Mermaid Bay

Chapter 22

     Vanessa's P.O.V

    Have you ever had the feeling of being compleatly tranquil, and undesturbed? For the first time in a while, I did. The deep blue sea always had a calming effect, for me atleast. It was like an infinitate abyss, making all of my problems dissapear. A month ago, I never knew what this was like, I never knew what being a mermaid was like either. Or being hunted, but you know, beggers can't be choosers.

    The bright, neon, fish swim next to me as I go deeper and deeper into the deep blue. It was almost as if they were a piece of a magnet and I was the other half. I could make them flee if I wanted to, but it was nice to have some company. Tris left awile ago, telling me something about wanting to style her hair for school. I, however couldn't care less.

    Did you know mermaids can communicate with each other under water? I didn't. Maybe because the few times I have been swimming since my.... transformation... I have only been swimming by myself. Swimming with Tris was fun, even if she showed off her swimming skills a bit too much. I should probably get to school, considering that my parents will burn me alive if I skipped, and then bring me back to life to make up the work I missed.

Thinking about the likely chances of that, I decided to leave. Do you know how convienent it is to have super speedy fin swimming? very, you know in case you ever want to try it sometime. I swam as fast as I could to the coast, which took about 5 seconds. Felling the wet sand scratch against my chest and fin was a sign that I had to leave my safe haven, to the place I am dreading. High school.

   I am not one of those slackers who don't feel like doing anything. Well, atleast not most of the time. I am fearing the people in the school. Gale, Ashely, and more importantly, Taylor. I didn't know how to react. Whether to be scared, happy, or uneasy, it was a combination of all three. What was killing me even more was what Taylor was thinking. Is he manipulating me? or did he actually want to kiss me? Making myself suffer with these questions aren't going to help me at all. Just make things worse, which is pretty hard to do.

  I didn't know how long untill it was untill the hunters were going to be coming at me full- force. Plus, I had no idea how many of them are there, or what they are going to do to me if they catch me. I can't let that happen. I have to be there for my sister, and i don't want the hunters to get anymore power from me than they already have.

   I dried myself off using my heating power, i guess you would call it, to my shorts, flip flops, and my paramore shirt. This early in the morning the only people that are here are joggers, but lucky me didn't see a single one. I am always cautious now when it comes to me being in my mermaid form, especially since the accident at the beach withy those stupid people.

 Standing, I brushed off the sand attached to my clothes and started speed walking to the street, which wasn't too far away. I caught a taxi pretty fast, almost the second I stepped on the sidewalk. I was smarter than that, and super parinoid of evreything, but I also knew I was late for school. Not even hesitating I hoped into the cab, instructing the driver to drive to my school. I didn't really pay much attention to them, I should've, would've if I knew who they were.