Rikki's POV

I was on the rock, it was silence. I felt numb. Numb, it had been two weeks. Two weeks of nothing. I didn't miss feelings. Will was the only one who came to visit me. Not that I wanted the others to. Will and I didn't talk; he just sat there, watching me. I should have felt uncomfortable. But I felt nothing.

As I sat there on the rock in the very early hours of the morning a poem came to mind. A poem? I was going insane. Yet the words recited themselves perfectly in my mind...

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her...

I stopped there.

"Hey Rikki," I heard Cleo's voice from behind me, I slowly turned round. And was flattered and slightly crushed when I saw all of them. Standing there Cleo was at the front, Will just behind her. Bella, Lewis and Zane at the back. Ah so Bella had found out. I nodded at them.

"How are you?" asked Cleo, wringing her hands

"Fine," I said normally

"Do you want to talk?"

"No." I heard her sigh

"RIkki, we're all worried about you," said Cleo, she sounded so desperate and pleading. Same old Cleo.

"So?" I asked not caring, please just make them go away

"Well, we want to make sure you okay,"

"I'm fine,"

"Oh come on Rikki, you're not fine," said a voice, we all spun round to see Charlotte walk out of the early morning shadows, her long red hair gently whispering out behind her. Bella and Will had been informed of Charlotte. I stood up.

"Charlotte?" I asked curiously, what was she doing here? She left. She left a long time ago.

"Bit of a coincidence that," she said

"What do you mean?"

"Come on now guys, let's all sit in a circle and explain," she said in a very friendly voice. Almost threateningly.

We all sat down. And I forgot for a moment, that my mum was gone. We watched Charlotte carefully, I could tell Cleo and Lewis were the most uncomfortable. Poor them.

"Now, I was on a plane, on my way to visit my uncle, about two weeks ago, but it...crashed. Not a big incident, but about five passengers were killed. I as you can see, wasn't one of them.

But a pretty woman with sky blue eyes and curly blond her was. I'd seen her enter the plane and I thought. Rikki? But no, it wasn't you, but it was someone who looked frighteningly like her. A relative maybe. "

She paused for some sort of effect. She'd been on the plane with my mum. I hadn't seen my mum in...two years, how she looked was a hazy memory in my mind. But a warm feeling was seeping through me. I looked just like her.

"As they, were helping us all out of the plane, it was quite a shock, I noticed something on the floor. A passport. Phoebe Sagitouris's passport.

So after easily putting two and two together, I decided to come here and make sure you were all okay," she smiled at us.

"So I take it Emma finally went on that world cruise, Something happened to Ash, so he left, and you replaced them with these two Blondie's."

She motioned towards Will and Bella. Then she turned to look at Lewis," But it's nice to see some people are still here,"

"Nice to uh see you again, Charlotte," said Lewis shyly. I was a bit surprised when Cleo didn't flush with anger or jealousy, what? didn't she care?

"I got here a few days ago actually, and I've been watching you," she stated happily.

We all looked at her waiting.

"So love is a big thing in this club right? Rikki and the New boy, that was interesting to find out... Cleo and Zane,"

At that everyone gasped including me. Zane and Cleo. The thought made me sick. Why? I didn't know. And apparently no one else did either.

"I never saw Cleo with Zane but they seemed happy. Then Lewis and Bella, ha "

We were all wide eyed, Lewis and Bella? What the hell?

"I never saw them together, but they work. I think it's be-

"Shut up!" I shouted, everyone looked at me. "Just shut up Charlotte," I wasn't listening to this. This garbage. "Zane, can I- Can I talk to you for a minute? Now!" I cried.

Zane nodded and followed me, until we were further away from the group so they couldn't hear us.

"Cleo?" I asked in disbelief. He grinned somewhat smugly

"Yeah, she's great you know," He was smiling happily.

"Look Zane if you're doing this to make me jealous well it's not gonna work!" I cried. I began shuddering. And breathing deeply.

"Look Rikki, I like Cleo and she likes me and if you think I'm doing this for you, you're wrong. Wrong." he stated before stalking of.

Leaving me there. And I knew what I felt there, right then in that moment. Jealousy. He wasn't doing this for me, he was doing this because he liked her. And then Bella came running up to me. She hadn't spoken to me in a while. So this should be good.

"Do you even care about the rest of us Rikki?" she asked angrily. Her dark blond hair, blowing fiercly around her.

"What? Of course I do, we're friends,"

"Really? Then why would you mess everything up like this!" She cried "Look, I know you're going through a hard time, but you can't just do things thinking they don't have consequences."

"What did I do?" I asked stupidly, moving my hands into an innocent gesture

"You knew I liked Will," she hissed quietly "You knew I liked him. Yet you went ahead anyway. You dumped Zane,

so Zane made a move on Cleo while she and Lewis were in one of there, fighting stages, making Lewis feel alone, he ran into me an comforted me. Look what you did Rikki!" She yelled, it was the angriest she'd ever seen her. She was normally so quiet.

"But your happy," I defended myself weekly. This stopped her. She seemed to stop and think

"Your right," she whispered "We are happy, we are all happy Rikki. Right now we are all happy. So don't do anything stupid," and with that she walked away. I followed her back to the circle.

"I'm sorry guys," I said to them all "Maybe not so much Charlotte," charlotte nodded understandingly "I feel bad about what I did to you Zane," I said looking at him.

He nodded at me once. And I could see, I could tell. He didn't love me anymore. Not like that. "And I'm sorry Bella, I didn't mean to,"

Cleo stood up and came to hug me. I smiled into her shoulder and soon felt everyone else join. Except Charlotte. I looked at her.

"Why did you really come here Charlotte?" I asked. She smiled at us

"I was invited," she said simply

"By who?" asked Zane

"This girl I met online, she requested a private chat with her, I complied and then she asked if I knew anything about a group of girls called Cleo, Bella and Rikki.

I didn't know a Bella but I was pretty sure. I said I knew them. But I didn't reveal more than that. I don't think she knows your secret guys. Her names Sophie, I met her yesterday. Will's sister." she spoke like she was holding back a laugh. It was uncomfortable.

"My sister?" asked Will angrily. Charlotte smiled.

"She's lovely, a bit of a control freak but then agai-"

"So are you," I said finishing her sentence. She smiled at me.

"Don't push me Rikki, I could expose you. Then what would you do?" she said happily.

"Go home Charlotte," Said Lewis "Sophie, she's not to be trusted,"

"Ah Lewis, you think you know what's best for me, but wouldn't it be funny, if Sophie and I became mermaids? I'd laugh,"

We all looked at her, yeah she was mad. We watched her walk away. All of us wanted to stop her. But no one had the courage.

"Come on guys, let's go to Mako," said Cleo. We all nodded. I watched Cleo take Zane's hand and they both blushed slightly. I cringed a little.

Bella took Lewis's and they both smiled shyly. Will took my hand, and suddenly they didn't matter. We all dived into the water and dragged the guys to Mako. Having to stop frequently for air, but we got there.

We surfaced and the guys dragged us out. Still covered with pillows from last time, we got comfortable. Cleo and Zane went into the corner, and Cleo hugged a pillow while Zane and her talked. They did look...comfortable together. Bella and Lewis went into a corner and Lewis started playing with her hair as she leaned against him.

I sat down with Will.

Will's POV

I sat down next to Rikki, everyone was in their own corner. I watched her for a few moments, her eyes looked more real, like they use to. Her hair in her face. I picked up a curly lock and tucked it safely behind her ear. She looked up at me and smiled.

"I think I love you to," I said. And only after the words left my mouth I'd realised what I'd said. Her eyes widened. But she smiled.

"Rikki, you're thee most beautiful I've ever met," I said slowly. She hugged me and we sat side by side. I kissed her on the lips, and I felt happy. So very happy. I didn't want to think about Charlotte or my sister.

I knew they wouldn't do anything, they couldn't. But I kept looking over at the incredibly blue water, hoping and praying that two more mermaids wouldn't swim up, both with fiery red hair.

OOOOOOOHHHHHHH...DRAMA.

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