Greg looked down at me, love + concern in his serious gray eyes. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
“For the 10th time, yes! Are you gonna keep asking me that for the next 3 days?”
“Probably. I feel like it'd be irresponsible of me not to. I mean-”
“I'm sure! Unless you're having doubts about wanting me underfoot all the time.”
“Never! I want this as much as you do. But I'm not the one being permanently modified here. Because once this GLOO! sets there's no going back.”
“And that's what's so exciting! The thought of being like this forever.”
“In a fantasy maybe. But part of my mind is saying we're both crazy for doing this!”
“Of course we're crazy! Nobody normal does a thing like this. But this is who I need to be if I'm ever gonna be happy. You read my stories, you know what I am!”
“Yes. You're my beautiful mermaid,” he said, cupping my ears in his hands + kissing me gently on the lips. And then not so gently...
72 HOURS: A Mer-Mania Romance (with GLOO!)
Laika Pupkino - 2018
Part One of Four