Trust, Love, and Lost Relations

Small Truths Revealed

"That's a very good question," I said, looking at Zayn sternly. "I think it's time we had a chat."

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*Felicity's P.O.V.*
We both looked at Zayn intently. He stared at us uncomfortably. Finally he looked at us and started talking.

"Well it's a long story-"

"We've got time," I interrupted him.

"Ok, well I found out about it when I was 10."
"About what? Mermaids?" Clarissa interrupted his story.

"Clarissa, let him finish." I told her sternly. We aren't gonna find anything out if she interrupts him a bunch of times.

"So, anyways," he continued, " I was playing outside with my friends when the full moon came up," he paused. " I didn't think anything of it, I'd played outside in the dark plenty of times, but this time was different. I suddenly had this sudden urge to go swimming. I didn't even think to tell anyone anything, before I started walking."

I had a feeling I knew where this was going, but I kept quiet. Clarissa was listening intently.

He continued. "I kept walking, even with my mother yelling at me to come back. I just kept going." He paused again. "I woke up the next day back in my room. I thought it had been a dream, but then I seen my mom sitting there looking at me worriedly."

"You're a mer-" I cut Clarissa off with a glare. She stayed quiet and looked back at Zayn, eager to hear the rest of the story.

"My mother explained to me that it wasn't a dream. She said it was unavoidable. She explained to me that there's been a sort of curse on our family for decades."

Okay, I expected he'd say that he was a merman. The curse thing, though, is a SERIOUS plot twist..

He continued again. "Every time a boy in our family turns ten, on his first full moon.." He paused for a few excruciatingly long seconds before continuing, "he would turn into a merman. What happens is that you're drawn to the water, like you explained to me earlier, Clarissa." He said, looking at her.

"With girls, it varies. They can start their transformation any time from 5 years old to 16." He looked at both of us sadly. " I was hoping it wouldn't affect the two of you, because you weren't around the rest of us, but it seems it got to the two of you as well."

"..Can I see?" I asked him hesitantly. He nodded, and I went to grab a glass of water from the kitchen. I looked at him again, making sure he was ready. He nodded a second time, so I slowly poured a little bit of water in his legs. He jerked at first at the sudden coldness, but then he started transforming.

Sitting in front of us was Zayn, looking exactly the same from the waist up, but now, instead of legs, he had a bright baby blue tail. I grinned, and poured some water on myself too. Clarissa followed suit. Zayn grinned at us, while we watched our tails change back to legs.

Just then my best friend, Chris walked down the stairs. Oops.. I totally forgot he was here.

"Um, who's he?" He asked confused.

"That's Zayn," I replied. Clarissa was trying to hold in her laugh, totally amused by the situation.

"Who's Zayn?"

"Um, the long lost brother I talk to you about all the time.." I was pretty confused, he should know this. I've been telling him for weeks about Zayn coming to stay.

"HE'S the long lost brother?" He said, giving him a once over. He did not seem impressed.

"Yes, the one from One Direction." I said, trying to make it clearer.

"Oh, right. I don't really like bands." He directed that last part towards Zayn, probably with a little more attitude than needed.

Zayn seemed to get agitated at this and stormed upstairs. "I'm going to take a nap!" He called over his shoulder angrily.

As soon as he made it up the stairs, Chris started laughing hysterically.

"Hahaha!! Did you see his face?!" He was beat red from laughing now. It was a pretty funny sight, actually.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" I said with a hint of amusement in my voice. It was pretty funny.

"Maybe.."

See, Chris and I are both majoring in musical arts. Chris also does visual arts and I do dramatic arts. Something you should know about Chris, he likes to mess with people... a lot. He can also be an ass sometimes, but that's just how he is.

"I just wanted to see how easily he got mad. I think I'll have fun with this guy here, haha."

"You're horrible." I said with a small smile in my voice.

"Thank you." He said, winking at me

"Ugh, whatever," I said, sticking my tongue out at him. "I should probably go check on Zayn."

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A/N Here we go, double update, because reality Chris is also reading this book and demanded another chapter 😜 So, the Malik family is cursed.. 😉