
However, the town's mysterious handyman helps Aquamarine escape and she grants him a wish. She unhooks the ladder to prevent Aquamarine from getting down and calls the news so she can expose her on national television. Cecilia follows the three girls to the water tower where Aquamarine is staying, and discovers her secret. Before departing, she kisses him and asks him to meet her on the pier in the morning. However, a group of popular girls headed by Cecilia, the spoiled daughter of the local meteorologist also interested in Raymond, gets in the way.Īquamarine and Raymond bond at a local dance but she is forced to leave since she transforms back at sunset. The girls promise to make Raymond fall in love with her in the next three days, using strategies found in teen magazines. They are reluctant but when Aquamarine explains you get a wish if you help a mermaid, they agree, hoping they can prevent Hailey from moving.Īs Aquamarine is not human, she does not understand how love works and is rejected by Raymond when they first meet. In order to end the engagement, Aquamarine must to prove to her father that true love exists.Īquamarine (who is able to change her tail into legs during the day as long as she does not get wet) has set her eyes on Raymond, the lifeguard Hailey and Claire have had a crush on for years. Aquamarine befriends the girls and explains that she ran away from home due to being forced into an arranged marriage.
The next night, the girls sneak into the local pool where they discover a mermaid named Aquamarine, who was washed in by the storm. Hailey prays to the ocean god for a miracle to make her mother change her mind about moving minutes later, a violent storm occurs. Best friends Claire and Hailey are enjoying their last few days of summer vacation together in their small beach town of Baybridge, near Tampa, before Hailey moves to Australia due to her mother's job as a marine biologist.
