"Promise" E7

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Bella:

Bella- " you want the truth?"

Ronan-" that's all I'm asking for"

Bella-" I'm going to ask you this question again, Can You.. Keep A Secret?"

Ronan-" you're a mermaid aren't you?"

Bella-" you read it didn't you?"

Ronan-" I didn't have to, but you just confirmed my suspicions"

Bella- " you really want to know my story?"

Ronan-" yes"

Bella-" I was 9 years old, my parents were busy so I went exploring and there was this place. I walked down by the ocean at the bottom of the cliffs... I felt.. I felt drawn there like.. like I was looking for something only I didn't know what. There was a cave.

I felt so peaceful there like.. like I belonged. Something magical happened.. the water it started to fizzle... I wasn't scared.. then I felt it.. I looked behind me and I saw a tail. I wasn't scared.

I didn't feel like I needed to go back to my parents. They didn't notice I had even left all of their focus was on my brothers.

It was nightfall and I looked out of a gap between the cave and it was at the highest point of the land.

No one could see in, but I could see out. The gap faced the opposite direction of the cave entrance. No buildings or civilization insight.

The gap viewed outside. I remember seeing the moon that night I was memorized by how beautiful it was. It wasn't the moon I knew before. It was different. Soon I understand why the moon was different from before.

I never have been a person to sleepwalk but every time there was a full moon, I noticed a pattern..I would wake up lying on the ground in my sleeping bag in my cave.

With no memory from the night before. It didn't take long before I noticed that the moon was affecting me.

I Call it  "being under the influence of the full moon" kind of a long name but if I had to describe it in a way, I think it's similar to a hangover.

It felt unreal that I was a mermaid.. I mean every little girl my age would love that, I did at first. But It didn't take long to realize that water was my biggest issue.

The second water touches my skin within 10 seconds I turn into a mermaid... but how do you even explain that to someone?

I was scared, I was only nine. So I never told anyone. People don't like people that are different, I began to question if I was even a human.

It didn't take much longer until I found out that I could turn any liquid into a slime like texture kind of like jelly.

I found out on accident, my mom put me on a special diet. She only allowed me to have some sugar, she's controlling like that. But my brothers can eat whatever they want. One day I found fruit punch in the refrigerator.

I was home alone and I was infuriated at the fact that I couldn't have any so much so that  I put my hand into a fist my fingers digging into my palms.

I watched the punch in the refrigerator turn into a jelly. My parents thought it somehow went bad." I chuckle a little bit after hearing them argue about not looking closely to see it was bad.

"Ronan.. It was by chance that you saw my head go under the water as I went into my cave. I need to be careful from now one anyone could have saw me.. but it was you. You saw my tail.. and now you know my secret. I'm going to ask again.  Can you keep a secret?"

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