Zane's POV
"Help! Anyone. Help" I could see Rikki in the water. Stuck on the beach. Her tail looked so beautiful, it was shining in the sun. From the story her body told she seemed paniced but she just laid there, smiling and minute she was shouting help, the next she was all happy. Then there were two men, dressed completley in black and running towards her. I went to get up but my body seemed stuck. It seemed like a while but I soon got up, but it was far from over, the two men picked up the beautiful mermaid and started to run away. I tried to run after her but I just kept tripping and just all together not running. The two men ran away with Rikki and I screamed after her...
..."Rikki!" I woke up sweating and panic raced all the way through my body. 'It was all just a dream,' I thought. A small smile came on my face as I felt really realived.
"Zane? What's going on," My dad said, after I ovbiously woke him up.
"Nothing Dad, just a bit of a bad dream, I suppose."
"Another one about Rikki? That's the third this week and it's only Thursday, you need to get over her." I sighed. I thought I had gotten over her but then the nightmares started. My dad sat on the end of my bed and shook his head. "What are we goona do with you Zane?" I decided to completly ignore this comment and put my head back to try and get some rest giving my dad the que to go.
Waking up in the morning, I stared at my clock, 9:00. I was late for work! I quickly jumped out of bed and dressed myself in my usual, denim jeans and grey top, just in time to shove a quick breakfast of butter on toast down my throat. I wanted to savour this before having to face Sophie but I was already really late, and I knew what she could be like. Rushing out the door, I grabbed a jacket and left without saying bye to my dad. I ran until I could run no more, but soon enough I was at the entrance of Rikki's being greeted by an anrgy Sophie.
"Why are you so late!" She yelled at me.
"I'm sorry, I over slept, anyway this is my café, not yours," I snapped at her.
"Awww. Was little Zaney Waney having nightmres about his ex-girlfriend again? nawww." I glared at Sophie.
"Shut it, Sophie," I whispered trying to get her voice to lower aswell. I stormed off and went into my office to check on some orders we had coming in. I sat down in my comfy office seat and sighed when I saw Rikki's 'The Boss' sign on the desk, I held it in my hands and sunk into my seat and before I knew it my eyes were slowly slipping closed and I was falling asleep, not giving a second thought about Sophie.
Rikki's POV.
I stepped in the Café with Cleo, ready to meet up with Bella. Her hair was down today and it looked realy nice. "Do we have to meet in here Cleo? You know how I feel about this place?" I hated to call it 'Rikki's' because it's not really 'Rikki's' anymore, is it?
"Hiya, Bella," Cleo beamed as she saw Bella sat glaring at Sophie.
"Oh, hi, Cleo and Rikki."
"What are you looking at?" Cleo giggled as she looked in the same distance Bella was.
"Not much, just how Sophie goes around like she's bigger than everyone else, and she shouldn't escpaically after what she did the moon pool." Bella hated her from the start but after what she did to the moon pool, Bella hated her to the guts.
"So how are things going with you and Lewis, anyway?" chatted Bella.
"Good," smiled Cleo, "he's coming down next week for a few days, I can't wait to see him. What about you and Will?" I groaned as their conversation about their 'perfect' boyfriends dragged on.
"Okay, but I haven't seen him a five days and he doesn't live too far away, he's so caught up in training lately." Bella explained how Sophie had got Will back into competitive and Bella saw my annoyed facial expression and they both apoligized.
"Sorry Rikki, I just thought that you were over Zane..."
"I am! Can we just go now?" I asked, but it was more of a demand.
"Sure," Bella answered. She finished the last sip of her mango smoothie and we headed towards the door. Cleo had stepped out of the fly screen and just as I was about to step outside of the café, I heard someone shout my name.
"Was the Zane?" wondered Cleo. Heads turned as everyone in the café looked towards the office, that's when it was ovbious it was Zane. I decided to see what was going on so I headed towards Zane in the office but I was stopped by a laughing Sophie. "Don't worry yourself Rikki," she snarled at me, "He's just having one of his little nightmares." Nightmares? That involved me.
"Let me pass Sophie." She just shook her head and her orange hair followed. She laughed as she saw the fustration on my face. Quickly, I went to grab the door handle but she grabbed it instead. I slowly clenched my fist and Sophie yelped. "Owww!" She cried removing her pale hand from the metal door handle. Before she had time to put her hand back where it was, I pushed my hand down on the door handle and barged my way into the office, all the time Cleo and Bella were only just behind me. Inside the office I saw Zane half asleep. He looked hot. Sweat dripping down his face, he was breathing heavily. "Zane?" His face shot up, he was now ovbiously fully awake.
"Yeah." He said as if nothing had happened.
"You shouted my name."
"Did I? Must have been hearing things," I narrowed my eyes and he knew that I knew he was lying.
"Tell me the truth Zane. Sophie said something about nightmares?"
"Well to be honest Rikki. I don't see what this has anything to do with you, when you broke up with me!" He yelled.
"Because you kissed that idiot out there running my café!" The whole room froze as I mentioned the word 'mine'.
"Rikki. Did you just call it your café?"
"No. I mean yes, I mean... Shut up!" I walked out the office completly frustrated with Zane.
"Rikki! Wait!" I turned around and Zane was right in my face, I didn't need to say anything because the look on my face asked the question 'What?'. A small but sweet smirk spread on his face. I was tempted to punch him and run away but I thought I'd give him this one chance. He placed comforting hand on my back but I didn't resist. "What are you d..." But his next move cut me short. He leaned in and his warm lips pressed against mine. I liked. Actually I loved but I couldn't let him win, not after he kissed Sophie. I put an annoyed look on my face, trying to hide my grin. I stomped out of the café with Cleo and Bella close behind. "What was that?" laughed Cleo, "he must be stupid to think that you'd take him back after what he did to you."
"He's not stupid," I sighed.
Zane's POV.
The whole café fell silent as Rikki walked out. I felt so embaressed, she would never take me back and couldn't face it. I felt like running away and never coming back but this was my café not Sophie's and if I went she would take over, I think that was the only thing stopping me. Turning around, I noticed all my staff had stopped to stare aswell. "Well? What are you waiting for? Get back to work!" I yelled. I'd been sat in the office just thinking about Rikki. When I placed my hand on her back, she smiled before frowning. I just didn't make sense. I sat think about the beautiful blonde haired girl for over ten minutes before Sophie came in and intrupted my thoughts. "What a preformance," she laughed.
"Sophie, why don't you just do yourslef a favour and get out."
"What?"
"I said get out. Your fired!" I shouted. She threw her Rikki's apron on the floor and stormed off like a five year old. Now that Sophie was fired, I had an idea.
Taking the newly wrapped 'The Boss' sign out of my pocket, I knocked on Rikki's trailer door. Her dad answered and that was akward. "Is Rikki home?" I asked quietly.
"No." He answered grumply.
"Well can I wait for her?" He hesitated but ovbiously not knowing what had between us, he invited me in. The trailer looked diffrent it didn't have the green peeling wallpaper it did last time, and they had new couches. Cream. My favourite colour. "When's Rikki coming back?"
"I don't know Zane." I nodded in understandment, she was probably swimming. I sat back and waited for Rikki getting more uncomfortable being with her dad by the second but soon enough I sure her walking up towards her trailer. "Im just gonna, go and see Rikki." He nodded not really paying attention to me, just more to whatever he was watching. I quickly got up and walked outside the trailer. When Rikki saw me, I can't really describe the look on her face, it wasn't disgust but it wasn't happiness. I once again brought out her present and handed it to Rikki without saying a word at her beautiful blonde plates out of her face, she went to say something but I just told her to open it. Slowly she took the purple paper of her present. When I was certain she had seen it I spoke ," Come back Rikki."
"Not while she's there Zane." She sighed while she spoke and shoke her head. She really thought that I'd ask her to come back while Sophie was there. All this time I thought she was being stupid. Sophie kissed me, but now I realize why she was mad. I didn't stop her. I was ready to apoligize, that wasn't my thing but Rikki was definatly worth it.
"But that's the thing Rikki, she's not. Come back and be the manager.I'm so sorry for what happened, please come back." Rikki thought about it for while and then her gentle smile made it's way on her face. "Okay. As long as you promise to stop making stupid mistakes." After laughin, I kissed her, and this time she didn't walk away. I just smiled along with her.
I know it's not all that good, but oh well:L! It's only my first fan fiction so I don't really care. Reviews would be nice:)
