Hi guys. I've been having some writers block lately with my other stories and this was just an idea that was floating around in my head. Yeah, I know, it's a pretty lame title but it was all I could think of right now. I'm not that good at making summaries either. It's kind of a short story, I don't know how many chapters there'll be, though. I'll try and update my other stories as soon as I can, but it might be a while. Well, please review! ;)
"You're not suggesting I tell him I'm a mermaid?" Emma exclaimed with wide eyes. She, Cleo, and Rikki were all floating in the moon pool after an early morning swim.
"Umm…" Cleo paused.
"Well…you know Emma, it wouldn't be that bad of an idea," Rikki said. Emma was shocked.
"Are you two crazy? I can't tell Ash I'm a mermaid! What'll he say?" Emma bit her lip. They were seriously going nuts!
"Hey, you know, Lewis knows our secret," Cleo stated.
"Yeah, and Zane does too," Rikki added. Emma rolled her eyes.
"Well Lewis and Zane both found out by accident. But you guys are suggesting that I tell Ash straight up that I'm a mermaid! He'll freak out for sure," Emma complained. "It just wouldn't be right."
"Oh stop whining Emma! None of us know if he'd freak out or what. But you'll never know if you don't take a chance," Rikki blurted out.
She sighed. "What if he won't like me anymore? What'll I do then?" Emma asked, with tears beginning to well up in her eyes.
"Listen, Emma. No matter what happens, we'll be here for you. But if Ash really loves you, he'll accept you for who you are," Cleo comforted her.
"She's right. We'll definitely be here for you," Rikki said.
Emma wiped the tears from her eyes. "Thanks, but, I don't know guys. I'm not talking about this now. I have to get to work," she said, about to slip underneath the water.
"Wait, isn't the café closed today?" Cleo asked.
"Yeah but Ash and I are going there today to look over some paper work. See you later." And with that Emma slipped underneath the water and took off for the Gold Coast.
"Hey Ash," Emma smiled as she unlocked the door and strolled into the café. He walked out of the back room and smiled at her.
"Hi Emma. I'll go get the paper work." Ash walked into another room to grab the papers.
"'Kay," she said and sat down at the counter. He walked back out holding a stack of papers and sat down next to her.
After a few minutes of complete silence, they heard a strange noise coming from the back room. It sounded like water straining against the pipes.
"What's that?" Ash asked alarmed, putting down the papers.
'Oh, no,' Emma thought. Something wasn't right. "What do you mean?" she asked, with her heart pounding against her chest. Again, they heard a creaking sound coming from the back room.
"What, can't you hear it?" Ash exclaimed. The straining, creaking sound grew louder than before and he jumped up from his chair. "Wait here, I'm going to see what's going on." Ash slowly walked toward the back room, where the noise was coming from.
"Ash wait!" Emma suddenly shouted. "I don't think that's a good idea…" She strongly sensed something was wrong.
"What do mean? Nothing's going to happen. Just let me check." Before he could get there, the front doors to the café quickly blew shut and locked with a hard thud. Another huge gust of wind did the same to the other ones.
"What's going on?" Ash asked with his eyes going wide. There was another awkward silence before Emma responded.
"Umm…uhh, Ash, listen to me. Don't go in there." Before she could do anything, he opened the doors to the back room and walked in there, with the pipes still creaking louder than ever.
He walked back out of the back room again with a confused expression on his face. "See, nothing's wrong Emma. I don't know what you're getting all worked up about. Is there something you're not telling me?" he walked over to her and looked her in the eye.
"Uhh, no, of course not," she quickly said and looked back down at the paper work. "How would I know?" A minute later, the pipes were creaking so loud that it sounded like they about to burst completely open! Which is exactly what happened.
"Aah!" Emma screamed as a rush of water came pouring out of the back room and quickly flooded the whole floor of the café.
"What the…?" Ash exclaimed and trudged through already a foot of water to see what was happening. Emma was so shocked that she'd jumped up onto the counter and stood as far away from the water below as she could.
"Emma, what are you doing? Aren't you gonna help me? It's only water!" Ash yelled to her over the noise of the water rushing into the café. It was already past his knees.
"Ash, I can't!" she screamed, fearing that her secret was in danger.
"Why not? It's only water!" he yelled again, with the water already almost reaching his waist.
"I know, but I can't," she half whispered with millions of thoughts racing through her mind.
"Fine! I'll just call the police, or whoever the hell I'm supposed to call for freakin' floods!" Ash was enormously frustrated now, soaking wet from head to toe after falling in the water numerous times.
"Ash, wait! Don't call ANYONE!" Emma suddenly shouted, panicking, and not realizing her foot was slipping off the edge of the counter. "Aah!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, falling into about 5 feet of water.
"Well, the phone doesn't work anyway!" Ash yelled, slamming the phone back down onto the receiver. A second later, he heard a loud splash and whirled around to see where Emma had slipped off the counter.
"Emma!" he shouted and swam over as fast as he could to where she was, now that the water was up to his chest. "Are you okay?"
"Oh no," she said, gasping for air. "What have I done?" Emma sighed with immense worry as the familiar tingling feeling came, and a large golden mermaid tail replaced her legs.
Well, what did you think? Please, please, review! ;)