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

eyes widened. “Really? I can do

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

can I have your number so that we can talk sometimes if I needed your help in

rummaged into her bag but came empty, then she picked her bag (that read Prada) and dumped the contents onto the table. Finally she picked the phone out of all the junk. “Save my number.

the color of your nails. Can

and then we’ll do some makeup for your face.” She

As decided, we went to the shop called a “beauty saloon”. An hour later, when the lady started dipping my feet inside water, I refused to let them. Hannah insisted that it was fine but I kept refusing.

to hand her the money that Hunter gave me but she waved it off and told me to keep it instead and use it when I wanted to buy something for myself

painting that she called “makeup”. She assured me that she was good at it. When I looked at myself

I looked pretty, right?

Would Hunter like it?

back home and that Hunter would come to collect me

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

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

it. “Ice-Cream!” I shrieked loud. I think some people turned but I kept walking towards the cone. It was humongous and lit up, shinning like a star. I stared at it in awe

the shop yelled. “What

was wondering if I can get that ice-cream.” I pulled out

me up and down and I really didn’t like the way he was looking at me, it was similar to Hunter’s but

to leer

and started walking away. I glanced behind me but there was no sign of Hannah. Where was she? It was crowded and I couldn’t see her. I’d strayed

Stupid Blue!

out to her but knew there was no use. There was no way

and then he’d know where to find me. I

if Hunter didn’t bother to come to the mall and decided I wasn’t worth all the trouble? What if he looked for me

“Hunter.” I whispered.

tears had blurred my

man with a bushy mustache. He was tall and had a bulging

looking for my friend.” I

“What’s her name?”

“Hannah.” I said.

help you find

eyes widened. “You

nodded as I

* * *

Hunter

or else she wouldn’t have called me again when I’d already called an hour

“Hey.” I said.

that my sister said when she answered the call. Hannah

“What is it?”

“Blue.”

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 business, my brother Ryan was the in-charge here

the recently vacated table. I was going to talk to her and make up an excuse for an emergency, hoping like hell she’d fall for my

a call from my sister, Hannah. She’s in trouble, kinda.” I told her.

“Huh. For once, she’s

suppressed an eye-roll. I hated how she enjoyed teasing me. “Can I go? Will you cover for me? If Ryan asks about me, tell him

a coffee date with

like everyone knew about it, excluding me. Sometimes when we were working together, she’d find a reason to touch my hand or just playfully hit me, things like that. I’d assumed it was just a friendly thing between colleagues. Now, it seemed like

size of watermelons, dark hair tied in

A date.

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