Chapter Three
Lyla
I sighed and unclenched my fist. In seconds I became visible again. Sirena, Nixie and I had gone invisible as soon as we saw the girl's head beginning to turn.
"That was close." Sirena said sounding relieved.
"Yeah, she nearly saw us." I nodded towards Sirena. "But why were we watching her anyway?"
"Sirena you saw how she reacted to the water. She's got powers!'' Nixie practically yelled the words. Luckily the beach was nearly empty or we'd end up in a fish tank for sure.
"Well, um, I wasn't actually looking." Sirena twisted a strand of her hair as her cheeks reddened.
Nixie sighed, "Well at least you saw it right Lyla?"
I thought about it for a second. "No."
Nixie huffed and started off in the other direction, towards Rita's house. We had to run to catch up with her.
"Nixie, maybe you just thought you saw the land girl react that way." Sirena suggested, trying to be as gentle as she could.
"Yeah, I mean all of us miss the pod so much. Maybe your just wishing she was one?" I said, placing my hand on her shoulder. Which she whacked off in one quick motion.
"I know what I saw!" Nixie yelled, then stomped off.
It was nearing lunch time. A time I usually spent at the Ocean Café. But Nixie was mad & avoiding us, and Sirena insisted we go search for her. To avoid another near-pod breakup. But I was hungry, seriously I could be doing better things right now. God I'm going to kill Nixie when we find her. We were swimming to Mako. Our tails propelling us through the water. Cam often compared us to "torpedoes.'' Which I guessed was some kind of human diving machine.
When we reached Mako we were both overjoyed to see Nixie there. Me, mostly because that meant I could finally eat. Nixie had her head rested on the rocks and her expression was unclear. She saw us and lifted her head.
"What are you doing here?" Nixie asked.
"Looking for you." I answered flatly.
"Well, your searching's over."
"Nixie, we're sorry we didn't believe you before." Sirena was always gentle around Nixie, because she knew what a sensitive octopus she could be about things.
"It's okay guys. I mean, how could a land girl be a mermaid anyhow?" Nixie smiled awkwardly at us. Like she always did when it was forced. Just like that everything was fine again.