Falling For Your Fins

Nine- Well... This is the real me....

Fiona's P.O.V

"Fiona.... I... I like you... A lot actually.... I mean... You've been my only friend this summer and I... I just... I always thought you were pretty, funny, and mysterious... But the point is... I like you. I really do... And I was wondering.... If... You maybe wanted to.... Be my girlfriend...?" He asked me cautiously and nervously.

My cheeks burned.
My stomach fluttered.
My heart soared.
I got dizzy staring into those brown eyes.
I couldn't find words.

But these slipped out.

"I can't," is all I said.

Next thing I know is I'm sprinting down the harbor side walk with Alex chasing me. I could out run him.

Tears were streaming down my face. I couldn't be with him. We were two different people.... Very different people.

And I just couldn't. I sprinted down onto the dock edge and started to peel off my shoes.
I didn't belong on land.
I didn't belong here.
I belonged down under the surface.
I never should've fallen for him.
And now that I have, it's hard to jump off this dock.

Alex caught me and turned me around to face him.

"Fiona... What's wrong?"

"I can't I can't I can't I just can't....."

"Fiona just tell me, what is going on?!"

I plopped down onto the dock and my toes just barely touched the water surface.

"I....... I'm not like other girls...." I began with a sigh.

"But that's why I like you," he turned my head so I could stare into his brown eyes.

"You don't understand!" I shouted, turning away.

"I would if you just told me..." He whispered in my ear.

"That's the thing. I can't," I choked out on tears.
He was silent for awhile.

We stared out at the lake and I know we were breaking eachother's hearts.

"Alex...." I began.

"Yeah?" He replied.

"I like you a lot too," I admitted.
I could see him smile from the corner of my eye.

"But.... I'm afraid you won't like the real me...." I said quietly.

"Fiona, I highly doubt that," he smiled. "Show me,"

I don't know what I was doing, really. I just had to show him. I liked him so much and I had too. I couldn't keep something like this from him for so long.

He would have to find out.

And that time was now.

I stood up and I pushed my boots aside and I looked at his confused face one more time.

I got to the edge and jumped in.

From below, I saw him peering through the surface of the water, squinting to get a look at me.

I looked down and saw my purple tail fin glimmering at me.

I smiled at it and with the flick of my fin I surfaced. I looked up at him with my blue eyes.

"What's so different?" He asked with a laugh.

"This," I said, turning onto my back and laying out, exposing my purple tail to him.

His expression changed from interest, to shock.

His eyes darted over my tail, taking it all in.

His jaw dropped and it hung there.

He stood up to get a better look.

He said nothing, for he was at loss of words.

His eyebrows furrowed in confusion and bewilderment.

"Well... This is me..." I said through the silence. I smiled sheepishly up at him.

His eyes slowly peeled up from my tail fin to my eyes.....
He slightly shook his head and started to back away....

"Alex... Alex wait!" I called after him, turning from my back to my stomach. I flicked my fin through the water and jumped up at the dock edge, trying to grasp it.
He jumped back in fear, and he then turned on his heel, and sprinted off, not looking back.

Not even once.

My eyes filled with tears and my limbs felt weak. I splashed back under the surface and floated there.

Alone and unwanted.

I should've known. He never would've accepted me.

And now here I am, heartbroken and left feeling like a fool.
The water now felt cold,dark, and hopeless, Instead of magical and wonderful like it once had been.

I squinted my eyes shut in hopes of stopping the pain of my heart shattering. I pulled my scaly tail up to my chest and held it close, clinging to it like it was the only thing to keep me alive.

And I just floated there under water, in my own, dark, abyss of sadness and heartbreak.

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...... Please don't hate...

-ThatDerpyPegasus