Aquamarine Page #5

It's notyour fault.

I just...

I have to be somewhere.

oh.

Hey, you've got

to help our friend!

She's really sick.

She's got...

- Hydrophobia! Yeah.

- hypertension!

- Yeah.

- Yeah. okay.

CLAI RE:

Come on, please.

This is serious.

( quietly):

Faster!

BoY:

Hey!

oh, no!

( dolphin squeaks )

Come on, you're almost there.

You're almost there.

Pardon me. Excuse me.

- Sorry. Pardon me.

- ow!

Hey!

Let's go, let's go!

Keep going!

Don't stop!

CLAI RE:

Bikes around the corner!

Run!

- I'm sorry!

- Let's go!

It was so much fun.

CLAI RE:
Aqua, go, go!

We gotta get you back!

I'll be right back.

Hey, Ray.

That was too close.

I need some water

to spend the night in.

How about the ocean?

No. No ocean-

my fatherwould just

manipulate the currents

and pull me back home.

I know a place.

AQUAMARI NE:

Holy mackerel!

( chuckles ):

Come on.

( dolphin squeaks )

Come on, let's go.

- Claire, you doing this?

- Uh-uh.

Aren't you coming?

I-I don't do water.

on the ground or in the air.

Raymond was about

to kiss you

with his actual lips!

( grunts )

Stupid sun!

HAI LEY:

Did Ray say anything?

He asked ifl heard

of Last Splash.

- What?!.

- What?!.

Exactlywhat did he say?

Uh...

I can't remember.

So was it "Areyou going?"

or "Will you go with me?"

- Is there a difference?

- Huge.

- Major.

- okay,

well, it started with...

"What areyou doing

tomorrow night?"

- oh, my God!

- oh, my God, he was totally

asking you out

- on a date!

- He was?

Absolutely.

Yes! ( whoops )

( laughter)

Be careful, guys.

- ( loudclang )

- ( screams )

( gasps )

Thanks.

Sure.

AQUAMARI N E:

Why won't Claire come with us?

HAI LEY:

She's not good around water.

- It's kind of a long story.

- Hm.

HAI LEY:

Wow...

I wish I could hide out here

with you.

( dolphin squeaking )

( door creaks )

HAI LEY:

Is this gonna be okay?

Yeah. ( laughs )

( squeaks )

( splashing )

( splashing )

Wow.

( chuckles )

I almost forgot.

Me, too.

( laughs )

This is nice.

( chuckles ):

Good.

Are you gonna be okay in here?

( chuckles ):

Are you gonna be okay out there?

Mm?

( chuckles )

I'll see you tomorrow...

fish butt!

I heard that!

( laughs )

HAI LEY:

I never realized how big

this room was.

Without all my

stuff in it.

I want this wish so bad, Claire.

( chuckles )

- Claire?

- Hm?

Doyou think he'll fall

in actual love with her,

in two days?

He has to.

I-It's her last hope.

( gasps )

Hailey?

- What?

- We completely forgot something.

What's Aqua gonna wear

to the Last Splash?

I mean, she can't

keep wearing yourT-shirts.

No offense.

Hey, hey.

We'll take the first bus

into Tampa tomorrow,

and we'll go shopping.

- Wha...? No. We can't!

- No, we have to.

Besides, I have $400 saved up

from working at the aquarium.

Doyou know how much trouble

we'll be in?

Come on, Clairedy cat.

Hm?

( fast-tempo rock intro )

Smile.

( Aquamarine gasps )

( echoing ):

Hello...!

( Aquamarine laughs )

What?

Why go through life

unnoticed?

( anxious whimper )

( music continues )

( camera shutter clicks )

( laughs )

( gasps )

- Aqua!

- This store is hideous!

This store is

for old people!

- Yeah.

- No, no.

( shutter clicks )

This store is

kind of lame.

- It's all used stuff.

- oh, come on, you guys.

It's so different

from anything else

we saw at the mall.

Come on,just give it a chance.

( laughing )

Hey, you guys.

Hm, hm, hm?

It's old-fashioned,

but I think it works.

I don't know.

I love vintage.

( laughs ):

Look at these sleeves!

Mm.

( laughter)

( gasps, screams )

ow, ow...

Sorry.

( laughing,

conversing indistinctly )

okay, we've got three

hours till Last Splash,

so, uh, a quick review?

Dresses:
check.

Blue highlights:

big check.

Are we missing

anything?

( gasps ):

Wait. I don't have earrings!

How could I not

have earrings?

I have earrings.

Don't worry.

( Aquamarine whimpers )

Hm. Pretty.

And... pointy?

( laughs ):
What am I

supposed to do with this?

Like, stick it through my skin?

( Haileylaughs )

That's what you do.

Ugh!

You're so primitive.

I wear stick-ons.

You mean, clip-ons?

No.

You'll love these.

They're my favorite

aquatic accessory.

You see that buoy

out there?

I need you to swim out there

and find me a couple

of starfish about...

mmm, this big.

Live starfish?

That's whatyou wear

for earrings?

They compliment me.

Seriously, Aqua,

I've got some earrings

that'll complement

you just fine.

No. I mean, they literally

give me compliments.

- In my ear. They talk to me.

- Huh? Huh?

Starfish are notorious suck-ups.

They love

to give compliments.

But it's nice

when you need a little boost.

- ( buoybell clangs )

- okay, guys,

Iet's go.

Hailey, I can't.

You've got to do this.

Do you see how far

that buoy is? No.

Don't worry about it.

I'll get you a ride.

( whistles )

- ( bell clanging )

- ( continues whistling )

( muffled whistling )

No way!

( Hailey laughs )

Wow...

oh!

- Hi!

- ( dolphins chattering )

Hi, guys!

oh!

Watch the legs, guys!

( laughing )

- Claire, look at that!

- Hi!

- Hi.

- oh, my goodness.

Claire, you have to do this

with me.

( squeaky chattering )

You go.

Have fun.

okay. All right.

( squeaky chattering )

Are you sure?

Yeah. ( laughs )

( laughs )

( shudders ):

Ah...

( laughs )

( Hailey gasps, yells )

Claire! Look at me!

CLAI RE:

Whoo-hoo! Way to go, Hail!

( laughing, gasping )

Hailey!

Hi, guys!

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

( exhales ):

Don't you just...

Iove love?

What?

It's just...

you're so sure

ofyourself.

Well, I've only seen love

up close once,

but ifyou'd seen it

the way I did,

you'd feel the same way.

Why? What was it like?

It was years ago.

Not too far from here,

actually.

We were migrating

through the bay,

just like we always do

this time ofyear, and...

I saw this couple out sailing

on their little blue boat,

and thewaythey looked

at each other,

it was a look I'd never seen

anywhere else in the seven seas.

I've wanted someone to look

at me that way ever since.

I looked for them everyyear,

but I never saw them again.

Was there a name...

on the boat?

Mm, I don't remember, Claire.

oh, the Claire de Lune.

That's my parents.

Claire, they really loved

each other.

I don't think

theywould've wanted you

to be afraid oflife.

I think theywould've wanted

you to be friends with it.

( voice breaking ):

Yeah.

( Haileyshouting )

Whoo! Hailey!

( sighs )

It was the most

incredible thing ever.

It was something I wish

I could've done with you.

STARFISH:

Aqua! Aqua!

- Thereyou go.

- STARFISH:
oh, Aqua!

SERVER:

And foryou.

HAI LEY:

Thankyou.

STARFISH:

Aquamarine is so lovely.

oh, stop...

She makes us so lovely

just being near

such loveliness.

- ( gentle suctioning )

- And she's smart.

Smart, yes, like tuna!

HAI LEY:

Like tuna.

We love

being near Aqua.

Aqua, Aqua, Aqua!

( giggling )

Lookwho it is.

Wow, the blue hair's

spreading.

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