The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Chapter 8

Blue

“Hannah, where do your parents live?” I asked her since I’d never heard Hunter talk about their parents.

“We used to live together at first. Me, Hunter, Ryan. I’m still in high school so I live with my parents, Ryan has a condo downtown and he takes care of the family business. And Hunter, well. He’s not the obeying kind so Dad disowned him temporarily after a series of bad behavior. He’s the black sheep of the family.”

Hunter certainly didn’t seem like a sheep to me.

“What kind of bad behavior?”

I didn’t think there was anything remotely bad about Hunter’s behavior. Sure he was a little scary when he was angry, but he was still nice.

“He used to get kicked out of schools, the soccer team, getting into fights. That sort of thing.” She explained.

I nodded. I could ask Hunter about it later.

“Who is Ryan?” I asked.

“He’s our oldest half-brother. Ryan’s mom died when he was four and then Dad remarried Hunter’s Mom who...well, it just didn’t turn out well. They separated, and then he remarried for the third time to my mother.” She said taking a sip of her drink that she called a “slushie” it made her tongue look blue. “Dad’s been through some rough marriages.”

“So the three of you have three different mothers?” I was surprised. I’d never heard of something like that.

She nodded. “Yup, but we share the same Dad. My moms pretty cool though.”

“My mom’s cool too.” I told her.

Then Hannah started talking about music and some boy band that I didn’t know anything about so I continued to nod my head. I guess she was really tired of my nodding, because she suggested. “How would you like a nice haircut?”

“A haircut?!” I exclaimed.

“Yeah. We’ll just trim your hair a bit.”

I shook my head. “I can’t. I’m not allowed to.”

“Why not?”

“Mermaids can’t cut hair. It’s a sin.”

Hannah seemed suspicious. “Mmm-hmm.” She eyed me warily. “Oh, I see.” It was clear she didn’t believe me at all.

It’s a good thing she didn’t push about cutting my hair. I liked my hair long.

“Hannah, can I ask you something?”

“Go ahead.”

“How do I make Hunter like me?”

She laughed. “I think he already likes you, honey.”

I didn’t believe her. “I don’t think so. Whenever I ask him if we could kiss, he gives me his cheeks.”

She snorted. “Well in that case, you should take the lead.”

“What do you mean?”

for permission, just kiss

widened. “Really?

There’s nothing wrong with that, and I’m pretty sure Hunter wants

can I have your number so that we can

contents onto the table. Finally she picked the phone out of all the junk. “Save my number. It’s double four...” after we’d successfully saved our

your nails. Can we paint my

thing. I know a great saloon in this mall. We are giving you a mani and a pedi and then we’ll do some makeup for your face.” She declared with a

it was fine but I kept refusing. In the end, they painted only

but she waved it off and told me to

one of my purchases. Hannah did some face painting that she called “makeup”. She assured me that she was good at it. When I looked at myself in

I looked pretty, right?

Would Hunter like it?

evening when she told me it would be time for me to go back home and that Hunter would

Hannah received a call and she excused herself. “It’ll just take a minute.” She

myself. People were still staring at me, mostly boys the age of Hunter.

a huge ice-cream cone on it. “Ice-Cream!” I shrieked loud. I think some people turned but I kept walking towards the cone. It was humongous

inside the shop yelled. “What are

wondering if I can get that ice-cream.” I pulled out the money I had from

others had. “You’re funny.” He looked me up and down and I really didn’t like the way he was looking at me, it was similar to Hunter’s but also different. Hunter’s gaze never made me feel

to leer at me. “Are you alone,

was she? It was crowded and I couldn’t see her. I’d strayed away from her because I was

Stupid Blue!

no use. There was no way she would hear me over the noise

phone that Hunter had given me. I could call him and then he’d know where to find me. I reached for my pocket when I realized I was wearing the new dress. The phone was in the pocket of

lip trembled, and I knew I was going to cry. What if Hannah couldn’t find me and went back home? What if Hunter didn’t bother to come to the mall and decided I

“Hunter.” I whispered.

had

called out to me. It was an older man with a bushy mustache. He was tall and had a bulging stomach. He

friend.”

“What’s her name?”

“Hannah.” I said.

help you find

eyes widened. “You

nodded as I followed

* * *

Hunter

a call from Hannah saying that “there was a problem” I knew something was terribly wrong or else she wouldn’t have called me again

“Hey.” I said.

said when she answered

“What is it?”

“Blue.”

were starting to feel sweaty. “I’m on my way.” I told her as I stormed into the staff room of the café, pulled down the apron and stuffed it inside the locker. Good thing my brother wasn’t around, or else I’d have to give an explanation as to why I was leaving an hour earlier. The cafe was a family

moping the recently vacated table. I was going to talk to her and make up an excuse for an

my sister, Hannah. She’s in trouble, kinda.” I told

her Harry Potter glasses with suspicion. “Huh. For once,

eye-roll. I hated how she enjoyed teasing me. “Can I go? Will

If you agree for a coffee date

for me and it seemed like everyone knew about it, excluding me. Sometimes when we were working together, she’d find a reason to touch

of watermelons, dark hair tied

date. It’s

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