Hey lovelies! This is a three-part story about the first full moon after the season three finale. It involves fluffy friendship between Will and the girls, and whole lot of Rikki and Zane because I ship them a little too much. I intend for this to be a three parts, but whether or not I continue beyond this part I suppose will probably depend on whether or not you guys are interested in seeing more? So please let me know if you think this is worth continuing! Thanks guys xx

''So, plans for tonight?'' Will asked, pulling Bella a little closer to him. The two were slumped in the hammock outside of Will's boatshed, Bella resting lazily with her head on Will's chest, entangled in his arm, cuddled to him as though he was seven and she was his teddy bear.

Rikki and Cleo sat in beach chairs opposite the pair on the deck, trying not to feel bitter at the displays of physical affection the two were always showing. Bella and Will were still very much in the honeymoon phase of their relationship, and therefore were always cuddling, kissing, whispering sweet nothings and giggling like little kids. Rikki and Cleo were happy for them, truly, but they'd be lying if they said it didn't sting a little to see them so happy together. After he briefly returned to Australia to see the girls graduate, Cleo and Lewis had been forced to endure another heartbreaking goodbye, and of course, Rikki was still recovering from her breakup with Zane.

''Nothing.'' Rikki shrugged, scrolling mindlessly through Facebook on her phone. She wasn't really interested in anything cropping up in her newsfeed, but was more looking to focus her attention somewhere other than Will and Bella. ''Why, what's tonight?''

A moment later, Rikki could feel sense that hot intensity of several sets of eyes burning in to one person. She looked up from her phone to see Cleo, Bella and Will were all starring at her.

''A full moon?'' Cleo stated, looking surprised that Rikki had forgotten.

''Oh, right.'' Rikki sounded bored. ''And? I don't see what the big deal is. The full moon hasn't turned us into zombies for ages, and now that the comet has moved on, it's not like the tentacle's gonna need us for anything. I don't think anything'll happen tonight.''

''I don't know.'' Bella tone was hesitant.

''Yeah, what if the full moon goes back to affecting us the way it used to?'' Cleo added. ''Now that the tentacle's gone-''

''Guys!'' Rikki interrupted. ''We promised we weren't going to let this control our lives, remember? We can't live in fear of the full moon. We've beat it before. We don't have anything to be afraid of.''

Bella and Cleo murmured out something that sounded like agreements, though neither one looked convinced.

''Maybe we should all stay together tonight, just in case.'' Will suggested as a compromise. ''We don't have to go overboard and board up windows or anything, but it can't hurt to be cautious. Let's just stick together. Why don't you girls spend the night here? I'll set up some campout mattresses on the floor. It'll be like… like…''

''Like a slumber party?'' Rikki smirked playfully. ''You really need some guy friends, you know that?''

Will looked away, a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks.

''Don't be mean.'' Bella scolded, snuggling even further into her boyfriend.

''Oh, I was joking.'' Rikki rolled her eyes. ''Kind of. I mean, I still think Will should make some more guy friends, but if wants to stick with having girls as his best friends that's cool. I'm just saying, if that is the case, he has to learn to do the traditional girly slumber parties the right way. Manicures, makeovers, the full deal.''

''Rikki, you hate traditional girly sleepovers.'' Cleo raised an eyebrow.

''Yeah, that was before I could use one as an excuse to paint Will's nails.'' Rikki's grin was broadening by the second.

''No.'' Will's head shake was determined, final. ''Absolutely not.''

''Oh, can we do his make-up too?'' Bella's eyes gained a sudden twinkle as the idea struck her. Her pink lips tucked up to reflect Rikki's cheekiness. ''I have a foundation that would suit his skin so well.''

''What? No!" Will cried, his eyes widening.

''I know a really great homemade facial recipe.'' Cleo joined in. ''Seaweed scrub.''

''God help me.'' Will groaned, collapsing back against the hammock. He pinched the skin on the bridge of his nose, looking pained.

''Hey, you're the idiot that invited us all to stay.'' Rikki reminded him. ''And befriended us in the first place.''

''Don't remind me.'' Will sighed, but the small smile playing on his mouth declared that meeting the girls wasn't something he regretted for a second.

''Stay still!" Bella ordered. Her face was contorted in concentration as she steadily drew delicate flicks off the corners of Will's eyes with her liquid eyeliner. ''Winged eyeliner is hard enough without you fidgeting.''

Will made a noise of discontent and relaxed against the beanbag, trying to stay as still as possible while his girlfriend continued her work on his eyes. Bella was straddling him, one knee either side of his lap, while Cleo sat to his right, meticulously filling his bushy eyebrows with a deep brown pencil, and Rikki knelt on his left, applying a popping coral coloured blush to his cheekbones.

The girls had made good on their threat to treat will to a night of stereotypical girly slumber party activities, starting with a full-face makeover. Also on the list was a manicure, a facial, a gossip session about cute boys and a chick flick marathon. Cleo had made up a playlist specifically for the evening, which consisted mostly of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

The atmosphere was light and playful. Katy Perry's California Girls was playing over the speaker Cleo's iPod was hooked up too. Everyone was enjoying themselves, even Will, though he'd never admit it and had plans to vehemently protest everything the girls were going to put him through. Caught up in the vibes of fun, laughter and good company, everyone completely forgot any apprehension they had about the full moon, which by now had well and truly risen, causing silver slashes across the ocean outside the window.

''Alright, I think he's just about done.'' Bella smiled contently as she pulled back from her boyfriend.

''Do I want to go and look in the mirror?'' Will asked.

''Um, we just spent thirty minutes making you look like a princess.'' Rikki pretended to be a offended. ''You better want to go look in the mirror.''

Will groaned and pulled himself up from where he'd been buried in his favourite beanbag. Upon approaching the mirror, his jaw instantly fell slack, causing all three girls to fall on themselves in fits of hysterical laughter. Will's eyes had been done up with shiny gold eyeshadow and sleek black eyeliner, his eyebrows shaped and filled, his cheeks blushing and his lips platinum red. To top it all off, Rikki had added dramatic false eyelashes.

''I hate all three of you.'' Will shook his head.

''Did I just hear Will say he's ready for his manicure?'' Bella cupped her hand around her ear.

''That's definitely what he said.'' Rikki agreed enthusiastically, leaping up from the floor. ''I'll go fill up the water.''

On her way to the compact kitchen in the corner of Will's boatshed, Rikki scooped up the glass bowl she'd bought along with her, specifically for this. She flicked the kitchen tap on an adjusted her grip on the bowl, cautiously concealing her hands underneath as she filled it up to keep herself from getting wet.

As the bowl filled, Will returned to Bella and Cleo on the floor, and Rikki could hear them making more teasing remarks. She turned the tap back off and glanced down, only to have her gaze trapped in something mesmerizing.

The full moon, in all it's glory, reflected in the fresh tap water, streaming in from the open window above the kitchen sink. Rikki's thoughts tangled in her mind and then abandoned her all together. Her world harrowed, the laughter and jokes of her friends slipped away as Rikki was removed from the scene, from herself, to a place where it was just her and this bowl of water, mirroring the most beautiful sight she'd ever seen.

''Rikki?'' Will's voice, accompanied with his hand on her shoulder, startled her. She squealed and dropped the bowl, causing it to smash into several tiny fragments, shooting water up the sink basin. Will yanked Rikki out of the way, but not before a few droplets found their way on to her arm. Hastily, Will grabbed a nearby tea-towel and wiped Rikki's forearm dry.

''Sorry.'' Rikki apologised, wiping away a bead of sweat that had begun to trickle from her forehead. Was she nervous, or was it just getting really warm in here?

''No problem.'' Ever laid-back Will dismissed her. ''I'll clean it up properly later. For now I'll just throw a towel over it so no one gets glass in their feet, and so none of you get wet.''

Will crossed the room to grab a beach towel, which he tossed over the mess. With a smirk, he asked ''does this get me out of the manicure?''

Rikki opened her mouth to make a smart retort, but nothing came to her. She couldn't explain it, but she felt utterly unlike herself, like someone had removed her from her body, and in it's place left an imposter that was trying to act as much like Rikki Chadwick as possible, but was floundering.

''You wish.'' Cleo snorted instead. ''Rikki, just grab a glass and fill that up.''

Rikki heard her best friend's request, but somehow couldn't bring herself to move, to put it in to action. The sweat on her forehead dripped faster, and liquid began too pool under her arms. She flapped the top of her T-shirt, trying to cool herself, feeling her cheeks flush with heat.

''Rikki?'' Will looked concerned, though it was hard to take him seriously with the batting false eyelashes. ''Are you okay? You don't look well?''

''It's hot.'' Rikki huffed. ''Really, really hot.''

Bella and Cleo exchanged a look.

''I'm not hot…'' Bella said sceptically.

''Well I am.'' Rikki snapped, causing Bella to flinch at the unexpected annoyance. ''I'm going outside to get some fresh air.''

''Maybe that isn't such a good-'' This was as far as Cleo got in her protest before Rikki had slammed the door. Not a minute later, a tell-tale splash rang out from the sea just outside the door.

''Oh, I knew it!'' Bella threw her hands up, exasperated. ''We should have been more careful. I knew there was no way nothing was going to go wrong on a full moon.''

''Wait, you think Rikki's been affected by the full moon?'' Will asked, for he had never actually seen any of the girls come down with ''full moon fever'' and was oblivious to the signs.

''She was totally out of it, and she was complaining about being really hot.'' Cleo explained. ''That means she's beginning to lose control of her powers.''

Cleo made a move to head for the door, before Will intervened.

''I don't think either of you should go after her.'' He said. ''What if you two come down as well, and then we have three moonstruck mermaids wandering around out in the ocean?''

Bella sighed.

''He has a point.''

''We can't just let her go!" Cleo cried. ''What if she gets in to trouble?''

''Maybe you should go after her?'' Bella suggest, placing a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. ''99% chance she went to Mako Island.''

Will weighed this up in his head, looking unsure.

''I don't want to leave you girls.'' He said, though he was looking more at Bella than Cleo. ''In case something happens to you.''

''Well, we need to share the babysitter.'' Cleo folded her arms across her chest. ''I mean, who else can we call on for help?''

A silence engulfed all three, as a simultaneous idea formed in their minds. It seemed to make everyone uneasy.

''There is… there is one other person who knows about mermaids, and the full moon.'' Bella began. ''And would be worried if he thought Rikki was in danger.''

''Would he?'' Will snapped. ''Because last I checked, Zane was total douchebag about it any time Rikki asked for help.''

''Zane's made mistakes.'' Cleo admitted. ''But he does care about Rikki, despite all his flaws. Either way, he's our only hope.''

There was another pause, another moment of deciding, uncertainty, shared glances and breathed in hesitations.

''Alright.'' Will exhaled heavily. ''Someone call Zane.''

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