Chapter 2

"Guess who?" Emma said putting her hands over Ash's eyes. " I know it's you Emma, you have such a relaxed and soft voice" Ash complimented. Emma smiled to herself and looked at Ash who was also smiling. Emma sat down and looked at what Ash had set out for them, in front of her was a bunch of flowers obviously hand picked, some plates and cutlery and a bottle of Lemonade. "So what are we having to eat" Emma asked politely, trying not to sound rude. "Well you will have to wait and see won't you" Ash replied. It looked beautiful all set up, he always went to such an effort for her and she respected that and enjoyed it while she could. They sat together, her head on his shoulder and his arm around her. It gave her some warmth being near him. She had never felt like this before. Emma enjoyed there time alone together because she knew both Ash and herself weren't very open in front of anyone else not even Cleo and Rikki. Well especially Rikki because she would probably make fun of them. Emma realised that she had the two best friends in the world, they go through everything together.

It was about 5:00pm now so the sun was going down and reflected on the waters surface making a glistening pattern as the waves gently glided, this is why Emma liked the water so much, it was full of hidden secrets and looked so beautiful, the blues and greens swishing around you. Emma thought to herself, the days when she couldn't swim that far out to sea and when she only used to compete in swimming and not be able to identify the natural beauty of everything, she enjoyed being a mermaid but it ruined her traditional family holidays where they used to go and swim forever. Because not even her family knows about her little secret. "It's a beautiful evening and there is no one I would rather be here with than you" Ash said. That's what Emma loved so much about Ash; he was cheesy but he was romantic as well, he was so nice to her. "Me too" Emma replied. "We are soooooo cheesy, aren't we?" Emma asked Ash, trying not to sound offensive. "But I like it a lot!" She retreated saving the conversation, incase it lead to an argument. That was one thing that was wrong; they clashed a bit, both very competitive and will answer back easily. "Don't worry, I understand!" It was like Ash totally read her mind!

"So before we eat how about we go for a swim?" Ash asked. Emma's face went very serious and she tried to smile. "I'm not sure, it might be a bit cold, and I'm not in the mood, maybe another time." Emma explained. "Oh come on, don't be so serious all the time Emma"

" I just don't want to go in!" Emma said very feisty and hard.

"Ok, ok" Ash whispered. Emma sighed under her breath, that she had escaped going swimming. She had still not told him about her being a mermaid, Lewis knew and Zane knew, but Emma just couldn't face up to telling him yet. She wanted to but she didn't want to freak him out, it was only their fifth date as well. She needed to think about it and make sure he wouldn't totally freak out! She needed to completely trust him before she told him. Totally oblivious to what Ash was saying to her. Emma was sitting in silence thinking. Ash stood up and asked her to take his hand, they started to dance together.

Emma realised they had never danced before together and reminded Ash of this as well making sure the occasion was remember for a long time after today. Emma was still thinking of how Ash had again saved their conversation about going for a swim.

"Come on Emma you have to come swimming with me, we have also never been swimming together and I know how much you love the water and swimming"

"No, I know we haven't been swimming together before but we can soon I promise"

Before she knew it, Ash had picked her up and jumped into the water with her, she tried to struggle and finally felt her tail pop out. She came up for breath and out of shock, she realised Ash hadn't completely come up out of the water but thought to herself he still could have seen or felt her tail. Immediately she swam off into

any direction just to get away from him, what was he going to say to her, did he actually see her tail, how must he be feeling. While swimming she felt so bad for blowing their covers now even more people know about it and What if Ash goes off and tell everyone about it?