Mermaid Tales

6

"so we have stuff to make sandwiches, fries, chicken fingers, what do you want?" alex asked as he went through a big thing he called a refrigerater. i hadnt heard of anything he was saying. 

"do you have any seaweed? im on a diet." i said sheepishly. alex turned to me and raised his eyebrow, "seaweed, are you serious?"

i nodded. alex shook his head, "i could pick you up sushi from somewhere if you want."

"whats sushi?" 

"its raw fish wrapped in rice and seaweed and sometimes has vegetables in it." alex said.

what are rice and vegetables? what does raw fish mean? i shook my head, "diet. no fish."

"like you need to be on a diet. youre like a stick." alex said as he grabbed a bag and tossed it on the counter beside me. i couldnt read the writing on it. it was like some kind of ancient symbols. he went to the thing beside me and turned a knob. i think he called it an oven. "have you ever had chicken?"

"no. this is the first time ive been to the surface." i admitted. alex chuckled and shook his head. "well after you try chicken you wont want to go back to wheverever your from in the sea."

i gave him a smile, "i like fish. is it like fish?"

"are you seriously asking if chicken is like fish?" a new voice said. i looked over to the owner of the voice to be met with a handsome human. he had messy black hair, ice blue eyes, and black facial scruff. alex jumped out of his skin and turned to the new guy, "danny! god you scared me."

the guy, i assumed to be danny, folded his arms over his chest, "well i do live here"

"i thought you had work today."

"nope. im off. i thought i told you about girls in the house."

"we didnt sleep together."

"really? why is she in your clothes?'

i jumped off the counter, my knees failing to keep me upright and making me fall down to the floor. this will take a lot of getting used to. i started to pull alexs shirt off, "here. take it back. i dont like them anyways."

"no, keep them on. being naked is frowned upon." alex said in a harsh whisper. i sighed and pulled the black shirt back on and folded my arms across my chest. this human stuff is confusing.

"danny, this is olivia. shes new here." alex said as he pulled me to my feet. i looked over to danny and gave him a smile. isnt that what humans do? 

danny nodded at me, "its nice to meet you. where are you from?"

"coral city. im a mermaid." i replied.

alex shook his head, "shes from canada."

danny raised an eyebrow, "alex, can i talk to you in the living room?"

alex sighed and turned to me, "dont touch anything." and left the room with danny. 

i folded my arms across my chest and hugged myself. can danny tell what i am. hes going to kill me. i never should have went to the siren sisters.