She smiled a wicked smile after staring at the city for one last time. She then swam back to her favorite rock. It was dark but she could see just clearly and she was not a stranger to the dark. She sat there staring at the moon. Tonight was a full moon and it looked so beautiful. The reflection hit the sea making it look so magical. Memories flashed to her head immediately. She had been sitting at the same rock as today admiring the beautiful sky at night. It was also a full moon night. Her father had come to her smiling.
"You not so hard to find baby.....I was looking for you and when I couldn't find it I thought that this is where you'd be.....you have a very brilliant father " He said sitting next to her. She turned to him and smiled. He was waiting to be appreciated.
" That doesn't make you brilliant dad Trust me...but you are the most brilliant person and father ....you know why?? Not many of our kids can speak English because they never study but you ....you know every single English word and you've been able to teach me I can read everything fluently I speak fluently and on top of that, I know everything about humans dad " Her father smiled in between tears but they had just formed on the eyes. He didn't cry because mermaids don't she'd tear easily. She looked at him and smiled " Humans cry when they are happy too.....and your acting like them " She said hugging him
" I'm just glad that you are a brilliant kid .....I'm sure you are more brilliant than me.....you know what else I've mimicked about the humans??" He asked smiling
" Tell me because I guess I know but I want you to tell me," she said calmly
" Our cave .... the arrangement and everything I learned from one of the human's books.....the call where they live houses and they decorate them too.....they have tables sofas and beds to sleep on they use flowers for decorating the houses and many other things " She looked at him keenly and they seemed to be thinking " That explains it dad.....our cave on the inside looks just like a house....you chose it because it had a flat base and at the top, it was oval shaped right?? And at the top where the entrance is you've used a metallic wire you got from the old sunken sheep then curved it that there was a star inside a circle and then you used it as a door papa but it's not covered because it has to let water inside the cave... On one side there's the big beautiful oval-shaped mirror and around it is some pillar candles that are not lit. The egg-shaped poach with an opening and round pillows where you sit, and the other one hanging with a soft cushion where I sit with mom. Small jars and the beautifully curved wood at the center is a table, right? Big bowl-shaped shell with small shells placed in a decorative bowl, the pebbles ornate bottles filled with sand, Our cave is more of a house just like the humans, we have big pearl beds and we have beautiful ocean flowers and weeds which make it more and more beautiful, it looks just like magic dad" She finished with a wide smile
" Yes your right, even if we live in the ocean we are still half human and we can do what they do too," he said looking at the moon then out of nowhere " do you know how much I love you Oceania??" He asked still looking at the moon
" No I don't know, " she said teasingly hiding a smile. He smiled and then looked at her " I love you so much that I can't even explain it... you are the most beautiful and precious gift that I and your mom have.....you see the moon in the sky right?" He said now looking at the moon and she too looked at it " I love you the distance from here to it and then back.....I read that from the human's books and that's what they say when telling someone how much they love them " he said with his eyes still fixed on the moon " but the moon seems to be so near dad" Oceania complained after a long stare at the moon " That's because we are in the ocean and it appears to be just above us but the distance is far I can't even remember it" He said trying to scratch his head to remember
" It's that long daddy? I also love you to the moon and back too" she had said leaning on her father's shoulder.