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May's POV
I smiled, satisfied, as the slight breeze blew around my hair as I sat on the bench in the park. Tall trees around the bench gave me protection from the sun and I thought there was not better way to spend a Saturday morning. Dyson sat next to me; his hand gently holding mine. I could feel the warmth of his body as I rested my head on his shoulder.
All of a sudden he turned to me and leaned to me. I expected him to kiss me so I closed my eyes, enjoying the moment of expecting his lips to touch mine. But after being in that position for a few seconds and not getting that so wanted kiss, I opened my eyes and saw him taking a small nail clipper out of his pocket.
"May, would you like to give me your nail sample?" he asked in a serious voice. "I have this brilliant idea so I would want you to help me with it."
At first I was stunned - I probably looked like I've seen a ghost - but in a moment I came to my senses and gave my boyfriend a death glare. I mean, who does he think he is to turn me into his science project instead of kissing me? Doesn't he realize what being romantic means?
"Excuse me?"
"I just need a nail sample, nothing more", he repeated in an innocent tone.
I immediately let go of his hand and balled my fist, hitting the bench with it that it hurt a bit, but I just didn't care. "Dyson, you're such a moron!" I got up and ran to the pier that stood a few meters away from the park and jumped into the ocean. As my tail replaced my legs, I used super speed swimming as I headed towards Ooha'oma. I just had to go somewhere to calm down a bit.
- H2O -
Diving out in the moon pool's cave, I saw Destiny and Melissa floating on the water surface and laughing about something. If only I could be that happy at the moment. I immediately leaned my arms on the edge of the pool and rested my head on them.
"Hello to you too", Destiny spoke sarcastically. I would've said hello if I wasn't that angry at my stupid boyfriend.
"Man are so… Feelingless", I muttered under my breath and rolled my eyes. "I still don't get it how he got that idea to ask me that."
Melissa glanced at me. "What did he ask you?"
"Yeah, May, what?" Destiny repeated. Man, those girls really could get boring and annoying sometimes. Don't they realize that I sometimes want to be left alone?
I shook my head, uninterested in their words.. "Doesn't matter."
I thought it was going to be the end of the questions, but it was just a start. Melissa became so persistent all of a sudden and Destiny picked after her. They even promised they won't laugh if I said something funny. But they just had no idea there was nothing funny going on. I was just about to leave, when Melissa grabbed my hand and refused to let me go until I said what Dyson asked me."
"Fine!" I yelled, annoyed by her and Des' behavior. "He asked me for a nail sample, okay? He asked for a nail sample."
Surprisingly, Melissa and Destiny burst into laughter like I've just said the funniest thing world's ever seen. They put their hands over their mouth like they tried to hide their laughter from me. Were they really that stupid?
"You really are some friends", I grumbled and once again rolled my eyes.
Destiny went to say something, when all of a sudden a loud crash was heard and in the cave appeared a person I least wanted to see at the moment - my smart boyfriend, Dyson. Seeing him, Melissa and Destiny laughed even more. He muttered something under his breath and I noticed a big, bleeding cut on his knee - he must've complained to himself about that - and I let out a slight smirk. I would've usually feel bad if he got hurt, but at the moment it felt so good to see him in pain.
"I mean really, Dyson! Really!" Melissa spoke as she and Des laughed even more.
Ignoring Melissa's statement, Dyson approached me and fell to his knees, letting out a hiss due to his knee being hurt. Now I started to feel a bit sorry for him, but it's not like I'd let him know about it.
"May, I really don't get it why you ran away. Why did you even call me a moron?" he asked. What the hell was that supposed to mean? Was he saying I'm the bad guy here?
"Like you don't know!" I exclaimed.
"Tell me, please", he said in an soft, lovely tone. Like I'd fall for that!
I responded with a death glare. "Fuck off!"
But instead of doing what I told him to do, he held out his hand towards me. I instantly thought he'll take my hand, but I was terribly wrong. He put his hand in the water and I felt him touch my tail, when suddenly there was a second - long pain I felt. As Dyson pulled his hand out of the water, I saw him holding a golden scale in his hand - my scale!
"What the hell did you do that for?" I yelled, angered by his behavior.
"Now I've got the scale, the only thing left is the nail", he said as he took that very same nail clipper he held earlier. Melissa and Destiny burst into laughter again, while I just rolled my eyes. Man, this eyes rolling thing really started to hurt my eyes.
"And I though you cared about me!" I made a disgusted face expression and dove under the water, swimming as far away from the moon pool as possible. There was no way I'll forgive Dyson for what he did. No way!
Melissa's POV
This thing with May and Dyson sure made me laugh like never before. He tried to do some tests and she was frustrated; her face expression and the tone of her voice spiced up the whole situation and made it even more funny. I knew she felt bad about what Dyson was doing, but I couldn't help but laugh at the two of them. And now that she's left, Dyson looked as confused as the child in the store wondering how that toy Santa Claus can talk.
"I don't get it what's with her this whole day…" Dyson whined. I gave Destiny a look and the two of us barely sustained our laughter.
"Me neither. I'd be happy if - when I find myself a boyfriend -he takes my scales and nails to do research about me", I said with a dose of sarcasm in my voice.
"See? I think she's just too sensitive", Dyson said. And someone would think a smart boy like him would be able to recognize sarcasm. I guess not! "I gotta go." He said hi to Des and me, before leaving the cave. I dunno where the hell he was going, but wherever it was, he should think about what he was doing there.
"He's totally messed up", Destiny said. The two of us couldn't hold back our laughter anymore. "I can't believe who we're hanging out with."
Dyson's POV
I locked the door of my basement - where the lab was - and put May's scale on one of the free desks. The lab wasn't too big, but it had nice equipment for a wannabe scientist like me.
This whole thing with May was kinda getting on my nerves. I've never seen her act like that before; even in school, in front of Illene and Therese, she was calm and peaceful. I dunno what's gotten into her that day.
"And I thought you cared about me!" I couldn't get those words out of my head. What did she mean by that? Of course I cared about her. I cared about her even more than I cared about myself. How did she get the impression I didn't care? She was a lovely girl - a bit weird, but I like 'em that way - and she had lots of good manners. And she - unlike my old girlfriend, Eris Toddler - wasn't pushy and actually made herself my girlfriend without asking me first, like Eris did.
All I wanted to do was to help May and the girls with these tests and May seemed so uninterested about it. First she says she needs my help, but when I actually try to do something, she gets angry. I even got this large cut while trying to locate that damn cave today - which kinda makes me think, someone should shorted the grass there, it's becoming kinda wild there- and she's angry at me. Women!
May's POV
Dyson really drove me crazy that day. After I swam away from the moon pool, I went directly to my room and googled 'annoying boyfriend' just so I can be happy I'm not the only girl that's been driven crazy by her guy. I was so pleased to read all those horrible experiences with boyfriends that my moon went up and I managed to get the smile back on my face.
And now here I was, sitting on the beach at my place with Destiny and Melissa and talking about guess who - Dyson! The two of them were so damn persistent that I should give him another chance, with a speech that guy can be unreasonable sometimes. And guess what? I didn't care! Should I treat someone without respect with the excuse that I can be unreasonable?
You may be wondering what made me so angry about this situation and I am just about to answer that. I watched many tv shows and read many books and fanfictions, and I'm really sensitive when scientists caught different people and do tests on them. Yes, I know Dyson didn't caught me or anything, but still I felt like to him I was only one of those different people who're only worth as experiments. And I don't like that feeling. I like to feel loved and cared about, not like an experiment.
"Come on, maybe you'll make up this time", Melissa kept being persistent even after I told her I won't talk to Dyson about this for the hundredth time. But after hearing it from her so many times, I actually kinda wondered if it would be a good idea. But I was only questioning it, without deciding.
"I agree with Mel. Call him and maybe he apologizes", Destiny said. I took a small breath and smiled. Maybe he does apologize. He was a big boy and probably figured out what's wrong till now.
Taking the cell phone in my hands, I muttered: "Fine" under my breath and typed Dyson's number. It rang for a few times until he finally answered the call.
"Hi, May", I heard his usual sweet voice greeting me.
I took a deep breath. What I was going to ask him wasn't so easy to do. "Listen, shouldn't you… You know… Tell me something right now…" Please, say yes.
"Actually I wanted to ask you something… But I wanted to ask you in person", he said. I smiled. He said yes!
"I'm at the beach at my place. So, I'll see you in couple of minutes?"
"Yup, I'll be there."
As I hung up, the girls immediately bombed me with questions about what he did and did not say. I announced that he was coming and I could tell they were happy about me. They were nice friends to have after all.
- H2O -
Ten minutes later Dyson came at the beach just as he said he would. He took my hand and we went to talk alone behind the rocks, leaving the girls behind. Dyson had a pretty satisfied look on his face and he seemed pretty happy, but for some reason he refused to tell me why in front of Mel and Des. Well, I guess I'll find out in just a minute.
"So… Speak", I mumbled. "So many tests… I'm sure you want to say something in your own defense."
He nodded happily. "Yeah. And you're going to love it."
"Okay then, speak".
He took a deep breath, like he was about to announce the cancer curing medicine. Clearing his throat, he began his speech: "You know, I'm doing something to make you girls waterproof… That's why I needed your scales and nail… So now-"
I cut him off. "Waterproof? No way, Dyson! Don't you know science and magic don't exactly get along pretty well?" What the hell was he thinking?
Dyson put a finger over my lips. "Shhh, let me finish. And just for your information, science can beat magic. Anyway, so…"
"So?"
"So I need a hair sample since you don't wanna give me a nail." He took a tweezers out of his jeans pocket and held it up. Just when he was about to rip my hair off, I took a step back and harshly hit his hand, making it back away.
"You need my hair? You're acting like a complete moron for the whole damn day and instead of apologizing, you ask me to give you a hair sample?" I felt rage taking over me. The look on his face when I hit his hand and now that I told him off made me feel good for a moment. The only thoughts I had at the moment were hurting him and making him feel what he made me feel and I gotta tell you, it felt so good.
But he apparently still didn't realized what he had done to me and was still confused about everything. "I should apologize? Why?"
I gave him a death glare and, instead of replying him, I raised my hand and slapped him across the left side of his face the strongest I was able to. The sound of my hand hitting his face probably echoed through the whole beach and it was probably heard all the way to my house. There was a large, red handprint left on his face, a great reminder of what I had done to him. And it looked kinda painful too.
I felt a river of tears streaming down my face and without saying another word I ran back to the beach and noticed my friends and Melissa's grandma observing me. I didn't care about the glances they were giving me nor how or when Mrs. Tanner got there, the only thing on my mind was to get as far away as possible from my feelingless boyfriend.
I heard Dyson calling for me and his steps following me, but soon I disappeared into the deeps of the ocean and headed to the one place that always calms me down - Ooha'oma.
Destiny's POV
Not even two minutes had passed after May and Dyson went to talk alone, when this terrible sound was heard. It sounded like a slap - a strong slap - and I kinda had in mind who was the one who received it.
"What was that?" Melissa asked. I could feel concern in her voice as she asked that.
I was about to answer her, when this familiar voice was heard: "Something obviously went wrong." I looked behind and saw Mrs. Tanner approaching Melissa and me with a worried look on her face. "The two of them should have a serious talk."
"Couldn't agree more", I muttered. All of a sudden there was May running away to the shoal and diving underwater and Dyson running after her, calling out for her and begging her to wait. Melissa and I decided to investigate and went over to Dyson, with Mrs. Tanner following close behind.
"Something wrong, Dyson?" he was questioned by Melissa.
"I just asked for a hair sample, nothing more. I haven't done anything bad", he said, turning around to face us. I was about to say some not really nice things to him, but seeing his red, slapped left cheek instantly made me shut up. Poor guy, he doesn't even realize what he had done wrong.
"Well, maybe that's the problem", I said, trying not to sound harsh.
"No, it's not supposed to be. Listen, I'm working on this super cool thing to make you girls waterproof and I needed her samples for that. She freaked out after I told her my intentions", he explained, putting his hand over his hurt cheek and muttering that she's a good hitter for a mermaid.
"Waterproof?" I gotta admit, I was kinda scared after hearing that. He wanted to make us waterproof? Was that even possible?
"Magic and science don't go along one with another", Mrs. Tanner said.
Dyson rolled his eyes. "May said the exactly same thing. But I still don't get it what's wrong with her…"
I took the tweezers out of his hand and pulled out my own hair, giving it to him. I told him he could've asked me, but he simply explained that if his project worked, he wanted May - as his girlfriend - to be half responsible for that. Oh, how sweet! He wanted her to participate, but she got it all wrong. Knowing May for so long, I knew it was hard to convince in someone's good intentions if she thinks they're bad. This was gonna be a tough job.
"Has it ever crossed your mind that May doesn't want you to experiment on her?" Melissa asked. Dyson just glared at her. "If I was her, I'd kill you."
"But she never told me what the exact problem is. And you said you'd like to be tested on."
Melissa simply rolled her eyes. "You just don't get sarcasm, do you? And I think May told you with her behavior that she doesn't want to be your guinea pig."
"I thought at least you would be smart enough to figure that out, but I guess I was wrong", I added.
Dyson's went pale and his face expression showed great sadness. "I screwed up, haven't I?"
I nodded. "Big time."
"Then I gotta talk to her", he said as he ran in the city direction. After a few steps made, he stood and turned to us once again and looked at Mrs. Tanner. "And science can beat magic, I'll prove it!"
May's POV
Speeding through the ocean, I could almost feel tears gathering in my eyes, ready to be let out once I reach the surface. But the problem was, I had no intention of reaching the surface. All I wanted was to swim and try to relax in this solitude - alone and apart from anyone else, especially those I least wanted to see at the moment.
I always had the best opinion of Dyson. He seemed like a nice guy - which is rare in these modern times - and his kindness kinda attracted me to him. He was always there to help others and even ready to get in trouble for those he cared about. I remembered once he forgot his physics workbook and the teacher placed the two of us to sit together. As the classroom was crowded, the two of us were kinda pushed on each other. I don't think I have to tell you how my heart and body reacted at him being so close to me. He even did the workbook tasks himself for me, even though his friend told him not to.
And now I felt so betrayed by him. He wanted to do tests on me for some stupid experiments. Making the girls and me waterproof - every fool could see that it was not going to work. Magic is a powerful thing and there is no science to oppose it. He should know that. But the little scientist in him must've told him otherwise. That's one of the reason I hate scientists - they always think they can do and know everything, when in fact they know little to nothing about something.
Once reaching my wanted location - the moon pool - I put my arms on the edge and put my head on them. Those tears I held back for so long finally broke free and my face instantly turned red due to them running down it. I started to sob as loud as I could due to being alone in the cave. Why did he have to do that to me? Why did he have to turn me into some experiment? Why?
I gotta admit, I was stupid for thinking he was a nice person. In times like this you really get to know what people are made of. He probably wanted to experiment on me from the very first time when he found out about my secret. This was probably just the beginning of his tests. I had to do something about it. He had no right to treat me like that. I'm a person too and I have feelings. I don't deserve to be treated like some science project!
That's when I heard that so known crash and I didn't even bother to look up. I already knew who the person is and there was no need to look up to prove it. He probably wanted more samples and there is no way I was about to give him.
"I won't give you any samples!" I yelled with a sharp voice. Shit! Now he knows I cried even though I wanted to hide it. There was no way I was gonna let him know he managed to break me - no sir! - I had to act tough. But what he said next surprised me.
"That's not why I'm here." I looked up and noticed a sad expression he wore. In fact, he looked like he cried too. He sat right next to my arms and looked down at me. "I came here… To say I'm sorry about everything."
"Are you really sorry or you just said so because you thought you had to?" It was a good question. I've met many people who only apologize so they can receive forgiveness from people so the others who made them apologize would stop bugging them. I kinda doubted Dyson was one of those people, but you never know.
Dyson took a deep breath and looked deeply into my eyes. "I really am sorry. I shouldn't have treated you like that."
I returned the eye-glance. His eyes… They looked so sad and desperate, full of pain and sorrow and repent. Even if he wanted to lie to me, his eyes would never be able to. They were the only obstacle for him to become a good liar. And at that moment I knew he was telling the truth.
"You really hurt me when you asked for samples. I just wanted a kiss, and you…" I spoke, swallowing and barely holding back my tears.
"I'm sorry. I was preoccupied with my research I haven't even noticed I hurt you." He leaned closer to me. "But I promise it's never happen again. Would you forgive me?"
"Are you sure it'll never happen again?"
"I promised. And I always keep my promises… Well, mostly. But you can trust me."
I smiled, but my smile instantly faded away after seeing that huge bruise my slap left on his face. I gently put my index finger on it, careful not to cause him pain. "I'm sorry for this, Dyson… I never meant to-"
He cut me off. "It's okay, it's okay. If I was you, I would've probably done the same to me. I really was a jerk. And it doesn't hurt. Well, okay, but only a little and when I touch it."
"You haven't deserved that,"
"I think I have. Don't worry about it. And I gotta tell you, for a mermaid, you sure hit strong!"
That last statement made me laugh. I slowly raised my head and gently put my hand over his hurt cheek, pulling him into a passionate kiss. Until now, I never realized his lips tasted so good. I guess people learn lots of things after being separated from their loved ones for a long time.
As our lips separated, I curved my lips into a slight smile and observed Dyson's face expression - just now I found him looking funny with that slap mark on his face. But - of course - I sustained my laughter because I don't think a boy would like it if I just laughed at the injury he got from no one, but me.
But, in a second, my smile faded away again as I was ready to say something I wanted to say this whole damn day. "Dyson, there is something I need to tell you…"
He smiled at me. "I'm listening."
I swallowed and took a deep breath. "I don't ever want to hit you again and I don't want to be used as a science project, so… If there are more of these tests… Ever… I'm going to have to dump you."
Although I expected him to get a sad look, he continued smiling as he put his hand on my head and gently ran his fingers through my wet hair. "It's okay, I understand. No worries, you have my word. I'll never do any tests on you or the girls again. Does that mean we get to stay a couple forever?"
I smiled. "We'll see." And with that, I pulled him into another kiss.
- H2O -
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