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Bella strutted into the cafe, a slight smirk spreading across her face. This is something Emma could never dream of doing. In a confident stride, she took her place up at the stage, and wrapped her fingers around the mic, the smirk only growing into a blinding grin. The place was crowded, sending a little shock of shivers through her body. At the bar sat Cleo and Rikki, and Emma was clearly not with them. Behind her was Lewis at the drums, waiting for her cue. The buzz of the cafe began to simmer in anticipation of Bella's set. As she brought the microphone to her mouth, she noticed that the little red light wasn't on like it should be. She had pressed the on button, but nothing happened. She looked at Lewis, puzzled.

"Lewis, I don't think this mic is working." She whispered hastily to him.

"Here, let me check," He replied, extending his hand. Lewis played with the wiring for a little while, and got the little red light to turn on. "Testing, testing!" Lewis shouted into the microphone, and got a positive response from the speaker. From across the room Emma cringed, that wasn't supposed to happen! There wasn't much she could do now.

"Thanks, you're a lifesaver." Bella murmured excitedly, slightly turning her head. As she did, she noticed a worried blonde. So, Emma had shown up, well, she was in for a big surprise. She held her hand over her mouth to stifle a few giggles. Then, she started singing a capella.

She walks around
Like these streets are hers
She walks around
Like she'll never get hurt
She walks around
Like she's the queen
Ohh she walks around
And all over me
(cues band to start playing)

As she sang, she glared directly at Emma, after all, that's who it was about. When Emma noticed this, she just smirked, thinking of how sick Bella would be. They held each others' harsh gaze until Bella's song was over. The singer fixed her hair confidently, and rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hand, noticing the irritation of them from the 'staring contest'. The other mermaid's smirk spread even farther across her face. It looked like she wasn't going to have to do much to further infect the singer. She would just help the virus along, that's all.

Emma sauntered over to her friends at the counter, knowing that Bella would eventually join them. Before she could get to them, however, Lewis bumped into her.

"Oh, sorry. Wait! Emma you're back!" He said in amazement. That's right, I never told him I was back...oops.

"Hi, Lewis!" She greeted, pleasantly, however before she could say more, Rikki and Cleo came over to them.

"Hey, Em! Great job, Lewis!" Cleo greeted them, waving her hand a little. Lewis smiled at her, and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Bella watched this from the stage, when Will walked over to her and tapped her shoulder.

"Hey, Bella. Is that their friend?" He asked, gesturing to Emma.

"Yes, it is," Bella replied through gritted teeth then continued in a whisper. "Get over here." She led him to the back of the room.

"What is it?" Will asked scratching his head with his free hand, as Bella was grasping onto his forearm.

"Tomorrow, I want you to kiss Emma, and make it look like she tried to kiss you so she'll look like a bad friend." She whispered her devious plan. Will's face seemed to drop as she continued on

"B-but I don't wanna kiss her. I don't even know her," he whined.

"But Will, you have to, please!" She begged in a loud, yet soft tone of voice. The mere thought of kissing Emma was enough for Will to excuse himself to the bathroom. He ran in and looked in the mirror, he was scared of kissing another person. The thought of even kissing Bella made him queasy, never mind a girl he didn't even know. He scrubbed his hands with soap, as he tried to distract himself from the thought of forcing his mouth onto someone else's. The emotions of insecurity and anxiety made him scrub his hands rather roughly, but as he heard Bella's constant knocking, Will shut off the sink water and exited the room.

"Please, Will," Bella begged, and like a dog's begging for food, her eyes lit up full of innocence. Many customers in Rikki's were beginning to stare at the couple, but fortunately none of the mermaids noticed. Bella pretended to brush off a tear when he saw her.

"Fine, Bella. But only one time, and you owe me," he mumbled and rolled his eyes at Bella, pretending as if it wasn't a big deal for him.

"Oh, thank-you Will! You're the best!" She smiled at him and joined her friends, turning back to give Will a grin and a wave. Since she was tilting her head towards the direction of Will when she was walking, she failed to notice that Emma was directly in front of her, which resulted in Bella being nearly knocked over.

"Oh, hi Bella." Emma greeted with a slightly icy tone, as she stood up. Bella's face suddenly dropped in nervousness when the fact suddenly assembled in her mind. What if Emma heard me?

"What were you talking to Will about?" Emma asked, with curiousness plastered all over her face. She fixed her hair and smoothed out the wrinkles in her top, as it was a rather nervous habit of hers.

"You know, just normal conversation. How the water is. Wait. How do you know that that's Will?" She practically screamed.

"Oh, just a lucky guess. You're just so close to him, almost clingy. You did mention him before." She responded in a low voice. The truth was that Rikki had told Emma who Will was, and she just decided to call Bella out on it. Bella's cheeks turned a deep crimson as Emma's word sunk in. Was she really clingy? She turned her head towards the ground and kicked the floor, and then lifted her head slightly up, but yet kept her eyes focusing on the dusty floor.

"Okay, then." She managed to squeak, making Emma smile a little. Rikki innocently walked over to them as Bella tried to hide her embarrassment by nervously running her fingers through her hair.

"Hey, guys! We were wondering if you wanted to go for a swim." The mermaid requested, referring to obviously herself and Cleo.

"I can't, I have to sing again in a few minutes." Bella mumbled, a slight frown appearing on her face.

"Oh, okay. Emma, can you come?" She redirected the question.

"Sure, I'm free. Let's go!" Emma's grin grew, as the innocent, rather overjoyed tone of her voice made Bella's stomach churn.

"See you later, Bella!" Rikki called over her shoulder. "Come on, Cleo, Emma's coming." Bella stood there with a blank face, as the feeling of rejection crawled up into her heart. Breaking out of her frozen, awkward stance, she decided to go over the next song with the band.

***

Bella groaned when she woke up, as she discovered she could barely breathe through her nose. She slowly rose up in her bed, resting the palm of her hand against her forehead. Immediately, she was hit with a slight headache, and a burning sensation against her palm. Bella proceeded to get dressed, despite this, and headed straight to Rikki's.

When she arrived, Lewis and Nate were already there, doing a soundcheck. They spotted her her waved her over. Bella walked over to them, and with each step her headache got a little worse.

This time, there wasn't an issue with the microphone. The red light went on, no problem.

"Alright; one, two, three!" Bella counted off in a scratchy voice. She sang in a rather convincing healthy tone of voice. However, this almost changed as she saw what was going on in the back. Will was leaning closer to Emma, she up until this moment had no idea that either of them were there. He pulled Emma into a passionate kiss, which caused Emma to grab onto his shoulders and push his face away in astonishment, instinctively slapping his cheek with her hand. As the scene played out, the singer's voice abruptly stopped, biting her lip as her face morphed into rather over-exaggerated shock and disbelief.

"Emma! I thought you were my friend! How could you?" She acted horrified, widening her eyes. The other mermaid was unsure of how to react. Surely Bella had seen that Will had basically attacked her with a kiss. Although she despised the other mermaid, it didn't stop her from feeling a wave of guiltiness even though it wasn't her fault for Will's actions.

"It wasn't- I didn't..." Emma trailed off, at a loss for words. The other girl stormed off of the stage toward the duo. At this point, everyone inside the cafe were watching the scene. She stomped over to Will and smacked his face harshly.

"Ow, Bella! What was that for?" He yelled at her, it was one thing for Emma to hit him, since even he knew he was being a jerk, but for Bella to hit him as well? Will seethed with anger as the burning sensation on his face shown what a ridiculous, unnecessary touch-up that smack was for her acting.

"I can't believe you two went behind my back." She stormed out of the room, pretending to muffle her sobs on the palms of her hands. Emma didn't know whether to chase after her and muster up the ability to apologize to her, or simply stand and smile at her own unexpected victory. Walking up to her her two best friends, she decided to hear their opinions to seem considerate and caring to what recently occurred.

"Guys, you saw what happened, right?" She asked Rikki and Cleo.

"Yeah, Em. But I don't think Bella did. You should explain what happened." Rikki advised, patting her friend on the shoulder. Emma frowned as she imagined an alternate scene of seeing Bella kiss Ash, therefore realizing she would have lost it, too. Shaking the image out of her mind, she ran off to the other mermaid to make amends.

A/N: So, how was that? Please don't flame, you'll melt my igloo. :)