It was one day in the fall, I can remember because the ground was covered
in colorful leaves that would crunch under my feet. I was outside the
elementary school, waiting for Isabel and Max so we could walk home
together.
Isabel was probably chatting with her air-head friends of hers and Max volunteered to stay after school and clap erasers. They didn't understand how they were supposed to stay away from humans.
Anyway, it was a chilly afternoon and I rubbed my hands over the goosebumps on my arms. I was about to turn around and walk home by myself when she appeared next to me.
Little Lizzie Parker. The love of Max's life, even though we were only eight, and all around good girl. Everybody loved Liz. Liz was perfect, she was sweet, smart and the adults adored her.
She stared at me with those doe eyes of hers as she brushed her hair behind he ear. "Can I sit here?" I ignored her but she sat down next to me anyway. She must have noticed that I was shivering because she took off her wool sweater and placed it around my shoulders.
It was a very big sweater, one that when Liz wore it, it devoured her whole petite body. I remember her telling her ditzy friend Maria one day that it belonged to her grandmother who, when she passed away, was given to Liz.
Immediately my body absorbed the warmth of the soft material and as I looked at Liz, I noticed that she too was getting cold. I don't know what came over me that day but I took the sweater off and wrapped part of it around Liz and the other part around my shoulders so we could share it.
Neither of us said a word, we just sat there together,taking in the warmth of each other.
Maybe sometime in the future, we'll become friends. And I can tell her my secret. And her parents can adopt me and take me away from Hank.
Know I know why Max is so head-over-heels for her. In the end, Max will probably get her. It's just one more reason to envy Max Evans.
But I can't get close to her. I don't want to put her in danger. My powers, they are so hard to control and I don't want to hurt her. Alien/human relationships would never work anyway.
For now, I just have to keep up the stonewall. It's the only way that I can ensure the safety of others around me. I can't get attached. It will be much harder when my parents come back to earth to take me home.
I can't get too close but for now I just want to sit here and pretend that i'm a human boy, with a normal life and not a slimy green space alien.
Maybe someday...
Isabel was probably chatting with her air-head friends of hers and Max volunteered to stay after school and clap erasers. They didn't understand how they were supposed to stay away from humans.
Anyway, it was a chilly afternoon and I rubbed my hands over the goosebumps on my arms. I was about to turn around and walk home by myself when she appeared next to me.
Little Lizzie Parker. The love of Max's life, even though we were only eight, and all around good girl. Everybody loved Liz. Liz was perfect, she was sweet, smart and the adults adored her.
She stared at me with those doe eyes of hers as she brushed her hair behind he ear. "Can I sit here?" I ignored her but she sat down next to me anyway. She must have noticed that I was shivering because she took off her wool sweater and placed it around my shoulders.
It was a very big sweater, one that when Liz wore it, it devoured her whole petite body. I remember her telling her ditzy friend Maria one day that it belonged to her grandmother who, when she passed away, was given to Liz.
Immediately my body absorbed the warmth of the soft material and as I looked at Liz, I noticed that she too was getting cold. I don't know what came over me that day but I took the sweater off and wrapped part of it around Liz and the other part around my shoulders so we could share it.
Neither of us said a word, we just sat there together,taking in the warmth of each other.
Maybe sometime in the future, we'll become friends. And I can tell her my secret. And her parents can adopt me and take me away from Hank.
Know I know why Max is so head-over-heels for her. In the end, Max will probably get her. It's just one more reason to envy Max Evans.
But I can't get close to her. I don't want to put her in danger. My powers, they are so hard to control and I don't want to hurt her. Alien/human relationships would never work anyway.
For now, I just have to keep up the stonewall. It's the only way that I can ensure the safety of others around me. I can't get attached. It will be much harder when my parents come back to earth to take me home.
I can't get too close but for now I just want to sit here and pretend that i'm a human boy, with a normal life and not a slimy green space alien.
Maybe someday...