Forever and Always (Sciles)

34: An Unexpected Visitor

Last weekend, I went down to Atlantia with my dad and Kara. Ben, Selena, Max and Crystal were so excited to see me again. I don't think I get to see them often enough, but it's definitely an improvement from what it used to be like. We spent ages catching up on general things and played childish games with the dolphins and swam with schools of fish around the kingdom. We're just a big bunch of little kids at heart. I like to think that it's because I never got a full childhood in the ocean, but deep down, I know that it's because that still a child at heart. It's not a bad thing, I don't think. I guess I'm just really playful. I have realized that a lot of merpeople mature later than humans though. I mean, who doesn't want to just swim and play around in the ocean with your friends and all different kinds of sea life all day? I did eventually tell my four closest ocean friends about the siren ordeal back in Beacon Hills. Ben, Max, Selena and Crystal were all completely gobsmacked. "No way!" Ben had gasped.

"That's awful!" Crystal had added, covering her mouth with her hands.

"How did you get your boyfriend back? How did you stop the sirens without disintegrating them?" Selena asked with intense curiosity. I then explained to them all about Macy, Kara adding in her own bits of the story here and there. Explaining the fight between Kara and I was hard though. We both felt bad about what we said. I'm just glad we managed to forgive each other so easily. I think that is the way it is always going to be between her and I. Ben gave me a proud smile when I explained to them how my true love's kiss with Scott had brought him back to me. Selena looked happy too. I decide to not tell them about Samantha's return, afraid that Crystal might want to hurt Scott since he tried to kill me, even though it wasn't really him. She looked a little suspicious when I started explaining about Tristan. However, she told me that she's happy that I've found a love strong enough to get through any kind of magic, even siren magic, as a love like that isn't easy to come by. Ben once again admitted that he wished he could find a love like that, and I promised him that he will find that love one day.

So yeah, life has been pretty good recently. It has now been a month since we stopped Tristan from turning Isaac into a siren. I do worry about what could threaten to tear Beacon Hills or Atlantia apart next, but it has been a nice break, not having to deal with the supernatural at all. I've been able to focus on normal things, like spending time with my friends, my family, my boyfriend as well as focusing on my schoolwork and trying to get the best grades that I possibly can. Scott and I have been dating for five and a half months now, since apparently we don't count the time that our relationship was on hold for. It still seems weird to me, but whatever. I don't mind. As long as I get to be with Scott, then I'm happy. We've decided that we won't celebrate our six month anniversary. It's too cliché. I suggested that we do an eight month anniversary instead and Scott seems all for that, so I guess that is what we will do. I'm sure we will have yearly anniversaries too, when it gets around to those times, but that's not for a long time yet. We don't need to think about that kind of stuff right now.

Today, I'm just watching some movies on Netflix, since I'm home on my own this evening. Kara is out with Isaac, Scott is studying with Lydia in the school library, Malia is sleeping over at Kira's apparently, Liam is catching up with an old friend of his and there is no way I'd just go hang out with Derek on my own. It'd just be really awkward. I mean, sometimes we do get along, but other times... Yeah, it's just awkward. I'd prefer someone else to be in the room with us to help ease the awkwardness. Oh yeah, and my dad was called down to Atlantia for some emergency business thing or whatever. I don't know what that is about, but it sounded kind of serious. I don't know exactly how long Dad will be down there, but he said that he will be back in five days, tops. If he's not back in five days, I'm going down to the kingdom to find him myself. I'm not losing my dad again. No way.