MELISSA'S POV
"That thing you did today was so cool!" Yup, that was Destiny saying. Strange, I know. But I guess she finally managed to lose up.
"You better get used to it because you'll be seeing a lot of it", I said. It was the truth, though. Now that I have this power, I'm not just gonna sit and let it rot unused. "Anyway, are you up for a swim?"
"Sure, just let me leave my school things home", May said. We were just going home from school. We were let home earlier because of that 'event' we caused. Pretty cool actually.
Destiny cleared her throat. "I'm not going. You know I can't swim."
"Now is a great chance for you to learn", I said. She's got tail and gills now, even powers. She could learn how to swim in less than two minutes if she tried. But this is Destiny we're talking about.
May nodded. "Yeah. So meet you all at moon pool?"
Destiny stopped. "How would we even get there? We can't go to the beach, people might notice if we dive under and never come back. Some divers might see us too."
Okay, she's got a point here. It was too risky. We all had to think about it for a moment. We couldn't just go to the public beach and disappear. They had to find some place that is safe enough… But which one?
"Beach at my place!" Oh, yeah. Now I remember. A few feet away from May's house is a small beach. The only swimmers there were May and her parents. It seemed like a safe place. Good one, May!
"It's fine with me", I sad.
Destiny nodded. "With me too, I guess…" I noticed a sad look on her face. I think she deep inside knew she had to overcome this fear because it was getting pretty ridiculous. I mean, a mermaid that can't swim and is afraid of water?
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As I headed towards the beach, I saw May sitting on her blue towel, already waiting for me. She smiled at me and I waved my hand at her. I put my white towel down and sat on it for a moment, trying to get myself ready for the swim. I mean, it's not every day that you get to swim with a tail.
I observed my surroundings, trying to make sure we were safe. Tall, dark brown rocks surrounded the beach, and on the back side stood a big, two - floored house - May's house. The only danger there were May's parents, but she said her dad was working and her mom was watching a telenovela so I guess we were safe.
"Let's go", I said as I stood up and headed towards the ocean. May followed. Together we dove under the salt water, ready to spend the whole afternoon under it.
I tried to swim faster by moving and waving my hands more often, but as I moved my tail, I found myself a few feet away in less than five seconds. I smiled. Super speed swimming - another ability of mine. I looked around myself and noticed May appearing in front of me, also in super speed. I guess the two of us are handling this pretty well.
May did a salto in the water and swam to the sandy bottom and a wonderful and colorful coral reef. There was a school of fishes swimming around us. I noticed May reaching out for some pretty, little orange fish, but it swam away. I picked up some circle - shaped white shell and showed it to May. She smiled as I threw the shell away and headed towards Ooha'oma.
May and I super swam to Ooha'oma. Noticing a small underwater cave entrance, we entered it and found ourselves in the moon pool. As we dove out, I took a deep breath, while May leaned her arms on the pool's edge and rested her head on them. I turned on my back and enjoyed the feeling of floating on the water surface.
"It's so pretty here."
"Yup, even though I'm kinda scared of the deep", May admitted.
I nodded. I was afraid of the deep myself too, so I could understand that. I never liked unknown places, surrounded by dangerous creatures. That's how deep waters are like - unexplored and a home for many dangerous sea creatures. Closing my eyes, I tried to do my best to keep my mind away from those thoughts. I hope Destiny will come here and soon learn how to swim.
DESTINY'S POV
As I put down my red towel, I approached the shoal and sat on the sand. I moved my knees close to my chest and put my arms around them. I observed the water coming closer and closer to me as it hit the shore so I balled my hand and made it evaporate. The last thing I needed was getting a tail without even being in the water.
I had this great desire to go for a swim, but something inside of me made me back off every damn time I tried. This fear was really starting to get on my nerves. I was a mermaid, for God's sake! What mermaid is afraid of water? That red - haired one from the cartoon was not afraid of it, that blonde from another cartoon was also not afraid and another blonde one from the movie Melissa and May watched was not afraid. The only one that was afraid was me.
I slowly got up and took a step closer to the ocean that shimmered under the sunlight. Then I took another one and another one, until I felt cold water touching my feet. I gulped. In ten seconds I'll grow a tail so really had no time to think about my next move. I ran deeper in the ocean and just as I was about to dive under, I felt my legs being replaced with a tail and fell. I closed my mouth and covered my nose as tight as I could, until I left out the oxygen and dove out on the surface. I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down.
I have no idea what the hell was wrong with me. I was a mermaid – a mermaid! – so there was no way I could drown. I could breathe under water – or at least hold my breath – and what did I do? Dove out in search for more air! I had to overcome this damn fear of my life would be a real hell till I die.
I dove under again, this time without taking a deep breath. I opened my mouth and smiled. There was no feeling of losing oxygen anymore - I felt like I'm on my own place there. I waved my arms and turned to the bottom, trying to swim into the deep. But there was this problem - my tail wouldn't move. After a couple of unsuccessful tried, my tail finally moved and allowed me to swim.
Ooha'oma was too far away for me to swim to. I didn't know how the hell was I supposed to go there swimming this slow. With only one wave of my tail, I suddenly found myself a few meters away from the cave entrance. I glanced at my tail. Maybe as a mermaid I could swim in this super speed? I had no idea what was going on, but it was cool. May and Melissa were right after all - I didn't know what I was missing. All those reefs and sea animals that surrounded me made me feel happy and peaceful.
I swam towards the cave entrance and found myself in the moon pool. At the very sight of me, Melissa and May smiled. I could see how surprised they were to actually see me in water. Hell, I was surprised myself.
"So you can swim now?" May asked.
I nodded and burst into laughter. "Who with a tail like this couldn't?"
MAY'S POV
As the bell rang and marked the end of the class, I leaned on the wall in the hallway and yawned. Just 50 more minutes and I'll be somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, swimming with the dolphins. I never actually saw a relevancy of school - sure, I used to like it when I was little, but what good does it teach you? Does is teach you how to love, be a good friend, treat everyone with respect, what the meaning of the life is? No, it doesn't. So why is it so important to go there?
I went back into the classroom and took my seat, doing my best to endure this boredom that grew inside of me. I saw Melissa and Destiny sitting with their faces resting on their hands. At least they found a way to deal with this. Hearing the door open and seeing the person that has entered the classroom, my mood has successfully went up. Dyson walked past my desk and took his seat. He smiled at me, making my cheeks turn dark red.
My eyes immediately fell on that hair and eyes of his. Those hazel eyes, innocent - looking eyes made me fell into trance. If only they watched only me and no one else. Nothing would ever make me that happy. But, I guess I'm destined to be alone. My friends all had boyfriends and I was the only one who hadn't. I was the only one whose lips haven't kissed anyone else's. But it's okay; I learned to live alone so this didn't really bother me. Even the look on people's faces when they find out I've never had a boyfriend before didn't bother me. It was me after all. Me - a loner, secretive and now a mermaid me.
I noticed Melissa raising her head and smiling at me. She probably saw me staring at Dyson and gave me thumbs up, at what I blushed even more and buried my head into my hands. That was so embarrassing.
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"When will you ask Dyson to go out with you?" asked Melissa as we awaited for the bell to ring and mark the end of class for today. History teacher talked about something weird and stupid in which no one was interested. Everyone was just too impatient to hear the bell and go home.
"I don't think he likes me. And since when does the girl ask a boy out?" I rolled my eyes. If he liked me, he would've asked me out already. But he constantly ignores me so there was no way that he liked me.
"I've already told you, he likes you! He told me that!" Yeah, yeah, I dunno why, but there was something that made me doubt Melissa's words. He told me numerous of times he admitted to her he liked me, but I never actually believed her. "And this is the 21st century. Everyone asks everyone out now."
Yup, it was 21st century, but for me it seemed so weird for a girl to ask a boy out. And I was usually embarrassed and mute around Dyson anyway. How was I supposed to ask him out if my voice disobeyed me? But Melissa seemed to have a plan. I saw it in her eyes - that devious look was too noticeable to be hidden.
"May, I won't go home with you and Des. I'll take the shortcut."
MELISSA'S POV
May and Dyson were so obvious about each other that it had become really annoying lately. She always gives me that speech that he doesn't like her, even though I told her many times that he had admitted to me that he likes her. What, did she not believe me? 'Cause I was telling the truth.
Whenever I had a chance to talk to him, I always used it to talk about May. He always blushed during those talks and several times he admitted that he likes her. But the problem was - he was too embarrassed to ask her out. I tried talking to him, giving him advices and suggestions, but he never seemed to listen to me. But that was about to change right now.
I mostly go home with Destiny and May, but this time I've decided to take a shortcut and walk home with Dyson. Since we live in the same street and the shortcut walk was not so long, I had about 15 minutes to talk some sense into him.
"So, how is it?" I asked him. There had to be a way to start the talk and I think this was appropriate.
"Good", he answered. "It's good. You know, going to school, then home, then to school, then back home, then to school again, then back home and then-"
"Okay, okay, I've got it!" I cut him off. I forgot to mention he had this humorous side of his that could make even the most depressed person cheerful till the rest of their life. But this was supposed to be a serious talk and I was not going to be distracted. I shouldn't be. "Let's talk about May."
"What about her?"
This was going to be a hard part. "Well, you see, she likes you and she was wondering when will you ask her out because this whole thing is getting ridiculous."
"I told you I'm can't do that. I want to, but I need more time."
"You had enough time. Now ask her!"
"I don't think I'll ever ask her. You're too persistent."
"Maybe because it's taking you too long. For God's sake, you're delaying this for four months already. Be a man for once in your life! Tell me, how much do you really care about her?"
"Like a lot. Why?"
"Then ask her out!" Man, he was one stubborn boy. Yeah, he was a sweetheart, but a pretty stubborn one.
"Okay, but how?" Now we're getting somewhere.
"I dunno… Call her."
"No way."
"Want me to do it for you?"
"On second thought, I guess I could call her. What's her number?"
I smiled as I gave him her number. This was going to be so cool! May will be so happy. But she can't find out what I did… Not yet. "Okay, so Thursday night you call her and ask her if she's available at Friday. Got it?"
Dyson nodded. "Got it."
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Sorry it was so short. There will be some more short chapters, but there will also be longer ones so stay put. Please R&R and no mean comments, please! I will upload the next chapter after I get reviews. I wanna know if this is actually read by someone. Thank you
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