall and stairs. Leaving her stunned mother sitting mouth open on her bed wording where she got that speed.

Now melody was 16 almost 17 she was made to wear cloths that covered her more while at home but she refused to wear dresses so she had trousers like her fathers and wore a blouse with bask like her mother this combination made it easier for her to move around in and out of the water. Melody pelted through the palace and ran down the back steps to the beach then raced across the sand untill she reached the water then swam to the rock to sit and wait for Alex to turn up.

Ariel watched her daughter from the window seeing Melody waiting for Alex sitting on the very rock she had watched Eric from when she was younger she smile to her self how times have changed.