Forever Tides: Ocean of Secrets

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Chapter Four

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          I woke up the next morning feeling like a different person. My entire life I had always been different from everyone else, but now I knew two other people just like me. I never knew how much of a weight would be lifted off my shoulders once someone else found out.

          After getting ready, I hopped down stairs to my kitchen. This morning I had an omlette sitting waiting for me. It was my favorite kind full of seaweed and fish. My mom never made me omlettes on normal days, especially not with fish, so I was curious what the circumstances were.

          “What’s this about?” I asked as I sat down, ready to dig into breakfast. I had already started eating before my mom could answer. “Well, I thought you would need all the energy you can need for your first full day. And well… I am just so happy you made some friends that I couldn’t help but make your favorite breakfast to celebrate!”

          I gave my mom questioning eyes. Was me making friends really that out of the ordinary? I asked myself. As I thought back I did realize that I haven’t really had any friends for the past couple of years. My last friend was Kendal in seventh grade.

          Kendal and I had a special relationship. I had never had a friend like her.  We used to tell each other everything. We didn’t have any secrets that we didn’t tell each other. But seventh grade is when I got certain… developments you could say.

I became for withdrawn from our friendship and she started making rumors about me. I had wished I could tell her what happened, but I felt like this was one secret that I couldn’t share. Kendal could tell I was hiding something and just stopped talking to me.

That was the last time I decided I would get close to someone. After not being able to tell Kendal about being a mermaid, I knew that I would never be as close as I wanted to, to a friend. I just stopped trying after that.

This was the first time I ever realized how long it had been since I had a true friend. I was thirteen when my friendship with Kendal died, and now I was 16. It was only three years, but it felt so much longer. So I just looked at my mom and gave her a big smile, and finished eating my delicious breakfast.

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          When I got to school I went straight to my locker. Once I had the cover of locker I opened up my mind to try to find Clover or Sapphire. Right away my mind was swarmed with people’s thoughts. It was even more overwhelming than last night at my house.

          Suddenly the voices on the outside started to go away. I snapped out of my mind and looked around. My eyes quickly flashed to the clock in the hall. I had thirty seconds to get to class.

          I slammed my locker, my backpack still slung across my shoulder, and darted to homeroom. I got in the door right as the bell rang. My homeroom advisor, Mr. Blackmoore, turned around as I walked into the room. “Ah. And not a second to spare. Why don’t you take you’re seat Miss Soule.”

          I tried to give a small smile and nodded as I walked to the back or the room. I had spotted Clover when I walked in and I was determined to get to her as soon as possible.

          I slipped into my desk and said a quick “Hey.” to Clover. “Where were you?” I could hear the nervousness in Clover’s voice. “Not here, not right now Clover.” She frowned as I turned away. “Fine,” she began. “Then we will do it differently.”