Mimmi stood on the dock of the café that night, staring out at the sea as she watched the sunset. She sighed contently as she breathed in the spray of the water. Wind whipped around her legs, her knee length light purple dress following the wind. Her curly chocolate hair floated gracefully away from her face.

She watched the sun dip under the horizon, the colors lighting up the sky. Carly was going to sing that night, but Mimmi wanted to get some fresh air soon. She looked up at the sky. The moon was almost full and they still had no idea how to defeat the water dragon. Weilan had an idea to put the water dragon into a puzzle box a few days ago, but it ended up going rouge and sucked up both Poseidon and Ms. Trumble. So it was back to square one.

Mimmi inhaled deeply, breathing in the nigh air. She closed her eyes, feeling at peace. All of her worries had soon faded away.

"Hey," a voice said as a hand was placed on the small of her back. Mimmi opened her eyes and turned around. Chris was standing behind her wearing a dark red polo shirt with khaki shorts. His hair was tousled by the wind. "I didn't scare you did I?" he smiled deviously.

"No. Not at all," she smiled warmly at him. She leaned up against the railing.

"Are you feeling better?" He asked, his eyes were full of concern.

Mimmi blushed. "I've never felt better."

Chris's smile grew even larger. There was a silence that filled the air. It wasn't uncomfortable though. They were both trying to figure out what to say.

Chris decided to go first. "So I was thinking…" he began.

"Oh, that can be dangerous," Mimmi joked lightly.

Chris blushed and cleared his throat.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to go out to dinner with me?" He asked in a rush, almost sounding embarrassed.

Mimmi's heart soared with happiness, but it soon faded when she realized how busy she was. She had to help Zac find his powers, find a new way to defeat the water dragon that didn't include sucking up teachers, research more in the mysterious purple book and deal with Rob and Lauren.

"Mimmi?' Chris asked, waving his hand over her eyes. She blinked a few times before settling on Chris's interested face.

"Sorry. Um, look. I really would love to go out to eat, but I am swamped with a bunch of… family things…to sort out." It was technically true. She had to take care of her family in the sea.

Chris looked down disappointed; hurt written across his face. "Oh. I understand," he mumbled.

Mimmi instantly regretted her choice of words. "Oh Chris. I'm not trying to make up an excuse right now. I really do have some family issues that I need to sort out. I would really love to go on a date with you…" She froze. Did she really just say date?

Chris smiled. "Date huh?" he nudged her jokingly.

Mimmi stuck out her tongue. "You know what I mean. Can I take a rain check?" She asked, batting her eyelashes for an extra effect.

Chris's face visibly relaxed. "Of course. I would wait forever," He said in a whisper.

Mimmi blushed a deep red and looked down at her silver flip-flops. Gently, Chris reached down and put his thumb her chin, pulling it up so her eyes met his.

Dark brown met a sparkling blue, their gaze un-breaking. Chris reached down and put his hand on her waist. Mimmi didn't object, her gaze still mesmerized by Chris's. Chris leaned down slightly.

"Um… Guys?" A voice interrupted them.

They both jumped back in shock. Weilan stood leaning against the doorway of the Ocean Café with her arms crossed. She raised an eyebrow, showing them that she saw what was about to happen.

"Carly is about to start singing if you wanted to come inside," she paused and grinned deviously. "But I can understand if you want to stay out here..."

Chris cleared his throat and looked at his watch. Mimmi looked at her friend horrified. Weilan just shrugged.

"I should get back home. My grandma is making chicken pot pie for dinner and she is expecting me home soon," Chris stated, clearly uncomfortable.

"Aww. Are you sure? I'm sure she will have leftovers when you get back home. I'm positive that Mimmi wouldn't mind you staying for a bit," Weilan asked innocently, cocking her head to the side a bit.

Chris coughed nervously. "Thanks, but I already promised her that I would be home…" He checked his watch. "Oh, right about now," He looked at Mimmi. "I'll see you tomorrow at work."

Mimmi nodded. "You got to love Monday."

Chris smiled and gave Mimmi an awkward hug while Weilan just stood there watching. He gave a small nod to Weilan before he walked off.

Mimmi sighed unhappily and turned to Weilan.

Weilan put her fingers closer together and smiled brightly. "So close."

Mimmi rolled her eyes. "You are the absolute worst."

Weilan slung her arm over Mimmi's shoulder. "But you love me."

Mimmi scoffed. "Debatable."

Weilan shrugged again. "Sure. Your life would be boring without me. Come on, Carly is about to start and the pizza just arrived. I've seen how much Zac and Cam eats and I don't trust them alone with food." With that, the two girls walked inside.

The dinner went off smoothly. Carly sounded wonderful and the food was great. The mermaids left the café soon after, claiming that they had an early meeting with the mermaid counsel. They were discussing the water dragon and trying to find out how to destroy it. They claimed they were going back to Rita's to grab the purple book to show the counsel. Evie retired soon after, giving Zac a gentle kiss and congratulating Carly. Cam too said that he was going to head out after Evie left.

Zac stood up and paid the bill. After all, it was his turn. Because they ate together frequently, they decided to take turns paying the bills. He walked back to the table and grabbed his phone before his eye caught something silver.

It was Mimmi's clutch that she brought to the café. Her mind was in the clouds when she entered the café. Weilan mouthed "Chris" to him when Mimmi wasn't looking. Zac remembered his sisters crush and tried not to be so overprotected of his little sister. She must have forgotten it on her way out.

With any luck, she was still at Rita's.

He walked over there, enjoying the night air. Rita greeted him warmly when he knocked on the door.

"They should be in the grotto still. I didn't hear them leave. If not, just leave it down there and she will get it tomorrow," Rita advised. "Feel free to let yourself out. I'm going to bed. Good night Zac."

"Night," he said as he watched Rita walk up the stairs to her bedroom, Poseidon at her heels.

Zac walked over to the bookshelf and pulled the book about Mermaid Mythology out. The hidden doors behind the bookshelf opened as Zac placed the book back in its original place.

He trudged down the stairs, looking for his sister.

"Mimmi?" Zac called, entering the grotto. His sister was nowhere to be found. The girls must have left for the moon pool. He was too late. Zac put his sister's purse on a table and turned around, about to exit the grotto when something caught his eye. It was the book. He thought that the girls were planning to give the book to the mermaid counsel for them to study.

Did the girls change their minds? No, they would have told him about their plan if they did.

A gust of wind filled the grotto, flipping open the book. It flipped through the pages before settling down. No wind followed after that.

Zac turned around, wondering if he was being pranked. There was no one in the grotto. He was all alone.

He crossed the room and bent down to examine the book. Everything seemed to be in order except for one thing. There was handwriting in the margins of the section about twins. It looked feminine, as it swirled gracefully.

"Trust your instincts" It read.

"What the hell?"

"Zac? Is that you?" A voice filled his mind.

Zac shook his head. Why was Mimmi talking to him now? He thought, "She knows that I can't talk through my mind. Why is she trying?"

"Because you are talking telepathically to me right now." Mimmi's thoughts were full of excitement.

"I am? I that case, you need to get over to Rita's right now."

Another Cliffhanger?!

Yeah I'm evil.

I believe I owe you some answers…

Izi Wilson: School can suck sometimes for me, but my friends really make up for the crappy times.

And that was all of the questions I got… I guess you really didn't want to know anything about me. I've always wanted to ask my favorite authors some questions. I would love to know how they form ideas and if they have the whole story already planned out. I guess guessed that you wanted to know the same thing… Note to self. No more Q&A's.

I'm sorry for the boring chapters lately. I just needed to sort some things out that makes the story move along. I promise that the next chapter is going to be very… interesting…

Rob and Lauren are coming very close to figuring things out… And they might…umm…see something that they weren't supposed to see… Oops.

I hope you liked this chapter.

Thanks for reading!

~Moonlight Mermaids