And we have yet another fanfic with an OC written in first person narrative. This one is also set in Indianapolis, and I would like to state that all of the places I mention in this fanfic don't exist here. If they do, it's just coincidence. Anyways, here's the first chapter. Enjoy!
When I was little, I was always looking at the stars in fascination. I always wondered if there was anything besides God up there. it's sometimes hard to believe that when you're a child though. However, as I got older, I was starting to consider this more and more, especially with everything that had been going on in the world. The news anchors said they were just freak accidents and normal occurrences, but I was doubtful. There's only so much that can be caused by nature. I could never prove it, though, until something happened that proved what I'd always somehow believed: that aliens did exist and all that had happened was caused by aliens. Now I wouldn't have believed it until a certain man in a bow tie showed me.
Sitting on the balcony of my apartment on a summer night, I stared up at the sky and looked at the stars. I was trying to paint it, but so far I only had the night sky down. I was amazed by the fact that even though these stars were light years away and dead, they still shone. Also, staring at the sky also tended to calm me down after a stressful day.
Even though I painted, I was far from being a famous artist and while I sold some of my paintings, I still needed a second job to pay the bills. So, I was working at The Lilac Cafe, which was owned by my older sister, Kelsey and her husband, Jude. It was a successful cafe and I loved working at it. Although, there were days that I was considering just quitting. This was one of those days. It was more crowded than usual because there was a business convention. So needless to say, after dealing with a ton of out of town businessmen and women, I was ready to go home. So, this is what I was doing and this is where my friend and roommate, Lexi found me an hour later. She must have just gotten home from her job as a librarian, because she hadn't been home when I got home, which is why I was out here.
She opened the door and brought out two wine glasses of pink moscato.
"You look tired." She said, handing me a glass.
"You have no idea." I said, taking the glass gratefully and setting it on the table beside me.
"Whatcha doing?" She asked, sitting down on one of the other chair.
"Trying to paint the sky, but it's not working so well." I said, looking back at my painting. "I keep getting distracted by the stars."
"They are really pretty." She sighed, snuggling up into one of the blankets that was out here.
"Yeah." I said. I put down my paint brushes and snuggled into the other one that I had. We laid in the chairs and stared up at the sky for a long while. It was silent, except for the crickets and the hoot owls.
"Hey Lexi?" I asked, breaking the silence?
"Yeah." She said, sleepily.
"Do you ever wonder if there's life up there?"
"Like aliens?"
"Yeah."
"It's possible. I mean, I haven't seen anything physically, but it could be."
"I mean, if we can believe in God without seeing him, what's to say we can't believe that there's something else out there, right?"
"I guess. Why the sudden interest?"
"I was just looking at the stars and it got me thinking, maybe there's something more out there."
"I can see that it helped you with your painting."
"Shut up." I said, hitting her. I looked at my phone. "Ughhh, I should get to bed." I said, getting up. "You gonna come inside with me?" I asked her.
"Nah. I think I'm gonna stay out here a while longer." She said, snuggling deeper in her blanket. "It's nice out here."
"Ok. Night." I said, heading inside. She waved at me and I got ready for bed and then went to sleep.
The next day started out like any other day. The normal customers coming in and getting their drinks and breakfasts. It wasn't until around 1, that it got a bit strange. I was cleaning the counter off when I saw a man and a woman walk up. I observed them as they walked in. They were new customers, I could tell. I'd never seen them in here before.
The woman looked fairly normal. She had straight black hair and was wearing a black jacket over a cute light blue dress with black tights and combat boots. She looked to be around 27, a few years older than I was. The man, however was one of the most interestingly dressed guys I'd ever seen. He was fairly young, maybe around the same age, but he was dressed oddly. He had on a purple frock coat over what seemed to be a lavender button up shirt, which was under a darker lavender waistcoat with what seemed to be some type of gold fob watch attached to it. He was also wearing short black pants with brown boots. Oh, and I forgot to mention the purple bow tie. Yes, he was wearing a bow tie.
Both of them were arguing good naturally about something I didn't understand, but from their accents, it seemed like they were from England. Briefly, I wondered what they were doing here. Indianapolis wasn't small, but there wasn't anything going on here right now, but maybe they just felt like visiting here for fun. When I saw them walking up to the counter, I stopped cleaning the counters and put on my ready winning smile.
"Hi! Welcome to the Lilac Cafe. What can I get you guys?" I asked, cheerfully.