A Wish Episode 24 – 25 by Ebunoluwa Ademide

A Wish Episode 24 ?‍♀

Author: ADEMIDE

Theme: She’s Mermaid

HARRY’S BEACH HOUSE

TUESDAY NIGHT

He gulped down a cup of water and took it to the sink to rinse it. When he stood with his hands gripping the sides of the sink,head bowed,heart pounding so hard. He rinsed the cup and moved out of the kitchen to his room.

He sat on the bed, reading Ephyra’s Diary. He’d read it over and over again still trying to make sense of the words written in it. He knew Ephyra must have been looking for the diary. And he pondered if he should go to her and confront her about her identity. He didn’t want to hurt her anymore by avoiding her. And he was fed up of being away from her.

He stood up and moved out of his room. Everywhere was silent as he paced to and fro in front of her bedroom. Minutes clicked by and he knocked on it. Ephyra wiped her face quickly when she heard the knock. She couldn’t think of what she’d done to make Harry change towards her. Ephyra made sure that her face was clean and dry before she got out of bed.

Harry noticed her swollen face. She has been crying!

He don’t know how long  but he figured it was because of him.

“Have you been crying?” He asked

“No..no..no” she said unsteadily

He stared at her.

She couldn’t look at him.

“Do you need anything?” She asked

He shook his head

“You must be looking for this..” He brought out the diary from behind his back.

Her gaze fell on it and her jaw dropped immediately. Harry was holding her Diary!

What will she do?!

He held it out to her but she didn’t take it from him. Her eyes panic filled. She can’t look at him. She couldn’t speak. The Fear of knowing that Harry had read her diary froze her interior. Her heart pounding so hard it was like marching footsteps in her skull.

“You can tell me everything when you are confident” he said

And shakily without looking at him. She took the diary. The tear dropped down her right chin. Harry reached for her chin and wiped the tear with his fingertips. He leaned in and said.

“Good Night”

He kissed her forehead and made his way back to his room.

Ephyra was stunned. She couldn’t move. Harry found out! And more tears dropped as she slowly made her way to the bed.

Now she has to summon the courage to talk to him tomorrow.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING

(6:30AM)

Ephyra was all dressed and ready to face Harry. She went to the mirror and took a deep breathe.

“Now you have to tell him everything.The whole truth. If Harry Jones decided to kick you out then you give up and return to your world”

She pointed to her reflection in the mirror. She closed her eyes again.

“You can do this Ephyra..” She exhaled roughly

Then she opened them and forced her focus onto herself to make sure she was at least ready to face Harry Jones. She secretly wish Harry would accept her identity after revealing the truth to him.

“Let’s do this..” She told her reflection much more sternly,then she turned away from the mirror and moved out of the room.

Harry was heading out at the same time. And she visibly gulped.

“Good Morning” she greeted

He hummed a response without looking at her and walked away. She had to talk to him and she wasn’t going to act like a wimp.

Harry strode towards the door and then she knew she had to act. She had to say something because the silent treatment really was killing her. She inhaled her breath. It was time to woman up.

“Harry, wait”

The words seemed incredibly stupid as they escaped her mouth. He stopped in his place and turned to face her.

They stood staring at each other.

“You know we can do this some other time” Harry checked his watch.

She stood like an idiot.

Then she closed her eyes.

“Harry please let’s talk now”

She opened them again

“What do you want to talk about?”

“About..last night”

Harry went to sit on the couch

“So?”

He didn’t seem annoyed

“My Diary..” She stopped and took in a handful of breathe to refill her lungs.

Harry nodded slowly

“I found it under your bed while I was looking for your phone to call James”

“Oh” she whispered

Everything made sense to her now.

“And I want to believe that everything if not all isn’t true. I got to thinking that you were trying to create a story” he said

“No”

“So?”

“Everything in my diary is the truth. I am a Mermaid” she said without meeting his gaze

“Are you kidding?”

“No I am not a human”

Then he stood up

“Mermaids don’t exist” he countered

“They do exist.. And I’m one”

He went to her

“No,please tell me you are just making things up”

A tear slid down her cheek but she wiped it quickly.

“I’m sorry” she muttered

“Can you prove it?” He asked

Then she looked up at him

“Yes..”

She pointed to the bracelet

“I don’t belong to this world. I used to live in the Sea until I clocked 18”

“18?”

“Yes it’s a long story” she said

“Why are you out here if you belong to the Sea? Why are you a human now? And what’s about being 18?” He questioned frantically

“It was my Wish”

Harry was still confused. He ran his hand through his hair.

“I’ll tell you everything Harry”

“I can’t believe you”

He blurted

She raced to her room and came back with a bathrobe

“Come with me” she said

“Why?”

“I want to show you the true Ephyra”

She moved out of the house and ran towards the Sea. Harry followed her. He watched her as she unzipped her gown,leaving just her bra and panties on as she walked closer to the Sea. Deeper and deeper,she placed her heels together and flick with her feet. The movement rippled in her body,before she did it again. This was better than casting a shape shifting spell.

She went down the sea for complete transition as she had read in some historical books about mermaids. Her skin was darkening as waves washed over her. Harry waited close to the shore. Another flick,her feet rising out of water and the skin of her legs grew together. Then he saw it..not her legs but an enormous Golden tail ?‍♀

Harry gasped in shock. It was as if he was daydreaming and he needed someone to wake him up. She stayed under the Sea with her tail up for seconds. Then she displayed a bit to make him believe. Ephyra raised her head above the water to look at him. His expression unreadable but she thought that she saw a look of disgust in them.

She went back under the Sea.

“Now he thinks am a monster” she said within

Then she felt it. Almeta dropping down her cheeks. She was crying.

“He hates me now” She sobbed

She looked down at her golden tail and long nails. And she thought of swimming farther into the Sea and return back to her kingdom. She would convey information about her kingdom from the sea creatures. Suddenly she felt the change of balance in the Sea. Something was wrong! Though not in this Sea but Far off.

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A Wish Episode 25 ?‍♀

Author: ADEMIDE

Theme: I won’t let you go!

THE BEACH

He waited for her to show up again but she didn’t.

Had she left for her world? Harry panicked. No! She can’t leave just like that! He saw her tail from afar,she was moving away.

“Ephyra!” He shouted in the wind with his hand at his mouth.

And he tried again

“Please come back!”

Ephyra thought that she had imagined Harry’s voice in her head.

“Ephyra, I love you!” He shouted again

She stopped swimming. She had heard it clearly with her hearing ability.

He knelt down on the sand and cried.

“Please come back” he muttered

Ephyra started back to the shore. He was calling for her! She could hear his heartbeat. Almost nearing the Shore then she raised her head above the water. Harry’s face was buried in his palms.

She controlled the Sand and directed it to him gently to gain his attention since she couldn’t talk to him. Mermaids and humans can’t relate except they are in same form. Harry looked up and saw Ephyra.

“Ephyra..” He moved closer to her

“You came back..”

She nodded.

He smiled at her as he examined her

“You have a beautiful tail” he said

“And I wish I could be with you forever” she wanted to say but she showed him her large tail. Delighted that Harry liked her tail. She reached out to him for a handshake.

“No I won’t take that..” He said

Her forehead creased

“I once read it that a mermaid can erase a human memory with a handshake”

“Yes..you are right”

she replied with a nod

“You can’t talk to me right?” He asked

She nodded with her hand in the air waiting for him to take it. He drew back from the water.

“I don’t want to forget you..”

“Hey boss this is a handshake to mark our friendship…And love” she thought

“Can I trust you?” He asked

She nodded

“The handshake won’t erase my memory right?”

And she nodded

He studied her expression

“Okay”

He shook hands with her

“Nice to meet you..My Mermaid”

He grinned sheepishly. And she smiled at him.

Harry turned serious and said

“I want you back..”

She pointed towards the bathrobe. He understands what she was saying. He moved backward and grabbed her robe and dress. Ephyra closed her gills,parting her tail and her skin normalized. She moved up and let her tail touch the Sand. Harry dropped the bathrobe and turned away before she became human.

“Thank you” she said

“Are you done?” He asked

“Yes” she answered

He turned quickly and went to her. He pulled her into his arms not minding the fact that she was wet,with water dripping from her hair.

“Harry..”

“Wait not now” he whispered

He held her closely and she let him. Seconds clicked by and she said

“Don’t you want to know the whole story?”

“It doesn’t matter..”

“Aren’t you scared of me?”

He pulled away from her

“I was only shocked to see a mermaid. I never believed they exist until today” he paused

“And were you really planning to leave the other time?” He asked

“I thought you didn’t like my appearance”

“I’m sorry if my expression seems like I didn’t like your appearance”

“I was going to return to my kingdom”

“And leave me out here?”

She looked away from him

“Some day I’ll have to return to my world” she said

He held her hands and they walked back into the house

“Harry I insist that you hear my story”

He nodded in agreement

“Perhaps is James aware that you are mermaid?”

“No one knows expect You and Eleanor”

“Eleanor?”

“Yes but I already erased my traces from her memory”

“How did she find out?”

“I told her about it”

“Why?”

“She suspected it the day I passed out at the agency”

“I’ll be right back”

He said and went to his room. He came back with a towel.

“Let me dry your hair” he pulled her to the couch and sat behind her to dry her hair.

“Now tell me everything”

He said

She sighed

“Every thousand years in the MERWORLD, a special Mermaid is born with powers that supersede other Merpowers”

“You are the Special Mermaid” he said

“Yes”

“Who is Neifion?”

“My bracelet”

Then she told him everything. The MERWORLD,Her Family,Her Wish and how she ended up in the Human World.

“So you are always unconscious because your family are making connections with Neifion”

“Yes it can’t dwell in this world cause it belonged to a Water god”

Her hair was a bit dry now. He stood up and sat in front of her so he could look straight at her.

“So what about you? Can you dwell in this world?” He asked

“No I have to return Neifion” she said

“And after returning it..is there any possibility that you will come back here?”

“No”

He squeezed her hands gently

“There must be a way to come back” he said

She nodded negatively. Her father would definitely ground her for life if she finally returned home.

“When do you intend to go back?”

Then she remembered the change in balance of the Sea.

“Soon”

She would return home and end the pain attached to the connection.

“Ephyra please don’t go..”

He reached for her face

“I can’t possibly live without you” he said

“Harry,you and I live in different worlds. We can’t work out even if we want to be together forever”

“We can make it work”

“How?” She asked

“We can find a way to break Neifion and throw it into the Sea. You are a Human now then we can be together”

“That’s impossible. I can’t be with you forever. I have to be a full human to be able to do that..”

“Is there a way to make you a full Human?”

She was silent

“When we first met,I told you myself that you’d cast a spell on me..and maybe I was right. But it pains me to find out that you’d be leaving soon”

“I’m sorry Harry” she whispered in tears

“I wish I could live here with you forever but I can’t change the fact that I don’t belong here”

“So what do we do?”

She wiped the tear that strayed down his cheek.

“Please don’t cry..” She said

“I can’t help it..stay a bit longer” he rested his forehead on hers

“One year..two years or Five and when you’re ready to leave we’ll end things together. I’ll be laid to rest here and you will return to your world” he said

“No that’s not a good idea. Harry,you have to stay with your Mom..think about her. You are all she has now..And this shouldn’t be the end for you. Believe me you can love another woman if you want to..”

“No I want you..only you” he said

His gaze moving from her eyes to her full lips

“I was surprised by how strongly you affected me. I love you Ephyra”

“I love you too but -“

He bent his head and laid his mouth on hers putting her words at Bay. Ephyra surrendered to the kiss and opened for him at the first touch.

Long minutes passed and he didn’t lift his mouth and suddenly she knew he wasn’t as controlled as she’d thought. And if she didn’t call it off,they would end up making love. And she didn’t want such to happen between them.

Fierceness swept through her,she gently pushed Harry. He drew back to look at her. Her breathe caught in her throat avoiding Harry’s gaze.

“I..I..don’t think…it’s a good idea” she said

And he nodded in agreement

He placed a kiss on her forehead

“Can I go with you to the office now?” She asked

“Sure but on one condition”

“What condition?”

He stood up and tucked his hands in his pocket

“Go on a date with me tomorrow, the next and the next again. We’ll stop a day to your departure”

“We have a lot of work to attend to at the agency. And remember the Fashion runway is on Saturday”

“Yea I know and everything is almost done and we still have enough time. I don’t want to wake up one morning to find out that you’re gone without going on a date with me”

“Let’s do it this way..” She paused

“Go on” he urged her

“Well attend to work first and go out later in the evening”

“I want the whole day” he said

“Come on Harry remember we agreed that we would attend to business when the need arises..”

“And have fun the rest of the time”

He reminded

Ephyra rolled her eyes

“No much work to do at the office so we can have fun”

He was determined

“Okay..we’ll drop by at the agency first to check things out and then hang out.. Deal?”

“Deal” he agreed with a beam on his face

He leaned in and kissed her lips quickly

“So how about we go out today?”

He asked

She giggled

“Sounds good” she said

“Go and get dressed while i change up too” He said

“Okay”

She gave him a bright smile.

A WISH Episode 24 – 25
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To Be Continued……
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