First I'd like to say that I'm very sorry for not updating earlier. Lots of things happened these days and I wasn't able to upload. First I've been sitting next to my crush in the bus that drove me home from school, second I've become obsessed with the TV show Heroes and third I've become so obsessed with Heroes that I've read around 160 pages of the forum thread of the show and faved some fanfics to read later. Sylar rulez!
Now that I'm finished with my speech, I owe a huge thanks to these people for reviewing:
H2O4ever - lol, Lilly really is a brat!
CheddarFetta - I know. I never thought someone could be worse than Illene and Therese. Well, Lilly does have someone to learn that from (older sister for example)
alyssa95 - seems like you have way more luck than Melissa has :D
Jniems - it's good to have you back *hugs you*
Anyways, let's start with the story! This chapter is for school lovers (haha)
Melissa's POV
A great smile garnished my face as I looked into his sapphire blue eyes - their warm and kind shine made me giggle and I couldn't help but notice how sparkling they looked under the sunlight. His wet black hair glued to my face as his lips touched mine and we were soon leaned into a passionate and wild kiss. In the heat of a moment we both fell into the ocean and left the hot rocks burn alone under the sunlight.
Being in the ocean felt great. I felt as if the water danced around me at my command, which made me widen my smile. My eyes faced those sapphire ones of his' - he smiled too and I could see his perfect white teeth showing an expression of joy. As we surfaced, he pulled me into another hug and our lips merged once more.
I put my legs around his and curled my toes. Our kisses slowly turned into a hurricane again and I felt him hand touching my back. He untied my bikini top and threw it away. I stood there with my chest bare and nodded. I was just about to pull him into another kiss when I felt something cold on my head and shoulders. Something like the ocean's waves hit me, or...
"AAAAHHHHHH!" I screamed; raising my torso by leaning onto my hands. Where was I? I looked around; bed, cupboards, desk, computer, closet - my room. I looked up, only to see Misty holding a bow of water and smiling mischievously. That smile... I knew it from somewhere. She always had it when she'd done something.
Then I noticed my head and shoulders were wet - so it wasn't just a dream. Panicking, I quickly jumped out the bed and ran to the nearest safe place possible - the closet. I jumped into it and just when I closed the door, my legs merged into a tail.
I heard Misty laughing hysterically and mumbling something like I was a weirdo, and rolled my eyes. "Misty! You're so gonna pay for this, I swear!"
I heard her laugh even more. "It's the first school day! You don't wanna be late!" And with that, she left the room.
After hearing her closing the door, I let go of the closet door handle and as it opened, my back fell onto the floor. I rolled my eyes. This was gonna be a wild school year. And I hope a pretty damn fun one too.
Destiny's POV
"Shut up already! Who takes books with them on their first day?" My mom was - as always - pretty persistent about school. And you wanna hear what she said this time? That I should bring books with me on a first day! I mean, who else does this? Only geeks and those spoiled rich big babies.
Mom - as usual - just rolled her eyes. "Look at the time! Hurry up or you'll be late!"
I checked the time on my cell phone and let out a sigh of annoyance as I glanced at her sharply. "I have two more hours till the school starts!"
"And you still haven't packed your things!" Man, was she stubborn.
"I said I don't need books on my first day!"
"At least take the mechanical pencil, pen and eraser with you!"
"That I will take with me. But it doesn't take me two hours to put it in the pocket!" This was gonna be a long day.
May's POV
I glanced at the bathroom mirror with two shirts in each of my hands. One was the jersey kind - blue with a white and shiny crescent moon with glued hundreds of crystals on its surface- and the other one was a normal T-shirt - pink with red crystallized hearts on it. I glanced down at my new, bleached knee-length jeans and my pink Converse's. Which would better go with them? A pink or a blue one?
After ten minutes of staring at myself in the mirror with two shirts in my hands, I decided to go with the blue one. In the exact minute I out it on, I heard the doorbell and my mom's voice saying hello to someone. But who would it be this early in the morning? Probably Destiny. Her mom always makes her go earlier since she - the mom - is a school freak.
"May, you have a visit!" I heard my mom announcing me.
"I'm on my way!" I replied and just as I opened the door and stepped into the hallway, I noticed a familiar male figure standing on the bottom of the stairs; smiling at me - Dyson! He was clad in blue jeans the perfectly fit around his legs, a light blue - almost white - baggy T-shirt, and on his feet were white sneakers.
"'Morning, May. You look great." I smiled at his compliment. I haven't even done my hair, brushed my teeth and cleaned my face yet.
"Thanks. Likewise." He nodded and complimented me with another one of his bright smiles. I couldn't believe it - 7:35 in the morning and he's able to smile that beautifully. Wait - 7:30? The school starts at eight! Knowing me, I was gonna be late on my first day, but it's not like I cared. It's just a new school, nothing serious.
"I came to pick you up. So, are you ready?" Ready? As I said, I still had a few things to get done. I was certainly not ready.
"In a minute!" I hurried back into the bathroom and quickly brushed my teeth - you wouldn't believe it, but I actually got wet and fell down with a tail so I spent a few minutes watering myself off with my power - and cleaned my face. The hair was the only thing that needed to be done now. I ran back to my room to get the hairbrush and quickly brushed my hair. Now I just needed mom to make me that ponytail.
Seeing as there was no time - it was 7:46 - I decided to let my hair in the hands of a first person I see once out of my room. And surprisingly, it was Dyson. He was a bit insecure at first; not knowing what he was doing - imagine that. A scientist that has a problem with ponytails - but eventually he learned it wasn't that hard. I'd done it myself, but my hands were sweaty at the moment and I don't think it would be a good idea to do my hair with sweaty, sticky hands.
Once finished with the hair, I just needed to use the bathroom for the last time before going and take my mechanical pen and eraser. "All right, we're done here!"
-H2O-
My mom drove Dyson and me to school - we got there pretty fast thanks to her driving. It was 7:55 already and - thankfully - the class hasn't started yet. Dyson and I noticed Melissa and Destiny leaned onto one out of many trees in the school yard.
I gotta admit, the school looked much better than our last one. It was a giant, two-floored building made out of finest red bricks. The schoolyard was huge and it looked more like a park than a yard; it had a fountain, benches, trees, garden, lots of flowers and greenery. And did I mention there was this huge beach in right across? If I ever skip, this'll be the shortcut.
"Finally", Melissa groaned as Dyson and I approached her and Des.
"Why are you surprised, Mel? You know May", Dyson teased. I nudged him.
"Oh, shut up."
Hearing the bell ring, the four of us - along with other students - headed toward the door entrance. Destiny and Melissa took hands and squeezed to each other, while Dyson and I did the same, but only I squeezed his right hand and his left one was around me - probably so everyone knows we're together. I kinda liked the scene. In the elementary, I was the one who was always single and alone, without a boyfriend and now the situation was different. I had a boyfriend - and a pretty good one, which is rare these days - and was damn proud of it so I couldn't resist being a showoff.
But as the teachers called the student's names, my friends and I got lost in the crowd. Being an idiot I always am, I went to search for them to the backside of the school. Soon I found myself all alone in an empty hallway; the only sound produced were my feet hitting the hard, white floor while I walked.
I sighed. This was just great. I was lost on my first day of school. I remember one of the teachers saying the classroom's name was twenty... Twenty... Twenty one!
I went from one classroom to another, only to realize the classroom I was supposed to be in was upstairs. Climbing up, I did the same ritual again, until I found a proper classroom.
I knocked onto the door and looked in. I noticed Dyson sitting on the back, waving at me to show me he kept a place for me next to him. Seeing as the teacher - some tall and thin blonde - was turned to the blackboard, I quietly tip-toed over to my place, only to be caught half a way till there by a teacher.
"And you must be Ms. Seward", she said in a sharp voice. I already hated her. I was about to patter an apology, but she neat me to it. "Sit and I don't wanna hear a word."
Rolling my eyes, I sat next to Dyson and pulled my chair as close to him as it was possible. He smiled and just when that blondie of a teacher, we took hands and I leaned my head to rest on his shoulder. Some of our classmates gave us a surprised look, while some thumbed-up and some just smiled.
"Uhm", an annoying cough made us point our look to the blackboard. Oh, great! Blondie strikes again. "Ms. Seward.. May and..." She looked at the student list, "Dyson. This is school, not a park, so I suggest that you pay attention to what I say and stay at least ten centimeters away from each other."
I raised my hand; asking a permission to speak. "Can it be five instead of ten?"
Blondie sharp-looked me again. "Ten!"
Destiny's POV
Melissa and I were sitting in the back and observing all those weirdoes that surrounded us. One guy had a devil tattooed on his bald head - I dunno if it was real or not - one had more than twenty piercings all together all over his body, a long-haired girl wore her hair spiked up into the air - she looked like one of those girls from the cartoon Trollz - a group of people had their lips, noses and ears pierced on several places. It was terrible, like I was in hell. But maybe it's true what the old phrase says - heaven means good, but hell is where the bunch is.
I observed Melissa's shocked expression as she eyed our classmates - I could easily tell she wasn't happy being there either.
"And now you'll have a test." I looked up at the teacher after hearing the word 'test'. All the students - including Mel and me - protested and groaned against it, but the teacher held his hands up to signalize us to calm down. "This is just so we can know where to put you. All the freshmen have these kinds of tests on their first day. There are three kinds of classes we can put you: the dumb class - there will go those with a really small amount of points, the average class - there go those with normal amount of points - and the smart class - there go only the smartest students."
I rolled my eyes. Great! Now I'll even end up in the dumb class. Like it's not enough I'm surrounded with idiots all the time - by this I mean Mel, May and Dyson. Yes, they're my friends, but at times they can be quite... Not smart.
-H2O-
The test went by well. I managed to copy some things from Melissa and she did the same from me. After the test we were let home and I was finally able to meet with May, Dyson and Melisa all together by going home together. May explained that she copied most of things from Dyson since she knew nothing and he admitted that there were some things in Spanish he didn't get so he copied from her too. Imagine that - he was good in everything except for Spanish. That's the only subject May rocks in.
After going home and changing into our regular clothes, girls, Dyson and I swam over to the moon pool. Thinking this day was hard enough, we enjoyed spending our last few hours of freedom before the dark. And have I mentioned we have the school in the morning for the whole damn year? Well, we thought that day was hard enough, without any idea that the next one will be even harder.
-H2O-
Mom tried to wake me up at six again, but I just told her to screw off - that surely made her quiet. I got up at around seven and packed my books - I mean, what I've had of them since we were told at school that most of the stuff we'll get there since we paid it when we signed in - after which I got dressed and at around 7:54 I was as school. It was pretty crowded out there, but I somehow managed to team up with May, Melissa and Dyson a few minutes later - May was late as usual, Dyson too since he went to pick her up again and Melissa... She went to the store to buy some snacks and spent 20 minutes observing that 'gorgeous' dress she saw and promised to buy it once she gets enough money for it.
After the bell was heard, everyone headed to the classrooms they had yesterday. Melissa and I sat together again and tried not to get involved with those freaks our classmates were. The teaches finally appeared at the door and brought the test results with her.
"Rosalie Harper, dumb class", she began calling up the names. The girl she called - Rosalie - picked her test up and went back to her seat. Next was the boy Daniel and after that weird crowd was over with, Melissa and I finally got our turn. "Melissa Tanner, average class and Destiny Bain, average class."
Hearing the good news, Melissa and I couldn't help but smile. We hugged and almost started to shriek, when we noticed the weird looks our classmates gave us. Great!
Melissa's POV
The teacher soon put us in the different class - thank god - and I noticed May standing there in the corner, all alone, and with a sad look on her face. Des and I approached her and each took one of her hands.
"What's wrong, May?" I asked.
She faked a sniff and imitated sobbing. "Dyson got moved... To the geeks!"
"Ooh, sweetie, its okay, Des and I'll help you out during tests." Hearing that, she began sobbing even more. "What? We're not good enough?"
"Well everyone knows Dyson is way smarter than you two put together", she said.
Destiny glared at her. "Thanks, May."
"You're welcome."
-H2O-
All the classes girls and I had together went by fast - and I couldn't complain, it was way better than at any school I've been at - and the last one was just about to start. We were led by a muscular, tall, black-haired guy to the gym - yes, we had PE. The teacher looked quite well, despite his age probably being around 35. His tanned skin looked good with his dark PE clothes and I could notice muscles through his white T-shirt, which made me giggle in excitement. I wonder how he looks like when he's wet.
"All right, class. Our first task - swimming", he announced, pointing to a large swimming pool in the middle of the gym.
I gulped. The pool + swimming + water = going mermaids in public. Maybe my fantasy about seeing the teacher wet will come true.
While everyone went to the dressing room to change into their swimsuits, May, Destiny and I approached the teacher; all of us holding a small paper in our hands.
"Teacher... We can't play", I said as I gave him a paper. He opened it and read it. "I'm hydrophobic."
May handed him the paper next. "I'm hydrophobic too."
"And I have a chlorine allergy", Des said.
The teacher just nodded in understanding and looked up at us. We were excused - thank god - and all left to hope for was not to get splashed by someone who'd think it's funny. You have no idea how hard the girls and I tried to get those notes. May and I went to psychologist together - who knew May could hysterically cry without a reason. She even introduced me with the onion trick - you put some onion in the pocket and ran your fingers against its surface, after which you rub the places around eyes. Destiny used her power to falsify the chlorine allergy.
-H2O-
As the bell rang to mark the period has ended, all the students went into the dressing room to change back into their clothes, after which they found their way to the hallway, to finally get out of that stuffy room. The smell of chlorine was present in the air and to tell you the truth, it made me sick. I usually liked weird smells, but this one... This one was disgusting.
The only people left in the gym were the girls and I. My sister had called me and I had to answer the call since she wrote me an SMS, saying there is an emergency at home. Can you guess what the emergency was? She lost the remote and thought that maybe I've seen it before going to school. After I scolded her for a minute, she hung up on me and the girls and I were finally able to go to our next class - history.
We heard the ring, meaning we were already meant to be in the classroom. We hurried to the door and in all that rush I forgot to use my brain not to do something stupid. And when I do something stupid, then it's not something to be fixed easily. So was not the thing I did then.
The other students weren't so neat and clean as they left some sports equipment around the pool. Walking by it with the intention to pass by it, I found my feet stuck in the volleyball net. Trying to free myself, I lost balance and in a bit of a second, I found my body hitting the surface of the water in the pool and sinking to the bottom. My eyes went wide as I blinked twice to make myself believe that what happened actually happened. I've fallen into the school pool with a big risk of being exposed. The class' already started and the new students along with the teacher would probably get in and what'd they find in the pool? A mermaid with a bronze tail and gills. A mermaid with freezing powers.
May's POV
I was just about to open the door to exit the gym when I heard the splash coming from the pool behind me. Both Destiny and I turned to look back, only to see Melissa on the bottom of the pool. Her tail looked pretty clear from the water and I could tell she was frightened by the movements of her hands - she was desperately waving them around herself, trying to surface.
I gulped. A strange feeling made my heart beat faster. Melissa has fallen into the gym pool. My hands were shaking along with my legs. I glanced at Destiny who looked as frightened, if not even more. This was it were my only thoughts. We're going to be exposed to the school. We're going to become science projects with no rights to complain and no rights to be treated as humans.
Melissa pointed a scared look at me as she surfaced. I noticed her face was a lot paler than usual. Her small eyes revealed a look full of sadness and regret. I could tell she really felt sorry she wasn't careful enough not to fall.
I instantly went to find something to dry her hands so Des and I can pull her out, when I heard the sound of many feet approaching the gym from the outside. The other students! I panicked. That was definitely a hard situation, but thankfully Destiny had a plan.
"May, you levitate water to the doorknob and then Melissa will freeze it."
Without any thinking, I raised my hand and with a few twists, I managed to levitate a small ball of water from the pool and aim it at the doorknob. Melissa then straightened her hand and froze the wet doorknob. I could hear the groans and moans of students and the teacher as they tried hard to open the door, but with no success.
I was finally able to go find something to dry Melissa's hands, but Destiny beat me to it. She decided to use her power and dry it off. Why haven't we thought of that earlier you might ask? Because Destiny's power is quite dangerous and with only a slight loss of concentration, she could seriously hurt people. I gotta say, I'd like to have that power. Not that I complain since mine is awesome too and I love it more than anything, but heat is definitely something that suits me better. I know that from an online test I've taken last week.
Pulling Melissa as quickly as we were able to, Des and I finally got her out of the pool. Destiny put her hand above her tail and balled her fist, drying her off in an instant. The door were just about to be opened and there was no time to escape through the window, so the girls and I hid under one of the wooden tables that were on the left side of the pool. Why the tables were in the gym in the first place was irrelevant, the only thing that mattered was that we were able to hide.
I heard a loud crack and the door opened in lightning speed, revealing the professor and about twenty students behind him. The all stared at the frozen doorknob and observed it at the close distance, trying to figure out what could've possible caused it.
The girls and I waited till the students left to the dressing room to change and when the professor finally turned his attention to the newspapers he had in his hands, we snaked out and headed to the classroom we were supposed to be at. Imagine that! It was the second day at school and we were already late.
Next time: May's past comes back to haunt her. The arrival of a person she wanted to forget makes her question some things in her life: has she really changed or is she still that weak sixth-grader? Find out in the next episode of H2O.
No flames, please.