Ariel jumped out of the water, dried herself, put her cover up on, and rode her bike home. "Ariel, your dad is gonna be kill you!" Flounder exclaimed. She looked at her best friend. He had sandy brown hair and blue green eyes. He was wearing a blue stripped shirt, and white swimming trunks. "Why, Flounder?" "One: you found another prized possession. Two: you missed your concert practice!" She stopped in her tracks. "No wonder I thought I forgot something while listening to my iPod! Daddy's going to kill me!" She pedaled as fast as she could.

Eric was walking his dog, max when a girl flew off her bike, and landed on Eric. "OOPS, sorry!" He looked at her. She had red, wavy hair that was picked up in a high bun and blue eyes the color of the Atlantic Ocean. She was beautiful. He got up, and dusted himself off. "It's okay." She smiled and got back on her bike. She chuckled. "Bye." "Bye." She rode off, she was beautiful.

Ariel thought of that boy she ran into. He had beautiful black hair, and blue eyes. He was handsome. Once she got home, her sister, Aquata was outside. She sighed of relief. "Thank Goodness! Dad was about to call the police! Where were you?" She rolled her eyes. "None of your business." She grumbled.

Ariel had six sisters, Attina, Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Alana, and Adella. Her mother died when she was three, so she didn't remember much. Her father, Triton, was a coast guard, and was cold hearted and didn't really like humans. She walked inside. Her almost uncle, Sebastian, was tapping his feet. "Ariel, where were you? Were you at the beach again looking for sea shells? I told you that you're only allowed to go to the beach with one of your sisters!" He yelled. "Daddy, I'm sorry, if you would let me explain-""Explain what? You disobeyed me? Did you talk to people?" "No, dad, only flounder." "You're grounded!" "Daddy, you can't-""It's worse that you missed practice, but disobeying me! Go to room for the rest of the night, and give me your phone and iPod! You'll get them back in two days."

She gave the electronics in, and ran to her room. Why was he so tense? She shed a tear. The, she heard a knock. It was her sister Alana.

"Hey, can I come in?""Sure, why not?" She came in, and sat next to her. She was three years older than Ariel, and she was one of her favorite sisters. She was 19. "I know Daddy can be tense at times,""At times? Try always! What made him like that?" "Mom died."

"How did she die?" She sighed. "Breast Cancer, doctors couldn't seem to find a cure, daddy thinks it was because they were too lazy and had better things to do. Therefore, he thinks all people are like that.""But, Alana, they're not! They're nice, and sweet, and funny!" Her sister brushed her hair, and braided it. "I know, but daddy is... Daddy."

She rolled her eyes. Alana was the only sister that understood her. "Can we talk tomorrow? I'm tired; I had a long day at the beach." "Okay." She hugged her, and left.

Eric played his flute, and sighed. His uncle, Grimsby was on top of him on getting a girlfriend. "Grimsby, I'll be fine. When I find the girl, you'll know." He was only 17; he didn't need a summer fling. He needed to have fun, surf, play basketball, and get a summer job.

His uncle rolled his eyes. "Eric Alexander Richards, if your parents saw you now, they would be worse." "Grimsby, can I go to sleep. "If you promise me that you'll find a girlfriend." "Yeah, yeah, sure." His uncle closed the door to his room, and he lies on his bed, and shut his eyes.

The Next Morning...

Ariel woke up, took a shower, and went downstairs. She and her sisters Alana, Arista and Adella were going to go shopping in the morning. She had breakfast and they headed out. Ariel was looking outside of her window, when she saw that boy. He was getting in a charcoal gray camaro. Her heart pounded. "Ariel?" She jumped. "Yeah?"

"What are you looking at?" "Nothing." Adella looked at her. Ariel's eyes were lit up, and sparkling. "Ariel's in love!" Alana sing-songed. She blushed." No I'm not!" "Yeah, you are. Did you meet someone in the beach?" She shook her head. "It's nothing.""Okay."

Once they finally made it to the mall, they shopped for a few hours, and then went to the beach. Ariel was so happy to be going to the beach. She ran to where her metal detector was. She searched for items all day, until it was her time to be a hero.

Eric and his pals Tom and Ryan were sailing, when they all decided to jump in the water. "Come on, Eric, the water is great!" He thought about it, and smiled. He jumped in, and wet his hair. They were having fun until Eric got a cramp on his leg. Tom and Ryan were getting back on their sailboats, but Eric couldn't move. He was going to drown! "Dude, I'm going to drown! Get the lifeguard!" Tom nodded. He treaded water as long as he could.

Ariel was searching for more sea shells, when a boy with light brown hair ran up to her. "Have you seen the lifeguard?" "No, he's on break, why?" "My friend's drowning out there!" Her eyes widened in shock."I'm a good swimmer, I'll get him out!" She took off her shirt, and her shorts, revealing her bikini. "Ariel, what are you doing?" Adella yelled "There is someone drowning, I'm gonna save him!"

She ran out into the water, and swam to the boy. She picked him up and swam to shore, when she looked at him. It was the same boy she ran into yesterday. She put him on the sand. She started hands-only CPR. He woke up, and coughed up water. He looked at her, and smiled.

There and then, they knew they had a connection