Chapter 2: Were Off!

Rikki, Emma, Elliot, and Kim were waiting at Lewis' house with his dad and sister while Cleo went with Lewis and his mom to pick up the rest of the people going to the eclipse with them. Lewis's mom had rooms in a hotel near the place of the eclipse. Once the people got back, they made the introductions.

"Lewis this is my girlfriend Will, our friends, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin, Irma's brother Christopher, Cornelia's sister Lillian, and Will's brother William," Matt said to Lewis pointing to each person as he said their name.

"And Matt, this is my girlfriend Cleo, our friends Emma and Rikki, Emma's brother Elliot, and Cleo's sister Kim. And that is my new little sister Laura," Lewis said pointing out each person as he said their name, his baby sister was in his father's arms. Sadly, his father wasn't coming because they couldn't find anyone to watch over their house, water the plants, or get the mail, not even his older brothers who are too busy with their own lives to care. "She's really spoiled, she's got everything a baby needs times three," Lewis finished with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Okay," Mrs. Olsen (Matt's mom) said taking charge, "we have split you all into 5 groups since we bought five rooms. Also we have mixed you guys up so you can get to know each other. Me, Mrs. McCartney, Laura, and William will be group 1. Group 2 will be Will, Cleo, Taranee, and Cornelia. Group 3 will be Lillian, Kim, Christopher, and Elliot. Group 4 will be Irma, Hay Lin, Rikki, and Emma. And Matt and Lewis will be group 5. Any questions? Good!," she said not giving anyone a chance to say anything, "we will be taking 3 cars, you can choose which one you ride in. I'll drive one, Mrs. McCartney will drive another, and Matt will drive the last one.

After a 2 hour drive they finally made it to the hotel. All their rooms filled one hall with 2 rooms on each side that were connected by bathrooms, and there was one room at the end of the hall. Group 1's room was connected to Group 3's room, Group 2's room was connected to Group 4's room, and Group 5's room was at the end of the hall. Once each person got to their rooms, they began to unpack.

In Group 2's Room

"Why are Matt and Lewis in their own little group?" Will asked Taranee after they finished unpacking.

"Maybe they don't trust them with any of us girls," Taranee replied.

"Anyone else want a glass of water?" Cornelia asked pouring a glass of water for herself with the faucet and glasses in the room.

"I'll have one," Will said.

"Me too," Taranee said.

"How about you Cleo?" Cornelia asked and they all turned to look at the girl they had practically forgot was there.

"Huh?" Cleo asked, she had been thinking about her friends and what they were doing right now, and how much she wanted to just go for a swim, and wasn't paying attention until she heard her name.

"Do you want a glass of water?" Cornelia said, not really liking that she had to repeat herself.

"No thanks," Cleo replied quickly.

"Are you sure, it's just a glass of water," Cornelia insisted.

"Okay, if you insist," Cleo said taking the glass cautiously. Then Will accidently tripped over a suitcase and bumped into Cleo spilling both their waters all over Cleo! Cleo ran to the bathroom and locked the door just before transforming into a mermaid. But since group 2 and group 4 shared a bathroom, there were two doors and Cleo didn't get a chance to lock the other door, and it was starting to open . . .

Oh no, what am I going to do? Cleo thought.

It was Rikki! She walked in and, once she saw Cleo on the floor, closed the door immediately.

"Rikki, thank goodness you're here. I kinda need some help," Cleo said, "Please?"

"I can see," Rikki replied, "and of course I will help you. What happened?"

"Will bumped into me with a glass of water and it spilled on me," Cleo explained as Rikki dried her off.

"Cleo, I'm so sorry, it was an accident," Will shouted through the door.

"Are you okay?" Taranee asked as she saw steam coming from under the bathroom door.

"It's okay, I'm fine," Cleo shouted back getting to her feet.

"Thanks," Cleo said to Rikki in a low voice.

"No problem, see you tomorrow," Rikki said leaving through one door.

Cleo left the bathroom less than a minute later, coming out of it completely dry!

"How did you do that?" Will asked.

"Do what?" Cleo asked innocently.

"Dry off so fast," Taranee explained.

"Yeah you were in there for five minutes and now your clothes are completely dry," Cornelia said stating the obvious.

"Oh that," Cleo said thinking quickly, "I used the hair dryer in the bathroom."

"Oh," Will said thinking about that.

"I'm going over to the boys' room," Cleo said, "I'll be back in 15 minutes."

"There's something suspicious about her," Cornelia said.

"She just used the hair dryer, that's probably why we say steam coming from the door,' Taranee explained.

"But wouldn't we have heard the hair dryer?" Will asked.

"Not only that," Cornelia said looking around the bathroom, " there isn't a hair dryer in this bathroom."

"Do you think?" Taranee asked inquiring that maybe Cleo had powers.

"I think that we should discuss this tomorrow with Irma and Hay Lin," Will concluded, "For now, let's just get ready for bed." It was getting dark and after the long plane ride and car ride, they were all exhausted.

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