What's in a Dream?

Part 3 There's My Big Green Boy!

X was a nervous wreck as he waited for his mother to pass through the terminal. This was really bothering him, but Elle couldn't blame him, after all, he was getting betrothed in a few days! At least, X had muttered something about it taking his mother a few days before completely ruining his life.

"The Transport from the JeeDang Galaxy has just arrived," another alien's voice announced over an intercom, "all passengers are to exit the terminal shortly."

"Looks like she'll be out here in a few minutes," Elle teased him.

"You know, you REALLY don't have to be here to humiliate me like this HUMAN!" X grumbled.

"Oh but it's fun." Elle insisted, "And call me Agent Elle. I'm your partner after all, and it's not like I go around calling you 'JeeDangian'!"

"Whatever." X mumbled impatiently, what was taking his mother so long anyways?

Just then he heard laughter coming from deep within the terminal, "She'ssss heeerrrreeeee!!!" Elle snickered in his ear.

X's face stretched and he started to sweat as his mother emerged from the terminal with two other aliens snickering at the…BABY PICTURES! HIS BABY PICTURES!!! "MOTHER!"

"May I see?" Elle sprang up between him and his mother.

"Of course dear," the kind, elderly JeeDangian replied handing Elle a pack of photos. "And what's you name?"

"Oh I'm sorry," Elle reached out politely and shook the woman's hand. X made a move to snatch the pictures out of her other hand but she jerked away, "My name's Agent Elle and I'm your son's partner, I'm sure he's told you all about me." (Elle could just imagine all the horrid things that he had told his mother about her.)

"Agent Elle?" X's mom shot him a puzzled look, "Son, you didn't tell me that you had a partner."

"Must have slipped my mind," he muttered as Elle cracked up at the baby pictures, one had X naked in what looked like a bathtub, he was sucking his clawed thumb and grinning up at the camera.

"Awww…"

"What?!" X couldn't understand why Elle would find any of his baby pictures---cute.

"This one where your mom's holding you in the delivery room," Elle pointed the picture out to him, "she looks so proud of you. And you're fast asleep in her arms. That's so sweet."

"Oh yes," X's mother agreed, "that's my big green boy. He was 11 pounds at birth you know…"

"Maybe we should save that story for another time!" X interrupted his mother before she could go into any further details with Elle.

"Oh alright dear, it was nice meeting you," X's mom complied as X put a hand on her shoulder and led her off to his quarters, and AWAY from Elle. Those two seemed to be hitting it off and he did NOT want Elle to influence his mother's decision of who his fiancé was going to be! She would probably persuade her to betrothed him to some hideously dull human desk clerk!!!

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Elle sighed in her quarters, plopping down on her small couch. It had been a long day, X had spent it trying to convince his mother to forget about marrying him off and Elle had gotten stuck with all the paperwork.

She was about to drift off when she heard a faint knock on her door. "Yes?"

"It's Zoey dear, X's mother, may I come in?"

'X's mother? What was she doing here? Shouldn't she be off searching for some poor human for her son to marry?'

"Go ahead, the door's unlocked!" Elle called, 'Oh well, maybe she needed some suggestions as to what blue collar human would make a suitable mate for her 'big green boy'!'

X's mom, Zoey, entered the room and smiled over at Elle who was still plopped on the couch. "Long day sweetie?"

"Yeah, tons of paperwork, but it's over…for now." Elle laughed.

Zoey sighed, "Well I TRIED to get that boy of mine to help you, but he's just so stubborn sometimes." Elle laughed again as Zoey shook her head, "He wouldn't stop hassling me for a second, always paranoid that the next creature I looked at was going to be his fiancée!"

Elle chuckled and scooted over a bit so that Zoey could have a seat. Zoey excepted the silent invitation and continued talking, "It's not like I don't know what I'm doing. I raised him. I know what he's like and the qualities that a girl would have to have to make him happy."

"I'm sure you do," Elle agreed, "And you're right, X is stubborn, VERY stubborn. But I've learned to get used to it."

"I can tell," Zoey gave Elle a thoughtful glance as she said this. "So, Agent Elle? What do you think X would find most appealing about a woman?"

"Huh?" Why was she asking her?

"Well, you're his partner," Zoey continued, "surely you've picked up on a few things about him?"

Elle thought for a minute and then laughed, "Well, to tell you the truth, he isn't really all that fond of humans."

"He isn't really all that fond of anyone dear," Zoey chuckled, "any woman would have to have incredible patience with my son. And the ability to break through the walls he sets up around himself." Elle didn't notice the approving looks that she was getting from X's mom as she spoke.

"That's for sure. And she's got to be able to stand up to him when he got into one of his 'Everyone else is inferior to me' moods."

Zoey laughed at this.

"I guess she'd have to understand his personality a little too…" Elle was getting into this whole match making conversation. "…you know, like the way he's so rambunctious, he loves to rush into things without planning ahead, he's pretty annoying, but he just gets that way sometimes, cockiness is a trait that all guys have."

X's mom nodded in agreement as Elle went on.

"He pays close attention to details, like *snicker* 'beady eyes' and 'little ears', he always seems to find fault with everyone, but I think he's got a good heart, if you can overlook all HIS faults."

"Exactly," Zoey sounded very impressed with Elle's observations. "Thank you so much dear, that's precisely what I wanted to hear."

Elle glanced up at Zoey as she headed over to the door, "No problem, glad I could help. Good night, Mrs…ur…"

"Good night darling," Zoey replied as she opened the door, then called back over her shoulder, "and you can call me, Mom."

'WHAT?!' Elle froze and stared at the closed door, 'Had X's mother just said what she thought she said? It couldn't be!' Elle slouched back onto the firm cushions, 'She wants me to call her…*gulp*…MOM! What have I done?!'

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