I don't own any rights to anything but this story. Someone very dear to my heart asked if I could include something for her in it and decided to write it and see how many people could or would enjoy something like this.

Chapter 10

The next morning Kim was laying next to Tommy waiting for him to wake. She still had her head on his chest so she knew that any movement on her part would in fact wake him right up. She couldn't wait to start the day. She wanted to get up and go over to Rocky and talk with him. She wasn't mad. She knew how he was with shock and stress and he seems to cope with it by sprouting off everything wrong to say. It has caused a lot of problems with the team in the past but when you care for someone you accept every part of them. Sure she was upset last night but that was last night. She was sure he wanted to talk to her as much as she wanted to see him. She wanted to let him know that it was alright.

Deciding to just enjoy the moment of laying on Tommy she snuggled closer to him. She always did enjoy being in his arms as she felt safe and wanted there. She knew he wanted to get back together but with so much being unknown about mermaids she didn't know if it would work or not. Perhaps when she was human it would have but now she has as much of fish as human in her. The water would always speak and call out to her and the need to answer that call would always be there. It welcomed her as if to say hello to a long lost child. It embraces her and the water would always know that she would come back.

"You seem lost in thought" Tommy said startling Kim. She hadn't felt him move or noticed his eyes open.

"I was just thinking" she replied

"About what? Are you still upset about last night?" he quietly asked

"Me? Of course not. Are you?" she asked

"A bit" he admitted

"Why?"

"Because of what he said" answered Tommy as if it explained everything

"But you know what he is like when he gets shocked by something" she defended. "He didn't believe me when I first told him and when the proof was right in front of him, he was forced to have to believe in something that is like a fairy tale to him. It is not his fault he reacted that way any more than it is mine that I turn into a mermaid when I go into water."

"I guess" he reluctantly admitted

"He didn't mean to say what he said to you either" she said

Tommy sighed and thought for a moment before he spoke again "I know but can't I have just a few more moments being mad?"

Kim laughed and said "Sure take the time you need but make sure you take the time in here."

"I will. Besides what he said to you was worse and if you can forgive him than I guess I can too."

A short while later they got up and started taking down the tent. While they were at work everyone else woke and started doing the same thing. Soon everyone had their tent down but Kim's and before they started helping her they decided to take their stuff to their cars. It was during that time that Rocky approached Kim.

Kim was standing by her tent trying to decide where to start when Rocky started talking to her. "I'm sorry" he started

She turned to face him and said "I know Rocky."

"No really I am" he had felt horrible as soon as the situation started to sink in to him. He didn't think that just one I'm sorry could make better what he said to her.

"I know. Rocky you are like a brother to me and it is like that I love you. I know that you love me the same way and that under normal circumstances you never would have said anything like that."

Rocky was relieved that she seemed to already understand exactly what he couldn't find the words for. "I do love you, you know… like a sister of course" he added

"I have always known that Rocky" Kim laughed adding "I believe I just said that to you."

Rocky laughed and said "Yea I know"

"How about you help me take my tent down?" she asked him

"Sure"

As they began to work toward getting Kim's tent down the others joined the group. They kind of hung back at first to see the two smiling, talking, and working together. "Well I guess they settled their differences" said Jason

"Thank gosh for that too because I didn't want to get involved with that one" replied Aisha

Kat laughed and said "Yea no kidding. But Kim somehow seems to know when to take things seriously and when to do it with a grain of salt. Had it been me I probably would have smacked him silly."

"You still can" joked Tommy

Kat turned to face him and said "you know that he didn't mean what he said, right?"

Tommy nodded "It doesn't make hearing it any easier."

"I know" said Adam "but every time he seems to put his foot in his mouth like this he is genuinely embarrassed for it, sorry too."

"I know" said Tommy

"You are still his friend, Kim has forgiven him, and all is right with the world" said Jason sternly

"Yea what he said" added Aisha

Everyone laughed and made their way over to Rocky and Kim where. "So everything okay between you too" asked Adam.

"Absolutely" beamed Kim

"Sure show up just when the work is finished" joked Rocky

"Yep it is nice to see everything is back to normal" observed Billy

"Of course it is" said Kim "Right or wrong family is family and nothing changes that."