Hey guys! I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, but I'm in Canada right now and it was hard to type up a chapter! But, I found my way around it and here you go! One of my reviewers mentioned how it would be confusing when the other Will came in. Don't worry, I have it all planned out! Please remember to review! Enjoy! I do not own H2O: Just Add Water.
I was on my couch watching a show. I really wasn't that into it, I just needed to pass the time. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, then let themselves inside. It was Bella. She was my best friend, so she was allowed to come over anytime without having to wait for someone to answer. "Hey Bells," I said. "What's up?"
"Could we talk upstairs?" she asked. "In your room?"
"Sure," I nodded. Once in my room, we both sat on my bed. "So what's up?" I asked curiously.
Bella had a sad look on her face. She sighed. "I'm leaving," she said.
"Okay," I nodded. "For how long?"
Bella shook her head. "No, I'm leaving as in I'm moving away from the states."
My jaw fell to the floor. "This is a joke, right?" I asked.
Bella frowned. "This isn't a joke," she said sadly. "I'm leaving in a week. It's for my dad's job."
I just stared at her blankly for a moment, and them I finally spoke. "No, this isn't happening," I said as I stood up and put my hands on my head.
"I'm sorry Jason," she muttered.
"Isn't there a way for you to stay?" I asked hopefully.
"No. I have to go," she said.
I pounded my fist against the wall. "You can't go. You just can't," I said with my voice wavering.
"I'm so sorry Jay. If I had a choice, I would stay."
I turned around to face Bella. "So that's it?" I asked. "After you leave, we're never gonna see each other again?"
"I'll keep in touch with you. I promise," Bella said as she came closer to me.
"I sure hope so," I whispered. I spun around and grabbed something from my desk. It was a necklace made out of seashells. I gathered them from my many swims. I handed it to her. "Take this," I said. "You've always told me how you loved the ocean."
A smile came to Bella's face. "Thank you so much Jay! This means a lot!" She then threw her arms around me and gave me a hug, which I happily returned. She then gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "This is the greatest gift anyone has given me."
I smiled. "This way, if you ever lose contact with me, you'll have the necklace to remember me by."
Bella smiled. The moment was bittersweet, because in a week, Bella would move away leaving me and the others behind.
I shot up from my bed. I began to rub my temples. It's been a full week, and every night, I had a dream that was a memory that I had with Bella. Why was this happening to me? Why now? I haven't seen her in so long, and now I'm suddenly having dreams about her? I just didn't get it. Well, I had to ponder about this another time because I was meeting the girls at the JuiceNet. I threw some clothes on and ran downstairs. I saw Kaylie in a rush when I walked into the kitchen. "Whoa, why are you in such a hurry?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm just going to Ma..." she trailed off. "I'm going to the mall with Carrie," she said quickly.
"Okay?" I answered questioningly. "Well, I gotta go. I'm meeting the girls at the JuiceNet."
"Okay, see ya," she said.
I shrugged and walked out the door. Was it just me or was Kaylie acting weird? I'll have to bring it up later. I then made my way to the JuiceNet. Once there, I saw that the girls were already there. "Hey guys," I said with a smile.
"Hey," they all said at the same time.
"So what's new?" I asked.
"Lewis is entering a fishing competition," Cleo said. "He enters it every year, and I think we should go,"
"Why should we?" Rikki asked stubbornly.
"Because it'll be really fun," Cleo explained. "And I think Lewis would really appreciate our support." Cleo turned to Emma with a hopeful expression on her face. "Emma?" Emma scrunched up her face. "C'mon!" Cleo pleaded. "Rikki, how bout it?"
"Ehh... fish hooks make me nervous," Rikki said. "Especially lately. Anyway, I've got something more important to do." Rikki then got out of her seat and made her way towards the exit. Right before she could leave, Zane bumped into her. They stared at each other for a moment. You could practically feel the awkward tension in the air. Rikki then brushed passed him then left.
"Well, that was weird," Lauren announced.
This time, Cleo turned to me. "C'mon Will, please?" she made a puppy dog face.
"No, don't drag me into this," I waved. Cleo frowned at me. "Ugh... okay fine," I gave in.
"Yay!" Cleo said happily.
"Call me when I have to be there," I said. "I gotta go home and check on the twins."
"Okay," Cleo nodded.
And with that, I made my way back to my house. When I walked through the door, my mom thrusted a bottle of milk into my hands. "Would you mind giving this to Lucy and Sierra?" she asked.
"No problem," I smiled. I went up to the twins' room and saw them both wide awake in their cribs. I went over to Sierra and popped the bottle in her mouth. She happily accepted it, drinking it all the way until there was half left.
Now it was Lucy's turn. I gave her the bottle and she started drinking it. When it was almost done, she looked at me and spit the milk in my face. "Very funny, Lucy," I said in annoyance as I flopped onto the floor. I then heard Lucy giggle from her crib. She already has the traits of a trouble maker. After I steam dried myself, I took one last look at the twins and left the room. Cleo still had yet to call me, so I decided to chill in my room.
Once I entered my room, I sat at my desk and opened the drawer. I shuffled through the mess and saw something that I had nearly forgotten about. It was a picture of the me and the guys from the states, but this time, Bella was with us. This was a year or so after we met Bella. Before I knew it, I found myself fading back to the memory of when I saw Bella for the first time.
"Will, go long!" Allie yelled at me. We were on the beach throwing a frisbee. Of course we weren't near the water. With my recent developments, I wouldn't let myself anywhere the water. I ran as far as I could. My eyes were fixed on the frisbee, so I had no idea where I was going.
"Will, look out!" Alex yelled to me. Although, I had no time to react, because before I knew it I barrelled right into someone and toppled onto the ground. I spat the sand out of my mouth.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" I heard my victim say. I stood up, brushed myself off, then helped the girl up. It was then I got a good look at her. She had blue eyes, honey-blonde hair, and probably was around my age.
"Why should you be sorry?" I asked. "I'm the one who ran into you. It's my fault." The girl then looked at me with a shy expression. "My name's Will," I said with a smile. "What's yours?"
"Bella," she replied.
"Cool name," I nodded. "Are you here with your friends?"
As soon as I said that, Bella's expression turned sour. "I don't have any friends," she said sadly.
I instantly felt bad for her. "Well, now you've got one," I grinned. I then motioned towards Alex and the others. "We were looking for another player. Wanna play?"
A smile then slowly made its way onto Bella's face. "Sure," she said. I then led her over to where the others were. Little did I know that this was the start of a great friendship.
I smiled at the memory. I only wish that Bella knew what I was, but how could I tell her? I couldn't be like, 'Hey Bella! I'm half fish!' That definitely wouldn't have worked out well. Suddenly, my phone buzzed. It was Cleo. "Hey," I said.
"Come on down to the pier now," Cleo said. "The competition is going to start soon."
"Okay, see you there," I said. I ran downstairs and gave my mom a quick kiss on the forehead and was out the door. I made it to the competition in time to see Cleo give Lewis a thumbs up. "Hey," I whispered over to Cleo.
"Hey. Glad you could make it," she replied. I then shot a supportive grin over to Lewis. He smiled back and got himself ready to cast off. As he ran up to the end of the pier, he lost his footing and fell straight into the water. Everyone started to laugh while Cleo and I had shocked looks on our faces. Lewis emerged from the water with embarrassment written on his face. Cleo's dad reached down and hoisted him back onto the pier. Before we could say anything, Lewis stomped off to who knows where.
Cleo turned to me. "Leave it to me," she said. "I'll talk to him." I nodded and let Cleo catch up with Lewis.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Lauren's number. She answered after the second ring. "Hey Lauren," I said. "Wanna go for a swim?"
"Sure!" she said happily. "Meet me at my house."
"Okay, be there soon," I said as I hung up the phone. I walked the short distance to Lauren's house and rang her doorbell. Her mom answered the door.
"Will! What a pleasant surprise!" she said with a smile. "Come on in! I'm guessing you're going somewhere with Lauren?"
"Yep," I replied. Suddenly, I saw Lauren make her way downstairs. Her hair was down and she was wearing a dress with flower designs on it.
My jaw dropped. "Hey Will," she said. "You ready to go?"
"Ye... yeah," I managed to say.
When we both were out the door, Lauren's mom called to us. "Have fun!" she said. As we were walking, I spoke up. "What's with the dress?"
"Thought I'd surprise you," she smiled.
"Well, you succeeded," I laughed. We walked all the way to Lewis's secret fishing spot and dove in the water. For a while, we just held hands and enjoyed swimming together. While we were swimming, I managed to cut my tail on a piece of black coral. Pain etched through my facial features. Lauren saw this and motioned in the direction of the moon pool. Once we were at the moon pool, I pulled myself up onto the sand.
"Are you okay?" Lauren asked worriedly.
"Yeah," I said. "I'll be fine. It just stings." I took a glance down at my tail and saw that it was bleeding. Suddenly the pain was starting to worsen. I moaned as my vision started to turn fuzzy. After a while, it turned back to normal. "Jeez, I think I have a headache," I said.
"Maybe we should head back," Lauren suggested. "Maybe you need to rest."
"No, I'm fine," I waved my hand. "Let's just stay here for a while." Lauren nodded and pulled herself up next to me. I held out my hand and steam dried us both. Lauren curled up into my arms. We then began to talk about the twins. "I honestly think Lucy's out to get me," I laughed as I told Lauren what happened earlier.
"You gotta admit, it's pretty hilarious," Lauren smirked.
"Yeah, yeah," I waved her off. We stayed at the moon pool for at least an hour or two before we decided to head to the JuiceNet. We dove into the water and swam back to Lewis's fishing spot. After we dried off, we made our way to the JuiceNet. Once there, we saw Lewis sitting at a table by himself, with a sad look on his face.
We sat ourselves down next to him. "Hey Lewis," Lauren said. "Why the long face?"
"I was banned from the fishing competition," he said flatly.
"What? Why?" I asked. He then explained the whole situation. How Cleo hooked his line to a fish that can't be caught on the pier, and now, everyone thought he had cheated, so he was banned.
"I'm sure she was just trying to help," Lauren said. Just then, Cleo walked in and sat herself next to us.
"Lewis, I'm sorry," she said. "I was only trying to help. Maybe I shouldn't have chosen such a big fish."
Lewis looked up. "Oh, why stop there? Why not hook it with a giant squid? I would've rather lost than be a cheat."
"You're not the cheat, I am," Cleo said.
"Cleo, what bugs me the most is that you never thought my lure could work. You didn't believe me."
"There must be something we can do."
"There isn't," Lewis countered. "I'm banned. That's it."
Cleo then got up and motioned for Lauren and I to follow her. Once outside of the JuiceNet, Cleo spoke. "I have a plan for Lewis to get back in the completion. If we hook everyone's line with the fish that Lewis caught, maybe he'll be allowed to come back."
"It's a long shot," I said. "But I'm in."
"Me too," Lauren agreed.
We then caught up with Emma, and Cleo explained the plan to her. "Please Emma! You have to come with us!" Cleo pleaded. "We can't do this without you and we really need your help."
"I think you've done enough already," Emma said. "And besides, it's a ridiculous idea!"
"It will work!" Cleo said. "I know there's no reason that you should help me. Actually there is one, Lewis."
Emma sighed. "Alright, c'mon!" All of us then dove into the ocean. After a while of searching, Cleo pointed to a school of fish which were the same kind that Lewis caught. We then took as many as we could then swam below the pier. We hooked a fish on to everyone's line, except Nate's. Satisfied with what we had done, we swam away. That was when I finally realized that the bottom of my tail looked darker than usual. It wasn't its normal blue, but it was kind of... black. I brushed it off and we continued to make our way to shore.
When we made it back to the JuiceNet to see Mr. Sertori gathering all the fishing participants up in the front, including Lewis. Cleo went over and explained what we had done to Lewis. His face immediately brightened. "I have two announcements to make," Mr. Sertori said. "Lewis has been officially reinstated in the competition, and is the outright winner of the heaviest catch, beating his nearest rival by exactly five grams." Everyone then clapped in congratulations for Lewis. "I have something more to say," Mr. Sertori continued. "I have to apologies to you Lewis for doubting you. Who knows why so many giant tuna came into the harbour."
Nate groaned. "C'mon! If he didn't cheat, then why didn't I get one?"
"Nobody likes a sore loser, Nate," Mr. Sertori said. "You came last. Get over it." The crowd then erupted in laughter. Mr. Sertori turned to Lewis. "See, it was a mysterious mistress Lewis. Please accept my apologies. I hope we can go fishing together soon. I'd love to have a go at that new lure of yours."
"Yeah, I'd like that," Lewis smiled.
"And I hope you didn't take me too seriously about not seeing Cleo. You can come by the house at any time."
"Thanks, I'll come around tonight," Lewis smiled.
"Okay, good." Mr. Sertori then walked off. Cleo approached Lewis.
"Forgive me?" she asked.
"Yeah, on one condition. You never help me again," Lewis laughed.
Rikki then appeared in front of us. "Hey Rikki! Where have you been?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, I called you but you never answered," Cleo said.
Rikki smiled. "Trying to stay out if the rain." The group then laughed and we went into the JuiceNet for some drinks. My mind kept drifting back to my tail. Was it normal for it to turn black? I would have to be sure to keep an eye on it, because I really didn't want to end up dead or something like that. I eventually pushed the thought to the back of my mind and just enjoyed being in the company of my friends.
Hmm... I wonder if the black spot on Will's tail means something? Get ready guys, it's getting close to a certain doctor's return to the Gold Coast. I do hope to have the next chapter up by Friday, but no promises! Thanks for reading!
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