Chapter 8

Rikki's POV

"What the hell!" I screamed. Everyone stared at me.

On the TV screen was a picture of Emma. The only problem was that her picture was in the section of missing.

Cleo and Lewis stared at the TV screen and I just stormed out of the café.

Why was her picture in the missing section on the news? She can't be missing. That can't be possible. Emma is smart and if she needed to, she would use her power on them. She is smart. Emma would get out of a problem like this.

I started walking toward the beach.

"Rikki!"

Just my luck. Zane had to chose now to annoy the hell out of me.

"Go away Zane. I can't deal with you right now," I said.

He caught up to me and asked, "Why?"

I stopped and he just stared at me. I can't believe what I started to do.

I started to cry.

I'm not the kind of person to start crying. I'm stronger than that.

"Rikki? Rikki, what's wrong?" he asked me.

Should I tell him? No. It's my business, not his.

"Now you chose the moment to care about me? If you really cared about me, you wouldn't have kissed Sophie. You wouldn't have let those guys into Rikki's when me and the girls needed it. You would care less about money and more about me if you really, truly did care!"

He stared at me. I was about to walk away, but he grabbed my arm.

"Sophie kissed me. I was too surprised to do anything. I was stupid. You have the right to hate me, but before you go, please listen. I love you Rikki. I don't want to be with anyone else. You're the only girl I see and the only girl I will ever see. I'm going to tell you something that I didn't even tell anyone. I have always liked you. Before we dated, I would insult you to get your attention. I liked you then and I just wished I had the courage to ask you out. I didn't until we kissed in the elevator. I even liked the kiss at Mako during the full moon, even though it almost killed me. I really love you. I messed up in the past and I understand if you want me to leave you alone. I'm sorry and I wish I could go back in time to fix it all."

"Well you can't Zane. Time machines haven't been invented," I said. What else could I say? I wanted to forgive him, but something in my mind tells me not to.

"Very funny." He started to walk away.

"Wait!" He turned around and looked at me. "I do need someone to talk to right now."

He walked toward me and said, "Okay. Am I that someone?"

"You're an idiot Zane. Yes, I mean you."

We walked to a private part of the beach.

"Just so you know, I haven't completely forgiven you."

"So, you've forgiven me, but not all the way?"

"Yep," I said.

"So, what's going on?" he asked as we sat down.

"Emma is missing."

"What?

"Her picture was in that missing section on the news. I feel like it's my fault."

"How is it your fault?"

"Maybe if I called her more, she wouldn't have been taken."

"How do you know that she was taken?" Zane asked me.

"I remembered something from when I was under the full moon spell. I had dreams of a girl being chased by two men. She ended up jumping into the water, but I think the men shot her. I think that the girl was Emma. She had the same blonde hair and wore exactly what she would wear."

"You could've just had that dream because you miss her."

"I don't believe that. I missed my mom when she left, but I didn't dream about her. I really think that what I dreamt about really happened. I'm really worried Zane." I looked at him and he looked at me.

"I'll be here for you. You don't have to go through this alone. If you think that your dream really happened, then I won't judge or disagree."

I was shocked. What he said was perfect in my mind.

"When did you become so caring and understanding?" I asked him.

"When i realized I needed to change my ways when you dumped me. I was a dick and now I'm less of a dick." He gave me that smile that I love.

"Maybe I was wrong about you. Maybe you have changed." I leaned forward and kissed him. It was just how I remembered it. The best kiss ever!

"Rikki!" I heard a familiar voice scream.

I broke the kiss with Zane and looked up.

"Bella?" I ran up to her and hugged her. "What are you doing here?"

"Cleo called me about you getting hurt and all that. Are you okay? Why were you kissing Zane?"

"It's a long story and I'm fine. Is will here too?"

"No, he stayed at the college. I still can't believe you were kissing Zane!"

I looked at Zane and he looked at me.

"I can't believe it either, but he's changed."

She just stared and asked, "Are you still under the full moon spell Cleo told me about?"

"No. I promise I'm not under any moon spell or something like that."

There was a moment of awkward silence. Zane spoke up and said, "Why don't you tell Bella about your dreams." I really hate him sometimes.

"What dreams?" Bella asked.

I filled Bella in on everything that has happened. I told her about my dreams. She didn't know what to say. We decided that we should tell Cleo and Lewis. We called them and they hurried over. When I told them about my dreams, they were speechless too. What a great help they were Zane!

"What do you guys think?" I asked them.

"I think that these dreams are just dreams," Lewis said.

"Of course you would say that. Isn't it possible? I mean, come on. Were mermaids! I think anything can happen. Even having dreams of real events," I said.

"I think Rikki is right," said Cleo, "We don't know what were capable of. Rikki threw fire from her hands and burned Zane. That is pretty new."

"Wait. Rikki, you never said that you burned Zane," Bella said. She looked at me, patted my head and said, "Good girl."

"Hey. I'm not a dog and it was scary," I said.

"You remember that, Rikki?" Zane asked me.

"Bits and pieces of that night. I do remember you running away like a little girl." We all laughed. Zane just looked embarrassed. "I'm kidding."

"Okay, good." Zane turned around and started walking away.

'Where you going?" I asked him.

"I need something to eat. Wanna come?" he asked me.

I looked back at the girls and Lewis. Only Bella knew that I kissed him. I have to tell them. Tey would find out sooner or later.

"Yeah, just hold on a minute. I need to talk to the girls and Lewis." I turned toward my friends. "I kissed Zane."

Cleo and Lewis gave me that what-the-hell-you-dumbass look.

"What?" Cleo asked.

"I explained this to Bella and I'm going to explain this to you, but later. Bella, can you tell them what I told you? Please?" I asked her.

"Fine. Have fun Rikki. I hope he does something that will make him look like a dumbass," Bella said to me.

"Ha-ha. Very funny." I turned and walked to Zane. He grabbed my hand and I didn't protest. He really did change and I can't believe I am with him again.

Am I making a mistake? Where is Emma? Was she the girl in my dreams? My dreams have to be true. It seemed to real not to be.

Please be okay Emma.