Other Worldly Love
As a young girl, my curiosity kept my occupied most of the time. I always liked to ask a bunch of questions about space at when I was young. One question blossomed into a passion one night. It all started on May 2nd, 2140 in our hometown of Happyjack Arizona; a small desert town on the outskirts of the state where everyone knew each other.
My mom and I were out stargazing one night. I bugger her with questions about space because she studied it in college and knew a lot about it and it fascinated me.
“What is that?” I asked my mom.
“Well Julia, that’s the star Vega. It’s one of the brightest stars in the night sky and makes up the constellation Lyra!”
“Wow, that’s so cool. Do you think anyone is out there? Other life?”
“Well, I think it’s possible, but they are probably too far away to come to us.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”
Every night after I did my homework, I would go outside and just stare at the stars and dream about what is going on in space.
One night about a month later, I was stargazing with my mom, and we saw something moving.
“What’s that? It’s moving!”
“I don’t know honey.”
“It’s an alien ship.”
“We don’t know that. Since we don’t know that for sure, we call it a UFO — an unidentified flying object.”
I thought it was an alien ship, and I was obsessed with the UFO community and the phenomenon of UFOs.
After that, stargazing turned more into UFO watching, and I saw several. I saw saucers and triangles and everything imaginable.
I would start to tell my friends about my obsession with UFOs and they would all call me crazy. I would tell them I saw UFO’s and alien ships, and they would all just gaze at me with a confused look on their face and then just walk away. In the course of a month, I lost all my friends but one. Her name was Kelsey and she was a loyal friend who stood by my side. I was a major outcast at my school and only Kelsey would talk to me.
One night, while gazing upward at the stars, I saw another UFO, but it didn’t zoom by like the others. It just hovered in the sky. Then it started to come closer to me. I started to panic and ran inside. Everything started to shake — and then it stopped. I waited for a minute, and then went back outside and it was gone.
“What was that?” I thought while still shaking with fear.
After that, I went outside every night for 3 years at the same time to see if it would come back. I was 15 when it came back one night. I saw it hovering there in the same spot as last time but this time I didn’t run. I stood my ground and didn’t let my fear overtake me.
Then a beam of light shot down right precisely to where I was standing. I tried to move but I couldn’t. I blacked out. When I came to my senses, I was strapped to a chair terrified about not being able to move. I heard gargled voices. Then, a gray glowing person stood in front of me.
“Hello Julia,” the grey person said.
“Where am I? Who are you?”
“My name is Rinor. I am from the star system Pakner, which is 63 light years away. We have been watching you for the last couple of years ever since you saw us last.”
“That was almost 3 years ago. Why haven’t you come back until now? Also, it took you 63 years to get here? Why aren’t you old?”
“Wow you have a lot of questions. First off, we came back to explain ourselves and why we have been watching you. Secondly, our kind, the Xanon race, live for 300 years, so I’m not that old.” Then he glanced behind me with anger in his eyes.
“Kayzor get away!”
“Who’s Kayzor?” I asked.
“He’s my son. He isn’t allowed to speak with you.”
“Can I meet him? Please?”
“Fine. Kayzor, come here. She wants to meet you.”
When he walked over, I had immediate feelings for him. My heart stared racing and my palms got sweaty and as he stood before me my pupils turned into dark black orbs. He was the most beautiful alien being I could have ever imagined. He was about 6 feet tall, had glowing skin, long arms and legs, and a warm and inviting smile that was infectious and made me smile. My heart just melted. I’ve never had this feeling before but I’m pretty sure that it was love, love at first sight. For a second I didn’t feel like an outcast anymore. I felt loved and appreciated.
“Hello Julia. I’m Kayzor. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you, too.”
“That’s enough. Go back to the observation glass.”
“Yes father.” He dropped his head and walked away.
“How long have you been observing Earth?”
“About 20 years now but we have only been observing you for 3 years. Our other ancestors had to go back when we arrived, so they could pass away on our home planet. When I get older, we will go back. I’m 158 now, so that won’t be for a while. We are observing earth, to see how your race, the humans, grow and interact with each other.
“Why did you pick me?”
“Because you were fascinated with space. We thought you’d like to know the truth. Now that I have explained myself, do you have any more questions?”
“Can I stay with you guys on your home planet? There is nothing left for me on Earth.”
“Absolutely not! You would not survive on our home planet!”
“Give her a chance dad!”
“Quiet! Put her back on Earth!”
“Yes father.”
I blacked out again. When I woke up, I was back on my lawn, and the sky was empty. I cried because I knew I was back where I lived as an outcast. I had to keep my alien encounter a secret from my parents. Everyone already thought I was crazy; no one would believe me.
“Hey honey. You’ve been gone for hours. Where were you?” asked my mom.
“I was down at the park looking at the stars. There is a better view over there,” I said hoping she would believe me.
“Ok, just let me know where you are next time.”
“You got it mom. I’m going to go to bed. I’m exhausted, and I have school tomorrow.”
I went to my yellow wallpapered-room and closed my door. I plopped down on my bed and starred at all the nebula figurines on my bright blue desk. The picture of my aunt who passed away exploring space hangs lightly on my bookshelf.
My aunt Nicole lost her life exploring the depths of space to find other life. She was sent on a mission to go farther than any human before; to Saturn. Sadly, on the day of the launch, the ship exploded. Ever since she died, I made it my mission to follow in her and my mom’s footsteps. And now that I know aliens exist, I know her death wasn’t in vein. I kept a picture of her to remind me to pick up where she left off. I was going to be an astronaut and explore space like her. She was my role model.
The light from the streetlamps came through the window as I closed the curtains. Then I leaned back and starred the ceiling. After two hours, I was still awake. I just couldn’t get the thought of Kayzor out of my head. He was the perfect one for me. I finally fell asleep and dreamed about us being together.
I went to school the next day and couldn’t wait to tell people about what happened. I immediately went to the only friend I had left, Kelsey.
“Hey Kelsey. You’ll never guess what happened last night. I was abducted by aliens!”
She turned to me, smiled and said, “Goodbye Julia.” And walked away. That was it. I lost my last friend at my school.
After that I just went home, went to my room, and cried. When it was nighttime, I called out to the skies hoping Kayzor would hear me, but no one came. I kept doing it for two weeks. One night, everything changed.
I saw the ship again, and the light beam came down and picked me up. This time I wasn’t strapped in. I was surprised when I just saw Kayzor and not his father Rinor.
“Kayzor, you came back! What are you doing here?” I asked quizzically.
“I came back — for you. I heard you, and I couldn’t get you until my dad was busy, so he doesn’t know I’m here.
I smiled for a brief second because I no longer had the problems I was facing on Earth. Once I thought about them, my head dropped.
“Are you ok?” he asked with that warm smile.
“No, I’m not. I told my last friend about what happened, and now she won’t speak to me. I’ll ask again. Please take me to your world.”
“You won’t survive.”
“How do you know? Even if I don’t, it won’t matter. There is nothing left for me here on Earth. I’m an outcast with my friends and family. No one will care if I’m gone. I want to go somewhere different and new. A place I won’t live as an outcast.”
“Ok fine. I’ll speak to my father and try to convince him. It will take awhile though. I’ll put you back on Earth now.”
“Please try. For me.” and I smiled.
“Ok. Be back soon.”
And then he dropped me back down on my front lawn.
After that, I went out every night onto my front lawn for months, and he didn’t come back. I cried because I never thought I would see him again.
—3 years later—
Still fascinated by space, I studied astrophysics in college and after graduation, I decided to become an astronaut. That is at least what I told people. I really pursued this rare line of work for my aunt and with the thought of hopefully reuniting with Kayzor. At least I would have access to a space suit and other devices like an atmosphere tester if Kayzor ever came back and agreed to take me. I knew it was crazy to think he was coming back, but I still had hope.
I didn’t have a family or kids because I didn’t want to get attached to anyone or anything, and it was a good thing I didn’t — because the moment I had been waiting so long for happened one night.
I was sitting in my house and a light beam came down. I blacked out.
I woke up in the same chair, and there in front of me was Rinor.
“So, my son has told me you can come to our world now. I have seen you take spaceships to the Moon and Mars. You must have special suits to do that. I believe that with those special suits you can come to our world. I already have one of them. I beamed it up with you and the atmosphere device like you asked. Are you ready?”
“More that anything. Let’s go!” I screamed.
“I will have to ask you one more time because there is no turning back. Once you come to our world, you can’t go back to Earth. You will be stuck there until the day you die. So, I ask you: is this what you really want?”
I had to think about it for a second. I didn’t know I couldn’t come back. But then I thought who would miss me? I have no friends, no boyfriend, and all my family thinks I’m crazy. So, I made my decision.
“I have decided to go — on one condition. I have to be with Kayzor.”
“He will outlive you.”
“Doesn’t matter. However long I live will be amazing because I’ll be with him.”
He thought about it for a second and looked behind me I’m guessing to his son. I guess he agreed because he looked back and said, “Ok. You and Kayzor will be together on our home planet.”
“Wow! Thank you so much. I can’t begin to tell you how much this means to me,” I said with a huge smile on my face.
“Ok, let’s get you ready for Cryosleep (when they freeze you to sleep so you don’t age on long journeys).”
“How long does it take to get there?”
“About 63 years; you’ll be asleep so we will have a longer time together,” Kayzor said as he smiled at me.
“Yeah I’m only 24 so we will have plenty of time to spend with each other.”
I got dressed in my special cryosleep clothes and laid down in cold water.
“Ready?” he asked.
“Ready! See you in 63 years.”
“Dream of us.” And then he closed the lid and I did. I had the sweetest of dreams. Spending every second together eating, drinking, and just hanging out with the love of my life.
Then the dream ended. When I opened my eyes, there was Kayzor.
“Good morning sleepyhead. You were out for a while. 63 years, 2 weeks, and 17 days to be exact.”
“Haha very funny. We here?”
“We are. Look out the window.”
There was this beautiful planet that looked very similar to Earth. There was water like the oceans on earth and patches of dry land everywhere to end the oceans reach.
When we landed, it was really easy to walk. I guess the gravity was weaker here compared to Earth. He showed me around. He also built me a special house where I could take off my suit.
“How are you able to breathe outside and in here?”
“We can breathe anything. Oxygen, CO2, methane, you name it and I can breathe it.”
“Hey, I brought something that can test the atmosphere and see what it’s made of.”
I went over and grabbed my device that was in my suit. I put on my suit and went outside. I tested the atmosphere and incredibly it was oxygen and CO2 — the same components that are on Earth. I took off my suit, and I took in my first breath of fresh air in 63 years.
“You OK?” he asked.
I smiled. “Couldn’t be happier.”
I turned toward him and he turned toward me. And we kissed while their sun Pakner set over the first day of my new life. And in that moment, I was no longer an outcast. I was home.
The End