Mimmi walked out of the girl's locker room and breathed in deeply. She looked around the Marine Park and smiled. She heard the dolphins chattering away about some random fish things that Mimmi soon zoned out. She saw the eager children pulling their tired parents toward the rides and the animals. Another day at work.
Mimmi grabbed her hat and pulled it over her long, curly brown hair. She grabbed her cart and pushed it to her normal spot and started to work.
"Marine Park souvenirs! Get them here!" Mimmi chanted. She smile as a little girl with cute dimples came over and payed for a baby sea lion stuff animal. As she was putting the money away, she heard a voice from behind her.
"Hey sis." Mimmi turned around and saw her brother and Evie holding hands. Evie was wearing a beautiful white flowy dress while Zac was holing a paper bag.
"Hey guys. What's up?" asked Mimmi.
"Zac and I were swimming and we found a patch of oysters. Rita told us that you forgot your lunch so we brought you some." Evie explained as Zac held out the paper bag.
"Aww! Thanks." She took the bag and looked inside. Inside was a container of oysters, a small bottle of water, a container full of grapes, her favorite fruit, and a three chocolate chip cookie. She recognized the cookies as Evie's special cookies, the one that Evie knows she adores.
"Perfect." Mimmi said, closing the bag and smiling at Evie and Zac. "So, what are you doing today?"
"Zac and I are going to go see the new horror movie in the movie theater down the street." Evie explained.
Mimmi looked over at Zac who had a grim expression on his face. Mimmi then remembered that her brother hated horror movies, but Evie loved them. She giggled at the thought.
"What's so funny?" asked Zac as his sister randomly giggled.
"Oh nothing. Have fun you to."
Zac and Evie walked away from Mimmi and she placed her lunch under the cart for later. She continued to wait for children to come and buy something.
She must have zoned out because before she could process what was happening, she was being lifted from behind and spun around.
Mimmi quickly turned around when her feet were planted firmly on the ground. She then stopped and stared at the person behind her.
"Chris!" she screamed, throwing herself into the young man's arms. Mimmi fit perfectly into his chest, kind of like a puzzle piece. His chin sat on top of her head.
He laughed, hugging her firmly. When he released her, Chris gripped her shoulders and gazed deep into her eyes.
"You're back! When did you get here? I missed…" he silenced her with a kiss. They shared their second kiss and everyone around them cheered.
They broke apart and laughed at the scene they has just caused.
"I got back an hour ago. I barely got to say hi to my grandparents before I rushed out the door to come and see you."
Mimmi blushed.
"So, do you want to go to lunch?" Chris asked, breaking the silence.
"I would love to, but I already…" her voice faltered as she saw that her lunch was gone. She looked around and saw a seagull with the bag in its mouth.
"Stop!" Mimmi shouted as she began to chase after that pesky bird.
"Hey, hey Mimmi. It's alright, let it go." Chris said, grabbing her wrist before she could chase the bird as it flew away with Mimmi's lunch in his beak.
Mimmi sighed and turned back to Chris.
"Well on the bright side, now we can go get lunch." He said cheerfully.
Mimmi laughed, which made Chris smile.
"Okay, fine." She agreed.
A few minutes later, the pair was walking through the front of the Ocean Café. Chris told Mimmi that he use to go there after work to get a turkey and cheese sandwich before he went home. Mimmi then told him that she often came there too.
"Hi Mimmi. Carly will be there for you in a minute." David called across the counter when he saw a regular customer and a friend of his girlfriend walk in.
She and Chris sat down at a table and began to look through their menus.
"So, what sounds good to you? Oh, and this is my treat, understand?" Chris said.
"You don't have to…" Mimmi began.
"Please" Chris said, interrupting her.
Mimmi sighed and nodded. They looked back at the menu.
"I might get the prawn salad. Carly makes this dressing that is to die for." Mimmi said with a dramatic wave of her hand.
Chris snorted. "Dramatic much?"
"Oh please. You should see my best friend. She could win an award."
"Yes she could." Said Carly walking up to the table. "She learned from the best though." She narrowed her eyes on Mimmi who stuck out her tongue.
"Who is this?" Carly asked, gesturing to Chris.
"Oh Carly, this is Chris my…" Mimmi stopped. "Co-worker" she said slowly.
Chris raised an eyebrow.
"Chris, this is Carly, a dear friend of mine." Mimmi finished. Chris and Carly shook hands.
"Great. What can I get for you?" Carly questioned.
"Umm, I'll have a prawn salad with a peach smoothie." Mimmi replied.
Carly nodded and looked at Chris.
"And I'll have a turkey and cheese sandwich with a strawberry and banana smoothie"
"Okay, I'll be back in a minute with your food." The blonde girl said, walking away from the couple.
"So, how was America?" Mimmi asked when Carly was out of sight.
"Oh, it was amazing. I cannot thank you enough for helping me with the dolphins. You are totally amazing for what you did."
Mimmi blushed a deep red and said "It was nothing really. It's just something I picked up."
"From where? What you taught me, some of the other dolphin trainers haven't even heard of."
"Oh, you know, around." Mimmi said awkwardly, not meeting Chris's eyes.
Chris saw how uncomfortable she was getting and decided to quickly change the subject.
"So tell me about your family?"
Mimmi's normally bright eyes darkened at the slightest amount.
"There isn't much to tell. I have a twin brother named Zac…" she began.
"Wait. Zac, Zac Blakely?" Chris asked, just realizing how much Mimmi and his friend from school looked alike. Mimmi nodded. "Wow. That's really cool. Zac's a great guy." This made Mimmi smile.
"What about your parents? What are they like?" Chris questioned.
"I don't really know. My mum disappeared when I was four and I never had a dad. Some of my mum's friends raised me, and now I am living with my two best friends and my aunt. You know her as principle Santos. She knew my mum."
Chris sat forward in his chair and rested his elbows on the table. "Mimmi, I'm so sorry about your mum. I don't have the best relationship with my parents either. "
This interested Mimmi. "Why? What happened?"
Chris sat back in his chair. Mimmi could see the pain in his eyes.
"Hey." She reached over the table and grabbed his hand. "It's okay. I won't judge."
He smiled a bit. "Well my parents are both lawyers who spend a lot of time away from home and I grew up with that. But, when I was eight, I was watching my little sister Catherine while they were away on a business trip. We were biking and a car came too fast around the corner. She was behind me and there was nothing I could do…" He stopped as the story began to become painful. Mimmi squeezed his hand and offered him a small smile. "Anyways, she got hit and died instantly. My parents blamed me for her death. I always had a bad relationship with them, but this threw it over the edge. After a few months of constant blame, I decided that enough is enough. I moved in with my grandparents and I remained there ever since. This is about the time my dad started drinking and it was all downhill from there. I rarely talk to my parents. I don't even think they know that I went to America."
"Oh Chris…" Mimmi began.
"And here we go." Carly said, putting down their food, making them both jump. She saw that they were holding hands. "Am I interrupting something?" She raised an eyebrow at Mimmi.
Chris cleared his throat and pulled his hand away from Mimmi's.
"We were just talking. Thanks for the food Carly."
Carly nodded, shot a wink of approval at Mimmi, and walked away.
"This looks good. Let's eat." Chris said, obviously wanting to change the subject. Mimmi nodded.
They ate their food making conversation throughout the meal. At one point of the meal, Chris cracked a joke which made Mimmi almost choke on her smoothie. It was very obvious that the lunch date was going well. When they finished, Chris payed the bill and they walked hand in hand back to the Marine Park.
Chris is back! *happy dance* I really hope you enjoyed this little lunch break between Chris and Mimmi. Hope you liked my version of Chris's backstory. Little dark, but I can predict some serious bonding in the near future.
On a side note, DID YOU WATCH THE NEWEST SEASON?! I was so happy at the end. There will definitely be some parts of season 3 that I will incorporate into this story. So look out!
Thanks again for the reviews, and I will see you guys soon.
~Moonlight Mermaids