About a week later all of us made plans to go swimming near some beautiful coral reefs Bella had found and wanted to show to all of us, and I mean ALL of us. Lewis, Zane, and Will were going to ride out there in Lewis' boat.

Lewis and Zane brought snorkeling equipment and Will just brought some fins and goggles, planning to freedive.

Emma planned the whole thing, of course. She packed healthy snacks and drinks into a large ice chest to put on the boat. She made sure everyone was ready on time and that we all left at the right time too.

We even got schuedules for the day. Leave at ten thirty, arrive at eleven, swim from eleven to twelve, lunch from twelve to twelve thirty, more swimming from twelve thrity to one thirty, head back to shore at one thirty, arrive at two.

So we arrived, right on schedule, at ten thirty. Rikki, Emma, Bella, and I followed just behind Lewis' boat. We could of course go much faster if we wanted to, but then we would arrive at different times and that would throw the schedule way off. And we simply couldn't do that now could we?

"Wow Bella, your right. This is such a beautiful place." I told Bella as we pulled up along side the boat. The closer we got to the spot the prettier it became.

"I know! I love it here. I just found it the other day and I knew I had to show you all." Bella gushed.

The boys all got ready to swim and soon we all diving down into the crystal clear water .

Large sections of colorful were everywhere. Reds, yellows, greens, even some purple showed up amongst the gorgeous scenery. Fish swam all around us. Tiny silver fish, large rainbow fish, I even saw a few spotted eels.

There was even dolphins all around practically begging to play with us. None of the guys wanted to swim with the wild dolphins. They seemed to think it was unsafe.

Plus the dolphins didn't really want to swim with any who didn't have a tail and weren't fast enough to keep up.

I glanced over towards where the guys were swimming and I noticed that that Will had a disposable underwater camera that he was using to take pictures of the surrounding scenery.

Bella swam over towards Will and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. They both smiled and I could tell Bella was giggling by the bubbles coming out of here mouth and nose. Giggling under water may sound cute, but it is actually rather unattractive.

I rolled my eyes at them, although I must admit that me and Lewis are not much better.

Suddenly Will turned and snapped a picture of Bella before she could do anything about it. She held her hands up to block her face but he had already taken the picture.

I just floated there staring at Will in slight shock. Why in the world would he take a picture of Bella as a mermaid! Is he that big of an idiot? What was he thinking?

Rikki angrily swam over towards them and snatched the camera out of Will's hand. The thought "if looks could kill" came to mind when I saw the way she was glaring at Will. She pointed towards the surface and we all swam up.

"What in the world were you thinking! You can't take pictures of us as mermaids! You know there is this thing called a secret and it doesn't work very well if everyone knows!" Rikki shouted to a shocked Will.

"What do you mean? It's not really that big of a deal."

"Not that big of a deal? This is our secret we are talking about. If the word got out that we are mermaids we would most likely end up as lab rats. I think that is a pretty big deal!"

"It's just a picture! No one is going to find out."

"Oh yeah? Well what are you going to tell the person who develops these picture? Oh yeah, this is my girlfriend. She is a mermaid but you can't tell anyone, okay?"

The rest of us just sat back and watched as Rikki lashed out on Will.

"It could just be a costume. I'm sure the photo developer won't even give it a second thought."

"Uh-uh. No way are you going to go get these photos developed."

"Oh come on! There is lots of great photos on here."

"I said no! I don't care if there is some great photos on here. You are going to throw this camera away and make sure no one sees what is on it."

Emma nodded her head and said "Rikki is right, Will. You have to make sure no one sees these pictures."

Rikki shoved the camera into Will's hands. "I don't care if you burn it or smash it into little pieces or just throw it away but make sure no one ever sees what is on it."

"Okay, okay." Will said as he took the camera back from Rikki. He tossed it into his bag that was on the boat.

Emma looked down at her water proof watch and said cheerfully "Twelve o'clock! Time for lunch everybody."