The Mermaid Mate

Chapter 9: Zoey

"Well for starters, join my pack"

"That. Is. Not. Happening." Said Styx. "We cannot allow ourselves to settle down. You might know what we are but you do not know anything else. There are somethings you do not understand and will never understand."

"then MAKE me understand." Zale explained getting abit frustrated.

"No. We don't know you and we definitely do not know whether we can trust you. Dite telling you what we were was already a mistake. Let's not make more mistakes."

"I will make you trust me." And with that, Zale stood up and stomped out of our house. He looked hurt and frustrated. My heart ached a little for him. Why was I feeling like this. I barely know him.

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It's the second day of school and this time I was actually determined to make a friend whose name I'll actually remember before I go home. I didn't want to make the same mistake again, I laughed internally. Class went by as usual and sadly making a friend was uneventful. We didn't get any chance to interact with each other. I made my way to lunch this time full of hope to actually make a friend. I collected my food and scanned the area. Right in the center of the cafeteria sat a girl, alone. She had beautiful long black hair and bright blue eyes. They didn't go with each other but it made her look so stunningly beautiful. She was dressed completely in black. She gave me this sort of badass aura. I figured I liked her and made my way towards her table.

"Hey" I said as I placed my food on the table. She looked at me curiously waiting for me to say more. "are you waiting for anyone? I'm actually new here and I was hoping that we could be friends? I hope...errr I guess" I stumbled on my words as I looked at her face which was void of any emotion. I tried to read what she was thinking but to no avail. Strange. Are my powers failing me? Well this is awkward. I scratched my head to show my discomfort.

"Zoe" the girl looked at me and smiled. " But please call me Zoey. I hate to be called Zoe." She smiled more brightly this time. Well that was unexpected.

"Aphrodite" I said and smiled at her. "Wow that's a unique name!" Zoey exclaimed clearly more open to the conversation that I thought she'd be. I explained to her my name and told her where I came from. "I don't want to be rude or anything, but why were you sitting alone?" I asked cautiously hoping not to hit a nerve. "Ahhh that." She laughed and roller her eyes "Most girls here dislike me because of who my brother is. They all have this weird little girl crush on him and I just get rid of them" she gave me a short and joking "evil" look. " as for the guys.. they know better than to mess with me. The last dude that tried to be funny ended up with a few broken ribs and a broken collar bone. Not to mention, my brother took care of him after I messed him up." she laughed evilly but jokingly.

"Oh wow damnnn" was all I managed to say before breaking out into a laughing fit with her. "You better not get a weird crush on my brother! He's reserved." She threatened jokingly. "Don't worry. I already have someone." I said between my laughs. "GREAT! Then we'll get along just fine!" Zoey exclaimed.

Lunch break passed really quickly with Zoey. I enjoyed her company and it made time pass by really quickly. My instincts were right. It is a little frustrating that I'm unable to know what she's thinking but that makes it a little more exciting. She's just full of surprises although I just got to know her. She has planned to bring me to the shopping center in town after school today. I was kind of excited, I needed some new clothes.

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Lessons passed by in a flash as I thought about the shopping trip after school. I just couldn't contain my excitement. I just absolutely LOVE shopping although I usually end up just window shopping since I wasn't allowed to bring back too many things to the house as it would be burdensome, but I figured it was okay to get a new set of clothes this time. Hehe I hope Styx doesn't mind. I giggled internally. I made my way towards the exit of school and waited for Zoey. She waved at me excitedly once she saw me and I returned her gesture. She guided me out of school towards the school car park where her car was parked. Right there in the middle of the car park sat a freaking matte black Lamborghini. "Oh my godddddd. Is THAT your car?" I pointed at it and gasped. She nodded and smiled. "Yeah, she's beautiful isn't she?"

"Is it a freaking aventador?" she smiled and nodded again. I grabbed at my hand and gasped for air jokingly. "Help me I'm dying, this car is way too beautiful for me" I exclaimed and ended up in a fit of laughter with her. I got into the car and I swear my eyes could have pop-ed out. Its interior is AMAZING! Its soft black leather felt so smooth against my skin. "I never want to leave this car" I joked. "Believe me, I felt exactly the same way when I first got this baby" Zoey said.

We finally reached the shopping center and I internally said farewell to her beautiful car. We entered a few stores unable to find anything to our liking. I guess you could say that Zoey and I had similar tastes. Zoey likes it black and I like it plain and simple which just so happens to be usually black. We made our way around the mall until we found the perfect store. Monochrome. That's what it was called. Or maybe better known as Heaven. It was perfect. I could have bought the clothes from the entire store. I settled on a beautiful white crop top which had a simple and gorgeous white lace at the bottom of the hem and I paired it with a black pair of high waisted skorts that looks like two pieces of cloth overlayed at the front of it. It settled comfortably a few inches above my knee. Zoey however settled on so many things that I lost track of how much she actually bought. We were both two happy girls ready to go home and get some rest from the eventful day. We made our way back to the car and had a light hearted conversation.

"I see you've met my sister" I heard a familiar voice say.