Nixie's P.O.V.

Disclaimer: I don't think I had this in the first chapter but oh well! I don't own Mako Mermaids and hold no rights to the characters or places featured in this story.

Why did I love a boy who I was supposed to hate?

Cam betrayed me and wanted the power all to himself. The others hated him, so why couldn't I? Because every time I looked at him I replayed the scene in my head when he told me I was cute, that was the moment I knew I liked him too.

But how did he feel about me? Was it all a game just to get the trident?

My head broke the surface of the pool in Rita's grotto. As I pulled myself onto the ledge my mind was still racing from the events of the night. I steamed the water of my body and my legs reappeared.

I pulled my knees to my chest and hugged them tight. I sat like there for a few minutes when a tear trailed my check. Why was I crying? It must have been those stupid hormones again. I never got these back when I was a full time mermaid in the pod. I never cried because there was no reason to, in the pod we didn't have mermen so we didn't have love.

I spotted some movement out of the corner of my eye and Zac, Lyla and Serena swam into the pool. Lyla was the first to notice my tears.

"What happened? What did he do to you?" Lyla demanded.

"Nothing, he just helped me. After I transformed he carried me down to the ocean." I blushed. I left out the part about how I barely spoke to him because I hated when he saw me in my natural form.

"Then why are you crying?" Serena asked and she swam over to the edge where I was, she was always the sensitive one.

I couldn't tell them. If I did then they would just go on and on, lecturing me about he can't be trusted blah blah blah.

"No reason. It's these stupid hormones. How do you put up with these Zac?" I sniffled.

He laughed and replied, "Yeah they do get some getting used to.

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(That's a rose in case you didn't notice^^)

"Rita. Can I talk to you?" I knocked on her door and opened it a crack. She was just finishing up making her bed.

"Sure Nixie. What's going on?" She patted her bed and I sat down next to her.

"Well there is this boy—"She cut me off.

"Cam."

"Yeah and we have this awkward history—"She cut me off again.

"Him trying to turn himself into a merman and take over Mako."

"But I have feelings for him. Romantic feelings. I can't help it, I know I'm supposed to hate him but I just can't." I explained.

"Did I ever tell you the story about how Henry and I met?" Rita asked.

I shook my head no.

"It was back when I still lived with my pod. I was probably your age, about 17. My friends and I were swimming in the reef when I got caught in the net of a fishing boat. My friends tried to free me but they couldn't. The fishermen pulled me out of the water and I swear I saw the dollar signs flash behind their eyes. Well after the older men had their backs turned, Henry and his friend cut the net free and let me go. They didn't say anything and just let me go.

My friends were completely convinced that they didn't intend to save me but I knew different. Henry had kind eyes not cold hard ones like the other men had."

"So, what do I get out of this?" I asked.

"It was that night that I left my pod and headed for the Gold Coast." She finished her story.

"So what t I get out of this?"

"I followed my heart, Nixie."

"And you're saying I should do the same?"

She nodded.

I jumped up off her bed, "I'm going to talk to Cam!"

"Nixie!" Rita called out, "Don't forget: It's all in the eyes."

I smiled all the way to the café.