Cedric lay contentedly in the prefect bathroom, watching the mermaid giggle.
Below the shores of the lagoon, mermaids laughed, peered upwards through the lake's crystal waters and watched mankind.

Cedric took a deep breath and dove under the bathwater's surface, now devoid of pink bubbles.
The mermen swam upwards and in circles around the mermaids preening for their attention.

Cedric thought about the troubles that he'd have to face soon.
The merpeople pushed thoughts of upcoming trouble to the back of their minds.

Each in their own waters, they lived life - neither knowing that soon their paths would cross.