Ocean Eyes

Welcome Home

Finally as I ease towards the driveway slowly and quietly hoping that my parents are in bed so I don't wake them up. I'm so exhausted that I can barely keeps my eyes open. I'm so surprised that I made it home without falling asleep at the wheel. Changing forms takes a lot out of you especially the first time you change. 

I turn my car off and grab my towels and sneak up to the door and peak in. I don't see anyone hopefully mom and dad are asleep. Please. Please. Please be asleep. I slowly turn the doorknob and creep in the house and so far so good. The coast is clear. I start to sneak through the kitchen and my suspicions have been confirmed. There ahead of me I see mom and dad. They waited on me all night to come home. Considering that it's almost daylight and there are dark circles under their eyes and they both look exhausted. I stop in my tracks once they both lay eyes on me. Mom and dad both run to me and both of them hug me and then they told me that they were sorry for everything. I'm happy to see my parents and I'm happy to see that they aren't mad at me but I'm still a little bit upset that they didn't tell me anything about my arranged marriage. 

After my parents tone it down a bit with their heartfelt apologies I jump in with,"cut the s**t you guys". Both mom and dad look at me bewildered looks on their faces as to why I would say such a thing. I'm glad you guys aren't mad at me but I'm a little upset at the fact that you two have been keeping so much from me. I'm also very upset that I can't even choose who I want to marry. You two have a lot of explaining to do. Especially about the fact that I'm a mermaid. Oh and I know you two are as well that's why our family has the same colored eyes. I can't believe you two! I get that you had to come on land to protect me and to do that you also had to promise my hand in marriage. Sending me off to slaughter like some animal. 

My parents go to say something in protest but before they get the chance to I cut them off. 

No! You don't get to say anything about that! I had my whole life ahead of me. I was going to go to college, get a degree in something, and then I was going to get a good paying job, find the love of my life, and then settle down with the a man of my choosing and maybe have a family of my own. But no! I have to marry someone that I was promised to when I was a child. It doesn't matter that I'm an adult now and can choose for myself. What if I don't want to marry this guy. I'm not ready to marry Allic and I sure as hell am not ready to rule as a queen. 

Not to mention the fact that you two kept everything hidden from me my whole life. I might have been more okay with everything had you guys told me and prepared me for what was coming but I had to find it all out on my own. And Allic had to find me. 

I was just trying to be a normal teenager and went on what I thought would be a midnight swim but ended up being the most excruciating pain that I'd ever been through in my entire life. Come to find out I'm a mermaid and so are my parents and I knew nothing of it! I'm so tore up about all of this. 

For the last five minutes I've been in hysterics, screaming and yelling. I'm so exhausted I'm not quite sure how I had the energy to manage to do all of this. Yet here I am. I'm breaking down crying. Hysterical and all of a sudden everything is hitting me all at once. I can feel my world crashing down around me as I fall to the floor and then I feel a familiar touch. I'm still bawling my eyes out and I feel myself being lifted off of the floor. I lift my head up and look through my blurry vision with bloodshot eyes as I gaze up at my chosen one. His touch is so warm and he's so caring. I really am glad my parents chose for things to be this way in some ways. I wouldn't want to be promised to any other man.

 I hear Allic clear his throat and he apologizes to my parents for barging in. I glance over to see my parents bowing their heads in respect upon Allics arrival. Then my dad speaks first. "It's good to see you your royal highness, I know that you're probably here because you could feel that Aniey was upset through the bond. But honestly you couldn't have had a better timing."  "Bond?", I think to myself. "What kind of bond? What do you mean?", I ask through my grief strucken tears. 

That's when Allic tells me that he'll explain more later. I nod my head and cuddle up to his warm muscular chest while he's still holding me. 

Allic goes on to talk to my parents and call them by their names. "Kim. Jerry. Where's her room? So I can take her to lay down and get some rest. She's exhausted and she needs rest. Also from what she's told me and from my experience at the mall a few days ago she doesn't know anything about me. Hell she didn't even know that she was a mermaid. She didn't even know of the bonding ritual and when she changed with me she had never done so before. How could you do this to her? How could you hide her destiny from her for her entire life up until now?". I could tell that Eric was upset with my parents. He didn't like that I was upset at all. I'm glad that he's here though. Being around him makes me feel better. He's like the calm to my storm. When our skin touches it's like I'm on fire and I can't help but love and crave it. He's literally my drug. 

I'm interrupted from my thoughts. As my mother starts apologizing to Allic and explaining that they didn't want to hurt me or for me to put myself in any danger. And that they wanted to keep me inocent for as long as they possibly could. That it just got out of hand and that's when Allic gets angry and has an authorative tone to his voice. 

"You're both lucky that I'm hold Aniey and that I actually care about her and don't want to see her hurt anymore tonight or I'd mention this to my father! But right now I just want to take her to her room so she can rest because she's been through a lot tonight! Not to mention the fact that as soon as she walked through the door you two just started on her! Now if you'll excuse us she needs to get some rest!"

My parents sit there and take their ass chewing and when asked where my room was the both pointed towards the stairs instead of saying anything to furthermore anger Allic.