Aquamarine Page #3

or her birthday suit.

Come on.

( giggling )

( muttering )

( giggles )

( banging,yelp )

( banging )

oh, no.

That's not what you do.

- You have to...

- No.

- Put your arms through them.

- Put your arms through the...

- You know what I mean?

- oh...

No...

No, no. oh.

Wow.

That looks amazing.

- I know.

- ( giggles )

( giggling )

( whoops )

( giggles )

I don't understand

how you can sleep on these

when they're so jumpy.

I could just do this all day.

GRANDMA:

Claire, what on earth

are you doing up there?

( mermaid whoops,

Haileylaughs )

You really need to stop.

Gram's gonna be

really mad at us.

( whoops )

We're gonna get in huge trouble.

You worry too much.

I rest my case.

( scoffs )

This is so much fun.

( whoops )

oh! I love legs.

CLAI RE:

So...

do you get to keep them?

Technically, we can only have

legs when the sun's out.

And we have to keep them dry,

or at least that's

what I've heard.

I've never had the guts

to come out and try them.

So this is your

first time ashore?

First time on land,

first time with legs.

Can you believe it?

oh, you'd never know.

But I've got

to be careful.

Add moonlight or

water, instant tail.

Lookwhat I can do. Eh!

( laughs ):

ow. Stop that.

( burbledringing )

- Hmm?

- Hmm?

( burbledringing )

( groans )

oh! Crabs!

They found me.

With a shell?

Mm-hmm.

Did you know you can hear

the ocean through these?

Yeah, but...

Well, it works both ways.

The ocean can hearyou, too.

Hello? Dad?

( gurgling ):

Aquamarine!Just what do

you thinkyou're doing?!.

Daddy?

Shell phone.

( gurgledyelling continues )

Could you give me a minute?

Sure. Sorry.

AQUAMARI NE:

Well, that's your plan,

- not mine.

- okay.

I don't want to marry

some spoiled, rich, squid!

( gurgledyelling on phone )

Well, you can make

all the storms you want,

but I'm not coming back.

- ( thunder crashing )

- ( gurgledyelling )

No! No!

Love is not a myth,

Daddy, it's real!

You think her dad

is doing this?

...three days,

I'll prove it to you.

( gurgled ):

Ifyou don't come back

in three days...

Well, ifI'm wrong,

then I will honoryour plans.

And I'll call you every night,

okay?

So calm down!

( frustratedgroan )

( Aquamarine groans )

I have to find love.

We don't have it where I'm from,

and if I can't find it

in three days, I'm sunk.

You don't have love?

No.

My dad says it's just a myth.

We marrywho our parents pick.

And my dad thinks

that I have bubbles in my brain

because I believe in love.

He says that the onlyway

I can get out of mywedding

is ifl can prove to him

that love exists.

But that means

I only get three days.

or else I'll be swimming

down the aisle with that...

( shudders )... that blowfish.

But ifyou

don't have love,

how doyou know it exists?

I saw it once.

- And I want it.

- ( Raywhooping )

Yeah!

( grunts )

With him.

( man singing )

( driving rock beat plays )

Raymond?!.

RAY:

Whoo! Check it out!

- Raymond?

- ( groans )

Raymond.

( singing continues )

( sighs )

Raymond is the one I love.

- No!

- No!

- No...!

- No...!

( grunts )

Raymond!

Raymond!

Raymond!

- Yeah?

- Hi.

Hi.

Do you love me?

Uh... no,

but I thinkyou're hot.

You're really hot.

Come on, man.

We got to go!

The beach house

is going off!.

Yeah, I know, I know, I know.

Well, uh, I'll seeyou later.

Come on. Come on,

come on, come on!

( grunts ):

Hey, man.

- Drop me off at home. Can you?

- ( mermaidgrunts weakly)

He doesn't love me?

How can he not love me?

( groans )

I need some salt.

- What did you say?

- What did he say?

He said I was hot,

but how would he know?

Do I feel hot to you?

( both giggling )

- No. That is not how you...

- I think that you mistook it.

You have to help me get him

to fall in love with me.

Yeah, right!

No, no, no.

No, Raymond's way too popular.

You should pick someone else.

I mean, all the girls

are after him.

- Even a few boys.

- Right.

Fine.

Then you don't getyourwish.

- Wish?!.

- What?!.

Wait, wait, what?

What wish?

You know, ifyou help a

mermaid, you get a wish.

Anywish

you could wish for.

I thought that was genies.

( laughs )

You... you believe in genies?

Uh... what if ourwish

involves other people?

- Like my mom.

- Yeah.

It's a wish, anywish,

as long as it doesn't

violate the laws of nature.

Mm, mm, mm-hmm.

- We'll helpyou!

- We'll helpyou!

( screaminghappily)

BoTH:

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

Just to letyou know,

this is a humongous

sacrifice for us.

Yeah.

Giving up Raymond?

Soyou know him prettywell?

oh, yeah,

we're experts on Raymond.

oh, yeah,

we know him reallywell.

- We're like Ray-ologists.

- Mm-hmm.

Good.

But he has to say he loves me,

'cause I need proof

for my dad.

otherwiseyou don't

getyourwish. Deal?

Deal.

Deal.

( sighs )

My name's Aquamarine.

Now, let's go find Raymond.

( laughs giddily)

( whoops )

( laughing )

( laughter continues )

You need shoes!

Yeah, and undies!

( grunts )

( seagulls squawking )

( suspenseful theme plays )

CLAI RE:

J ust stick with the pros.

- Boys are what we live for.

- ( Aquamarine gasps )

- Creepy, right?

- Ugh.

My mom collects

this stuff.

What does your mom do?

Besides ruin my life?

She's a marine biologist.

CLAI RE:

Yeah, she's all scientific.

- More like horrific.

- I know.

She's dragged me all over

the country for herjob.

She's been working to clean up

the water in the bay here.

Well, tell her thanks for me

because it tastes

about ten times better

than it did a fewyears ago.

Really?

Huh.

okay, first things first.

Uh, Aqua, what areyou doing?

He doesn't like

this harsh light.

HAI LEY:

Moby!

He came out ofhiding.

CLAI RE:

Wow.

Can you make b*obs

come out ofhiding?

- ( Aqua giggling )

- What?

All right.

We begin where every girl

starts with her first crush.

- We call him.

- ( dial tone )

Call him? What?

What? No, I can't.

What am I supposed

to say to him?

Nothing.

We just call and hang up.

We do it all the time.

Why?

I don't know.

It's just whatyou do.

Yeah.

okay.

( keys beeping )

Wait a minute.

( phone ringing )

( whispers ):

It's ringing.

( squeals )

RAY:

Hello?

( screaming )

oh, oh.

That was fantastic.

Let's do it again.

( laughing )

okay, the next step

here is the ride-by.

Very important

in any crush.

Now remember,

you have to act casual.

Yes, like you didn't even

remember this was his street.

( pop beatplays )

- ( woman singing )

- That's it.

- That's Raymond's house.

- ( giggling )

( grunting )

CLAI RE:

There he is!

oh, that hurts.

But this will be worth it.

( excited giggling )

Huh?

What the...?

( singing continues )

( girls giggling )

CLAI RE:

Aqua, no, that's the...!

- ( tires screeching )

-...brake!

( Aquamarine yells,

Ray gasps )

( music stops )

( both gasp )

( synthesized rock music plays )

- Aqua! Are you okay?

- Are you okay?

I saw hi m.

Did you see him?

He waved at me.

Hey, hey, hey,

are you okay?

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