Chapter 3-Truths and Hang outs

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     I was sound asleep in my bed when I heard a ringing next to me. I groaned and searched around with my hand until I found my phone. I pressed the talk button with my eyes closed and held it up to my ear. "Hello?" I mumbled sleepily. "Alyssa, have you been asleep all day?" I gave a confused look and said, "Who is this?" "It's Cleo. Remember? From yesterday at the café?" I searched through my brain and found the memory of meeting Cleo and the others yesterday. I looked at the contact name on my phone and instantly sat up. "Cleo, hey! Sorry, I guess I was tired. What time is it?" 'Alyssa, it's 1 in the afternoon." I went wide eyed. "Are you serious? I slept for a whole 24 hours?! That's new." "Well, I was calling to see if you would like to come hang out with me and the others at the café." I smiled and said, "Sure, that'd be great. See ya in 30 minutes." I hung up and jumped out of bed to get ready.

     I looked through my drawers and pulled out some clothes and my brown, braided bracelet. (Her outfit is the picture at the top.) Once I put on pink lip gloss and walked out the door with my phone and purse. As I walked I looked at the river next to me and sighed. Oh how I wish I could go out and swim, but it feels weird with only one arm. Maybe some day I'll go out and swim, but not today. I still have to get used to Australia. I was so in depth in my thoughts that when I looked up I saw the café right in front of me. I walked in and looked until I saw Cleo, Lewis, Bella, and Will. I went over and smiled. "Hey guys." All of them smiled back. "Hey Alyssa. How was your slumber?" Will smirked. I chuckled back, "It was good thank you. I still can't believe I slept for 24 hours straight. That's a new record for me." All of us laughed a little before I saw Rikki come over with a tray of drinks. "Here you go guys, on the house." She put our drinks in front of us. When she gave me mine I looked at her with a questioning look. She noticed and said, "Emma remembered what you got yesterday and told me to make it for you." "Oh, thanks." I smiled and drank.

     Cleo, Lewis, Bella, Will, and I started talking and carrying conversations. "So, uh, Alyssa. How did you, um, how did-" I chuckled and smirked, "How did I end up with one arm?" Lewis nodded, "Yeah." "When I was 16 I broke up with my now ex-boyfriend cause he was so aggressive. He got angry, in fact so angry he grabbed my arm and squeezed it hard. He was strong enough to break my arm in multiple places and when I got to the ER, the doctors said that my arm was so broken that there was nothing to fix. So they had to take it off or else I wouldn't be here today." All of them looked shocked or horrified by story. It's not like I didn't expect them to, it is a pretty sad story.

     Cleo was the first one to speak, "So what happened to your ex?" "Oh he ran away once he broke my arm. The police in England have been trying to find him, but with no luck. Although he has been finding my number with different phones and texting me, but I just block him." "How do you know it's him?" I looked at Will with a smirk, "the first thing he says in every text is 'Hey babe.' Yeah only he says that." Bella sighed, "I'm so sorry that happened to you." I smiled at her. "It's okay. It was hard at first getting used to the one arm, but now I'm used to it. And actually it's not that bad. I can still do the things you all can with two arms, it's just that I sometimes have to find an alternative for the things I can't do." Cleo smiled and nodded, "That is really brave to say." "Thanks." I smiled back.


     We talked for a few more minutes about ourselves, what we like, and other stuff like that. I smiled and laughed at a joke Cleo said before saying, "I'll be right back. I need to go to the bathroom." I got up and made my way across the café. I was almost to the bathroom when this girl with red hair walked into me, spilling her drink on me. I gasped and we looked at each other in shock. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I didn't-" I didn't stay to listen and ran full speed to the bathroom and quickly locked the door just in the nick of time as my tail appeared right then and there. I fell to the ground with a thud and a groan in pain. I took a few breaths the calm myself before looking at my tail.

     It's sad. Since I never really go out and swim and actually be in my tail often, seeing it on me feels so foreign to me, like alien. I sighed in frustration as I didn't know what to do. I can't steam dry it cause the steam will make everyone question and I can't wait here cause I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person with a bladder in this building. I then got an idea. Maybe I can steam dry my tail a little bit at a time. I turned on my back and steam dried it for 3 seconds before stopping and then did it again fro another 3 seconds. I continued this process until I heard a knock on the door and panicked.


"Alyssa? Are you in there?" I went wide eyed. Oh no...






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