Thank you for reading my story. My English skills are not good, so please forgive me if any mistake. _()_
Two weeks after Neri was crowned, there was a meeting between Queen Shalamorn and the G7 highest authorities, not at ORCA but Sydney. Along with it, an informal meeting was hosted by the First Lady, including representatives of the World Youth Federation and Princess Neri, Mera. This meeting was expected to make a little softness in foreign relations between the parties.
While Dianne still supported the Queen as usual, Jason and Brett were required to accompany Neri and Mera in the informal meeting.
Brett elated when four of them moved to the water edge.
"If the meeting finishes soon, we can go out to the cinema or something."
"Yes, I almost forgot about the life of a teen girl on Earth, shopping, cosmetics, party ..."
"And the dramatic movie with the handsome male lead, huh? Brett assured." I'll find you the good one! "
"Yes, Brett!" Mera grinned when helping Brett to push the Zodiac to the water.
Neri just smiled while Jason shrugged: "I'm afraid that no hope. But anyway, we have a day together!"
Then the brothers started the Zodiac towards ORCA.
Despite their expectations, 1 day right before the meeting, Queen Shalamorn decided that Mera had the experience in the crowded meetings, and Brett was resourceful enough to manage things. So Jason will attend the meeting with G7, accompany the Queen. This meeting is too important for them. And Jason, although not having much experience in the field of politics, he had very valuable comments and often gave surprising solutions. Shalamorn wanted to keep him by her side in that top meeting.
Knowing that Neri was very lacking in confidence, Jason still had to leave her to escort Shalamorn into the armored vehicle. The group entered the gate of a heavily guarded hotel complex.
"Are you alright?"
Jason asked anxiously when they met again 3 hours later. It took him quite a bit of time to go through all the security gates to get close to Neri, Brett and Mera, in a short break of the meetings.
Neri smiled weakly: "Yes, I think so. The First Lady seems .. friendly!"
"I know it's hard for you. Diplomatic meetings are often troublesome and have a lot of annoying procedures. But, don't worry too much!"
"Yes, Jason." Neri left a gap in the middle of the sentence, while gently holding Jason's finger. "You too!"
He smiled, certainly, Neri also felt his own stress.
"The Youth Federation guys are quite humorous. We'll alright. How about your meeting?" Mera wanted to know. She is aware of the importance of this meeting to the future of both planets.
"Fine! In fact, we have just finished greeting time."
Brett moaned: "That meeting must last until midnight."
Jason didn't object, just said quickly while glancing at his watch: "I'd better go. Just keep an eye on each other! And don't hesitate if two of you need a lot of water, OK?"
"Of course, Jase! I'll take care well of the ladies!"
Jason wasn't still reassured. Neri has never been comfortable in her role as a princess in public. And the intense meetings these weeks made her feel unbalanced. The people she meets today are younger and friendlier than politicians, but there is still a lot of insidious scrutiny and observation. He knew clearly that she felt it clearly. The restlessness was too obvious on her face.
He pulled her away from Brett and Mera a little, whisper:
"Hey, Neri. You passed half of the day well. Only a half remains... And I'm just in the left hight building, next to you!"
Neri's face lit up. She nodded in relief then smiled. At the moment, Jason felt they were on her island again, no luxurious room hall, no security guards, no politicians around. Only two of them with the pristinely white sand and the sparkling waves...
"Good, see you!"
He squeezed her hand before leaving the hall.
It was the last large scale meeting. It lasted two days instead of one as expected. But at the end of the meeting, two planets reached some peace deals. The ocean planet will have to clear the negative effects of rebels on Earth and build a technology transfer roadmap to clean the environment, first of all reducing the greenhouse effect to prevent the global warming - as a compensation. Along with that, Ocean People also had the right to send a small team of scientists to study the designated - waters on Earth, officially.
The migration seems to be very far away, a thousand years of human history didn't allow them to easily accept strangers to occupy. And two sides have not completely trusted each other, of course. But peace and cooperation have covered most. They had space to breathe. And so is Jason. Finally, he had the time to think about every aspect of his own life.
