The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

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BLUE

Was marriage the only think a mermaid was supposed to do when she grew up? I asked myself that as I began getting ready for the big day ahead. My friends Coral and Oceana were braiding my hair and fixing it with sea shells. Since my hair was the longest among my friends, they loved braiding it. I looked at my appearance in the mirror and realized how beautiful the hairstyle had turned out to be.

“You look like a princess Blue!” Coral complimented me. “I’m sure Adrian will fall head over heels in love with you.”

I laughed.

Today was supposed to be a big day. I was going to be engaged to my best friend, Adrian. He and I had been friends since childhood and everyone used to tease us back then about how cute we looked together. The teasing had gotten serious during high school when Adrian confessed his feelings to me. My parents and his were actually thrilled about us getting married. Me? not, so much.

I had a sinking feeling inside, like I didn’t want to do this. I didn’t want to marry yet. I thought we were supposed to be in love with someone to marry. I read in those cliché Mermaid love story books that a person in love constantly felt the butterflies in the stomach or the longing to be with that person. With Adrian, I sensed nothing. It felt more like I was packing and moving into my best friends home. I couldn’t think of Adrian that way. He just did not evoke any romantic feelings and that made me nervous. I knew he was head over heels in love with me, and that kind of made me feel guilty about not feeling the same.

I wish I had some feelings for my future husband.

Maybe after I married, I’ll fall in love with him. That’s what happened with all the mermaids. They were matched in their respective clans, and betrothed soon after their birth, destined to marry their partners just how Coral and Oceana were and they were always giddy with excitement whenever I mentioned the names of their respective fiancés.

Coral added some pearls into my braid that made it shine brightly.

“There.” Oceana said delightfully, “You look so beautiful today, Blue. I’m so jealous you’re getting married before me.” She pouted.

I laughed. “Don’t be stupid. Your engagement is next month. It’s not that far.”

“I know, and I’m so excited. I can’t wait. We should do shopping for our wedding together.”

“Of course.” I said.

finger. Soon I’ll have an engagement ring on my finger. I hoped Adrian didn’t go all out and bought the most expensive pearl or something like that. I wanted something simple. The sea-horse carriage was waiting outside my

ring on your finger, it’s a

Swim away

hissed

away while you

parents?

with your parents later. Swim away and when you’re back you can explain how you’re

He

He would understand, he’s

Swim away, Blue.

in my head until I screamed. “Stop

Oceana stared at me, their expressions puzzled. “Are you alright,

I nodded. “I’m fine.”

day. Think of your first kiss today. You can’t just keep dangling that

them, unable to

like

place. There were also water balloons and

I wasn’t being noticed.I swam far away from the gardens, swimming until I knew I was far from the place. I didn’t have a particular plan in mind, I just wanted to stall the engagement with Adrian. A few hours later, I

would be hurt and maybe he would also scream at me and stop talking for days but eventually I knew he would understand because

kept swimming for a good thirty-minutes until I realized I’d strayed into a much deeper end. The part of the ocean where no mermaid swam into.I panicked. I’d heard a lot of stories about the deep-end, about how mer-folk disappeared down there, eaten by a large species of fish or something

nasty fish and

top. It was too fast for me to dodge. The thing fell around me and wound me up in it. I was tangled in a net. I’d

in the opposite

Up.

Up.

Up.

turn horrified. Once they pulled me up onto the human land, I’d loose my tail and shape-shift into a human, I decided. They pulled me up into their