? A MERMAID’S
LOVE ♥️
( Melody Musical High… )
CHAPTER 8&9
By, Naomi Cindy B.
★★★★★
“Anita!!!” Lotus shouted and for a while, a short wind blew, Anita was gone when it stopped.
“No, no she’s my only companion, she’s my only one… Anita” she cried slowly .
She squ-atted and continued crying silently, burying her face in her knees.
“eonni” Anita’s voice called and she stopped crying suddenly, she looked up to see Anita standing in front of her.
“Anita!” She stood, rushing to her.
She carried her off the ground, hu-gging her ti-ghtly.
“Anita don’t go” she sobbe-d, ru-b-bing her hair.
“I hope I don’t get punished by the heavens for doing this” the grim reaper said and Lotus quickly looked up to see him.
“I’ve decided to give her more time” he said.
“Thanks, I’m so grateful , thanks for not taking her away” Lotus said and he vanished.
“I was so scared, I didn’t want to leave you yet” Anita said as Lotus ru-bbe-d her face.
“I love you little one” she said.
“I love you too Lotus” Anita smiled, wiping Lotus’s tears.
“But your tears have a distinct scent” she said, sniffing the air.
“Really?” Lotus asked.
Anita wiped the last trace of tears on Lotus’s face and made her sniff the scent.
It smells exactly like the scent she smells from Starr.
“Why is my tears smelling like him?” She wondered.
“Who?”
“Starr, one of the friends I made” Lotus replied curiously.
“There’ll surely be a reason, and do you know what the name of this scent is?” Anita asked.
“No”
“Pomelo” Anita said .
“Pomelo?”
“Yes” Anita smiled.
“Let’s proceed with our walk, no grim reaper to take you away anymore” Lotus said, putting her down.
Anita led the way while Lotus followed.
The bright streetlights and the moon sitting on the sky plus the stars kept fascinating her and she won’t stop staring at everything.
The p@$$erbys kept looking at her, wondering if she’s deranged as she talked alone since Anita is invisible to humans.
They finally got to a site where spoilt cars were stacked and amidst the cars is a totally burnt one.
Anita pointed at it.
“I was burnt with that car last week Thursday” she said.
“Why?”
“I saw how one of my cl@$$mates pushed my best friend down the school stairs and killed her just because she mistakenly bumped into her, she knew I saw her and threatened me not to talk so I was so scared, I even fell sick cos of the fear that she might kill me too…so on Thursday I decided to go watch the kids who do pla-y at the park not far from my house, I spent just ten minutes there before deciding to go home but on my way back I was kidnapped and taken to a secluded pa-rt of the street, I was thrown into this car which has already been we-t with gasoline, it was set on fire and I…. burnt till death” Anita said sadly.
“Who exactly ordered the kidnap?” Lotus asked.
“Mr Do, the killer’s dad” Anita replied.
“Where are your parents?” Lotus asked.
“Can we teleport?”
“Yes, my magic will make us, just tell me where your house is” Lotus replied .
Anita said it and Lotus held her hand, it only took a sec before they appeared in front of an house.
A big mansion.
Lotus made herself invisible and they went in together.
The couple are still in the living room, crying devastatingly.
Anita’s pictures is everywhere in the living room walls, both the personals and the ones she took with her parents.
She’s obviously the only child.
Anita cried sadly as she watched her parents cry in such state.
Lotus placed a comforting hand on her, determined to make the so-called Mr Do and his daughter pay for their crimes.
She made them land at home and luckily she was able to make her stop crying then she put her to be-d and came downstairs.
The we-t ground made her know that goddess Rivera is around.
She ran to the living room and met her sitting magnificently on a couch.
“Goddess!” Lotus bowed.
“It’s not something you can interfere in” Rivera replied.
“But she was killed unjustly, her parents are still wailing and crying, I can’t just watch goddess, I’ve come to love her so much” Lotus replied.
“You love easily, will you really be able to let her go when the grim reaper comes back?” Rivera asked, facing her.
“For now, I just want to revenge for her”
“And I told you not to interfere, don’t meddle with humans, it’s dangerous, your fate is already cruel, do you want it to become crueller?” Rivera replied.
“Goddess I really don’t mind, I just want to….help her”
“You’re really stubborn aren’t you?, Are you interested in knowing why you can’t sing as a human?” Rivera asked.
“Why can’t I?”
“The moment you start singing, your cruel fate will start manifesting, do you really want to do this?”
“Goddess I want to sing, I want to sing as a human, I really nee-d to, I don’t care about the cruel fate anymore, it’s already cruel to be banished from Quenshi” she replied.
Rivera gave her a pathetic look for a while before sighing.
“Granted” she said and vanished with the water.
Lotus ran to her room and stood in front of the mirror.
She spr-ead her palm and a violin appeared on it.
She pla-yed the tune and started singing loud.
She kept singing without stopping for five minutes and when she finally stopped, she screamed.
“I can finally do it!, I did it!, I did it whoa!!!!” She shouted happily, running out of the room.
She started running around the house and when she got to the back of it, she was surprised to see a pool.
When she took a walk round the house yesterday, she didn’t get here, maybe that’s why she didn’t see it .
“River?, Wow!”
She quickly transformed and jumped in, swimming happily while flaunting her tail.
*******
THE MCDONALD’S MANSION**
Judy just finished putting Starr to sleep.
He had the che-st pains some hours ago and though it didn’t take long this time but she’s still scared.
“Doctor said he’s fine, if he’s fine then why the pains, my baby was even crying” she said, stro-king his hair like a baby.
Davis is not back from work yet and no matter how many times she called, he won’t pick.
She placed her head on the be-d beside Starr and sle-pt off.
NEXT MORNING**
Starr opened his eyes to see her slee-ping beside him.
He could still remember being in pains last night for some minutes before slee-ping off in her arms.
He sat up and tou-ched her hair fondly.
“Honey” she whispered when she opened her eyes.
“Mum I’m sorry, I scared you again” he said guiltily.
“It’s not your fault, not like you wanted to, so stop feeling guilty” she replied and he hu-gged her.
Davis came in immediately they broke the hu-g.
“Judy I’m so sorry, I was in the middle of an important conference last night, my phone wasn’t even with me, I missed your calls” he quickly said.
“Honey dress up for school, I’ll make you breakfast” she said and stood.
“It wasn’t my fault trust me” he said, trying to hold her but she just walked out without talking.
“Gosh!, Ion like when she’s angry with me” he said, sitting beside Starr.
“I’ll talk to her don’t worry” Starr said.
“I trust you buddy” Davis replied and they hit knuckles.
“But you….why the che-st pains when it was confirmed medically that you’re fine?”
“I have no idea too, it’s actually my heart, it aches crazily, and dad I had the dream again last night, I wasn’t able to see her face again but I saw something” Starr said.
“What?”
“There was a mark on her shoulder, the shape of my ne-cklace” he said, touching the feather shaped ne-cklace.
It was gifted to him by his grandmother last month when he turned eighteen.
“You mean the shape of a feather?” Davis asked.
“Yes dad” he replied and Davis laughed.
“Dad …”
“It’s just ridiculous, dreams can be tricky at times” Davis said and Starr stood.
“I hate you dad!!!” He shouted and Davis laughed more loudly as he entered the bathroom.
*******
MELODY MUSICAL HIGH**
“Thanks Nam-Ri” Lotus said when she got down from the car.
“Have a nice day” he replied throu-ghthe tinted windows before driving off.
“Hey!” Martin’s voice made her look back.
“Martin!” She smiled.
“You didn’t come late today” he said.
“No I didn’t” she replied and he smiled as they both started walking to cl@$$.
She suddenly saw slight bruises on his knuckles, her sharp eyes detected it.
“Your knuckles!” She said, taking it, checking out the bruises
“It’s fine, I hit it on the wall” he lied and his voice made her ears itch.
“You’re lying” she said.
He kept looking at her.
“Did someone do this to you?” She asked curiously.
“Tell me and let’s go fight him, like this” she said, throwing punches in the air.
He smiled, bringing her fist down.
“I’m fine seriously” he said and she sighed.
“If you won’t tell me the truth, then I’m leaving” she said and started leaving but he held her.
“I’ll tell you, but not just now” he said seriously and she came closer.
She stood on her toes and tou-ched his hair.
“I’ll hold on to that, if you fail to tell me, I’ll punish you ok?” She said like a mother to her child.
“Ok mother Lotus” he smiled.
“Let’s go to cl@$$” she said.
“Guys!” Starr’s voice called.
“Martin we’ll see in cl@$$!” She quickly said and ran off before Starr could get there.
“Lotus was here just now” Starr said.
“She left when she heard your voice” Martin replied.
“What!, Am I a masquerade or something?, Why is she avoiding me?” Starr said and Martin laughed.
“Let’s go” he said, hanging his arm on his ne-ck.
They walked to cl@$$ together and met Bluey in cl@$$ already.
“Guys!” He waved.
“How many cl@$$es do have today?” Martin asked.
“Just two, and OH is on tonight” Bluey replied.
“Wow!, I can’t wait, are you performing?” Starr asked.
“Yes” Bluey and Martin replied.
“I’m performing too, with Constance” Starr replied.
“Ion have a pa-rtner yet, maybe when we get there, Rhythm will be my accompanist” Martin replied.
“I registered with Ophelia already” Bluey said.
“So Lotus, are you coming to OH tonight?” Yolanda asked.
“What’s OH?”
“Opera House, it’s like house of fun for students from various schools but Melody high students get to entertain by showcasing their talents” Constance explained, pla-ying with Lotus’s hands.
“That’ll be fun, I’ll surely come” Lotus smiled.
“I’ll come to your house so we can go together, where do you live?” Rhythm asked.
“Just tell me he address of the OH, I’ll come by myself” Lotus said.
“Ok fine, just tell your driver you’re going to OH, everyone knows OH, it’s popular” Constance said and Lotus smiled.
“Gosh!, Your hands are soft like a baby’s, your nails are too white, you’re really flawless” Constance said again.
“I might just kill her at OH tonight, she annoys me” Ophelia muttered.
Lotus looked at the boys table and met Starr’s eyes on herself already.
Their eyes met but she quickly looked away.
“Why is she avoiding me?” Starr wondered .
Mr Roger came in and everyone settled.
“New student, why don’t you lead the songs this morning” he said, looking at Lotus.
“Her voice su-cks Mr Roger” Ophelia said.
“It’s really bad sir” Lilac laughed.
“I’m better than her” Floyd added.
“Stop it you three!” Martin and Starr shouted at the same time and the three girls backed out.
“Lotus, why don’t you prove them wrong?” Mr Roger said.
“I…I… actually have a..sore throat” Lotus said, feeling bad for lying but she’s scared.
“What if I mess up again?” She kept thinking.
“She said that to cover up sir, her voice is bad, confirm from Miss Stacy” Ophelia said again.
“Ophelia can you just stop talking!” Mr Roger yelled, hitting his hands on the table.
Ophelia rolled eyes at Lotus.
*********
NIGHT 7PM, OPERA HOUSE (OH)**
“Be careful” Nam-Ri said when Lotus hopped out of the car.
“Thanks, come back by 10, I’ll be done by then” she replied and he left.
She was about to go in when someone held her.
“Starr!” She said.
“Are you gonna run again?, I thought we were friends?, Why does it seem like you’re avoiding me?” He said.
“I….I… I’m…
Lotus tou-ched her hair, thinking about what to say.
“You were talking freely with Martin in the morning, why can’t you do same with me?” He asked
She finally looked into his eyes and started seeing herself again.
The pomelo scent filled the air again and she quickly looked away from him.
She took her hand from him and smiled before entering.
“Gosh!, Did I do something wrong?” Starr wondered.
“Are you now talking alone?” Martin appeared.
“I’m just worried” he replied.
“Ok the kings are complete” Bluey said, jumping in.
They went into the shinny big house where various students are already seated, having fun drinking juices, some are eating popcorn and sorts of snacks.
Lotus is standing in the middle of the place, obviously looking for her friends, all eyes are on her.
Students from other schools are obviously tripping too.
They won’t stop murmuring comments and she kept standing in confusion.
Starr made to go help but Martin went fas-ter.
“Your friends aren’t here yet, come with me” he said and pulled her to a table.
“Pretty Angel!” Rhythm came in with the girls and Lotus smiled.
They all hu-gged her one by one.
“Wait your temperature is so cold, are you ok?” Yolanda asked.
“Of course” she quickly replied.
The girls sat round the table.
“I’ll be with the boys” Martin said and Lotus nodded.
“If Martin asks you out, don’t hesitate to say yes, he’s cute!” Constance said and Yolanda hit her.
“Ouch!”
“Stop saying nonse-nse” Yolanda said.
“Mean girl” Constance pouted.
“Everyone is looking at this table” Rhythm noticed
“What do you expect, Angel is here” Yolanda said, win-king at Lotus.
Ophelia and her friends are in already, laughing and chatting with some boys from other schools.
“First performers!” Jason said over the speakers.
Jason is the director of the house.
Ophelia and Bluey performed first and her arrogance even showed in her voice.
Constance and Starr went next then Yolanda performed alone.
Martin went up next and Rhythm sat in front of the piano.
“Are you singing alone?” Jason asked as Martin took the microphone.
“Anyone who’s interested in singing with me?” He asked loudly.
Lotus folded her fist ti-ghtly, suppressing herself.
“What if I mess up?”
“Anyone?” Martin asked again.
“No Lotus” Lotus thought.
“Ok I’ll perform alone” Martin said.
“I’ll join you!” Lotus suddenly found herself talking.
She inhaled and stood.
“A round of applause for the worse singer in Melody musical high!” Ophelia said loudly and a lot of students laughed as Lotus climbe-d the stage.
Starr’s eyes followed her till she stood beside Martin.
Martin smiled.
“Thanks” he said.
“What are we singing?” She asked.
“IN MY DREAMS” he replied and she closed her eyes, trying to download it in her head.
“By Naomi Cindy Snow?” She asked when she opened her eyes.
“Yes”
She smiled and they faced the crowd again.
Rhythm pla-yed the piano and Lotus closed her eyes again before entering.
LOTUS: In my dreams, I see the future…
The bright one that awaits us..
All eyes wide-ned and everyone stood immediately.
Apparently no one has ever heard such voice before.
Starr’s heart started beating fast and his head started tickling.
Ophelia’s mirror fell from her.
Her minions stared with wide mouths like everyone else.
MARTIN: In my dreams I hear your voice
The soothing one that calms me down
I find solace in you every night..
LOTUS: can’t wait to see your face….. your face!!!!!!!!!!… Oh yeah.
“Woooowwwww!!!!” Everyone screamed astonishingly
Starr’s eyes kept widening.
“That voice” he whispered to himself, his heart beating even fas-ter.
MARTIN: Baby…
LOTUS: In my dreams….you shine….so bright!!!!!!!!!!!
“Hold me hold me” Ophelia said.
“What?” Lilac asked but Ophelia was already going down.
She fainted for real.
TBC