We All Have Secrets: A Bionic/Mermaid love story

1: New Family

Mr. Davenports POV

"Ok, guys, we have a new family member coming. Now please, no bionics in the house anymore. Remember with grandma Rose?" Adam, Bree, Chase and Leo were listening to Tasha while I was telling Eddy to be on a good behavior.

"Fine, Donny, I'll be good. But if she sasses me, then--" I shut him off right when the doorbell rang. "Oh, she's here." Tasha sang as she rushed to open the door.

"Hi. Um, are you the Davenport pod--er--family?" She asked looking around.

Chase's POV

"Hi. Um, are you the Davenport pod--er--family?" The girl asked in an Australian accent, recovering over her words. I wonder why. The girl had long brown hair and shining ocean blue eyes and a cute little freckle on her lip. She was almost as tall as Adam, so they must be the same age, 17.

"Yes, we are." Mr. Davenport said proudly. It took al my power not to roll my eyes. "Ok, then, I'm Nixie." She introduced herself.

"Well, Nixie, would you like some water?" Tasha asked as she went to the kitchen. "Um, no thanks." She set her bags down and sat on the couch, next to Adam. "Are you sure?" Tasha asked bringing water for the rest of us. Nixie nodded and went back to talking to Adam, about, I don't even know at this point.

"Well, if you're sure, then." Tasha replied, setting the water down on the table. A cup accidentally fell on the floor splashing a little on Nixie's leg.

Nixie's POV

"Well, if your sure, then." The lady, who I learned was Tasha, replied, setting the four cups on the coffee table. One cup wasn't even with the table and it fell, getting one drop on me.

"Where's the bathroom?" I asked. Adam pointed to a room and I bolted to it, just as my orange tail appeared. I flopped down on the bathroom floor and shut the door.

"Nixie? Nixie, are you ok?" Adam asked. No, I thought. "Fine, just, uh just..." I couldn't think of an excuse. "I'm coming in to check on you." The girl, Bree, told me. "Adam, chase, maybe it's a girl thing." I heard footsteps and Bree tried to open the door.

"Nixie, please, let me in. Please." Bree pleaded. The pod wouldn't be happy with this, but I really didn't have a choice. Bree slowly opened the door. She walked in and gawked at my tail.

"Is this real? Am I being punked?" She asked aloud, eying my tail every second. "Let me explain." I put my hand over my tail and put it into a fist, causing the water to evaporate out of it until my blue tank top and white shorts were present, as well as my legs.

"Ok." Bree said shakily. I took a deep breath. The pod wouldn't like this. They wouldn't like this at all. "So, I'm a mermaid. As you know. I'm also part of a pod, that had to flee our home, because a land boy got powers from it, and now it is unsafe. Me and two other mermaids, Sirena and Lyla, we were left there because the pod, more like the mermaid counsel, thought that it was our fault that the land boy, got powers. We even had to get legs. Ever since, we've been trying to get the land boy to give up his powers and bring the pod back home. But recently, we encountered another mermaid, Rita. She has this underground cave where we can come and go as we please, from the water to land. And I just got moved here, because, well, Rita thinks that there are mermaid here and I was supposed to warn them of a unknown danger that is coming, so naturally, I volunteered to check it out. Also, I can't touch water, or my tail grows back." I explained everything.

"But you can't tell anyone, it could put the entire pod, and others at risk." I pleaded as I evaporated my tail and stood up. She nodded. "I won't tell. I know what it's like to have a secret that no one else can know." I gave her a hug. "Also, is there any chance that I could sleep in the water without getting noticed?"

We walked out of the bathroom, where everyone was waiting patiently by the couch.
"What happened in there?" Chase asked, eying the both of us. "Girl things." We replied.
"Uh, ok." Mr. Davenport replied, eying me suspiciously. I shrugged and sat back down next to Adam. I learned a lot about him. For starters, he's 17, and I'm 16. He has a really good sense of humor and a great imagination, but he's not exactly the sharpest reef in the ocean. The rest of the night, we talked and talked, until Mr. Davenport came down from his room.

"Adam, go to bed. Nixie, your room is right down that hall to the left." He pointed and he went back upstairs. I hugged Adam goodnight and went to my room. I called Bree using my brand new phone and she was up here in a flash. I didn't question it.

"Ok, Mr. Davenport wakes up around 7 on weekdays and 9 on weekends. We have school tomorrow so I would get up around 6, since it starts at 8." She explained.

"I already went to school. Graduated when I was 14." I said. "Oh, land school!" I added, after she gave me a look. I nodded and quietly hopped in the pool. I looked down and saw my tail. I went underwater and tried to open my eyes but for some odd reason, they burned. I came back up to the surface.

"Bree, what's in this water?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. "Uh, chlorine." She replied. "I can't sleep in this. It hurts my tail and my eyes." I hopped out, tagging my tail, dried myself, and stood up. "There's an ocean right down there, if you want." She pointed. I followed her finger and sure enough, there was an ocean. Right where Rita said there was. It was about 2 minutes from the house.

"Thank you, Bree. You've been so helpful. Hey, do you have any lobster, or shrimp or crab or anything for tomorrow? Cause if not, I can go and fish for some." She laughed and said it wouldn't be a problem. We bid our good nights and I ran to the ocean to get a nice sleep.

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Addie Grace