H2O: Just Add A New Tail

Some Explaining to Do

I stood there frozen in place. Lauren just broke up with me. It felt like a piece of me had just been ripped out. "Will, are you okay?" Kyle asked me with a worried look on his face. I say nothing and close my eyes. A storm starts to form outside. Probably because of me.

"Jay, I'm so sorry," Bella said as she grabbed onto my arm. "I didn't mean…"

"Lauren broke up with me," I whispered still trying to grasp the situation. A tear came to my eye.

"Jay, this is my fault," Bella said. "Let me help you fix it."

"Haven't you done enough already?" I asked harshly. "The one girl I wanted to be with just left me because I just had to go bat shit crazy."

"Will, it'll be okay," my mom began to say.

"I need to go," I said. I ran out the door and leapt off the dock. Once my tail formed, I sped off to Mako Island.

 

Kristen's POV

We all just saw Will run off and dive into the water. Kaylie and Kyle looked at me nervously. "Okay, there is a perfectly good explanation to why Will jumped into the water," Kyle said quickly. "He just-" I held up my hand to silence Kyle.

"It's okay Kyle," I said. Your father and I know what Will is." Both Kaylie and Kyle jumped back in surprise.

"You do?" they asked incredulously.

"Yes, we know Will's a merman." I turned to Michael. "I have to go after him." Michael shot me a look.

"But Kristen, you haven't changed since Kyle was born!" he reminded. "What if something goes wrong?"

"Michael, I was born in the water," I explained. "I don't think I would forget how to swim."

Kyle, Kaylie and Bella looked at me like I was a monster or something. "You mean, you're a..." Bella began.

"Will's dad will explain everything," I said. "Right now I have to go find my son." With that said, I ran out the door and dove into the water. I then felt the sensation that I haven't felt for over seventeen years.

I felt my tail form.

 

Michael's POV

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Kyle said. "You're telling me that Mom changed into a mermaid?!"

"Well she didn't gain a tail," I said. "She already had one. What she gained was legs."

Kaylie's jaw practically dropped to the ground. "So Mom really meant it when she said that she was born in the water?"

"Yeah," I said with a laugh.

"I gotta go see if Jay's okay," Bella said.

"How are you gonna do that?" I asked. "He's probably swimming right now."

"I have a tail too," Bella admitted.

I was taken aback. "Really?" I asked. Before I could ask anything else, Bella was out the door.

"So Dad," Kyle began. "How did you and Mom meet? I mean she was a mermaid and you were a regular guy, so how did you two get together?"

I chuckled a bit at the memory. "Well, it all started twenty five years ago, when I was fifteen..."

 

Twenty Five Years Ago

Michael's POV