All right, time for another trip to the surface. Thanks for reviewing, Gage the Hedgehog, Elizabeth Fire Ice Heart, Bloodylilcorpse and the guest reviewer.

Bridgette burst out of the water, registering how her hair weighed on her more when it was out of the water.

DJ, and then Courtney, appeared beside her.

"This is dangerous!" Courtney hissed. "Back down, n-" But her voice died away as she saw the fireworks her stepdaughter was so entranced by.

The fireworks all seemed to be coming from a ship. Bridgette's curiosity drove her forward. She had to see what was going on.

"Bridgette!" Courtney's screeches sounded distant to her. "Bridgette, get back here! Now!" She didn't follow the blonde, but DJ inched slightly closer to the boat. He didn't dare to go as near as Bridgette.

The ship was lit up, and music was playing from a boom box. Most of the people there were men, but that wasn't important. Bridgette stared. Her gaze landed on a man, right in the middle of the commotion, with blue eyes and a cowboy hat.

"Dude, why are you wearing that?" the guy next to him questioned, a tan guy with a tattoo. "It's not like anyone's gonna tease you about the royal haircut."

"You know it's this, or a crown, and there's no way I'm wearing that to this kind of thing." the guy in the hat said firmly. "You do not know the pressures, dude."

"And you got away with wearing that open?" As the tattooed man pointed at the blue-eyed guy's open shirt, Bridgette's green eyes were drawn to the displayed abs. They were perfect, she couldn't help noticing. She didn't know what it was, but she liked this guy. Sure, he was cute, but that wasn't it. Something about his cheeky carefree grin and the way he just seemed so laid-back made her feel something. But she didn't hear his reply.

"Bridge! Bridge, what's up?" Lindsay was circling above her.

"Shh!" Bridgette hissed. "I don't want them to see me!"

"Ooh, mermaid undercover?" Lindsay gushed, dipping down to speak to Bridgette more quietly. "So adorable."

Bridgette's eyes were still on the party going on, specifically at the man in the hat. "I've never seen a human this close before."

At that moment, the music stopped, and a young man with gingery hair and little glasses spoke up. "Gentlemen! We are here to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of Geoff, our kindgom's prince. And to celebrate, I requested this." He gestured to something covered.

At least Bridgette now knew the name of the man she'd been staring at.

Finally, the main unveiled...a statue of Geoff, dressed in royal attire with a crown and sword, standing proudly.

Geoff himself looked uncomfortable, the man himself so much more casual than the statue. "Thanks, Harold." he managed to say to the other man. "It's...really something, dude."

"Of course," Harold said in a sourer tone, "I had hoped it would double as a wedding present..."

Geoff laughed. "Sorry, man. I'm just not all that interested in rushing into marriage. I need to find the right girl." He stared out at the sea. "I know there's someone out there – sweet and caring, but not afraid to find the fun in life."

"That's so adorable!" Lindsay squealed in a hushed voice. She paused and then said "Is he talking about you?"

Bridgette blushed and said in her most patient tone "He doesn't know me, Linds. He's talking about what kind of girl he'd like to be married to."

Lindsay cocked her head and said "It sounds like it's you."

Suddenly, a call came from the ship. "Hurricane warning! Seconds away!"

DJ registered the warning first, and without a second thought, dived back to the ocean floor. He expected Bridgette would do the same straight off – they both knew how dangerous hurricanes could be above the ocean.

Lindsay registered the warning. "Oh no, I hate hurricanes!" she whimpered. "They always mess up my hair!"

Bridgette blinked. "...Lindsay, aren't you a seagull?"

Lindsay paused. "Oh yeah!" Then she frowned again. "But they mess up my feathers, and I'm cold and wet for days and days after them." At that moment, a gust of wind hit, and Lindsay was blown away. "And I can't fly properlyyyy!" Bridgette heard her yelling.

Meanwhile, the men on the boat were running around, getting the lifeboats out, just as the boat was struck by lightning and caught fire. Bridgette was still up there, watching. She didn't know why, but she felt some kind of connection with Geoff and wanted to make sure he and the rest of the crew were safe. It looked like they were fine, but...

"Guys, help! I can't jump...my heart!" Harold was still on deck, and he was clearly too terrified and too sickly to just jump the distance into the lifeboats.

Geoff climbed back up to the boat, but another flame sprung up before he could reach. "Harold, you can jump this tiny bit!" he called.

Harold did and Geoff got him down to the lifeboats safely. But just as he himself was about to jump into one, another powerful gust of wind knocked him off the rope and flung him into the sea.

Bridgette didn't think. All that was in her head was "Not him!" She had a hard time finding him, even underwater. She was sure he could swim, but in that weather, only merpeople could battle the waves successfully.

Geoff was past swimming by the time she reached him, underwater and fast running out of air, unconscious. She grabbed hold of him and managed to bring him up to the surface and finally pulled him to the closest shore, where she stayed until morning, when the hurricane ceased.

Lindsay fluttered down beside Bridgette. "Ew, I hate this feeling of water in my feathers." she whined. Then she saw the human beside the mermaid.

"Is he...is he alive?" Bridgette wondered. "I thought I got him out of the water fast enough, but..."

Lindsay paused. "I can't see any signs of life." she admitted.

But then, Bridgette finally saw something. "Look!" she said. "He's breathing." She gave a sigh, and began humming a tune that just floated into her head. She did nothing else, just hum, but after about a minute of this, the sun started coming out, and Geoff opened his eyes.

Bridgette was too aware of the law about not having contact with humans to do any more than whisper "I must go" and dive back into the water, but it was done. She'd let a human see her, and that meant she'd broken the ultimate law of the merpeople.

"Geoff! Geoff!"

Bridgette watched from behind the rocks as the friend Geoff was with the night before ran up, the one who'd asked about the hat. "You're okay!" the guy cried as he ran up to his semi-conscious friend.

"A girl...saved me." Geoff said, looking slightly dazed.

"What?"

"A girl. She took off a second ago, but she was there, dude. I couldn't see her properly – I just saw that she was a blonde with green eyes. She was humming...it sounded beautiful. And I just felt like...you know, there was something there."

"Bridgette!" The mermaid was distracted when she heard Courtney's voice. "There you are!" her stepmother said. "I've been looking for you all night! What have you been doing? Come on, everyone's worried!"

Bridgette let Courtney lead her back home, but Geoff stayed in her mind.

So, everyone, what's your favourite Gidgette moment? Personally, I find it hard to pick one, but I really like when they make up at the end of the TDWT Aftermath. Awww!