Submerged

7

Mina Spring's POV

I need to find Leo, wherever he is, anyways. So far, I know that the girl from lunch is following me. She just doesn't know that I can tell that she is. I'm going to keep it that way until I find a good place to trick her. Speaking of which, I found an alley that was empty. Looking back, I quickly swam behind a trash can, so when she passes me so won't notice me. As planned, she swims pass me. I sigh of relief and swim out of the alley, but it never really happened because I got pulled back into it.

''HEY! Let me go!'' I scream and bite on the person's arm. She shrieks in surprise and lets go of me. I turn around and face the girl at lunch. ''YOU? I thought I-'' I growl. ''You thought you lost me. Turns out you didn't. Sorry to break the news to you but your tail is a bright color, I'm sure anyone will be able to notice it.'' The girls snorts and crosses her arms. "And I thought that visiting a relative's house would give me an excuse to see Leo." I scowl sourly. "uh, alright. let me introduce myself before you can escape again. hi, my name is gianni marsh and I find most of my enjoyment by looking at books." Gianni chirps and gives the alley entrance a glance.

After a few long seconds, I decide that it wouldn't hurt to introduce myself.

"oh, right. well I'm Mina Springs and I enjoy visiting the shore very often."

"the shore? isn't that, illegal?"

"wait, did I say shore? uh, I meant, um, the store."

"oh, the store. for a second I thought you enjoyed to break laws here in the kingdom."

"what? pft no, I would never betray my father's rules."

"... alright then."

"well you should probably head back, your mother might be worried. I still need, um, some fresh air."

"me? head back? definitely not. aren't you the king's daughter? won't your father be worried?"

"pardon? no, he wouldn't. he... trusts me."

"you don't seem very sure of that."

"trust me, gianni, I'm sure."

"..."

"I'm actually serious, I'm sure he trusts me."

"hm, whatever. that's definitely not what I saw when he saw you leave the building."

"do you seriously watch me that closely?!"

"whaaaat? pft no, I'm sure I don't."

"did you just—?! mother was definitely right, you citizens don't have manners."

"someone's salty. I'll be seeing you around princess."

"indeed you will, gianni marsh."

Gianni nods at me and gives me a knowing look before she swims out of the alley. I sigh in relief and wait for few minutes before leaving as well. My heart races as I realize that I'm going to see Leo just in a few minutes. A smile escapes my lips and I squeal in excitement before I swim to the surface.

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lord, I'm sincerely sorry that I haven't updated since last month. let's just say that this story has gone no where at all, and I have no idea on what I'm writing about currently. i apologize for the amount I wrote today, but it's better then nothing. since valentines was just a few days ago, let's talk about that! how was your valentine? did you have a valentine?

well, see you around. I need to step up my game, and in order for that to happen I need to plan my story out. it's not very easy, and I know multiple of authors/writers would agree with me on that.

sloppy corgi kisses,
angelina xoxo.