Chapter 2

The next weekend Emily found herself back at the club again, looking for the sexy mermaid from the costume party. Unfortunately unlike Rosewood, Philly was pretty big and filled with different people which made the search for the mystery girl even harder. All she had to go by was the girls twinkling big brown eyes, wavy long black hair, and that sexy confident voice; she was so sure of herself. Oh, and also that the girl's name was Maya. Maya Emily loved the way it sounded coming from her own mouth.

Emily had worn her hair in the 2 long braids she had when they'd met last week in her costume. Hopefully if she had somehow overlooked Maya, she would've been able to notice Emily and actually get to give her her number this time.

She had been hit on all night but none of them were half as beautiful as Maya. They all lacked that spark that Maya and her had. You know that feeling when you have a crush? Just the sound of their voice can send butterflies into your stomach. Well none of them gave Emily that feeling. She tried to have fun anyway but each time another girl danced around her she was immediately hopeful but then soon disappointed, to notice it wasn't the mystery girl.

Emily was now sitting on the bar stool staring deeply into the bottom of the glass and fumbling clumsily with her straw. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. Emily got up deciding it was all just a waste of time and headed towards the exit when she saw a female with long black hair like Maya's turned around. She started to quickly run after the girl when she yelled, "Maya!" But the stranger didn't turn around. Emily figured it was just because of the loud music, so she hadn't heard her. She grabbed the girl's shoulder and was mortified when the stranger turned around. Now that definitely wasn't Maya.

Emily pulled her hands off the stranger and immediately had to apologize.

"I'm so sorry. I thought you were this girl Maya I met here last week. I've just been searching for her all night and I guess she isn't here. When I saw your hair I just KNEW you were Maya. But I guess you aren't-" Emily continued rambling until the stranger just backed away and turned around, heading in the opposite direction of Emily.

Emily sighed and decided to just call it a night. She found her car keys in her purse and headed to the parking garage. She sped to Hannah's house, since her mother had gone to Texas to visit her father.

Emily didn't want to stalk the girl, but she couldn't help but wonder if she'd be back next weekend? Maybe she'd just have to check it out.

When she finally arrived at Hannah's house she explained why she had been out so late and why she was so disappointed. Hannah was of course optimistic and said if it was meant to be they'd find each other again eventually. Even though she knew Hannah completely understood, Emily couldn't help but feel embarrassed. She didn't want the other girl thinking she was desperate or that she was stalking Maya. It was just that Maya had something about her that was so intoxicating, she couldn't push herself to forget.

"Em, we can talk about it if you want. I'll even try and help you find her. We could try to find her Facebook!"

"It's okay, Han. I should probably get some sleep. We have a swim meet against that Sherwood school. It's always been difficult for my teammates to beat them and let alone the Sherwood team is filled with total bitches."

"Goodnight, Em. I'm sure you guys will come out on top."

By the pools before the swim meet:

"I can't believe we're forced to compete against them, they're such jerks."

"I'm sure they can't be that bad." Emily said hopefully to a girl on her swim team, Maddie.

"They totally are Emily. The last time they came here I saw one of the girls stick her out and try to trip Paige into the pool." Maddie said dramatically.

"Well, we just won't let them get us down. I think they'll be good competition." Emily said when really she felt the opposite. She really didn't want to deal with ignorant teenagers today, but she didn't want to complain. At least she was back on the swim team and she even got to be captain.

I mean how bad could the girls from the other school be? She vowed to just try and keep the peace by just avoiding conversation with them. After all she was just there to swim.

The whole swim team sat around in the gym waiting for the meet to begin because of course the Sherwood swim team was late. How unprofessional. Emily sat back against the bleachers with her earplugs in and music blasting; it had always helped her to listen to music before big meets and before big tests. Her earphones were ripped from her ears by Maddie.

"They're here." She said rolling her eyes.

Emily glanced around the gym until she saw them. They all had on black and pick sweat suits with their names and "Sherwood Tigers." Printed on the back. Before she went back to listening to music the girl at the end of the line caught her eye.

She had long wavy hair flowing down her back and a killer smile. Something about the girl seemed so damn familiar to Emily. Emily swallowed, seeing the girl look back and shoot her a wink, then turn back away. Suddenly she knew who the girl was, Maya! I guess the pink letters at the bottom of the fleece jumpsuit spelling "Maya." should've gave it away. But Emily didn't want to jump to conclusions. She sent a quick text to Hannah summoning her over.

"She's a member of the Sherwood Swim team."

"Who?"

"Maya."

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