Closer to the Truth ch. 6
Mimmi gasped in shock as the water poured down her back. Everyone around the table stopped and stared at the brunette who was now dripping wet. She shot an urgent glance at her brother, who could see the panic in her eyes. She quickly pushed back her chair before running to Zac's room. Zac too shot up and followed his sister. The adults looked at the teens sitting at the table with grim expressions written on their faces.
"What just happened?" Rob asked the girls.
Evie, Sirena and Ondina looked at one another, their eyes filled with worry. They all were questioning how they would be able to get out of this situation.
"Mimmi probably went to go dry off. She really hates wet clothing." Ondina lied.
Rob and Lauren both raised an eyebrow.
"And Zac went with her because…" Rob asked, still not convinced by the blue eyed girl's story.
This time, Ondina didn't have an explanation to give. She glanced helplessly at Evie and Sirena.
Evie helped her friend out. "You know, Zac just found out that Mimmi is his sister. Of course he is going to be overprotective. He is probably just making sure that she is okay."
This seemed to please the parents because they both nodded at this explanation. The girls both seem to physically relax. Lauren got up and refilled the water pitcher. She then suggested that they all continue their meals while they wait for the twins to reappear.
Meanwhile, the siblings where having their own conversation.
Mimmi ran as fast as she could into Zac's bedroom in the backyard. She quickly slammed the door, breathing hard as she laid against it. A moment later, her body completely became water. She transformed into her original self.
"Uhhhh." Mimmi groaned, as she slumped forward, her orange-gold tail slapping the floor.
A moment later, there was a knock at the door. Panicking because she didn't lock it, Mimmi used her powers to hold it in place. The doorknob began to jiggle.
"Mimmi, it's me." The person said. Mimmi sighed in relief at the sound of her brother's voice. "You can let go now. No one followed me."
This eased Mimmi's thoughts. She let her powers go and allowed her brother to enter.
Zac carefully opened the door to enter his room. He saw his sister sprawled out helplessly on his bedroom floor. Being careful not to step on her tail. Zac walked over and crouched next to Mimmi's face.
"Are you okay?" he asked, his eyes filled with worry at his sisters current situation.
Mimmi smiled. "I'm fine. These transformations don't get any easier though." She gestured at her tail. Zac winced at the memories of the countless times he has fallen due to his transformation.
"Don't I know it." He said with compassion in his voice.
Mimmi turned to start to steam dry her tail. Due to her awkward position, she was having a hard time reaching her fluke and the lower part of her tail.
Seeing his sister in a difficult situation, Zac decided to help her out, though watching her struggle was very amusing for him.
"Here, hold on. Let me help." He said smiling. Using his own powers, he finished drying off his sister's tail.
Once she was human again, she smiled in relief at her brother.
"Thanks." Mimmi said reaching up to Zac's now outstretched hand for him to help her up.
"Don't mention it. I'm sorry Mim. This isn't how I wanted this evening to play out." Zac explained when they were both standing.
"It is fine, but we should really be going back to the others. They will be starting to wonder where we went off too." Mimmi said with a sigh.
Zac nodded. "Let's go then. Don't want to keep everyone waiting now do we?" He opened the door to the backyard. They both walked out the bedroom to go meet up with the rest of their friends.
"Oh. Look whose back." Lauren said, seeing the twins return to the table.
"Everything sorted you two? Rob asked the twins with a smile on his face.
"All dry." Said a grinning Zac.
"I'm really sorry for what happened Mimmi. I really should be more careful." Rob said frowning.
"It's quite alright." Mimmi replied picking up her glass of water.
"I've noticed that you don't particularly like getting wet." Lauren said to the brunette.
Mimmi's eyes went wide. She wondered what they thought of her.
"Ummm, I have never been the biggest fan of water. I never liked swimming and I just don't want anything to do with water." Mimmi lied.
This caused Evie to smile and shake her head. Anyone who really knew Mimmi and knew her secret would know that she was lying through her teeth.
Rob caught sight of Evie's strange behavior and asked "Why, did something happen?"
"Dad." Zac jumped in, not wanting to put Mimmi in a difficult situation. "You wouldn't like it if someone was trying to pry into your fears, now would you." He gave Rob a hard stare.
"Oh, um, yeah. I'm sorry Mimmi. I didn't want to put you on the spot."
"It's fine." Mimmi said, digging into the food that was in front of her.
Seeing Mimmi's uncomfortableness, Sirena decided to change the subject.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you. Aquata surprised me with a trip to Hawaii!"
This seemed to lighten up the previously dim mode.
"That's awesome Siena! I went there one year for summer break with my dad. You will love it. The water is beautiful and there are so many sea creatures. I went scuba diving there once. That was before, um, yeah." Evie replied, looking down at her legs.
"Who is Aquata?" Lauren asked the cheerful girl.
"She is my sister. She lived far away and she just recently came back to this area." Sirena explained.
"Oh that will be fun. You know, Rob and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. It is simply magical." Lauren said in a singsong tone.
"She's right. You will love it there." Rob nodded at his wife.
"When are you leaving?" Ondina asked, biting into her lobster tail, shell and all.
Rob and Lauren shared a horrifying look at Ondina's way of eating seafood. The rest of the group just passed it on as the norm.
"In three days. I know it is short noticed, but Aquata surprised me with them yesterday." Sirena answered.
They teens all nodded, sad to see their friend leaving so soon, but they knew that this was an amazing opportunity for her. They were all going to miss the cheerful blonde dearly though.
The rest of the meal went off without a hitch and they all went home happy.
And with that, I am done. I don't really like this chapter too much. It's not really how I wanted it to go. What do you think? I am going to start to put in some of season 3 now. So look out for that. :)
~Moonlight Mermaids