Caroline suggests that since its late you should both get some sleep and deciede what to do with Topaz in the morning. The sofa should be comfortable she tells you, dashing your minor hopes of sharing the bed with her.
You try to sleep on the sofa, but you are nervous and excited. You manage to doze briefly, with dreams of mermaids and open ocean and Caroline and Topaz, sometimes together other times seperate sometimes human form sometimes mermaid form. You awaken to notice its still dark out. A glance at the clock shows its just after midnight. You feel too anxious to fall asleep again so you head out to the pool where you find...