Rained pt 2

Chapter 2

    "Claire!"
    A voice echoed through the water, making it shimmer as if it was only a dream.  The boy did not seem to hear it, though.  She ignored it and swam after the him.
    "Claire!"
    There it was again, only this time, instead of just shimmering, the ocean disappeared all together.  No longer did Claire have fins and gills, or was the boy leading her way.  She stood in her driveway, alone, soaked in the pouring rain.
    "Claire, don't pretend you can't hear me!" This was her mother.  Sowly she mad her way up the driveway, trying to fathom what had just happened.
    It wasn't the first time it happened today.  When she was doing a water lab in science class it happened.  And when she was in Mr. Fetch's class, gazing out of the rain-streaked window.
    But this time, it seemed so much more real.  She felt her feet elongating into fins, the webbing forming between her fingers, even the water flowing through her gills.  No, this was definately not an ordinary day dream.
    As she reached the steps to her house, her mother started to tap her foot impatiently.  She handed Claire a twenty dollar bill and said, "Go grocery shopping.  I need a gallon of milk, some sugar, and coloring pencils for your brother.  And you'd better not buy anything extra."  Finished with her threat, Claire's mother started for the door, then turned back.
    "What are you still doing hear?  Hurry up!  Johnny needs to finish his homework."  Her brother mad a face at her from the window.
    "Can I put my bookbag down?" she asked innocently.
    "Put that wet thing in the house?  Of course not!"  The door slammed.  Claire sighed and walked down the hill.  Well at least she got away from her mother.
    Her bookbag was heavey and kept slipping of her shoulder, but her mind was still on her dreams.  Who was the boy?  He looked so familiar, yet she couldnt place it.