22- The Center of the world

being a mermaid pilot was not something she had included in her life goal for the last two hundred years.
- Okay, I can take a nap while we get to Playa Bamba – Daniel said stopping the car. In a matter of seconds he had settled into the back seat of the truck while Edgar drove, faster and with both hands on the wheel.
- Who is going to check the map? Seila said when she stopped at the Gasoline station. Daniel continued sleeping. - I don't want to get lost again. I get along well at sea, but on land I have no idea where we are going.




"Daniel can take care of it as soon as he wakes up," Edgar said. "He's already slept for a while, and I can give him a can of Red Bull."
- What's happening? Daniel asked, still half sleepy and confused. While Seila and Edgar settled into their seats. Seila handed him the map. Immense with all the cities, towns, forests and alternate roads of the country.
Daniel had opened the passenger door to get out, but he turned toward her.
- Have you drunk water?
- I just drank a soda and I have five cans of red bull for the road.
- Oh okay – Daniel shook his head in confusion.
- What's happening?
- I thought mermaids dehydrated out of water.
-We didn't get dehydrated but - Seila suddenly let out a gasp, her face lit up with amazement.
- By God, it's true, Mia could have sent me a message through the water.}
- Get out of the car. It's your turn. It's your turn as co-pilot. Seila goes to sleep in the back seat.
- Reluctantly, Seila left the seat next to the driver's seat and, before moving to the back, gave him
She warned Daniel that she would kill him, literally, if they got lost again because of him. She sprawled out in the back seat, thinking it would take her a while to fall asleep, but she fell asleep in a matter of minutes.
At the front, Daniel and Edgar began to chat. Seila drifted in and out of sleep, and she caught fragments of her conversation. Almost all of it was about mundane topics, and there was a part where Daniel was apparently trying to tell Edgar about some kind of sporting event, the past werewolf hunt, a lycan tradition, the movement of the full moon. , and then Seila fell asleep again.
She woke up again, and she would have gone back to sleep immediately like she had done before, but at that moment she heard her name and opened her eyes.
Seila is like that, Edgar said. You shouldn't take it personally.
- And I don't, Daniel said, but he sounded a little defensive. Well I do not know. I am trying. We have passed Playa Bamba, we are taking a shortcut to return.
- What do you mean we've passed?
- Edgar took the next intersection that takes us to another city
- Are you kidding?
- No, it seems like a spell, I never make mistakes when driving.
- I understand, don't worry - Seila said listening to Edgar's apologies but suddenly it didn't seem so crazy, maybe a spell had happened, the spell of the Syrens with their sea song.
- It's just that having everything under control borders on fanaticism, said Daniel. If you're a mermaid you're supposed to flow like water. And I'm not saying it's bad: quite the opposite.
-Is she asleep? Daniel asked.
Edgar turned to look, and Seila hastily closed her eyes before she saw that she was awake. If they were talking about her, she wanted to hear what they had to say.
Yes, she's fried, Edgar said. I just can't believe she's sleeping. She must have had a really difficult week. And being out of the water for so long – A whistle was heard
-The truth is that she did agree – Daniel said. -She seems so exhausted and sad every time I see her....
"Hopefully, when Mia returns home, and everyone returns to the sea safely, she will feel better," Edgar said.
- Yes I hope so.
- Hum, I couldn't tell you, Edgar answered.
- I think about ten years, more or less. Because?
- I don't know, Daniel answered immediately. For no reason. He was just curious.
- Ah said Daniel. How long have you known her?
- A few months Edgar said. – We werewolves were warned that some mermaids were coming to the coast and we were keeping watch, but your sister was the one who most often went to the high seas, to the library and studies at the University, and then she was silent for a moment before asking . So... have you been friends all that time?
"No, we only knew his father Theo," said Edgar.
-We have lost contact a little since Ignacio started keeping track of Mía.
- And what do you attribute it to? Daniel asked. Do you think Seila is a little jealous?
- No, I don't think so, Daniel said. Seila is not a very jealous person. I think what happens is that she feels a little strange because Mía is her little sister, and Seila and I had been talking for a short time but I see that he protects her a lot, he didn't want her to go out with a human, especially a wolf. I mean..., that the thing never... His voice trailed off.
-No, she is not in favor of her being a wolf – Dani said.