Disclaimer: I only own the ideas of the fic and the only character in here that is mine is Adara.

A/N: Sorry for the late update, thanksgiving took up all my time . Mmmm turkey...

Chapter-8 Dinner for Two

It had been about a week before he was able to come up to me. He looked better, and a bit happier. He took me aside to ask me something.

"Would you care to have dinner with me?" he asks in a soft voice, looking a bit nervous, I suppose he is worried that I would say no.

"I would love to" I say with a smile, taking the hand he extends to me. He looks very relieved as he leads me down to his cabin. It is all cleaned up, and a table is set up with all sort of delicious food.

"It's beautiful!" I say with a gasp, "thank you" I hug him. He again gets the 'look of surprise' but he relaxes and smiles down at me.

"Your welcome" he says with a gentle smile leading me to my chair, he pulls the chair out for me. To watch him eat is fascinating, he uses his good hand some of the time and his tentacle beard the rest of the time. We eat a bit, then talk about things. One thing I have noticed is that he has stopped carrying the locket around with him, I decide against asking about it. After dinner we go out on deck, to talk and just stare out at the ocean. After awhile we just stay silent enjoying each others company, I catch him looking at me and I realize that I have been humming.

"What song is that?" he asks

"I don't remember the words" I say sadly "My mom sang it to me when I was little, I remember it was about mermaids"

"Ah! Mermaids-uh" he says with a chuckle "tricky little beings, they love to change what they look like. One minute they look like drowning maidens, or themselves, or ugly sea creatures-uh."

"You mean they are real?" I ask in awe

"Yes very real, and they have more powers than that" he says turning slightly "they even can go through worlds, thats how they avoid getting caught-uh"

Half an hour passes before he turns toward me "Did your mother look like you-uh?"

"No, she had green eyes, but when you got close to her you could see her hair had a green hue that from afar looked black" I say "unfortunately thats all I can remember about her"

"Oh" he says looking out at sea. Again we remain like this until we both excuse ourselves for bed.

A/N: I know it's very short, but I hope you enjoy it. As always R&R.