Author's notes: I don't expect this chapter to be long, but we'll see
about it
Disclaimer: "I'm missing your bed, I never sleep."
Chapter 9 - Christian
Aka Welcome home, Christian
Wow...I'm the only one without a codename. Way to go, Christian! Well, I guess I'll think of one sooner or later, let's just hope sooner rather than later. After we got ourselves registered, Holly was supposed to take us to her home and get us situated in quarters. So we headed out.
"Where exactly is your home?" I inquired.
"You mean YOUR home?" Holly said. "It's in Tokyo. Seeing as you live in the same house as me, mi casa es su casa (my home is your home in Spanish, for those who don't know.).
"We get to go down to the planet?!" Dani said.
"Why wouldn't we?" Holly said. "How else are you going to get situated on Meyo if you don't actually go there?"
"She's got a point." Daniel whispered to Dani.
"Well, should we be heading off then?" Holly said to us. And we headed out to the ship. The re-entry was kind of rough, seeing as we've never re- entered before. It was really hot. I swear I got a heat blister on my...well we'll not go into that.
After we got into the substation and registered the ship to dock, We hopped into Holly's car and headed to her house. It wasn't too huge, just large enough to fit five people...and a penguin. She had a penguin in her house, it was so cool!
"That's Pen Pen, my penguin." Holly said as he came out of the refrigerator. It scared me when I saw something pop out of the fridge, it was kinda cool though.
"PENGUIN!!!" Daniel said with great excitement.
"Heh, right. He can be a real jackass at times." Holly said. "Shall I show you your rooms?"
"Sure." I said. She showed me my room first. It was kinda small, a lot smaller than I was used to. The beds in there were like the traditional Japanese beds; nothing but a small mattress and some covers. I guess it wasn't too bad, I liked sleeping on the floor. Dani came into my room after she had been shown her room.
"Hey, is it alright if I talk with you or a sec?" She said. Heh, an opportunity presenting itself!
"Sure, what's up?" I asked. She seemed to be on the brink of tears.
"I'm not sure if I made the right choice, coming here that is, to this planet. I mean, I love my family, and now I don't know what I'll ever do without them." A small tear ran down her left cheek and she came into my arms and started crying her little heart out.
"It's alright, you have us now. Me, Bri, Daniel, Holly, everyone." I told her. Just holding her made the trip worth it.
"I know," she said, "but what will I do without my own family?" She looked up and me and then said, "oh now look, I can't stop crying." She put her face back into my shoulder.
"Cry all you need." I said. "...just stay here for as long as you want."
Just then, Bri entered the room. "What's wrong?" she inquired.
I said nothing, but motioned her to leave. I then said to Dani, "You want to sit down?" and she accepted. I moved over to the flat of my bed and sat and she sat next to me. She fell, yet again, into my arms. "You want to talk about it?" I said.
"It's just that...I've lived with them all my life, and they've nurtured me and made me the person that I am today. Now that I'm gone, their memories of me, of my life, will be erased. I literally just left the life that I had for this bullshit life!" she was getting extremely angry at herself, now crying harder than ever, but trying to be tough by not whimpering at all. "I just don't know why I decided to leave what I had behind."
"You were caught up in the moment, you wanted to feel important, and now you have that. You just had to leave your previous life for it." I said trying to comfort her. "It's alright, you have us now."
Just then Holly came into the room. Not looking at us, but more rather a call into the room. "Come on, we gotta get you fitted for your uniforms."
"Give us a minute, Holly." I said back. She left the room and Dani continued to cry in my arms. My shirt was completely soaked on the right side, damn I'm going to haveta change before we leave, but it's worth it.
Now that I think about it, why did I leave? I had a good life, good grades, good friends, and someone I liked. Okay, so the person I liked came along for the ride, but still, now she's in a breakdown...I'm still unsure why I left. And I wonder why I haven't chosen a codename yet...I guess I just need to think about things.
Disclaimer: "I'm missing your bed, I never sleep."
Chapter 9 - Christian
Aka Welcome home, Christian
Wow...I'm the only one without a codename. Way to go, Christian! Well, I guess I'll think of one sooner or later, let's just hope sooner rather than later. After we got ourselves registered, Holly was supposed to take us to her home and get us situated in quarters. So we headed out.
"Where exactly is your home?" I inquired.
"You mean YOUR home?" Holly said. "It's in Tokyo. Seeing as you live in the same house as me, mi casa es su casa (my home is your home in Spanish, for those who don't know.).
"We get to go down to the planet?!" Dani said.
"Why wouldn't we?" Holly said. "How else are you going to get situated on Meyo if you don't actually go there?"
"She's got a point." Daniel whispered to Dani.
"Well, should we be heading off then?" Holly said to us. And we headed out to the ship. The re-entry was kind of rough, seeing as we've never re- entered before. It was really hot. I swear I got a heat blister on my...well we'll not go into that.
After we got into the substation and registered the ship to dock, We hopped into Holly's car and headed to her house. It wasn't too huge, just large enough to fit five people...and a penguin. She had a penguin in her house, it was so cool!
"That's Pen Pen, my penguin." Holly said as he came out of the refrigerator. It scared me when I saw something pop out of the fridge, it was kinda cool though.
"PENGUIN!!!" Daniel said with great excitement.
"Heh, right. He can be a real jackass at times." Holly said. "Shall I show you your rooms?"
"Sure." I said. She showed me my room first. It was kinda small, a lot smaller than I was used to. The beds in there were like the traditional Japanese beds; nothing but a small mattress and some covers. I guess it wasn't too bad, I liked sleeping on the floor. Dani came into my room after she had been shown her room.
"Hey, is it alright if I talk with you or a sec?" She said. Heh, an opportunity presenting itself!
"Sure, what's up?" I asked. She seemed to be on the brink of tears.
"I'm not sure if I made the right choice, coming here that is, to this planet. I mean, I love my family, and now I don't know what I'll ever do without them." A small tear ran down her left cheek and she came into my arms and started crying her little heart out.
"It's alright, you have us now. Me, Bri, Daniel, Holly, everyone." I told her. Just holding her made the trip worth it.
"I know," she said, "but what will I do without my own family?" She looked up and me and then said, "oh now look, I can't stop crying." She put her face back into my shoulder.
"Cry all you need." I said. "...just stay here for as long as you want."
Just then, Bri entered the room. "What's wrong?" she inquired.
I said nothing, but motioned her to leave. I then said to Dani, "You want to sit down?" and she accepted. I moved over to the flat of my bed and sat and she sat next to me. She fell, yet again, into my arms. "You want to talk about it?" I said.
"It's just that...I've lived with them all my life, and they've nurtured me and made me the person that I am today. Now that I'm gone, their memories of me, of my life, will be erased. I literally just left the life that I had for this bullshit life!" she was getting extremely angry at herself, now crying harder than ever, but trying to be tough by not whimpering at all. "I just don't know why I decided to leave what I had behind."
"You were caught up in the moment, you wanted to feel important, and now you have that. You just had to leave your previous life for it." I said trying to comfort her. "It's alright, you have us now."
Just then Holly came into the room. Not looking at us, but more rather a call into the room. "Come on, we gotta get you fitted for your uniforms."
"Give us a minute, Holly." I said back. She left the room and Dani continued to cry in my arms. My shirt was completely soaked on the right side, damn I'm going to haveta change before we leave, but it's worth it.
Now that I think about it, why did I leave? I had a good life, good grades, good friends, and someone I liked. Okay, so the person I liked came along for the ride, but still, now she's in a breakdown...I'm still unsure why I left. And I wonder why I haven't chosen a codename yet...I guess I just need to think about things.
