Just Add Water

Chapter 13

"Come on Dad, we'll stay upstairs the whole time." Lucy said, pleading with her father to let Erza and Juvia stay the night.

"Lucy I don't want two wild teenage girls in my house during one of my meetings." Jude said.

"Dad you know Juvia, she's not wild at all and Erza is very mature. I don't want to spend the whole night alone in my bedroom, can't you let me do anything fun?"

Jude sighed before answering.

"It's just those two coming? No one else?"

"Yes."

"And you will stay upstairs?"

"Yes sir."

"Alright they can come over."

"Thank you Dad. I promise that you won't regret this."

She called up Juvia and Erza, telling them the good news. They arrived at her house at exactly six o'clock with sleeping bags and pajamas.

"I'm so glad that my dad let me do this." Lucy said. "I've really missed our sleep overs Juvia."

"Me too." Juvia smiled when she said that but her face looked unsure of something.

"Everything okay?" Lucy asked.

"She's just a little upset because she ran into that woman again." Erza said.

"The one who was so interested in your locket?"

"Yes." Juvia answered. "She gave me a warning. She said that we shouldn't look at the full moon."

"Juvia we're mermaids not werewolves." Erza said. "Next time you see that woman I think you should just get away from her. She sounds crazy to me."

"Let's just forget about this and focus on having a fun night." Lucy said. "We can start with pedicures."

"Oh no." Erza said.

"I'll get the nail polish."

Lucy left her bedroom to grab some nail polish from the bathroom. One of the bottles fell out of the medicine cabinet and spilled into the sink.

"Oh great!" She said.

She turned on the water to wash the polish down the drain before before it stuck to the sink. She glanced toward the window of the bathroom and looked directly at the full moon which had risen into the night sky. Suddenly she became transfixed by the moon, she couldn't tear her gaze away from it. Then she found herself becoming very drawn in the water flowing from the faucet. She reached her hand out and waved her fingers all through the water.

"What's taking Lucy so long?" Erza said.

"Maybe she's having a hard time finding it." Juvia said. "This is a pretty big house."

"Hi guys." Lucy said coming back into the room.

"Where's the nail polish?" Juvia asked.

"Oh we didn't have any."

"Since when do you not have nail polish?" Erza said. "You're like a cosmetics saleswoman."

"We just don't have any. Why don't we have something to eat? I'm starving." 

"Good idea." Erza said. "Let's order a pizza."

"And while we wait for it to come we can make strawberry cupcakes for dessert." Juvia said.

"Oh boy!" Erza cried with the excitement of a little child in her eyes.

"On the way here I bought the strawberries and the cream we could use for the frosting."