"Hey Mimmi, how was your day?" Asked Sirena as Mimmi entered the grotto later that afternoon. Ondina looked up from the potion book that she was studying to see her best friend with a smile on her face.
"What happened?" she questioned before Mimmi could answer Sirena's question.
"Good, my day was very good." Mimmi said dreamily. Ondina raised an eyebrow at Mimmi's strange behavior. She walked away from the book and sat on the stone bench. Sirena followed her actions and abandoned the shells she had been counting for the bracelet she was making for Rita's upcoming birthday.
Mimmi sighed and went to sit on the coffee table across from the two girls.
"Remember Chris?" She asked. Sirena nodded quickly as Ondina hesitated trying to remember the boy her best friend was talking about.
"Is he the land boy that you told me that you kissed a few months ago?" Mimmi blushed and nodded.
"Yeah, that's him. Well he has returned from America yesterday. He took me out to lunch after a seagull ate mine. Oh, it was wonderful!" She said smiling, getting off the table. She began to dance around the grotto, humming to herself.
"What was wonderful?" said a voice behind her.
Mimmi stopped dancing and looked up to see her brother and Evie standing in the doorway with amused looks on their faces.
"Her date." Answered Sirena from the bench.
Zac's usually dark eyes darkened.
"Date? What date?" he asked in a strained voice.
"Oh, just with a guy I know at the Marine Park. He bought me lunch after a seagull ate the one you brought me." Mimmi answered softly.
"Well that's great news. Right Zac?" Evie said, trying to break the tension in the room. She elbowed her boyfriend when he didn't respond.
"Umm. Yeah. Great." Zac answered, his voice a little less strained.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ondina asked the couple.
"Oh, my parents want to know if you guys wanted to come over to dinner tonight. Now that they know that Mimmi and I are siblings, they really want to go and try and incorporate her in their lives. They want to properly meet all of you. Will you come?"
Sirena agreed quickly while Ondina again hesitated.
"I don't know. I don't really do dinner parties."
"We are having lobster." Zac persuaded, telling the blonde that his family was serving her favorite food.
"In that case, sure." Ondina agreed.
Evie and Mimmi both rolled their eyes.
"Great. Stop by around 5:00" With that, he took Evie's hand, said that they had errands to run and left the grotto.
"Come on Ondina. It will be fun!" Said Mimmi when she saw the annoyed look on her best friends face.
"Fine, fine. But I'm only going because this seems very important to you." The blonde haired mermaid said in a dramatic tone.
"That and you want lobsters." Teased Sirena, nudging Ondina with her shoulder.
Ondina laughed, "That too."
"What are we going to wear?" cried Mimmi suddenly.
Ondina and Sirena looked at each other.
"Shopping!" they both yelled.
Two hours later, the three young mermaids walked up to the Blakely's property. They had a productive shopping experience, and they all looked beautiful.
Sirena was wearing a sunny yellow dress, brown sandals and her hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. Ondina was wearing black shorts, a flowy purple shirt that Mimmi forced her to buy with black ballet flats. She left her wild hair loose, despite the cries from her friends. Mimmi was wearing a white tank top, a long royal blue skirt with white sandals. Her chocolate brown hair was pulled into a braided bun. She held a small present for Lauren in her hands.
"Hey girls." Zac greeted as he saw them approach. He was wearing khaki shorts and a sea green polo shirt with black Converse. Evie walked up behind him wearing a light pink dress with sparkling ballet flats. Her brown hair was curled and resting gracefully on her shoulders.
"Hey. You guys look amazing." Replied Sirena.
Evie grinned. "You don't look too bad yourselves."
The three girls smiled.
Rob and Lauren walked up behind their son and his girlfriend. The group exchanged greetings and introductions. Lauren invited them all to go sit down at the table on the deck.
Mimmi caught up to Lauren as they were walking to the table.
"I got this for you." She said, handing her the small light blue box with a white ribbon on it.
"Oh darling, you didn't have to get me anything." Lauren exclaimed as the two stopped walking. The group kept walking, unbeknownst of what was happening behind them.
"I know, but I wanted to thank you for being so calm with all of this and for inviting us over for dinner." Mimmi said smiling.
Lauren returned the smile and undid the ribbon. Sitting inside was a bracelet made out of perfectly creamy pearls. Lauren gasped.
"I can't accept this! It must have cost you a fortune!"
Mimmi shook her head. "Not much at all, actually. I already had the pearls, because I found them long ago. I was waiting on doing a project with them and I decided to make a bracelet. I took it to a local jeweler and he just strung them all together."
Lauren smiled even brighter and hugged Mimmi. They then walked up to the rest of the group who were sitting at the table. Lauren showed her husband the gift while they all made small talk.
"Rob." Lauren said suddenly. "Our guests don't have anything to drink." She gestured to their empty glasses. Rob apologized and went to get the pitcher full of water.
As he was walking back, he tripped on the hose that Lauren was using to water the plants when the guests arrived, and spilled the contents down Mimmi's back.
Surprise! What? Two chapters in a month? What is this sorcery? I felt bad for missing Mays upload so I decided to write a short chapter for all of you. But that cliffhanger though. What will happen to Mimmi? What will Rob and Lauren find out? Stay tuned for another chapter of Closer to the Truth. *dramatic music*
Anyways, thanks for the reviews and followers. I really do appreciate it.
~Moonlight Mermaids