Cleo Sertori quotes from H2O: Just Add Water

Raise your hands if you don't trust him.

Agreed.

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[Cleo opens the gate and runs to the end of the dock, with Rikki and Emma behind her. They stop and see Denman's boat sailing away.]

That's her boat!

Cleo

Come on. If anybody can catch her, we can.

[Grabs Cleo's arm before she can jump into the water and swim after the boat] Wait. I think that might defeat the purpose of all the secrecy, don't you?

Cleo

[Remembers what they were really at the end of the dock for] Oh. You're right. [Rikki lets go of her arm] Sorry. But are we just gonna let him go like this?

[Approaches the girls] Like what? [Rikki and Emma turn to him and smile]

Cleo

[Unaware that Lewis has approached them] Well, you're just sailing away without saying... [Turns to Lewis and smiles] Lewis! You didn't go.

Keen observation, Cleo. Very, very good. [Holds up the slide]

[Happily] You got the slide back. [Lewis hands her the slide. She takes it]

And she didn't suck you in?

What, are you serious? You think I'd buy that stuff about being a good scientist? [Scoffs] Please.

Cleo

What about her records? All the stuff I saw?

When she opens the file, I think she'll find it's recently been erased. Oops. [The girls smile] No, I don't think the good doctor and I are a team anymore, guys.

Cleo

[Smiling] It's good to have you back, Lewis.

[Cleo and Lewis try to hug, but decide to settle on a high-five.]

[Smiling] Thank you.

[The girls and Lewis leave the end of the dock.]

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[Rikki had been unsympathetic after Cleo's fish had died. She tried to make up by getting Cleo a new fish, but wasn't even aware that Cleo keeps only salt-water fish] Cleo, look, I'm sorry. I didn't know about the salt-water thing. I should have, but I didn't. What can I say?

Cleo Sertori

That's okay. I know you're not good with the whole empathy thing.

Yeah, well, it's... you think?

Cleo Sertori

Oh yeah.

You mean I'm self-centred?

Cleo Sertori

No, it's just that other people's feelings aren't really on your radar. But I'm not complaining. Sometimes I think I'm too worried about other people's feelings.

Yeah, maybe.

Cleo Sertori

But I know you mean well, Rikki. That's the main thing.

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[Rikki is hiding in the bathroom. Emma, Cleo, and Lewis are sitting on the bed.]

[To Rikki] Come on, Rikki. We need to sort this out.

[Comes out of the bathroom and sees Emma and Cleo wearing sunglasses] [To Emma, Cleo, and Lewis] What?

[Emma and Cleo remove their sunglasses.]

[To Rikki] I figured there was something going on.

What do you mean?

With the amount you were spending. [To Cleo] How much do you get paid at the Marine Park, Cleo?

Cleo

$975 an hour.

[To Rikki] And how much were you getting paid?

Not much more than that. [Emma gives her a look as if to say "Anything else?"] All right, yeah, it was a bit more than that. [The other two girls and Lewis stare at her] Fine, okay, yeah, it was a few hundred dollars more, but I was working hard.

[To Rikki] And it is a niche market.

Hey, you two were happy enough letting me spending up big on you. You could have said something, but no!

Rikki, didn't you ever there was something suss about him? I mean, not even once?

What can I say? He didn't look bad.

[To Rikki] He was doing business out of the back of a boat, handing out big lots of cash. Hello?!

We don't all have your vast underworld experience, Emma.

[Rikki leaves, while Emma, Cleo, and Lewis look regretful.]

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[Rikki goes down the stairs, with Emma, Cleo, and Lewis behind her.]

[To Rikki] Okay, I'm sorry. At least you found out before you got into any real trouble.

[To Rikki] Yeah. And you made quite a good deal of money out of it. [The girls give him a confused look] That's me being supportive.

This isn't about the money. He strung me along. Made me feel like I was some dumb kid. [Removes her necklace and hangs it on the end of the railing]

He's probably done this loads of times.

Cleo

[To Rikki] I'm sure you're not the first one, Rikki.

Yeah, but I'm the one who's gonna get even. [Starts to go towards the door]

[Speaks up before Rikki can go towards the door, causing Rikki to turn to her] [To Rikki] And the best way to do that is to tell the police.

[To the girls] Ordinarily, yes, but in a case like this, they'd require quite a deal of evidence to gain a conviction.

I don't need evidence. This guy's a creep. And I'm gonna do something about it.

Cleo

[To Rikki] Like what?

Just watch. [Exits the house]

[To Cleo and Lewis] Okay, just because she won't call the police doesn't mean we can't.

Cleo

[To Emma] Good idea. [Starts dialing the police number on her phone]

[To Emma and Cleo] Um... [Takes Cleo's phone from her, then goes down the stairs] ...one of the things the police will ask is how Rikki happened to come by the fish she sold this guy. [Emma and Cleo sit on the stairs] What's she gonna say? [Imitates Rikki] "Oh, no, no, no, it's okay, trust me. I'm a mermaid."

[To Lewis] All right. We might have to bend the rules a little for this one.

[Normal voice] Ooh, coming from you, that's big.

Let's not overreact. Rikki's not crazy.

Sometimes she's crazy.

Cleo

[To Emma and Lewis] Sometimes she's really crazy.

[Emma and Cleo look at each other, then at Lewis, who shrugs. Emma and Cleo stand up to after Rikki.]

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Mom told me that she's about to start making dinner. She wants to know if any of you guys want to stay?

Sure.

I'm starved.

Cleo

What are we having?

Fish!

Oh no! (Laugh and groan)

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Cleo

You're so devious, Zane.

Zane

You say that like it's a negative.

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Cleo

Can I get a padlock on my door?

Can I get a new sister?

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Where'd you buy it?

Cleo

Why?

So I can return it!

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[Commenting on Rikki's dress]

It was red, it was elegant, it was sexy!

Cleo

Elegant and sexy? That doesn't sound like Rikki.

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I don't interfere in your life, so stay out of mine. Maybe you could try showing a little trust!

Between you two and Zane?

Cleo

We can't let Zane get to us Rikki.

We're your friends and YOU need to make a choice!

Friends don't give each other ultimatums.

[Rikki swims out of the moon pool]

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So you're not going to ask me where I've been, who I've been with, what color bra I'm wearing?

Just out of curiosity, what color-

Cleo

Lewis!

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Cleo

Miss Chatham was just telling us about her friends. They sounded great.

LCLouise Chatham

Oh well, we didn't always get along. Sometimes we argued. Sometimes we lied to each other. Even best friends will do that. Right, Rikki? My friends and I were all very different. Julia was very headstrong, like you Rikki.

So she could be a pain?

LCLouise Chatham

Oh we were so close until...well, we found out that she had a boyfriend. She wanted to tell him everything. We tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen. It was our secret too. She...uh, she threatened us. She was too powerful. There was nothing we could do.

I don't see what the problem is. Secrets are what make this whole mermaid thing a pain. At least she had someone she could trust.

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[Cleo has trapped Lewis on a spout of water]

Come on! You can't do this! Where's your sense of humor?!

Next time, he better remember who his friends are.

Leave him up there for a couple of hours.