Emma's Pov

I grabbed my purse and my cell phone as I started heading towards the front door.

"Damn it. I forgot my lip gloss." I looked down in my purse as I started running back upstairs.

I looked inside my bathroom and in the cabinets until i finally found it. I smiled, looking at the shiny pink gel that was in the tube as I started going back down stairs.

"Ill be back at 9 this evening! Bye!" I yelled as I was about to open the door to leave but i saw my mom coming down stairs.

"Sweaty, its only 10 in the morning. Are you sure you wanna go down to the collage this early?" She asked with some concern.

"Mom, its going to take an hour just to get there. I'm going over to Cleo's house and every one's going to start driving there." I explained.

"Everyone? Who do you mean by everyone?" She asked with a bit of a harsh tone.

"Me, Cleo, Bella, Ash, WIl, Sophie and Lewis." I mentioned.

"You're going there, all in one car?" My mom asked in shock.

"No, Cleo's dad is going to drive us and Ash is also taking his car." I explained, a bit annoyed at my mom.

I was going to collage, not preschool. Plus i was only taking a tour of the school. Didn't seem like a big deal to me. I was going to be back by tonight.

"Ok then. Just don't come back too late." She sighed.

"I won't. I promise." I quickly added, heading towards the front door. Immediately i saw Elliot coming from the hallway as he looked a me strangely.

"Where are you going?" He asked me.

"Im going to a collage tour. Ill be back by tonight." I awkwardly answered, knowing that this has been the first time he has talked to me in over a week.

He was so cautious around me, I sometimes thought he was going to tell someone about my secret.

"Or are you going swimming with your friends?" He asked, crossing his arms in annoyance.

I sighed knowing where this was going.

"Look, im sorry i didnt tell you before. It's just so dangerous telling people what i am." I calmly explained.

"What, so you don't trust me?" He snapped back.

"No, i do trust you its just..." I started off saying but nothing came out.

"Ya, sure you trust me." He rolled his eyes

"Elliot. Please dont make this harder than it is. I know what i did was wrong but you cant be mad at me forever." I told him.

"Oh and if its so wrong then why dont you tell mom or dad?" He madly asked.

I just silently stood there, staring at the ground, not knowing what to say.

"Wow, your unbelievable!" He said in a loud tone, almost like a shout but not exactly.

"Please! You can't tell anyone! Not even mom or dad." I begged him.

"And what about your friends? Are they fish too?" He asked.

"No they're not for the last time! Stop asking me that!" I yelled.

"It just doesn't make sense! Your always hanging out with them!" He snapped back.

"You know its something called friends." I rolled my eyes.

"Ya well i don't believe you." He mentioned with anger.

"Believe what you want. Im going on my collage tour with everyone. Ill be back later, k?" I annoyingly responded, as i shut the door behind me and started walking towards Cleo's house.

At this point I didn't know what to do with Eliot. He was eventually gonna tell someone that i was a mermaid. It's just been so awkward around in the house. Mom senses it but Elliot ignores her every time she asks whats wrong.

Immediately i saw everyone waiting outside of Cleo's house.

"Emma!" Cleo shouted as I excitedly ran over to where she was standing.

For the first time in a long time, i was excited to go to school. Well not just school but collage. It was just a tour around the place but even that seemed exciting.
"Are we leaving now?" I anxiously asked.

Before Cleo could respond, Bella came into our talk.

"Wait, what about Rikki?" She asked as we looked at everyone who was standing there.

"She isn't going to collage. Remember?" I responded in annoyance.

"I just thought it woud be nice..." Bella started saying but I stopped her.

"What? Nice to take her to collage she cant even go to. That dosent seem very nice to me." I crossed my arms.

Cleo just stood there, not knowing what to do. She knew i was right but at the same time, not asking her to come would make her think she's not part of the group.

"Let's go. I think its best if we dont wait around for someone who isn't coming." Sophie barged in as I smiled.

Cleo and Bella just rolled their eyes. I didn't get why they both hated Sophie so much. She was actually fun to hang out with once you got to know her.

I waked towards the direction of Ash's car while Sophie walked aside of me.

"This is so awesome, you coming to the collage with us. Did you turn in your application?" I asked.

"Not yet. Im just gonna turn it in once we get to the collage. I wanna look around first before i choose the classes i wanna take." She mentioned.

"I know. I might change some of my classes if I don't like what i see." I added on.

She just smiled as I saw Ash waiting there. Immediately i kissed his right cheek.

"Morning Em." He smiled, as Sophie just waited there awkwardly with her arms crossed. "Ready to go?" He finally asked.

I smiled.

"Of course. Future collage here i come..."

Zane's Pov

I walked down the side walk, getting some fresh air, but apparently fresh air wasn't doing the job. I couldn't even sleep last night because of everything that i've been thinking about. Rikki? Pregnant? This is just... crazy.

What if she's is saying she's pregnant so that I stop talking to her. It could be possible. It just seems weird that she would make up such a big lie so that i start avoiding her. What was i supposed to do? Help her raise a kid? Im only 18. I've never even played with little kids before.

So many frustrating thoughts came into my head as I started walking up along the beach. Immediately i saw Rikki walking towards a certain direction as I froze in place.

Was i supposed to go up to her and talk? Should i avoid her?

Rikki had her arms crossed and I could tell that there was some sadness in her face. It was weird cause 3 months ago, she would always be walking with her friends but now, i see her alone most of the time.

I took a deep breath as i knew i had to speak with her. i couldn't avoid her forever. We needed to decide what we were going to do with this whole pregnancy situation.

I ran up to her as I awkwardly stopped. Immediately she turned her head to look at me. She looked a bit concerned and stressed once she saw me but relaxed a bit as i walked aside of her.

It was silent as none of us said anything. Maybe Rikki was going to avoid me. Well its not like she wasn't avoiding me before but maybe she will avoid me even more, knowing I'm the father of her baby.

"So um, how are you?" I asked, trying to start off a conversation but the second i asked that, i knew it sounded stupid.

"How am i?" She softly asked, sounding more upset than mad.

"Ya, you know. With the whole pregnancy thing?" I asked, clarifying my question.

"Fine I guess." She spoke up louder as I took a deep breath.

It was silent for a few more more seconds, as I saw Rikki turn her head to look at me.

"Zane, im deciding what to do with the baby." She started off with a confident voice as I looked at her strangely.

"Decided what to do with the baby?" I asked in confusion.

"Yes. I'm just gonna get an abortion." She mentioned, still looking down at the sand.

I stopped walking. Rikki confused turned around to see me standing there, doing nothing.

"What?" She snapped at me.

"An abortion. Wouldn't that be... a little over the top." I mentioned, not even thinking she would go to the extremes to abort her own child.

"Oh and you don't think raising a baby at our age is a little over the top. I can't let any one find out about this. It would just be simpler to abort it." She explained.

I shook my head.

"Rikki. Maybe we should think this through. We do have other options..." I started off saying but she stopped me.

"Oh like what? Embarrassing myself in front of my friends and family because i got pregnant with your baby." She started off yelling.

I just stood there in shock. Would i seriously be that big of an embarrassment to her. Would she be that ashamed of herself for being pregnant with my baby? If i was such a big embarrassment for her then why did she have sex with me? Why did she even start dating me in the first place?

"That's not what i meant. There are other ways we can handle this. Aborting would just be stupid." I mentioned.

"Ya and having sex with you was stupid and look at where we are now. There's no way we can be parents. Especially me. I don't even want kids. Plus why do you want me to keep the child? Your the one who mentioned about the abortion in the first place." She gave me that annoyed attitude.

I stood there with no answer. Its like i wanted her to keep the child, but at the same i didn't because that would mean having to get involved. Something that i was definitely not prepared for doing.

"See Zane. This is all just so much to handle in a few months. Im having the abortion next week and before you know it, everything will go back to the way it was. Im going to collage and you go back to doing whatever your doing? Ok?" She gave me that calm voice as she started walking away but i chased after her.

"Wait what? You already set up in a appointment?" I asked in shock.

She just gave me that annoyed face expression as I waited for a response.

"Rikki. Maybe we should think about it before we do anything that could..." But she just stopped walking to face me.

"Ive made my decision Zane! The doctor said that doing the abortion at 2 months pregnant would be the best time to do it because the baby is big enough to take out and it wont leave a huge scar on my stomach. Plus I'm not showing yet so that means no ones ever going to suspect I was pregnant. " She explained.

I sighed. I wasn't really sure If i could convince her to do anything eles. It was true. We both aren't cut out to be parents. I just would feel guilty if she went and got an abortion. It would make me feel like I'm supporting her in this.

"And when's the appointment?" I softly asked.

She sighed, looking down at her stomach.

"On Tuesday of next week. Having it at 1 pm. I just wanna get it over with so I'm not so stressed out about this. It will be best for the both us. I promise." She calmly mentioned as I just stood there, looking at her blond curly hair blow in the wind.

"And that's it." I softly asked.

"Yup." She replied awkwardly as i just started at the ground.

"Got to go." She mentioned as she started heading towards the ocean.

I turned around, walking back to the direction of my house. Immediately i had that horrible gut feeling in my stomach. That feeling you had when something didnt feel right. But this was Right. Rikki was right. No way we can raise a child. At this point we can't do anything.

My dad would probably force me to get married and who knows. I might become like my dad. He was forced into marriage when my mom got pregnant with me and look where we are now. My mom left when i was 2 and my dad is all caught up with other stuff. Its like i don't even exsit. Is that really how i want my child to feel?

I just hoped whatever happened, we were doing the right thing...