Some of you may know, others may not, but anyway…I’m starting the next generation as the last one had gotten a little stale. I’m not doing so much of the supernatural elements at the moment, but I’ll try to work something out. Suggestions would be dope.

This generation’s heir is…Holly Schmidt!

She grew up fiiine.

Darcy and Benjamin were still themselves, and very much in love.

Harley grew up and married a girl called Deirdre, who had green skin for nooo apparent reason.

They’re adorable.

And Puzzle was working at a bar in town, with dreams of owning his own one day. But in a small coastal town, that was going to be harder than it looked…

And for a while, there had been a strange, yet forbidden attraction between Holly and Puzzle. But they grew up together…it was too strange.

On with generation 3!

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For a while, I had been interested in mermaids. But I’d never met one…not until Silas Irwin.

He was attractive, and very mysterious. I felt a draw to him that I’d never felt before.

Well, perhaps I’d felt it once before…

But that was in the past. We’d tried to overcome how strange it felt for us to be together, but we just couldn’t. He was my brother’s imaginary friend, turned real best friend. We’d grown up together under the same roof. It wasn’t that it felt too weird, but it felt almost…forbidden. Like something was telling us we shouldn’t.

We were friends.

That’s how it had to be.

With Silas, it was different. We came from different worlds, sure, but there was something…

Magical.

He moved into the house with my family, and we were looking for our own place within a matter of months. It was fast, yes, but I couldn’t help myself.

I hoped he felt the same. Sometimes I felt he didn’t, though.

Puzzle stil lived with us. Harley and Deirdre had their own place, and Robbie had a studio downtown, where he could paint in peace.

It was a little awkward sometimes. But I tried to not let it be.

It was autumn. Spooky Day. Robbie’s friend had lent him a small houseboat to have a party on.

It was great. I had perhaps a little too much to drink. Silas wasn’t there.

In a dark corner, Puzzle dragged me to him and kissed me. I felt all the old feelings bubbling up to the surface again.

But it couldn’t happen.

I loved Silas! …Didn’t I?

There was no time to ponder the thought, because Silas was there, and then suddenly, things were happening so fast.

Dressed as a hot dog, my merman proposed. A weird situation, but very sweet.

I said yes. Because I love him. I do. I do.

I’ve made some bad decisions in my life, and I’ve felt guilty for them. But I’ve never felt more guilty in my life than when I looked into his eyes from across the room and saw his heart break.

Part of me was wanting to get the ring off my finger, go to him and kiss him. Tell him that he was the only person I’ve ever really wanted, and that Silas was a mistake. But I loved Silas!

My conflicting feelings were made worse.

I was pregnant.

Silas was the father. Obviously.

I wouldn’t have sex with another man. And Puzzle kissed me! I was not a cheater!

Not a cheater.

We had to move, and we had to do it quickly.

I couldn’t be near him anymore.

My parents gave us some money, and we moved to a small house on an island not too far from the mainland.

The baby’s room was set up.

We got married.

But I really wondered if I’d made the right choice.

I had a family now to think of. A husband, a baby on the way. I couldn’t be having these stupid, stupid thoughts!

But my belly was growing.

Silas was gone for log periods of time in the nights.

And we started arguing.

I didn’t know why we couldn’t just be happy! But it’s like he was closed off all of a sudden!

Or perhaps it was me?

Oh, poor baby…I’ll do whatever I can to make your life a happy place.