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Alex

Rikki's a mermaid? How? I thought I was the only one! Why is her tail orange? Why am I just laying here like a dummy?

"H-H-How?" I managed. Rikki slowly made her hand into a fist over our tails. They were dried off and then we had legs again.

"I used to live in Australia near Mako Island. It was magical," Rikki said. I could only nod. There must be others than.

"I got lost at sea and found an island in the Caribbean and then I turned," I said.

"I thought I was the only one," Rikki said. We hugged each other. We felt like sisters. Then there was a knock on the door. I opened it. It was Dad.

"You alright?" he asked. I nodded.

"Somebody's at the door!" yelled Max from downstairs. I went downstairs and opened the door. Not surprised to find Adrian, Amy, Grace, Harper, Juliet, Emma, Cleo, and Bella waiting. They all looked happy, even Adrian.

"Hi guys," I said. Rikki came down.

"Hi guys," she said. I looked at the clock it was eight. Shoot! We were going to be fried toast in the matter of seconds.

"We're running late Dad!" I called. "We have to go!" Dad came down. Max was not so happy.

"You made Max miss the bus!" Justin said coming down.

"And?" I asked. I didn't care.

"Now we're all late!" Justin said.

"At least I don't blurt out personal information!" I said with out thinking. I looked at Juliet. She was shocked. Then angry. Tears filled her eyes. She ran out with the speed of light. It was partially my fault for letting her know, but she was going to find out anyway. Justin ran after her and fell into a pile of mud. I cracked up. But then got serious again. After all Juliet did just run away.

Juliet

I couldn't believe Justin would tell! I ran with tears streaming down my face. They wouldn't stop, and I didn't want them to. I couldn't believe it. Now Mr. and Mrs. Russo probably hated me and Alex too. Not to mention Rikki and Max. Now everyone else would hate me as well once they find out. I wouldn't stop running. I got tired and then sat down in a muddy field, ruining my new white dress. I just lied there in the mud. I rolled around in a temper tantrum. Then I got tired of fussing and just laid there on my back tears streaming down my face. My hands gently rubbed my stomach, where a little baby was forming. I cried. Now that little baby wouldn't have a father. I heard footsteps and sat up. It was Alex.

"Alex?" I asked just to make sure.

"Juliet? Is that you?" Alex asked. She went down next to me.

"Why are you covered in mud?" she asked.

"Because," I said. She understood me. Then she hugged me and we both started to cry in the mud. I had known Alex for a long time. She was like my sister. We just sat there and cried.

"It's alright, you're still my friend. Pregnant or not," she said. That surprised me. She was still my friend? I hugged her tighter.

No POV

Then Adrian found the girls. She hugged them as well.

"Don't worry Jules, we might only know you for two days, but we know we love you and that you're our friend," Adrian said. Juliet hugged her with tears streaming down her face.

"Thank you," Juliet said. The rest of the girls found them and hugged them. It was a massive hugging and crying fest. By the end of it all the girls had told their biggest secrets. They were all pregnant and mermaids. Justin then found them.

"Juliet!" he called coming up to her. Juliet stood up. She wiped tears off her face.

"What?" she asked. She teared up again.

"Look, Jules, I-I-I'm sorry," Justin said. She wiped away her tears.

"Yeah, right," Juliet said. She turned around.

Juliet

I didn't want Justin to see my tears. He didn't need to see me like this. So broken. I was broken. He told my biggest secret ever! And to his parents! Like I was ever going to be able to see him again! All because he just had to tell!

"Look, Jules," he said.

"Don't call me that!" I snapped. "I don't need your stupid apology! I shouldn't have told you anyway!"

"Look Juliet," Justin said again.

"No, Justin you look! You can't do anything for yourself! You can't keep a secret! You're irresponsible! And careless! And just! Just! Just so! Just so!" I screamed. I didn't know how to finish. He did. He kissed me long and soft. He pulled back.

"You're everything to me, I told my parents because I love you and I don't want you to be hurt or unhealthy. I told them because I know we can't do this alone," he said. I was in complete shock.

"Really?" I asked unable to believe him.

"Really," he said. He pulled me in again into a kiss that was bliss. Rikki coughed.

"Ehem!" she coughed, "Ehem! Ehem! Ehem!"

"What?" I asked irritated.

"We're here too you know," she said.

"Sorry," Justin said. We both helped the girls up.

Miley

I was scared when Juliet ran off! I didn't even know what Alex was talking about, but she did. It was kind of funny to see Justin fall in a mud puddle, but we had to go find Juliet. We found her in a mud pit! A mud pit! I could tell she had been crying along with Adrian and Alex. I would have never thought I'd see Adrian down on her knees in mud crying for a friend. Never. Alex knew Juliet the longest, so that was pretty reasonable, but Adrian? We all hugged each other and cried. We were all shocked to find out we were all pregnant and that we were all mermaids. It was really creepy, like we were meant to all know each other, even Adrian. Grace seemed to get along with Adrian a bit better while we were in the mud pit. Then Justin found us. It was a romance scene from beginning to end with Justin and Juliet, straight from books and movies. It was so sweet! Until Rikki got sick of it and coughed. We were all helped up by Justin and Juliet. Justin only knew about Alex's and Juliet's pregnancy, or at least what Alex suspected. I thought that it was good that Justin didn't know about us, I mean we don't want to lose Alex as our best friend.

No POV

The girls headed to Alex's and got cleaned up. Good for them, Mr. and Mrs. Russo weren't there anymore. Max was at school. The girls changed into clean dry clothes. Then they headed to school.

Alex

We all had to rush to our next classes since we were late. My hair was a mess. I had tried to fix it, but it didn't work out too well. In my rush to Spanish class I ran into a person. My books went flying and I flew head first into the floor. Ugh. The guy looked at me. I knew that guy. The brown blonde hair, the pale tan skin, and the warm brown eyes. I couldn't bring myself to say it.

"Alex?" he asked in that hot British accent that made me feel like I just melted.

"Mason?" I asked. Like I didn't already know it was him. A person can't forget those warm brown eyes and British accent. At least I couldn't.

"Alex!" Mason exclaimed. He helped me up and hugged me. I couldn't help but hug him back. I had missed him so much! I started to tear up.

"Mason. I-I-I can't believe you're here," I said crying.

"Aw Alex, don't cry," he said in that sweet British accent that only made me cry harder. Memories flooded back. The great times we had together. At the park, drawing with chalk, painting, art class, middle school. It all came flooding back. I finally felt whole again. I cried into his shoulder. They were happy tears. I couldn't believe my true love was back. Mason was back.

"Mason, I don't know what to say, how'd you how'd you know I was here?" I asked.

"I didn't know you were here, I had to move in with my grandmother," Mason said.

"I'm so happy you're here!" I said. I hugged him as hard as I could. I was not going to let go. Despite that we broke up after sleeping with each other. Despite me only being fourteen. I loved him more than anything in the world. He was the better part of me. And he was finally back, even after I yelled at him, lost my temper at him, and almost killed him. He was back. And he was hugging me. And hopefully he still loved me like I loved him.

"I'm happy too Alex. But I think we need to get to class. I have Spanish now, what about you?" he asked. I just cried in his shoulder. I wasn't going to let school ruin this amazing moment.

"Come on Alex," he said as he started to pull away.

"No!" I cried. "Don't leave me!" He chuckled.

"What class do you have next?" he asked.

"Spanish," I said.

"So do I, now go get cleaned up and then you can go to Spanish with me," he said. I nodded and went into the ladies' room. I wiped away my tears. Stupid hormones. I fixed my make up, again. I managed to take some deep breaths and stop my tears. But the tears just came flooding back when I saw Mason waiting for me. He was waiting for me and being nice to me after all I did to him. I tried to wipe the tears away but they just kept flowing. Why did it have to be so hard to not cry? I went back into the bathroom. I tried to wipe away as many tears as I could. I gave up on trying to put make up on; I just wiped it all off. Then I headed back outside. The first glimpse I caught of him the waterworks went off again. I managed to get to him and walk into Spanish class. I sat next to Adrian. She too had been crying. But why?

Adrian

I had walked into school as strong as I could. My friends I knew for a day knew my secret. But we all shared the same secrets. I was walking to Spanish class when I noticed a familiar person standing at the lockers.

"Ben?" I asked excitedly. I ran up to him. No! It couldn't be! It was Ben!

"Adrian?" he asked.

"Ben!" I exclaimed. Tears started pouring down my face. I couldn't help it! The most amazing guy in the world was back!

"Adrian!" he exclaimed. He hugged me. I hugged him tighter and cried tears of joy into his shoulder. He pulled away to see my face.

"I thought I'd never see you again!" he exclaimed.

"I thought that too!" I said. This was different for me: to be excited about a guy coming back. I've dated a whole lot of guys before Ben. He kissed me. It was amazing! It just made the waterworks go crazy! I hugged him again. He was a really nice and honest guy. He didn't cheat and he always was loyal. He wouldn't do anything to upset me, or at least he tried. It wasn't that easy though to please me. He got the bad side of me once in a while, but the other times were just magical. We stood there hugging each other like idiots. My eyes were acting like waterfalls. I couldn't stop the tears. We kissed and hugged and kissed again. So happy to see each other again after we thought we'd never see each other for the rest of our lives. Then we had to part. The tears of joy turned into tears of sadness in microseconds. He tried to wipe my tears away. He kissed and hugged me goodbye then left.

"Bye Adrian, see you at lunch," he said. He waved at me. Then he disappeared out of sight. As quickly as he appeared he had left. I slid down to the floor. I sat there hugging in my knees with my head on my knees crying for what felt like hours, but were only seconds. Then a red eyed Amy helped me up and led me to Spanish class. By the time I had gotten in my seat I wasn't crying that much, but still crying. But why was Amy crying?

Amy

After I had cried in the mud with the rest of the girls, witnessed a love scene, cleaned up, and got to school I ran into a guy. I quickly said sorry the little mouse I am and picked up my books.

"Amy?" the guy asked. I froze. Could it be? Could it really be? Could it really be the guy from band camp? The guy I loved and was the other half of me? Could it? I looked up. It was. It was Ricky. The guy I loved so much and so dearly. The guy I met at band camp. The guy that was my first kiss. The guy that I had slept with first. It was all in this one guy: Ricky. Here we were. In South Carolina far away from our homes that we had when we were in band camp. I was in Ohio and he was in California. But now we were both in South Carolina. I hugged him with tears streaming down my face. He hugged me back. It was only a short time since he had to get to class. We had waved goodbye and then he disappeared. I was making my way to science class when I noticed Adrian curled up in a ball and crying. I wiped away my tears and helped her up. I smiled at her and she smiled back despite the tears we were both facing. I helped her get cleaned up and then I walked with her to Spanish class since the science lab was a couple rooms down. I walked into the science lab next to a trying to hold back her tears Emma. Why was everyone crying?

Emma

After crying in the mud like an unintelligent human being the girls and I headed to Alex's house whose parents thankfully weren't home at the time and we cleaned ourselves up. After learning that I wasn't the only mermaid in this world and that I wasn't the only pregnant teen in the high school I kind of went into a little shock. I mean, really, what are the odds that nine girls suddenly come to one high school become friends learn that they are pregnant and that they all are mermaids? What are the odds? It just sounds a bit, fishy. It was like a murder mystery put too well together and it seems as if the only one who could've done it is the one who couldn't have possibly done it, if that makes any sense. I on the other hand had a whole bunch of questions; I mean like really think for a second, how in the world would we even know about each other let alone go to the same school at the surprisingly same time? I think it's all a set up. I have to ask the others what they think during lunch period. Justin knew Juliet was pregnant. Yeah, I think she should tell him, but it's kind of weird, Justin is Alex's brother, so would he know about Alex? About us? I had just witnessed in the mud a love scene straight from a romance novel. It was cute and sweet and a happy ending, but would it really be at the end? When the baby's born? I just had my doubts about their relationship after the delivery, but if they loved each other enough, they might be able to go through it, how hard is taking care of a child? I laughed at that thought. I would soon find out. So yeah, as I was saying the girls and I went our separate ways to school.

I fumbled around with a keychain at my locker. I was going to be late in class, but oh well, I couldn't help it now. I closed my locker and ran to the bathroom just in time to be sick in the trash can. I guess that's what I get for being fourteen and pregnant. I cleaned myself up and fixed my hair not realizing that I was putting it up in the way I had it when I first kissed my first and last love Ash. I walked out of the bathroom and right into a guy carrying a ton of books.

"I'm sorry, that was my fault," I said. I helped him pick up his books careful not to make eye contact. Eye contact with guys was disastrous for me. I would always make friends with them and maybe even start to like them and then boom! Their girlfriend comes up and kisses them. I stood up trying not to make eye contact but failing anyway. He had blue eyes and black curly hair. There was something about his smile that triggered a memory. It wasn't really a memory, just a feeling. The kind of feeling I had when I used to be with Ash. A warm fuzzy feeling that made your day is perfect even if it was the worst. I smiled. He smiled back. The smile was familiar, something in the back of my head felt like it wanted to scream something, but didn't know what to say.

"Do I know you?" I asked unable to say anything else. What should I say when I recognized somebody but couldn't put a finger to it?

"Emma Gilbert?" the boy asked. How did he know my name? I just kept looking at him confused with a smile on my face.

"Oh, sorry you must be someone else," he quickly said seeing my hesitation and confusion.

"No, no, that's my name, but how'd you know it?" I asked dumbly. How did he know it? Really Emma? Really? Was I trying to make a stupid blonde out of me?

"Oh, I'm Ash Dove, you probably don't remember me," he said. Ash? As in the Ash? I pinched myself to wake up out of this dream that was going to bite me in the back if I kept dreaming it. Ash Dove? As in the guy I slept with? The guy I was madly in love with? The guy I had to move away from because of my parents getting better jobs? No, it couldn't be. I wouldn't let it be. Ash Dove is far away from me and I will never see him again, ever. I wasn't going to see him again. This is just a dream that will torture me. No, this is not real.

"Um, I'm sorry, I don't think I recall ever meeting you," I said. What was I doing? It was Ash! Am I trying to push away my opportunity of ever being in love again?

"Are you sure you're Emma Gilbert? I mean the Emma I knew would definitely recall being with me," he said. No! No! No! I was not going to get sucked up into this dream. I pinched my arm harder and harder until I felt blood, and I still wasn't awake. He still was there. Right in front of me saying that he knew me. Of course he knew me! This is reality Emma! Wake up! This isn't a dream! This is real! Then why did it feel like a dream? Why did it feel, so, so, so unreal? Why did it feel that if I touched him he would disintegrate into dust?

"I-I-I don't know what you mean. I'm Emma Gilbert, and I'm pretty sure I would remember somebody," I said. I was so stupid! I was carrying this guy's kid right now and it was growing inside me and what was I doing? Pretending like I didn't know him that's what! I couldn't believe this!

"So, you don't remember that one night where you were perfectly happy with the world?" he asked.

"I'm always happy with the world," I lied. I hadn't been happy in a while even before Ash. Everything in my family was just so complicated. It was like I wasn't allowed to enjoy something, like every time I was almost happy something horrible would happen to me.

"The Emma I knew wasn't except for that night," he said. He knew how to open me up so well. He would always say 'the Emma I knew' when I was mad at him and pretended to not know him. It would always open me up and he would get a sweet kiss on the lips. A sweet kiss on the lips right now would make my shields tumble and my world come crashing down. I would loose all my sensibility and just go with the flow and be the person I was inside. Not the person I made myself be, so my friends wouldn't see what I had to go through at home. He smiled at me. I could've lost everything right then and there and kissed him like I was yearning to. Something stopped me. It was my careful side. The side that always kept the unreal Emma on the ground holding her, tighter and tighter until there was none left. It was the side that I depended on. It was the doubtful side, the side that kept me from getting hurt. I learned to be that side. I accepted it and listened to it with out a single thought against it. But this time I wasn't sure if I wanted to listen to that side. I did listen to it despite my thoughts and my will. I guess that's what I get for going with it all these years letting it take over me. But that one night it wasn't with me and I was the real Emma. The Emma I hadn't been in years until that night and even after that. The reckless, loving, so naïve Emma. It was who I wanted to be. But that Emma got me hurt and pushed around and I learned not to be it. I learned not to be the real me. I shaped myself into an Emma that got an A+ on everything and was perfect, or so the people around me thought.

"I'm sorry, but I must not be the Emma you knew," I said a little harsher than intended. I couldn't believe I was doing this. Ruining my last chance with Ash. I couldn't tell myself to stop because I doubted that it was Ash. And if it was I wasn't going to let myself believe it. Because as soon as I did my world would come crashing down because once I believed it was Ash I would be perfectly happy, and life never ever let me be perfectly happy. Another reason why I formed myself into this other Emma another reason why I conceal my true self inside. I always will be this other Emma, and I didn't really mind. This other Emma was like a home to me. It protected me and knew what was best for me.

"Was it something I did?" he asked innocently.

"Look, whoever you are, I'm not interested and I really need to get going," I said and hurried off quickly to hide the tears that were streaming down my face. The love of my life had come back. The one guy that made me happy. The one person I hurt with this other Emma. He had come back. He gave me a second chance. And what did I do? I was the other Emma again and I blew it. I blew it totally, more than I even thought possible. I went into class and a few minutes later Amy came and sat next to me. She had been crying as well.

A/N I decided to put this chapter into parts because this is just SO long and it's going to get longer, so yeah. I hope you like it! READ AND REVIEW! It would also be awesome if you shared this story! Thanks for the reviews even though I only have three reviews and only two people reviewed! Please spread the word about this story! Thanks! Have a nice day/afternoon/night/morning whatever. Bye!