A/N: I really couldn't resist this one. I love the Litte Mermaid! However, I perfer the film to the stage production. And keep in mind I so do the following when I swim. When me and my friends were little we use to pretend we were mermaids. Good times. Good times.

Act 7: Dddduuuuddddeee:

"COWABUNGA!" Riley cried out as he jumped into the pool in a the shape of a canonball.

SPLASH!

The went everywhere. Riley came back up for air. "I'd give that a 9.5." he shook his head. "Oh hell, that was good. That was a ten.

Riley started to swim around. The water felt good. It cooled him off. He tried to resist in quoting lines from his favorite Disney movie: Finding Nemo. The water always made him think of the sea, and within the sea: sea turtles. "Duuuuddddeee." He let one slip. He couldn't help it. The writers were pure genius!

As he swam about, he noticed something: he kept his legs together, like a tail... Riley started to hum a familiar tune. He thought he contain himself. The last song he wanted Ben or Abigale to catch him singing was a song from a Disney song. He would never be able to live it down but here was the good thing: Abi and Ben weren't home.

"What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you
Smiling at me...?"

He continued to swim around, as he did so he sang the famou Little Mermaid song. The one thing about Disney songs, they made him teary eyed. Disney had a real bad habbit of making kids cry. Damn you Disney and your sadastic ways! He cursed the man who was Walt Disney.

"...Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun?
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world..."

The worst part about this song he knew how Arial felt. He might not really be a mermaid - correction, merman but still. He was alone and he wanted to be with somebody so he wouldn't be alone. That something he felt coming never came.

Riley caught the diving board, he swam up to it and pulled himself up. He would make Arial proud here. He gave his best merman impression and sang out:

"...I don't know when
I don't how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see
Someday I'll be
Part of your world!"

It was over, and he thought he could go back into the water with some dignity but alas the universe wasn't so kind. He heard a group of applause. Then in horror he turned to see Abigale, and she wasn't alone. It wasn't Ben who was with her. Oh no, it was much worst then that! She had a couple of her girlfriends with her, very cute girlfriends.

"Well done Riley." Abigale teased him.

He glared at her. He could bring up their little song down but that would let again dig him deeper then he all ready was.

"Hey, I like the Little Mermaid." one girl said, she was the burnette in the small group of blondes that now stood near the pool.

Riley quickly got up and went to them. He cleared his throat. Abigale took that as a cue for introductions. She introduced him to the blondes but he really didn't care about them. He wanted to know who the burnette was.

"Riley Poole, this is Bella Norrington."

Riley smiled. Okay, he'd take it back. The universe was kind. Her name was fitting too. Go figure, he thought.

TBC...

A/N: Don't be surprised if you see the girl I made for Riley appeare letter and her name comes from Bella from two things Twilight and Beauty and the Beast and short for Elisabeth Swan from Pirates and yes her last name cames from the same fandom as Pirates too because I love Norrie!