CLEO'S POV
I stared up at the wall. How did this happen? Rikki stared at it in disbelief. Bella's mouth was open. How did our gems do this? They hung innocently from the ceiling. I was the first to speak.
"Well… the wall is completely fixed. The whole cave is pretty much brand new." I stated the obvious. Then I impulsively said, "We should tell Lewis!" I dove into the moon pool and swam as fast as my fin could take me to the mainland. I couldn't help the ridiculous smile that froze to my face as I picked myself up out of the water and laid in the sun to dry off. It took a while, but soon enough I was back in my clothes. I walked to Rikki's café but didn't watch carefully as I jogged around the corner. I ran right into someone.
"Watch it!" said the guy. I brushed myself off and looked up, ready to apologize.
"Lewis! I mean… sorry. You wouldn't believe - You have to see this! Moon pool! - The wall is back to normal! Our crystals changed it back!" I said, scrambling to put together a coherent thought.. Lewis gave me a puzzled look.
"What wall?" he asked. Oh… that's right. Nobody told him about the shattered wall. Oops. I quickly relayed the story to him in detail. He hung onto every word.
"It's the same as before! It's so amazing!" I hugged Lewis.
"So it's the same as it was before the whole tentacle issue?" He asked. I nodded. We ran to the dock together. He got in his boat and I jumped into the water. I swam as fast as I could under the water and through the underwater entrance to the cave. I surfaced and saw Bella and Rikki sitting on the rocks.
"Lewis is on his way. He's taking the land route." I smiled. Just then Lewis came tumbling into the cave. "You made it!" I grabbed his arm and led him to the wall. "What do you think?" I turned to look at him and his jaw was dropped.
"All of the little pools of water are gone! It's just solid rock like it once was. This defies the laws of physics... and.. oh - it's amazing! How did you do it?" he asked, speechless.
"We didn't do it, our crystals did." I pointed to where the crystals were on the ceiling. Sure enough they were still hanging there. I noticed something that I hadn't seen before. They were in that same triangle arrangement that they were in, back when we put them into the rock to see the comet. Lewis was amazed.
"That is incredible that three blue, shiny, moon rocks did all of this." He breathed. "But I shouldn't be questioning anything anymore. All of this stuff is kinda surreal anyways." He ran his fingers along the smooth surface of the rocks.
"It really is." I said with a laugh. "Hey I'm thinking of heading back. See you guys later?" Lewis agreed with a nod, and headed towards the land entrance.
"See ya."
"Bye Cleo!"
I waved and dove into the pool.
RIKKI'S POV
Well I'll say, I'm astonished that the cave transformed right in front of us. I don't know if I could tell Zane though. I can't face him after what he did. I still can't believe he kissed Sophie. Right in front of me too… But I had to tell him. No matter what, he was a part of this too.
"Hey, come to think of it, I have something I've gotta get done. See you later Bella!" Without hesitation, I dove into the blue, sparkling water and swam off. This was my favorite part about swimming. I loved how the water just moved around me so naturally. The bubbles tickled my skin as they sped past. I waved to the dolphins as I swam. When I finally reached the shore, I pulled myself out of the water and steam-dried my tail. When I was dry, I got up and walked to the café. I mentally prepared myself to talk to Zane. Walking through the beaded entrance to the café, I took a breath and held it. I knocked on the door to his office.
"Come in." he said from inside. I pushed open the door and stepped into the room. Zane saw me and stood up abruptly. He started to smile.
"Rikki! I always knew you would come back. Listen, before you leave, I know what you saw but it was all Sophie. I swear I still love you." He spoke fast and before I could resist, he pulled me into a deep kiss. It felt nice actually, to be this close to him again. Then I realized something I hadn't before. I still liked him. I returned his kiss. He looked at me and smiled. "You believe me now?" he asked.
"Sure. I'll be your girlfriend again. But can we talk more about that later? I have something more important to tell you, and I think you're gonna like it." I said excitedly. "Something happened to the moon pool cave. Our crystals practically remodeled the whole place. Everything is the same as it was before!" He smiled again.
"That's great. No, that's amazing. Hey wanna kickoff the start of our relationship and go out to dinner tonight? It'll be on me." Oh my goodness… he looked so sexy when he smiled like that.
"Dinner sounds great." I kissed him again.
BELLA'S POV
After everyone else left, I didn't exactly want to stay in the cave myself. I decided I would go tell Will, since Cleo had gone to tell Lewis. The time seemed to pass in an instant, since I had a lot on my mind. Maybe I could use this new info as a bit of an ice breaker.
I walked nervously across the dock to Will's house, the wood creaking beneath my every step. What if he didn't want to see me? What if he doesn't even care? Then a worse thought snuck into my mind. What if he told someone about me, and he's hiding because of the guilt? Stop it Bella, you're just being paranoid. I knocked on the door gently and it swung right open.
"Will? Sophie? Is anyone here?" I asked, seemingly to no one. Will's desk was all screwed up and papers were on the floor. That's weird… normally his desk is so organized. Then I heard a rustling noise coming from the closet. Oh my gosh, was there a break-in? I was shaking as I walked slowly over to the closet door. I put my fingers gently around the knob and pulled open the door. I heard a scream. Oh, wait… that was me.
Alright... sorry guys. Cliffie! :O What do you think should be in the closet? Write a review, and maybe I'll choose yours ;) I didn't know what to put in the closet, I just wanted a cliff hanger. So give me feedback on what you liked/disliked about this chapter. Was it too short? I'm working on lengths.
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