The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Hunter

“Hello? Are you still with me? Or have you expired from shock?” I heard Hannah’s voice but I couldn’t understand what she was saying, all I could hear was FOUR FREAKIN MILLION DOLLARS.

“If this is some kind of joke, Hannah, I’ll kill you,” I warned her.

She switched to video-call and I found myself staring at a blank white until I realized she’d been holding the lottery ticket on the screen. She slowly panned it out. “Do you read this?”

“It’s a ticket I bought. That doesn’t explain anything.”

She turned the ticket over and showed me a number. Two-nine-one-four-eight. And then she proceeded to show it to me on her laptop and the winning number printed in the newspaper.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Take a picture and send it to me on my phone.”

“If Ryan gets his hands on this ticket, you’re finished, and you have about twenty-four hours from now to claim the reward if you don’t then they will do another draw and find another winner.”

“Why didn’t you tell me about this before?”

“Because you weren’t answering your calls GENIUS.” Hannah literally screamed at the word ‘Genius’ to put emphasis. “Sometimes I wonder if my best friend was possessed to marry a dumb guy like you.”

I laughed, “well, that’s funny literally coming from a person who’s IQ is similar to a carrot eating rabbit." I repeated what I’d taught Blue when we had first met.

Hannah narrowed her eyes at me. “This ticket is going to the dumpster.”

“NO!”

“Alright. I’ll change my mind if you say ’Hannah is the smartest sister in this whole wide universe. Say it.”

“Over my dead body.”

She held the ticket in one hand, and a lighter in the other, challenging me. A mocking smile on my evil sister’s face, “I know how much this lottery means to you.”

“Hannah is the smartest, most beautiful sister in this whole wide universe.”

“Awww. Sweetest thing you’ve ever said to me. If I were you, Hunt, I’d be packing right now.”

“Talk to you later,” I said and ended the call.

Blue’s eyes were wide in curiosity, “Is something wrong? What was Hannah talking about?”

“Turns out we just became rich. We won the lottery.” I explained her, and then added, “That’s what Hannah says, and I’m still not sure if it’s really true or if she’s playing a prank on me. We have to go back home and find out.”

Blue’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Does that mean we could have a baby now?”

That hadn’t really crossed my mind.

“Well...I suppose we...”

She hugged me fiercely, the wheels in her mind were already turning. “You’ll have a lot of money now, won’t you? So that means we could have a baby now. Say yes, Hunter, pleaseeeeee…”

I smiled. “We would have enough money for everything you want.”

“I just want you, always and of course our baby.” She scooted closer and put her arms around me. In a sweet, melodious, voice she whispered, “Let’s make a baby right now.”

I laughed. “We just made love.”

do it again so we can be sure

what she wanted. She was so fucking beautiful that I could

my wife wishes,”

hair cascaded down to her shoulders, and that innocent mouth was inviting, which reminded me of that quote I once heard ′she

a long time. Her mouth was searing hot on my own,

mercy, she would make sure she got she wanted. Right now, her display of affection seemed adorable because she was hell-bent on achieving what her heart desired

A baby.

she was making sure that she

process until I knew she was coming closer. She moaned loudly and I felt her walls

and panting, my forehead was touching hers when she asked, “do you think you put

laughed at the innocent question, “Probably. We’ll have to continue making love

I can’t

easy. I had a mental image of a Stork

into my arms and stroking her slowly. Her Blue hair was spread over my chest,

some clothes and toys for the baby, what do you think?” She asked, peering

to be sure that Hannah wasn’t lying to us so

“We’re going home?”

“Yeah.”

was a luxurious palace. “What if Hannah isn’t lying? What if you

other things. If

“Contra—what?”

“Nevermind. Just sleep, Blue.”

Blue

Hunter standing by the foot of the bed packing our

I could get tired of just looking at him. My husband was just

And recently I’d started to wonder if I had imagined everything like that movie Hunter and I saw the other day

and sometimes Hunter. He got a little annoyed by the pinching but ignored it most of

greeted me with a

“Good morning. Why

sleeping soundly, and I liked watching you

in invitation. “Come

about it. As mortifying as it may sound,

to my cheeks, “Apollo said that

and I promised that I would keep up. I really needed a partner who could live with the fact that I’m

I knew exactly when

tray topped with toasts, omelet and fruits.

My stomach rumpled.

leaving in an hour.” He informed me and then his smile turned

“What surprise?” I asked.

I LOVED surprises!

show you what it is if you manage to finish what’s on the table and get

what it is. I can’t wait!” I said bouncing on the

flared and his silver-gray eyes dilated into a darker shade. I recognized that look, it usually happened when we were making love. Without taking his gaze off, he said, “You do that again,

to be warned twice before I wrapped the sheet around myself and went to eat breakfast. I ate everything

I see the

face, he pointed his

“You’re mean.”

cheat.”

bathing than usual because I couldn’t stop thinking about

future baby? I hoped it would