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Melissa's POV
Running outside my house, I looked around myself and, noticing no one was around me, I jumped off the pier and dove under the ocean. I swam in super speed all the way to the beach at May's place, where she and Destiny would be waiting for me. We agreed to go for a swim this afternoon and there was nothing that could stop us; it was the weekend, meaning no school and definitely no homework.
Reaching the shoal, I dove out on the surface and crawled towards the shore. Seeing Destiny sitting on the sand, I waved at her and called out her name. She smiled at me and ran towards me, but was careful enough not to get into wet.
"Where's May?" I asked. She was supposed to be there. We did agree to swim together… All three of us.
"She's watching CSI online. There's about twenty minutes left till the episode ends. She said she'll meet us at Ooha'oma." Great, so now her awesomest show is more important than our deal. But it's not like we were helpless without her.
"Let's go then", I said, nodding. If there was something I wanted more than ever that moment, it was that swimming.
Destiny nodded and quickly got into the water. The two of us waved our tails and in just a few seconds, we found ourselves in the middle of the ocean. This was going to be a fun swim.
May's POV
As the CSI episode ended, I took my towel and headed towards the beach. It was actually a pretty good episode, with lots of hotties. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some boy - crazy fangirl, but I had to admit that CSI's always full of hotties!
Putting the towel down on the sand I headed towards the shoal, ready to finally get that swim with my friends I waited for the whole day. I was just about to step into the water, when I heard a familiar voice calling for me. Glancing at the right side, I saw Dyson sitting on the high rock and smiling at me. Good thing he called me before I went swimming. Only hell knows what he'd thought about what happened.
He called me to come over to him. I obeyed and sat right next to him. He out his arm around my neck and kissed my cheek.
"How have you been?" he asked and gave me one of him sweetest smiled that almost made me melt on the spot.
"Well… I've been fine."
"I see you were going for a swim." His eyes inspected every inch of my body - I think he liked the way I liked in my swimsuit for some reason. He couldn't take his eyes off my boobs though.
Making me feel uncomfortable, I crossed my arms on my chest, covering my boobs. Dyson blushed and pointed his look towards the ocean. "Sorry about that." The way he said that made me forgive him in a second. Especially after I heard the reason he's here. "I came to ask for another date. I mean, the one a week ago ended up pretty bad so I thought we should repeat it and make it better.
I smiled. "Sure! Can we go tonight?" Yup, I was so excited that I wanted to go out with him this very second, not tonight. But I knew it was not that simple. That very moment I wanted to burry myself into his chest and kiss him till he suffocates.
Dyson leaned over to me and kissed me on the lips. I couldn't help but smile. I just wished he'd ask me to be his girlfriend. I mean, I've been waiting for this dates since 5th grade and I thought it would be appropriate if we could be a couple. I noticed his eyes staring deeply into mine, but his look soon ended up on my boobs again. He cleared his throat and looked up at the sky.
"Wanna go swimming with me?" Oh, no! That was the question I wanted to avoid this whole time. What was I supposed to say? 'Yeah, sure. You should see my tail, it looks so awesome! Yeah, have a tail. You haven't known that?
"Actually, when I think about it, I'm gonna go inside and take a nap. I think I'm getting a headache because of this sun." The sun's rays were pointed exactly at my head, blocking my view on the ocean. I think it was understandable that I would get a headache, even thought I haven't got it. "Well, gotta go. Bye!"
I slowly got up on my feet and headed back, when I suddenly tripped over a rock and fell onto the hard rock, rolling over it and falling into the ocean. I felt a sharp pain all over my body, but falling into the ocean made my pain a little less painful. At least I haven't hurt my head, or else I would've already been in the hospital.
Reaching the bottom, I grabbed an underwater rock and watched my legs as they turned into fish's tail. Again, my secret ruined my meeting with the boy I love and it was already getting too ridiculous! I mean, can't I have just one day with him without it being ruined by my secret? I couldn't let him see me like this, at least not now. I was not ready yet. I was just about to swim towards Ooha'oma, when I heard a blurry sound of someone calling out my name. Then there was this splash and my whole world trembled down.
In a matter of seconds I was there, face to face with those brown eyes that looked so surprised, yet scared. Dyson blankly stared at me, observing my gills, scales and tail. Oh, no! What am I going to do?
Destiny's POV
I never thought I'd say this, but I actually quite enjoyed swimming between all those tropical fishes and corals. I saw a few underwater rocks and swam around them, observing many starfishes lying there peacefully. I noticed Melissa waving at me and showing me a circle - shaped pinkish shell she's found. I waved her back and picked up a starfish and showed her to see it. She gave me thumbs up and made her way towards Ooha'oma. I wonder what kept May so busy. She doesn't know what she's missing.
- H2O -
After a couple of minutes of speed swimming, Melissa and I dove out in the moon pool and took a deep breath. Yup, you guessed it - we raced. Who won? I have no idea, but just to provoke Mel, I'll say it was me.
"I so nailed you."
"No way! You were like two meters behind me", Melissa provoked back. We both burst into laughter. We enjoyed having this kind of arguments. It always made us laugh even in hardest moments.
"Up for another round?"
"I think we should wait for May. She could be here any minute. I don't want her to think we left her." I wouldn't want to be left like that myself, so I thought it would be nice to wait for May to get here before we actually go somewhere. If May comes here and does not find us, she could get worried of angry at us. But of course, Melissa had to use her big tongue to irritate me.
"Scared of losing?" What the hell did that mean? I was surely not going to let it go that easy and she knew that. She just knew my weak spot and used it pretty damn well.
"In your dreams. Let's go!" I'm gonna nail her this time for sure.
May's POV
As I stared into Dyson's scared eyes, I gave him a sad look and let out a few tears. This was not happening, no! This couldn't be happening! He couldn't find out my secret! He couldn't and shouldn't! Blinking a few times to make myself believe this was real, I dove out, followed by Dyson.
Once above the water surface, I gave Dyson another sad and scared look and he returned it. My hands were shaking and my heart beat fast, really fast - but this time it was not because I was uncomfortable and in love, but because I was scared. I was scared for myself and my secret. What if he tells everyone? What if he wants to use me as a test subject? What would I do then? Attack him with my powers? Hurt him? Kill him?
"Are you afraid of me?" Those words just came out of my mouth in a form of mumbling. I didn't really think he heard me, but the fact was - he did hear me!
"No." That made me look up at him. His smile was on his face again, but this time it looked fake. Too fake. Who was he trying to fool anyway? "But we have to get out"
"I agree."
- H2O -
"So you became a mermaid after trying to come out of that sea cave on Ooha'oma?" I told Dyson everything about me. He knew so there was no need to keep it a secret anymore. He was trying to understand everything and it went too slow, which surprised me since his computer brain mostly absorbs information like a sponge.
I nodded, but I was not really sure about it. Maybe I became a mermaid for some other reason or way? But this sounded the most logical. "At least I think I did. I dunno, I'm not really sure." I pulled my tail closer to my chest and put my arms around it, resting my head on it. I felt a river of tears running down my cheeks; they were out of control and I was unable to stop them. I guess I was just too emotive. "Now you probably don't want to go out with me. You probably don't ever wanna see me again. You must think I'm a freak."
If I was him, that's exactly what I would've thought at first. I mean, seeing a creature you thought only exists in myths wouldn't be something you see every day. But to my own surprise, Dyson smiled and put him hand on my shoulder. I felt the warmness of it and instantly faced his eyes.
"I would never do that." He wiped away my tears and gave me one of his warmest smile. I couldn't help but smile back.
"Really?"
"Really." Those words of his made me feel so safe and protected; I've never felt that way in my entire life. I had this great desire to crush my house by jumping in it, but had to restrain myself from doing it.
I tightened my grip around my tail as it became a bit cold as sun went down. Great! Now I'll never dry out!
"You feeling cold?" Without waiting for me to answer, Dyson put his arms around me and kissed my lips. I was not cold anymore, quite the opposite actually - I was hot. Too hot.
"This has to be a secret. No one else can know." I think this was a reasonable thing to ask for. It's not like he could go around the city, yelling put loud that I'm a mermaid.
"Your secret's safe with me. You have my word." We both burst into laughter, until he became serious again. "Do… You know… Wanna be my… Girlfriend?"
I smiled. Finally that question I waited for so long! And finally I was going to confirm it. "Yes, I do." I kissed his lips. "I kinda like these kisses."
"You can have them whenever you want. I promise."
- H2O -
An hour almost passed as Dyson and I still sat on the same spot, watching the sunset. I was almost dry and it needed at least ten more minutes for my tail to disappear. Dyson and I were kissing again, but this kiss was long and delicious. Suddenly, a laughter interrupted us and made us point out look towards the sparkling ocean.
Destiny and Melissa looked at us, obviously surprised by what they saw. The look of shock on their faces was too obvious to not to be noticed. Dyson noticed them and I could tell he was just as surprised as they were.
"They too?"
I nodded. "They too." Looking at my friends, I waved at them and yelled: "It's okay, he knows!"
Mel and Des crawled to the shore, where Destiny balled her fish and with her power dried them both off. She then headed towards me, wanting to dry me off too.
"How did you do that?" Dyson asked, surprised. There were way too much things he found out today.
"Power", Destiny replied as she dried me of. "I can boil water."
"Melissa and I have powers too." I just had to make a confession. It felt so great to be able to actually tell someone the truth about myself. "Come here, we'll show you."
The four of us approached the shoal. I could see Dyson's impatient expression. He was so interested in this, I just knew it. I raised my hand and waved it from left to right, creating and levitating a small ball of water. I pulled it to myself and made it fly towards Dyson. He raised his hand and touched the water ball with his finger, immediately pulling it back.
"I can levitate and move water", I said with a smile.
Melissa raised her hand, ready to use her power. "Do not touch that ball till I'm done, Dyson. You could lose your finger and I'm sure you don't want that", she said as she put her hand up and the water ball instantly turned into an ice ball. "As you see, I can freeze water."
Dyson started to laugh; I dunno if it was out of joy or excitement or a mix of both. "This was so cool!"
"I know", I said, as I threw the ice ball into the ocean. I guess things will change from now on - to the better, I hope.
- H2O -
So Dyson knows now and he accepts it well. What'll happen next? Find out soon in the next episode of H2O! Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. Please R&R :)