Again I am sorry on taking a long while to update but that's because my computer was acting weird. Just one more part for Ariel then the next Disney girl will get her high school romance!

Wednesday October 16

The first thing Ariel thought when she woke up on Wednesday morning was, "I'm going on a date with Eric Seaman!" So she quickly dressed in a pretty blue dress with a sheer blouse over it and flats on her feet. She ran to the bathroom and began to figure out if she should wear blue eye shadow or brown. She also had to tie her hair back with a bow, and she was never that good with it. Once she figured out lip gloss instead of lip stick there was a knock on the door.

"Ariel! Come on out! You've been in their all morning!" exclaimed Alana.

Ariel sashayed out of the bathroom humming "Rhythm of Love" by The Plain White T's. Adella, Attina and Alana watched their sister walk away in a daze.

"What's with her lately?" asked Attina.

"Isn't it obvious? Ariel's in love," said Adella with a smirk.

With her sister's distracted Alana rushed into the bathroom and quickly shut the door. Adella and Attina looked up in alarm and began to complain. Mr. Triton came and smiled at his fourth and third daughters.

"You can use my bathroom if waiting is not your cup of tea," he said.

Adella and Attina shared a disgusted look.

"Nah, waiting is fine!" said Attina.

"I love to wait!" exclaimed Adella.

By the time seven thirty rolled around it was a miracle that Adella, Alana and Ariel made it to school on time. Ariel rushed over to the dancer's wall and almost collapsed into Grimsby. Grimsby pushed her into Eric, causing her to blush. Luckily Eric didn't see the blush because her face was in his chest.

"Nice to see you too!" Eric laughed, helping Ariel to a stand.

Ariel could only grin widely for inside she was shaking. Eric patted her shoulder and admired her outfit. She looked cute.

"So, let's go to the faculty parking lot, eh?" winked Eric.

Ariel followed with a large grin on her face. Eric obviously knew what he was doing because despite being the faculty parking lot there was hardly any faculty there. The teachers all got their early; the janitor rode his bike here, and the principal parked closer to his office. Plus the faculty parking lot was right next to some bushes that were big enough to hide ten adults and on the other side of the bushes was a sidewalk of a neighborhood. Some kids actually got to school this way.

Eric led Ariel over to the bushes, constantly glancing over his shoulder just in case some spaz teacher forgot something in their car (this happens to everyone). Right when they were about to go through the bushes someone emerged. It was a senior girl with long curled auburn hair and hip hugging jeans. She smirked at the couple knowingly.

"Ah Eric, taking a girl out?" asked the senior.

"That I am Meg, now don't go tattling," said Eric.

"Oh I never tattle," the girl said as she walked to the school. Eric shook his head and smiled at Ariel.

"She's my neighbor,"

Ariel sighed; hopefully she didn't have to compete with that girl who made Ariel feel childish in comparison. Eric wrapped his arm around Ariel's shoulders, washing away all her doubt as he led her through the bushes. On the other side the two teens walked on as if they belonged there and not at school. Eric led Ariel to a nice white house that had Spanish tile and a clean paint job. In front of the house was a nice blue convertible. Eric fetched some keys out of his jeans pocket and opened the passenger door for Ariel.

Ariel loved the tan interior and placed her peach satchel on the floor, making herself comfortable. As Eric started the engine Ariel quickly buckled her seatbelt and almost exploded with excitement. She was going out with her crush and skipping school at the same time, what a rush.

They drove along and when "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage The Elephant came on, Eric turned up the volume. He bobbed his head along and Ariel began to too. Sure she listened to pop music all her life because of A Capella but she always felt a yearning for something, different. She still loved the poppy tunes but this, this was nice too.

After a bit they arrived at the fair. In their town there was a county fair held every mid-October right before the holidays were kicked off. There were puppet shows, musicians, face paint, and produce from local farmers, games and canoe rides.

Ariel grabbed Eric's hand and dragged him over to the puppet show, one of her favorite things.

"Well look here kids, its Eric Seaman my old buddy from school!" said one of the puppets.

Eric looked at the puppet with curiosity then laughed.

"Clopin! What are you doing here?" Eric asked the puppet.

"Have you ever heard of volunteer work? Schools love this kind of stuff and I love hanging out with the kids," said the puppet.

The kids giggled and so did Ariel. Next the couple went to the bumper cars, which Ariel dominated on. After that they went over and danced to the music from the musicians. Ariel found herself enjoying the feeling of gliding in Eric's arms. She was a little disappointed when they stopped and Eric led her off to another activity, canoeing.

Ariel had never been in a canoe before so she was a little wobbly getting in. Finally she was seated as Eric took both oars and led them out into the water. Ariel was getting bored so she asked if she could have a paddle. Eric gave it to her and she started beated the water rapidly.

"Whoa! Whoa! Ariel, strokes, nice and smooth strokes through the water," Eric said while demonstrating with his oar.

After a while they got the hang of it and were going in a nice and steady rhythm. This was bliss for Ariel who began to hum to a rhythm she made at the spot.

"You used to be on the A Capella team, didn't you?" asked Eric.

Ariel nodded.

"Can't you be on both the dance and A Capella team?" asked Eric.

Ariel shook her head violently.

"I just don't get the rivalry, it's stupid," said Eric.

Ariel smiled at Eric, his thoughts were just like hers. Why the A Capella and dance team were rivals was beyond her. It happened well back when her father was in high school, and she really didn't want to talk to him about it. She wondered if maybe her mother would understand.

"Yeah, but what can we do about it?" asked Ariel.

"When I figure that out, I'll let you know,"

Meanwhile on the shore stood Flotsam and Jetsam dressed head to toe in black with shades. They were doing a bit of espionage but with the outfits they wore, it was surprising that Ariel and Eric didn't spot them.
Flotsam opened his cell phone without turning his gaze from the water and dialed a number.

Ursula sat in her office when her phone rang. She picked it up, already knowing it was one of her favorite students.

"Flotsam! What's the sitch?"

"Seaman and Triton are on a date, talking about breaking the feud between the A Capella team and Dance team?"

"What?! That little girl is ruining all my plans! Hold on you two, I'm calling in back up,"

Ursula put Flotsam on hold and dialed a new number. After the phone rung three times the person answered.

"Hello?"

"Vanessa, it's your aunty Ursula, I need your help," said Ursula with an evil grin.