Another short chapter! Yay. O_o I love penguins. Sorry, that was random.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Little Mermaid. I do not own Ariel, Melody, or Eric. I do not own anything that has to do with TLM. I just own the plot, Cat, Kanade, Anna, Estar, Ara, Quellie, Lisa, Nicole, Nathan, Kichirou, Lyle, and the others I'll mention.
Chapter 2: The New Boy
After breakfast, the girls got ready for the day ahead of them. As usual, Melody and Kanade went to class at school. Ara, Anna, and Estar went to the shore to work on their project. Quellie and Cat helped over at the orphanage. However, today there were more volunteers than usual, and more boys at that. Cat was so busy, that she ran right into one of the new boy volunteers.
"Whoops! Sorry! Hi, I'm Nathan," the boy said. He had short black hair and looked about Carmela's age. He had a tan, almost a caramel tan. He had dimples when he smiled, which seemed to be all the time. He had brown eyes, and sparkly pearly teeth. His smile seemed to light up the room, especially to Cat.
"Hi, I'm Cat," she replied with a little curtsy.
"Oh! I'm sorry your majesty." And with that came a bow. Cat gave a little giggle.
"That's alright. I'm okay with you not bowing."
"So are you new to this?"
"Actually, no, I do this every day."
"Oh well, I am. My sisters are too."
"And where are they?"
"Over there, playing with the younger kids. They're twins."
Cat looked over to where Nathan was pointing. She saw the familiar faces of the orphans, but saw two identical ones which she assumed were his sisters, who looked about three years younger than him. They ran over towards Nathan.
"Girls, I'd like you to meet Princess Cat. Cat, these are my little twin sisters, Lisa and Nicole," Nathan introduced them.
"Hello," Cat said.
"Good morning your majesty," they replied in unison.
"Which twin is which?"
"I'm Nicole. You can tell because I always wear a sky blue ribbon."
"I'm Lisa and I wear a sea green ribbon."
"Our mother ties our hair," Nicole said.
"Cat, we have to leave," a voice behind Cat said. It startled her. She whirled around to find out who it was. It was Quellie!
"Why so early? We got here only twenty minutes ago!" Cat questioned.
"Remember? Grandfather's coming!"
"Oh, that's right! I'm really sorry. I must leave now. It was really nice meeting you all."
Cat waved good-bye as she and Quellie walked back to the palace, which wasn't far. Along the way, they saw Ara, Estar, Kanade, and Melody walking together. Soon all seven girls were walking together.
Cat's POV
As we all walked back, my sisters were rambling on and on about something, but I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking about what had happened in the orphanage. I was seeing flashbacks from this morning. I kept focusing on Nathan. His short hair, his amazing smile, I couldn't stop thinking about him! I was so lost in thought that I slowed down and lagged behind. Luckily, when I caught up, nobody noticed since I was at the end of our line. As soon as I caught up, I went back into dozing. I kept up this time, but when Melody asked me a question, I didn't hear her. Soon I felt someone tickling me at my neck. I was out of my trance and was laughing because now two people were tickling me, one at my neck and the other at my back. It was Quellie and Melody.
"Stop! Stop!" I begged. They did.
"Did you hear my question?" Melody asked me.
"No."
"I was asking you if you wanted me to help you get ready later."
"Oh, yes please!"