"Goodbye..." She sank down under the depths, and was met by the fish who gave her a lecture about going up on land. She never understood the taboo about going up for a long period of time. Mermaids needed to go up for air every once in a while, but anything above that was a no no. How she managed to collect relics from shipwrecks, well she took things that were already underwater. Her parents didn't know about it, and they didn't make any rules about collecting things from shipwrecks so she wasn't defying them by doing that. If they knew about it, they would be angry. Wisely, she kept the treasures she found to herself. Not even her best friends knew about them. Marina was the kind of person who knew when to keep something secret. That's why she knew not to mention Eric to anybody.<br/>Her heart skipped a beat when he mentioned sailing. So this wasn't going to be the only meeting that she had with him. She was glad, for she wanted to explore these feelings that she was having.<br/>Her fish friend turned to her.<br/>-So what were you doing up there?-<br/>He spoke, not with the words known to you and I...but of the language of the sea.<br/>"Oh...just met a friendly seagull."<br/>She lied, feeling the bittersweet taste of the lie on her tongue. She wasn't used to saying such falsehoods.<br/>-how come I have a feeling that it was much more than a seagull? What is it you really saw Marina?"<br/>She sighed, biting her lip. How was she to tell the truth without revealing she met a landwalker?<br/>"It was a quite unusual creature, I'm not sure what it was."<br/>The fish seemed satisfied with that answer, and swam home with her. She was glad that he wasn't asking any more. Her mother however, might not be as easily placated by that answer however. She might ask what the creature looked like. It seemed she would have to become more used to telling lies from now on. She was dreading the questions that she was sure to ask.