Mermaid by Mikel (WebArchive)

Antonia had grown up living near the ocean, she loved swimming and the feel of the water as she splashed and played in it. Her grandfather always told her stories of when he sailed the oceans but the ones she loved the most were about the mermaids he had seen. Going to college was a real eye opener for Antonia, of course she knew the stories of mermaids weren’t true but still enjoyed dreaming of them and becoming one herself. During her child hood she had become very adept at swimming like a mermaid often tying or taping her ankles and knees together for hours while she swam out further and further in the blue waters near her home. Antonia found out that on the night after finals the whole school went out to party and finally gave in and went with her friends. The hotel bar they went to was huge and was packed with college students making Antonia very uncomfortable. As she was about to slip away from her friends and go home she spotted her first real mermaid!

Antonia couldn’t believe her eyes as she stood staring at the two beautiful women wearing very real looking mermaid tails in a huge tank. She watched them swim for several minutes before having to take a breath from one of the many air lines bubbling around the tank. She was hooked and knew she had to be part of the show sneaking through the back door and finding her way to the top of the tank surprised there was only a small opening in it. The two mermaids emerged from the opening after Antonia had stood watching them for an hour both being very friendly to her and sat talking during their entire break before dropping themselves back into the tank. Antonia watched them amazed by their movements and how they played in the clear water. After finally being forced to leave the tank vowing to come back tomorrow and get a job there.

Antonia had always been bookish but had kept her small body lean and trim just needing a little sun having a very narrow waist and long legs. Since leaving her home to go to school she had not been able to spend much time in the water but had spent many hours in her bathtub practicing her ability to hold her breath dreaming about swimming to the underwater caves she had found and spent many days exploring. Arriving at the hotel asking for Howard as the mermaids had suggested also telling her that they normally had three mermaids and one had left recently. Howard was very pleasant asking why she thought she wanted to do this job and listening to her explain her dreams of being a mermaid. Howard was excited he could see through her bookish appearance and knew she was beautiful asking her to show him her ability to swim like a mermaid...