Later, at dinner, Winona made a discussion with Johnny.
"Maybe if you could spend a bit of time with your son for a while, you might just improve your life." she suggested. "Good idea." Johnny said. "I'm thinking one day, we could all go down to the beach, and go swimming in the ocean. I sure like swimming, I do."
Winona grinned. She seemed quite happy that Johnny was putting family before his work.
She seemed so happy, in fact, she hardly noticed fish scales forming on the back of her husband's neck. She hardly noticed a single strand of Johnny's hair turning from chestnut brown to seaweedy green. But, she could have sworn she saw Johnny shrink almost an inch smaller than his normal height, which was 7'9.
"are you losing weight, honey?" she asked, as she walked past him, collecting the dishes.
"Uh, maybe?" Johnny said as he looked at his wife.
What was up with his memory today? He seemed to have forgotten something rather important.
but all the same, he made his promise to spend some time with his family.
Unbeknownst to his wife, his fish tf was only just beginning.
The next day was Johnny's day off.
Johnny Fishernon decided to keep his promise to spend some time with his family, so they all went down to the beach to have some family time.
Theywent paddling in the sea, and built sandcastles, and relaxed in the sun.
Later, They sat on the beach, staring out at the ocean. 'You know," Johnny said, "it would be nice to be a fish, just swimming carefree in the ocean; not having to worry about things, like clothes, money, anything. Just being able to swim carefree in the oceans all around the world.'
"I agree, Dad." Ryan said. "It'd be amazing to be a fish. I wish we could just turn into fish and go into the ocean."
From sharks and turtles to salmon and whales, he liked all the fish in the sea. And he was sure Ryan liked them too.
and, like his dad, Ryan always wondered what it'd be like to BE a fish, swimming around carefree in the water.
it was either part of a fish, or full fish.
And Winona loved her husband, and respected his wishes. She wondered if he could become a fish. And wondered if she could become a fish too, like her husband and her son.
Later, they went paddling again.
Soon, they had their picnic lunch, and had a long rest in the sunshine. Johnny stared out at the sea, looking longingly at the ocean ahead. his bare feet were tingling like mad. The scales on his neck were much shinier now, and there seemed to be some covering his back. More of his hair looked greener than brown.
None of them knew about the tf.... yet.