A/N:

Hi! Thank you for waiting so patiently! I really do appreciate it! Sorry about the shortness of the chapter, i didnt mean for it to be so short!

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Previously:

"Are you going to let me go?" I asked her while she tried to take out the hook.

"Hell no! Are you kiddin! Why would we do that?" she asked, looking at me like I had three heads. I just stared at her, why would she want to keep me; I thought that she was on my side.

"Well, t-t-then what are you g-g-going to do to me?" I asked, a little scared of what she would say. She looked up from the hook that was still embedded into my side.

"Well, what do you think? We're selling you to an aquarium."

CHAPTER 3:

BPOV

"w-what?!" I stammered. I can't believe that they would do this. Then an idea popped into my head. "You know, if you catch a mermaid and let her go, she… or he can grant you all one wish." I tried; I was never a good liar.

"Mmmmhhhmmm… yea, like we'll believe that shit. I don't think so. Plus, we don't want no wish, we want money." Said a pot-bellied man from behind me. I gulped, great.

He had an evil grin on his face. My eyes widened in fear. Then, I felt a searing pain in my upper fin. I looked down to find that his hand had ripped out the hook. I saw oozing silver liquid from a deep gash, I yelped in pain. My eyes shot up to his face, and I slapped him. I don't know what the hell possessed me to slap him, but I think I hurt myself more that I hurt him. He seemed mad.

"You want trouble, huh? I'll give you trouble!" he yelled, me moved to slap me, but the woman who had helped me before ran in front of me. "No!, Bob, do you think that the aquarium will want a damaged artifact?" and I thought that she was genuine. Nice.

THREE WEEKS LATER

"INTRODUCING, THE FIRST LIVING ARTIFACT TO PROVE… MERMAIDS!" this was my cue, I spiraled up from the center of the –fake, by the way- coral reef, my hair flowing around my face, my fin working its scales off, and leapt out of the water. This is the second time I've done this today, on opening day. The gasps and giggles, and shouts were reassuring. I was glad that I was doing my job right, but I was depressed nonetheless.

After my first day, I was exhausted! I mean, swimming up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down is very tiresome, and to think that I have to do that all over again tomorrow… oh, my gosh. I can't even think about it! There was this one group of people, though that I couldn't get out of my head. Maybe that was because, Edward was in that group.

EPOV

"Eddie! Pleeeeeeeease! I want to go see the mermaid! I bet she's fake! We'll be able to tell though!" Tanya whined, she was leaning against my chest, looking into my eyes. Part of my was disgusted by it, and another part of me wanted to pull her closer and kiss her pink lips over and over again. But I was full against going to see the mermaid, for I was well-aware of whom that mermaid was.

"Yea, please Eddie. I want to go, too!" mocked my brother, Jasper. I shot him a look, he stopped immediately. "What, I want to see the mermaid exhibit! Don't you want to know if she's real or not? Don't you want to know if vampires and werewolves aren't the only mythical creatures living?" he asked, "I do, and whether you and Tanya are going or not, I am." He walked off. I glared at his back until he disappeared behind his bedroom door.

"Tanya go get Alice and… Jacob, ask if they want to… come." I said, hating the taste of the mutt's name in my mouth. I don't know what possessed Alice to get involved with a werewolf, I don't know what possessed Alice to leave Jasper for a werewolf, but she's still my sister, and we are still part of a family. "Oh, and Emmet and Rosalie, I'm sure they want to come to." I said, unenthusiastically.

"LETS GO!!!!" squealed Tanya, as she ran off to find the rest of my family.

A/N:

YES, Alice and Jacob are a couple. If you don't like it… sorry, you'll just have to deal. But, how do you like the story? I'm sorry for the long wait and for the short chapter, but I wrote the majority of this before school this morning and I just don't know where else to go in this chapter. Please review!

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~Brittany aka, mrs-brittany-whitlock