- #THE GATHERING NOVEL CARROLL EMILY WINSNAP LAND AMIDST FULL#
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And I was aware that there was nothing I liked more than being with Aaron. I don’t even know what it means.” Like her, I was nearly thirteen - way too young to start thinking about things like love.īut I did find myself wondering about the word. “Don’t be ridiculous!” I’d said at the time. Shona is the most traditional, sappy mermaid in the entire world, and she loves nothing more than a good romance. “You’re in LOVE!” she’d squealed delightedly when I’d told her. The only person I’d said anything to was my best friend, Shona. We’d put on an amazing concert recently, and ever since that night - when he’d kissed me - I’d felt this way. Aaron used to live with his mom in a castle out at sea, but they’d recently moved to Brightport with us. It made me want to jump up and down and burst out laughing. It was as if someone were tickling all my nerve endings at the same time. I’d never felt anything like the way I felt when Aaron held my hand. “No, I don’t mind either,” I said to the wooden slats of the jetty.Īaron reached out a hand without saying anything else, and I slipped my hand into his as we walked. I looked down, too embarrassed to meet his eyes. “Have fun with your boyfriend!” Millie trilled from inside the boat. Told you it wouldn’t last long.” I headed down the jetty with Aaron. “We were just talking about you.”Īaron glanced past Mom to catch my eye. “Hello, Aaron,” she said with a big smile. I recognized the knock, and right on cue, my cheeks burned again. Rap rappity rappity rap! A tap at the door broke me from my thoughts. I still felt a bit weird calling him that, and I hadn’t actually used the word out loud yet - especially to him! But I said it in my head - a lot.
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So what if it rained a bit? Who cared? As far as I was concerned, my world was full of sunshine.Īnd yes, it was because of Aaron. I was finding it hard to look on the downside of anything at the moment. “Whatever,” I said, turning away from them both, so they couldn’t see the flames creeping up my cheeks - or the smile that I couldn’t seem to keep off my face.īut they were right. “Earl Grey for me, Mary P.,” she added, joining Mom in the kitchen. “Only teasing, love, don’t worry,” she went on, squeezing my cheek as she passed me. Then she cackled with laughter and got up from the sofa. “She means it’s funny how everything looks rosier to those of us who have a boyfriend, ” Millie said. “Well, I’m not surprised you can look on the bright side,” she said, a hint of a smile twitching the corners of her mouth. Mom reached for a couple of mugs and put a tea bag in one of them. “The storms only last half an hour and the rest of the time the weather’s been beautiful.” I glanced out the window. “I don’t see what the fuss is about,” I said. She doesn’t worry too much that no one knows what such things actually mean. “Enlightened moments of synchronicity” are the kinds of things Millie has a lot of. She’d set it up after she’d had what she called “an enlightened moment of synchronicity.” Millie was on week three of her Meditation and Visualization group. I’m a semi-mer - human on land, mermaid in the water - which means I get to live both above and under water. Mom’s human and Dad’s a merman and our new boat, Fortuna, was specially adapted so that you can live above and below water on it. King was our old boat, but we’d moved to a new one when my mom and dad were reunited. Meditation and Visualization was Millie’s new class that she ran from King, the boat she lived on near us in Brightport harbor. And the waves crashing over the pier don’t exactly help create a calm space for my Meditation and Visualization group.” “I wouldn’t mind so much if it were just the rain. “Third one I’ve been through in a week,” she said. Mom’s best friend, Millie, nodded at the torn, inside-out umbrella standing upside down in the trash.
“It’s the middle of summer! We should be outside sunbathing, not huddled inside or dashing around under raincoats and umbrellas.” “These storms are getting ridiculous,” she said.
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Mom switched the TV off and got up to put the kettle on. Coastal roads still flooded from yesterday’s downpour will remain closed until further notice.” The authorities are advising people living in these areas to avoid going out unless they have to. Flash storms are affecting many coastal regions again this morning.
W e interrupt this program to bring you a severe weather warning.
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