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This chapter is to keep you guys waiting and thinking about where Bella is and what her secret is, along with what's going to happen with Dr Denman and Harrison. It's set 10 months before the Comet, and a few weeks before Bella and Will arrived.

I'm not sure who my next chapter is going to be centred around next, because I've got ideas for all the characters (ie, Rikki & Zane, Bella & Will, Cleo & Lewis or Emma). Hmmm...

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Chapter 18 – Time Turn Over (by Rebecca Lavelle)

10 MONTHS AGO …

Cleo's POV

My weekend sleep in was interrupted by phone buzzing. It was Emma. She had just texted me to meet her at Mako in 20 minutes.

I assumed that she'd texted Rikki too, because it was quite a generic message, not mentioning a name or anything specific, just to meet her at Mako.

After the rude awakening, I dragged myself out of bed, sleepily made breakfast and had a quick breakfast before hurrying out the door, after realizing how long I had taken.

I rushed down to beach, before I remembered how Rikki was probably coming too so there was no need to rush as she was on average a minimum of 10 minutes late, so I started slowing down and enjoying the walk.

As I reached the waters edge, I ran into the cold blue water and began the 10 minute swim to Mako Island.

I surfaced in the familiar moon pool, where Emma already was sitting out on the ground, in her human form.

"Hey Em, so what did you want?" I said smiling at my best friend.

Emma looked a bit down before she said "Um, can we wait till Rikki comes?"

I nodded, before I asked "Are you alright? You don't look too good" but I was cut of by a blonde mermaid surfacing in the pool.

"What did I miss?" Rikki said as soon as more oxygen was in her lungs.

I smiled and said "Hi Rikki, better late than never. Emma was waiting to talk until till you got here."

Rikki began pulling herself out of the water and steam dried to the two of us before saying "Well I'm here Em" to Emma who was being very quiet.

Once we were both back to legs, Emma moved closer to us and we all sat down on the ground in the moon pool. "Um, I don't really know how to tell you guys…" she started but her eyes began welling up too.

Rikki and I looked at each other concerned before we each put an arm around her and I said "What is it Em? You can tell us."

Emma took a deep breath before she said "I'm leaving... to travel the world with my family."

As soon as Rikki and I heard those words, we wrapped our best friend in a hug, and we stayed like that for a little while, I think because we knew that once we let go of each other, questions will be asked, and details will be told, and right now we just needed each other. We all cried, holding each other, being there for each other.

Give me this day
All I ask of you is time
Just one more day
Just one more day
I can´t see the reason
For you to walk away
When we´ve come so far
Come so far

Later that evening, we made our way back to the mainland from Mako Island. We were planning to have a sleepover, except my dad said I wasn't allowed to, we didn't tell him why, so we just agreed to meet at the Juicenet Café in the morning and we would spend the day together.

When I arrived at my house, it was probably quarter past six or close to. I started making my way up to my bedroom forn early night, when dad came out from his office. "Cleo. Where have you been? I have been trying to call you." Dad said as I turned around, half way up the stairs. "Sorry dad, my phone was off" I said, resting my chin on the stairs handrail.

Dad walked around to the floor level of where I was on the stairs and said "Are you in a snotty mood because I said you couldn't have the girls' sleepover? Because if you are then that proves to me-" but I cut him off.

"No dad. My phones battery died, so now if you don't mind I am going to go to bed and have an early night" I said, as I turned around to continue up stairs, but I was interrupted by an annoying voice, belonging to a very familiar girl, younger than me.

My little sister Kim came had walked over, as if on cue and said with a smirk and her arms crossed "Cleo never goes to bed early. I think she's up to something!"

I sighed, and rolled my eyes. This was the last thing I felt like dealing with right now.

"I had a really bad day & I got some awful news, so I really want an early night." I said swiping a hand through my long brown hair.

I think the 'awful news' part had just sparked Dad's attention as he said at a slightly faster pace "Are you okay Cleo? What happened? Talk to me! Are things bad at school? If Lewis has done something to upset you, I'll kill him!"

Dad was very protective of his girls and I knew I wasn't going to be reunited with my bed anytime soon.

"Dad, it's not Lewis & it's not school. Emma's leaving. She's travelling the world with her family."

Dad came up to the step below where I was, and he gave me a big, protective bear hug, one of the ones that dads are pros at.

"Oh sweetheart" he said and wrapped me tighter.

Once we let go of each other, he said "You go up to your room Cleo, and I'll bring you dinner into you, okay?"

I agreed and as he was walking down the stairs, and I was walking up them, I overheard Dad saying something to Kimmy about not disturbing me.

Normally I would be having a party right about now that I was Kim-free for the night, but tonight I didn't really care.

I felt so drained and flat that by the time dad brought dinner up to me I was fast asleep.

The next morning I woke up to the familiar smell of my favourite breakfast. Peanut butter, banana & honey on toast.

I looked around the room to find the source of the smell, and I saw Kim sitting on the chair at my desk.

"Kimmy?" I said as I sat up in bed, quite startled.

Kim never came into my room… unless she wanted something.

Kim didn't say anything but just silently stood up and walked over to my bed with a tray and sat down next to me.

"What's this?" I said to her, smiling a little, but not getting too excited, the mean side could make an appearance any second.

"I heard Emma's leaving, so I thought this might cheer you up a bit."

I leant over and gave her a cuddle, and after a few seconds she tried wriggling out of my embrace.

As Kim passed me the tray with the warm breakfast I noticed there were two plates, which made me smile as I passed my younger sister the second plate.

We were talking to each other -not fighting, shock- as we ate the breakfast, which secretly was pretty gross, but I just ate it because I was so hungry after going without eating dinner last night and also because the gesture was really sweet, thoughtful and very unlike Kim.

As we finished the meal, I put the plates on the tray and kissed Kim on the cheek before she wiped it off, with a funny expression, and together we walked downstairs, and for a few minutes I had actually forgotten about my sadness.

As I arrived at school, Rikki was there, but Emma wasn't.

I was really surprised because Emma was never late, and Rikki was always late.

"Hi" I said as I walked up to Rikki who was wringing her hands and looking at the ground.

"Oh hi" she said looking quite… something. I couldn't work out what her emotion was right now, it wasn't tense, it wasn't nervous, she looked slightly tired but there was more than that.

"Are you alright?" I asked her, it was probably easier just asking her straight out rather than having to examine her, as she was generally very hard person to read.

"Fine" she said, her eyes widening, as she failed at trying to convince me that she was doing alright after last nights news.

"Rikki, come on" I said trying to get through to my best friend, who can be as stubborn as a brick wall sometimes… or most times.

She rolled her eyes and walked off rudely, but I tried not to let it bother me too much, it was likely her way of dealing with things.

Words are unspoken
Burled so deep
Time they saw the light of day
Time they saw the light

After Rikki walked off to who knows where, I was left standing in the middle of the schools courtyard like a loner. I looked around desperate to try and spot someone I knew. I turned my head to the right, searching, but the only people I saw were either kids older or younger than me, and because the girls, Lewis and I were such a clique, I wasn't really on speaking terms with any of the other girls in our classes.

I turned my head to the left, and thought about even if I saw Nate that would be good enough!

Boy am I desperate or what? Besides he was most likely with Zane, who was probably with Rikki, and so that's a no go either.

I turned around and lit up when I saw my blonde shaggy haired boyfriend.

"Lewis!" I said as I rushed over to him.

"Oh hi Cleo!" he said hugging me happily, before he turned slightly serious and said, "I need to talk to you, and your not going to like what I have to say."

I worried and my thoughts rushed, but I calmed when he added "it's about Emma." I smiled, which I think threw him slightly.

"Oh she told Rikki and I last night."

Lewis gave one head nod before he said "Right. How are you doing?"

That's when most of the sad feelings and thoughts flooded back.

"Um, ok…I guess" I said not giving away much more than Rikki.

"You sure?" he said looking into my brown eyes.

I just softly shook my head and said "It's completely out of nowhere; I mean she leaves in a week! One week! That's seven days! 168 hours!" I said as my eyes welled up with tears.

Lewis hugged me comfortingly, and I was surprised that I had kept it together up to here.

A few minutes later, the school bell rang and my class entered our home-group room.

I made my way towards my seat in the middle of the class & Lewis took his seat in the row in front of me, which he unfortunately had to share with Nate, who hadn't arrived yet – along with Rikki, Emma & Zane.

Our teacher began the reading the daily bulletin and I worried because Emma, -who sat next to me- hadn't arrived yet.

This year she hadn't been late once, for any class, and she had no absences.

This was highly unusual for her. Rikki, Zane & Nate on the other hand….

"Where are the others?" Lewis said whispering as he turned around in his chair to face me.

Can he read my mind?

"I have no idea" I said leaning forwards to soften the talking even more.

"Cleo & Lewis, face the front, thank you!" Our teacher said, and we followed her instructions promptly.

5 minutes passed and none of the four had come to class yet. My mind was thinking so many different situations as to why they could be late, when Lewis turned around again.

"I tried messaging them, no answer" Lewis said as he turned around quickly to check what our teacher was doing, before he returned his position towards me.

"Really! Rikki's glued to her phone and Emma checks -" I started but was interrupted by our teacher yelling "CLEO! You and Lewis can go to timeout and talk there" and she started filling out the dreaded blue sheet of paper.

I can't get a timeout! Lewis and I have never had a timeout before!

The teacher slapped a blue sheet on the two of us' desk and said "Leave once I've done the roll."

Lewis gave me a sympathetic look and I mouthed "Sorry!" at him, receiving a small smile back.

Our teacher started the roll and I packed up my stuff. We waited as the teacher clarified who was away; Rikki, Zane, Emma & Nate.

She finished the roll and said to Lewis and I "You can go now" and we walked out of the class that we should be still in.

"I'm so sorry Lewis" I said as we walked across the empty courtyard, towards the unfamiliar timeout room. Lewis shrugged and said "I'm just as much to blame", and we continued the walk in silence.

We entered student services, and walked past the sick room, through a short corridor, until we reached the 'Door of Doom.'

Lewis and I looked at each other, before he reached for the silver door handle and we entered the room.

I took a quick glance around the room, before I lowered my head in embarrassment. There were the kids that seemed to always be going to time out from my classes and then there were a couple of kids that I didn't know from years either higher or lower.

We walked to the front of the desk with the teacher on duty, to sign in.

"Cleo, Lewis! What are you doing here?" I looked up and saw our Science teacher staring at us in shock.

Lewis was top of the class and I had been getting better since -although I wouldn't admit out loud- Charlotte tutored me.

We were two of her best students, who never got in trouble.

"Um, we got sent here" Lewis said on behalf of himself & me, and we handed her our timeout forms.

"I'm surprised" she said, as she signed our forms, before adding "Okay, go find a seat" and we walked off slowly.

As we walked to a free double desk up towards the back of the room, we passed a few other kids I didn't notice when I did my first room glance.

The two desks in front of the spare desk we were headed for, were filled by Zane & Rikki, and then Emma & Nate.

Zane saw us first, while we were walking to the desk. Rikki and him were joking around and laughing. He poked her when he saw us and she after a second or two, she turned and were mouth dropped, with a smile.

"Well, well, well! I never thought I'd see the day… well not in this lifetime!" Rikki said with a big, amused grin. Zane added a cheeky grin too.

The next desk over was Emma and Nate, what did she do to have to sit next to him?

Nate was talking constantly to Emma, while she sat there looking depressed. He didn't notice her not adding anything, and just talked for the two of them.

Emma was probably mentally cutting her wrists over getting a timeout. Wait, why was she even in timeout?

I sat down in one of the graffiti decorated seats and leant forward in my seat, leaning slightly across the table -like the way I did, which got me here in the first place- to talk to Emma.

"Em" I said to the blonde girl who was sitting on the table in front of my own.

She turned around, her dull expression not changing, before she said "What?" crabbily.

"Are you alright? How come you're… here?" I asked sympathetically.

"I was late to school and I saw Rikki and Zane, who were with Nate, so I went over to talk to them and ask why they weren't in class, when a teacher came out and thought we were wagging so he sent us all to timeout."

I gasped and Emma turned away again rudely.

That teacher musn't have known Emma then!

Out of the entire school, Emma was least likely person to get a time-out, and it's not like Lewis & I were likely candiates either.

What a great goodbye for Em!

Time turn over
Start again, start again
Time turn over
Find my way to you again