The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Chapter 25

Hunter

When Blue and I returned to the lunch table, we acted like we hadn’t tried to eat each other by the fountain area just a moment ago. Instead, I picked up my mini-pizza and took a large bite off it, and reached out to get the Tuna Greek salad wrap. Elaine and dad knew what had happened of course; their faces told me they weren’t oblivious. If anything, they appeared to be content with this new development, i.e: me getting serious with a woman in my life. The mermaid part, they didn’t need to know.

I noticed Elaine’s plate filled with her usual vegan food. Not that I hated vegan food, it’s just that I couldn’t make a habit of eating it to save my life.

“Blue and Hunter were swapping saliva out there. I saw you.” Elliot spoke to me with a mouthful of sausages.

Aunt Paige sighed and shook her head. She picked up her plate, and reached out to grab Elliot. “Let’s go sit and eat with Hannah, sweetie...”

Elliot pulled his hand away. “No. I’m sitting here with Blue.”

“Come, Elliot.” Aunt Paige warned having had enough.

“Nooooooo....”

“You’re not going to the Carnival next Sunday.” Aunt Paige said. She’d pulled an ace out of her sleeve. I realized she must be doing this often.

Elliot jumped down from the table. “Where’s Hannah? Let’s go sit with her.”

I watched as the mother and the kid walked away from the table and that made this even more awkward. At least Elliot played as a good comical distraction between our conversation.

“So Blue, what are you planning to pursue as a career?” Dad asked.

"Haven’t really thought of any career as of now.” She said.

Good girl.

I’d predicted my dad’s list of questionnaire for Blue and had told her specific answers to those questions, so far nothing had been asked out of the book.

“Surely you have something you aspire to become.”

Blue thought of that for a while.

Oh god, no.

This wasn’t even rehearsed. Blue was walking into dangerous territory.

Before I could tap her knee, she said, “I’d like to become anything that Hunter would like me to become.”

Huh?

as day. Dad narrowed his eyes at

your life. Do what you want

being a possessive boyfriend and keeping Blue from

go into modeling. You have the face and the body. Why haven’t to tried

shrugged. “I don’t

wanted to

work the other day, and I really wish I could have a child like that, my very own baby that I could watch as he or she grew up. Wouldn’t that be

seconds

food like Blue hadn’t just admitted to my parents that she aspired to become a mother. Someone needed to tell this beautiful mermaid-girl that ‘becoming a mother’ didn’t constitute as a career option. It was more of

dragged on when dad asked, “How could you?” And that was the first time my

have you done?” That was my

to put the spoon of caviar back on the plate that was supposed to go in my mouth. I looked at the two of them. “What did I do? Why are you guys looking at me like I’m some kind of a criminal?” I asked them directly, having had enough of getting the

sighed. Literally fucking sighed, and Elaine never sighed in front of guests unless she was downright pissed. Blue appeared to be folding and unfolding the table cloth,

do not have a right to spoil a

tears. “I’m so sorry,

family was going to drive me fucking mad. “I have

“Why didn’t you tell us anything, Hunter?” to Blue she asked, “How many months pregnant are you,

“Preg…what?” Blue asked.

answer to their question and secondly, it was still hard for them to come to terms with the fact that I would

unless I’d

starting to have jolly dreams of playing with his non-existent grandchild. “I understand things like these could happen, she

like she was planning to take her future grandchild to charity events and show off to her circle of posh ladies. “You can have a kid and still manage it. We

the child. We have enough money to make sure the child

of them stop talking to just breathe? I needed a small

parents. They have

Blue’s hands in hers. “Forgive me, honey, but I’m so excited for this. Can we have a baby

parents had become really desperate. And my chest was filled with a warm fuzziness that I couldn’t even describe. It was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. To have my father admit that he cared for me enough to say that he would support me if I wanted to have a family was just so

could I become so happy

to you…” I

me with blank expressions for so long that I thought I’d made

“We…we

sorry that I’m not pregnant.” Blue said innocently. “I tried

me in question, I slowly shook my head. God only knew what she was about to say. One

guess he was feeling embarrassed. He was the one most excited. He eyed the

at their heartbroken faces, I kinda wished Blue was pregnant

you.” I

plate; his silver-gray eyes which were much like mine assessed me.

you a lot of trouble; I’ve messed up more times than I can count, and you’ve always had my back. I hated you for cutting my financial resources but when I look back now, I think you did the right thing. I needed this

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