I slid my hands through her hair and down towards her upper torso, "I've made up my mind."

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Right guys, so this is my FIRST LEMON. It's probs gonna be a bit crappy and stuff but meh... it's my first one. Thank you all for your support and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read and review! I appreciate all of your ideas and advice. I've got way more positive feedback than I thought I'd get so thank you! Enjoy (and don't forget to r&r to tell me if you enjoyed the lemon and would like more.) Thanks again! But I know this lemon isn't as lemony as some of you may have been expecting HOWEVER in my next chapter or the chapter after (not sure which yet) there will be a lemony lemon but I need to hear your thoughts guys! I am not bloody Review Whoring as some people would like to put it. I only want feedback so I know how to change or improve my story. Thanks! (and sorry for any errors)

"Philip, only do this if it is what you really want." Her wide, innocent eyes gazed up at me. My heart could have melted there and then.

"Y-yes. I do."

"Are you sure?" Syrena asked me, not moving.

"There is nothing I want more." I wanted her and only her and I wanted her right now. I smiled encouragingly as her hands fumbled about my clothes. I leaned my face down and kissed her, "Relax. There is no rush, Syrena."

She paused as my tongue teased hers but continued when I pulled back. I was actually going through with this. It wasn't wrong, was it? Who married Adam and Eve anyway? Probably God... but he could marry Syrena and I, couldn't he? I watched as she managed to toss my clothes to the side. The gentle breeze danced through her hair and I suddenly noticed her chest was exposed because of it. Although, I would have plenty of time to look at that later, I was much more interested in studying the nervous expression on her face. Her eyes flicked up to mine as she rested her hands around my back. I straddled her and she smiled angelically. Then craning her neck, she reached my lips and pressed hers to mine once. Then again. And again. With each kiss I could feel the passion raring to escape behind her lips increasing more and more until eventually her lips parted and her arms drifted to my neck where she pulled me as close to her as possible. I could feel the tension rise drastically as she shifted underneath me and I could feel her smooth skin rub against mine. I felt something sharp spike my tongue and I pulled away, looking to see what it was. Syrena's face had changed. Her canine teeth had lengthened and sharpened – one of which had stabbed my tongue. Her eyes were blood red and her complexion darkened. Was this a good sign?

"Don't look as though I am about to kill you, Philip. It is only natural for us to turn this way when we are... aroused."

When she said the word, I faltered and felt my own arousal in my body. I took a deep breath as I looked into her sparkling eyes. "Are you ready?" I could barely speak as her beauty pierced every nerve in my body.

She nodded. I felt a bead of sweat drip down my temple as I raised my hips to level with hers. I lowered myself into her carefully and her back arched. Her eyes slammed shut as I moved deeper. I could not find words to describe how I felt when I made the first thrust. My mind felt clear and pure and I felt no tugging at my conscience telling me I was making a wrong decision. When I pulled out, Syrena took a sharp intake of breath and steadied herself.

"Are you alright, Syrena?"

"Yes – I'm just not as accustomed to... larger... things. Yours is probably the biggest – which is a good thing of course." She added quickly. I felt a touch of pride at her words and asked, "Am I alright to continue?"

She nodded vigorously, "Please go ahead."

I entered her again, changing my angle a little so I was striking her cluster of nerves with each thrust. I was afraid I was going too quickly for her but her hands pulled me over her as she fell back on the sand. I slowed down the steady rhythm I had started when we tumbled and hurried to pick it back up again. Her hands were still on my shoulders and I felt her fingers tense as I thrusted deeper into her.

She moaned something unintelligible before saying my name, "Philip..."

I was unsure whether to answer her or not as I didn't know if my name just slipped out or if she was trying to ask me something. Then unexpectedly, she sat up, her eyes wide and bright – and redder than I had ever seen them. Her crimson lips opened and she threw them against mine before pushing me on the ground so I lay flat on my back, staring up at her. One corner of her mouth pulled up into a devious smile as she straddled me. I held onto her hips and guided her to my length. I was able to view her better from this position and as I moved her up and down, she threw her head back and her breathing became ragged and irregular. I hoped that was a good sign. I felt the pleasure build up and decided I was climaxing too quickly. I wasn't ready to finish just yet. I pulled out and inhaled before switching our positions again so I was on top. Once I'd calmed down a little, I entered her again and as the pleasure increased for both of us, her nails gouged into my back and her toes dug into the sand.

My head was lowering towards hers and she whispered in my ear far too seductively for her own good, "Faster Philip."

I increased the pace and felt warmth spread throughout by body. We were going faster than I thought possible. I was vaguely aware of a painful feeling in my back where Syrena's nails were slicing open my skin but the pleasure overrode it and her eyes opened at the same time mine did and as we looked at each other for a split second I felt her tighten around me. I shuddered pleasantly as with one final thrust, I released into her. I flung myself down beside her, breathing deeply and unable unscramble my thoughts. I felt my body celebrate wildly and my mind rejoicing. My spirits soared higher than the highest cloud as not only could I feel my pleasure but the bond we had created emotionally allowed me to feel hers too. I turned my face to look at her and her fangs had retracted and her eyes changed back to her original deep brown. She rolled over and she kissed me before leaning her head down on my sweating, heaving chest.

After a few minutes of lying comfortably in each other's arms, staring peacefully up at the stars, I felt Syrena tug on my wrist, "Perhaps... Perhaps we should go back now."

I nodded and gathered my clothes in a bundle. Syrena watched me dress with mild interest. "Why do you wear clothes? They're so uncomfortable."

I laughed but did not reply. I could live with never seeing Syrena wear clothes again. Syrena stood up and slipped her hand into mine, "By the way, our connection will come in useful. And the more times we mate, which I hope will be many, our bond will grow stronger. There are more bonds than just emotional bonds though."

"Such as?" I asked as we made our way to the cool tide.

"A blood bond. I am not entirely sure how it works, but it makes you and your mate closer together than you would have thought possible. Don't underestimate the bond we have at the moment though, but it will get stronger."

She laughed and pulled me along behind her as we kicked the shallow water about our feet. As we approached deeper waters, Syrena leapt into the air and dived beneath the surface, her legs changing to the mermaid's tail again. As I submerged myself under the water, I felt a sting on my back. Syrena widened her eyes, "Philip, you're bleeding. How did... How...?" She cupped her hand over her mouth as she swam behind me to examine the wound. "Did... Was this me?" She asked sounding mortified.

"Well, it is only small."

"No, Philip, it isn't."

I felt something smooth run over my wound and I twisted my head around to see what it was. Syrena's tongue was lapping the blood from my back and I felt the sting subside slightly.

"That should disinfect it. Philip, I am really sorry. I would have never let you mate with me if I'd have known this would have happened."

"I'm willing to pay the price of a few cuts for such a wonderful time. I would not exchange that experience for the world." My memory reversed to the beach where I saw the slightly comical but pleasurable expression Syrena had on her face just before we finished. I smiled at the thought but was dragged back to reality as I felt Syrena suck a little of the blood from my wound. I tensed as I could feel myself becoming aroused at her touch. "Syrena... perhaps it isn't the best idea to do that." I turned and saw her eyes were flecked with scarlet and her fangs protruding slightly from beneath her upper lip. She glanced up at me with a faint glimmer of arousal from tasting my blood. I placed my hands on her shoulders, "This isn't the place."

She blinked and snapped out of her reverie, her eyes instantly darkened to her natural, brown colour again. Her fangs retracted and she pulled back. "Sorry... I..." She turned away embarrassed.

I followed her and joined my hand with hers.

"I am just as much to blame as you are..."

"Of course you aren't. We... I get... feelings when I taste blood... especially yours. Philip, it messes with my mind."

"It was messing with mine a little too. But if you desire... we can do it one day."

She squeezed my hand, "I may take you up on that offer."

I laughed, "Please do."

We swam alongside one another, both blissfully unaware of the confused looks that we were receiving by other mermaids. One small mermaid with a twinkle in her eye and long, rippling blonde hair swam towards us, "What's that Syrena?" She indicated to me.

"His name is Philip Swift."

"It has a name?" She widened her eyes in surprise.

Syrena laughed, "Of course. Philip, this is my youngest sister, Elaine."

"Pleased to meet you, Elaine." I offered my hand to her but she just cocked her head to one side.

"What are you doing?" She asked playfully.

"Well, where I come from, we shake each other's hands as a form of greeting. Elaine reached forwards and shook my hand looking half confused and half amused.

"That's weird." She laughed, "Can I eat you now?"

I laughed out of complete shock but Syrena spoke, "Elaine, he is not for eating."

Surprise crossed her face, "Why not? But... but I saw you eating him over there. You tasted his back. I bet you're saving him all for yourself!"

"Well..." Syrena lifted up our joined hands and smiled hopefully. "He isn't for eating... he is... how do I put it?""

A look of realisation dawned on her face. "Is he your lover?"

"Ah, yes, he is."

"Does Claudia know?" Elaine asked worriedly.

"Yes, she does. Don't look so scared."

"How can he breathe underwater though, he isn't a mermaid... or a merman?" Elaine asked.

"I'll leave that to Claudia to tell you."

"But how come you were eating his back?" She asked.

"He was bleeding and I was wiping it off."

"With your face?"

"Yes, sometimes cleaning something with your face is better than cleaning it with your hands." Syrena said carefully also trying not to smile. "But we have to go now, Elaine. Behave, please." She leaned to kiss her youngest sister on the forehead.

"I always behave." Elaine grinned mischievously before turning to me and extending her hand for me to shake it, "Bye Philly."

"It's Philip." Syrena reminded her.

"Whatever." She shrugged indifferently and with a flash of her scales, she disappeared.

"So how old is Elaine?" I asked.

"She is only eleven."

"You seem to get on with your sisters well." I remarked.

"Yes, I do. We are very close... Although... that is... there is one..." She muttered darkly. "Cynthia... I mean, we all have our disagreements but Cynthia is the only one who would do something to hurt me. She would never try to kill me or anything because it is against our code, but I know she has considered it before. Unfortunately, she sleeps in the same cavern as me because she is only three years older."

"Why does she not get along with you?"

"I will explain later."

As we swam towards the sleeping cavern, a mermaid who looked very similar to Syrena came towards us, "Syrena, I –" She took one look at me and her eyes narrowed, "Who is this?"

"This is Philip Swift." Syrena introduced me. "Philip this is my twin sister, Erin."

"Pleased to meet you, Erin."

"You dare address me by my name?" Erin scowled before turning to Syrena, "You never told me you had mated fully with this man!"

"How do you know we mated?" I asked, bewildered.

"Because, you insolent human, I share my own special bond with Syrena as we are twins. We were born with a connection that someone like you would not be able to comprehend with your narrow-minded brain."

I flinched a little. "I apologise, I did not mean to be disrespectful." I bowed my head slightly.

"Erin, please and we have only just mated any–" Syrena held up her hand as Erin advanced towards me.

"–So, you have managed to deceive my sister to mate with you but not just casual mating was it? You have made her give herself to you completely. I can only imagine how seductive and deceitful you are underneath your polite charade. Well, if you dare hurt her, I will rip you limb from limb!" Erin was seething and her fangs were glistening dangerously in front of me.

"Sister, please, calm down. It's alright!"

"This is not alright!" Erin snapped her head towards Syrena and back at me, "This man wants you for your beauty and your tears! Can you not see that–?"

"Erin." I placed one hand on her shoulder gently and she froze; her eyes were wide and ferocious.

"You dare–"

"–Yes I do. Now listen to me. I think you know I am trustworthy. You can sense it with your special connection you have with your twin. You also understand – and if you do not then I shall tell you that my love knows no borders for your sister. But you do not want to believe this because you are afraid and jealous in case I restrict the time you have with her. You are under the impression that simply because I am here, you will not be able to see her but at times I will leave you both and I am not a bad person and I am certainly not going to hurt either her or you. Just listen to your intuition and the special bond you have with Syrena." I let go of her shoulders and waited for her reaction.

Erin's eyes narrowed before she spoke acidly, "It appears I may have underestimated you, human. You are not as naive as I thought you were. No matter, I still hold to my word that if you hurt her, I can assure you that you will die in the most painful way possible."

"We must sleep, Erin, we are tired. Please do not hurt him. He is a good man. You know I can see people for who they really are."

"Fine. Are you heading to the cavern now? If so, I'll just come with you, as I am rather tired myself." Erin sniffed haughtily when I joined my hand with Syrena's.

"Have you had a good day, Erin?" Syrena asked to break the awkward silence.

"Yes, it has been rather eventful. I visited our cousins and they have a new member of their family. He was born yesterday and is the sweetest thing you will ever see!" Erin seemed to have forgotten I was there, much to my relief... it meant she wasn't sending me death threats with every other breath she took. Hold on... 'He?' Was it possible to get male mermaids... or mermen? I was sure I heard one of the men on Blackbeard's ship say there were only mermaids. I suddenly felt very small. I would have to question Syrena about this later.

As the two twins talked, I looked about me and saw we were getting near the cavern and once we entered it, Erin wished Syrena goodnight and swept passed me without a glance. Syrena pulled me to the flower bed and I nestled down next to her. Erin slept in the alcove below ours and when I whispered softly, "I love you," to Syrena, we could hear her grumble. Then Syrena trailed her hand along my chest before locking my eyes with hers in a passionate gaze. "I love you too. More than you know."

I remembered the question I wanted to ask her about Mermen but I was momentarily distracted as she softly touched my lips with hers and I felt her tongue slip in my mouth. Every other thought was wiped from my mind. Every thought apart from Syrena. I shifted so I was in a more comfortable position to kiss her and I heard a small moan escape her lips as I pulled her close.

"Ow!" A heavy rock hit my head; seeing as we were under water it wasn't too painful but a heavy rock is still a heavy rock and can hurt however hard it hits you.

"What?" Syrena looked confused. Then we heard Erin's voice from below us, "Well I'm sorry but I am finding it rather difficult to sleep with you two getting a little too personal with each other – not that I mind you doing that if you're on your own! But when you're being loud and letting the whole cavern know you're doing it, it can be a little off-putting! Get a separate cavern or something, will you? Gosh..."

I heard laughter scatter throughout the cavern. I was sure there were more than only three other mermaids in here. To my surprise I noticed Syrena was also laughing. In fact she was laughing so hard it made my sides hurt.

"It is not funny!" Erin growled, which made Syrena and the other mermaids laugh harder. Then I began to laugh and we both gasped for breath and I still didn't even know why it was funny. I glanced about me and saw Erin's dark face glaring at me, only centimetres away. How did she get there so quickly? She spoke threateningly, "Will you two shut up?"

I tried to stop laughing, "Sorry."

"Oh, don't apologise, Philip." Syrena climbed over me and she paused, her body lingering on mine so I was aware of every curve in her body that touched me, "Somebody is just in a bad mood that's all." She stared at her twin and said through slightly gritted teeth, "You seem like the only one who is bothered by it anyway."

Then a voice that I did not recognise speak, "Yeah, Erin, the rest of us are enjoying listening to them kissing loudly, making inappropriate-for-public-within-earshot noises and saying sentimental remarks to each other. It really helps us all to get to sleep." She laughed and the other mermaids joined in, including Erin a little.

"Alright, alright, we will quieten down." Syrena rolled her eyes and the laughter eventually died away as the mermaids settled down to sleep.

"Good." I heard Erin mutter as she retired to her own flowerbed. I was seeing the mermaids in a new light – they all weren't as vicious and violent as they were made out to be. In fact, they could be quite agreeable at times; they were just very protective about keeping their family safe, which I could understand. Of course not everybody is perfect and they do have their downsides, but I was beginning to able to understand them and even like the whole species much better than I did originally. I knew not to take them lightly or treat them disrespectfully. The one thing I did not like, is that there were no mermen around. It would have been nice to have a male friend to talk to once in a while. I eventually drifted off to sleep, with Syrena's head tucked comfortably under my chin.

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The next morning, I awoke with a stressful feeling round about my midriff. I opened my eyes and looked blearily at Syrena who seemed to be experienced a similar feeling.

"Thank goodness, Philip, I've been waiting for ages for you to wake up." She sat up and slid her hand into mine.

"Why what's happened?" I began to feel alarmed and panicked.

"No... I've been waiting for you to wake up so something can happen. I... Philip, I want you."

My heart skipped a beat as I realised what she meant. It certainly is strange how words can affect you.

Without another word, I clutched her in my arms and whisked her away to the shores up above.

Possible Lemon in next chapter depending on what you all think of this one and don't worry... they can get more lemony if that's what you're concerned about... =]