(drumroll)
(rousing orchestral fanfare playing)
(light, mysterious theme playing)
(young woman sings eerie melody)
(young woman gurgling melody)
YOUNG WOMAN: Ah!
Ah...
(young woman's singing continues)
(bubbling)
YOUNG WOMAN: Hello!
(giggles)
(young woman's singing resumes)
(laughing and singing simultaneously)
(giggles)
(rock music playing in distance)
GIRL 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."
"Fluff his 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)
HAILEY: 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)
Do you realize we've got less than five days
till you have to move?
I don't want you moving
halfway around the world.
Claire, you're such a ruiner!
(scoffs)
I'd gone, like, a half hour without thinking about it.
Hailey, I'm sorry, but...
Besides,
I haven't kissed Raymond yet.
(giggles)
So I'm not going anywhere.
GIRL: 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 for yuck.
He's way too smart for that.
- GUY: Hey, Cecilia. - Hey!
(funky pop music)
Whoa.
Did they get... bigger?
CLAIRE: 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 of love, 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.
CLAIRE: 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)
CLAIRE: 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: Ray will still be there
when you're done.
- Grandpa! - (all laughing)
Supper's at 6:00, Claire.
So you'll come back after dinner, right?
We can hang out in the rec room...
No, I have other plans.
What?!
But you-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, melancholy theme plays)
(grunts)
Down!
(thunder crashes in distance)
Mom, I'm home!
MOTHER: 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.
That was three.
(sighs)
I'm sorry, sweetheart,
but... you didn't want to leave
Boston, either, remember?
And look what 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 18?
How about... we go back to fewer syllables?
Cool.
That was one.
(groans)
REPORTER: A storm warning is in effect...
HAILEY (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 without you?
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 if this is our last movie campout?
- What if this is it? - (grunts loudly)
O gods of hurricanes, makers of thunder and lightning
and majestical waves...
useth your power to keep my mom from moving to Australia.
Maketh her to see the error of her ways,
and keepeth us in Baybridge!
(thunder rumbling)
Ameneth.
You're insane.
That's what they tell me.
(laughing maniacally)
(thunder rumbling)
(softly): Ameneth.
(crackling, clinking)
(beeping, clanging)
Oh, my God!
The vending machine's possessed.
(Hailey screams)
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 my voice.
- (both scream) - Oh, God!
CLAIRE: 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.
- (Hailey screams) - (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.
HAILEY (chuckling): Oh, Mrs. B.,
if I have nightmares tonight,
- I'm blaming you. - (Grandma chuckles)
HAILEY: O gods of hurricanes...
(groaning quietly)
O gods of hurricanes, makers of thunder 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 of her 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.
CLAIRE: He's beautiful. Okay, stay calm.
(squeals) Come on!
I'll catch you later, man.
CLAIRE: 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)
Think you'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)
Half the 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 totally jumped 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.
If you 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)
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,
if you'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, half woman, half fish,
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
like 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): Why would 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 for you.
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): Thank you.
I rub it with kelp and jellyfish twice a day. Hm.
(majestic orchestral theme plays)
Wow!
(screaming)
Please don't eat us!
The thought!
It's okay.
I just want to see what feet feel like.
CLAIRE: Give it!
Can you pick things up with them?
No, but...
I can kick with them if you don't let go!
Hey, get back here.
(low rumbling)
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 off to 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)
(soft sloshing)
(sighs)
(whispers): Hailey.
- Hailey, wake up. - (moans)
(both laughing)
(distant whirring)
What in the world?
- Oh, no. - Oh!
(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.
HAILEY: 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)
My very 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 her your T-shirt.
No. My bathing suit is like boy repellent.
What if we 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, Hailey laughs)
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.
CLAIRE: 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.
Look what I can do. Eh!
(laughs): Ow. Stop that.
(burbled ringing)
- Hmm? - Hmm?
(burbled ringing)
(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 hear you, too.
Hello? Dad?
(gurgling): Aquamarine! Just what do you think you're doing?!
Daddy?
Shell phone.
(gurgled yelling continues)
Could you give me a minute?
Sure. Sorry.
AQUAMARINE: Well, that's your plan,
- not mine. - Okay.
I don't want to marry some spoiled, rich, squid!
(gurgled yelling on phone)
Well, you can make all the storms you want,
but I'm not coming back.
- (thunder crashing) - (gurgled yelling)
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): If you don't come back in three days...
Well, if I'm wrong, then I will honor your plans.
And I'll call you every night, okay?
So calm down!
(frustrated groan)
(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 marry who our parents pick.
And my dad thinks that I have bubbles in my brain
because I believe in love.
He says that the only way
I can get out of my wedding
is if I 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 if you don't have love,
how do you know it exists?
I saw it once.
- And I want it. - (Ray whooping)
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!
(grunts)
Raymond!
- Yeah? - Hi.
Hi.
Do you love me?
Uh... no,
but I think you'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 see you later.
Come on. Come on, come on, come on!
(grunts): Hey, man.
- Drop me off at home. Can you? - (mermaid grunts 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 get your wish.
- Wish?! - What?!
Wait, wait, what?
What wish?
You know, if you help a mermaid, you get a wish.
Any wish you could wish for.
I thought that was genies.
(laughs)
You... you believe in genies?
Uh... what if our wish
involves other people?
- Like my mom. - Yeah.
It's a wish, any wish,
as long as it doesn't violate the laws of nature.
Mm, mm, mm-hmm.
- We'll help you! - We'll help you!
(screaming happily)
BOTH: Yes, yes, yes, yes!
Just to let you know,
this is a humongous sacrifice for us.
Yeah.
Giving up Raymond?
So you know him pretty well?
Oh, yeah, we're experts on Raymond.
Oh, yeah, we know him really well.
- We're like Ray-ologists. - Mm-hmm.
Good.
But he has to say he loves me,
'cause I need proof for my dad.
Otherwise you don't get your wish. 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)
CLAIRE: Just 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.
CLAIRE: Yeah, she's all scientific.
- More like horrific. - I know.
She's dragged me all over the country for her job.
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 few years ago.
Really?
Huh.
Okay, first things first.
Uh, Aqua, what are you doing?
He doesn't like this harsh light.
HAILEY: Moby!
He came out of hiding.
CLAIRE: Wow.
Can you make boobs come out of hiding?
- (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 what you 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 beat plays)
- (woman singing) - That's it.
- That's Raymond's house. - (giggling)
(grunting)
CLAIRE: There he is!
Oh, that hurts.
But this will be worth it.
(excited giggling)
Huh?
What the?
(singing continues)
(girls giggling)
CLAIRE: 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 him. 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,
let'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.
There you go.
- Voila! - (laughs)
Thank you.
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 see you 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)
CECILIA: 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."
But your parents know you better than I do.
Wow.
What did you just say to me?
Yep, definitely dim-sighted.
(engine booms and stalls)
(all laughing)
Oh!
(laughter continues)
There's something very fishy about that girl.
CLAIRE: 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.
CLAIRE: Don't worry.
Everything we've learned about boys
has come from the pages of these magazines.
Come on.
AQUAMARINE: 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 color with my mood.
Whoa, weird.
But I don't know what mood this is.
- Love... - Love...
HAILEY: Okay, start reading.
We have a lot to cover before we go to the street fair.
Mm-hmm.
(upbeat pop intro plays)
(woman singing)
Look at this!
I need some salt.
CLAIRE: 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 if he 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 over P.A. System)
There he is.
- (gasps): Ray! Ray! Hi! - Shh! No!
CLAIRE: 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 if we do what...
what Liz D. From Skokie suggests?
The "Laugh and Pass."
Casually walk past him...
laughing.
Good idea.
(shrieking laughter)
That was so funny!
(whispers): Okay, look at him.
Look away.
HAILEY: Look at him and play with your hair.
Just kind of twirl it, twirl it.
(guys laughing and whooping)
- Arch your back. Arch your back. - Pucker your lips
and flip your hair.
- Flip it, flip it. Flip it. - Arch your back.
HAILEY: Don't look at him. No, no, no. He's looking at you.
CLAIRE: Okay,
fluff and retreat.
What?
Come on, you can do it, Ray. Come on, Ray!
Fluff his 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!
(goofy voice): Are you having a good time?
(dolphin toy squeaking)
Yes.
Following you around is fun.
(laughing): Okay...
Um... this guy is for you.
(squeaking)
- Thanks. - WOMAN: Cotton candy!
- You're welcome. - Come and get your cotton candy.
MAN (over P.A. System): Hurry, hurry, hurry!
(man continues over P.A. System)
You want one?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Just one, please?
Thanks.
(gasps softly)
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 toy squeaks)
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.
If he 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.
They just don't get it, do they?
Sometimes you have to leave home
to figure out what you want.
Exactly.
You know, you're not like most girls around here.
(quiet, anxious squeak)
CLAIRE: They're so cute together.
HAILEY: Claire, how romantic is that?
(Claire laughs)
This is nice.
The sun is setting!
Yeah, I know.
We timed it pretty well, 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!
CLAIRE: She's gonna pop a tail!
- Hailey! Claire! - Just add moonlight or water!
AQUAMARINE: I have to get back!
RAYMOND: Hey, hey...
Here, let's talk about something to, um,
distract you, okay?
Like, um... what are you 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 not your 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.
CLAIRE: 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!
CLAIRE: Bikes around the corner!
Run!
- I'm sorry! - Let's go!
It was so much fun.
CLAIRE: 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 father would just
manipulate the currents and pull me back home.
I know a place.
AQUAMARINE: 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!
HAILEY: Did Ray say anything?
He asked if I heard of Last Splash.
- What?! - What?!
Exactly what did he say?
Uh...
I can't remember.
So was it "Are you going?" Or "Will you go with me?"
- Is there a difference? - Huge.
- Major. - Okay,
well, it started with...
"What are you 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.
- (loud clang) - (screams)
(gasps)
Thanks.
Sure.
AQUAMARINE: Why won't Claire come with us?
HAILEY: She's not good around water.
- It's kind of a long story. - Hm.
HAILEY: Wow...
I wish I could hide out here with you.
(dolphin squeaking)
(door creaks)
HAILEY: Is this gonna be okay?
Yeah. (laughs)
(squeaks)
(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)
HAILEY: I never realized how big
this room was.
Without all my stuff in it.
I want this wish so bad, Claire.
(chuckles)
- Claire? - Hm?
Do you 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 your T-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.
Do you 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?
(Hailey laughs)
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 what you 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.
- (buoy bell clangs) - Okay, guys,
let'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!
CLAIRE: Whoo-hoo! Way to go, Hail!
(laughing, gasping)
Hailey!
Hi, guys!
Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
(exhales): Don't you just...
love love?
What?
It's just...
you're so sure of yourself.
Well, I've only seen love up close once,
but if you'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 of year, and...
I saw this couple out sailing on their little blue boat,