My first H2o fic! Yay! It's going to be kind of short, so the chapters are gonna be short so that I can spread it out into differnt enteries. The title took forever! but, any, I hope you like. it's a total CleoxLewis fic. Enjoiii!!
- sunlit insomnia
1
Cleo's head emerged from the glassy, blue water. Waiting inside Maiko Island's moon pool cave, Lewis ran his fingers nervously through the sand. Their gazes lingered onto each other's lips. Smiling all the while, Cleo glided through the water and pulled her body into the shore. Her golden tail drifted in and out of the water.
A bright rosy pink color stained Cleo's cheeks. She smiled nervously as Lewis slid closer to her.
"Hey," she managed to choke out.
"I wasn't sure you'd show," Lewis said back.
Cleo leaned back and looked out the top of the cave. The moon was only a dim sliver, but stars littered the sky like thousands of tiny diamonds.
"Of course I'd come, Lewis," Cleo smiled, "I really like you, you know that."
Lewis looked down embarrassed. His cheeks rimming bright red, Lewis preoccupied himself, etching little characters in the sand. They were simple figures holding hands, one with a mermaid tail and one without. He drew a heart around it happily, but nervously moved his hand in front of it so Cleo couldn't see it.
"Are you sure the word is like?" Lewis asked.
"Lewis, don't worry," Cleo responded, "I really like you, a lot."
Lewis smiled, wishing Cleo meant more.
"I brought sleeping bags," he said, "I thought we could camp out under the stars tonight. You know, just us, without Rikki or Emma."
"That sounds great," Cleo exclaimed.
Lewis stood and began rolling the sleeping bags out, making sure no not have them too close or too far away from each other.
Cleo pulled her tail out of the water the rest of the way, her face bright and smiling. What's this? She spotted the picture Lewis had drawn. Inching herself closer, she sighed. She had to admit it, she did love Lewis. She was just afraid of completely destroying their friendship if they got back together again. With the corner of her eye, she glanced over at Lewis. He rolled out her sleeping bag, throwing her a cheeringly calming smile.
Nervously, Cleo smiled out at the blue ocean water. She knew her mermaidness was the only thing that separated her from being with Lewis. She knew he would always keep it a secret, but Lewis was always looking for answers, for cures. Cleo wished Lewis could just accept that it was magic that made her and Emma and Rikki into mermaids, and that he would end up wasting his life away if he wanted to pursue his time in finding a cure.
Always she had wished that Lewis was just a little bit less scientific. She wanted to just be able to be herself around Lewis, even as a mermaid, without all the tests. Cleo sighed and watched tiny waves begin to grow in the moon pool. Someone was coming.
Rikki emerged from the water's surface, followed by Emma.
"Emma?! Rikki!?" Cleo asked angrily.
She had luckily dried off enough to turn back to her human form.
"What are you two doing here?" Lewis asked, just finishing rolling out Cleo's sleeping bag.
"We were looking for Cleo," Emma answered, " We have something really important to tell her."
"Well what is it? I told you guys that I had my date with Lewis tonight!" Cleo stood up, her expression cross.
"Oh, that was tonight?" Rikki lied, "We thought you said tomorrow night."
Cleo crossed her arms and pursed her lips.
"Sure you did."
"No- we're serious," Rikki replied, "We just wanted to tell you that we found out that our English teacher is the hospital, so we don't have to write that 50 page essay anymore. Isn't it great?!"
"No. That's the important information?" Cleo slumped.
"How is that not great!? Do you know all that we can do instead of writing that stupid essay?
We were going to throw a little party with just the three of us."
Cleo's stance didn't falter.
"We're really sorry, Cleo. I knew your date was tonight, but Rikki convinced me that you had said tomorrow night," Emma confessed, then turned to Rikki, "And forget about that party."
Rikki smirked.
"Thanks Em," Cleo smiled, then directed her speech to Rikki, "At least you tell the truth."
"Oh, well I'm sorry that I heard you say tomorrow night, instead of tonight," Rikki spat.
Both Emma and Cleo rolled their eyes.
"Come on," Emma pulled Rikki under water.
"What about our party?" Rikki asked before her and Emma dunked under and swam out of the moon pool.
Cleo stared down at the sand embarrassed.
"Sorry about them," Cleo apologized softly.
"Don't worry about it!" Lewis said back sweetly, "It's not your fault. You know Rikki, she's…well, you know."
Cleo smiled, her face turned red and bile churned in her stomach.