I Wanted To Be Alone, Instead I Fell For a Mermaid

Broken Shell; Without You(Edited)

Rain Brook:

His body tensed and froze when I hugged him. A sort of calm, blank expression washed over his face. When I stepped away he still didn't move. Silence... Just silence between us now. Something dripped onto the ground, a single tear had rolled down his cheek and fell.

Derrick broke the seemingly eternal silence that stood between the two of us like a brick wall, "Thanks" he whispered and began to walk away. Only he and I found ourselves facing a group of five people from school.

"What do you want?" Derrick snapped with a bitter tone. The coldness and hatred was back into his hard eyes.

"Well um-" Rina mummurmed anxiously, she looked down at her own two feet; refusing, to look Derrick or I in the eyes. Something strange was up though it didn't feel like it would be trouble-some.

"Just wanted to see if you were okay after what Anise and Mac did" her sister spoke up, Gwyneth. Derricks icy, ragefull expression whent to a look of pure shock. He appeared to not believe what she'd said.

"Since when have you ever cared about what they did?" Derrick snapped, his legs shook slightly obviously from anxiety. 'He's still afraid' I thought sympatheticly, 'Still a closed, tight-knite, locked-up shell' I decided

"Since we found out how wrong it was to treat you like we did' Seth admitted, his eyes darting from Derrick to me. I flashed them all a smile: Adam Pratt, Seth Mayne, Rina and Gwyneth Wasley, and Jeffery Pierce. 'Looks like they listened to me. They realise the pain and suffering, they understand now' I thought.

"Friends, for old-times sake?" asked Jeffery. He stepped towards Derrick, hand out. Derrick stood tall and rigid, but he finally shook Jeffery's hand. Soon they were apologizing, and Derrick was accepting them. Derrick had his friends back. Even after they abandoned him, after the year of hatred and the cold-shoulder Derrick had given them they made-up. 'That's what true friendship is, right there' I thought happily, a wide grin on my face.

"That Anise Hart, a lousy whore" Adam muttered. Derrick had just told us the situaion with Mac Daldor'e. The true story about Anise, Mac, and the anominous fellow Anise had cheated on both Mac and I with.

"Have you heard about Anise, Doug, and Sean?" asked Jeffery. We shook our heads 'no'. Rina and Gwyneth Wasley leaned forward on their toes just a bit, eagerly listening for the juicy story Jeffery was about to tell.

"They joined the student council and the Tiger Sharks Swim Team. Mac also joined the student council"  Jeffery said. My eyes widened, my heart was racing, and my legs trembled from hearing the news.

"This is bad, really bad" I muttered quietly, and then all eyes fell upon me: curious, interested eyes. I bit my lip nervously.

"What do you mean?" asked Seth, he tilted his head to the side.

I shook my head, "Those people on student council aren't 'normal'. They're evil" I told them. I sighed, I would have to explain just exactly how I meant they were evil. They wre friends, so I was sure they'd understand.

The student council: Angelica, Christine, Simon, Edmund, Theo, Hunter, Bailey, and Holley are all shark-ires. Shark-ires; vampire-like or shark-like people. Like a mermaid, but evil. They drink blood and usualy live underseas away from other vampires. Mermaids and Shark-ires are both considered distant relitives of  werewolves because of our bodies ability to change. I sighed, now they new, but at least unlike I'd expected they actually accepted me. 

Derrick less bitter now. He wasn't aloof, or closed up anymore. At least not as much. It was as if an invisible case or shell had broken, and was allowing the world to contact Derrick positively. It put a smile on my face.

Derrick:

Rain sat near me, and everytime she spoke I couldn't help but think how pretty she is, and how nice she's been to me when I've been so bitter. It was a shame really. She sat close me, and I didn't only feel physical close to her, but something else. There was more to being near to her now. Infact it was possible that I-I- 

I laughed silently at myself. This was rediculous, it was insane. No way could I- there was no way I could.... l-love her? I couldn't be sure though. Love, what was it? An attraction between people for looks, social status, or ones own pleasure? 'Well that's all I know' I thought sadly. 'That's all Anise took out of the time we had as "us", Love' I thought bitterly. No, there was no way I could be in love right?

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The song for this chapter is: Without You by David Guetta Feat. (Usher)

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