When Dad first brought up moving, I was happy. I thought would change schools; thought I'd get new friends; thought Mom and Dad might possibly get a new car and Elijah and I (in one year for me anyway) would get the old car. What Dad had failed to tell me was that I would still go to the school that I have been going to since grade 7; I would still see the same people, and no car for Elijah and I. The only perk about this move was that I got a bigger room and the beach was a 5 second walk instead of a 5 minute one, which comes in handy when you are a mermaid.

How I became a mermaid is a long story but finding out that I was a mermaid is a funny one. I turned on the shower and was testing the water with my hand. Ten seconds later I fell to the ground with a tail, now every time I touch water ten seconds later I grow a tail.

"We're here." Mom happily chirped. I can't believe they made such a big deal about this. We moved like ten minutes away from our old house. My little sister, Tina, was crying about this 'drastic' change. She was moving to a new school, unlike Elijah, my older brother, and I.

"Can't we go back?" She complained.

"At least we have a pool and the beach," Elijah tried brightening her mood, it didn't work.

"Tina, honey, it's a bigger house. Meaning you get your own room." She seemed to perk up at that thought. We used to share a room, neither of us enjoyed it much.

"Now I'm listening," She went into to the house. Mom followed her.

That left Dad, Elijah, and me. Elijah and I were two years apart, meaning this was his last year home before he went off to college. I don't see why we moved know when Mom and Dad have to worry about putting him in college, college isn't cheap. "Lauran don't just stand there help me unpack these boxes,"

"Fine. But I can only help for so long. It's that time of the month—"

"Ew!" Elijah screamed.

I chuckled at him. "—and I'm locking myself in my room."

He rolled his eyes, probably thinking I was kidding; I wasn't. Since I became a mermaid, the full moon started affecting me in weird ways. I wish I could tell you how but I never remember what happens, all I know is that I need to avoid the full moon at all costs. So I draw my curtains and lock myself in my room. My family finds it weird but I told them I did it because my body was changing in weird ways no one could understand. That got them of my back.

"Are you going to help me, or just stand there?" Elijah rudely asked me.

Elijah and I used to be really close, but we've been distant lately. We were both on the swim team at school, he on varsity, and I on JV. When I suddenly grew a tail every time I touch water, it became hard to be the captain of the JV swim team. I quit.

Elijah thought I was quitting because I couldn't get on varsity. I tried calmly explain to him that wasn't the case, then I tried irrational yelling; neither worked. I eventually gave up and let him think whatever. One good thing came out of it though, Tina and I did get closer; with my afternoons free I was able to hang out with her more and take her places.

"They're your boxes you pick them up," I responded just as rudely. I felt bad, he did have a lot of stuff. I picked up one box, but just one!

Being the oldest, Elijah gets the biggest room. I was mad about it at first but I realized that our rooms were the exact same size; he just gets a bathroom in his. I was completely okay with sharing a bathroom with Tina. My room was better than his anyway because I had a window seat.

I dropped off Elijah's box then went to my own room. As of right now my room was basically bare except for a mattress and unlike my siblings that wasn't a problem for me. All I needed was a book and a blanket and I was good but it was going to suck getting ready in the morning without a mirror in my room, thankfully the moving van was coming tomorrow.

I got comfortable on the mattress and settled in my book, though I was falling in and out of sleep, no matter how The Lost Hero was. I was getting pretty tired, it was only five. There were still a couple hours before dinner.

My phone alerted me that it was about to die and that I had a new text message. I looked to see who texted me.

You've got to talk to me sometime.

I scoffed, deleted the message and plugged it in.

Like I'd ever forgive her.

I woke up six hours later; I guess I was more tired than I originally thought. I hated when something like this happens, you plan to take an hour nap at most and you end up hibernating. It was almost eleven thirty which meant the moon was going to reach its peak in thirty minutes, which meant Mako Island was going to start calling out to me soon.

Every time there was a full moon, Mako called out to me, almost as if asking me, if I could come to it. It's very hard to resist but it's possible.

Elijah stormed in my room. "What do you want?!"

"Mom wanted me to tell you there is dinner for you in the microwave, why is it so dark in here?!" He flipped the light switch causing me to momentarily go blind.

"Hey turn it off!" I covered my eyes. I heard him opening the curtains as well. "What is that going to do? It's dark outside."

"I just want to annoy you," Elijah walked out.

The urge to look at the moon was strong, especially with the curtains opened, but I couldn't do something that could possibly expose me, and I really couldn't do something that might expose me then not remember what I did. I decided to just play a game on my phone until someone came to check on me.

I turned away from my window and reached for my phone. Unfortunately, I saw the moon's reflection from my phone screen. Stupid technology.

Next Update: August 8th 2015

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