What If

Chapter 3

TW: Kissing, biting, death

Rita looked in her mirror one last time before grabbing her purse and making her way out the door, sliding into her best friend Anna's car. Anna was one of the very small group of people she personally had told she was a mermaid throughout her years of living on land. Not only was Anna her best friend but she also worked at Sun Coast High. 

"Thank you so much An."

"No problem Ri besides maybe I could find someone to satisfy this old lady." 

"You're not old" Rita said laughing as Anna pulled away from her car. 

"Sure, Ri Sure"

Rita looked over at Anna to which Anna looked over at Rita. Both women erupted into loud laughter. 

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After drying himself off and going for a swim, he decided to get a drink. 

Lifting his cup of bourbon to his lips he suddenly heard cheering. Looking over there in the noises direction he sees a woman standing on the dance floor lost in her own world, her hips moved to the beat in a hypnotizing way. 

He felt an instant attraction to her. Like something inside of him was calling out her, wanting to claim her, make her his. 

He was surprised by this feeling. He had heard of mating between merpeople before. When a merman felt the need to claim a mermaid, they were supposedly mates. 

But this woman is as a human. 

Wasn't she?

Rita couldn't help the smile that graced her face. She always felt free when dancing and she could always let herself go. 

Stop being Rita Santos and just let herself flow with the beat of music. 

Her grey eyes meet dark eyes. 

Something grew out in her. 

A sudden need to know this man appeared in her. 

Like something was reaching out to him. 

Wanting him. 

Needing him. 

She didn't like it. 

Put before Rita knew it her feet were moving. Taking another step closer to the man something in her was calling out to. 

"Hello" 

Hearing an angelic voice that he was certain he could listen to for hours came from the woman previous on the dance floor that was now next to him. 

The same one something in him was calling out to. 

"Hi"

"Nice ring"

Really Rita! Nice ring that's what you're going with. Damn where's Anna when you need her. 

"Adrian"

"Rita"

"Pretty and for a pretty woman"

Adrian wasn't lying. Now that Rita was next to him, he could see her more clearly. She had dark red hair, eyes that are an odd mix of grey blue and green, although they were mostly grey. Her lips looked soft and had a shine to them, and were a red-ish pink-ish shade. 

And now there was a light blush covering her cheeks. 

Rita couldn't help the blush that appeared on her cheeks. Her eyes flickered up taking in Adrian's appearance, he had very dark eyes that she could drown in and pitch-black hair, and lips she wondered what they felt like she imagined very soft. 

"Can I get a bourbon" she asked the bartender, telling him thank when he gave her the glass. 

"So, you live here"

"Just moved"

They made conversation and lost track of time. Till Rita looked at the time saying she had to leave. 

"Here let me pay for your drink"

"No, it's fine I got"

"Alright I get don't want to give the wrong idea"

"What idea" Flew out of Rita's mouth. 

Dark eyes met grey. Holding eye contact as eyes roamed. Almost as if having the same mind Adrian paid for both their drinks and next thing, they knew Rita was pushed against a bathroom stall Adrian's hand in her hips and their lips connected. 

Adrian felt the need to claim her grow. So, his lips moved from her lips to her neck. Sucking her pulse and marking her skin. 

Rita's fingers moved rapidly down his shirt, undoing the buttons. Adrian pushed up her skirt lifting her legs around his waist. Rita's top was long gone and Adrian suddenly bit into the swell of her left breast, letting his instincts take over. 

Rita felt her magic suddenly reach out to Adrian's. 

Their magic collided. Welcoming each other as though it was always meant to happen. Adrian pulled away from Rita only for his teeth marks to from a tin smooth circle. 

Just like that the need they both had felt before had calmed. 

But it remained. 

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Aurora sat at the kitchen table with a plate of prawns. Popping one into her mouth she suddenly heard someone. 

"Who are you?" 

A teenager with curly blond hair and blue eyes stood in the doorway. 

"Someone. And who are you?"

"I don't know, who are you?"

"Ahhh. You're one of the girls Rita took in. I'm her sister." 

"Her sister"

Ondina was even more confused. First some woman who she had to admit looked a lot like Rita was just sitting at the table like nothing. And second she was claiming to be her sister.

"Since when does Rita have a sister?"

"She doesn't talk much about me, I'm her older sister after all."

That's not why Rita never talked about her, but this girl didn't need to know that. 

"I'm Coral" She lied. 

"Ondina"
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Nerissa roared, she had to get back to her children before Aurora did. 

But had mermaid appeared, but her monstrous instincts took over. She chased the mermaid as fast as she could in her dragon form. 

The mermaid swam fast but she was faster. As much as she tried to stop herself, blue flames left her and pasted through the mermaid. Her tail morphed into two legs, kicking desperate for air in her lungs. 

As the sun rose only minutes after the girl's tail disappeared, the sun rose. 

Nerissa dissolved back into water as the girl's body sank. 

Dead.