Ethan was alone in the bathroom with thoughts running through his head about his family and life will be like from now on. If he touched even a single drop of water would he suddenly find himself flopping around helplessly on the floor? Just like that TV show with the 3 mermaids.
On his way there, he removed his T-shirt and swimwear and threw them in the laundry basket among with Nathan's swimwear. Now he was ready to go into the bathtub, but first he caught a glimpse of a small patch of blue scales on his left thigh.
“ How did that happen since he was still dry? “ Ethan reached out and touched them with his hand and the scales were indeed dry.
“ Wait am I … Are we turning into merfolk forever? “ Cold sweat enveloped his forehead as he began to breathe heavy.
“ No, this is too much. How much longer can we stay human. Unless if it's just there and not spreading. “
Just to be sure, he checked both of his legs and the rest of his body if he had scales anywhere else or if his hair had changed color or his facial hair was gone.
He then grabbed the stool and sat down, just to be certain not to topple in the ground if he transformed. He was determined to find out.
Then reaching with his left hand and unplugged the tub and watched the water go down the drain and then put the plug back in.
Then filled it with enough water and closed the faucet.
As he reached out with one finger and touched the water. Then waited a couple of seconds for something to happen, but it didn't and pulled it out of the water.
“ First experiment was a success, now let's go deeper "he thought to himself. He then shoved his entire arm all the way up to his elbow and pulled it out. After a minute or so, nothing happened again.
“ Well that's good news now that the 2nd experiment was also a success "
Then reaching with his left hand and unplugged the tub and watched the water go down the drain and then put the plug back in.
Then filled it with enough water and closed the faucet. After a second or so, he went in and sat down and all the stress washed away.
Then looked down at his legs and waited…
Nothing happened, he was still human but was he was in the water. That was a relief, only now he wondered “How is this possible”?
He then called to his wife who was in the kitchen cooking something for the night.
“ Chloe, come over here. There's something I want you to see “.