Chapter 18

Rikki's POV

I woke up in our new bedroom, in our new bed. Zane had his arm around me and I was snuggled up against him. Last night was amazing. Zane was still sleeping, so I quickly snuck out of bed and went into the closet. Zane had all my clothes moved here. I grabbed my robe and put it on. I headed down the stairs and started breakfast. I made some chocolate pancakes. We both loved them, they were our favorite breakfast. I guess Zane smelt the pancakes when they were done because he came downstairs in his boxers and looked at the table and smiled.

"You didn't have to make me breakfast Rikki!"

"Don't flatter yourself," I said.

I sat down and grabbed a plate of pancakes. I put my maple syrup on them and passed the syrup to Zane.

"Love you," Zane said.

"I love you too. How's your head feeling?" I asked him.

"Great. It feels like I was never even hit over the head till I passed out!"

"Haha. What did Denmen say about Emma?"

Zane told me about everything.

"She is still in the building and she could still be alive?" I asked him.

"I don't know if she is alive. Denmen just said that she wasn't in the condition to talk."

"There's still a chance that she could be alive. She could be like in a coma."

"She might be, but don't get your hopes up. I don't want you to hope that she's alive and find out that you were wrong. I don't want to see you hurt like that." He grabbed my hands and we got up and sat on the couch.

"You call Bella and Cleo and bring them over here and I'll clean up," Zane said.

"Okay, but we should probably get changed and into actual clothes."

"That would be helpful."

We laughed and I went upstairs and got ready and Zane came up later and got ready too. I called Bella and Cleo and told them to meet me on the beach. I walked down there and saw them sitting on the sand, waiting for me.

"Hey you guys!" I said to them.

"Hey," they said back.

"Come on, I want to show you my new house and tell you something that Zane told me."

They followed me to my new house and their expressions were the same as mine when I saw the house.

"Your house is adorable!" Bella said.

"I agree," Cleo said.

We walked inside and I led them into the living room. Zane was already sitting on the couch, watching some show about boats.

"Zane, we have company," I said to him.

He turned around and turned off the TV.

"Am I telling them or are you?" Zane asked me.

"You tell them, I have a headache," I said as I sat on the couch next to him. Bella and Cleo sat on the couch next to us. Yeah, our living room had two couches.

"Go take some asprin," he told me.

"Okay." I got up and took two asprins. I sat back on the couch next to Zane. He put his arm around me and once again, I snuggled up to him. Zane told them about Emma. When they heard the news, they had hope too. Bella had hope and she didn't even know Emma.

He told them what he told me, how we shouldn't get our hopes up. They agreed.

I looked at the clock and saw that it was lunch time.

"Anyone want lunch?" I asked as I got up.

They nodded and I got up and made some sandwiches. I handed them the sandwiches and the said thanks.

"Since when can you cook?" Bella asked me.

"I've always known how to cook. I just chose never to show my talents," I said as a smiled.

We ate in silence until I said, "We should call Ash."

"We should," Cleo said.

"Ash is Emma's boyfriend, right?" Bella asked.

"Yeah, he is," Zane said. He grabbed his phone and called him. Zane and Ash had become really good friends, even though they had their differences in the past. They really got close when he found out about Emma being a mermaid. Ash moved to college after Emma left for her world trip.

Zane talked to Ash for a few minutes and told us that Ash agreed to meet us here. He gave Ash the directions to the new house. Cleo called Lewis and told him to head over. She was going to meet him on the beach. Ash was going to be here tomorrow and we offered him a room to stay in.

"I can't wait to see Ash again, I just wish it was to tell him something good," Cleo said.

"I could tell him that I'm engaged."

"True."

Cleo left to meet Lewis and Zane turned the TV back on.

"Zane, switch it to something everyone wants to watch," I told him.

He did. He switched to some show that shows funny videos.

"Thank you," I said to him.

"Anything to keep my lady happy," he said and he kissed me cheek.

"Don't worry, you do keep me happy." Bella chuckled and I smiled at her while Zane blushed.

I laughed and so did Zane. We kept laughing until Lewis and Cleo walked in.

"What's so funny?" Lewis asked.

"Nothing," we all answered except Cleo. We laughed again.

Lewis sat down on the couch along with Cleo. We told him what Zane told us.

"We should think of a way to get Emma out of there, alive or not. Who knows if she will still turn into a mermaid if she isn't alive?"

"Then, they would already know that were still mermaids," Cleo said.

"At least they don't know about Belle. Congrats Bella, you're our secret weapon!" I said.

"Thanks, I think," Bella said.

Bella looked at her watch and saw that it was getting late. She got up and so did Cleo and Lewis. They said goodbye and left my house.

"Talk to you tomorrow," I said as they left.

I closed the door and hugged Zane. I started to cry.

"What's wrong love?" he asked me as he led me up the stairs.

"It's just too hard. I can't deal with this. Emma is probably dead, were getting kidnapped and I have to tell Ash that his girlfriends was taken and most likely killed. It's just too much pressure," I said.

"I know, but you're not alone. You have me and I am not leaving. No matter how hard it gets, I will be there for you."

"I love you, you know that?"

"Yeah, I'm lovable."

We went into our bedroom and kissed. I went into the bathroom and took a bath. I sat in the bathtube, staring at my now blue tail. What am I going to do?

I got out of the bath and lied down on the ground. The bathroom in our bedroom was huge. It could be someone's bedroom if there wasn't a bathtub, a shower, a sink, and a toilet in the room.

I dried myself off and got changed into my pajamas. I was wearing sweat shorts and a tank top. I walked into my bedroom and saw Zane in bed, in his boxers.

Man, I love him.

I lied down next to him and he put his arm around me.

"When will this nightmare end so we can finally have a day without any worry?" I asked him.

"Hopefully, when we get Emma back."

"I love you and I can't wait to marry you," I said before we fell asleep.