Chapter 3- This is home

~Olivia Smith~

"So Olivia, what are you doing this weekend?" my friend Margo asked as we walked down to the local mall.

"Well, I'm actually going out of town with my parents." I replied, avoiding eye contact.

"You know, I realized I have never met your parents! When will that happen? And when are you getting a boyfriend?" Margo asked.

"Wow someone's asking a lot of questions today! Maybe you can meet my parents when we get back this weekend" I lied.

She nodded and we parted ways. Too bad I may not be coming back. I thought to myself as I walked down the street.

For the past few months I had come to the shores of this wonderful town. My parents were the average Joes of our pod and I wanted something new. I was tired of the boring old stuff! So I left for land! As usual, my mother and father warned me that it wouldn't be what I thought it was. Don't all parents do that? Now, I had came to the big decision to travel back home, with my head hung low and in shame. I would have to admit they were right.

I had to work myself crazy to keep up with the bills humans had to pay! It was outrageous! I was tired of working so hard. I was ready to be home.

I walked all the way to the ocean's shore. Once again, I was back here. On the other side of the ocean. Reversing my fate back to where it was supposed to be. People always say that if you veer off course, that fate will always get you back to where you're supposed to be. Did I believe that? I wasn't sure yet.

I slowly walked into the oncoming waves, my blue tail appearing immediately. It felt so good to be back in the ocean again. I began swimming toward the moon pool off the coast I had heard about from my friends back home. They had told me about the yummy foods I could find there. I guess they knew I could be coming back home soon and they felt I needed to know so I could rest when I needed to on my way back.

I made my way through the medium opening in the cave, deep under water. A few stingrays and sharks drifted by me. I wasn't scared of them. The only mermaids that get attention from the sea animals are the new ones. I had been a mermaid since birth.

I gathered some shells full of muscles and surfaced so I could eat them as I rested.

Before I could react, bubbles began to surface and a boy came up with them. His bare chest was shinning with the salty water and his light blue tail flicked under him occasionally.

"Uh, I'm sorry to intrude! Who are you? I didn't know there were new mermaids around here!" He seemed to blush and he tried to swim out the way he came.

"No! Don't leave! My name is Olivia, what's yours? I'm not all that new around here I was actually leaving for home." I said, regretfully.

"My name is Adrian! By the way, why don't we get to know each other over dinner? I know those aren't all that much to eat" he was talking about the muscles in my hands. I nodded and threw them back into the water. He grabbed my hand and we swam back to the shore. Maybe I could stay a little longer?

Thanks for reading this chapter! Thanks to h2omermaidforever for entering Olivia! Just so you guys know, characters are still welcome just check out the list (look at last chapter!) or if the name you want is unavailable, I'll tell you! And once again thanks for sticking with me! I know I'm taking forever! But things have been pretty crazy this month!

Sadly, my grandmother passed away the 1st of this month and things haven't stopped running and running. I haven't had much time! I promise you as soon as I can (and it's getting better now) I'll get on a more frequent schedule.

The other thing is school! It's my 11th grade year and I am taking some serious college classes and maintaining a good GPA and grade overall is been taking a lot of energy and time. So that's also a thing going on.

Finally, I have a social life! I know! Normally I don't do a whole lot of stuff like that but I'm realizing how much things get taken advantage of, so I'm enjoying it all while I can!

If you want to talk to me personally, here are a few places:

email: carmiegrace

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THANKS AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!