<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red">  Ana felt her cheeks fill with warmth as Ithos' hands enclosed hers. "Yes lets go down there, and don't mind Chris he is just moody" she said trying to play off her friends mood. Her heart drummed in her chest as she listened to Ithos voice. He was a sweet man her heart could still see the boy he once was. Ana motioned for him to follow her as they walked down to thee coast that they had met at. Ana's mind wandered as she walked trying to find the words to say only her memories formed in her mind.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"> Ana had refused to take heed of her mothers warning of the surface sea and its creatures that it held humans her mother had said. Ana had her mothers style of fins but not the deep cerulean blue her mother was no she was red and daring like her father. Her mother kissed her gently on the forehead as she swam to met her father. It was normal in mer-society to allow the mer-children to wander it helped them become independent. And so fearless and steady her red hair appeared the moving see her eyes looking up into the wondrous sky above . And the stars above oh how they made an impact on small Anahita. Her heart swelled at there sight such wondrous things they reminded her of pearls. And so every day after that at her first chance she would find her way back to the surface of her home and so she explored this new world till one day she came upon a boy. Her tail had gently brushed him as she swam by him his legless fins catching her attention. Just as she had appeared her first time she did the very same to this boy. Her red hair floating in the gently sea as her once yellow eyes watched the boy her curious nature reaching out to him. And with that her entire world changed after that meeting.</span><br/><br/>The crash of the sea awakening Ana from her far off memories she had done it again she had lost time. Unknowing to Ana she had walked to the coast without a word  her brown humans eyes back to there yellowish color. The curse was slowly rearing its ugly head into her life, but now with Ithos here by her side she swelled with happiness. "Wow I can't believe how long it's been I wondered if you had forgotten about me but I would have understood if you had" she said as she sat on the sandy beach. <br/><br/>Back at the Lazy Tuna Chris sat drink in hand, jealousy in his heart. He was hurt and angry but he still couldn't blame Ana. He never once confessed to her nor had she ever expressed those types of feelings toward him so he had stayed silent hoping that one day he could be in her heart. A jolt of surprise went through him as a hand slapped into his back "Hey gloomy guss what's with you?" said a cheerful and familiar voice it was Nira she now sat smiling at Chris. Chris let out an aggravated sigh "Some guy is chatting up Ana" he said the taste full of duress and pain. Nira shook her head knowing his feelings for her friend "Now now its good for Ana she needs a guy experience or two" she said shrugging. Chris turned to her in shook "What you'll never tell her so I think its better she gets to shot a few guys down" she said with a smile and so the two sat spatting back and forth.</span></div>