The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Hunter

The wedding was being held at my family residence garden. The altar was decorated with flowers and looked so beautiful that I started to wonder if I’d teleported into heaven all of a sudden. The trees posed as a good shelter from the beaming sunlight, lamps suspended from the branches.

The weather seemed perfect, and gave the place a romantic vibe.

Elaine had gone out of her way to give it a chic and an elegant look. She loved Pinterest and I had no doubt she’d copied some ideas from it.

People had already taken their seats, we’d decided to keep the ceremony private even though my step-mother wanted to do something extraordinary like a Disney themed wedding or something equally outrageous. I’d denied, we didn’t need a lot of people for the wedding to make it special and besides, I didn’t think Blue would appreciate a huge crowd gawking at her, and then asking her questions that she didn’t have answers for .

The only thing that mattered was that we were getting married.

My sister Hannah was the maid of honor, and a few of my cousins were bridesmaids, and groomsmen who’d flown here especially from other parts of the country.

Leslie was wearing a similar groomsmen suit, custom-made. One of the groomsmen, my college friend Oliver had been holding him in his arms, until the fur-ball ran off to smell flowers. I got the impression Les didn’t give two shits about my wedding.

I was nervous; I could literally feel my palms sweating. All I had to do was get through this wedding and I had nothing to worry about. From the last two days, I’d been worried that I’d be run over by a car or just shot by a madman in broad daylight. At one point, I’d been scared of slipping on soap and dying on wet tiles of my bathroom.

Now that I was standing here at the altar, I worried that the trees would suddenly fall and crush me beneath it.

It was already time! Why wasn’t Blue coming out?

Fred was my best man and stood beside me, looking through the entrance of the altar to see if he could spot Hannah.

“How do I look?” I asked him.

He passed me one look of appraisal and grinned, “Dashing.”

When I had looked at myself in the mirror, I knew I looked good. With my golden-brown hair seeming thicker since I hadn’t gotten a haircut for ages, the light freckles on my nose weren’t even visible until you looked closer. Blue always said that was her most favorite best feature of me, along with my silver eyes. And lastly, the cream white tux was tailored to perfection.

“What are the girls doing?” Fred muttered close to me. “I have a feeling the minister doesn’t like waiting.”

I shrugged. “Girls. You know how they are.”

Suddenly, Adrian was making his way towards me. He was hot on his heels and his expressions were giving me anxiety.

What happened? Was Blue okay?

“You need to follow me.” He said.

“Blue...where is she?” I asked.

“I can’t answer here.” Adrian said looking at the crowd. “Come with me.”

I excused myself, gave the minister some bullshit excuse that I wasn’t feeling well and needed some time, and somehow walked out of the aisle with my heart in my mouth.

Away from where the wedding was being held. I walked into a small tent, the place that I’d used for any final touches to the outfit. A large man was seated in a chair with shoulder length hair dark hair, if you looked closely, you could see the dark navy in it, but his features were otherwise roguish and his eyes looked familiar. He wore normal slack pants and a white shirt that expanded over his broad shoulders.

he saw me walk inside. He easily

are you?” I asked, not trying to be intimidated

cleared his throat beside me, “This is Apollo, Blue’s older

been here worrying about her family, her brother had a good timing of finally

Note the fucking sarcasm.

wanted to take his sister back, I didn’t know what I would do. Maybe stab him right here. Instead of displaying anger, I said, “Blue’s wanted to make contact with her family since quite a

time. I went everywhere. I went to Greece first and came empty, then went to Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania. Our younger brothers are touring South East Asia; two of them have split up between India and the Middle East. And then one of the mermen in our community told us they’d seen Blue swim towards

was kind of hilarious if

your wife

I heard she swam from the Pacific

was in America, out of all places. Adrian sent me signals and I found my way here.”

way into America. Maybe he would have much appreciated her in Greece. You know with the

to make something clear, Apollo. I did not kidnap your sister. I found her on the beach laying...well, without clothes on. I brought her home, gave her food and shelter.” I cleared my throat. “Taught her the human ways of life. During

gave me a nod. “I spoke with Blue before I met

“You did?”

She says she wants to marry you and has threatened to kill me if I

back, Apollo.” Adrian interrupted. “No matter how noble Hunter is, we just

then looked back at Apollo, politely I said, “I don’t need your permission to marry Blue, because I’d marry her one way or the other but I think it would mean a lot to

lot of patience, which was a good thing. I didn’t want to make enemies with my

Badly.

would solely be a gamble made with what Blue has already told me about you, the fact that you are a good man, and that you took

do the same way if I was in his place. If my sister

probably take pity on the alien and tell him how Hannah slept with her mouth open

total of twenty and Blue

was reeling with

two of her friends from her school. When our parents matched her with Adrian they thought

“I understand.” I said.

I can’t think how she could live in an entirely different world married to

you don’t know me, but you need to know how much I love Blue.” I said sincerely, “she’s everything to me. At first she was a mermaid that I wanted to help get back to her home, but things have changed now. I gave her a choice, to stay or to go back to her world, and she chose me in the end. I can’t say I deserve her, but I can assure you no other man can love her the way I do. If Blue asked me to get her the stars or the moon, I’d find a way to give it to her. I will

Apollo smiled in assurance. “You’re not lying, I

“He’s a human. How could you give Blue permission to marry him

signaled Apollo to our location on purpose. The snitch! He’d

him.” He said. “There isn’t much that we can do now. He knows he’s risking his life by marrying

“I’m aware.” I said.

were saying, I knew Adrian was trying to convince Apollo to call off this wedding. Adrian was fuming; his hands were shaking as he passed me

noticed how his dimples were so similar to that of Blue’s even with his rugged features. They had the same warm blue eyes, and the smile. “Please don’t mind Adrian. He’s very hurt. He’s been in love with Blue since childhood, that’s for about a hundred years. It’s not easy for him to think that

okay. I understand

did. I

secured it. “This is a token from our family. We give it to the spouse as a protection charm

understanding, “Thanks for this, but I assure you that even without the

all Hunter…Hunter…Hunter…the rest of it doesn’t matter. I decided right then to let her

couldn’t help but laugh. This first meeting with my future brother-in-law had turned out to be better than I’d imagined. I

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