I am not a normal human being. My life is consumed by keeping this deep dark secret that know one can ever know. I cannot go swimming. I can’t take a bath while anyone is at home. I am a mutant. Anytime even a tiny drop of water falls on me, I immediatly turn. I turn into a freak, a water breather, half human half fish.
When I was little, and normal, my dad took me swimming at Sandy beach in Louisiana and while we were there, something bit me. I was rushed to the hospital with a huge bite mark that doctors couldn't identify what bit me. I then asked for a drink of water and when the clumsy nurse brought it to me she spilled it all over me, which caused me to transform from a normal human girl to a mermaid. Everyone was freaking out, but the doctors promised not to tell anyone. And now that my father has died I am all alone.
I turn 18 in five days, May 16, and I am starting a new school tomorrow. This will be the fourth one in two years. Foster parents don't understand what it is like for me. They expect me to follow their rules and be disciplined by them. Not going to happen.
It is my first day at Casper High as a senior and half way through the school year. I have already had fives guys try to get my number and want to hang out. I have always know I was pretty with my I caramel brown hair, always curled perfectly, and my big green eyes. But I didn't know I was pretty enough for Max Hall. I only knew his name because when he walked down the hall everyone would shout "Max! Max Hall!" It was weird.
I really wish I could get to know him, because he is beautiful. But I can never because of this dumb secret. I hate it and I hate being a mutant! I wish that I could be a normal human being, with a normal life and normal feet. I wish that I could go swimming at the lake with my friends, but I can’t! I will never be able to fall in love because I know if I told someone they would freak out, and run away.
When I was little, and normal, my dad took me swimming at Sandy beach in Louisiana and while we were there, something bit me. I was rushed to the hospital with a huge bite mark that doctors couldn't identify what bit me. I then asked for a drink of water and when the clumsy nurse brought it to me she spilled it all over me, which caused me to transform from a normal human girl to a mermaid. Everyone was freaking out, but the doctors promised not to tell anyone. And now that my father has died I am all alone.
I turn 18 in five days, May 16, and I am starting a new school tomorrow. This will be the fourth one in two years. Foster parents don't understand what it is like for me. They expect me to follow their rules and be disciplined by them. Not going to happen.
It is my first day at Casper High as a senior and half way through the school year. I have already had fives guys try to get my number and want to hang out. I have always know I was pretty with my I caramel brown hair, always curled perfectly, and my big green eyes. But I didn't know I was pretty enough for Max Hall. I only knew his name because when he walked down the hall everyone would shout "Max! Max Hall!" It was weird.
I really wish I could get to know him, because he is beautiful. But I can never because of this dumb secret. I hate it and I hate being a mutant! I wish that I could be a normal human being, with a normal life and normal feet. I wish that I could go swimming at the lake with my friends, but I can’t! I will never be able to fall in love because I know if I told someone they would freak out, and run away.