Nixie prepared herself for whatever would happen upon entering the cafe, the group now patiently waiting behind her had decided she should be the one to interrogate Cam. Almost silently she leisurely opened the door; walking over to where Cam had his back to them reading a book while drinking the lemonade he had ordered.

"Cam?" Nixie said putting a hand on his shoulder.

Cam freaked almost dropping his book. he turned to look at the group of five but in his mind he only saw Nixie.

"We need to talk." she said trying to keep all composure in her voice.

Cam smiled, it wasn't his natural mischievous smile though; which confused everyone but Nixie. His smile was much softer, the kind that couldn't be easily faked.

"Where were you?" Nixie asked. Cam noticed a very impatient bunch of merpeople and evie standing behind Nixie. Lyla was even tapping her foot, however, it was more of a nervous tap. crap, wish I had paid more attention in improv. Cams smile dropped into a casual face.

"I've been here. and for quite some time too. Is this about that trident?" Cam asked feigning a questioning look. It isn't like they'll figure out completely what's going on if I mess this up.

"Yes it is, where is it?"

Cam seemed as though his temper was rising. But it didn't boil over, that would be too much, no matter how old Cam got he would always lose sensibility when he lost his temper.

"I thought you wanted me to hide it." His voice was firm for the most part, however it cracked a bit at the end. What the others had interpreted as hurt from being accused Cam knew was truly guilt. He wished that he didn't have to lie to Nixie and Zac, Zac was his best friend of this generation and Nixie was the first girl he had a crush on for more than four hundred years.

"Why did you lie to Evie? Because she stalled Zac he missed the full moon." Nixie asked trying not to shake with the nervousness she felt.

"It wouldn't have worked." seems traditions weren't passed down properly... or any plain Common knowledge for that matter "and even if it did whats to stop him from coming back next month? I lied to Evie because I forgot to hide it, and I didn't have time to retrieve it from its spot on mako. I panicked and told Evie something I knew would make her keep Zac from mako." his voice had morphed into that of an apology.

Lyla couldn't stand it. She had promised Nixie, but in her mind everything he said was still rubbish.

"You're lying! you showed Nixie it was in your locker, she told us." Her outburst was not what she had been expecting it to be, she acted rashly.

Cam focused more on the group behind Nixie. Evie, Serena, Lyla, and Zac stood staring, just waiting for a response. They all looked upset except Serena; she simply seemed uncomfortable. But Nixie's expression was worse, she looked as if she was at war with herself and just about ready to break down. Lyla looked as if no amount of explaining would change her mind, but one look at Nixie and her expression softened; she had never seen Nixie like that, Nixie was always as firm as a rock nothing shook her.

"I was afraid principal Santos would find it, Zac told me what happened to her last time." he said trying not to raise his voice. "Santos is almost always at the school. Please believe me, it was just a stupid mistake."

'Lying to her is a stupid mistake!' Cam thought 'But I can't tell them what happened, they wouldn't understand. But Nixie will, I have to find the right way to tell her; otherwise she'll never trust me again.'

Seeing that the more he talked the more problems he would create Cam decided to resolve the conversation.

"if you have to sleep on it, I'm okay with whatever you decide. Well... unless you decide I'm mental and can't be trusted." he said with his signature goofy smile replastered onto his face.

The smile was slightly exaggerated. But seeing Nixie's face brighten considerably Cam realized there was no smile to display how he was feeling.

AN: Is this story good? any things you think i should change? anything particular you want to happen next? just review and ill consider, I try to read every review (since there aren't so many i do read every!).

Edit (08/05/16): I'm probably gonna need a beta reader (probably not hard to believe I just got a 71 on my English paper,), but last time they kept changing context instead of just fixing errors.