Chapter 4

"So are those girls you were talking about to at the cafe earlier the mermaids that were in the moon pool with me when I fell in?" Zac asks when we get to the moon pool.

"No, umm, they're just my cousins to visit," I say.

"Really? You've never mentioned any family coming to visit," He says.

"That's because I don't know they were coming, my mum and I didn't know, They said they wanted to surprise us," I say covering for Lyla, Nixie and Serena.

"Really?" he says, obviously getting suspicious.

"Yeah, they kept it extremely secret!" I say.

"Alright," he sighs.

"Wanna race?" I ask him.

"To where?" he asks.

"Around the island twice then back here?" I suggest.

"Okay," he says.

"Ready, set, go!" I say before ducking under and speeding off.

He passes me when we pass the moon pool the first time, but I easily catch back up and pass him again. We circle back up and pass him again. We circle around a second time, and he'd barely in front of me, but I flick my tail one more time and make it in front of him into the moon pool.

"That wasn't fair! You cheated!" Zac says when we come up.

"Did not!" I argue

"Did too!" He argues back.

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

Giggles sound. We look to our left only to stop Lyla, Nixie and Serena.

"You lied!" Zac says

"Uhh," I trail

"I can't believe you!" he says before diving under and swimming off.

I groan and bury my head in my hands.

"Did we do something?" Serena asks.

"No, it was my fault. He asked if you were the ones in the moon pool when he fell in, but I said you were my cousins that surprised my mum and me," I explain.

"Do you want us to talk to him?" Lyla asks.

"Would you?" I ask.

"Sure," Serena says.

"You should probably only have one of you talk to him. It'll probably just make him angry again if all three of you go," I say.

"I'll do it," Nixie says.

"Nixie, you'll just make things worse!" Serena says.

"It'll be fine! I promise! I'll go find him, Explain why you lied, and convince him to come talk to you," Nixie states.

"Not a bad idea," Lyla says.

"Thank you!" I say. She nods and Swims off.

Lyla, Serena and I make small talk for a good hour maybe, before we see Zac swim into the moon pool.

"That's probably our cue to leave," Lyla says before her and Serena swim off.

"How come you didn't come get me yourself?" he asks when he surfaces.

"Because, I know you. You would've just walked away every time I said your name," I say.

"I get where you're coming from by lying, but why?" he asks.

"Because, they're not my family, They're mermaids from the pod that just left, and you fell into our moon pool," I list. He looks disappointed.

"I'm totally fine with you falling into the moon pool by the way! Just makes things more interesting!" I say.

"I'm sorry for leaving. I just needed a little bit to think," he says.

"You're forgiven , and I'm sorry for lying," I say.

He pulls me into a hug before saying "You too."

I pull away a bit to look at him, only to see him already looking. I instinctively lean in . He slightly leans in too.

When all of the sudden, I can't control my actions, and I grab the back of his head and kiss him.

He kisses back.

I finally realize what's happening, and pull away. I look away from him and tuck my hair behind my ear.

"I uh, gotta go," I say extremely awkward before ducking under and swimming as fast as I can home.

* 3 days later*

I haven't talked to Zac since Kissing him in the moon pool. It's been school, work, home. That's it.

I've also been thinking about it a lot too.

I groan as I drop myself on my bed when I get home from work.

What have I done?! This ruins everything! Now he really knows I like him. I mean, he should, shouldn't he?

(Zac POV)

I needed to talk to Melody, I ended up getting up and walking round to her place. As soon as I got there I knocked the door only to have Rita open the door.

"Hey Zac," Rita said

"Hey, is Melody in?" I ask.

"Yes Zac, Shes here want to come in." She says.

"Yes, Thanks." I say coming in closing the door.

"Zac, I know that you know about me. But I also known you care for Melody. And this is your secret now too you should know that you can come round anytime and ask about anything."Rita says.

"Thanks." I says before she heads off to talk to her.

(Melody's POV)

"Melody? You alright?" Mum asks from the doorway.

"I'm fine,"I say.

"Good, because Zac's here to see you," she says with a smirk before walking out. I bolt straight up.

What is he doing here?!

I go downstairs to the living room to see him lounging. Typical Zac!

"Um, hey Zac," I say, knowing Mum is in the other room.

"Hey, Can we talk?" he asks.

"uh, yeah. Sure," I say before following him out the front door and to the beach.

"You've been avoiding me," Zac states when we get to a secluded part of the beach behind some big rocks.

"No I haven't," I lie.

"Don't lie to me, I know you have," he says.

"I know," I sigh before sitting down on one of the rocks.

"Why?" he asks after sitting down next to me.

"I don't know. It's just, after what happened at the moon pool, I figured you wouldn't want ti be friends anymore," I say.

"why would you think that?" he asks, "We've been best friends since, Forever! I'd feel like a terrible person if I ended our friendship like that!"

"I know, but it's not that I didn't like it, I did. But I got embarrassed and ran," I explain subtly.

"Why be embarrassed?" he questions.

"I don't know, I figured since we've been friends so long, you wouldn't see me as anything more," I explain.

Before I can anything more, his lips are on mine. It isn't a rough sexual kiss. It's soft, beautiful, Passionate kiss. When we pull apart, he places his forehead on mine.

"But I do, I had seen you as more than just my friend for years," he says.

"Really?" I ask " What about Evie?"

"I broke up with her yesterday," he says.

"Why?" I ask him.

"Because, I always have someone else on my mind. I never really liked her anyway," He say subtly, "Did I ever tell you that she was the one who asked me out? I never asked her."

"I always thought you asked her!" I exclaim.

"Nope, she asked me," he says.

I scoff and say, "She must've really been desperate to get away from me then!"

"What?" he get confused.

"We were pretty good friends before you 2 started going out. Then you 2 got together, and she totally dumped me to the side!" I explain

"I-I didn't know," He stutters.

"It's okay, even when we were friends, she was rude to me. I'm kind of glad we're not friends anymore," I say.

"Well that's...good, he says, "I should probably get you home then."

"Can't we go for a swim first? I haven't been in three days!" I say.

"Race you," he says before speeding off.

"Not fair!" I yell after him and I sprint after him.

That's it for now more to follow.