As Blue As The Ocean! [Merman] #thewattys2024

Chapter Six

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I was up before I had to go into work. I end up going down to the beach bright and early in the morning. I gather up an saltwater seaweed that I could find into a bucket. I was sure the merman was starving himself.

I wanted to make him eat. And get some answers from him. I also wanted to know more about him. I figured that if I did that then he might warm up to me. I also wanted him to give me my necklace back.

I head back to the house with the seaweed an hour before I had to be clocking into work. I clean the seaweed. Then I cook it. And I put it into a lunch bento box for the merman.

He was going to love me. Or at least like me a little for this. Cleaning the seaweed off was really sandy and disgusting. As I was cleaning up the sand that escaped in the sink, my mother comes in.

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"Hi mom" I greet her hello.

She yawns as she gets a cup of coffee, I had made a pot. "Morning! What on earth are you cooking? It stinks in here" she mutters as she crinkles her nose up.

"Sorry the aquarium has a new creature they will be displaying soon. Gary has me studying it and taking care of it. The creature made a connection with me. And I have to feed him" I mention.

"Him?" mother murmurs as she takes a sip of coffee. "How can you know if a fish is a boy or a giril"

I slipped up. "Gary told me" I sigh. "I made seaweed for the creature. No worries. I cleaned the sink out when I was done. Well I better go" I tell her.

"Seaweed? How do you know it eats that?" mother wants to know.

"I just do" I sigh. "You and the whole town will know more when we place the creature on display. Not yet though. I can't say more about it"

"Okay then" mother nods and smiles at me.

"Mom can I ask you something?" I say.

"Sure, go ahead. You know you can ask me anything Elissa" she vows.