101 Ways To Ruin a Mermaid's Life
Story 20: Rikki (Why-Naked Brothers Band and Changing-Naked Brothers Band)
I Am The Rock (Rikki's POV)
Cleo's The delicate little angel. Emma is the sweet caring mother. Bella is the scared naïve child. I am the rock.
I do not care and I do not cry. Hard as stone, I stay strong.
She is power. She is crazy. And she is back.
I don't understand why my father let her in. It's not like he ever cared about her before. He once loved her, but that was long ago. He doesn't care if she is hurt. He only cares if I'm hurt. And she hurts me.
They almost seem happy, sitting out there. Almost a couple. Almost the parents they once were.
But I know different. I'm not dumb. I can see what will come. What she will do in the cover of the night.
He leaves. Why does he leave me with her? She is eyeing me. She has found me. I don't want to be here anymore. I want to swim away, far away. I want to leave, but I am the rock.
"Rikki," Her voice is bitter-sweet. "Come out here."
I walk out, head held high. I am the rock. I pull a chair up next to her. I don't speak. She has her blue eyes on me. Her eyes, the ones that match mine.
"How have you been, Sweet?" She asks hoping I will talk. "How's life treating you?"
I want to yell. I want to tell her what she did to me. Her power led me to do crazy things, things to get away.
Now I have the power. My power beats her power hands down. But I don't speak. I am the rock.
"Talk to me, Sweet," She says leaning in. "Tell me what you have been doing since I left."
I can hear her voice rising. She's getting mad. I want to cry. But crying doesn't get me anywhere. I am the rock.
She is ranging now. She pulls me to my feet. There's a slap, one then two. I feel the pain vibrate through my body.
I stand strong, strong as stone. She tries to knock me down. Her words blur with the pain. I don't move.
I can see the tears. Her eyes wheeling up as mine had, when I was a child. Her voice becoming choppy. She is losing power. She lets go. I'm standing as strong as ever.
Now over her, arm stretched out, hand in position. She looks confused but scared. She is the one crying.
I can't do it. Lowering my hand, I see her expression change to relief. Even if she doesn't understand, I do. Because I am the rock, and I couldn't do it. Emma's voice still ringing in my ears from a year ago. "Is that who you are?" And it is not.
Standing over her, I don't let anything show. I let her be the child. I have the power.
"I am the rock," I tell her loud and clear. I used all the voice I had to get her to understand. "I have the power. And I'm not that kind of person. But I am still the rock."
A/N: Yeah this one is a bit shorter than the others. But still tell me what you think. Pop Quiz:
In 1x16 who called Zane's house? A)Bev B)Cleo C)Don D)Bev and Don
In 1x17 what makes Lewis sneak into Emma's House? A)The fact that Lisa said test B) The fact that the girls were not at school C)The fact that they had been quarantined D)That fact that Emma had told him nothing.
Where is the safest place for a mermaid on a full moon? A)Her room B)Middle of the ocean. C)Large field full of moon light. D) The moon pool on Mako island