Hey guys! I'm sorry I was out of commission for so long! I had family stuff I had to deal with! From now on, I should be able to update every other day. In other news, the release date for Mako Mermaids was announced! It's making it's debut on July 26th! I also found out that there are other guys out there that like H2O! I'm not the only one! Well, enough of my blabbering! Enjoy the chapter! I do not own H2O: Just Add Water.

My eyes shot open. Everything around me was spinning. As the spinning subsided, I figured out that I was in my house lying on the couch. I took a glance out the window. It looked like it was still early in the morning. I slowly sat up and took in my surroundings. My thoughts drifted back to last night. The thing was I couldn't remember the most of it. The last thing I could recall was when Kaylie and Carrie came into my room. The rest of the night was a blank. Suddenly, Rikki walked into the room and sat on the couch next to me. "Rikki, what happened last night?" I asked. "Please don't tell me that I became moonstruck."

"Well... Rikki trailed off. "You kinda did become moonstruck and you caused a wild storm to happen. Not to mention that when we tried to stop you, you attacked us."

I sighed and placed my head in my hands. "Did I hurt anyone?"

"About that..."

Suddenly, a scream echoed through my mind and I immediately recognized it. "Lauren!" I said as I shot up to my feet. I turned to Rikki. "Where is she?"

"She's sleeping in your room."

That was all it took for me to sprint up my steps and run into my room. As I entered, I saw Lauren sleeping with a tense expression. I then saw that her forearm was bandaged up. I knelt beside the bed so that our heads were at the same level. When I looked at her face, I saw that a single tear rolled down her cheek. I moved my hand up to her face and gently wiped it away. As soon as I did that, a small smile appeared on her face. Not long after, Lauren's eyes slowly fluttered open. She turned and looked at me. "Hey," she whispered.

"Hey," whispered back. "Listen Lauren, I'm so deeply sorry that I hurt you. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Will," she said. "You were moonstruck last night. It wasn't your fault. There's no need to apologize."

"I just feel so horrible," I frowned.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine," Lauren said as she winced at the pain in her arm.

"You're not fine," I said. "And it's all my fault."

"Sshh," Lauren said as she placed her hand on my face. "What happened last night wasn't you, it was the full moon. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." She then smiled at me. Suddenly, her face turned to one of shock. "Oh my god Will!" she exclaimed. "What happened to your eye?"

I ran my hand across my left eye and felt a gash. "What happened?" I asked myself.

"That was my fault," a new voice came from the bedroom door. Rikki was leaning against the frame with a guilty expression on her face. "You kinda threw your trident at us and I sort of ah..." she hesitated. "Threw it back."

"I guess I kinda deserved that," I shrugged.

"I don't like the sad mood," Rikki said. "Why don't we all go to the JuiceNet, I'll tell the rest of the gang to meet us there."

"I'd like that," Lauren said as she started to climb out of my bed.

"Me too," I agreed. "By the way, where are my parents? Surely, they wondered where Lauren's burns came from."

Just then, Kaylie stepped into the room. "Well, lucky for you guys, they were asleep when you got back. And now they are out shopping, so they don't suspect a thing."

"Wow," I said. "That works perfectly. Hey, before we go, don't you want to call your parents Lauren and tell them where you are?"

"I already took care of that," Rikki said. "I told them that you and I spent the night at Cleo's house. I don't think they would've been comfortable knowing that you slept here," Rikki smirked.

"Oh c'mon Rikki!" Lauren laughed when she realized what Rikki was getting at. I just glared at her.

"Well, we'd better get going," I said. "You wanna come Kaylie?"

"Sure, I'd love to," she smiled.

Rikki texted the rest of the gang and told them to meet us at the JuiceNet. On the way there, I kept seeing little snippets of what happened when I was moonstruck. I even saw Lauren's pained face when I burned her, and that was more than enough to me flinch. Lauren must've noticed my distress, because she gave me a concerned look.

"Will?" she asked. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I replied. "Nothing to worry about."

Lauren gave me another look but didn't say anything more. As we entered the JuiceNet, we were greeted by the rest of the gang who were already at our booth. "Hey guys," Rikki said.

"Hey," they all said at the same time.

Once we sat down, we ordered our drinks and started a conversation. Thankfully no one even mentioned anything about what happened to Lauren and me. We were all having a good time and I was starting to forget about what happened the night before. Well, that was until Zane walked in. "Guys, look out," Emma whispered. "Zane's coming over here."

"Hey guys," Zane smirked as he leaned on the table. Zane took a glance at me then at Lauren. "Wow Will, I thought you and Lauren had a rough relationship, but never this rough," he laughed.

"Zane, I'm not in the mood," I said flatly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Is Scarface upset?" Zane said coldly.

"Zane!" Cleo shot at him. "Please stop!"

Zane paid no attention to Cleo's plea and kept pestering us. The whole time he was talking, I felt the anger rise within me. What I didn't notice was that the once bright sky filled with sunshine, was turning dark and stormy. Rikki saw this and her eyes widened. "Zane! You need to cut this out right now!"

"Why should I?" he scoffed. "I mean what was Will trying to do? Burn Lauren's arm off?"

That did it. I shot up from my seat and put my face inches away from Zane's. As I drew my arm back ready to punch the living daylights out of him, Kyle intervened and grabbed my arm. "He's not worth it Will," he whispered in my ear. As Kyle slowly pulled me away from Zane, my anger was starting to die down. As it faded away, the sky returned to normal. Kyle led me outside of the JuiceNet and toward the docks.

As soon I got ahold of myself, I spoke. "When did you get there?" I asked.

"I was there the whole time," Kyle replied. "I went for a morning run and when I finished, I went to the JuiceNet."

"Thanks for stopping me Kyle," I said. "I'm usually not that aggressive."

"No problem," he smiled. "After all, it is my job to keep you out of trouble."

I smiled slightly. "Of course it is."

Suddenly, the girls and Lewis showed up behind Kyle and I. "Are you okay Will?" Cleo asked with concern.

"Yeah," I replied. "I just... lost my cool for a minute there.

"I know what'll make you feel better," Lauren smiled. "A swim."

"Um Lauren, don't you see that your arm is bandaged up?" I reminded.

"That won't stop me from swimming. I am a mermaid after all," she smirked.

"Only if you're sure..." I said still not liking the situation.

"Of course I'm sure!" she laughed as she unraveled her bandage and leapt into the ocean. I then saw bubbles as she sped off.

"She's probably going to Mako," Emma said.

"Do you guys wanna come?" Cleo asked referring to Lewis, Kyle, and Kaylie.

"Sure, why not?" Kyle smiled. "I haven't been to Mako Island yet anyway."

"I'll drive us over on my boat," Lewis said. "We'll meet you guys there."

The girls and I nodded, and then dove into the water. As soon as our tails formed, we were off. While I swam through the water, my eye stung a bit because of my gash. I was going to have to get used to it. As the girls and I sped into the moon pool, we saw that Lauren was indeed there. "Hey guys," she smiled. "Thought you'd never show up.

"Yeah yeah," I laughed. "Hey Lauren, can I see your arm?"

"Yeah, of course," she said lifting her arm out of the water. As I held it, something weird happened. Water from the moon pool formed itself around Lauren's arm. It's seemed to be flowing through it. Seconds later, the water fell back into the moon pool. What I saw next was completely shocking. Lauren's arm was fully healed. It was like the burn had never been there. "Wow..." Lauren said breathlessly.

"The water healed your arm!" Rikki said in surprise. "Tell me I'm not seeing things."

"Will!" Cleo said. "You're eye!" I brought my hand up to my eye and no longer felt a gash. All that was left was a scar. "I can't believe this."

"Looks like the moon pool is able to heal a mermaid's wounds," Emma concluded.

"Why does everyone forget that I'm not a mermaid?" I laughed. "I'm a merman."

The whole group laughed at that. While we were still trying to contain ourselves, Lewis and the others came in. "Lewis!" Cleo yelped barely containing her excitement. "We've just found out something amazing!"

"What is it?" Lewis asked, his curiosity obviously showing.

"The moon pool heals merpeople," Lauren said. She then looked at me. "There. You happy?" she smirked.

"That's great news guys!" Lewis said. "It looks like Lauren's arm is completely healed!"

"Thank God," I breathed.

Lauren swam up to me. "Were you really that nervous about my burn?"

"Of course I was," I replied. "I don't like seeing you hurt."

Lauren smiled. "I love you. Did you know that?"

"Really?" I joked. "Why, this is so sudden!"

"Shut up!" Lauren laughed as she punched my arm.

Suddenly, Kyle's phone buzzed. "It's a text from Dad," he said. "Dad says we need to get home right away. He has something important to tell us."

"Really?" I asked. "Okay, I'll meet you guys back home."

"Don't you wanna come on the boat with us?" Kyle asked.

"Uh, Kyle? I'm a merman," I reminded. "I can just swim home."

"Right," he said. "Well, see you at home."

"See ya," I said. "You guys swimming with me?" I asked the girls.

"Of course we are!" Rikki said.

I smiled as we left the moon pool and swam back to the mainland. I wonder what's so important? I thought. Well, there was only one way to find out. Hopefully, it isn't anything bad.

What's going on at Will's house? If you can guess what it is, I will be very surprised! Thanks for reading and be sure to review! The latest the next chapter will be up is on Wednesday! Don't worry, I won't make you guys wait long this time!

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