Falling in Deep (ON HOLD)

Prolouge/Chapter 1

Prologue

It was one of those dreams that you want to keep on going, you want to keep on living in that perfect world, where everything that happens is perfect, so perfect, that you almost can't believe it. But you don't blink, because you know that if you do, you'll miss the next perfect moment. You realize that you don't want to to miss, no, be robbed of even one moment of perfect, heavenly bliss.

Or at least that's how I view it. Because these few hours of dreaming allow an escape from my so not-perfect life.

Anyways, here's The Dream:

I'm floating in this this beautiful, pristine aqua water (kind of like in those travel ads that turn out to be fake, you know?), but I'm not having to tread water like a crazy person in the deep end. Then I look down. And a scream escapes my mouth (along with a few bubbles). I HAVE A FREAKING TAIL!!!! That's the only thought that runs through my mind.

But why should I be surprised? Every night, it's the same dream. I started having it the night my mom drowned in the lake behind our house. Everyone tells me that the dream is a result of the "incident". That my mind is just trying to picture 'my mom's' heaven. But if that were true, wouldn't it be her, not me, in the dream?

But back to The Dream:

I see my aqua-colored tail and start freaking out, like any normal person, right? But because It's one of those perfect dreams, I calm down much faster than in reality, and try it out. I can swim super-fast, I can breathe underwater, yada yada yada, all of that typical mermaid stuff.

And then, every night, I see the end of another fin, another tail, go around a rock. It looks so familiar, but I don't know why. And every time,I wake up right before I her face is revealed, right before I can figure out her oddly familiar identity.

And every morning, after that dream, I have to wake up and move onto my sad life.

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Chapter 1

My name is Rebecca Holling. Better known as Becca to my one and only friend, Lizzy. Lizzy is the only one who doesn't make fun of my super-frizzy brown hair, or my sad attempts at "interacting" with my crushes, or even the shivers and teeth chattering that my mom passed down to me. Sounds great right?

Well, not really.

Oh yah. And I almost forgot. In 1 week, on my 18th birthday, I'll have to make the choice that will alter my life forever: follow my mom's "footsteps" and abandon my family for the ocean, or stay on land.

In other words, mermaid or human.

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A/N

What do y'all think? Please comment! and if you have any ideas for my story, please tell me. Thanks for reading. Does anyone know how to add a chapter? Please pass this story on!!

Oh and please check out my other book: Lost. It's about horses and it's really good!

Thanks!!

-horsechic14