Emma's Pov

We sat in Will's boat shed, eating snacks and crackers. It was good to finally relax with out having to stress out over the full moon, collage and all our ridicules mermaid problems.

"How do you do it?" I asked.

"Do what?" Will mentioned a bit confused.

"How can you deal with all our crap?" I finally mentioned, making the others giggle.

"I have my ways." Will replied, sitting up so he looked all professional and confident.

"Oh shut up!" Bella laughed, gently slapping Will on the shoulder.

"Hey, it takes a lot of work." Will smiled, rubbing his shoulder.

"Guys! Ok! I think I figured something else out!" Lewis ran in, holding out a backpack with bunch of papers and research.

He put everything on the floor as you saw drawings of the full moon and Mako.

"Ok, you know how the moon pool and the cave rocks got destroyed?" he asked in a exciting voice.

"That's something you can't forget." Cleo mentioned, putting her hand on her shoulder.

"Well it's probably not the full moon or the water pool that is affecting you, its the crystals." He exclaimed, acting like he discovered the 8th wonder of the world.

Everyone stayed silent.

"Yup. Were so screwed." I broke the silence, resulting a frown from Lewis's face.

"No you don't understand. Mako dosen't work. The reason why you get affected even when your not looking at the moon is well... because, its not the moon. Nor is it the pool." He explained. "Its the cryral rocks."

Everyone looked confused and frowned a bit.

"Lewis, we already know that the crystals affect us. This really isn't news." Cleo mentioned in a annoyed voice.

"Yes, the crystals affect you if your directly looking at them and if the crystals are connected. This is different. It's like this crystals are drawing you to Mako." He explained.

"Like it has for the past 3 years..." Cleo replied.

"And the moon." I added.

"No, this is different. It's hard to explain but maybe it's because since the moon pool is destroyed that now only the crystals are working." He mentioned.

"But Sophie destroyed mainly all the crystals. That can't be why it's doing this to us. Plus only one or two of us get affected. It still makes no sense at all." Bella snapped back at him.

Lewis sighed, knowing she was right.

"So were back at square one? Great! Just perfect!" I sarcastically replied.

"Well this has to do something with the crystals. I know it does since the moon or the pool doesn't affect you guys anymore." He explained.

"Or it could just be that this happens every full moon." Cleo added.

"But the moon doesn't affect you!" He kinda yelled.

"Guys! Arguing is getting us no where!" Bella said a bit loud so that she everyone could hear her.

"It just doesn't make any sense. If the moon pool with the tentacle doesn't work, half the crystals are destroyed and the moon has no affect on them, then why do they go all crazy on these specific nights?" Will calmly asked.

"Isn't that were trying to figure out?" Cleo mentioned a bit annoyed.

"But why would the crystals work on the night of the full moon? The moon would have to be involved as well. That's what affects the crystals... right?" Bella asked but everyone stayed silent.

"Maybe it has to do with the crystal necklaces. Were you wearing them the night of the full moon?" Lewis asked.

"I always wear my necklace and never once have i been affected this summer." Bella explanied.

"Only Emma and Rikki have been affected." Cleo softly added.

"Ah! Maybe it only affects blonde's!" Will sarcastically said.

Bella gave him the evil eye.

"Uh hm." She coughed.

"Your dirty blonde...ish." Will mentioned but she just rolled her eyes at him.

"Ok well, what happened when Emma and Rikki got affected?" Lewis asked.

"Uh Rikki. She's the one who got all power crazy on me. I had no other choice but to defend myself." I complained.

"But you kept repeating Rikki's name and then you both attacked each other out by mako. Wouldn't that be a bit... odd." Cleo refereed to the event that happened that night.
"Ya but the moon didn't control me. I looked at the moon 20 times and not once did i feel like it had power over me." I mentioned.

"See! It's not the moon!" Lewis barged in.

"Well now im confused." Cleo shook her head.

"Lets just do what we normally do on a full moon. Stay under cover. Me and Lewis can go out by Mako and see if there is anything else that could be affecting you guys." Will told them.

"What about the comet?" Bella asked.

"What about it?" I responded back.

"Maybe the comet is taking control over us." She said.

Everyone stayed silent. Lewis frowned.

"But the comet is in space. Plus its affects you same day the moon comes out. See none of this is adding up." Lewis explained.

"Well I thought you had this figured out!" i snapped back.

"I did until you put some logic into my hypothesis." He said.

"This isn't science class!" I madly told him.

"Um, this is kinda science." He gave her a bit of an attitude.
"Yup. Were diffenitly back to square one..."

Rikki's Pov

It was kinda silent between the two of us as we were walking down the beach. He looked over at me but really didn't say anything to me. I just looked down at the sand, feeling it go in between my toes.

I had some feelings of regret but I really couldn't go back now. I just had to deal with the situation now. It was already going to be so embarrassing telling my friends that I'm pregnant, imagine my dad. Especially since it's Zane's baby.

What if he randomly left me during the pregnancy? What if he left when the baby was born? My stomach turned into a knot at the thought of that. I was still not completely sure i could go through with this. Maybe i should just consider adoption... But what if the baby is a mermaid too?

Zane looked over at the ocean as he took a deep breathe.

"So what does this mean?" He softly asked.

Confused, I turned to face him.

"What does this mean?" I asked, a bit puzzled.

"Ya, what does this mean for us?" He replied back with a more confident voice.

I just stayed silent, watching the waves of the ocean go up and down the beach. All the white foam staying on top of the sand as see-weed washed up onto the beach.

I looked back over to face Zane, to see the upsetness in his eyes.

"Right now Zane, your just the father of my baby. Nothing more." I responded.

Zane took a deep breathe, trying to clear his mind.

"What? So you still consider me as an ex-boyfriend?" He snapped back.

"No, I said your the father of my baby. That's all." I explained.

"So, were not friends? Were not back together? I'm just the father of your baby?" He asked in confusion.

I looked down, not wanting to face him.

"It's too complicated to get back together and obviously being friends would not work out at all." I mentioned.

"But if we got back together i can help you-" but i cut him off.

"Ya and how do I know your not going to leave me once I start showing? How do i know your not going to leave when the baby is born? A month after the baby is born? I can't do this.' I walked a bit faster but he kept up at my speed.

"So you seriously still don't trust me?" he grabbed my arm so that I would face him.

I bit my lip as he looked into my blue eyes; his eyes full of concern.

"I... I don't... I want to but I can't. You have done nothing to prove that i can trust you." I raised up my voice.

Zane softly let go of my arms, anger filling his eyes. I swear that he was going to walk away that very moment but he just took a deep breath and looked back at the ocean.

"Ok. And there's no way I can prove that to you?" He softly asked.

"I don't want you to prove me anything. Might as well leave if the only thing you want is to get back together with me. This is serious. You can't just decide you want to raise a baby with me but then leave because I won't be with you. You have a life long commitment with the baby, not with me." I snapped back in a harsh voice.

He nodded his head knowing it was partly true. He looked stressed as I knew talking about this, wasn't making any of us feel better.

"Rikki, the only reason why I freaked out the first time was because I was shocked, not because I didnt care. I don't want you to think you can't trust me on that because of the way I reacted-" But i shook my head.

"Zane, its more than just that. The things you did in the past is something I can't forget." I mentioned in sadness.

He stayed silent, both of us standing still to see the ocean move back and fourth across the beach. It was a bit windy as gray clouds were covering the sky.

"It just seems that all of this falling apart because of stupid things we've done in the past. Cant we just start all over." He asked.

I was about to say something but nothing came out.

"Can we at least try." He deeply looked into my eyes.

I stayed silent for a minute, thinking it a bit through. What the hell was I getting myself into? Every time I tryed to start all over with Zane, I just end up getting hurt in the end.

"Maybe. Let's just see how things go and then we can decide from then." I mentioned, giving Zane a bit of hope.

` He took a deep breath as the chilly wind felt a bit good. More clouds came in, knowing I needed to return home.

"So your not going to freak out again, tomorrow, a week, in a month?" I sarcastically asked making Zane slightly smile.

"So now I'm on probation?" He asked, pretending to be a bit offended but he continued to smiled.

I rolled my eyes, trying not to smile back.

The wind blew a little harder, making me have goosebumps up my arms. I hugged myself, trying to warm up but Zane ended up gently rapping his arms around me.

I felt a bit stiff at first but slowly relaxed at the feeling of his warm arms. I saw the clouds rolling in, having that nervous feeling in my stomach.

"Ill walk you home?" Zane mentioned, sounding more like a question than a comment.

At this point I didn't need a boyfriend or any one to complicate my problems. I just needed a friend. At times like these, this is when I needed one the most. Even if it meant giving them a bit of trust...