A Mermaid's Swim Away

That one client-3

Ring
The bell made a light noise as a customer walked through the door

"Hello!" I wave then notice this man looks familiar

He walks in and smiles at me, "Ariel!" His eyes brighten

"What's your name?" I ask curiously

He smiles, "Sterling."

I put my hand out for him to shake, "I am Estelle."

Sterling slightly chuckles and shakes my hand, "It's nice to meet you Estelle."

Finally not being called Ariel

He looks around the store, "Is there anything cool around here Ariel?"

And my dreams of being called Estelle are crushed

I nod roll my eyes and walk to where the music is. He follows behind

"This is my favorite part of the store."

When he enters the room, I see his blue eyes light up.

I smile and hold my necklace, making it play music.

His eyes grow even wider, "Woah, that's the smallest music box I've ever seen."

Ring
the sound of a customer walking in

I quickly walk to the front of the store, "Hi, welcome in!" I wave

A woman smiles as she walks in with her daughter

I'm getting pretty good at this whole human thing.

"I'll buy these." I look up to see Sterling with an arm full of music boxes

I laugh shaking my head, "Your total is 72.37."

His smile disappears and he walks back with three music boxes.
"The total is 15.00." I say and takes his music, but not before leaving a note.

I glance down at the paper, "Six o'clock, Saturday 124 windpine road, come to my beach party ;)."

I put the note in my back pocket, "What is a beach party?" I mutter to myself

———

Ring ring ring

I grab the shell ringing next to me, "Hello?"

I hear Rosella, "Hey, do you have all the potions you need?"

I smile, "Yes, thank you so much Rose!"

"Have you found a guy for me?"

"Um, actually I think there is a guy, his name is Sterling. He is very nice, but he's bad with names."

"That's great! Bring him here when you find out for sure he's the one for me, also I made a potion for someone to breath underwater for up to 24 hours."

After I chatted with Rosella for a while I just lays on the beach and my eyes eventually shut closed

A bright light shines on me, "Hello, wake up."

My eyes flutter open to see a man in a blue outfit, "Hello."

"What are you doing sleeping on the beach?"

"My home isn't in this town." I say simply looking up

"Do you have any friends that live here?" He asks

"Um, yes, Sterling!" I say as I get up from the sand

"Okay, where does Sterling live?"

I pull the paper out of my pocket, "He gave me this note." I say handing it to him

The man in the blue outfit nods

———

I arrive at Sterling's home and smile waving goodbye to the Officer West.
"Hello Sterling!" I say
His face is full of shock, "What's going on, are you okay? Where are the police here?"

He walks out and talks to one of the Officers.

When he comes back he smiles at me, "Why didn't you tell me you needed a place to stay?"

I've never slept in a human house.

He opens the door and I walk inside with him, I immediately see the kitchen to my right and a living room to my left, "The guest bedroom is to the left, just over here," he points, "And I will set some clothes out for you, so you can take a shower. Also, I made dinner a couple of hours ago, if you want some soup, I can heat it up when you come out."

I smile, "Thank you Sterling."

He nods, "Anytime, okay I'm gonna heat up some soup." He says making a fire appear at the turn of a switch

"Whoa." I say to myself

"You really do remind me of Ariel." He chuckles shaking his head

———

Figuring out how to make water come out of the shower was the hardest part of my day, but I ended up figuring it out.

As I change into a large shirt and shorts, I smile at the cleanliness I feel.

"Hey, the soups hot." Sterling says placing a bowl on the high top counter

"It smells wonderful." I reply sitting down

He smiles and turns off the fire.

As I eat the soup I notice Sterling turn a giant screen bright with the press of a button

"Woah, that's so cool!"  I say standing up

"It's just my Tv." He laughs then raises an eyebrow
He clicks another button and suddenly noise comes out of the screen and images of people are shown.

"Wow." I say speechless

"It's The Office, have you ever seen it?"

I shake my head no and he sighs, "Time for you to watch the best show ever."