Amanda appeared on the platform around the pool. Instantly her iridescent blue tail reformed into a bikini thong and her legs morphed out of her tail. She laid there, puzzled why she suddenly was out of the water. At least she changed back to two legs, although she was missing the freedom she found in the water. It was so natural to be in there. Being here felt foreign to her.
I surfaced from the bottom of the pool. Amanda turned to me and glared. I popped my respirator out. "Amanda, what is wrong," I shouted over my splashing on the surface.
"Nothing is wrong!", she declared and jumped back into the water. She became a mermaid and moved around the pool with ease.
I made another wish and she reappeared on the platform, reverting to a human form. "Will you stay put for a second?" I pleaded.
She scowled and got up. She approached the water, tempting me again. I walked up to her, looking up at her from the water. She was a towering Amazon in her blue bikini. Her face registered displeasure. "Let's talk, okay!"
She silently sulked. I lifted myself out of the pool, which wasn't easy with the scuba gear on. Amanda didn't try to help. She continued to pout and crossed her arms across her chest. She wanted return into the pool and fought the temptation. She knew I would just simply put her back on the platform.
I finally emerged from the water. Removing the BCD buckles, I laid the tank and BCD on the platform. I walked up to Amanda, who continued to stare at the water. "Amanda, what has gotten into you?"
"I wanted to kiss you. I have desires for other things as well. Why did you fight me? Don't you think I am beautiful?" she asked, sobbing slightly.
Taken back, I replied, "Yes, I do. But I don't understand. You had me worried for my life."
"We merfolk desire to add to our population. And most desire to join...," Amanda paused in mid sentence as she froze in place.
I had wished her to be frozen in time. I realized that she was thinking she was a mermaid. Apparently the bikini did what I had wished for. She was a mermaid. It must have taken getting in the water and breathing water to have completed her mental transformation. She was an upset mermaid, too, because I had rebuffed her.
I wasn't sure what to do, but it required her removing the bikini. I wasn't ready to do that. I unfroze her.
"...us. You can enjoy living in the water, free all the time. You could spend eternity with me," she pleaded.
"Amanda, I like the air. You were attractive. How about changing into the one-piece bathing suit you have in the room over there. It makes you look even more incredible."
"But this is also very alluring, don't you think?" she said as she spun around, stretching herself into poses that made her features downright irresistible.
"Yes, it is. But I like that one-piece too. If you put it on, you can kiss me all you want," I told her.
"You promise?" she said, eager to do it.
"Yes, I promise, Amanda. Go change," I encouraged her.
"Be right back," she blew a kiss and ran to the changing room.