Aquamarine

(drumroll) ( rousing orchestral fanfare playing ) ( light, mysterious theme playing ) ( young woman sings eerie melody ) ( young woman gurgling melody ) YoU NG WoMAN: Ah! Ah... ( young woman's singing continues ) ( bubbling ) YoU NG WoMAN: Hello! ( giggles ) ( young woman's singing resumes ) ( laughing and singing simultaneously ) ( giggles ) ( rock music playing in distance ) GI RL oN BEACH: They're gonna drive us crazy. ( laughing in distance ) ( girl singing ) ( singing continues ) ( gasps ) oh! - ( sighs ) - ( squeals ) ( both laughing ) - Look at him, Claire. - ( sighs ) I 'm looking at him, Hailey. Sitting up there being gorgeous. Looking for someone to rescue. He should so be rescuing us. What's wrong - with this picture? - Well, all these articles say we've been way too available. We need to be more coy. We are so coy, he barely knows we exist. okay. Ray pop quiz. Favorite song, favorite food, favorite drink? Go, go, go. Weezer's "Island in the Sun," um, Dr. Pepper, oranges? Very nice. I'm trying to read. Fine, then the least you can do is read me the latest on boy-bagging technology. oh, okay, this one is called "Fluff and Retreat." "Fluffhis ego "then walk away. "Not only is he left wanting more, but he's under the impression that it's his idea." Nice. ( chuckles ) That's really cool. - ( whistle blowing ) - ( swimmers whooping ) HAI LEY: Claire, do you realize that summer's almost over, and you haven't gone in the water once? once would be way too many times. Mm. Excuse me. ( scoffs ) Doyou realize we've got less than five days till you have to move? I don't wantyou moving halfway around the world. Claire, you're such a ruiner! ( scoffs ) I'd gone, like, a halfhour without thinking about it. Hailey, I'm sorry, but... Besides, I haven't kissed Raymond yet. ( giggles ) So I'm not going anywhere. GI RL: Whoo! Incoming. ( girls giggling ) oh. ( seductively ): Hello, hottie. It's Raymond. ( girls laughing ) ( squeals ) Hail, did you order a sand... witch? Cecilia's back from camp. Don't worry. He won't fall foryuck. He's way too smart for that. - GUY: Hey, Cecilia. - Hey! ( funkypop music ) Whoa. Did they get... bigger? CLAI RE: She could poke an eye out. We just... we have to decode his body language. - ( groans ) - Look, it's fine. I mean, if he's into her, he'll shake his hair, stretch his arms - and flex those muscles. - Yeah? ( chuckles ) Wha-What was that? Fingers. That was fingers through the hair. I mean, technically, that wasn't shaking. Right? ( Hailey, Claire gasp ) Please, gods oflove, no shake, no stretch, no flex, no... ( both muttering ) ( both gasp ) - ( screaming ) - No! You guys okay? - Yeah, we're fine, thanks. - Yeah, fine. - Thanks. - We're good. ( girl laughs ) ( chuckles ) Baby-sit much? ( girls laugh ) I can't take it anymore. As long as he doesn't flip his sunglasses up and down, we're fine. Hey, Ray, think fast! - oh! - ( Cecilia screams ) - RAY: Yo... - I can't look anymore. - You... - Sorry! I figured you could catch. - Right. - My bad. oh. What? Did he flip them? You know, it's really sunny out. - It doesn't count. - Yeah. CLAI RE: Say something. You're never gonna get a tan wearing all those clothes. or skin cancer. Please, we don't even smoke. - Mm-hmm. - ( giggling ) Such losers. The perfect end to a perfect day. WoMAN: Claire! Hailey! We need your help! ( groans ) CLAI RE: Hey. What? oh, we've decided to fire Raymond. - What?!. - What?!. Mm. ( both shouting ) ( both guffawing ) MAN: You should've seen your faces! That is so not funny. oh, you girls- you're too wound up. Help bring in the "Last Splash" decorations, please. Weatherman says a big storm's coming. We'll put them up again after it clears. MAN: Raywill still be there when you're done. - Grandpa! - ( alllaughing ) Supper's at Soyou'll come back after dinner, right? We can hang out in the rec room... No, I have other plans. What?!. Butyou-you promised... God, chillax. Your grandma's right. - But Hailey, I'm... - ( both gasp ) - Sorry! - Geez, Leonard. "M" or "W"? ( chuckling ) Right, nice to see you, too. ( chuckles ) "W"... ( whispering ): He knows what you did last summer. ( both laughing ) ( slow, melancholytheme plays ) ( grunts ) Down! ( thunder crashes in distance ) Mom, I 'm home! MoTH ER: Hey, kiddo! Hailey, your boxes won't pack themselves. Don't put this off until the movers come. ( sighs ) Come on, Moby, don't play me like that. I haven't seen you in days. Hailey, you can unpack as much as you want. We're still moving. Yeah. ( sighs ) How was the club? And maybe I could get more than one syllable this time? - It was fine. - Mm-hmm. Thatwas three. ( sighs ) I'm sorry, sweetheart, but... you didn't want to leave Boston, either, remember? And lookwhat happened. You met Claire. Australia could be another amazing adventure for us, Hails. So... how about we start packing your room? So how about I live here with Claire till I'm 1 8? How about... we go back to fewer syllables? Cool. That was one. ( groans ) REPoRTER: A storm warning is in effect... HAI LEY ( giggles ): So that's where Cecilia Banks gets all the drama. Just look at her dad. BANKS: Well, as you can see-whoa! ( laughs ) Hailey, how am I supposed to face eighth grade withoutyou? My locker is right next to the boys' bathroom. And I have coed PE class by myself. We have to dance with Raymond at The Last Splash. We'll be such great dancers that he'll realize that he has to marry one of us. ( chuckles ) And we'll be so happy that one of us got him, that we won't even be jealous, you know? Unless he picks you. That wouldn't be okay. ( chuckles ) -Joke. - What ifthis is our last movie campout? - What ifthis is it? - ( grunts loudly) o gods ofhurricanes, makers ofthunder and lightning and majestical waves... useth your power to keep my mom from moving to Australia. Maketh her to see the error ofherways, and keepeth us in Baybridge! ( thunderrumbling ) Ameneth. You're insane. That's what they tell me. ( laughing maniacally ) ( thunderrumbling ) ( softly ): Ameneth. ( crackling, clinking ) ( beeping, clanging ) oh, my God! The vending machine's possessed. ( Haileyscreams ) Looks like we got free... - Hailey! -...Soda? Where are you? Are you dead?!. - Don't die. - I'm not dead. I'm right here. Follow myvoice. - ( both scream ) - oh, God! CLAI RE: Something's out there! ( both screaming ) I just want you to know that if Leonard comes in here and chops us up into a million pieces, that you were totally, completely, and eternally my best friend. You're my best friend, too. And I broke your iPod. - ( Haileyscreams ) - ( both giggle ) ( both scream ) What are you girls doing out here - in this weather?!. - oh! Come on! Grandma, you scared me! Let's get the two of you tucked up in bed. HAI LEY ( chuckling ): oh, Mrs. B., if I have nightmares tonight, - I'm blaming you. - ( Grandma chuckles ) - I'm blaming you. - ( Grandma chuckles ) HAI LEY: O gods ofhurricanes... ( groaning quietly ) O gods ofhurricanes, makers ofthunder and lightning, ( prayer repeating, overlapping, blending, growing louder ) ( groans ) ( prayers grow louder ) ...please useth your powers to keep my mom... Maketh her to see the error ofher ways... ...and keepeth us in Baybridge! ( slow, mysterious theme playing ) ( gulls screeching ) oh, my God. MAN: Come on, man. - on three, ready? one, two... - okay, yeah. ( gasps ) Raymond's out! Come on! MAN: Yeah, bring it up. CLAI RE: He's beautiful. okay, stay calm. ( squeals ) Come on! I'll catch you later, man. CLAI RE: Look at this. What a wreck. It's Ray. Don't look. Get down. ( humming ) Hello, little freaky blue crab. ( giggling ) Claire, look. ( gasps ) GRANDPA: Ray, hope you're ready to clean. ( sighs ) Wow. ( both giggling ) Thinkyou'll have to call off Last Splash? - No! No, Mr. B.! - No! No, no, no, no, no, Mr. B! You can't- I'm sorry, but you can't do that! Mr. B., me and Claire have been planning for this for, like, ever. GRANDPA: It'll be all right. Grandpa, are the pool lights still on? ( screaming ) Claire! ( woman humming eerily) ( screams ) ( screaming ) Hold on, you're okay. There's a shark in the pool! You're okay, you're okay. Shh. I got you. Here, somebody get the chair! - ( coughing ) - Calm down. - There you go. - Here. She may be in shock. Take a deep breath. Claire, are you all right? She gets scared in the water. - Her parents drowned. - ( coughing ) GRANDPA: You all right, honey? I saw something. It's in there, and I don't know what it was! ( coughing ) Halfthe ocean washed up in there last night. Hailey, take Claire inside. Leonard, lock up the patio. I don't want anyone else falling in. LEoNARD: okay, clean it, lock it. Got it. That was, that was tight, Ray. Thanks, Ray. - Hey... - Come on! - Hey! - oh, my God... Raymond totallyjumped in there to save you, with his actual biceps. Did you feel them around you? Were they flexed? oh, God, they must've been flexed. Ifyou had stopped breathing! You were, like, this close to mouth-to-mouth. There's something in there. I'm serious! It looked like... I can't even say it, but I swear, it just stared at me with its eyes! You're in shock... from touching Raymond! Hailey, I know what I saw. Fine, then we'll just go back when no one is looking, and we'll check it out. No way, Hail. I didn't mean to get in the water in the first place, and I'm not going back there again. Something bad could've happened. Come on, Clairedy cat. Put on your big girl pants and meet me at 9:00. ( whispers ): Be careful! Grandpa'll be super mad at us. - ( door creaks ) - ( gasps ) It's Leonard. ( quietly): Come on. ( rattling, squeaking ) ( rattling, squeaking ) Hey, maybe we should get fishing poles out or something. Shh, shh, shh. No. I don't want to catch it. I want to feed it. Fish sticks? Maybe it was an octopus. ( sighs ): With blue hair - and a tail? - It could've been blue seaweed or kelp. It was not an octopus, and it wasn't kelp! You want one? I saw hair! God! Listen, ifyou're gonna ignore every single word I say, - I can hang out alone. - I'm not ignoring you. ( both talking at once ) YoUNG WoMAN: I bet I know what it was. ( girls gasp ) I'm guessing... it was a mermaid. Mm... mm... ( girls gasping ) ( both gasp ) ( whimpering ) Boo. ( screaming ) ( muffled gasp ) ( giggles ) - ( gasps ) - It's a... Uh, you're a... ( gasps ) - A m... - ( exasperated groan ) I can see we have to take this slowly. Mer... maid. Mermaid. - ( whimpering ) - Wha...? Fabled marine creature, halfwoman, halffish, best known for sitting on rocks, staring into mirrors, and obsessively combing our long, beautiful hair. Blah, blah, blah... ( burbling ) Wha... What is going on? - ( screaming ) - Stop shrieking Iike a couple of gulls. For shrimps, you're awfully loud. ( chuckles ) You speak English? Yeah. Mermaids speak every language known to man, fish, crustacean... and several varieties of sea fowl. What can you speak? I got a C in Spanish. Hmm. ( gasps ): Wait. What if she's, like, bad or something? ( whispering ): Whywould she be bad? She's a fictional sea creature. They could be bad. We are not fictional! We're discreet. Hm. I've never been this close to a human before. ( nervous chuckle ): Yeah. Must be weird foryou. What? Nothing. ( laughs ): You're staring at my tail. Well, yeah, I was. Do you... want to touch it? okay. Aah, it's slimy! ( chuckles ): Thankyou. I rub it with kelp and jellyfish twice a day. Hm. ( majestic orchestral theme plays ) Wow! Wow! ( screaming ) Please don't eat us! The thought! It's okay. I just want to see what feet feel like. CLAI RE: Give it! Can you pick things up with them? No, but... I can kickwith them ifyou don't let go! Hey, get back here. ( lowrumbling ) Mm! How-how did you do that? oh, that's nothing. You should see my father. He can make some serious waves. Like last night, for example. Your dad made those waves? Yeah. He's mad at me, because I swam away from home three days before I'm supposed to get married offto this merman who's about as deep as a tidal pool. LEoNARD: Hey! ( gasps ): Leonard! We have to go. - He's a total psycho. - You have to hide. Wait! Where are you going? - We'll be back tomorrow morning. - Promise? Promise! Someone over there? - Run! - Don't get seen. ( gasps ) ( softsloshing ) ( sighs ) ( whispers ): Hailey. - Hailey, wake up. - ( moans ) ( both laughing ) ( distant whirring ) What in the world? - oh, no. - oh! ( gasps ) ( gasps ) - This is bad. - oh, my God. This is so bad. Come on. ( machine whirring ) ( whirring stops ) What have you done?!. I drained the pool. HAI LEY: She's not in there. - But how could she just get out? - I don't know. ( clattering ) Come on. ( screaming ) - ( giggling ) - oh, it's you. You scared the salt out of me. I thought you were that man with that awful sucking machine. I just about got turned inside out. How did you get in here? I used these. Whoa. ( yelps ) ( giggles ) Myvery own pair. oh, and check this out. - Whoa. - Whoa. Wow. Isn't it cute? - ( laughs ) - Very cute. And I can sit on it. ( footsteps approaching ) Hey, we've got to get you out of here. Come on. You're going to get seen. You need to give heryour T-shirt. No. My bathing suit is like boy repellent. What ifwe see Raymond? It's your bathing suit 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 boobs 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? Hey, Raymond. Hey. ( whispers ): oh, my God! ( Claire squeaks ) We didn't even remember this was your street. ( chuckles ) Yeah. All right, Iet's see what you got here. ( gasps ) Ah... nothing too serious. You run it under some cold water, - you'll be as good as new... - No, no, no, no! Hey, hey, hey. I wouldn't hurt you. All right, let me at least put a Band-Aid on it. Yeah? RAY: Lifeguard's always prepared, right? Here we go. This won't hurt a bit. Thereyou go. - Voila! - ( laughs ) Thankyou. It's... it's beautiful. ( laughs ) ( laughs ): Eh... So, um... what was your name? Aquamarine. Cool name. Will I see you at the street fair today? - ( whooping, horn honks ) - I love this song! oh, no! ( pop music playing ) Who ordered broom service? Hi, Raymond! I'm here for my driving lesson. Let's get you up. You going to be all right? okay, cool. All right, hey, hang on one sec, I got to grab my keys. So, um... I'll seeyou later? oop. Rock. Watch out. Watch out. Who is she? Cecilia. She thinks she's the shiz 'cause her dad does the weather. Her dad can make weather? ( laughs ): No. He just reports it. - Shut up! I know how to drive. - And she's a princess? No, no, no. Just a royal bitch. Then why are you so intimidated? oh. Got it. Slow... ( pop music continues ) Whoa. Hey, guys, does she have something against girl's clothes? ( Cecilia's friends laughing ) ( laughter continues ) CECI LIA: Nice hair. Who are you? Aquamarine. She's my cousin. Well, that's kind of pretty. Mm! For a crayon. I was named Aquamarine after a rare and precious gemstone, whereas... Cecilia translated means "dim-sighted." Butyour parents know you better than I do. Wow. What did you just say to me? Yep, definitely dim-sighted. ( engine booms andstalls ) ( all laughing ) oh! ( laughter continues ) There's something very fishy about that girl. CLAI RE: Cecilia Banks blew a gasket! Who cares about her? What about Ray? I mean... ( panting ) What happened to me back there? I was such a clam. I-I couldn't think. CLAI RE: Don't worry. Everything we've learned about boys has come from the pages ofthese magazines. Come on. AQUAMARI NE: I can't stop thinking about him. I feel so weird and tingly. ( gasps ) - What? - Look at my finger scales. oh, my. They've never been this color before. They change colorwith my mood. Whoa, weird. But I don't know what mood this is. - Love... - Love... HAI LEY: okay, start reading. We have a lot to cover before we go to the street fair. Mm-hmm. ( upbeatpop intro plays ) ( woman singing) Look at this! I need some salt. CLAI RE: Number 28. Come on. Focus! ( frustrated grunt ) How do you remember all this? You have to be flirty, but demure. Yeah. - Devoted but not desperate. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Available, but elusive? And ifhe calls Wednesday for Saturday, you have to be busy, even though you're free? - It's so annoying. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yet strangely addictive. I think she's on the brink of a boy data overload. Hey. Let's take her out. ( man speaks indistinctly overP.A. system ) There he is. - ( gasps ): Ray! Ray! Hi! - Shh! No! CLAI RE: Haven't you learned anything? Let him see you first! Sorry. I just got so excited, I forgot. It's okay, just... Hey, how about ifwe do what... what Liz D. from Skokie suggests? The "Laugh and Pass." Casuallywalk past him... Iaughing. Good idea. ( shriekinglaughter) That was so funny! ( whispers ): okay, look at him. Look away. HAI LEY: Look at him and playwith your hair. Just kind oftwirl it, twirl it. ( guys laughing and whooping ) - Arch your back. Arch your back. - Puckeryour lips and flip your hair. - Flip it, flip it. Flip it. - Arch your back. HAI LEY: Don't look at him. No, no, no. He's looking atyou. CLAI RE: okay, fluffand retreat. What? Come on, you can do it, Ray. Come on, Ray! Fluffhis ego and retreat. Go. - ( cheering, laughter) - Yeah! oh, yeah! Wow, Raymond, you're good! Bye. Wha...? Uh, wha... You didn't fluff enough! Here you go, man. Hey! Hey, where you going? - Guess she did. - Come on! Hey, guys, I'll catch up with you. okay? I'm gonna hang out with Aqua. oh, my God, he gave her a nickname. Hey. Hi. ( imitates dolphin ): Ar! Ar! Ar! ( goofyvoice ): Are you having a good time? ( dolphin toysqueaking ) Yes. Following you around is fun. ( laughing ): okay... Um... this guy is foryou. ( squeaking ) - Thanks. - WoMAN: Cotton candy! - You're welcome. - Come and get your cotton candy. MAN ( overP.A. system ): Hurry, hurry, hurry! ( man continues over P.A. system ) You want one? - Yeah. - okay. J ust one, please? Thanks. ( gasps softly ) Mmm... Mmm... Hmm. Um, I just love eating cotton candy. I mean, I love eating it. - Right, Hail? - Right. It's so much fun to eat it. Mmm... ( gasps ): It just vanished! ( chuckles ): Mm-hmm. Mmm, mmm... Shake. Stretch. - ( bell clangs ) - ( people cheering ) Flex! - He likes her! - He likes her! ( cheering continues ) Hey, what are those? Water bikes? Mm. - What, you've never been on a paddle boat before? - Uh-uh. - oh, he's so cute. - Come on. I'll give you your first ride. - okay. - ( dolphin toysqueaks ) Do you think she'll be okay out there? She's with Ray, isn't she? I guess. Come on. So, um, how long you in town? Two more days. Then my dad's making me come home. Ifhe doesn't get his way, it's always a huge disaster. Eh, pretty controlling, huh? ( laughs ): You have no idea. ( laughs ): Yeah, I do. My dad, he's all... dead set on me starting college next week. But, I don't know, I want to take a year off and travel. I've never been out of Florida. So we've been arguing about it all summer. And he'll probably win the argument. He always does. Theyjust don't get it, do they? Sometimes you have to leave home to figure out whatyou want. Exactly. You know, you're not like most girls around here. ( quiet, anxious squeak ) CLAI RE: They're so cute together. HAI LEY: Claire, how romantic is that? ( Claire laughs ) This is nice. The sun is setting! Yeah, I know. We timed it prettywell, didn't we? - I have to get back! - What? okay. Uh... okay. All right. - okay, all right... - oh, no! We're going the wrong way! We're heading back out to sea! There we go, we're turning around. Yeah, we're turning around, everything's okay... Hailey! Claire! - Sunset! - oh, no! CLAI RE: She's gonna pop a tail! - Hailey! Claire! -Just add moonlight orwater! AQUAMARI NE: I have to get back! RAYMoND: Hey, hey... Here, let's talk about something to, um, distractyou, okay? Like, um... what areyou doing tomorrow night? You've probably heard about the Last Splash? - We're coming, Aqua! - Paddle! It's a... a party type thing. Wow, you're really in a hurry. 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. You guys look like the grandma brigade. What's next, dentures or Depends? What's next is I'm going with Raymond to the Last Splash. I've got some advice. You need to separate fantasy from reality. Ray's going to the Last Splash with Cecilia. She asked him last night at the street fair. What?!. I'd love to stay and chat, but we're late for Cecilia's pre-party. I've got some advice foryou two. ( shrieking ) ( laughing ) ( gasping ) Put on a dry shirt. - That was totally amazing! - That was crazy! It's Ray. I can't believe I was so stupid! Whywould he choose her over me? You're supposed to know him. He obviously doesn't like me at all! That's not possible. I never should've trusted you in the first place. Aqua, he's intoyou! This doesn't make sense! Bull shark! Forget it. I'm going home. Aqua, no! Wait! HAI LEY: Claire... this is totally, completely... eternally over. I'm moving. ( sighs ) I'm going to be the new girl again. You know what? No. No, we're going to split up. You're going to go stop Aqua, and... and I'm going to go find Raymond, okay? Meet me back at the club as soon as possible. Hurry! Go! ( waves gurgling ) HAI LEY: Aqua, don't do it! Don't do it! Aqua, you can't do this! Why not? I'm never going to see him again. And you know what? He doesn't care. I'm just going to go home. This was all for nothing. It was not for nothing; it was for love. You know what I think oflove? Love stinks. No wonderwe don't have it back home. Please don't give upyet. Why, because ofyourwish? Let me tell you something. My dad said he loved me. He said he loved my mother, and then he left us. He left us for some otherwoman... but I guess that's just the way it is and love doesn't always work. I don't understand. That's life. That's how it is here. But when you find love, I guess it's really beautiful, or at least that's what I've read in magazines. And I don't know as much about it as I say I do, but I know that there's a reason why everybodywants it so much. And what's that? It's the closest thing we have to magic. Don't give upyet. oh, my God! What's happening to me? I'm leaking! ( laughing ): Aqua, you're crying. I'm leaking saltwater. I'm falling apart. No, they're tears. Your body makes them when you cry. I guess you wouldn't have them, living underwater. This is crazy. Nextyou're going to tell me water shoots out ofyour nose when you're happy. ( laughing ) only occasionally. ( chatting indistinctly ) ( bike bell rings ) Nice bike. ( girls snickering ) Still has tassels. Time for a swim! ( squealing ) Excuse me. How could you do this to Aqua? Uh, do what? Take Cecilia to the Last Splash afteryou already asked Aquamarine. Yeah, well, that was before I found out that she has a boyfriend. A boyfriend? Yeah. The one she practicallyjumped overboard for to watch the sunset? Aqua doesn't have a boyfriend. Who told you that? Vince! - Vince! - Huh? - The little girl wants to go in. - I want to go in where? ( sing-songy): Into the pool! ( screaming ): No! Put me down! No! No! No! No! Hey, hey, hey, Vince, don't, man, don't! Stop! - ( screaming ) - Hey, put her down. Come on. VI NCE: okay, okay. Whoo! Geez, relax. What's the big drama? VI NCE: Pfft! Whatever. ( sniffles ) ( sobbing ) God, take a joke. "Take a joke"? Wha-What's the matter with you? She's scared. She was trying to get attention. Hello! No, that's yourjob, isn't it, Cecilia? Raymond, I was kidding. Joke? Hello! ( sniffling ) Claire, Claire, hold on. Hey, you okay? Look, um, doyou know where I can find Aqua? I really need to talk to her. Yeah? Is that a nod? I know I see a nod. D.J. ( overradio ): This next one's for the brokenhearted out there. ( woman singing ballad) ( Aquamarine moaning ) Who needs Raymond? I found two new men to love. Their names are Ben and Jerry. ( Haileylaughing ) Mm! ( sighs ) Raymond. Who needs Raymond? I need some salt. You know, I-I don't know what Cecilia was talking about. ( sighs ) I, uh, think they're in here in my room. ( gasps ) - ( splashing ) - Aqua's right around here... oh, God! Hey! ( clears throat ) Uh, um, sorry. I'm sorry. How's it going? Bad. No, good. Fine. ( clears throat ) Why don't you wait on the balcony, - Yeah. - and we'll be out in a sec. ( mouthing ) ( laughing ) What was he doing here?!. Cecilia told him Aqua had a boyfriend. ( gasps, then scoffs ) That... that barnacle! But Raymond wants to talk to you. - oh, my God! oh, my God! - Yes! Yes! AQUAMARI NE: oh, my God! ( giggling ) - Hey. - Hey. ( indistinct conversation ) - Hey, you know what? - And then the fish attacked me. - It attacked you? Really? - Yeah. - Kind of like a penguin, like... - RAY: Later, guys. - oh, hey. - Thanks for coming. ( sighs ) - ( sighs ) - ( laughs ) ( shudders ) Guess who's got a date to The Last Splash. - ( gasping ) - ( squealing ): Me! ( laughter, shouting ) ( laughing ) ( whooping ) ( chuckles ) ( upbeat music playing ) Gently catch it. I fyou break your balloon, you're out. okay, now toss it back. Remember to keep stepping back as you go. Come on, people! You can win a date with me! oh, good throw, man. You ready for the heater? - Whoa! okay. - ( laughing ) Careful. Heavy-handed. You go under, not over. You don't want to drop it. okay, take a step back. ( conversations fade, music continues ) ( crowd gasping ) ( laughing ) Ray, you're out. Come on, offyou go. ( laughing ) oh, I think I feel seasick. You know? But in a good way. J ust be yourself. Minus the tail. Hi... Hi. Wow, you look pretty. So do you. ( chuckles ): Thankyou. So what do you say we grab something to eat? Yes. I'm good at that. ( chuckles ): okay. ( gasps ): Here they come. - Hey. - Hi, guys. Hey. ( giggling excitedly ) ( crowd whooping, laughing ) What can I get you? ( giggling ) They're there. - Hey. - Hi. Hmm. Um... is that good? Yes. It's very calming. okay, I'll try some. No, no... Eh, that's good. ( exhales deeply) ( sniffs ) To... ...new things. ( gasping ) ( coughs ) Sorry. ( coughing ) Guess it's an acquired taste, huh? ( coughs ) HAI LEY: Looks like they're having a genius time. Hey. You look really pretty, honey. Thanks. Hey. Hi. I see you and Claire have made a new friend. Yeah, how 'bout that? Another person I get to say good-bye to. Ginny! oh, Ginny. I just read about you in the Tribune. You didn't tell me you were one of, what? What an honor. I've been trying to land a grant like this for ten years. I just hope we can do some good with it. only the fish will know for sure. Aren'tyou happy foryour mom? Ecstatic. oh, come on. Don't worry, honey. You know how kids are. So, ifyou could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? oh, that's easy. I would go to Fiji. I hear it's amazing. It is. It's unbelievable. You've been there? Well, I've been to lots of places. But I've learned it's not where you are, it's whoyou're with. Hmm. You always so sure of everything? Yes. More people should be like that. Well, some of us are only human. ( chuckles ) ( feedback buzzes ) ( crowdcheering ) Thankyou. Hey. How you doing? Wow, thanks. ( indistinct whispering ) - Please. - Ah... Yeah, sure, we can do that. I love that song. Hi, everyone. We'd like to start things off with a special request. ( guitarintro ) ( singing ) oh, I love this song. You want to dance? I want to, but... I don't know how. What? No, it's easy. I'll show you. Come on. Come on. You can't be worse than me. ( singing continues ) I told you I was bad. No, you're great, you're great. It's okay. Um... here. You ever spend any time in the water? Some. You know. Right. okay. So, you just kind of let the music carryyou. You know, just like a wave would. Wavy, yeah. There you go. Yeah, thereyou go. Nice. I'll be right back. Back off- don't make a bigger fool ofyourself than you already have. Walk away. - Bye. - Walk away. Good job. BoTH: He's so into her. He likes her. - ( songstops ) - ( cheering ) Thankyou, Capri Beach Club. Sunset. Come on. ( laughter) I think I like dancing with you better than anything I've ever done on feet. HAI LEY: Hey! Say good-bye. It's time to go. Uh-oh. I have to go. Wh-What? Again? Come on, at least stay for the fireworks. - Come on. - There's gonna be fireworks? I can't. I wish I could, I really do. Butyou leave tomorrow. I want to spend more time with you. What can I say to makeyou stay? You can tell me... - What? Tell you what? - Aqua, we have to go right now. Come on. Tomorrow. Tomorrowyou can tell me. Come to the pier at 9:00. To tell you what? You can tell me how that makes you feel. - Come on! - Come on! ( giggling, laughing ) Wow. ( chuckles ) ( indistinct conversation ) ( laughing ) Come on, Hails. ( engine starts ) ( light, upbeat theme playing ) ( laughing ) Whoo! okay, you I ittle freaks. What are you doing here? Cecilia, I want to go back to the party. They're handing out sparklers. ( crowd cheering ) ( man singing ) ( laughing ) ( giggling ) She lives in a water tower. Freak city. This is so lame. And who cares? I'm tired of sitting here staring at it. Yeah, Cecilia, we already missed the fireworks, and now we're missing the party. Um, Patty, could you put away the negativity, sort oflikeyou put away all those corn dogs at the street fair? I'm going up. If anyone comes... honk. But... But I only... I only had two. ( panting ) ( wrychuckle ) Who needs this? Uh... ( laughing ) Here we go. ( engine starts ) - ( giggling ) - Shh! ( laughing ) What are you up to, huh? ( humming ) ( giggling ) ( humming ) ( singing ) Hailey? Is someone there? ( gasps ) ( gasps ) Uh... ( gasping ) ( locks ) oh, my God. oh, my God. Wait! Cecilia. ( panting ): okay, okay... ( loud clang ) ( screams ) ( shuddering ) oh... Nice... and... slow. ( panting ) She's a... She's a... She's a, she's a, she's a... a... a... Wh... You want something done, you have to do it your... ( grunting ) ...self!. ( panting ) ( grunting ) ( screeching ) ( grunting ) ( music playing ) oh, I need to see your hand stamp. Thankyou. G'night! Uh, can I see your hand stamp, please? This is my hand stamp. - Mm... - ( giggling ) - You know who I am. - Sorry, Cecilia. Has grilling burgers fried your brain, or doyou grill burgers all day becauseyou have no brain? Excuse me. - Girls! - Cecilia. Aquamarine... She's a mermaid. She has, she has scales and everything. She has a big, fat tail. That's why she lives in thewatertower. Whoa. You need to slow way down. What areyou talking about? You're sounding a little crazy, Cecilia. No, no, no, no. No, I'm not crazy. No, I saw it with my own eyes. - You're freaking us out. - There's no mermaid. Why areyou looking at me like that when there's a mermaid in a water tower, you guys? There's no mermaid. oh, okay. Fine. And by the way, why'd you guys leave me there, huh? Do you have any idea how far I had to walk?!. - ( giggling ) - Huh? - She's crazy. - Why is that funny? ( giggling ) GI RL ( laughing ): A mermaid. ( chainjingling ) Hmm. Huh... ( sighs ) ( quiet, gentle theme plays ) GI N NY: 40 boxes, was that it? - MAN: No, it's 55. - GI N NY: Fifty-five. MAN: And the window's going to have to be dismantled... Bye, Mom. Hey, be back soon, Hails. Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, it's so horrible. I went on my run this morning, down by the water tower, and, and I heard this crying and... this poor girl, I think she's trapped up there. Did you call the police? Uh, I wanted to tell you first. ( phone keypadbeeping ) - ( knocking ) - Come in. - ( knocking ) - Come in. Hey. Hey. Will you take care of Moby for me? You won't have to go tomorrow. Believe me. So, I was thinking, we should meet at the pier at around 8:455. Hail. - Areyou listening to me? - Mm-hmm. Maybe we should think about thewish. What doyou mean? We know what we're doing with ourwish. You're staying in Baybridge. Right, but I was thinking about it all last night, and... um, my mom has worked all her life forthis. Maybe it's not fair. We asked for a miracle, Hailey, and we got it. We're using it. Maybe we could wish for something else, maybe. Something else? Mm-hmm. Like what? Like a new best friend? A new person to tell everything to? Claire, no, stop it. How can you even think that way? I'm just saying, maybe we'll learn to stand on our own for a change, you know? - You mean me, don'tyou? - I mean I'm notyour mom. Please. You act like I need you all the time when... the truth is, you're so mad at the world that nobody but me even wants to talk toyou. oh? Soyou're the one who's lived hereyourwhole life? How doyou figure that I'm your only friend? Huh? ( sniffling ) ...WQDA, the coast's breaking news channel. A report just in ofa young girl trapped - in the Baybridge water tower. - ( shrieks ) We're going live to Storm Banks, our man on the scene. This is Storm Banks reporting live from Baybridge water tower, where an unidentified girl has been trapped. Firefighters are racing against time - to rescue this girl... - Hailey, wait! ...from a watery grave. Hailey, wait! Hailey! ( sighs ) So how did you come across this? CECI LIA: I was just out for my morning run, and all of a sudden I heard this horrible screaming. I didn't know what to do, and, I mean, I did the first thing that came to my mind, which was go to inform the newscast, and, um, you know, we can only hope - that we find her. - The ladder's gone. - oh, no. - I just did what any good citizen would have done. And we can only hope that they'll pull her out in time, so she can be reunited with her friends and loved ones. Hey, he's got something! - ( gasps ) - okay, guys. Showtime. ( indistinct radio transmission ) SToRM: okay, are you getting this? - ( squeaking ) - We got a floater. ( crowd laughing ) No, no, that's not possible. No, she's up there. Yeah, okay, sweetie. No, she's up there. They know what's going on. They know exactly what's going on. Tell them. Tell them how she's up there. She's probably still hiding under the water. Go to commercial. Daddy! You know why? Because she is a mermaid. - ( laughing ) - Go to commercial. Mermaid! Mer-maid. - ( laughing ) - Go to commercial now. Fins and everything. You've got to be kidding me. Give meyour keys. No, Dad. - Cecilia... - No. No, no, no, no, no. Cecilia! - ooh. - Give me your car keys... now! ( stifledsnickering ) ( whimpering ) And while you're walking to school every day, you can try and figure out why it is you need so much attention. ( gasps ) Where could she be? I don't know. Let's go. It's a wrap. on my career. ( laughing ) But, Daddy, my car! Save it, Cecilia. You know why? Because she is a mermaid. Go to commercial. ( Aquamarine and Leonard laughing ) There's not usually a man with a ladder around when you need him. I can't thankyou enough. I guess I could say the same to you. You're probably the first person who's talked to me all summer. At least nicely. I appreciate that. You're a long way from home, aren'tyou? oh, thankyou! ( woman humming ) You know, when you help a mermaid, you get a wish. ( cawing ) CLAI RE: It's almost 9:30 and she's not here- where else could she be? Don't say it like it's my fault. - Shh! There's Ray. - Yeah, I can see that. Thanks. What is your problem? I'm not giving up this wish, Hailey. She's here. - ( whimpers ) - Hey! - Hi. - Hi. I, um... I thought aboutyou all night. Good. ( laughing ): Yeah. So... what was it thatyou, um, wanted to tell me? or ask me? I wasn't sure. okay, here it goes. The last couple of days have been... - amazing... - Yeah, but wait... Before we get to that, uh, could you maybe give me, like, a 20-minute warning, you know, before the part whereyou run away. ( chuckling ) Don't worry, I don't have to leave yet. Cool, because I was thinking, um, maybe we could go kite surfing. Like, there's this really, really awesome place right down the shore- okay, the waves are small... CLAI RE: Uh, wait. ...it sprays up into the air and you can, like, always see a rainbow there. We're losing them. I think she's about to ask him. - I can't hear. - Shh! Come on. Let's go up top. I mean, that's... ifyou want to do that. - I want to. Yeah. - Yeah? Cool, 'cause then, afterwards, um, I know this great little... Uh, actually, it's a total dive, but they have the best hot dogs ever. - Raymond... - Yeah? I have to askyou something. oh, right, right, yeah. okay, shoot. I came here looking for something... I wasn't even sure existed. But... then I metyou, and now I have to askyou. Ask me. - Try the binoculars. - Don'tyell at me. Raymond... Yeah? Doyou love me? Uh... Well... I mean... we've had one date. What's going on? But don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong. I like you. I really, really likeyou. Wait, I think he's, I think he's reaching out for her. That's a good sign. Look. I mean, I think you're smart and beautiful, and different than anyone I've ever met before, and I'd like to see a lot more ofyou. But... you don't love me. She's pulling away. - Let me see what's going on. - Wait, no. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Hey... areyou crying? Yes. Apparently, it's something I do. I don't understand. I mean, why do I have to be in love with you today? Why can't we just... Why can't we just... - work ourway there? - ( footsteps approaching ) CECI LIA: I have a better idea. Why doesn't she just go back to where she came from? ( gasping ) - oh, no! - No! What the hell's the matterwith you? ( gasps ) oh, my God. Raymond! Raymond! Just stay calm! Don't fight the current. I'll be right there! He still chooses her over me? She's a fish! ( shrieks ) Raymond! HAI LEY and CLAI RE: Aqua! Aqua! We're coming! Her dad's pulling her back. RAY: I'm going to get my rescue board! We can't just let her go. I'm going in. No. Not without me, you're not. ( gasping, coughing ) Hailey! Hailey! - Claire, come on. - Hailey! Claire! Grab the buoy! We'll meetyou there. - ( coughing ) - I'm right here. - I won't leave you. - Hailey, I can't! Keepyour eye on the buoy! ( grunting ) ( coughing ) I'm coming. Grab my hand. Hailey! You can do it. I can't believe you two. It's not safe out here. The storm's too strong. Why is your dad pulling you back now? He can't just takeyou away. Yes, he can. That was our deal. Take ourwish... - ( gasps ) - and you can stay here. I can't. Yeah, take it. And you can call off yourwedding. But there's no wish. - HAI LEY: What?!. - Raymond doesn't love me. My fatherwas right. I couldn't prove love exists. I'm so sorry. - Can't we do something?!. - Yeah, anything! What more could you do for me? You jumped in the water to save me. And nowyou'd give meyourwish? Whywould you do that for me? I... I don't know. I guess it's what I would do for her, and... I know she'd do it for me, and just... because we loveyou, Aqua. You do? I didn't knowyou leak when you're happy, too. Look. Your dad's letting you go. Because ofyou. What? Don'tyou see? You just proved to him that love exists. ( laughing ) ( laughing ) I guess you get a wish after all. Any requests? ( chuckles ) Can we wish foryou to stay here forever? I'm a mermaid, Claire. I have a family out there that needs me. Yeah. As much as I want to stay, I belong in the ocean... most ofthe time. Saveyourwish, okay? I promise I'll come back to visit. And ifl have to swim against the GulfStream, from here to Australia, I'll do it. I'd circle theworld foryou two. ( quiet, gentle themeplaying ) So I guess this is it, right? Someone's got to go back and return all those wedding gifts. We're gonna miss you, Aqua. You can always call me on my shell. ( laughing ) oh... I wantyou guys to have these. Thanks. Starfish may be big suck-ups... ...but they never lie. Aqua... I love you guys, too. Aqua! Aqua! ( gasps ) ( squeals ) - oh, my God. - Keep in touch, fish-butt. We want a full report. I'll see you soon! Bye. Bye. Bye. - Race you to the pier. - No, wait. Let's just float a while. I want to enjoy this. Has this been the best summer ever orwhat? Just wait till next summer when you guys come to Australia and visit me. I don't ifl can swing that with my allowance. Uh, Claire- we still have ourwish. oh, my God. - You knowwhat, Hailey? - Huh? It's good to have friends with fins. - ( laughing ) - Hey! ( both laughing ) Wait up! Wow. Wow, I ca... I ca... I can't believe it. Um, they didn't exactly cover this in lifeguard training. I know. I should have told you. I hopeyou're not... mad. No. No, I'm not... I'm not mad. S-Surprised, definitely, and confused about a couple ofthings- Iike... for one, the fact thatyou have a tail. Yeah, I do. A very nice one, by the way. ( squeals ) I know. Are you... planning to surface any-anytime soon? That sounds... I don't know what I'm talking about. ( clears throat ) I'm not sure how to ask a mermaid out... but I'd like to seeyou again- I mean, ifthat's... allowed or-or even possible. Well, I have to swim back for a bit... clear the water with my dad. Would you mind waiting a little while? Maybeyou could meet me in Fiji sometime. Uh-huh. ( buoybellrings ) - Leonard? - Leonard? Good day, ladies. Hey, girls. Hey. oh, that's really sweet. I'm really happy for them. Hailey! Claire! Hey. - Hi. - Hi. Hi. Look, I just... had to tell you guys thanks. You're both, um... you're both pretty extraordinary. I don't even know ifl could have done whatyou did. ( gasps ) ( quietsqueal) ( gasps ) ( quiet squeak ) See you. ( sighs ) ( screaming ) ( laughing ) oh, my goodness! I'll see you soon? I'm going to miss you so much. I know. I'm going to miss you, too. STARFISH: Hailey's so beautiful, inside and out. She's the best friend you could everhave. STARFISH: Claire is so courageous. Claire has a true heart. She understands... -...a true friend... - She will never letyou down. She glows from the inside. ( squealing laughter ) ( light, gentle theme plays ) ( theme ends ) ( upbeat pop intro begins ) ( girl singing ) ( song ends ) ( upbeat rock intro begins ) ( woman singing ) ( song ends ) ( medium-tempo rock intro begins ) ( woman singing ) ( song fades, ends )