Chapter 6
Jakes pov
I had just eaten breakfast and was on my way to my car and as I got in I thought "Yesterday was a good day. I had fun racing against Rikki. She's kinda cute. I think I'll ask her out today after school. Hmm where should we go?" then I started driving to school and kept thinking "hmm maybe a fancy restaurant? Then again she doesn't seem like she'd like that so maybe something a little more her style. Maybe a nice night on the town? Yeah walking through town just getting to know each other better and maybe stopping into a restaurant would be good. I think she'd like that." so I arrived at school and my computer sciences class went well and soon it was time for business economics so I got there on time and was happy to see Rikki arrive just as I did. Once class was over I turned on the charm and felt butterflies in my stomach and said "Hi Rikki." "Hi Jake." Rikki responded a bit nonchalantly and I said "Well would you like to go out sometime? Like a date?" and Rikki stopped in her tracks and looked at me kinda strangely and just when I thought she was gonna say no she surprised me by saying "Okay sure. Whaddaya have in mind?" and I was surprised but replied as calmly as I could "A night on the town this Saturday. We walk through downtown and get to know each other better and maybe stop in a restaurant and get a bite to eat. We'll see where things go from there. Does that sound good?" "Yeah that sounds fun. I'll see ya then." Rikki replied and I hadn't realized just how much I liked her until she said that and we parted ways and I walked away with a huge grin on my face and went home for a swim. Third person pov…
Emma, Cleo, Rikki, and Bella were spending the night at a hotel room together because it's the full moon when Cleo said "It was nice of Jake to pay for us to stay at a hotel together for the full moon but i wonder why he isn't here?" and Emma said "Apparently mermen aren't affected by the full moon." "Really? That seems strange." said Bella "I guess that's for girls only. By the way I have something interesting to tell you." Rikki said "Okay spill. What happened" Cleo asked "Jake asked me out on a date yesterday." "Good for you!" Bella said "I guess I'm just a little nervous about boys after what happened with Zane." Rikki said "Well don't be. Jakes a really nice guy." Cleo replied "So when's the date and where's he taking you?" Emma asked "Tomorrow night at 7:00pm and he said it's gonna be a night on the town with us walking through downtown enjoying ourselves and seeing where it goes from there." Rikki replied "Ooh that seems fun." Cleo said "Well let's watch a movie." Bella said and everybody agreed and they enjoyed the rest of their full moon sleepover.
The next day…
Rikki had asked Bella over to her dorm room to help her get ready for her date and Rikki asked Bella "Hmm… Should I wear the red dress or the black dress?" "Definitely red. It looks great on you." Bella said and Rikki replied with "Okay I guess." "You should wear this tonight." Bella said while handing Rikki a bracelet with a few blue gems on it and a mermaid engraved into it. "Oh Bella I'm sorry but I don't like to wear bracelets. Thanks anyways" Rikki replied "Oh no problem. It's alright." Bella said "Well it's almost 7:00. He should be picking me up soon. Wish me luck." Rikki said "Good luck! Have a nice night. I should get going. Bye Rikki." Bella said "Okay, bye Bella" Rikki replied and Bella left. Soon Rikki heard a knock on her door and went to open it and saw Jake dressed in blue jeans, a blue polo shirt, and wearing a scallop shell on a silver chain looking great. "Hey Rikki. Are you ready to go?" Jake asked "yeah I'm ready." Rikki replied "Then let's go." Jake answered and with that they were out the door. When they got to Jakes car Rikki saw Jake was driving a red Charger with racing stripes. "Wow sweet ride." Rikki said and Jake opened the passengers side door and got in the drivers seat and they headed downtown. Once they were downtown Jake parked his car and they got out and as they walked jake looked at her in her red dress with that crystal necklace on and thought to himself "I'd better not screw this up. I think I'm in love." so then he said "How's your day been so far?" "Good. Yours?" Rikki asked. "Good. I've been looking forward to tonight." he said "Me too. Oh hey look a carnival. Let's go." "Okay that seems fun." so then they walked to the carnival and played a few games and Jake bought some cotton candy. Then Jake saw a karaoke booth and said "Hey let's do some karaoke." "Umm I don't know." Rikki said "Come on it'll be great. Here I'll go first." Jake replied and set the song to Take Me Away by Globus and started singing and Rikki was amazed at how great his voice was and had an idea. Since Rikki is an okay singer but couldn't beat Bella when the group had their own Karaoke contest she would invite him along and they'd team up for it. When Jake was done singing it was Rikki's turn and she sang where we belong by Kate Alexa and she rocked out at the karaoke booth and then they went home. Once they were at Rikki's doorstep she said "I had a great time tonight Jake." "Me too. I had a lot of fun." then Rikki did something unexpected and gave Jake a nice long kiss and said goodnight and then the date was over. When Rikki closed the door she had a huge grin on her face and Jake was smiling all night.