A/N: Hey guys! Sorry we haven't posted in FOREVER but life is crazy. I'm supposed to put a pun in here but I've been studying the french revolution all day so my brain is fried (THANKS A LOT RIKKI). So anyway, please review! ~ Freezing Girl

Emma's POV

Emma walked through the beach, her sandy flip flops smacking heated sand into her heels. She was heading over to the volleyball net where her friends were already there.

"Looks like we beat you here, Em!" Rikki called over to her.

"Yeah, what took you so long?" Cleo chimed in, with a smile spreading across her face.

"Oh, um, I didn't realize you would already be here." Rikki and Cleo exchanged a notable glance.

"Actually, we just came from Mako." Cleo replied sincerely. Emma felt her face contort into an expression of confusion. The way they looked at each other before she said that made her deduce that they it wasn't an accident that they were both at Mako. They were having a meeting...without Emma. Were they talking about me? Was Bella there, too?

Rikki sighed as she said, "Emma, we were talking about you and Bella."

Emma cleared her throat, "Why?" she managed to squeak out.

Cleo bit her lip, "Rikki and I are just...worried about you. We're wondering if you two have been getting along. Are you?"

Emma's eyes widened, "Of course! We are tight, you know?" she forced a grin as Rikki scowled and rolled her eyes.

"Tight? Yeah, sure, we'll take it."

Cleo sent a glance to Rikki as she replied softly, "Are you being honest, Emma?"

"Pure honest. Bella is...a cool person," Emma gritted her teeth, "We have so much in common, no doubt about that."

"Um, well, duh, she's a mermaid," Rikki pointed out the obvious.

"Other stuff, Rikki! Like..We both like to sing-" Emma searched for an example, desperately. It was a lie; she had a decent voice-better than Cleo's-but she didn't sing very often.

"Emma, you never sing."

"You get the point," Emma added quickly. "We're friends, and that's all that matters! Now, can we play some volleyball?"

Cleo and Rikki exchanged another uncertain glance as Emma raised her eyebrows at them.

"Sure," Cleo stiffened, "Let's play."

Emma smiled widely as Cleo tossed Rikki the volleyball.

Bella's Pov

Bella groggily forced her eyes to open. She felt like a steamed vegetable in her sauna of a house. As she sat up, she wiped the sweat from her face , and looked at her pillow: it was soaking with sweat.

"Gross!" She yelled to no one, flinging the pillow at the opposite wall. Her parents would be back in a few days, but until then she had no one to help her. She sat in the silence of her room, taking in deep breaths as she turned her body towards the wall, and placed her clammy feet on her carpet floor. She shakily pushed herself up, and ran one hand through her hair that was slick with sweat.

Bella groaned as she headed towards her bathroom, as dizziness waved over her. She tore open the cabinets, looking for Aspirin or some other pill to relieve her pain, but found nothing. Bella pouted as she slammed the cabinet doors shut. She charged out of the bathroom, only to groan again with her intense headache.

"Gotta call Will...Gotta call him…." she murmured, her voice raspy. She stumbled over to her cell phone, which she left in the living room, and hit the two button, as she had him on speed dial. She counted the low buzzes, and he picked up on the fifth.

"What is it, Bella?" An annoyed male tone answered: Will.

"Help me Will. Come to m-my house. Please!" She pleaded in a desperate, cracking voice.

"What? Bella, what's going on?"

"Aspirin, Will!" Bella croaked. "I need a pill! Anything!"

Will was silent for a moment. "You have got to be kidding me, Bella."

"Please!" she begged. "There's nothing in my house! I'm home alone, I'm dehydrated-"

"Then get some water! You know how to walk!" he spat.

"Will," she strained her voice to a whisper, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Will. I shouldn't have dragged you into this."

"Yeah, you really shouldn't have."

"Please. I don't even think I can hold a glass; my hands are shaking and I-I'll turn into a mermaid on the floor." She begged her boyfriend. Will finally sighed and the line went quiet for about thirty seconds.

"If this is a desperate cry for attention, Bella, I swear; we're through." Will told her, defeated.

"It's not, Will; I promise." She replied, before breaking into a dry coughing fit.

"I'll be there in five minutes." He said, hanging up. Bella let out a shaky sigh of relief and slouched over to the window. She unlocked it and desperately tried to push it up, to open it, yet couldn't muster the strength. I could go outside, she thought, but decided against it as she was still in her sweaty outfit. Oh no! Will's going to see me looking like...this! I should change, these clothes, and take a bath, and...she slouched over to her couch, which was slightly cooler than the air, and curled into a ball, waiting for her boyfriend.

After what felt like forever, the doorbell rang, and Bella stumbled over to answer it. She almost cried out in happiness when she saw Will.

"Bella! What happened?" He asked looking at her in disbelief. She was paper white, almost drenched in sweat, and she was shaking like a chihuahua.

"Some-something's," she paused to clear her throat, "wrong with my air conditioner. It's too hot in here." She croaked, desperately.

"Oh my God, Bella! You can't stay in here! You could go heat stroke, go get a drink-actually, I'll get it." Will said all at once, running to the kitchen to get a bottle of water, then grabbed a straw in realization. He gave her the cool water bottle from the fridge which she accepted, along with an Advil.

"I know, but Sophie wouldn't approve of me staying at your place, and I can't call Rikki or Cleo-" Bella answered after drinking half the bottle of water, and swallowing the pill.

"Why can't you go to Rikki or Cleo?" Will interrupted, "they're your friends! Heck, Emma would probably help you out!"

"No she wouldn't!" Bella snapped, then cleared her throat, "she probably was the reason my air conditioner is broken in the first place!"

"Bella! How could you accuse her of something so petty?" Will shouted back, clearly horrified.

"Go feel the air conditioner, it's frozen." She commanded, weakly pointing at said air conditioner.

"Uh, Bella...it's not frozen, but a lot of water is dripping out of it." Will told her, "maybe Lewis could fix it!" He watched Bella's furrow her eyebrows in aggravation.

"Will! It was cold as ice a couple of hours ago!" Bella retorted.

"Are you crazy? You stayed in this...sauna for two hours instead of calling me or your friends?"

"I wasn't thinking straight, Will! I was really tired...and sick." She defended, in a cracking tone. Her boyfriend's eyes seemed to soften a little.

"Alright. I'll walk you to my place and I'll tell Lewis to come fix the AC." He held up a finger to silence Bella when she opened her mouth to object, "also, maybe you, uh, want to change out of these clothes." He gestured to the sweaty clothes she still had on. Bella felt her face grow hot as she took another nervous sip of water.

"Uh, okay, be right back." She leaned in to kiss Will, but he backed away slightly.

"I-I, um, well...you're sick, and..." He started, tripping over his words.

"Right." Bella said tapping her fingers nervously on the glass, "I'll get dressed then."

A/N: Hope you liked it! No flames pleaseeeee!