Chapter 8

Bad News And New Emotions

Mare arrived home and saw a letter sitting in the table in the kitchen. She placed the groceries down and opened the letter. It was from her father. It said:

Dear Marina,

I have received your pillow that you've made me, it is very nice. I've been reassigned to a new position after an accident killed some of our friends. I won't be coming to see you for another year, so that means I'll be missing your birthday again. I'll miss you and take care of that new dog of yours. Tell your mother I said hi. I hope to see you as soon as I can.

Love, Dad

Marie sighed,'' Not again''.

625 tilted his head to the side,'' What? I didn't do anything''.

'' It's not you.''

'' What is it then?''

'' It's... nothing''.

625 hated to see his friend upset like that. His heart sank.

Marie walked to her room and closed the door. She placed her face on the pillow and began crying.

625 knocked on the door,'' Come on, Marie. Don't get mad''.

'' I'm not mad, or sad. I just... want to be alone''.

625 sighed,'' I'll check on you later.''

He went to the kitchen to make himself a sandwich. As soon as he got there, guilt cut through his heart again. He began to feel homesick. He even missed being with Gantu. He didn't feel so hungry anymore. Instead he went to the living room to watch t.v. to keep his mind off the sadness. 625 flipped channels to find something to interest him.

'' I missed you so much!'', A lady said, on the t.v.

(Changes channel.)

'' I've been so sad lately'', A kid on t.v. said.

(Changes channel.)

'' I've missed you, boy'', A boy on t.v. said to a dog on the t.v.

(Turns t.v. off.)

625 clenched his teeth together as he held the tears in his eyes back. Marie came downstairs and saw 625's sad face,'' Are you okay?''

'' Sure, never been better'', replied 625, trying to hide the sadness that ached his heart.

'' What were you just watching?''

'' I dunno''.

'' Why are you so sad?''

'' I'm not sad, I'm just... just, lonely''.

'' Wanna come to the bedroom?''

'' Fine''.

They walked to the bedroom.

'' What were you just reading on the kitchen table?'', the sandwich maker asked.

'' A letter''.

'' From who?''

'' ... Nobody. Don't put your mind into it''.

'' Come on you could tell me''.

'' I can't. You won't understand.''

Peg entered the room,'' You won't believe what I've got to tell you''

'' What to moving to Chicago?'', Marie replied, sarcastically,'' Were going to the moon?''

'' No. I signed you up for hula class, and we need to get you a hula skirt.''

'' Whee'', Marie replied, sarcastically again.

625 couldn't believe what he was hearing then he thought, Marie being sarcastic like me?

'' Isn't this exiting little doggy? Marie starting hula class'', Peg said.

She grabbed 625's arms and shook them about.

'' Isn't this exiting?'', she said, in a baby talk tone of voice, as she patted 625's head.

625 rolled his eyeballs and made a strange look on his face.

Peg left the bedroom.

625 stared at his arms,'' No offense but your mother is...''

'' Weird. I know'', Marie said, finishing 625's sentence.

'' I don't want her wiping her hands on me.''

'' She was petting you.''

'' I still hate being touched or picked up.''

'' I know''.

625 laid down on a pillow on the bed. He felt something under the pillow. He pulled out a bag of 'marbles' out from the pillow.

'' What are these?''

'' Marbles. I find them everywhere. There's one thing I don't understand, why are there numbers on them?''

625 gasped, then he said in a low voice,'' Experiment pods''.

'' What?''

'' I mean... nothing''.

'' I need to go to the store with mom. Wanna come?''

'' No thanks''.

'' Okay. Enjoy yourself. Take care of the house''.

'' Thanks. I'll remember that''.

'' Bye''.

Marie got up and left with her mother.

625 sighed and went to the kitchen.

He heard a thud upstairs and went back upstairs to investigate. He took a squeak toy that he had and slowly opened the bedroom door,'' Whoever's breaking in, I'm warning you that I've got a weapon.''

Nosey came out of the room,'' Hey! 625.''

'' You again?''

'' Have you realized your weapons a squeak toy?''

625 chuckled sheepishly as he dropped the toy on the floor,'' How'd you get in here?''

'' Open window. Hey, have you told that girl your an alien?''

'' No. I want to tell her when it's a good time.''

'' Want me to tell her?''

'' NO!''

'' Whacha doing?''

'' Being a watchdog. You have to get out!''

'' Like I'm gonna get out. Whacha gonna do about it?''

'' Uh, um, bark bark?'', 625 barked weakly,'' Grr bark growl bark, um meow?''

Nosey laughed,'' Those barking sounds were so weak!''

625 frowned,'' Get out!''

'' Look what I found under the girl's bed.''

'' The experiment pods! Gimme those,'' 625 said, as he snatched the experiment pods out of Nosey's hand,'' Get out now!''

Nosey frowned,'' Okay. I know when I'm not wanted.''

Nosey exited the house through the front door. 625 hid the pods under his bed. Marie entered the house an hour later from shopping and found 625 resting his head on a pillow.

'' Hey''.

625 turned around and looked at Marie before resting his head on the pillow again.

'' Why are you so quiet?''

'' I'm just tired,'' 625 fibbed.

Marie stroked 625's head.

'' No touching me.''

'' Sorry. Well good night, Marie.''

'' Good night, 625.''

They both crawled into their own beds. Marie fell asleep first. 625 couldn't sleep a wink. He got out of bed and looked out the bedroom window and stared at the moon. He felt homesick again, he even missed Gantu. He knew Gantu didn't mean what he said, because he was all alone too. He's even seen Gantu cry alone in his room at night. 625 knew how it felt to cry himself to sleep at night. He did it often while Gantu was asleep. He didn't want to leave Marie alone by herself, but he also wanted to go back to Gantu. He was confused. He sobbed more tears as he stared at the room that shone down on him.

'' What should I do?'', 625 asked, himself.

Meanwhile Gantu and Hamsterveil were waiting for Nosey's arrival.

Nosey entered the ship,'' Sit down because I've got some stories to tell you.''

'' What is it?'', Gantu asked.

'' 625's got a human earth girl taking care of him, also he's wearing a collar.''

'' I knew this was a bad idea to send him out to look for 625,'' Hamsterveil said.

Nosey continued talking,'' He also scared some boys, and he's got experiment pods...''.

'' Wait! What was that last one?'', Hamsterveil asked.

'' He scared some boys?''

'' No! The other one''.

'' He's got experiment pods?''

'' He's been collecting experiment pods? Gantu I've got a plan to get those experiment pods back'', Hamsterveil smiled, evilly.

TBC...

R&R