I covered my eyes and cried for a moment and then stopped again. I sat on the bed and uncovered his face. "Why would you do this to me?" I said in tears. "I don't love her. We were promised." He said, looking at the bed. I crossed my arms and took a deep breath. "Why ddin't you tell me you had a wife." He shrugged and then looked at me. "Because I didn't want you to think I was a cheater or that I loved you both."

I opened my door and told her to come back in. She looked at him for a moment and then back to me. "Is it true you guys were promised?" She nodded her head, "Yes. I grew up with Alex. He was my best friend, we have been promised since before birth." I looked at Alex and then sighed. "Do you love him?" I asked. She looked at me very scared. "Honestly? No. But, I loved him as my best friend and he still cheated on me." "And I'm sorry! But we always knew we didn't love each other." Alex defended. "Then why did you say in the meadow when we were 10, the day we got married that all you ever wanted was me!?" I couldn't breathe, tears started to fill up.

I looked at Alex and began to cry. Alex tried to ignor my cries and talk back to his wife. "Because, I didn't know Valentine." I stepped in and screamed in Alex's face. "You told me the same thing! You weren't under any stupid spell! You thought she was BETTER! You left me for two whole years from that stupid plastic barbie doll that didn't even love you back!" I screamed at the top of my lungs in his face and then began crying so hard, i could've probably filled an ocean. "Valentine please!" He yelled as I ran out of the room and away to the deck. I ran down the stairs to the bow as tears filled my eyes and left a wet trail every where I went.

I heard foot steps behind me, and a soft whispering voice. "Why are you crying dear young Valentine?" I felt a big arm being wrapped around my shoulders. I knew it was Possey. He tucked me away in his arms and cradled me. "Tell Possey what's wrong." I started to reach for a tear that was rolling down my cheek but then felt Possey's fingers brush it away. "Alex, he's married. And he told me that all he's ever wanted was me, but he told that to his wife that he was only promised to as well. He fell for that mermaid girl and then told me that she put him under a spell but all he thought of was me." I began crying loudly and Possey hugged me tighter.

"Valentine. Sometimes, the love of your life. Is right under your nose. And maybe Alex, no matter how much he says, isn't the one. And someday, you will find a wonderful man that loves you and will forever. Because you are a beautiful girl, and you deserve someone better then Alex." I smiled and looked up at Possey. He smiled back and kissed my forehead. "Alright now go have fun while you can." He said with a smile and an encouraging shove off his lap. "Thanks Possey." I said as I headed off back to my room.

I looked through the window and saw Alex sitting on my bed, tears in his eyes and holding my pillow to his chest. I didn't know where his wife was. I opened the door slowly and smiled at him. He didn't smile but apologized. "I'm SO, sorry. I was young and I didn't know what I wanted. And after being with another beautiful girl like Ava. I still like you most of all." I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. He smiled back at me and laughed. "You forgive me?"  I turned around and saw Possey looking through the window. He looked sad. He turned his back to us and walked away.

"Hang on Alex..." I ran after Possey. "Possey! Are you alright!" I yelled at him. He turned around and took a deep breath with his eyes closed. "No, I'm not okay Valentine. I just tried to help you, and you gave him your heart again. You are just going to get hurt!" "Possey, I don't understand! No one else on this boat loves me!" He rolled his eyes and clenched his teeth. "That you know of."

After everyone left, Alex looked at me. I felt around my face, "What's wrong!" I said, worried something was on my face. "You're just so beautiful." I smiled and blushed. He brushed the hair out of my face and leaned in for a kiss, just then. There was a loud screachign scream at our door way. We both looked over and a tall blonde, big(not fat), woman stood there screaming. Alex's eyes got very wide but he didn't move.

She fell to her knees and began to cry. She whispered "Why would you do this to me!" Alex acted casual but I knew something was up. "Alex, who is this?" The woman looked up and gave him the death stare. "You didn't tell her!?!" She said in a harsh voice. Alex remained still, not saying a word. He started to stutter and then looked back and forth between us. "Alex, WHO is she!" I yelled. He fell backwards onto the bed and looked up at me, "She's,...she's my wife." He said with a disapointing look.

The woman walked over to him and slapped him, and I did the same. I asked for the woman to leave. As she did so, I crossed my arms and paced. Looking at Alex. Tears began to fill my eyes the harder I tried not to cry. Alex saw one tear slip and he jumped up, "Please don't cry! It's all my fault, please forgive me." I nodded my head, "Yeah. It is ALL your fault!" I screamed while I stomped. His face went from sorrow to scared. He looked sorry but I didn't care. I wanted to die. I couldn't believe this was happening to me.

He put his head down and wipped his eyes, I looked closer at him to see if he was crying but he only hid his face. But I heard the snuffles. "I don't care if you cry Alex. I can't believe after all of this you would do this to me!" I yelled as he cried harder. Instead of being upset, I got angry. My tears turned into hate tears, not sad ones. I made fist and beat the wall while I screamed with anger. I turned around and looked at him. I sucked up my tears and made dirty looks at Alex. "Why...didn't you tell me you were married!" I screamed at his face. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again.

I looked at Alex and took a deep breath. "She made you fall inlove with her?" He nodded his head, "Yeah. She gave me a necklace that made me fall inlove with her. But, I guess the necklace broke because. I thought of you the whole time." I blushed and then smiled a little. "Why didn't you come back sooner?" "Because, the necklace was too strong. Then, finally. I guess real love broke it." He smiled at me and put his hand on the back of my head and brang me closer to him. He looked me in the eyes and said slowly, "I love you, not a girl that looks like a barbie doll and is almost fiction looking. I'm inlove with a girl who is actually in reality, she's beautiful, smart, funny, and nice. And she's all mine." I smiled and looked down, so he couldn't see me blushing. He took his finger and lifted my head, "Don't hide your smile from me." I tried to look at him seriously but it just made me laugh.

Later that night I changed into my night gown and went over to my bed. There, was Alex. Laying on my bed, sleeping. "Alex!" I moaned as I tried to push him off the bed. "Moooooove!" Alex opened one eye and quickly shut it, hoping I didn't see it. "Alex! I saw that! You're awake! Get up! Get up!" I said while I laughed at him. He opened his eyes and rolled them, "Oh fine!" He said as he hopped up and crossed his arms. He guestered twords my bed and rolled his eyes again. I sat down on my bed and patted my bed for Alex to sit on. He sat down, looked at me from the corner of his eyes and wrapped his arms around me. He kissed my cheek and then smushed our cheeks together. I started laughing and tried to get out of his grasp. "Let me go!" I giggled as I squermed. "Hmmmm...No!" He said. After a few minutes I got tired and stopped trying to move. My eye lids wanted to close, but I tried to keep them open.

In a few moments my eyes were completely closed and did NOT, want to open. I felt him pick me up, pull back the covers, and put me in bed. He pulled the covers back up to my chin and kissed my forehead. "Goodnight, Valentine." He whispered as he put out my candle.

In the morning I opened my eyes and heard yelling out on the deck. I rushed out to see what the rucus was and saw Alex and Possey(Po-zee) making fist, threatening to punch each other. "Stop!" I screamed. Everyone froze, and looked at me. Possey put his fist down and rolled his eyes, "He was stealing from my kitchen!" Alex began to get very angry and threw down his fist, "I was not stealing! I was making breakfast for the young lady here! Is that wrong!" He yelled as Possey shook his head and thretened to kill him. "No! There will be no fighting! And no killing!" They looked at each other and walked opposite ways. Alex grabbed my arm and pulled me with him. "What was that?" He said in a fierce voice. "I didn't want anyone getting hurt." I said, he nodded his head in a sarcastic way and then let go of ym arm. There was a red mark from how hard he was gripping it.

I looked back up at him and gave him a dirty look. "You hurt me!" I yelled as I hit his arma nd stormed off. My arm was turning purple and leaving a bruise. "Val! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you I was just angry!" He caught up with me and stopped infront of me. "Please, Val." I pushed him out of the way and opened my door. I slammed it right in his face and the looked at him through the glass windows. I could tell he was talking, I just didn't know what he was saying. I didn't care either, I screamed and ran to my bed.

For some reason, I began to cry. But I quickly wipped away the tears so no one could see me cry. But Alex already knew, I looked back and his forehead was pressed up against the glass and he has a sorry look on his face. He saw one more tear run down my face and he kicked open the door. I screamed and hid under the covers. He sat on my bed and pulled back my arms so I would look into his eyes. But I shut mine. "Open your eyes," I shook my head and shut them tighter. "No!" He pullled my arms so I was sitting up and said slowly again, "Open, your eyes. Now." I opened one eye, and then the other. "I love you, and I never wanted to hurt you Valentine. I was just really, really angry. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." I looked at him and didn't say anything, but forgave him. He put down my arms and hugged me.

I shut my eyes and hugged him back. "Will you forgive me?" He asked, I nodded my head and he hugged me tighter. He kissed my cheek and then continued to hug me. We sat there forever it seemed. And finally, it stopped. He grabbed my shoulders and seperated us. He looked me straight in the eyes and said nothing. He then grabbed my hand and stood up. "May I have this dance?" He asked, bowing down to me. I smiled and then answered, "There's no music playing." "I know." He whispered. I stood up and curtsied. "Yes young sir you may. I laughed at how silly I sounded and then he pulled me closer.

He grabbed my hand and put it on his shoulder,and put his hand on my waist. We danced for a long time, until I looked in the doorway. There was the whole crew, watching us dance. I screamed and Alex dropped me. He yelled and picked me back up. "Are you okay?" He said in a panniced voice. "Yeah, I'm fine," I looked at the crew and then said, "Why were you all watching us?" My father shrugged and then replied, "We thought it was sweet. You two are obviously inlove." He ended with a smile. Alex and I smiled at them and nodded our heads.

"Valentine! We found a girl and brought her on the boat!" I ran out to the dock and froze. Her eyes were diamond blue, her hair was long, blonde, and curly. She looked like the most perfect girl I had ever seen! And she had her eyes on Alex. As did Alex. They walked twords each other and my pain started. I jumped out infront of Alex, trying to get his attention. "Alex! You love me remember!" I said in a very loud paniced voice. He kept focused on her and pushed me out of the way. I fell to the ground and looked back up to Alex. She kept her eyes focused on what she wanted to steal from me too. I shook my head and screamed. No one looked at me.

Day after day they spent every second together, they were a perfect couple. But as they did so, I sat in corners, watching them. Crying. Wanting ym Alex back. I would cry until I fell asleep almost every single night. I didn't understand how someone could promise forever, then turn around and leave you. Every time I saw them, I died a little more inside. No one reconized my pain. Alex and that girl pretended I wasn't even there.

On Alex's birthday, while he went to the rest room she walked over to me. She leaned over to me since I was sitting in a chair and smiled. "Alex is mine now, I stole him from you so you'd be miserable. Looks like I won this one." She snooted and walked away. I was shocked, she didn't even love Alex! I wanted to tell Alex but, he wouldn't believe me. When he came out he said her name, "Eva!" Well no wonder he's inlove with her! She's got it all! Beautiful face, beautiful hair, and a beautiful name! It made me angry to think I couldn't be as pretty as her.

Over the next two years they stayed together, we were all 15 at the moment and Eva was still the life of the boat. I only seemed to be a ghost. Alex had taken some notice back in me again. And he started spending time with me and watching me while Eva and him hung out. She would try to see what he was looking at and she'd smack his shoulder and walk away. Hoping he'd chase after her. But he just sat there, he didn't even lift a finger. When she left he walked over to me. "Val, I still love you." He said as he got on one knee and held my hand. Eva walked ina nd heard it all "Alex! We're over!" He stood up and yelled back, "I don't care Eva! You are a BRAT! A stuck up pretty brat that thinks she's little miss princess! You made me pretend to be desperatly inlove with you for two years! I want Valentine not you!" He yelled, she cried and jumped off the boat. Everyone ran to see if she was okay. She came to the surface, "I knew she was a mermaid." I said as we all watched her splash her tail at us and swim away.