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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 9, 2009 8:12:31 GMT -5
((This is a sequel to The Docks. Originally it's for me and nightlightwolf but anyone can join if they want to, if that's okay for wolfy.))  It was a pretty and sunny day, which was quite unusual in Bridgeport. Since it was Sunday many people were outdoors to get a little sun and fresh air, even though it was a bit cold. Phil walked down to the docks, frowning as usual. But there was an unusual anxiety in his eyes and he held a paper bag in a tight grasp. A couple of seagulls was squawking down by the docks, not many people bothered to come over here and it was empty except for a young couple who were holding hands out on a wooden pier while gazing romantically over the grey sea. Phil felt a twing of annoyance. Couldn't they go away and be lovey-dovey somewhere else? He sat down on a bench and stared at them with a glance that could pierce through a brick wall. He kept staring until they felt uncomfortable and went away, giving him cross looks. Finally he was alone. He went out on the pier and started to gaze himself, but he wasn't gazing over the sea. He tried to gaze inside it. "Hey, Hailey! You there?" He said it in a doubtful voice since it felt pretty ridiculous that she would be able to hear him through the water. He felt a bit stupid, too. It had been almost a week since he met Hailey, slipped and had to go to the hospital. He hadn't met her since, mostly because he had been kept for observations a few days. The concussion had not been very serious but the doctors didn't want to take any risks. The only visible sign of his wound was a piece of bandage which was attached to the back of his head with band-aids. But what if he had imagined it all? Well, maybe not everything, he knew for sure that someone had given him a ride to the hospital, but maybe the rest was dreamed up. He'd had some really weird dreams (including one were he was in a spaceship filled with weightless, floating cats and one were he was chased by giant potatoes) so maybe he had just imagined the part of Hailey being a mermaid who was living in the sea and the part that they had actually became... well... sorta friends. But that thought felt weird. How could you make friends with someone you barley even new? |
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 9, 2009 17:57:52 GMT -5
 Hailey blinked and looked around as she heard her name being called she looked up from under the Pier and smiled when she saw Phil. Diving down she grinned and shot back up and breached the water and she smiled and waved at him quickly splashing water everywhere"ello love". she fell back into the water with a large splash and she swam over the edge of the Pier and pulled her self up |
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 10, 2009 4:48:29 GMT -5
It was quite a shock when Hailey suddenly appeared out of the blue and Phil started back with his eyes wide open. He was showered with a cloud of water drops.
"Yikes!!"
When Hailey then pulled herself up on the pier his heart was almost beating at a normal pace.
"I guess a normal 'hello' would be too much to ask for?" he asked a bit sourly, but he actually felt... happy. Well, he hadn't dreamed it up the bit about making friends with a mermaid, at least. He wiped his face to get the salt water away and then he focused on Hailey again. He couldn't help it, but he was smiling slightly.
"So... how're you doing?"
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 10, 2009 18:42:12 GMT -5
Hailey giggled and leaned back" sorry about that i will be more discret next time and i am well thank you how about you how is your head today?". Smiling at him she waited for him to say something,then she spoted the bag and she raised a eye brow." having a picnic?" she teased slightly
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 13, 2009 4:09:09 GMT -5
When she mentioned the paper bag he looked down at it, like he'd forgotten it completely. Then, to his own annoyance, he blushed slightly and chose to answer her first question.
"I'm fine. They had to sew four stitches..." he said, being a bit proud over that last part. And then he took up the paper bag and reached it to Hailey. There were small dots of mold on it.
"Listen," he said defensively. "This was not my idea, okay? It was dad's."
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 13, 2009 18:04:33 GMT -5
Hailey looked at the bag and took it slightly and smiled at her and twirled her tail" you don't need to do that....i cant exactly eat human food in this form". Hailey set it down beside her then looked at him and tilted her head" hey listen when you head gets better want to go swimming with me?".
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 13, 2009 18:38:55 GMT -5
Phil squirmed, feeling uncomfortable. He avoided Hailey's gaze.
"Well. Yeah. It's... uh... a box of chocolates. It's my dad's idea, he wrote a 'thank-you-for-saving-my-sons-life-or-something-like-that'-note, too. I think it's a bill in it. He even wanted to invite you for dinner."
He grimaced slightly. Why did dad's always have to be so obnoxious and embarrassing?
Then he hastened to say:
"Don't worry, I told him you wouldn't want to come anyway."
Then he changed the subject and answered her other question, looked down to the water and said in a sarcastic voice.
"Yeah, of course! Why, it hardly looks blood-freezing cold at all. Would be great fun to freeze to death."
Then he folded his arms and stubbornly shook his head.
"Nope, ain't gonna happen."
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 13, 2009 22:36:36 GMT -5
Hailey laughed out and splashed her tail" its nicer then you think Phil stop acting like a snake is up your but and live alittle you only get to be your age once". Hailey pulled her self all the way on the dock and she sat up there was a good 5 feet difference in height when she did this." what i wouldn't give to be your age again.." she smiled at him" and i was speaking about in the summer.....when the water is clear...".
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 14, 2009 5:48:16 GMT -5
It should have made him angry, but he only felt confused. Snake? He didn't act like a snake. Or did he?
He looked up at Hailey. How could she be so tall? Then he glanced quickly over his shoulder, but the docks were still empty. Phil turned around to Hailey again.
"Uhh... I don't know. What do you mean?" he asked helplessly. "I mean, it's not so simple not to, I think." he added without really knowing what he was saying. Then he sighed and shook his head.
"Forget it. But why would you want to be this age? It stinks. Not a child, not a grown-up... It's such a worthless in-between! Too small for anyone to listen to me in a serious way or think that I can manage myself, big enough for being counted on to take responsibility over my actions. And to know what I want to do with my life."
He sighed and looked out over the sea with a hollow look. The tired look in his eyes and his usual frown made him look like a short adult already.
Then Phil turned around to Hailey again, some life returning to his eyes.
"I mean, your age is perfect! I can't wait until I'm eighteen, it should be amazing to be that age forever! Just imagine being fourteen forever."
He uttered the number with utter disdain and shivered at the thought. Then he looked down at the water, the thought of swimming not exactly cheering him up.
"Uhh... I don't know about that. I'm actually a lousy swimmer."
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 14, 2009 13:31:18 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him she wasn't smiling now she sighed" its more difficult them you think phil.....never aging....being stuck in this form for.....100's of years....its gets lonely...". Hailey looked at the sea" you don't have to if you don't want to i was merely asking". Turning slightly she sat on her tail and watched the waves and the looked at the sun and squinted" when you are your age...true you and unlistened to.....but......you can get away with anything......anything...".Hailey repeats to her self and closed her eyes and hugged her arms" ad least its nice and warm..today" she trailed off.
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 16, 2009 11:38:34 GMT -5
Phil squirmed a little. Well, putting it that way... He still thought it would be awesome to be eighteen forever, but he could see that it could be a bit weary after a few hundred years.
He glanced at Hailey; she looked a bit down and remote, like she was thinking of something that happened long ago. Phil suddenly felt that he wanted to cheer her up, and that was a most extraordinary feeling. Normally he never wanted to cheer anyone up, especially not himself.
"Yeah... and if I tried I would pro'lly sink like a stone. Then you'd have to save me again and my dad would have to buy another chocolate box."
Normally he didn't do funny, and it was maybe because of this the bad witticism actually seemed fun to him. He couldn't help smiling and then he pulled the corners of his mouth back were they belonged.
Then he turned to Hailey again, a puzzled look in his eyes.
"Okay, so then maybe it's not so great... But what was it like living back then? I mean, no cars, no electricity, no music...What did you do back then?"
Phil hadn't paid much attention in the history classes. But then realization dawned.
"Oh, sorry! You were a mermaid back then too, I guess."
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 16, 2009 19:12:34 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him and laughed slightly and straightened up" i was born human you know.....if i wasn't i wouldn't be able to turn human at all" Hailey smiled and tilted her head.Tilting her head she tried to remember " back then....lets see.....it was difficult and....it was hot....we couldn't do very much....i remember that.....and.....it was depressing and lonely....for me that is".
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 18, 2009 16:13:32 GMT -5
Phil grinned a little when she laughed and then turned serious again, the frown back on his forehead. He didn't say nothing fore a while, just sitting there in silent agreement. Then he raised one questioning eyebrow. "But how could you turn into a mermaid then? I mean, it's not like you just wakes up one day and suddenly 'Whoops, I'm a mermaid.'" But then a bit of doubt entered his facial expressions. "But then again, that was how it was for me. Kind of. Actually I discovered it in school." He grimaced at the memory.
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 18, 2009 18:05:54 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him and frowned."actually.....i did.....i fell....in the sea...and i turned for the first time i don't under stand it my self".Hailey looked down and sighed thinking about the half lie she just told and she curled up her skin started to dry once more but she didn't care very much at the moment.
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 19, 2009 16:19:50 GMT -5
Phil nodded like he understood.
"Oh. Just like in The Little Mermaid, just the other way round."
Suddenly he heard a strange clatter from the street and quickly stood up, bit it was just a cat who had pushed the metallic lid of a garbage can and now was searching for edible thrash. Phil relaxed, but just slightly.
"Should you really sit like this? I mean, it's the broad daylaight. What if someone sees you?"
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