I smiled cuddling close to my pillow I looked out and saw the rain it was a harsh storm must have rolled in over night I got up getting dressed and sitting in bed with my book I didnt see the point going around the castle I am never allowed out anyway and even less in the rain I tried my best getting into my book but I couldn't I saw the rain was starting to ease now so I went down looking for food and the delivery guy was dropping off food and such Mrs winters wasn't here she must have been up serving lunch
“Mr Lenly? Where is Lynn today?” I ask him
“No clue, dam boy never shows up when it's rainy, pitty I need him when it does” he sighs “Well good day to you” He smiles going out to his cart so I sigh grabbing a apple and going up to the living room where my mother sat having a coffee and my father sat reading his book
“Did you ask for that apple?” My father asked
“No I popped down to get it” I shrug going to the fire to poke it and toss a log on
“no you went to see him and got an apple to cover it, I know it's delivery time” He sighs
“See who?” I ask taking another big bite of my apple
“That delivery boy you like so much” he answered
“No, he wasn't working today” I shrug throwing the core of my apple on the fire
“Alright, not to many of those you'll spoil your dinner” he says so I grab a new book from the shelf and run up to my room I ran a bath making sure my door was locked and stripped off my clothes sitting in the warm water with my book after a while I threw the book and dipped my head under the water letting my hair move around in the flowing water I turned the tap off with my foot I blew bubbles into the water I like it empty out all the air and holding my breath my mind flashed back as it often does when underwater the earliest memory I have, I was a little girl I think about five I was playing in the sand collecting shells in a little bag my mother was watching me my father sat in the sand my grandmother was sat on the sand too drawing my grandfather picked me up
“Now Now sara don't want to get sand in your pretty hair” He told me tieing up my hair for me and putting me back down closer to the sea edge “There you go sweetie all the best shells are close to the water, you can watch them float in sometimes” he told me pointing to a little shell it came on a wave across the clear water onto the sand next to me to I picked it up and put it in my bag with a giggle “Don't go to far now sweetie” he told me as I went off exploreing, but the next thing I remembered I as screaming for my family they where screaming for me but I couldn't get back to them my whole body was underwater sinking to the sand when something had hold of me
“Your beautiful” it told me a voice I never knew and next I knew I was back on the beach with my family I sat up knowing I had been down to long I got out getting dry and quickly getting dressed as I would be late if I didn't hurry I grabbed my little bag and ran off down to the garden luckly knowone was around so I stuck out the gate and shut it up behind me running down to the beach as the sun began to set
“Finaly! I was starting to wonder if you where coming” Lynn laughed as I spotted him he had a little row boat on the sand and he was leaning against it
“I got held up” I smile hugging him tightly “what is this?” I ask
“A suprise, come on” he smiles taking my bag and putting it in the boat so I giggle climbing in and he laughed pushing the boat out and jumping in with me as we cast off he rowed us out a little while and I felt in heaven leaning my head on the side of the boat and running my hand along the little waves as we went out towards the setting sun I couldnt see much below the water but I was just happy to be so far from home the castle still in sight but so small the lights in the windows a blur they where so far away he threw a little bag down on a string making us anchor there “happy?” he asks and I nod “Good” he smiles sitting with me looking at the water but as the sea became still I noticed where I was looking into the dark mysterious deep he wasn't he was looking at my reflection in the water
“Lynn? Why did you bring me out here?” I ask him a little nervous
“well... you love the sea, I didn't want you to be parted from it anymore” He says “I would do anything to see you smile like that for me” he smiles moving some of my hair away from my face “sara? I- I wanted to ask you something” he says
“what is it?” I ask sitting up a little
“You remember the story you where telling me the other day... about the fishy people?” he laughs
“Course I do, I love telling you that story” I smile “why?” I ask as he took my hands
“and you said yesterday you would give anything to live like that to be part of the sea?” he asks
“Lynn what are you talking about your scareing me?” I ask
“Just- Just... I want to show you something, thats why I brought you so far out promise me you wont run off?” He asks and I nod very confused “Okay” He sighs shutting his eyes looking scared giving my head a kiss and standing up letting our hands be dragged apart he took a deep breath and jumped into the sea
“AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” I scream “Lynn what are you crazy!” I Yell the sea settled again and I couldnt see him he wasn't coming back up I was about to jump in after him when I suddenly saw light coming from below the water like someone had opened a bottle of sunlight under the water “Ohhh nooo.... Lynn whatever the joke was very funny, stop this now your really scareing me” I said to the empty quiet as the light died down I kept looking around in case he remaurged somewhere else when I heard water moving I turned and saw Lynn his arms on the boat his hair drenched beats of water running down his skin
“Hi” he smiles
“Hi? You scared the living.... you really frightened me and you say hi what on earth was all that about?” I ask him “come on get back in the boat before you get cold” I tell him going close to him
“No... sara, Listen to me okay” he told me
“I am listening” I shrug
“The story you always talk about what is it called?” He asked
“Lynn is now really-” I began
“Just tell me” He laughs
“The Beautiful Mergirl, why?” I ask
“and who's the main character?” he asks
“My grandfather always put my name in there as the mergirl, but I always tell it as Lilla?” I explain “what does this-” I began
“and what race is she?” he asked
“Race?” I ask a little puzzled
“Like what is she?” He asked with a laugh
“a mermaid Half fish half human” I shrug “Now lynn please can you just tell me what's going on?” I ask
“Okay” he smiles holding my hand “Well... merpeople?” He smirks
“what about them?” I ask
“Your story is real sara” he smiles
“What are you talking about? What do you mean my stories real? What do you mean? And what does my sotry have anything to do with you jumping of the boat?” I ask he just lightly chuckled at me moving a little away from the boat and... a tail poped above the water not a fish it was huge like the size of two legs held together and then a little more it had large half moon scales that where a dark blue but a lighter blue where moonlight touched them the large fin at the end was split into two large parts it was a thin fades light blue
“Please don't freak out?” he asked “You promised you wouldn't run off” He says
“hummm...” I say quietly not sure what else to say “Take me back to the beach” I tell him
“But I-” He began
“Take me back lynn” I tell him
“Okay” he sighed moving to the back of the boat and pushing it along back to the beach it running to shore quickly
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