bella turns a bit fishyy

chapter 20

Chapter 20

I was having a really weird day so far. First, Edward has this sparkly gold tail -it looks incredibly hot on him actually- and is swimming with mermaid me. We were in a field of silky smooth sand with bright green seaweed and vibrant coral. Around it were huge towers of brightly colored rock made into houses and other buildings. The weirdest part (other than the newly mermaided Edward) was that it was bright as day. We must be in Atlantis.

"Maria!" I heard Edward yell from in the seaweed behind me.

"Maria? Edward, why did you call me Maria?" He looked at me with panic and confusion in his eyes.

"Because that is your name, why did you call me Edward? My name is- never mind that isn't important right now. You need to SWIM AWAY!" I am so confused. My name is not Maria and his is Edward. Why is it so urgent that I move?

"MARIA!" Edward or who ever he is yelled from even further away. I turned around to see what was so scary and came face to face with a great white shark. I understand the urgency now.

I screamed and tried to get away, but my tail wouldn't move. It felt like stone. "EDWARD! HELP ME!" I screamed again, but he was gone. Everyone was.

I turned back to the blood thirsty shark. A growl like sound came out of his mouth that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up straight and goose bumps rise on my arms. But I was still to petrified with fear to move.

Every thing happened in slow motion now. His jaw widening to it's full potential. Him coming even nearer. My eyes widening and a blood curdling scream come from my mouth as I realized what he was doing. The sharks razor sharp teeth sinking into my skin. A ripping sound.

The next thing I know, I'm sitting ramrod straight in my bed, sweat running across my clammy skin, and a scream sure to wake Charlie coming out of me. I was panting like a maniac as calmed my self down. I could feel my raging heart beat as I look at my clock. 3:38 a.m.

I frowned as I took some deep breaths and whipped my sweaty forehead. Who sweats when you're snuggled up next to an ice cube? Wait… where's Ed-

BAM!

I jumped five miles high and screamed again, doing nothing for all my hard work earlier.

"WHAT'S WRONG BELLA! ARE YOU OKAY? DID SOMEONE BREAK IN? I'LL KILL HIM! COME OUT HERE! I HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT A BULLET IN YOUR BRAIN AS CHIEF OF FORKS POLICE!"

I turned with my hand on my chest over my heart which was on turbo drive. I saw my door slammed open with Charlie standing in the door way in his attempt of being big scary boss man holding his gun backwards and upside down. And of course, the only clothing item on him is his moose head boxers.

Oh good Lord.

"Charlie, I could have lived my whole life without seeing this." I said around my sporadic breathing.

The crazy look in his eyes disappeared when he realized no one was here. "Sorry. You okay?" He asked.

"Uh, yeah. Just a nightmare. I've been having some weird dreams lately." I curled my knees up against my chest and rested my chin on them.

"Hm, me to." I looked up at Charlie with a confused look. I heard him mumbling something about mermaid daughters, vampire boyfriends, and werewolf friends. I sighed to myself.

"I think I know why." I decided to take a daring and dangerous step, "Dad, why is it so bad that I'm a mermaid, or that the Cullens are vampires, or that Jacob's a werewolf?" I heard him sigh and saw a frown form on his face.