When Sarah Met Martha
By: Jenna Macfarland
Chapter One
Sarah stood looking up at the poster of a half naked man in the Abercrombie store at the mall. She was lost in thought because she knew she should feel something for this man, but her eyes strayed to the other posters... of women. At last she decided to come out of denial. There was no doubt about it. She was not attracted to men. In accepting this reality she felt a weight lifted from her shoulders. She didn't have to guts to tell her family though. They would not understand and they wouldn't accept her. She could at least accept herself though…even if no one else knew her secret.
The night air outside soothed her and she took in deep breaths while she walked to her red truck. Sarah was in no hurry to get home though. She walked slowly, gazing up at the stars as she went. One of the stars even winked at her.
I'll take that as a good sign, she thought
But then the star winked again and again and faster and faster. Until finally Sarah could see it wasn't a star at all. Something was falling and heading straight for her. Sarah stood rooted to the ground. Her feet just wouldn't move so she just stared horrified up into the dark night. She had only a second to throw her arms up to cover her face when the object hit the concrete just a few feet away from where she stood. A huge crash, dust and bits of concrete hit her arms, and then silence. Slowly she put her arms down and opened her eyes. There in front of her was a small silver aircraft of some sort. Something she had never seen before. And then to her surprise a door opened and a woman came out. She was yelling, of all things.
"Damn it! See this is what I get! I should have known I'd be no good at this! I'm a doctor not a space traveler. Oh when I find the doctor he is going to pay for this!" She yelled, pacing around the aircraft reviewing its damage.
She didn't seem to be aware of Sarah at all and Sarah wasn't sure what she should do next. Just as she was about to say something, the woman turned around.
"Oh, I'm sorry... I... I lost control of my... well never mind". She walked around the ship once more and let out a sigh.
"There's no way I can do anything with it here. Do you think you could help me?" She asked.It took Sarah a minute to respond. She was still in shock and was trying to steady her racing heart beat.
"Yeah I... I have a truck. It might fit in the back. We could see if it would fit... in the truck..." She took a stumbling step towards her vehicle.
"Oh here let me help you," the woman said putting Sarah's arm around her shoulders to help support her. "Falling space ships have that affect on people sometimes and by the way my name is Martha Jones."
Together they managed to get Martha's ship into the back of the truck and even covered it with a blanket Sarah kept just in case it was ever needed.
"This is wonderful," Martha said as she climbed into the passenger seat, "I was very lucky this time."
"So you do this often? Space traveling I mean." Sarah asked.
"Yup it's definitely become a day to day thing". Martha smiled, but looked tired.
They arrived at Sarah's house and went inside. Her parents must have already been asleep because there were no lights on inside.
"We can put your... ship into the garage for now", Sarah said.
They unloaded the spacecraft and covered it again with the blanket. It wasn't exactly unnoticeable, but it would have to do. Then Sarah showed Martha to her room and took the couch for herself. As she drifted off to sleep she thought about space travel, but more importantly about the beautiful woman named Martha who fell from the stars.