A new tail?(an H2O Just Add Water story)

Chapter 10

Kim's Pov

It's been like a week since the full moon incident, and Jo still really isn't talking to me. I know she's scared and I've given her space, but I just hope she can forgive me. I really didn't mean to hurt her like that. I would never hurt her on purpose. If it was the other way around and Jo was the mermaid and she attacked me, I would be like that too. So, I understand. She has been talking to me, but it's been slow. She still looks away when we talk, but it's progress. I'm not going to rush her into it. I'm just glad to know that besides Alex and I, we aren't alone in this. That there are other mermaids and we can all swim together. Speaking of which, we all agreed to meet up today and swim together. We're getting our stuff ready, and Cleo and I head out.

"Our first swim together! You excited?" I nod. I've swam many times before, but it was mostly just with Alex. Alex is coming too, and so is Cleo's friends. There are 6 of us swimming. Wow, that is a lot of mermaids/merman. Alex probably feels outnumbered since he's the only merman. But he's really important. 

"Yeah. I can finally swim with my sister. And, my boyfriend." Cleo laughs and then she looks at me.

"How are things with you and Alex going?' I look at her and blush.

"It's going really well. He's such a good guy."  She smiles. Then she puts her bag on her shoulder and we leave the house.

"That's good." I nod. Emma, Rikki, and Bella come up to us with their suits and smile.

"Hey guys. Everyone here?" I nod.

"No. Alex is still missing." As soon as I said his name, he came next to me and kissed my cheek.

"Hey. I'm here." I giggle and I nod.

"Now everyone is here." We walk to the beach, which is very close to our house. Alex holds my hand and we walk.

"I'm glad we all get to swim, it'll be so cool." They nod. We arrive, and put our stuff down. I take off my shirt and shorts, and I am in my swimsuit.

"You're really hot." Alex said. I blush and Cleo gives a look.

"Alex, we're in public." He playfully rolls his eyes, but kisses my cheek. We all go to the water and jump in. When we jump in, we all swim and go deeper. Alex and I hold hands and smile. He smiles at me and we continue swimming. Cleo looks at us and raises here eyebrows in a flirty suggestive manner. I playfully roll my eyes, and we continue to swim.  I start to swim backwards and then I turn back around and swim normally. Cleo looks at me and it's the challenge of ' who can swim faster?' I giver her a 'you're on' look and she gets a head start. I start to speed up, and I go right past her. We all head to Mako, and I was the first one at the moon pool.

"Guess I'm the faster mermaid." I say as Cleo comes up. She scoffs.

"No, I just had a minor setback." I roll my eyes.

"Sure. But, I won. So, I can brag about it." Emma comes next, then Rikki, then Bella, and Alex.

"You're in last place Alex." He comes up next to me and puts his arm around me.

"Well had I known we were racing, I would've gone much faster." I kiss his cheek.

"He is really fast though. He's beaten me a lot in the water." He smiles. Cleo sighs happily.

"This is fun. I'm so glad we did this. We all needed to get out for a while." Everyone nods. I agree. It has been very intense this past week.

"Yeah. I just hope that Jo forgives me." Alex then wraps me closer to him.