Sirens Call

Love

I return early the next day, exited to talk to my new friend again. When I get back to the small lake where I met Maree I see she isn't there yet, so I wait for her. To pass the time I dive to collect nice looking shells and I put them on the ground near the edge of the water. After maybe thirty minutes of this I see movement in the bushes. Because I don't know who it will be I quickly dive under the surface and try to stay out of sight.

Then, I see Maree emerge from the bushes with her fishing rod in one hand and bucket in the other. I get above the water and wave at her to which she waves back, dropping her rod in the process. I see a smile form on her lips as I swim over to her. She sits down and I push myself out of the water, sitting down next to her. We talk for a while and hang out untill one of us has to leave. It's usually her that has to leave probably because I'm a mermaid now, it's not like I've got places to be.

~~~timeskip~~~

Maree and I have been meeting up and hanging out almost every day for the past week. I feel myself looking forward to the next day, when we get to talk again. To be honest, I can't get her out of my thoughts. Every time I'm relaxing or trying to sleep my thoughts will wander to her. Her hair, her beautiful eyes, her nose and her rosy pink lips. "for gods sake I'm doing it again" I think to myself. Every time I think about her I get a weird feeling in my stomach, I don't know what's causing it.

Thinking about it, I never really liked guys, could I have fallen for a lady? My dad always taught me that men love women and women love men, men who love men and women who love women are wrong. I never really got why its wrong tho. The sudden realisation of seeing the sun snaps me out of my thoughts. "Oh no, I spent the whole night thinking." I think to myself as I start heading to where Maree and I hang out.

I see her sitting in her usual spot and she waves and smiles as soon as she sees me. I feel the weird feeling return to my stomach and I give her a wave and a nervous smile back. "Why am I so nervous? I've already known her for a week." I question myself in my head. I sit down next to her and yawn. She looks at me and giggles, saying "didn't sleep well, dear?" I slightly blush at the nickname and answer by shaking my head to signal no. Maree taps her shoulder, signaling me to lay my head on her shoulder. "Get some rest, I will wake you up if necessary." Is the last thing I hear before I close my eyes and drift off to sleep, feeling the soft summer breeze evaporating the water on my skin.

I wake up to the sound of humming. It sounds sweet and gentle. I open my eyes and look up to find the source of the sound is Maree. I'm no longer resting my head on her shoulder instead I'm laying on the ground, my head on something soft and comfortable. My hand feels warm, so I look down towards it to find Maree resting her hand in mine.

I slowly sit up, leaving my hand where it is and rub my eyes with my free hand. I notice Maree jump as she realises I have woken up. She removes her hand from mine, which makes me feel a little bit sad, and speaks " I'm sorry, I didn't wake you up, did I? Did you sleep well?" She looks down with a blush across her cheeks. "It's okay, you didn't wake me up and I slept well." I reply before looking up at the sky, noticing it's early in the afternoon.

Suddenly Maree puts down her fishing rod and grabs my hands. A bit startled by the sudden movement I look into her eyes and notice she looks like she's about to cry, which quickly makes me worried. "Lynn, I really have to tell you something! Please promise you won't be mad?" Maree speaks with her sweet voice as she looks at the water. I quickly promise and ask what's wrong. She continues "to be honest I always want to be with you and talk to you, but you make me feel weird and nervous." Then she looks up and tells me "Lynn, I think I like you, I like you more than a friend, I thi-" she lets out a short sigh "I think I love you..."

A/n
I was gonna make this longer but it takes longer than expected (I prefer writing chapters in one go) and I'm very tired so I'm going to go to sleep. I will update soon although I'm not sure wether next chapter will be a long one cuz I don't have much ideas but we'll see. I hope you enjoy the story and thank you for reading! See you next time!