Welcome to chapter 4. Thanks to everyone who reviewed on the last one. Here you go guys, enjoy :)

May's POV

As I entered my living room, I threw myself onto the couch and took my cell phone in my hands, turning on the sound. I found it weird that Melissa asked me to come home from swimming earlier and expect a call. But a call from who exactly? Who would possibly call me? Her mom? Sister? Dad? I did get along pretty well with her family and despite her terrible relationship with her younger sister, Misty and I got along pretty well.

All of a sudden Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend was heard. It was my cell phone ringing. So what? I like that song. It's not like you've never liked some of the 'older' songs. And it's not that old anyway.

I read a caller id and frowned, but in a moment I went pale. It read Dyson. Why would he be calling me? He never calls me. I'm usually the one calling him and asking about homework. But if he's calling me means it must be something very important.

I accepted the call and put the cell phone against my ear. "Hello?"

"Hello, May?" At the very sound of his voice, I couldn't help but smile and instantly turn mute.

"It… It's me." Well, duh! Thank you, I mean me, Ms. Obvious! "You n - need… Something?"

N - no. I mean, yes! I actually have to ask you something." Okay, this was getting more and more uncomfortable by every second. I could feel it in his voice that he was barely speaking.

It felt my heart beating faster. I could hear it pounding almost as if someone beside leaned on me. Yeah, that's how hard my heart pounded. My arms started shaking. What the hell was wrong with me? The boy just had to ask me something.

"S - say it."

I heard Dyson clearing his throat and taking a deep breath. Whatever he was about to ask me was surely a nightmare for him. "I was wondering if you would… You know… Want to go out tomorrow night… With me?"

Tick - tock, my heart beat even stronger now. I widely opened my eyes. For a moment I thought I was just dreaming, but what I heard was real. He asked me out. He finally asked me out. I wanted to yell yes with all my heart, but something inside of me made me speechless. I opened my mouth and moved my lips, but there was no voice coming out. I cleared my throat and tried to talk again, but it still didn't work. It was like my glottises were paralyzed.

"I knew she wouldn't want it", I heard Dyson mumbling to himself. I don't think he realized he spoke loud enough for me to hear him.

It was not true that I didn't want to go out with him. I did, but like it was my fault my glottises were frozen. I ran to the kitchen and took a glass of water, thinking it would give me back my voice. I leaned over a glass and as I drank too fast, I somehow moved the glass with my mouth and spilled half of it all over myself. This is just getting better and better!

I ran back to the living room, trying to at least get to the couch and lay on it, but ten seconds flew faster than I thought they would and I soon ended up on the floor, hitting it's hardness with all my weight. A sharp pain spread through my arms, tail and stomach. I looked at my tail and rolled my eyes. Does it really have to come with every damn touch of water? I thought to myself.

"May, are you okay?" Shit! Dyson's probably heard me hit the floor and now he's worried. Wait, what? He's worried?

"Yes!" I yelled as loud as I could. My voice came back! I was finally able to accept the invitation. "YES!"

"Okay, but about my question before…" No, he didn't really think I'll refuse to go out with such a cutie?

"I will! Yes!" I repeated. Man, did he not know the meaning of a 'Yes'?

I heard Dyson jumping around his house and yelling, which was making me laugh. I guess he was just as happy as I was. I would've been jumping like that a long time ago, but I had this luck to be stuck on the living room floor until I dry off.

But there was something else I wanted to tell him. "Dyson?"

"What is it?"

"I'm really happy you… You know… Asked me."

"Yeah, about that… I wanted to do it many times but I was, you know… Not brave enough… But you can thank all of this to Melissa. She encouraged me." Melissa did this? Melissa told him to ask me out? She did this for me? She helped me? I had to thank her as soon as I see her. She was a big help. And with that I mean a really big one.

"I'll make sure to thank her." You bet I will.

"So when should I pick you up?" Dyson's voice spoke with a fake calmness. I could understand that, I was going crazy inside too.

"How does ten sound to you?" The later the better.

"Sounds fine. See ya then." And with that, he hung up. I haven't even had a chance to say goodbye, but I'll be on a date with him tomorrow night so not saying goodbye was not such a bad thing. And I'll see him at school tomorrow morning anyway.

- H2O -

As I walked through the long hallway, desperately trying to get to my classroom, I noticed Destiny and Melissa standing leaned on its door, talking and laughing about something. Thank goodness, Melissa is here! I can finally thank her for everything she did in the past few months, especially for that yesterday night. I ran towards her and without even saying 'hi', I pulled her into a tight hug. She probably hardly even breathed.

"Thank you so much! I knew you'd never fail me! You're my best friend ever!" Okay, I was probably over saying it, but it had to be said. She did her 'job' pretty well and 'thanks' was something she deserved more than anything. I tightened my grip around her even more and I felt her arms trying to break free.

"You're suffocating me!" Okay, it was enough. I instantly pulled my arms back and stepped back. Melissa took a few deep breaths. "And no need to thank me. That's what friends are for."

"I just can't believe it's real! I mean, going on a date with… D! I never could've imagined that to actually come true!" I was speaking loud enough for Melissa and Destiny to hear me, but quiet enough so the whole school doesn't hear me. It's not like everyone had to know Dyson and I are going on a date. Oh, and you may wonder why I call him D. Well, that's because in case someone else heard me, they wouldn't know who I'm talking about. Security issues, got it?

"Congratulations! You just look like you're meant to be." Yup, that was Destiny giving me a compliment. Without hesitation, I took a step closer to her and pulled her into a hug.

"Thanks!"

Destiny nodded and excused herself, entering the classroom. Since it was so early in the morning and she - like me - was not a morning person, she went to take her seat in hope of taking a little nap before the teacher comes. Melissa and I remained in the hallway and talked about the date I will have this night, when suddenly I felt someone's shoulder piping against mine. I looked up at the owner of the shoulder and instantly felt my cheeks turning red.

"Hi, May." It was Dyson. He waved at me as he walked past me, entering the classroom. I blinked to myself and gulped, trying to remain my sanity because he was definitely driving me crazy. I took a few deep breaths and gulped again. No, this was not working. My body was still shaking. My heart still beat fast. I still couldn't breathe normally. But this had to stop! Whenever the hell I'm near him or only hear his voice, stuff like this happens. I wonder if you can die of these kind of things.

I noticed Melissa's eyes inspecting every inch of my body. Man, that girl was weird… Or just worried. Or maybe not. As I gave her a confused look, she burst into laughter and put her arm on my shoulder.

"Up until now I've never realized how much you like him." She was right about that one. I've never realized it myself before either. But, as that famous phrase says, people learn new thing their whole life. This was just the beginning. There were lots of things I didn't know of.

"You have no idea." And she had no.

- H2O -

Standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, I carefully added another layer of pink lip-gloss because the one that was on my lips already didn't look too visible to me. I've already put several layers, but to me nothing looked too good. I guess I was just too picky. I was clad in a short knee - length pink dress and flat olive - green sunshoes. My long bangs were tied into a small pony tail and pulled backwards, while the rest of my hair was loosen up. There was no other makeup on my face - except for a bit of face powder to cover the zits I got in package with my last period and eye shadow used as a blusher - and I kinda liked myself that way. I never liked makeup so I never put it on, except in special occasions and this was definitely one of those.

Hearing the doorbell ringing, I put all the makeup back to the cupboard and headed downstairs to open the door. This was definitely Dyson coming to pick me up. I was so glad he was here and that he was not late. I heard guys are usually late, but this one… This one is special. On my way I grabbed my cell phone and put it around my neck as it hung up the pink stripe.

As I opened the door, I saw Dyson wearing dark jeans ripped on some parts, a light blue T - shirt and white sneakers. His hairstyle was the same as always - the hedgehog style, my favorite ever. He smiled at me and said 'hi' and I turned back the greeting.

"Shall we go?" I asked, barely speaking. I couldn't wait till we go off and enjoy the night, which I preferred over the day since it was peaceful and quiet. At least I thought that way.

"You won't tell your parents you're going?" Oh, yeah. How could I forget that? All the excitement turned me into a monster, I guess.

"Mom! Dad! I'm going!" I yelled as loud as I could, making Dyson cover his ears and smile even more. I guess my voice was just so… Loud?

"Have fun!" I heard them reply. I was one of the lucky people that got nice parents who weren't overprotective and obsessive. They were nice and not too nosy; that being the qualities of great parents. And this was my first date ever. They couldn't forbid me to go. If they did, I would've just sneaked out and problem solved.

- H2O -

Dyson and I picked a random pier café and took a seat right next to the ocean. As I sat down, my eyes instantly glued on the ocean that shimmered under the moonlight. On its smooth surface I could see the waxing moon's reflection. The every look on the ocean made me chill. But I guess I was just paranoid. There was no choice of me getting wet this night. There was no. There just was no!

"Nice, isn't it?" Dyson's voice shook me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him and smiled.

"Yeah, it really is. I like the moon." This was the truth. At the age of four - when I watched Sailor Moon - I became obsessed with astronomy and moon was one of my favorite celestial bodies.

A youngster waiter approached us, ready to take our orders. I ordered a strawberry juice, while Dyson ordered a Coca Cola. The waiter wrote down our orders and in just a couple of minutes our drinks were on our table. He opened our drinks in front of us, sipping them into two big glassed. Dyson took his walled out of his pocket and paid for the drinks, leaving the change to waiter as a tip. The waited thanked us and left.

I looked at the ocean again, this time more concerned than happy. "Maybe we should've sat somewhere further away from the ocean", I muttered to myself.

"What?" Dyson spoke. He probably heard me muttering. Damn it! I should really keep my thoughts inside my head.

"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking out loud." Thirsty, I was just about to take the glass into my hand when I noticed the drops of juice running down it. I quickly pulled my hand back, avoiding every chance of getting wet. This was my first date and it couldn't get ruined by my secret. It just couldn't.

"Are you okay?" Dyson asked with a dose of concern in his voice. Poor baby, he was worried about me.

"Yup. I'm fine, I just don't like to touch wet glasses." I had to find a perfect lie and this was one of those. He knew perfectly fine I was kinda weird and, well, different than any other girl my age so he wasn't so surprised. "Got a tissue?"

Dyson took the tissue pack out of his jeans pocket and took one tissue out, drying out the glass. "Better?"

I smiled as I took the sip. "Much better."

Dyson nodded and slowly moved his chair closer to mine. He started leaning over to me, making me blush and almost faint. This was it! My first kiss was just about to happen and he was making a move on his own for the first damn time! My body went crazy again, but this time I was - like a statue - unable to move. But, as one of that guy's that we learned about on history says, what can end bad, will end bad.

As Dyson leaned over to me trying to kiss me, he accidentally turned over the glass with his hand. All the remaining strawberry juice ended up in my lap. I gulped out of shock, not knowing what to do or say. That exact moment I got up and ran as further away from the café as possible, trying to find a good place to hide. Noticing there was no one around me to see me, I put my cell phone down and jumped into the ocean, diving under its sparkling surface. Waving my tail, in a moment I disappeared into the deeps of the great ocean. I just had to be alone.

- H2O -

Diving out in the moon pool, I leaned my arms onto the pool's edge and rested my head on them. I felt bitter tears running down my face and instantly started sobbing and crying out loud. Yes, I cried. I cried because it was my first date, and with the boy I love like I've never loved anyone before. I mean, it was supposed to be my first date. My secret ruined it; it ruined the first kiss I was just about to receive.

Despite my endless love for my secret, I loved that boy more than anything. Even more than my powers. Yes, I know what you will say; that I'm just a teenager that knows nothing about love. Well guess what; teenagers can love too and they're hurt too when something ruins their romantic moment.

At least I left my cell phone o the pier, hoping Dyson would find it and bring it back to me so we can talk. There was this option of someone stealing it, but I just wanted to think positive for the first time in my life. If he ever wants to talk to me again, I'll try to think something up to tell him why I ran away. And if we go out again and something like this happens, I'll think some other lie. And then what will my life turn into? Lies? Secrets? I couldn't take it anymore. There had to be someone girls and I could share our secret with. If this thing with Dyson continues, then he will be that someone. Maybe.

- H2O -

Walking through the park, I searched for a bench Dyson was sitting on. I told Destiny and Melissa about the date incident and they were worried - which was reasonable, of course. Melissa offered to ask him to give me a chance to explain and he accepted. They agreed he'll wait for me in the park around three. I felt bad that she had to do me a favor again. She's already done too much and I felt like a real bitch asking her for a favor again.

At the very sight of Dyson, my arms instantly started trembling. I gulped and took a deep breath. This was it - now or never. Approaching the bench he sat on, I greeted him and sat beside me. He returned the greeting and took my cell phone out of his pocket, handing it over to me.

"Thanks, Dyson", I said so quiet that I wasn't really sure he heard me. But he has.

"Sure." He smiled, making me smile too. But then his warm smile faded in a second. "Why did you run away yesterday?"

Not knowing what to say, I leaned my head down. What was I supposed to say? 'I ran away because if I didn't, you and everyone else at the café would find out I'm a fish'. Yeah, that's the most wanted excuse. Even though I thought about telling him once, now I doubted. He was a straight A student and was very interested in science. His parents even got him his own lab at home. It was not really my intention to become his science project.

"I was just a bit nervous…" This was half a lie. I was nervous, but not just a bit, but like a lot! "Sorry, I'll try not to repeat it. It's just… I'm not really experienced and this is all new to me and-"

I would probably continue rambling like a half an hour or something, but Dyson cut me off by leaning over to me and pulling me closer to him. Our lips merged into a gentle and long kiss - my first kiss. As he pulled his lips away, he smiled at me again and put him arm on my shoulder.

"First kiss?"

I blushed, but my heart beat fast. It was kinda hard to admit that I've got my first kiss just now, when all the people my age were already more than experienced in stuff like this. "I'm not really a social type of person."

Dyson smiled. "That's one of the things I like about you. You up for a swim?"

I instantly gulped and shook my head. "Maybe some other time."

"I have a feeling that you're hiding something from me."

Oh, crap! I was certainly not ready to tell him yet, one of the reasons being that he's a wannabe scientist. "There is something, but I'm not ready yet. It's still early."

"Then tell me when you think is the best time for ti."

- H2O -

I have to say that this chapter means a lot to me. I was supposed to be with this boy, but he never asked me. My friend tried to set us up, but it didn't work out. I was too shy and he was too shy. And now he's got a new girlfriend. I'm sad because of it because I don't think he knows what he's lost. I'm a bit disappointed in him, but also in myself because I think I should've been a bit more courageous. But this is not about me. I just had to write it and let someone know how I feel. And at least I wanted to make my character have a happy love life because if she's happy, I'll be happy too. Dyson is based on that boy so most of his personality is from my real life crush.

Please R&R :)

Oh, and BIG thanks to my friend who tried to set us up even though she does not have internet connection. The nickname I gave her is Minako (she's not Japanese). So thanks a lot, Minako! Love ya. Melissa's based on you because of your kindness!