That heart is yours now (9)

Harrison waited for this little beauty that moved him some how. What was it about her that made his heart beat the way Kimberly did.

Ariel walked up behind him and touched his shoulders, "I'm ready to go."

He jumped out of this thoughts. "Let's go get Lily then and get something to eat."

"Before that, can we check on Justin he does not live far from here."

Harrison agreed he called his brother to meet him at the car.

It did not take long to get to Justin's apartment. Ariel went in to check on him. He really was sick with a fever. He had gone to the doctor and would be off work till monday.

Ariel told him about doing his show and asked what trick she had missed. "Bert like to play pranks on the people. Whisper prank time and as you are doing simple trick with Ernie he will splash water out on the sides with the no people; he will do this three time and then he will go over and look like he is going to splash them and at the last second he will turn and go Nana and you will say you all just got pranked. While all this is going on Ernie should be doing his hoop tricks with you. Make sure Bert is lightly scolded for the splashing each time."

"Ok looks like I have two more days with them." Ariel said.

When she left Harrison went into a bad mood. "How well do they know each other?"

"Don't know. She lives by a code so I don't think they dated. Why not ask her?" Marcus replied.

When she came out she had a sad look on her face.

He got out of the car. He did not want Lily to hear them talk. "What's wrong?" Harrison asked.

"He has a bad cold. The doctor says he can't go back to work till Monday. Why didn't Carrie tell you that? How am I going to do six shows tomorrow?"

"We will put up a sign saying to see the Mermaid attend the dolphins show. Your wrist band can be given out over there." Harrison said.

"That makes me feel a little better. Justin went over a few tricks I did not know about. Tomorrow's show will be better I think."

"How do you know Justin?" Harrison asked.

"We grew up in the same orphanage. He is the one who helped me get this job. Lucky for him he was adopted by a family and got to go to school. He picked marine biology so he could work better with the dolphins. He then would let me swim with them and he showed me some of the tricks."

"That's good." He then opened the car door. He was glad he talked to her outside so Lily could not hear.

They headed to dinner. "Is the dolphin guy alright?" Lily asked.

"Yes, he just has a little cold. He will be back with the dolphin soon. I will get to play with them all weekend." Lily explained.

They ate at party fun zone. That was Lily's favorite place. As Harrison and her sat and watched Lily and Marcus play they talked.

"He is really good with her." Lily said.

"Yes, If it were not for him I would of not made it as a single dad this long."

"He told be about Kimmy, I'm sorry."

"Kimberly was my life. I have been in love with her since I was in 4th grade and she was in the 3rd grade but did not say anything till we were in high school."

He paused before going on, he was thinking of Kimberly when they were young.

"She was a ruff and tumbling girl. She was Marcus's best friend. When she got sick I begged her to give up Lily and get treatment but she refused. I love Lily now more then life it's self so I thank Kimberly for that. Her body was in good shape organ wise so she donated them. I just hope they gave someone a chance to live a better life."

"That was sweet of her. Someone gave me a heart a few years ago. I pray and thank the lord for that gift. It came just in time on my birthday."

"How old were you?"

"16, I was in the hospital because of my heart. I was thinking that would be my last birthday. I have a rare blood type so it was hard to get a match. Then someone who was a donor passed and I was the only match so they did the operation right away. I woke up five days later. I asked about who donated the Heart but they would not tell me they said the family did not want to know who the heart went to. I really wanted to thank the family for letting me live but I have to respect them. I guess that is also one of the reasons I work so hard for a better life."

He listened to her story. 16 if he remembered she was 22 that was 6 years ago and she has the same birthday as Lily. Kimberly's heart was used right away. Could she have Kimberly's heart? Is that why he is having feelings for Ariel now?

When she was done Lily came over to pull her to the trampoline area to play with her.

"Did you have a good talk?" Marcus asked.

"Yes, Can you use your skill to find out who got Kimberly's heart?"

"I thought you did not want to know?" Marcus said.

"I do now."

"Ok when I get home I'll see what I can find."

After another hour of play Ariel was really tired. So they head home.

Since it was Ariel day off Harrison gave Lily her bath and tucked her in to bed.

Ariel was tired after everything she did so she went straight bed and fell into a dream.

She was floating in the air and then someone caught her. She was a beautiful woman. A little taller then she was with long blonde hair.

"Hello." Ariel said.

"Hello, I am glad to finally meet you." She said.

"Who are you?"

"My name is not important what is important is what you are doing with my heart."

"Are you the person who gave me a chance to live?" Ariel asked.

"Yes, I like how hard you work and how much you care for all things. No one else at the Park tells the audience to be kind to everyone and all living things. I like that."

"Thank you. I was just talking tonight about wanting to Thank you or you family I'm glad I got the chance."

"About that, Ariel you must be strong. My husband will find out who you are and try to force you to be with him because of my heart. If you truly fall in love with him, I don't mind. I am just afraid that he will try to love you because a piece of me is in you but that heart is yours now and has nothing to do with me at all. Understand?"

"Yes" Ariel says.

"I need to go now. Have a good rest."

"Bye and thanks again."