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Zac practically shoved Cam inside his room, "Sit." he commanded. Cam obeyed.
Zac began to pace back and forth in his room, Cam's eyes traveled with him. "Well, say something!" Cam finally burst out, not being able to stand the silence any longer.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!?" Zac yelled at him suddenly.
Cam took a deep breath and said calmly, "Like I told you before, I don't remember anything that happened las night. If you don't want to believe me then fine, but it's the truth."
Zac's expression softened and he sat down across from Cam on the opposite couch, "You really didn't want to be like this."
Cam shook his head and said sadly, "Being a merman is the last thing that I want."
The two mermen were silent for a moment when suddenly David burst through the front door, gasping for breath as he sat down next to Cam. "I ran from the cafe as soon as I could." he panted. "Don't worry, I was careful. Carly was wondering where you went so quickly."
Cam took a deep breath and calmly asked, "And what did you tell her?"
"I said that I didn't know and that I would go and find out. That's when I left." David finished.
"Oh no," Cam said jumping up. He crossed the room and looked out the window, "She's going to come looking for me." The other two boys joined Cam at the window and they were greeted with the sight of Carly marching across the Blakely's lawn.
"Just stay calm and act normal you'll be fine," Zac instructed. Cam nodded and took a deep breath. A sharp rapping came from the other side of Zac's closed door.
"Cam?" Carly called from the other side of the door, "Are you here?"
Cam stepped forward and opened the door a crack, only letting himself be seen. He forced a strained smile onto his face and shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot as he waited for his girlfriend to speak. "Hey, I wanted to make sure you were okay. Zac and you left the cafe in such a rush. And you weren't really acting like yourself either." she said.
"Yeah I'm fine. Zac just remembered that he had some ... homework to finish up. And I came back to help him." Cam lied.
"Homework?" Carly raised an eyebrow, she knew that Cam barely did his own homework let alone help someone else on theirs.
"Mmhmm," Cam replied unconvincingly.
Carly sighed, "Fine, but there's something that you're not telling me," she reached down and took his hand, "I thought that we didn't have secrets from each other. Ever since I found out about the whole mermaid thing, there hasn't bee any reason to keep anything from me," Carly paused waiting for Cam's response, "Right?"
"Yeah, well, there's nothing that I'm hiding from you," He gulped.
She shook her head, "Okay. I need to get back to the cafe my break will be over soon." Carly get Cam a quick kiss on the cheek and then turned away, leaving him alone standing in the doorway.
Cam wasn't sure how much longer he could lie like this. He was started to understand Zac's point of view and admired how he could handle the pressure of constantly keeping this secret. A secret that, he had to remind himself, was now his own.
"Cam?" Zac's voice slowly drew him back from his thoughts.
"Sorry, what?" He said looking up.
"I said, I think we need to tell Rita. She'll have some way to protect you." Zac said.
Cam vigorously shook his head, "No no no. It's already bad enough that you and David know. We don't to go and tell more people. This could get out of hand, like what if after we tell Rita she tells the other fish chicks and they tell Carly!" Cam's voice was growing with intensity and alarm with each word.
"She might know some way to reverse it." Zac said calmly.
"She won't," Cam said matter-of-factly, "She and the other girls weren't able to take away your powers."
"That's because I'm a real merman, you were changed into one. This might be a totally different circumstance."
Slowly, Cam nodded his head, "Fine. It's worth a shot."
David, who sat silently during the entire exchange, finally spoke up, "I'll come too. For moral support."
The mermen looked at him skeptically. "What?" David put up his hands in defense, "I'm still really curious about this stuff."
Zac chuckled, "Okay, sure come along. Plus he hasn't seen the grotto yet."
David's eyes widened, "What's the grotto?"
Sorry, for the short chapter! I wanted to get this out as soon as possible. And I'm also sorry for not updating since October... it's been really busy for me. I promise I'll try and post more often. Just stay patient!
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