A/N: tyty, thank you so much for that review! You're so nice! Thanks to all of you for all the nice reviews! They keep me writing this story. Anyways, hopefully the next chapter will be longer. I hope you like this one and I'll update again as soon as possible. Oh, and does anybody else remember Goosebumps? Well, if you do, and if you care, I have an upcoming fanfic about it... Have an awesome day! xxHeartBrokenxx

Lewis's POV

So, I was just walking, you know, minding my own business, when I heard Zane and that new kid, Justin, talking. I was going to walk right by, but then I heard this:

"So why were you following Cleo?" Zane asked him.

"Um…" Justin started, embarrassed. "I was going to ask her to the party you're throwing for Rikki."

My jaw dropped open and I thought I was going to explode. WHAT DID HE JUST SAY? He was going to ask MY Cleo to the party? Oh, wait, she wasn't my Cleo. Not yet at least.

"And she swam out to Mako and that's where you saw the mermaid?" Zane went on to say.

Okay, at THAT I really almost had a heart attack. I tore off towards Emma's house, my mind repeating one sentence: Justin and Zane can't find out!

"Oh, hey Lewis," Emma said as she opened her door after I had been banging on it. "What's up?"

"Zane…Justin…know…" I gasped out.

"What are you going on about?"

I grabbed her arm and pulled her outside, shutting the door behind us. I caught my breath and stared at her a moment, trying to decide how to tell this. This is what I came up with:

"Justin saw Cleo in the water, and Zane saw one of you, and now Justin told him how he saw a mermaid and Zane's hot on your tail(no pun intended). And you want to know the worst part? I think they suspect it's Cleo."

Emma sat down on the bench on her front porch and put her face her hands then lifted it back out.

"How could this have happened?" she asked, distressed. "How did Justin see her?"

"He followed her out because he wanted to ask her to Rikki's welcome back party," I said, unable to look at her.

"I don't know what to do," she said.

"Should we call Rikki?"

"No, there's no need to worry her when there's nothing she can do. We'll tell her when she gets back. In the meantime, we're just going to have to keep Zane and Justin distracted. You know that means…"

"No! You can't-!"

"Cleo needs to go with Justin to the party."

"But that's not fair! Emma, do you know how long I've been waiting to ask Cleo out?"

"I know you like her Lewis, and once this whole thing is cleared up I promise you you'll get your chance with her. I'll make sure of it."