Hey guys! Before you read this chapter, I just realized that in chapters 34 and 35, I mentioned that Emma cut herself on coral. I remembered that she doesn't cut herself until season 2, so I made very minor changes to both chapters. I only erased sentences that mention Emma cutting herself. They weren't big changes, so they wont affect the story at all! Enjoy! I do not own H2O: Just Add Water.
Lauren's POV
Cleo, Emma, and I had just finished watching a movie in the theater. It was about zombies. It wasn't all that scary, but it was good anyway. "That was so scary," Cleo announced.
"They're just people in rubber masks," Emma reassured.
"Not that," Cleo said. "The zombie in the Laundromat that got electrocuted, she was wearing my pink top."
"I missed that," Emma smirked.
"And the zombie on the bus that was drooling slime," Cleo continued. "She was wearing my blue dress!"
"Not your exact dress," Emma laughed.
"Well, it may as well have been! I've gotta do a clean out," Cleo decided. "I cannot be seen wearing the same clothes as a zombie."
Suddenly, Emma stuck her arm out in front of us, stopping us in our tracks. "What?" I asked curiously.
"What's happening?" Cleo asked as she peeked her head around the corner. "Is that Rikki?" Cleo asked pointing to a familiar blonde girl. It was Rikki. She was coming out of Thirty Days of Love. It was a romance movie. Last I checked, Rikki hated romance movies. "What's she doing walking out of Thirty Days of Love? That's a romance movie," Cleo said.
"What's she doing walking out with Zane?" Emma asked with her face scrunched up. "She probably just bumped into him and she's being polite," Emma concluded.
"Rikki's never polite," Cleo said. This was true. If Rikki didn't like someone, she would show it right away. And I know for a fact that she hates Zane. We then saw Zane put his arm around Rikki. Okay, maybe not, I thought.
Will's POV
The girls were out at the movies, leaving me by myself. I didn't mind because I needed to clear my head. Maybe I'll go for a swim to Mako. Before I headed off to Mako, I went to check myself in the mirror. As I looked at myself, I saw and felt my eyes flicker from brown to yellow. I shook my head. I really needed to figure out what was going on. As I headed downstairs, I saw Kyle sitting in the couch. "Where's Kaylie?" I asked.
"She's out doing something," Kyle said simply. "She wouldn't tell me where she was going though."
"Okay," I nodded. "I'll be at Mako, see ya later." I then went out the door and dove into the water. I wasted no time in getting to the moon pool. Once there, I immediately felt that something was off. Like someone was here. "Who's there?" I said. Suddenly, Kaylie came out from behind the land entrance to the moon pool. "The hell are you doing here?" I asked feeling anger well up inside me.
"I just wanted to come here and explore," Kaylie said quickly.
"So why didn't you tell me? Why did you cover up one of your visits here by saying you were going to the mall?" I asked as I got out of the moon pool and dried off.
"I just wanted-" Kaylie began.
"What are you trying to do?" I yelled. On the inside, I really wasn't trying to be this angry or mean. It's as if there was an uncontrollable rage that I couldn't get passed. Suddenly, I felt my eyes switch colors and this time, they stayed yellow. I saw Kaylie make a shocked expression.
"Will, what's wrong with you?" she asked worriedly.
"This isn't your place," I said flatly. "It's mine and the girls. You don't belong here." Suddenly, I saw that lighting was coursing around my hands. Yes, I said lightning. This must be another upgrade from hydro-thermokinesis. It's like electrokinesis, but now I can make lightning form around my hands. I threw my hand in the air and summoned my trident. Throughout all of this, I couldn't control myself. It was like I was moonstruck, but I knew that this was different. I aimed my trident at her.
"What are you doing?" she asked with a frightened look on her face. "This isn't you, Will!"
I felt like I was the most powerful thing in the world, like I was unstoppable. My trident charged up with lightning. As I was about to deliver a deathly blow, I heard a voice. Lauren's voice. "Will, control yourself!" she said. "Control what has hold over you! Come back to us!" I turned to see that Lauren was in the moon pool along with Emma and Cleo. They both had pleading looks on their faces.
That's when I could feel myself returning to normal. My eyes turned back to their normal brown color. Then I collapsed to the ground. The trident disappeared as soon as I let go if it and my hands felt normal again. No lighting coursing through them. I saw that Lauren had hauled herself out of the water and made her way over to me.
Still in mermaid form, she cupped her hand around my cheek, inevitably making me grow my tail. Everyone gasped when they saw it. When I looked down at it, I realized that it became fully black. It had no touch of its original blue left. I looked up into Lauren's eyes. "What's happening to me?" I asked desperately. Lauren gave me no answer. I then blacked out right then and there.
Lauren's POV
Will blacked out in front of me. The look on his face was one that I will never forget. "Is he okay?" Cleo asked with urgency.
"He blacked out, but he's still breathing," I said
"Did anyone see the lightning coming from his hands?" Emma asked. I nodded. Whatever was happening to him sure gave him a boost in his powers.
"What happened to him?" Kaylie asked.
"He cut himself on some black coral," I said. "That must be the reason this is happening to him."
"Poor Will," Cleo said. "We need to find out how to fix this before we tell him about Rikki and Zane. If he heard about her and him, he wouldn't be able to handle it."
"Agreed," Emma and I said at the same time. If Will found out about Rikki and Zane, who knows what he could do. I mean, he already hates Zane, but in his current state, I think his hate will be doubled. We all sat there for a while. Suddenly, Will shot up.
Will's POV
I shot up from the ground. I was breathing heavily. I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Lauren. "How are you feeling?" she asked.
"I feel like my head got run over by a train," I said flatly. I looked up at Kaylie, and then got to my feet. "I'm sorry for what I did," I apologized. "I couldn't control myself, literally."
"It's okay Will," Kaylie said.
"It was like you were moonstruck," Cleo spoke up.
"Yeah, but I can remember everything that happened," I said. "This is different. If you guys hadn't come, I could've killed Kaylie. We gotta figure out how to stop this before it acts up again."
"Maybe Lewis should come over," Emma suggested. "He might have an idea on what is happening to you."
"Let's hope," I whispered. "I'm sorry for almost hurting you Kaylie," I frowned.
"It's okay Will, you couldn't control what you were doing," she said as she put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I smiled, then dove into the water and sped off to the mainland.
We were waiting impatiently in Emma's bedroom for Lewis. Finally, he came through the door. "Took you long enough," I said while rolling my eyes.
"So what's this about?" Lewis asked.
"This," I said while lying on Emma's bed. I poured water on myself. Seconds later, my tail appeared. Lewis's eyes widened.
"Your tail is black," he said with surprise.
"That's not all," I continued. "Sometimes, I can't control what I say and when I get really angry or frustrated, my eyes turn yellow, and then I might not be able to control what I do."
"You're joking right?" Lewis laughed.
"Does it look like I'm joking?" I said while my eyes flickered from brown to yellow.
"I guess not," Lewis said nervously.
"I think it's because I cut myself on some black coral. My heating powers also got upgraded because of it."
"How so?" Lewis asked curiously.
"Watch," I said as I held out my hand in front of me. Within seconds, lightning sparked around my hand, until my hand had lightning moving all around it.
"Whoa!" Lewis said incredulously. "That doesn't hurt?"
"Not one bit," I replied as I dropped my hand, ceasing the lightning like it was never there.
"I'll look up your symptoms on the net," Lewis said. "Let's go to the JuiceNet." We all nodded, and then made our way to the JuiceNet. Once we got there, Lewis hopped onto the computer and started to type away. While he was occupied, I decided to grab myself a drink. The girls stayed with Lewis to see what they could find out. I took a seat at one of the tables. Suddenly, a person that I didn't really want to see walked in. It was Carrie.
"Hey Will," Carrie said flirtatiously.
"Aren't you supposed to be with Kaylie?" I asked quickly.
"She's somewhere at the moment," Carrie said.
"I really don't feel like talking to you," I replied.
"Why don't you just take a walk with me?" she asked pleadingly.
"I've been turning you down for half of the year. Shouldn't that ring a bell?"
"Lauren's no good for you," Carrie sneered. "I can treat you better."
"Lauren treats me just fine," I said seriously. Slowly, I could feel whatever was controlling me start to rise. That's when I heard a whistle. It was Lewis. He was signaling me over to him and the girls. I got up and made my way over to them, leaving Carrie in the dust. "Whatcha got?" I asked while looking over Lewis's shoulder.
"We found out what's wrong with you," Lewis stated. "Did the coral you cut yourself on look something like this?" Lewis pointed to a picture of coral on the computer. It was the exact same as the type I cut myself on.
"Yeah," I nodded.
"Then you have something called Poseidon's Curse. It affects only mermen," Lewis explained. "If a merman cuts themself on black coral, his tail will change to a blackish color. And his aggression increases. So much, that it can influence their words and actions. It even makes it easier for them to get frustrated or angry. It also increases the magnitude of a merman's powers. If the curse isn't lifted, it can make a merman go mad with power."
"Great," I said sarcastically. "Is there any way to cure me?" I asked.
"Sadly, I couldn't find a cure at the moment," Lewis said. "But I found something that will suppress the effects. Hopefully it will last long enough for me to find a cure."
"So what do I have to do in order to suppress it?" I asked.
Lewis scrunched up his face. "You're not gonna like it," he said. He then showed me a list of things that I had to get. Apparently, I had to get five types of fungi, get some seaweed, and some algae. Then I had to blend them all together and drink the mixture.
"Won't this get me sick and kill me or something?" I asked with worry.
"Not when you zap it with your powers," Lewis smirked.
"Ugh, fine," I said. I then finally realized something. Rikki wasn't with us. "Hey, where's Rikki?" I asked curiously.
The girls froze. "She uhh... had something else to do today," Cleo said cautiously.
"Okay?" I said unsure of what to make of the situation. The girls and I then spent the rest of the day gathering the things we needed for the mixture. It took us until nightfall to find everything. We then met up with Lewis at the moon pool.
"So you guys got everything?" he asked.
"Yep," Emma said.
"Okay, then let's mix them together," Lewis said. He then pulled out a bowl and we threw everything into it.
"Wait," I said. "How am I supposed to drink it? I mean, we don't have a blender or anything."
"Just focus your powers on it," Lewis said. "That should put the mixture into a liquid state."
I nodded, and then held both hands out in front of me. Almost instantly, the mixture turned into liquid. I grabbed the bowl and held it up to my face. "Here goes nothing," I said.
As soon as I started to drink the mixture, I felt my eyes turn to yellow. Then suddenly, I felt my eyes slowly revert back to their brown color. It was as if while I was drinking, the affects slowly faded away. I took one final swig and then placed the bowl on the ground. "Did it work?" Lauren asked.
"Only one way to find out," I said. I then dove into the moon pool. Once my tail appeared, I looked it over. All of the black seemed to fade away. Well, not all of it. There was still a small black patch at the very end of my tail. I still had to remember that this wasn't the cure. I pulled myself out of the water and showed the others. "It actually works," I smiled. I then looked to Lewis. "Do you know how long this will last?" I asked.
Lewis shrugged. "It varies."
"So you're saying the effects can come back at any moment?"
Lewis nodded. "I'm pretty sure the effects will at least be gone for a week or so."
"That's better than nothing," I muttered. "Well, I gotta head back home. I don't wanna be too tired for school tomorrow."
The others nodded in agreement. We then all parted ways and went back home. I really can't wait till school is over. My brain is beginning to get fried. Once I made my way home, I saw that Kaylie was sitting at my desk inside my room. "What're you doing?" I asked curiously.
She held up a photo. "I remember this picture of you and Bella," she said. "I swear you two were inseparable."
"Yeah," I said with a sigh. "I'm gonna hit the hay," I said. I then used my wind power to blow the blanket on my bed over. I then climbed into it. Little did I know that Kaylie gave me a cold stare as she walked out the room. As I was drifting off to sleep, I started to wonder where Rikki was today. She always hangs with us. This is the first day she didn't. I wonder if she's okay.
The next morning, the girls, Lewis, and I met up at school and once again, Rikki was absent. As we were walking, Emma spoke up. "Lewis, have you seen Rikki this morning?" she asked.
"No," he answered. "Why, what's going on?"
"We want you to tell us everything you know about Rikki and Zane," Rikki said.
"Let me think," he replied. "Ahh, Rikki she's smart and sassy. At first I found her quite prickly. But no, there's certainly a soft side," he explained. "As for Zane," he continued. "Zane's just a spoiled rich kid who needs to buy himself a brain!"
"Well, they're dating," Cleo said simply. I almost choked on my own spit after she said that.
"Good joke Cleo," I laughed. "Rikki and Zane? Please! Those two names don't even go together."
"She's dead serious," Lauren said. "Rikki and Zane are dating."
"I'm afraid that's not possible," Lewis said. "Rikki and Zane are sworn enemies."
"We saw them at the movies," Emma said. "They were definitely together."
"How together?" Lewis asked. "Like 'fancy meeting you here together' or-"
"They had their arms around each other," Emma cut off.
"No, what you saw were just two people that resembled Zane and Rikki," Lewis concluded.
"Yeah," I agreed. "There's no chance of them being together."
"It was them guys," Cleo said.
"Maybe Zane was performing the Heimlich maneuver on Rikki," Lewis added.
"Lewis!" Emma argued.
"Wrestling perhaps."
"We want you to follow them," Cleo said to Lewis. "Watch them, and report back."
"No," Lewis disagreed. "Why is it always me that has to do the following? What, you don't think I've got anything better to do?"
"Like what?" Cleo asked.
"Lewis, you're better at blending in," Emma said. "You've got one of those 'every man' type faces."
"Please?" Cleo asked with a frown.
"She's probably just waiting for the appropriate time to tell you guys, that's all," Lewis said.
"Hi guys," a new voice said. Speak of the devil. It was Rikki. Then, there was an awkward silence between us all. I had to do everything in my power not to ask Rikki if she lost her mind. "Did someone die?" Rikki asked questioningly.
"We were just talking about movies," Emma spoke up.
Rikki then noticed that Lewis was staring dead at her. "What are you looking at?" she asked with annoyance in her voice.
"You haven't been choking recently, have you?" Lewis blurted out.
"What?" Rikki asked incredulously.
"Lewis!" Cleo scolded.
"Sorry," he muttered.
"We were just wondering if Thirty Days of Love was worth seeing." Cleo asked casually.
"I hear it's a romance movie," Emma added.
"Well, we'd better get moving if we don't wanna be late," Rikki said quickly. We all said nothing else and started to head off to class. While walking through the halls, Lewis and I bumped into Zane.
"Hey, watch it!" he said. "I don't want to catch anything off of you two!"
"Uhh, like intelligence?" Lewis asked simply.
"Aww, nice comeback Lewis I'm crushed," Zane said sarcastically. "Totally crushed.
"I'm starting to want to crush your face," I added.
"I'd like to see you try," Zane said as he shoved me. Man, I'm glad the effects of the curse are suppressed, because if they weren't, I swear Zane would've already been fried by now.
"What a loser!" Cleo said as we walked away.
"Waste of space!" Emma added. Naturally, I was waiting for Rikki to make some witty comment about Zane, but surprisingly, she just walked off and said nothing like we never even bumped into Zane.
School ended in a flash. We were all now at the JuiceNet seeing if Lewis had gotten any info on Zane and Rikki. "Okay, so what've we got?" Emma asked.
"Well, I sat next to Zane and Rikki in science and maths, nothing," Cleo said. "Not even eye contact."
"I didn't see anything in PE either," Emma added.
"It must be pretty serious," Cleo assumed. "Why would they be keeping it a secret otherwise?"
"Well, I followed Zane around all day today... unfortunately," Lewis said.
"And?" Cleo asked expectantly.
"Well, for someone who's in love, he's still very obnoxious," Lewis concluded. "Although, he didn't kick any small, defense less animals today!" Lewis exaggerated. "That could be a sign that he's feeling all warm and fuzzy!"
"I know we're not imagining this," Emma said. "It just seems so normal. Except Rikki's not here!" Emma remembered. "I bet she's with Zane!"
I sighed in frustration. I still refused to think that this was happening, but it was. Whatever Rikki is getting herself into; I hope she knows what she's doing. "Call her," I said. "Tell her to go to Mako. We need to sort this thing out."
Emma dialed Rikki's number. "Rikki, it's Emma. Could you meet us at the moon pool?" Emma asked. Emma nodded and hung up. "She'll be there soon," Emma said. "We'd better start moving."
I gave Lewis a pat on the back and then the girls and I dove off the docks and headed to the moon pool. We were there in a matter of minutes, and Rikki still had yet to arrive. She was probably taking her time. After a while, Rikki finally popped her head out of the water. "So what is it?" she asked harmlessly.
"We know about you and Zane," Emma said quickly. "We saw you at the movies."
"That's what you dragged me all the way out here for?" Rikki asked incredulously. "Just to tell me that."
"There's no use trying to deny it," Emma continued.
"I'm not denying it," Rikki confirmed. "I was gonna tell you once I thought you were mature enough to handle it."
"Friends don't keep secrets like that from one another," Cleo spoke up.
"Cleo's right," I agreed. "Especially if it's a secret as big as this one."
"Well, this friend does keep secrets," Rikki said stubbornly. "I don't see what all the fuss is about."
"He's practically hunting us Rikki!" Cleo said.
"Actually, it's me and Will he's hunting," Emma corrected. "We're the idiots who saved him."
"Doesn't ring any alarm bells when the mermaid is dating the mermaid hunter?" Lauren asked.
"And second of all, it's Zane we're talking about," I reminded. "He's a spoiled little rich kid."
"You're underestimating Zane," Rikki argued. "The obnoxious stuff is an act most of the time. He tries to keep people away," Rikki explained.
"Zane's going to keep looking for his mermaid and merman! You going out with him is gonna bring him closer to us!" Emma added.
Rikki recoiled a bit. "Thanks. So, not only am I stupid, I'm just as bad as Zane!"
"Please Rikki; we've all got to make sacrifices!" Emma said.
"C'mon Will," Rikki pleaded. "Back me up!"
"How can I?" I asked. "I hate Zane's guts, just like he hates mine."
"It's too dangerous for you to keep seeing Zane!" Emma concluded.
"I don't interfere with your lives, so stay out of mine!" Rikki said angrily. "Maybe you could try to show a little trust."
"It's Zane we don't trust!" Emma corrected. "It's up to you to make a decision."
"Between you guys and Zane?" Rikki asked with disbelief.
"We can't let Zane get to us Rikki," Cleo said.
"Don't make me do this," Rikki pleaded.
"We're your friends and you need to make a choice.
"Friends don't give each other ultimatums," Rikki glared at us before sinking back under the water and swimming away.
After some silence, Emma turned to me. "Will, go after her. Try and make her see reason."
"Uhh, I don't think that's a good idea," I said nervously. "I think she might fry my eyes out."
"Please?" Cleo put on her trademark puppy dog face.
I gave in. "Fine, but if I die, you guys aren't coming to my funeral," I rolled my eyes as I dove in the water and swam after Rikki. Once in the open ocean, I could see the bubbles that Rikki left behind, so I followed them. She ended up at Lewis's fishing spot. I got out, steam dried, and called after her. "Rikki, wait!"
She spun around "What do you want?" she spat angrily.
"Rikki, I know what Emma said was a little harsh, but you have to understand where she's coming from," I said standing only a few feet away from her.
"Emma thinks I can't handle things myself! She thinks that I'm just gonna blurt our secret to Zane! You do too!"
"No, I know you're smarter than that, it's just that we don't trust Zane."
"He won't find anything out," Rikki said.
I sighed. Rikki seemed pretty adamant on staying with Zane. "
"Rikki, don't you see what you're getting yourself into?" I asked. "I mean, what if you accidentally get yourself wet when you're with Zane? What will he do? Oh, I know! He'll sell you out to the media and our secret will be out!" I said a little louder.
"Stop acting like you know everything!" Rikki defended. "I can do whatever I want!"
"Last week you told me that you wanted to boil Zane's insides!" "What happened to that?"
"Zane isn't as bad as you think!" Rikki said with anger clearly shown on her face.
"I'll believe that when I see it!" I countered.
"Whatever Will! Just leave me alone!" Rikki said as she ran over to the main beach. I didn't chase after her. Suddenly, Lewis came up to me with fishing rod in hand.
"Hey Will," he said. "What's up?"
"Rikki and I just had a giant argument," I said simply.
"What happened? he asked.
"Well, I tried to talk to her about Zane, and things just got out of control and she stormed off."
Lewis looked over my shoulder. "Is that Rikki over there?" he asked pointing to a familiar blonde girl.
"Yeah," I confirmed. But then I noticed something. She was holding a red dress and next to her was Zane. He must've given it to her.
"We gotta tell Cleo about this," Lewis said. "She's at her house."
I nodded and we both made our way to Cleo's house. We knocked on her door and Mr. Sertori answered. "Hi Mr. Sertori," I said. "Is Cleo home?"
"She's in her room," Mr. Sertori said. Lewis and I then headed up to Cleo's room. When we walked in, clothes were scattered all over the place.
"What are you doing?" Lewis asked curiously.
"I'm liberating myself," Cleo answered. "Out with the old, ready for the new. I am not a zombie."
"Well, you're actually gonna throw clothes out?" Lewis asked.
"Well, I'm keeping half," she corrected. "But which half?"
She then held two dresses against her, motioning for Lewis to choose which dress she should keep. Lewis picked the dress on the right. "That half," he said.
"You don't like this half?" Cleo frowned as she motioned to her other dress.
"Speaking of dresses," Lewis said switching the subject. "Will and I just saw Zane give Rikki one."
"Really?" Cleo asked curiously.
"Yeah," Lewis whispered.
"What kind of dress?" Cleo continued.
"Ahh, it was red, it was elegant, it was sexy," Lewis explained.
"Elegant and sexy?" Cleo asked as she grabbed another dress out of her closet. "That doesn't sound like Rikki. A dress is bad. Their relationship is more advanced than I thought." She then looked to Lewis. "Can you ever imagine buying someone a dress?" Cleo asked Lewis.
"Not in this lifetime," Lewis replied quickly. Cleo then smiled at him. They like each other and it's so obvious. They'll realize it eventually.
"Rikki's not gonna be able to keep the secret much longer," Cleo said. "Sooner or later she's just gonna put it out."
"Well, she's gonna need someone to talk to," Lewis said.
"Exactly," Cleo agreed. "And that's why she thinks she only has Zane." Cleo then motioned to her clothes. "It's all gotta go."
"Perhaps we should ring Emma and tell her about Rikki and the dress," Lewis suggested.
"Good idea," Cleo said as she grabbed her phone.
"Are you really gonna part with all this?" Lewis asked.
"Yep," Cleo said simply. "Ancient history. I never knew it would feel this good. Her phone's switched off," Cleo said meaning Emma. "Should I leave a message?" Both Lewis and I just shrugged.
Rikki's POV
I raised my head above the water when I reached the moon pool. I was with Zane at his house. His dad had a fancy lunch where important business people came; including Emma's dad, meaning Emma was there. The tension was indescribable. That's when Mr. Bennett announced that he wanted to turn Mako Island into a resort. Naturally, I argued about it, making Zane pull me to the side and tell me not to go against his dad.
I was tired of Zane always blindly following his dad, so I left and came to the moon pool. That's when I started to think if maybe I made the wrong choice with Zane. Suddenly, memories started to flood my mind. The memory of when Emma, Cleo, and I first discovered the moon pool. The memory of when Emma and I went into the ocean together. The memory of when we first met Will, and finally the memory of when all of us, including Lauren, were swimming together.
I got out of the moon pool and paced around for a little bit, thinking about what I should do. Finally, it hit me I knew what I had to do. I walked into the moon pool and sped towards Zane's house.
"But Mako Island is unique," I heard Emma say. "It's been untouched for thousands of years."
"Emma's got a valid point darling," Mrs. Gilbert agreed.
Now it was my turn to speak. "Emma's right," I said as I approached everyone. "Developing Mako Island is wrong and greedy. Not to mention stupid. The water surrounding the island is home to the largest populations of mako sharks," I explained. "You think they're just gonna pack up and move on when they hear you coming? Oh, and they're protected too!
"Look," Mr. Bennett said. "Hold on a minute-"
I cut him off. "The island is an underwater wilderness. Everything will be lost. The dolphins and their lagoons, the rare green turtles, the soft corals that aren't found anywhere else in the world."
"Daddy, you're not gonna hurt the dolphins and turtles are you?" the little girl asked her dad.
"Of course he isn't Emily," her mom reassured.
"There's more. It'll all be on the list I send to the Environment Protection Agency," I continued. "Once that's done, I'll contact the press, and then organize a petition."
"And I'll help her," Emma said standing up. "Some things are worth saving."
"You can have this back," I said as I handed Zane the dress he bought for me. "If you wanna go on playing ventriloquist dummy to your dad, you could forget about being with me. Get this straight, I am not Miriam," I continued. "So you can stay here, or you can come with me."
Once Zane turned towards me, his dad spoke up. "Sit down Zane!" he said with authority.
Zane spun around. "You just don't get it, do you?" he asked as we interlocked hands and walked away, rendering Zane's dad speechless.
Will's POV
Suddenly, Emma showed up at Cleo's bedroom door. She explained everything that happened. Rikki stood up to Mr. Bennett and Zane did too. "I wish you guys would've been at Zane's house!" she said. "Rikki was amazing!"
"Didn't you throw out that dress Cleo?" Lewis asked motion to the dress that Cleo had on.
"This one?" she asked. "No." Lewis then went over to Cleo's basket that she had her old clothes in. It was empty.
"Cleo, did you throw any dresses out?" he asked.
"Not permanently," she shrugged.
"Not even the pink one, the one you saw in the zombie film?"
"Well, I couldn't throw my pink top out," Cleo reasoned. She then went on a rant about why she couldn't throw away her clothes. Just then, Rikki walked in. "Rikki!" Cleo said happily. "I heard you sabotaged Harrison's plans to develop Mako Island. That is so cool."
"This is a change," Rikki said. "You're not gonna ask me where I've been, who I've been with? What color bra I'm wearing?"
"Just out of curiosity," Lewis began. "What color-"
"Lewis!" Cleo cut him off.
"Look," Emma said. "Rikki, I'm really sorry I underestimated you."
"Me too," Cleo and Lauren said at the same time. Rikki then looked at me.
"I'm sorry too," I sighed. "And I'm sorry about what happened on the beach."
"I have an idea," Cleo said. "From now on, let's make a pact. No more secrets."
"I second that," Emma smiled.
Lauren and I nodded in agreement. "I'll work on it, maybe," Rikki said.
"I just have one question," Cleo added. "Get angry, but what do you see in Zane?"
"He gets me," Rikki smiled.
At least everything was okay now. If Rikki wanted to be with Zane, I guess I could get on board with it. Although, it would be really really hard.
That was my longest chapter yet! Okay, so now the effects on Will are suppressed but when will they come back? The next chapter will be up soon! Please review! Thanks for reading!
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