Chapter 9: Reunion Part 2
After going through the familiar cracks through the stones, he reached the same pool, where he dropped off Kendall for his parents to find and where he always met the blonde every hour in the morning last year.
He smiled when he saw the blonde with his rags and black slippers; before he could open his mouth to speak he was suddenly falling backwards and splashed into the water with the human blonde on his chest.
The minute Kendall saw James's white tail, he jumped off the rock he was sitting on and ran to the pool, time seemed to freeze when he spotted the merman with a smile on his face showing his white teeth. He still looked the same as he did last summer when he last spent time with him, without another thought he ran and wrapped his small arms around his neck crashing into him. The blonde didn't notice he got majority of his clothes wet and will most likely get in trouble for doing so, but he didn't care, he just cared that he was back with James and hugging him again.
The merman instantly wrapped his arms around him and sighed in total bliss at being reunited with the human child again. He felt him shake underneath his arms and looked down to see Kendall crying, concerned he tried to pull him back to face him, but he wouldn't let go only tightened his hold on him. "What's wrong Kendall?"
"N-nothing, I-I just m-missed you so-o m-much James," The merman let out a small smile; the blonde was crying tears of joy at being with him again. Without removing the human child from his chest he sat up and lied back against a stone and held the blonde close while he placed his cheek on top of his head.
"I missed you too, Kendall." He said letting out a tear of his own, "I missed you so much, but I'm here now, we're together again, and that's what matters the most."
Kendall pulled back and comforted himself on his lap; still in James's arms he looked up and smiled, wiping his cheeks, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have cried."
He smiled again, "it's okay Kendall." Raising his hand he wiped his cheek when another tear fell, wanting to change the subject he gave him a curious expression and poked his cheek, making the blonde giggle. "You seem bigger? Did you grow?"
Kendall beamed and nodded, "yup, I'm nine; I'm a big boy now."
He raised a brow and smirked as he raised his hands and wiggled his fingers, Kendall recognized his look and before he could get away he began to laugh when the merman began to tickle his abdomen. "S-stop; ah! Stop it J-James ha ha ha s-stop."
The merman continued for a few more minutes until he stopped letting Kendall breathe, he gave him a small playful glare, "that was mean."
He laughed, "let me make it up to you, I brought you a present."
Kendall leaned forward intrigued, "what is it?"
James covered his eyes and took out the net full of shells he had behind his back. He held it in front of him and moved his hand away to show the blonde his gift. Kendall took it in his arms and placed it on his lap, "wow I've never seen these types of shells before."
"That's because they're from Hawaii."
The blonde turned to him with wide eyes, "you went to Hawaii?"
He nodded. "What's it like?"
The merman smiled as he leaned forward in anticipation, "it rained a lot, it's beautiful the water is a lot clearer you can see the school of fish swimming everywhere, a lot of sunshine and warmth and a lot of sea animals to play with too."
"Wow, it must have been amazing." The blonde said and looked down at the shells on his lap, "I bet Katie will love these."
"Who's Katie?" he asked with a curious and slightly angry tone.
He smiled, "my baby sister."
"Oh! The baby, I remember you talked about it-her many times," he felt relieved it was his new sibling; he thought it was someone else close to the blonde.
"Yup, she and mama had to stay at the hospital because she was born early, but they are okay now, Katie's three months old," he said raising three fingers.
"What's a hospital?"
"A place where sick people go to if they feel bad, a lot of doctors work there, I don't really like it there they give me shots and they hurt a lot," he rubbed his arm with a slight wince. "Oh! I almost forgot I have a present for you too!"
He tilted his head a bit, "oh?"
"Close your eyes," the merman did as he was told and closed them; he felt Kendall move slightly and heard a small rip.
The blonde took out a medium size wrapper and ripped it open revealing a cookie inside; he placed the wrapper back in his pocket and held it front of James, "okay you can open them now."
James opened his eyes to see a light brown object in his hand with dark brown spots on it, "remember the cookie I gave you in the cave when we first met, you liked it so much I thought to bring one for you when you came back."
He remembered and took the cookie and bit it, he moaned at the taste and how it melted in his mouth smoothly going down his throat when he swallowed, "this is so good."
Kendall laughed, "mama has to hide them from me sometimes because I eat a lot of cookies."
"What are the spots?"
"That's chocolate," he explained. "It's candy."
He took another bite, "your candy is a lot different from mine, they're salty, but they're really good."
Kendall smiled when the merman finished the rest, he picked the shells off his lap and placed them inside the bag and put it inside his pocket.
James heard faint splashing in the distance making an idea pop into his mind when he recognized it and smiled at the blonde. "Do you want to come with me to the ocean real quick for a swim?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! I would love to, just give me a second." Kendall got off James's lap and went into the sand discarding his sandals, his shorts, and shirt leaving him in his Spiderman boxers and went back to James. The merman picked up the blonde bridal style and went through the cracks and openings again toward the ocean. The water was warm when they were at a long distance from the shore; James placed him in the water making sure to have an arm around his waist having his back against his chest so he could have a good grip on the human child.
"Look at the water Kendall," the blonde did as he was told and gasped when he saw dolphins swimming by, his jaw dropped in awe when one came up to them. The blonde saw dolphins many times on tv and once at the aquarium when they weren't fighting and took Katie for a family trip along with Logan.
The dolphin's beak gently touched his arm, making him smile; slowly the blonde raised his hand and rubbed its head, "hi."
The dolphin opened its mouth releasing a high squeaky noise, "he says hi," James said surprising the blonde.
"You can speak dolphin?" he nodded.
"I can talk to most of the sea creatures including dolphins."
The dolphin squeaked again, "he says it a pleasure to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too," he said rubbing his head again.
The dolphin squeaked making James frown and move away from him, but the dolphin followed him. "What's the matter James?" he asked noticing his angry expression.
"He wants you to ride him."
"Can I?" he asked with an excited tone.
"No."
"Why?" Kendall pouted.
"Because it's not safe."
The dolphin made a few more squeaking noises, "what'd he say?" the blonde asked.
"Hmm," he gave a concerned glance at the blonde before he turned back to the dolphin, "are you sure?"
The dolphin nodded.
"You better be," he turned back to the blonde. "You can ride him."
"Really?!" James had to wrap his other arm around him when the blonde nearly jumped out if his arm in excitement.
"Yes, I'll be watching you and he'll swim slowly so you won't slip."
"Okay."
James turned the dolphin and nodded at him. The mammal moved toward them and went underwater leaving his fin on the surface. James grabbed the blonde's arms and moved him toward the dolphin; he placed his arm around the fin and the other on the edge.
"Make sure you have a tight grip, but not too tight so you won't hurt him, okay?"
He nodded, "got it."
The minute James moved away from him, the dolphin started to move forward and as promised he moved slowly. Kendall moved his legs along with the dolphin and looked over his shoulder to see James following close behind and smiled at him. James grinned at his happy expression; they continued swimming for half an hour before the merman suddenly grabbed the blonde from behind surprising him.
"Time's up."
The dolphin turned around and gently touched Kendall's arm again with his beak again. "It was fun swimming with you," the blonde said rubbing his head.
The dolphin squeaked, "he says it was he had great time too."
The dolphin nodded.
"Time to go back to the pool," James said making sure he had a good grip on the blonde before he started to swim.
"Bye," Kendall waved at the dolphin over the merman's shoulder.
He grinned when the dolphin laid on its side waving its fin at him.
"This was the best day ever James," he said turning to the merman.
He smiled, "I'm glad you had fun."
"I hope there will be more days like this with you." The blonde yawned and laid his head on his chest, when they reached the rocks James picked him up again bridal style and went through the cracks reaching the pool.
He heard soft breathing and looked down to see the blonde with his eyes closed sleeping soundly on his chest. James comforted himself lying back on the same rock he was against earlier and looked down at Kendall with a loving smile on his face as he began to gently comb his hair with his fingers.
James didn't know how long he had been with the blonde; he didn't bother looking at the position of the sun until he heard faint footsteps and Kendall's name in the air close by. Looking up the sky he noticed that instead of its regular light blue hue it was light orange with hints of yellow, pink, and purple and turned to see the sun nearly set on the horizon. Turning back to the blonde he sighed before he moved and placed him on his rags he had on earlier, he gave him a kiss on his forehead. "Sweet dreams Kendall."
He turned around and quickly left the pool hiding behind a large stone, he peeked to see the blonde's familiar parents talk to each other before Kendall's father picked him up and his mother picked up his rags.
Slowly, the merman left toward the ocean and watched them take Kendall for the night, before he went underwater going back to his own home.
"Judging by his wet hair and skin, he must have met the dolphin today," Jennifer said as he saw his son sleeping on top of his clothes.
"Déjà vu," Francis said as he picked up his son and began his walk toward the house; Jennifer picked up his clothes and followed her husband to their house.
When they arrived they both went upstairs and into his room, after Francis placed his son on his bed he left the room while Jennifer changed him to a clean pair of red boxers and placed his dirty clothes in the hamper close to his door. She furrowed her brows in curiosity when she heard a soft noise and picked his pockets, she was surprised to find a small bag of shells and an empty chocolate chip cookie wrapper. She sighed when she glanced at her sleeping son, "I'm going to have to find another hiding spot again."
She placed the bag of shells on his small desk and threw away the wrapper before she threw away the wet shorts in the hamper. Placing the blanket over Kendall, she pecked his cheek before she left his room closing the door behind her making a mental note to have the blonde have a bath first thing in the morning. Jennifer wasn't surprised Kendall had a faint scent of fish on his skin.
I have been meaning to write this chapter and it is finally done. Unfortunately I have to leave a sad Author's Note: Now that Spring Break is nearly over I will be going back to updating a chapter every week or two weeks, however it will probably be longer becuase I am preparing myself to go to a university and will be busy with studying for important tests. Yes, I am a nerd. Anyway I will still be writing and I will not give up on any of my stories. I have a lot of fun writing them so I will make time (learn how to do time management) for them. Wow this is long.
I hope you like this chapter and I reached 50 reviews. I AM SO HAPPY!...thank you!
