Hey everyone! :) This chap is set after the Rikki/Zane fight, when Rikki's at the moon-pool. If you want Chap 13, then can I get up to 35 reviews (6 more reviews!)

Currently in Australia, we are on holidays, but we return tommorow. I'll still try to update at least on of my stories daily, but it just gets a bit hard between school/homework/working/socializing/sleeping/writing/uploading. Also, if I haven't uploaded in an unusual amount of time, it probably means that either my Internet or Word aren't working. For example, yesterday!

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Chapter 12 – 30 Minutes (By T.A.T.U)

Zane's POV

10 months later…. (Present day)

After Rikki left, I sat alone for a while contemplating returning into the main part of the café, when I heard my phone go off, on my desk.

I walked over to the desk, picked up my phone, already guessing it was Rikki. I opened the message from her which read,

"Sorry 4 snapping at u. I wanted u 2 b Emma. Sorry again Xx Rikki"

I knew even before I read the message that it wasn't me she was angry at, but rather her 'frenemy'.

I began replying to her, but was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Come in"

I heard the door open & I turned around from my desk. "Dad!" I said, completely puzzled by my fathers surprise visit. I could count on one hand how many times he had been to the café since we bought it, and most of that was mostly for paperwork & viewings.

"What are you doing here?" I said walking over to him.

"I have some news, sit down." He said and we both took a seat on the lounge.

"Good news? Bad news? News -news?" I said trying to get a bit more information out of him.

"Big news"

"Uh huh" I said still trying to work out which way this conversation was going.

"Doctor Denman's back at Mako."

I immediately jumped out of my seat and put my hand on my mouth "What? How do you know?"

Dad looked at me strangely, wondering what was with my dramatics.

"Even though I stopped funding her mermaid/Mako studies, I'm still on a sponsorship contract with her." "What's wrong Zane?" he added, as I could feel the colour in my face disappearing, rapidly.

Rikki almost definitely would have gone to Mako Island and if Denman's there… I didn't even want to think about that.

In the moment
It takes
To make plans
Or mistakes

"Um, Dad I need to go make a call" I said to my father, rushing as I grabbed my phone, clicked a few buttons & put my phone up to my ear. After a few rings, I heard a message bank tone & my girlfriend's recorded voice.

"Is everything alright Zane?" dad asked me, not moving from the couch

"Um, not entirely sure on that one"

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

I remembered how last time Denman was here, my father stood up against Denman for me, my girlfriend and her friends, and then together with Lewis, we got the girls out of there.

I made a split-second decision, knowing that every second would be crucial now & that either way my decision was getting to have a big impact on life.

30 minutes, to alter our lives
30 minutes, to make up my mind
30 minutes, to finally decide

Either way
Options change
Chances fail
Trains derail

"Dad, Help me. Rikki and the other girls are still mermaids. I just had a fight with Rikki and she's more than likely swum out to Mako, and if Denman's there…" I said begging my dad.

"What? She's still a mermaid? How? I saw it with my very eyes that she lost her tail!"

"I'll explain later, but we haven't got much time. Please will you help me?" I said looking at dad deep in eye.

He thought about it for a second, with his mouth still hanging slightly open in shock, before saying "Yeah okay. Let's get out of here."

I gave him a small smile in thanks, and we both rushed out of the room.

From there Dad cleared the café out and closed it up for me, while I went down to where my Zodiac was moored, getting it started up, and ready to go the second that he jumped in my small boat.

On the way to Mako, we sat in silence for 15 minutes out of the 40 minute trip before I interrupted the quiet by saying "Please don't tell anyone. Rikki would dump me for sure. I mean I am even running the risk right now just by having told you." I said while driving the boat.

30 minutes,to shoulder the blame
30 minutes,of bliss, thirty lies
30 minutes,to finally decide

Almost automatically dad said "Don't worry Zane, the secret's 100% safe with me. Tell Rikki that too. In the past few years I have realized that family is the most important thing in life. And it can be lost in seconds without you even realizing your losing it & then no amount of money can buy that back."

I was quite shocked; never ever could I picture my dad saying something like that… well not in this lifetime anyway!

"Wow… That was deep, but nice" I said exchanging a smile with my father which was one of the few times in my life that I can remember us doing that, both whole heartedly.

I knew from now on that Harrison Bennett wasn't just a father to me; he was a dad, in the true sense of the word.

30 minutes, a blink of an eye
30 minutes, to alter our lives
30 minutes, to make up my mind
30 minutes, to finally decide

30 minutes, to whisper your name
30 minutes, to shoulder the blame
30 minutes, of bliss, thirty lies
30 minutes, to finally decide

Ooooh Denman's back! Congrats to those that guessed! What is she going to do with Rikki? Will Harrison & Zane get there in time? How is another arrival going to have a surprising connection with both Denman & Rikki?

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