When we were finally in the water I was home again, there was no denying. And the same seemed true for Lauren. Mercedez struggled though, her first time as a mermaid, and when I tried to help her, Lauren took over. She was clearly a good teacher, and I picked up a few new things that helped me move faster and with more control.

As before, once underwater, the almost invisible face mask covered my mouth, and I could feel air flow through my nose, and the air I expelled was routed from my mouth to the side of my head, so my own bubbles were never in my face.

But, after a few minutes the air was still flowing, and I stayed underwater for at least ten, never feeling the flow reduced. After some experimenting I found that the longest I could stay under was about eighteen minutes, whereas it took three to fully “charge”, with half my body still under the surface.

What I particularly liked was how my own breasts felt when I squeezed them. I didn't have to push into the outer layer first before I could feel it, as a matter of fact, it was like the gel skin transferred the touch straight to my real skin.

And as my whole form was sleeker, and my weight less, with the way my ankle exercises helped now, I was much faster than ever before. And on my first try at jumping, I cleared the surface completely. The feeling was incredible. I saw Lauren speed up as well, and her jump was a beauty, as she spun her body in the air, and with her front up she dove back in the water, diving deep before she finally swam face forward again.

Mercedez didn't want to stay behind and she tried as well, but her breasts barely broke the surface. At least she could laugh at herself, and I told her it had taken me days before I cleared the surface, the last time. Lauren nodded, it was not something you do on your first day as a mermaid. But, as she explained to me, an average jump will give a minute extra air, as the chemical reaction to absorb air happens instantly, all across the body, so more than twice as fast as when you're just floating.

In the hours that followed Mercedez got more and more into it, although I could still swim circles around her, but she had to agree that she loved it. And I knew that would make Sue very happy.

Lauren said she had to go back, as the camera crew should have arrived by now, and she told us to have another hour of fun before we came back as well for the photo shoot. And without saying as much, she suggested we try out some healthy underwater sex.

I thought it was a great idea, as I had been wanting to get my hands on Mercedez's curves ever since she donned the mermaid suit. And as soon as Lauren was out of sight, I floated with Mercedez to the surface, where we absorbed as much air as possible.

It was Mercedez who took the lead, as she said, “I wonder if getting wet down there has a different meaning between mermaids.”

I laughed. “As long as you're talking about the right hole down there.”

“Wait!”, she said, “you have a right and thus a left hole? Mine are top and bottom.”

“Only one way to find out”, I suggested.

She did not waste any time, and she dove under, pulling my tail down with her. Her fingers were already finding my slit under the flap of protective skin that was hiding my new crotch area. I could feel her finger probing me, and I wished it would get wet there from my own fluids. But she was feeling around, gently stroking what was left of my manhood, and I could feel it swell from my arousal. Clearly satisfied with my reaction she tickled me around, and as my muscles tightened, my tail started spinning us around.

We were both underwater, slowly sinking deeper, as I watched her pulling her hard and long monster from the sheath that had been hiding it. And without further delay she lined it up where her fingers had just been a second ago. And as she grabbed my hips, she pulled me right into it. Or around it.

It was much more filling than her fingers. It was thick and barely fit. Yet it was inside me, rubbing parts of me that felt good, and other parts that had no feeling at all. I concentrated on the good ones. Mercedez did all the work, moving us back and forth, so easy without gravity, and getting deeper and deeper inside me.

The awkward part was that we could well be sinking deeper and deeper too. I had no clue what was up or down anymore and in a way that was exhilarating. Maybe I was the bottom still, yet it didn't mean a thing anymore once you are a mermaid. I was as much in control as she was, and I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her deeper inside me.

I saw the surprise on her face, that changed into a smile, as we made love. Two mermaids, connected by a dick that we both moved around. I squeezed it with muscles that normally would pull my legs together, but now contracted my mermaid pussy. I could hear her moan, feel her moan, and she started squeezing my breast in the same rhythm. I gasped, which was an awkward combination of sucking air in through my nose, rather than my mouth, then feeling that air disappear as bubbles on the side of my neck.

It just added to the erotic experience of being loved and fucked at the same time, and I returned the feeling by rubbing her curvy butt, kneading her dorsal fin, that I knew was separating her butt cheeks. The experience was so strong that I could feel her tense up, reaching the point of no return. And with tail against tail, belly against belly, breasts against breasts, as her arms were wrapped around me now as well, she came, and with her tail thrashing, she took me over the edge with her.

I had an awkward sense of my toes being on fire, resulting in my fluke pushing us around in circles, as I could feel her hot cum spreading inside me, my mermaid virginity officially taken. Everything I ever did as a mermaid was just foreplay leading up to this. I didn't let go of her, but in the aftermath our bodies calmed down, and we slowly floated towards the light, what had to be the surface.

It was indeed the surface, and when we broke it, the first thing that Mercedez said was, “That was wild!” I could only agree with her, as I held her inside me. There was something strangely satisfying as I could almost feel my mermaid skin absorb fresh air, and I wondered how long we'd been underwater. And when Mercedez said, “I had no idea this was possible”, I knew we had another mermaid convert.

As she slowly pulled out of me, I gave a tiny flip, and I had my mouth around her member. There was nothing sweet about it, but the salty mix of ocean water and cum gave me a burst of energy, as I cleaned her, squeezing out the last bits of her seed, then hiding her dick back under the sheath.

We swam back for the photo shoot, hand in hand, mostly underwater, only every now and then surfacing to get our bearings right. And suddenly we had the company of two dolphins. A few weeks before we had actually played tag with a set of dolphins, but that was supervised by trainers. This time we were out in the wild.

They didn't look like wild animals though, although I was sure they could bite off a few fingers, or worse. But they seemed genuinely interested in us, and I realized we looked different than the mermaids they had encountered so far. They bumped softly against us, and then both dove underwater. And I nudged Mercedez to follow them.

They weren't going particularly fast, but they went deeper and deeper, and we managed to stay close. They actually did a few tricks, belly to belly in a full three-sixty, and we mimicked their moves. After about five minutes or so they seemed confused, and I suddenly realized that we probably stayed longer underwater than they had ever seen a mermaid able to.

I smiled at Mercedez and pulled her into me, giving her a “kiss” on the lips. After half a minute we broke away, and now they repeated the move. It was actually sweet to see their bellies, all the way up to their snouts together. When they broke away they looked expectantly at us, and this time Mercedez took the lead. She grabbed me by the end of my tail, leaving my fluke free to move still, and motioned for me to take her tail. And with enough power to move our flukes still we swam in a perfect circle, head to toe. Oh, what am I saying? Head to tail I guess.

We made exactly five full circles before we let go, then watched the dolphins line up. And although they couldn't hold onto each other, their circle was still almost perfect, and they stopped after five circles indeed. Our new friends were quite smart.

I felt it was time for us to surface now, to absorb some air, and the four of us slowly swam upward. We all started laughing once our heads were in the air, their twitter a happy sound. We floated around for a few minutes until they started moving again. This time they wanted to jump, and after both had cleared the water, I followed them. Perhaps not as high, but enough to impress them. Then they waited for Mercedez's turn.

She did her best, but I knew how hard it was the first few days. She did a nice job speeding up, and her upper body came above the surface, but that was it. Then something peculiar happened. Both dolphins dove towards her, and moved to her side, one under each of her arms, so she could hold onto their dorsal fin. And then they took off, dragging Mercedez with them, and as I surfaced to see what would happen, the three of them jumped, perfectly synchronized. Not very high, but enough to clear the water, and then dive back in. Then they did it again, and a third time.

By now Mercedez screamed out, and when I saw the laugh on her face I knew she was ecstatic. And indeed, she let go of one dolphin and kissed the other one on her snout. Then she repeated the kiss on the second dolphin. And they “screamed” with her.

Then it was my turn, but just with one of our new friends. She adapted to my speed, and with my arm on her we both jumped through the air. We kept going and did it two more times. It was exhilarating, I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.

Then we watched Mercedez, with her one dolphin. Tougher than with two, but she got the hang of it. By the third jump most of her tail cleared the surface. This was clearly progress, and I knew that with this kind of practice she'd soon do it by herself.

Not now though, as we heard a horn coming from the shore, and both dolphins took off, in the direction that we were going. No way could we keep up with their speed though. But ten minutes later, when we reached our destination, we saw our two dolphins again, as well as another pair, enjoying some large fish chunks that were thrown by one of the trainers that I had seen last time.

It was interesting how both our dolphins came our way, offering a chunk of fish. The situation was so unreal, and I felt so close to my new friend as a sea animal, that I accepted and took a big bite from the chunk, luckily without any bones. The best I can say was that the saltwater taste was so overwhelming that it hid the fact that I was eating raw fish. Sushi!

I saw Mercedez eating from her piece as well, in a way that told me that it fit our diet, so I took some more as well, as our friends went back to get more for themselves. And I have to say, once you get over your initial hesitation, it had a decent after taste. Not too salty. But I needed a drink by now, and I saw Lauren waving at us, with a camera crew behind her on the boardwalk.

“You made friends”, she concluded, and I told her how we met the dolphins. And the woman who seemed to be the director nodded, and told us we could shoot some film, jumping with dolphins. I couldn't wait to do that again and watch myself later in the film.

The film crew was all female, and all locals, as I listened to their fast language, a mix of English and slang. They were pointing at something in the water and when I looked I saw a huge rock formation that wasn't there a few weeks ago. It was simply called Mermaid Rock.

It was perhaps sixty feet out in the water, and I suddenly realized Mercedez was there, pulling herself up on the rocks. And I finally understood.

The picture was perfect, the dark skin covered with shimmering pink scales. She was sitting there as if she owned the rock, a princess, no, a queen, regal, with the tip of her tail still hanging in the water, the waves splashing drops over her, rainbow colors everywhere.

Did I mention her curves were majestic? Her body athletic, her tail long and sleek, and her breasts the focus of the multiple cameras that I heard clicking by now. Sue had been right, Mercedez as a mermaid was an attraction by herself.

Lauren must have seen the adoration on my face, and as rapid words flew between Mercedez and the crew, to get her best poses, Lauren asked me plainly if we had sex. It was the smile on her face when she asked that settled me down, and I nodded. And I told her that nothing ever in my life could match with sex as a mermaid, a three-dimensional weightless experience. And I thanked her for giving me the pussy that made it all possible.

The way she licked her lips told me she wanted to try it for herself, and I couldn't blame her. My only thought was if it could be better still, if you have a real pussy. I had the feeling we'd find out soon enough.

So, the rock formation had been an idea to provide long lasting memories to the mermaid program participants. The underwater part had been completed for a while, but it was Sue a few weeks ago who escalated the project, and they finished it just in time for the photo shoot.

It was my turn next, and as I pulled myself up, I realized the rocks were real, but very smooth. Nothing that could damage your skin, or worse, the mermaid suit. And boy, did it make me feel like a mermaid! I stretched along the wet rocks, my silver skin beautifully contrasting with the dark rocks. I felt sexy, sensual, and very mermaidy.

With the photos done the crew loaded into a boat, and we were going to film with the dolphins. I learned that my favorite dolphin's name was Bella. And her friend was Izzy. And when I laughed, saying that they had been named by an Italian, they looked at me in wonder and nodded. Bellissimo, for two beautiful girls.

The other two dolphins were Moana and Jaylo, but they kept their distance as we repeated some of the tricks from earlier. Things got crazy when we started jumping full speed, first between two dolphins, then while holding on to one, and eventually me synchronized with four dolphins. But the highlight, in my humble opinion, was when Mercedez managed to make the jump all by herself, and looked beautiful while doing so.

I don't think the camera crew had any notion how difficult it was for a first day mermaid, but the dolphins definitely knew. They all charged her in celebration, and suddenly I saw her being flipped in the air by one of them, and I think she went as high as fifteen feet out of the water. And, as unexpected as that was, she stole the show by tumbling around perfectly, and diving straight down, back in the water, hardly making a splash.

It was a ball game suddenly, with her and I the ball, as without warning I was lifted out of the water as well. And I hate to say it, but I did not dive back as elegantly as Mercedez had, as I splashed tail-first back in the water. But the game was on, and we each made another ten launches or so, the camera loving it.

We ended the show in a more relaxed style, with an underwater camera woman, who stayed with us for a full fifteen minutes, without us ever surfacing. We slid across the ocean floor, with some beautiful coral shots, we did our head-to-tail circle, we even swam belly-to-belly, and as much as that warmed my blood, I was happy not to repeat the mermaid sex in front of the whole world.

I was surprised that Lauren hadn't participated in any of the film or photo shoots, but I guess she wasn't part of the hotel, but a visitor from the mermaid suit factory. She stayed with us though through the night, in grotto number nine. She got to experience mermaid sex with Mercedez fully underwater, and she was in awe as I had been. We slept in the rubber “bed”, all connected through a three-headed snake, and we managed a synchronized orgasm, Mercedez not unfamiliar with an anal experience.