Paige sits up Paige. I'm here. I need a little help getting to you.

Paige looks around I'm coming. Wait there. Not sure how long I'll be.

Paige carefully steps out of the room looking back at a sleeping Emily. Tiptoeing down the stairs.

A voice asks "Where are you going?"

Paige jumps spinning towards the voice "Mr Fields you scared me. My mom is here. She needs to be picked up."

Wayne soothes "I'm sorry I scared you. Where is your mom?"

Paige shrugs "All I know is she is at the beach where Emily found me. I think it's near your dock."

Wayne nods "I think I know where that is. I'll give you a ride. You never keep a lady waiting long."

Paige smiles Words to live by Paige. Keep that in mind with Emily. I'm at the beach across from Joe's Bait and Tackle.

Paige tells Wayne "My mom says she's across from Joe's Bait and Tackle."

Wayne twirls his keys "That's where I suspected. Thanks for the information though. Tell her we will be there in five minutes."

Paige steps out the door "She knows. We are connected all the time. My mom and dad hear everything I do."

Wayne warns "You should keep Emily under control with her dirty talk. You do not want your parents to hear that."

Two voices confirm He is not lying there. No naughty talk.

Wayne looks over at Paige "Are they talking to you now?"

Paige nods "Just confirming what you said about Emily. Will that start soon? We haven't even known each other that long."

Wayne shrugs "I'm not sure. You only have two weeks she might move fast."

Paige's eyes widen "How fast is fast? She's not going to like pounce on me or anything is she? Now I'm scared."

Wayne pats Paige's leg "You'll be fine Paige. I won't let her pounce on you."

Paige's mom pipes in Neither will I. Momma is here Paige. Don't worry.

A males voice comes in Am I going to have to come up there too. I will kick some ass. Nobody hurts my baby.

Paige's mom soothes Calm down Nicholas. You are not beating anybody up. Stay there.

Nick huffs Fine. Softening his voice he adds I am here if you need me Paige.

Paige smiles Thanks pop but you've always protected me give mom a chance now.

Nick concedes Okay. Just keep in mind I have your back. Isabelle you be safe while keeping our baby safe.

Isabelle swoons Thanks honey. I love you.

Paige gags Ew. Stop. Isn't there a way you two could say all that stuff without me hearing?

Both parents scold Grow up Paige.

Wayne looks at her "Are they being gross?"

Paige groans "Just being all lovey dovey. They want me to grow up."

Wayne shrugs "Especially if you are going to be all lovey dovey with Emily. You can't tell someone not to do something then go and do it."

Paige whispers "Okay. I'll keep that in mind."

The rest of the ride goes quietly.

Wayne pulls up to the beach watching as Paige jumps out and runs out to a woman on the beach.

Wayne walks up to the two "Isabelle?"

Paige freezes "How does he know your name? He's not supposed to know you're name."

Isabelle runs her fingers through Paige's hair "It's okay. We'll figure it out."

Paige turns to Wayne "This is my mom Isabelle. Mom this is Mr Fields."

Wayne steps forward "Call me Wayne. I swear I know you. You went to Rosser High right?"

Isabelle looks at Paige panicked "He's not supposed to know these things. I'm not supposed to know these things."

Paige cuts in "Uh I would like to say you are thinking of someone else but that would be a lie. You don't like lying. Look sir it's a really long story and you aren't supposed to remember any of it."

Wayne tilts his head "Why? Let's get you ladies back home then you can tell me the story."

Paige sighs "We kind of can't tell you too much. Until it's absolutely necessary. I don't think it's necessary, yet."

Isabelle adds "Definitely not yet. Maybe soon-ish."

Wayne shrugs "Let's go home before Emily wakes up."

Paige mumbles "She already is."

Wayne looks in the rearview mirror "How do you know? Okay we just need to get there before she starts pacing."

Paige informs "She already is."

Isabelle says "There is a very strong connection between them."

Wayne bites his lip "Is she in the livingroom?"

Paige answers "Yep."

Wayne hisses "We are in so much trouble."

Paige asks "How bad is it if she's yelling at Caleb for not being with me right now?"

Wayne raises an eyebrow "Your connection to Emily is that strong?"

Paige shakes her head "Nope. That's my connection to Caleb. When we came up here we needed to defend each other. To do that we need to know what each other is going through. You might need to step on it she might kill Caleb."

Wayne steps on the gas.

Paige steps out of the car opening the door for her mom "Thanks for helping me with the whole car thing."

Isabelle whispers "You're welcome."

Wayne walks in to the house.

Emily runs up "Where's Paige?"

Paige walks in to Emily running into her arms "Where did you go? Why didn't you wake me?"

Paige hums "My mom is here. I had to go get her. It was two in the morning I didn't want to wake you."

Isabelle clears her throat.

Paige tries to pull away but Emily holds her tighter.

Paige hums "Mom. The girl holding me tightly is Emily. The blonde in the corner is Hanna. You know Caleb."

Isabelle's eyes widen "That's Caleb. Wow you defin well. Lucky you."

Caleb smiles "Thanks Mrs M."

Paige rubs Emily's back "Be respectful Emily. Say hi to my mom."

Emily puts her chin on Paige's shoulder looking at Isabelle "Hi Mrs McCullers. How are you doing?"

Isabelle reaches out her hand for Emily to shake "I'm good."

Emily shakes the hand "Nice to meet you."

Emily burrows her face into Paige's neck "You can't ever leave without me again."

Paige lifts Emily up "Let's get you back to bed."

Emily whispers "Okay. Good night."

Paige takes her upstairs tucking her into bed.

Emily hums "No. Come here."

Paige shakes her head "I can't Emily. I need to make a good impression on your father. That means no sharing a bed."

Emily's eyes open "Are you going to be here when I wake up?"

Paige runs her fingers through Emily's hair "Yes I will. Sleep Emily. There's going to be a lot of stuff happening tomorrow or later today."

Emily hums closing her eyes.

Emily wakes up then sits straight up "Paige?"

Paige touches Emily's hand "I'm right here."

Emily sighs "Am I being to clingy?"

Paige shrugs "I don't know. I've never actually been involved with anyone. What's it like?"

Emily takes Paige's hand "It's like riding endless rapids until you finally find that calmness. You're like wow this is something. Sometimes you just let it slip through your fingers and then you hit those rapids again. You just want that calm back again but when you go back it's not there and you wonder if you'll ever get it back."

Paige blurts "My whole life has been rapids."

Emily caresses Paige's cheek "Let me be the calm."

Paige smiles "I'd like that. Hey come downstairs I've got to show you something."

Emily nods "Okay. Just let me throw some clothes on first."

Emily watches Paige leave the room, Do not screw this up Fields. This is your calmness. Stay away from the damn rapids. Emily walks to her closet getting clothes and putting them on. Heading to her bedroom door she takes a deep breath and heads down stairs.

Emily walks into the livingroom recognizing a book on the coffee table "Hey that's my book."

Paige reaches for it "Actually it's mine. I've only heard of this ever happening once before. Mom correct any of my mistakes please."

The woman nods signalling for Paige to continue.

Paige takes a deep breath "Every merperson has a book. It is generally given to their partner when they join. It's like a how to guide for the other person. Once in a millennia or longer the book finds it's way to the partner before the joining. Usually when they have more questions then answers. The book shows you the answers, gets you comfortable or aware of what you are getting into. It stays until there are no more questions then it returns to its owner where it will be given back when the joining occurs. When the book is created only the owner can open it until it is time to be handed over. Unless the millennia thing is going on then only the significant other can open the book, that is all except for one page. You can only see a glimpse of that page when you leaf through the book. The page never changes, ever."

Paige hands the book to Emily where it immediately opens to the page that was just talked about.

Emily gasps "It's you. This is a picture of you. What does this mean?"

Paige holds her hand out looking at Wayne "You might want to duck sir."

Wayne furrows his brow until he sees a book come flying off the shelf heading straight for Paige's hand.

Paige explains "I got this book on my sixteenth birthday when everybody was talking about feeling the pull towards something. They didn't know what it was towards but it excited them so much. I didn't feel the pull. I was seriously doubting I ever would. Then this book came. It started giving me all this information on land walkers. Oddly there was nothing about cars, there should have been those things are terrifying. Sorry. It's not important, which is probably why they weren't in there."

Isabelle scolds "Paige."

Paige looks at her mom "Sorry. Anyways. The book disappeared when all my fears and doubts went away. It found its way back to you."

Emily shakes her head "I could never open that book. I mean something always drew me to it but every time I went to check it out it was like it was glued shut. Oh I was never meant to read it. It's mine to give to you. Is my picture in it?"

Paige holds the book by its spine allowing it to fall open to a picture of Emily.

Paige looks at Isabelle "Mom I know there's more I just don't get it."

Isabelle starts "I was human once, a long time ago. Before you can change into a merperson you need to share your knowledge of the human world. As you turn you slowly forget your life as a human so you can start your life again. The people you once knew forget you, well they have memories of the things they did with you they just don't remember the details of you. Unless they are supposed to have a presence in the new world you live in. Then they will have a course that takes them into that world. Uncommonly through their daughter."

Wayne's face lights up as he points to himself. Paige purses her lips and nods softly.

Isabelle continues "We will get more into that later. Emily you had questions about our world that couldn't be answered by anything from this world so that book in your hands appeared to shed some light on things. Paige had questions about this world that her world could not answer so the book in her hands appeared to her."

Emily furrows her brow "Paige mentioned a pendant is made when a merperson is born. One for you and another for the one who finds it. Paige doesn't where a pendant."

Isabelle looks at Paige "She doesn't have one. The pendant is created after a month of the pendant maker observing the merperson. Then they decide what is needed to balance them out. In Paige's case she was born with the mark of what she needed over her heart. The anchor provides stability and a comfort of staying in one place even in the darkest of storms. The pendant maker started to make the pendant before Paige was born the pendant was done when Paige was born. There has never been an instance where two pendants were not created. Until Paige, she's a rarity."

Emily whispers "She's my rarity."

Isabelle sits back "I hope so." Taking a breath she concludes "This has been an educational morning. What do you say we go have some fun?"

Emily stands up walking to Paige and offering her hand "Let's go have some fun."

Paige takes Emily's hand and stands up. The others follow suit and head to the front door.