Sea Sick

Chapter 8

I actually slept pretty good that night. I wasn't itchy or anything. Which was pretty great. 

I woke up when my mom came in to check on me. At first I was really confused. I was sleeping in a bathtub and I had a freaking fish tail. Then I remembered the previous day. I groaned and stretched. But I ended up kicking some soap bottles off of the edge. 

"Morning babe. How are you feeling?" Mom went to go pick up the bottles.

"Good...am I going to be like this forever?"  

"No just wait till Dr. Swimmer comes later." 

"So I have to stay like this for how long?" My fin curled and uncurled. 

"I don't know maybe an hour." She shrugged. 

"This is so boring." 

"Enjoy it then. It's about to get super complicated." 

"How so?"

"Just wait and see. Oh and Jack is coming home." 

"What!?" I noticed that as my emotions rose my fin would move without me doing it.

"He knows, he's coming home for you. The same thing happened to him." 

This took me by surprise. How come I didn't know my brother was a fish? It would've been hard to hide a huge secret in this house. We were all super close. Well up until a few years ago. Jack started to get really distant. He was probably my age when it happened..I mentally slapped myself. Of course. He couldn't let me know he was Mer! 

"You told him!?" 

"Well ya he was the first person we told. Ever since he knew about us," she gestured to herself, "he's wanted to share the secret with you. But he had to keep you in the dark until we were sure that you were Mer." 

"Why couldn't you just tell me? And was there a chance that I could've been normal?"

"We didn't know for sure if you your Mer side was more dominant. It would've been a huge secret to keep if it wasn't your secret."

"Laura! He's here!" My dads voice yelled.

"Okay good. Coming!!" She screamed an it hurt my ears. She looked at me. "Sorry." She said.

"Whos here?"

"Jack."