It was 2 am in the morning. I still hadn't got to sleep. Just lying in bed. One word going through my mind.
Graduation.
Tomorrow was going to be the day that I found out whether I was going to graduate or not. The biggest day of my life. My dad had been paying the last scraps of money we had to pay for private tuition so I knew I couldn't let him down. It was all just becoming a bit too overwhelming. I couldn't go in tomorrow and find out that I hadn't graduated. I had never really bothered in school. And all my slacking had really crept up and kicked me in the ass. I found it so difficult to catch up. And now one of the biggest days ever for me had come around and I am so not prepared. I was there lying in bed just looking at the ceiling, eyes wide open. My phone started vibrating on the little dresser next to me. Who was phoning me at 2am? I picked up my phone and looked up the caller ID. That's when all the worries that were going through my mind stopped. There's only person that can do that. The one source of being calm.
Zane Bennet. We have been together for about one year now and about 4 months before that. Being with him always made me feel human, not a human with a hidden identity of being a mermaid. I loved that. As much as I loved being a mermaid, I missed just being normal Rikki. Being with him knowing that I felt normal almost made me feel safe. Like no one was going to hurt me. A warm sense rushed through my body. All sense of time and my surroundings were lost. I flipped open my phone and pressed it against my ear. His warm happy voice rushed through the phone saying "Hello".
"Hello Mr" I replied trying to sound as less stressed as possible. "What are you still doing up?"
"What are you still doing up?" he came back with, with his smooth velvety voice.
"I asked you first."
"Once upon a time a young girl said to me that I was 5 when I used that very same come back," he said with a smile. I could tell he was smiling, because his voice changed that very tiny bit when he smiled and that voice always made me feel all funny inside. But when he remembered small little things like this it made me feel so special. That was one of the many things that I loved about him. I would have forgotten about that moment at the seminar if he hadn't had bought it up.
"Fine. Want me to be honest?" I came back with. I didn't really want to tell anyone about what was wrong but I knew Zane would try to help.
"You worried about tomorrow?" he continued without even getting an answer from me. "Well don't be because you are going to do great. I can promise you that, and when do I ever break my promises? Well at least with you," he chuckled. I couldn't help but smile on the other end of the phone. "Now I'm not gonna keep you up any longer, so I am going to go now. Ok? Go and get your beauty sleep my lovely".
"You saying I need it? I'm only joking are you gonna come and pick me up tomorrow morning?"
"Will be there. Anyways. I'm gonna go and get some sleep. Now sleep Ok? Night sweetie."
"Night" and before I could say anything else he had hung up. I quickly got to sleep after that ready for the day ahead of me.