It was a typical late morning in a quiet seaside town and it was the month of June. A young boy with shoulder length hair of royal blue, emerald green eyes, and a normal build for a nine year old boy had just woken up. His name was Gray and he had slept in until about 11:45am. He got ready and then went downstairs and greeted his mother. "Hi mom, I had that dream again" Gray said. "Who was that woman in my dream and why was she underwater?" "I don't know sweetie" Gray's mother Joanne said "Does she have a tail?" "It was a dream so I didn't get a good look but she was carrying a baby with her." "Interesting" Joanne said and listened intently to the rest of Gray's dream, brushing her blonde hair away from her face and staring at her young son with her bespectacled blue eyes. "I've been having this dream for quite a while" Gray explained. "Ever since those few days after my ninth birthday" Gray finished his explanation of his dream. "Maybe we should see the doctor about it" Joanne suggested with a worried expression on her face. "Okay, that sounds good to me" Gray said. "Can we get lunch on the way back?" "Sure sweetie" Joanne said lovingly. Joanne gets her favorite teal sweater on and some nice jeans, puts her hair in a ponytail, and the two get into Joanne's car and head to the Doctor's office.
The two wait awhile in the Doctor's waiting room and he calls for them. "Hello Gray" the Doctor said with a jolly expression upon his bearded face. He had a healthy look to him for someone in his late fifties. "Hello Doctor" Gray said and smiled back. The three of them head to the Doctor's room and Gray takes a seat in the chair. His mother sits near him. "Doctor it's that dream again" Joanne said. The Doctor gets to Gray's level and looks at him "Gray, care to tell me about this dream again" the Doctor asks. "Yes, in it I see a naked woman underwater holding a baby with her" Gray explained. "Hmmm, a naked woman holding a baby with her huh, did you see anything else about her" the doctor asked. "It looks like she has a tail for some reason" Gray told the Doctor. "So she's a mermaid huh" the doctor said with a perplexed expression on his bearded face. "Yes, I think she is" Gray said and he tried to think of other details about his dream. "A mermaid huh and how many times have you had this dream" the Doctor asked. "About fifteen times, since my ninth birthday two months ago" Gray told the Doctor. So these have been recent then, the Doctor asked. "Yes. I don't know why they keep happening" Gray said and looked confused. "It could be a memory of some past event or you just think highly of your beautiful mother and dream of swimming in the ocean with her" the Doctor said in a teasing fashion while eying Joanne's striking figure. She was quite pretty for a woman of thirty seven years that wore glasses. "Hey, cut that out" Gray snapped and gave the Doctor a disapproving look. "Sorry" the Doctor said and looked apologetic. "I think it could be a memory" the Doctor said. "You think so" Gray asked. "I'd like to visit your home for a few days and observe you." "What if he's one of them" the doctor thought to himself with an odd expression upon his face. "Alright then" Gray said. "Are we done then Doctor" Joanne asked? "I bet Gray's hungry. I'll get you some seafood honey" Joanne said lovingly and winked at her son. "Thank you mom" Gray said gleefully. "Yes, we're done. I'll be by your house this evening" the doctor said. "Thank you doctor" Joanne said. Gray and Joanne leave the doctor's office. "Manny's Seafood Place" Joanne asked. "That would be wonderful", Gray exclaimed happily. "I'm going to get the shrimp basket with a peach iced tea as always." The two get into Joanne's car and headed to Gray's favorite Seafood place.
Meanwhile at a part of the beach not far from the seaside town Gray lives at, a naked woman with light blue hair, a stunning figure, and emerald eyes emerges from the water. She looked barely over twenty eight. "Hmmm, it's been awhile since I've been to the surface to sun myself" the blue haired woman named Nerissa said. "I think I'll lay out for a bit because there's no pesky humans around." Nerissa then lies down in the sand and suns her beautiful body. "Mmmm, the sun feels so good on my skin" Nerissa remarked. "Too bad I can't keep these shapely legs forever and those annoying humans always yell at me for being naked." "What's their problem?! Hmph, I'll never know" Nerissa said to herself and then she dozes off on the beach for about one to two hours. She wakes up and sees some humans approaching. "Oh no, now I gotta go back in the sea again awwwww" Nerissa screamed in a disappointed fashion. "Those humans will freak out if they see me naked or in my 'other' form." She then turns back into a mermaid after she jumps in the water. "Hmph, maybe some other time" Nerissa said. "Humans, haven't they seen a naked woman before" Nerissa said in disgust. She then starts swimming towards an island where a lot of humans live. "Oooh, there's a lot of humans here too" Nerissa said and sounded disappointed. Maybe I should wait until sunset for beach time. She waits till sunset to relax on the beach after everyone leaves and she turns human again and walks on the beach. "Hmm, this is a good spot to relax till night fall" Nerissa said. When it becomes night, she sees the full moon in the sky. "Time to go back to my grotto" Nerissa said. "Maybe I'll try looking for 'him' tomorrow." Nerissa turns back into her mermaid form. She has a bright blueish-purple tail with dorsal fins coming out her back that look like wings. Like her human form, she has no clothes of any kind. No seashell top, no starfish top, head hair in the way, scaly breasts or anything else people use in other human stories about mermaids to cover up their breasts. Nerissa glides through the water and swims back to her grotto.
A few hours earlier back at Manny's Seafood Place. "Thanks for the shrimp basket and peach iced tea mom" Gray said in an excited tone. "You're welcome sweetie" Joanne said and blushed at her young son. She notices the way Gray eats his shrimp. He devours it as if he hadn't eaten in days despite the fact that he lives in a loving environment and gets fed enough at home. "What's wrong mom" Gray asked while he stuffed more breaded shrimp in his mouth. "Nothing sweetie" Joanne said. She just keeps staring at the way Gray eats his seafood. "He's always been like this when he eats seafood" Joanne thought to herself. "Maybe he just really likes it." "Mmmm, thanks Mom that hit the spot" Gray exclaimed. "You're welcome honey" Joanne said and kissed Gray on the cheek. He blushed and smiled. "Can we go home now" Gray asked. "Sure babe" Joanne said. They leave the seafood place, get into Joanne's car, and head home.
The two arrive at their moderately sized house near the woods. "Mom, what's with that doctor and why does he wanna observe me so badly" Gray asked. "I don't know sweetie" Joanne said. She was just as puzzled as he was about why the Doctor was so interested in Gray. "It'll only be for a few days honey" Joanne said. "Oh, okay. I'm gonna look through my marine life books for a little while is that okay or do you need help with chores because I can help you if you need it" Gray said and looked up at his mother with a happy face. "No it's fine, I can handle the chores myself" Joanne said. "Thanks though, you're such a wonderful son." Gray blushed at the compliment and smiled. He headed upstairs to his room to read his marine life books.