Gill's Tale Part II
"Here, why don't I show you around?" suggested Michelle, taking his arm to help him walk straight.
"I guess...." said Gill, looking around at where he was.
Michelle took him up to an outdoor restaurant where millions of seagulls were trying to eat the humans' food. Gill couldn't understand what they were saying anymore.
"Wanna get something to eat?" Michelle asked him.
Gill realized how hungry he was, but he couldn't imagine ever eating the human food. Or whatever else they were eating. But he was yes anyway.
The girl ordered something called a cheeseburger, and french fries. Gill just ordered the same thing. They sat inside, in silence. Gill noticed she was looking at his scars, as Nemo had done in the tank. How could he tell a human he got the scars from landing on dental tools from trying to escape from a fish tank? Gill said nothing. Nor did Michelle ask about them.
"So, you don't know how you got here, do you." she said.
"Oh, I...... was on a boat. It crashed on the way here and I must have drifted here." he said, trying to make an excuse. Michelle didn't make an odd reaction like he thought she would.
"Oh.....where are you from? I think you said something about Sydney...."
"Yeah."
"I'm from Sydney too." She looked away from him. There was another silence.
"What's wrong?" Gill asked. He could see sorrow on her face, just as he could see it in Michelle the fish's face.
No, don't even think of that. Gill told himself. Of course this person isn't Michelle. Michelle vanished long ago. If she DID turn into a human, she probably would be far away from here.
"It's nothing." she said, almost looking like she was crying.
"Doesn't look like it." said Gill.
Michelle looked away for a second, then looked him in the eyes. "I.....I just lost someone special to me. He......left Sydney. I was hoping to find him again."
Gill just couldn't believe it. It seemed so possible, but he was scared to actually believe this was Michelle. His Michelle. Why couldn't he believe it was her? Everything made sense. If she vanished in the cave, she must have turned into a human, like Gill had.
Maybe he was just scared that somehow it wouldn't be her. Gill threw away most of his food.
"Maybe you'll feel better if we take a walk?" suggested Gill.
"I'd like that." she said, and he was sure he was her wipe a tear away.
When they started their walk, Gill started to feel like he had known her his whole life. He started talking more easily with her, and they even joked around like they were old friends. He even got the walking straight.
"Ohhh! Let's go on a boat ride!" said Michelle, laughing as she grabbed Gill's arm, rushing to one of the boats in the harbor.
"Hold on you're running too fast!" Gill wasn't THAT good with his new legs yet.
"Sorry." she said, laughing again as she slowed down.
*
The boat looked much bigger when they were right next to it. It didn't seem that big to Michelle though.
They went up to the top, where it was windy and not that crowded. In fact, no one was up there except them.
"Gill, I dunno why, but I....." she gestured with her hands, trying to get the right words out. "I've only known you for a few hours and it feels like......I dunno........"
"Yeah, it's weird isn't it?" said Gill, facing her.
Michelle was looking out towards the sky, her eyes seemed to be seeing something else. A smile was slipping out onto her face. Gill gazed at her, grinning.
She must have realized he was looking at her. "What?" she asked. "Is there something on my face?" She started to wipe her face.
"No........You just look so familiar."
"That's weird."
"Why?" Gill wondered why that was a bad thing.
"Because you look so familiar too."
There was a small silence, as Michelle turned toward him and gazed into his eyes, and he into hers........
Memories suddenly swam into Gill's mind. Memories of him and Michelle. Good memories. Something in his mind was urging him forward, but he didn't know why. He had memories of the romance Michelle and he had. But he had no idea how humans had romance. Was his mind pushing him toward human romance?
Michelle seemed to be pushed forward as well. It was as if an invisible person was pushing their faces closer together. More memories swam in. Gill was having so many memories at the same time that he could hardly see what was going on.............
Suddenly there was a huge boom and the scene of the boat started to swirl and disappear around them. The bench they were sitting on disappeared from under them.
"GILL!" Michelle screamed as she clung to the human clothes Gill the wearing.
"HOLD ON!" was Gill's last words.
*
"How am I doing? Oh my goodness this is so pathetic. I was a fish before! I feel so silly having to learn how to swim again."
*
Michelle and Gill were back in the ocean, in the same city they grew up in. Gills tank friends were still there, worried sick about him.
"There you are Gill! We were so worried!" said Brian, then he stopped dead. "Michelle, is that you?"
"That's Michelle?" Gurgle whispered back to Peach.
"Yeah! What kind of fish did you think it would be? She looks exactly like Gill so of course she's Michelle." said Bloat.
Michelle swam up to Brian, and circled around him (Awkwardly. Remember, she hasn't swam with fins for a couple years.) "Of course it's me."
"But.....I thought you were dead!"
Michelle gave him a look. "Why would I be dead?"
*
Gill watched Michelle swim back and forth, back and forth, then back and forth again. Gill watched her, looking at her the same way he looked at her on the boat.
"What?" she said, stopping. Gill just grinned, swimming up to her, and rubbing against her (Sort of like how Nemo did at the end of the movie when he says, "Love you, Dad."), "I missed you."
"I missed you too." she whispered. Then she backed away again, looking at his scars.
"I landed on dental tools when I tried to escape from the fish tank." he explained before she said anything.
"Oh. I'm so sorry!"
"It's all right." He rubbed against her again.
Michelle's Tale Part I is coming soon! It'll be longer than Gill's Tale.......i tried to make Gill's Tale a bit longer, but I kept getting a little bit of writer's block :(
"Here, why don't I show you around?" suggested Michelle, taking his arm to help him walk straight.
"I guess...." said Gill, looking around at where he was.
Michelle took him up to an outdoor restaurant where millions of seagulls were trying to eat the humans' food. Gill couldn't understand what they were saying anymore.
"Wanna get something to eat?" Michelle asked him.
Gill realized how hungry he was, but he couldn't imagine ever eating the human food. Or whatever else they were eating. But he was yes anyway.
The girl ordered something called a cheeseburger, and french fries. Gill just ordered the same thing. They sat inside, in silence. Gill noticed she was looking at his scars, as Nemo had done in the tank. How could he tell a human he got the scars from landing on dental tools from trying to escape from a fish tank? Gill said nothing. Nor did Michelle ask about them.
"So, you don't know how you got here, do you." she said.
"Oh, I...... was on a boat. It crashed on the way here and I must have drifted here." he said, trying to make an excuse. Michelle didn't make an odd reaction like he thought she would.
"Oh.....where are you from? I think you said something about Sydney...."
"Yeah."
"I'm from Sydney too." She looked away from him. There was another silence.
"What's wrong?" Gill asked. He could see sorrow on her face, just as he could see it in Michelle the fish's face.
No, don't even think of that. Gill told himself. Of course this person isn't Michelle. Michelle vanished long ago. If she DID turn into a human, she probably would be far away from here.
"It's nothing." she said, almost looking like she was crying.
"Doesn't look like it." said Gill.
Michelle looked away for a second, then looked him in the eyes. "I.....I just lost someone special to me. He......left Sydney. I was hoping to find him again."
Gill just couldn't believe it. It seemed so possible, but he was scared to actually believe this was Michelle. His Michelle. Why couldn't he believe it was her? Everything made sense. If she vanished in the cave, she must have turned into a human, like Gill had.
Maybe he was just scared that somehow it wouldn't be her. Gill threw away most of his food.
"Maybe you'll feel better if we take a walk?" suggested Gill.
"I'd like that." she said, and he was sure he was her wipe a tear away.
When they started their walk, Gill started to feel like he had known her his whole life. He started talking more easily with her, and they even joked around like they were old friends. He even got the walking straight.
"Ohhh! Let's go on a boat ride!" said Michelle, laughing as she grabbed Gill's arm, rushing to one of the boats in the harbor.
"Hold on you're running too fast!" Gill wasn't THAT good with his new legs yet.
"Sorry." she said, laughing again as she slowed down.
*
The boat looked much bigger when they were right next to it. It didn't seem that big to Michelle though.
They went up to the top, where it was windy and not that crowded. In fact, no one was up there except them.
"Gill, I dunno why, but I....." she gestured with her hands, trying to get the right words out. "I've only known you for a few hours and it feels like......I dunno........"
"Yeah, it's weird isn't it?" said Gill, facing her.
Michelle was looking out towards the sky, her eyes seemed to be seeing something else. A smile was slipping out onto her face. Gill gazed at her, grinning.
She must have realized he was looking at her. "What?" she asked. "Is there something on my face?" She started to wipe her face.
"No........You just look so familiar."
"That's weird."
"Why?" Gill wondered why that was a bad thing.
"Because you look so familiar too."
There was a small silence, as Michelle turned toward him and gazed into his eyes, and he into hers........
Memories suddenly swam into Gill's mind. Memories of him and Michelle. Good memories. Something in his mind was urging him forward, but he didn't know why. He had memories of the romance Michelle and he had. But he had no idea how humans had romance. Was his mind pushing him toward human romance?
Michelle seemed to be pushed forward as well. It was as if an invisible person was pushing their faces closer together. More memories swam in. Gill was having so many memories at the same time that he could hardly see what was going on.............
Suddenly there was a huge boom and the scene of the boat started to swirl and disappear around them. The bench they were sitting on disappeared from under them.
"GILL!" Michelle screamed as she clung to the human clothes Gill the wearing.
"HOLD ON!" was Gill's last words.
*
"How am I doing? Oh my goodness this is so pathetic. I was a fish before! I feel so silly having to learn how to swim again."
*
Michelle and Gill were back in the ocean, in the same city they grew up in. Gills tank friends were still there, worried sick about him.
"There you are Gill! We were so worried!" said Brian, then he stopped dead. "Michelle, is that you?"
"That's Michelle?" Gurgle whispered back to Peach.
"Yeah! What kind of fish did you think it would be? She looks exactly like Gill so of course she's Michelle." said Bloat.
Michelle swam up to Brian, and circled around him (Awkwardly. Remember, she hasn't swam with fins for a couple years.) "Of course it's me."
"But.....I thought you were dead!"
Michelle gave him a look. "Why would I be dead?"
*
Gill watched Michelle swim back and forth, back and forth, then back and forth again. Gill watched her, looking at her the same way he looked at her on the boat.
"What?" she said, stopping. Gill just grinned, swimming up to her, and rubbing against her (Sort of like how Nemo did at the end of the movie when he says, "Love you, Dad."), "I missed you."
"I missed you too." she whispered. Then she backed away again, looking at his scars.
"I landed on dental tools when I tried to escape from the fish tank." he explained before she said anything.
"Oh. I'm so sorry!"
"It's all right." He rubbed against her again.
Michelle's Tale Part I is coming soon! It'll be longer than Gill's Tale.......i tried to make Gill's Tale a bit longer, but I kept getting a little bit of writer's block :(