Chapter 2.

Bella's POV.

"Rikki, guess what?" Cleo asked, she was excited by something you could tell straight away, when she skipped into the café.

"Cleo. I'm working, it'll have to wait." I know it didn't seem like Rikki but ever since she got the café back, she put all her time into it.

"Rikki. Emma's coming back!"

"Really? No Way!" Rikki beamed.

"Isn't this great Bella?" I nodded but I actually felt jealous, because ever since Cleo told Rikki about Emma coming back, all they could do was talk about Emma, as if I wasn't even their.

"Remember that time when Emma first met Ash," laughed Cleo. Rikki laughed along. I felt so left out, I couldnn't share their stories, share their laughs, or share their thoughts, and I knew it was only going to get worse once Emma arrived. They stopped for a while, while Rikki made us all some smoothies, but it didn't take them long to rambling on about Emma again. Emma this. Emma that until I'd enough of it, "Is this all you can talk about. I thought you had work, Rikki!" They both looked at me shocked. "I'm sorry," started Cleo.

"No, I'm sorry, Cleo, I didn't mean it, it's just all you've talked about for the past thirty minutes is Emma and I don't even know her." Rikki nodded, it seemed like it was an answer to my previous quesdtion, as she got up and went back to work.

"Rikki. Wanna go come swimming?"

"Bella. I have loads of work to do and I needed to get all finished before to night so..." her sentence trailed off.

"Come on, Rikki," Cleo persuaded.

"Whatever," she laughed. She said a quick goodbye to Zane and we made are way to the docks.

Simultaneously, we all jumped off the dock, and into the warm ocean, after comfirming with each other that there was no else around. It felt good gliding through the water with Cleo and Rikki not having to hear a story about Emma, or even the word 'Emma for that matter. There were lots of baby fish swimming around. They were all so cute, and they we noticed a family of dolphins. Cleo made her way over to them being the best with dolphins and soon enough we were all swimming with the dolphins, this was even better. After a while, we decided we needed a rest so we headed for maco. As we spotted the entrance to the moon pool, Cleo pointed to in a way which suggested she was asking to go in there, Rikki nodded. We swam inside, ready to relax before going back to Rikki's. I was the first to pop my head out of the water and to my suprise I saw a slim, blonde haired women facing the other way, I was lucky. If she was facing the my way she would have seen me. She was looking at some cell thing on her laptop with two other men. At excatly the same time Rikki and Cleo placed their heads above the water, both of their facial expressions were almost the same, hate, anger, shock, but Cleo also looked scared. They both took themselves back underwater, I gathered that I should too. Without saying anything they quickly swam out of the moon pool. I followed. Apon surfacing, I could see Rikki wasn't happy, her usually pale face, was nearly red with anger. Cleo's big happy eyes weren't so happy, more sad and scared.

"What's happening and who was that?" I laughed.

"Dr. Denman"

Rikki's POV.

Dr Deman. Here? Now? Why? Too many thoughts were racing around my head, I had to go. Now. I was pretty much frightened about what was going to happen but there was no way I was gonna tell the others or let them guess. As I sped of threw the water, Cleo and Bella followed, as I aproach the usual beach where we dry off, I noticed it was actually pretty busy. I sighed as now I had to find another place to dry off. I swam for a while before I came across Lewis' special fishing place. That's where Cleo brought us the first time we became mermaids and me and Emma were practising on how not to grow a tail. When I saw the place it brought back lots of mermories. I pulled myself up onto the beach near the rockpool, closely followed by Bella and Cleo. I steam dried us all and I was going to say something but I had nothing to say but ovbiously Cleo did.

"I think I'm gonna tell Lewis," Cleo started, "Rikki, you should maybe tell Zane." I nodded, just too shocked to say anything.

Back at Rikki's I found it hard to tell Zane about Denman, since I didn't want to say her name never mind anything else.

"Zane." I started. "There's something I need to tell you."

"And this is," Zane laughed.

"Denman's back." Zane's laughing was cut short by my serious sentance.

"Rikki, don't joke about things like that."

"You really think I would?" He shook his head. "Excactly."

"So what are you gonna do about.." but he didn't finish his sentence as somebody stepped into the café. "Denman."

"Nice to see you too Zane," she said sarcasticaly.

"Your not welcome here Denman. Not after what you did to Rikki."

"Call me Linda, Zane, and to be honest Zane, you helped your little fish friend to get caught."

"Until I realized it was wrong,"

"And plus were not," I lowered her vioce before I said," mermaids anymore, you saw us change back!"

"Anyway, I want to put the past behind me, so can I have Strawberry Milkshake?"

"No. You heard Zane. Your not welcome here. Get out!" I shout, starteling my other customers. Denman didn't look impressed, she took out her phone and typed something before leaving my café.

"Anyway back to serving," Zane joked. I laughed but it was all fake, I was just running through what she could have put when she took out her phone. I didn't think this was the end, because I know Denman and she was ovbiously up to something. Cleo had watched the whole thing and after telling Lewis,over the phone,he new that he was the one that should go,when he was back, and see what Denman was up to. After all he was the one that had let Denman get her hands on one of our DNA in the first place.

Sorry it's so short. I didn't know what to write but wanted to keep the next idea for the next chapter.