A/N: Hey guys! I knew I couldn't post that pathetic first chapter without posting this one almost directly after, but here is is, yay! This one is a bit longer and is not as boring as that necessary first chapter. Anyway, enough of me talking, let's get on with it.

As usual, nothing in this story belongs to me except the actual story. All characters, places, etc. belong to a very talented person called Johnathan M. Shiff and his crew.

CHAPTER TWO.

Have you no idea that you're in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week.

Blue. That's all he could see in every direction. Vast, blue nothingness. No cares, no worries, only blue. Zac hung suspended in the water for a moment, motionless except for the stray bubbles that were leaking out the sides of his mouth. He closed his eyes and wished it could be like this forever.

Is this really my life now? He thought while floating undisturbed in the salty depths. Can I really just be… This? A million questions with no answers flickered through his mind. He didn't really know if this was what he really wanted, not like he had a choice. Mrs. Santos' books had proven themselves useless; there was no documented way to reverse the change that had befallen him that night when he fell into the moon pool. What they thought would work they had already tried, and Lyla had gotten upset about the fact that he was still researching how he could resume his normal life with him.

"But… I thought you liked being with us?" She asked, glaring at him out of the corner of her eye. He looked at her helplessly.

"I do, but this double life thing is really hard, Lyla. I can't do this anymore" he said, shoving the last book back into the bookshelf.

That particular conversation was just another one of the uneasy conversations he was having with Lyla nowadays. Now that Nixie had gone and re-joined the pod, Lyla and Sirena have become a bit more anxious, despite the fact that it was their choice to remain on land. The pod itself had returned to Mako however they all kept a distance on Zac, despite him proving himself worthy of the pod's acceptance; the reality was they were still hesitant to trust a merman.

Zac was still pondering the questions forever looping in his mind when he felt a disturbance in the water behind him. All of a sudden he was tangled in a mess of blonde hair, arms and fin. He could feel Lyla's breath on his neck as he turned around to look at her.

Gotcha! Her eyes said, twinkling bright against her fair skin. You wish, he thought, wrestling free of her grip and darting away, leaving Lyla in his wake. Not for long, she thought while rolling her eyes, catapulting as fast as her fin would carry her to catch up with the crazy merman. They finally caught up with each other when they returned back to the moon pool, sitting up on the rock and laughing.

"I wish all the time could be like this." Zac said as he continued to catch his breath. Lyla smiled at him, her eyes still twinkling.

"It could be." She said mysteriously, Zac looking at her in confusion. Lyla pushed away from the rock and floated in the centre of the moon pool, looking up at the sun through the centre of the dormant volcano.

"Join the pod, Zac. Come away with us. You don't ever need to go back there, and you know they'll accept you if you ask. You won't need to worry about land people things ever again, and it can just be you and me…" she trailed off, continuing to gaze at the deep blue sky. Zac looked at her longingly. She had offered this proposal to him before, and he had turned it down. He knew it hurt her feelings, but there was just too much he was giving up back on land.

"Cam's gone. Your parents have gone on a holiday overseas and they won't be back for a year. You've left Evie. What else is keeping you destitute on such a place?" she said, frustration creeping into her voice.

"I jus-" he began, but Lyla cut him off.

"You know what, I don't even care." She finished, and turned around and sped out of the moon pool leaving Zac alone and helpless, again. What am I going to do?, he thought, before speeding off in the direction that Lyla had gone.

A/N: Thanks for reading guys, I promise to update soon. In the meantime, reviews would be absolutely fabulous :D x