The little Mermaid and her prince

Chapter 3

The next day, Ariel wakes up to find Eric is not in the bed with her. She looks around. She can't see him, so she decides to call his name. "Eric?" There was nothing but silence. Ariel decided to talk a little louder. "Eric?!" She yells. Still no answer. Ariel looks all around the cabin. There was no sign of Eric anywhere. Then Ariel gets back in the bed and wraps herself in the covers. She then starts to cry into her pillow. She thought he left her, which she didn't understand why. She thought he loved her. She thought that they were going to have children together. She was devastated. Ariel couldn't stop crying. She just couldn't believe he left her. All of a sudden, the bedroom door opened. Eric walks in with breakfast trays in his hands. He noticed Ariel crying. "Ariel? Are you alright?" He asks as he puts the trays down on a nearby table and rushes to his wife. Ariel at first doesn't believe she is really hearing his voice. Then his voice gets louder. Ariel looks up and sees his face. "Eric! You came back!" She exclaimed as she burried her head in his chest. "What are you talking about? I left the room to get some breakfast." He says as he wraps his arms around her. "Oh Eric! I thought you left me for good. You scared me to death." Ariel says as she continues to ball her eyes out. "I'm so sorry darling. From now on, I will leave a note. Ok?" Eric asked with a smile. Ariel sniffles and smiles. "I would like that." She says. "Now. There, there. Come and snuggle." Eric says as he rubs her back. They both lie down on the bed. Ariel snuggled into his chest and hugged it tightly. "Oh Eric! I love you so much." She says as she continues to hug him tightly. He kisses her with a passion. It was almost like, he was only living to get the privilege of kissing her every day. "Oh Eric....... I Love you......" She says as she continues to ball her eyes out. "There, there, just let it out." Eric says as he holds her upright like a teddy bear, with his head over her right shoulder. She continues to cry. Eric held her and kissed her for what seemed liked days. Finally she calmed down. "Ariel? Sweetheart? Are you feeling better now?" Eric asked as he swayed her side to side while sitting on the bed. Ariel smiled. "Oh Eric, Thank you! I know it took me forever to calm down. I know that must take a lot of patience." She says as she snuggled into his arms. "Oh Ariel, it was nothing. Besides, I didn't mind. I love swaying you like this." He tells her with the sweetest smile on his face. Ariel smiles back. "Ariel listen to me. When we got married a couple of days ago, I promised to care for you, to cherish you, to take care of you whether you are sick or healthy. Ariel. I love you so much. You are pretty much all I think about now days." Eric says as he rests his head against her shoulder. "Oh Eric. You really meant all of that stuff you said at the wedding?" Ariel asks with one hand on his cheek. "Ariel. If I didn't, I wouldn't have married you. Ariel you have made me the luckiest man alive." Eric says as he gives her a kiss on the cheek. "Wait, I really made you lucky?" She asked with a confused look on her face. "Oh that's right you are not used to our language yet. No sweetie that's just a saying we say sometimes." Eric says. "Oh well, it's really sweet of you to say that anyway." The happy couple pulls into a passionate kiss. Ariel smiles to herself. She is finally having the happily ever after she deserves. Eric continues to sway her back and forth. Ariel likes this. "Oh Eric, this is so romantic." She says with her eyes closed. "Yes it is. Oh Ariel, I'm so glad I found you. Grimsby wanted me to marry some princess I didn't know, but I kept telling him no and ended up finding you. I'm so glad I did." He says as he kisses her cheek. "Really? It sounds like our fathers are alike." Ariel says turning around so she can talk to him face to face. "Oh No Ariel. I think you have misunderstood. Grimsby isn't my father." Ariel gasps. "He's not?" She asks as she puts her arms around his neck and her legs around his torso. "No sweetheart he's not. My parents died a long time ago." He says as he holds her tightly. "Oh Eric. I'm so sorry. That's awful." She says as she hugs him tightly. "No it's alright you didn't know." He says as he rubs her back. "Eric how did they die?" She asks. "Well, they went on a vacation on a boat like this one, but there was a terrible storm. They tried to keep the ship from sinking but they couldn't. The winds were too strong." Eric tells her. Ariel gasps again. "They did eventually surface on the shore, but it was too late. They were already dead." He says as he squeezed her tightly. "Oh Eric I'm so sorry. You must miss them very much." She tells him as she caressed his face. "Yes I do, but these things happen." Eric says as he hugs her tightly again. "But Eric, if they died on the ocean, why do you love the ocean so much?" She asks while looking into his eyes. "Well I didn't at first but after a year or so, I was just drawn to it. It felt like if I'm sailing on the ocean, I'm sailing with them." Eric says while staring into Ariel's eyes. "Oh Eric! That's so sweet. You know I lost my mother too." She says as she lies down on top of him tracing his chest. "Really? What happened?" Eric asks as he plays with her hair. "Well one day my mother went up to the surface and was seen by these guys who catch fish." Ariel said. "Ah you mean Fishermen." Eric pointed out. "Yes Fishermen! Anyways, These fishermen thought she was beautiful and thought that they could win her over if they caught her. So they kept fishing until one day...... They caught her, with a hook right through her. So they put her back in the ocean. My father found her and tried to save her, but it was too late. She was dead." Ariel says as she shed a tear. Eric wipes away her tears. "Oh Ariel, sweetie, I'm so sorry. That must have been awful to see your mother like that." He says as he hugs her tightly again. "Oh it really was." She says as she sheds another tear. "So why were you so obsessed with humans after they killed your mother?" Eric asks. "Well I didn't like them at first, but after a couple of years, I began to wonder, They can't all be bad can they?" She explained. "Well you were right. We humans are not all bad." Eric says as he nibbles on her ear. "Yes and I knew it as soon as I saw you and max, but after mother died, he banned all mermaids and mermen from going to the surface, but I just couldn't help myself. I kept a secret room of human stuff from him. I would go explore sunken ships and collect things." Ariel says. "Oh really? That sounds fascinating." Eric says. "Oh it was beautiful Eric. Anyways I would collect these things and go to the surface. That's where I would take them to my friend scuttle. He's a seagull." Ariel said. Eric is fasinated by this story. "Eric that's why I thought forks were for brushing your hair. Scuttle told me and well, I assumed he was right, but now I know he was wrong." Eric smiles. "That's why you did that! Grimsby and I were trying to figure that out for hours." He says with a laugh. Ariel giggles too. "Yes! And well, my father found out I was going to the surface and was furious. So I go to my secret grotto. Then I saw your ship's shadow and had to figure out what it was. So I went back up to the surface, and there it was, your ship. It was so beautiful! So I decided to get a closer look. I swim up to the ship and take a peek. And that's when I fell in love with you Eric! You were playing your instrument and playing with max. And then Grimsby revealed your birthday present, which was beautiful by the way." Ariel says with excitement. "Wait so you saw that thing?" Eric asks. "Yes and I loved it. Anyways, your ship started to burn and you saved max and then fell into the ocean. I couldn't just let you drown. So I grabbed you and pulled you back to shore." Ariel tells him. "And that's when you sang to me! Oh Ariel you have the voice of an angel." He says as he continues to play with her hair. "Yes! So then I go back Atlantica and start day dreaming about you. Well then Sebastian told my father that I saved you from drowning and everything and he totally freaked out! Flounder some how got that statue of you into my grotto. Well I was just starting to enjoy it until daddy showed up. So we ended up in a fight and I told him I loved you. Well, that made him furious. So he took his Triton and destroyed everything in my grotto. So, after he left I eventually decided to go to Ursula. She took my voice in exchange for a pair of legs. Thats why I couldn't speak when you talked to me." Ariel explained. "Oh wow that's really interesting. Wow!" "Yeah and I guess you know the rest." Ariel says shyly. "Yes but thanks for telling me the story. It was really cool." Eric replied. "Thanks.... Eric...." She says through a yawn. "Awe my poor little Ariel is all tuckered out. Come on. Let's get you under the cover." Eric says as he picks her up and tucks her into the bed he lies next to her and soon drifts off to sleep on her shoulder.