Sea Sick

Chapter 11

Jack got up and pulled me with him.

"What are you doing!" I whispered intensely.

"You need to get up and greet your friend." He said as he walked to the door. I reluctantly walked behind him. I probably looked funny. I wobbled a little and held on to the wall for support.

I took a deep breath before he opened the door. We were welcomed by the sight of Sams parents  Laura and James. 

"Hey guys come in!" Jack said brightly. 

Sams brother, Josh, came in with Sam soon after carrying a present. 

I stood awkwardly to the side quickly regretting my decision of not changing. Sam looked beautiful. She was wearing an off the shoulder top with jeans and some light makeup. Her hair was left down in her natural beach waves.

Then all do a sudden the attention turned towards me. Sam jumped and gave me a big hug. "Happy Birth-" I was not expecting it and lost my balance. We ended up on the floor. She was on top of me confused then blushed when she saw that she was laying on my chest.

"Oh I'm sorry i didn't mean to-"

"It's all good." She got up quickly. I guess it was my turn. I slowly got up. I didn't listen to my legs protests. I finally was standing back up. I smiled to myself. I used my legs without any help. 

James patted my back. "Happy birthday son. This must be exciting for you." There was a glint In his eyes. Did he know something? 

"Haha ya..."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For the next couple of hours we played board games and hung out with the Peterson family. It was actually super easy to hide the whole merman thing.  Mainly cuz I sat down the whole time.

Around 7 o'clock we were getting ready to leave. As soon as Sam and I exited the house I felt a Stream of water hit my face. I looked over and saw Sam shocked that she was wet. She took my hand and ran back into the house making the adults move out of the way. 

Then I felt it. First pain then an odd numbness. Next thing I knew I was on the ground. I saw my tail. Then I looked to my left and saw something that took me by complete surprise. Sam was on the ground with a tail. Her tail was a pinkish orange and sparkled. She had slits on her neck that could only be her gills and she had fins on her arms like mine. The only difference was that she has scales covering her chest.

I was about to say something but then she held a finger to her mouth telling me to be quiet. She held her hand out over my tail. It was soon steaming. Next thing I knew I was had my legs back and thankfully my clothes. Sam did the same to her tail. She got up and reached her hand down to me. I took it gratefully.

"You're Mer!!!" I shouted.

"Shhh we don't want everyone on your street to know!" She exclaimed.

"Why didn't you tell me!?" 

"Well I was going to but I never knew how to say it! Imagine having to tell someone that you're not human wouldn't you be hesitant!?" 

"Yea but I'm your BEST friend! How could you keep something this big from me!" 

"You were just about to keep it from me even though everyone could tell even if your mom didn't tell us!" 

Now I was starting to get mad. "My MOM knew about you?!? And I'm doing the best I can ok?" 

"Your Mom knows about all of us you idiot! Why wouldn't she know? That's why we became friends in the first place! So I could keep an eye on you!"  

I didn't have a response I just left. I walked out to our car, got in, and buckled. I felt empty.