Chapter 2 Lovebirds at the fair
Alexander arrived at Risa. He mingled with some of his friends and conversed with fellow classmates that he hadn't seen in a long time. After some time, he sat on a bench, waiting to meet his girlfriend Tari at an agreed upon location. He sat there adjusting his clothes when he heard a pleasant voice shouting behind him.
"Alexander the Great!"
He looked behind him and saw his girlfriend standing back waiting for him.
"Tari!" he shouted.
Alexander ran over to her. When he got to her, he embraced her, gently lifting her up a few inches off the ground.
"Weee" She said, laughing "That felt higher than usual."
"Haha I told you I've been working out for this trip." Alexander replied.
"So how should we start our day together? …Our last day together?" Tari asked.
Alexander: "Our last day together?"
:Tari: "You know what I mean"
:Alexander: "I know. You going away, it's pretty sad."
:Tari: "Let's have fun, I don't want to think about it."
Alexander heard shouts from the hyper Ferris wheel close by. "That hyper Ferris wheel right there looks fun."
"That would be perfect." Tari replied. "It would give us time to talk and spend time together."
Alexander and Tari got into line for the ride. While waiting in line, Tari said, "Even though we're going to be away for a while. Don't forget our promise: every time we see a comet- "
"-We'll think about each other." Alexander said, finishing her sentence.
They eventually got into the hyper Ferris wheel. As the ride went on, they occasionally looked into each other's eyes, as they enjoyed their moment together. The better Alexander felt about the moment, the louder he would hear his father words from before. As he thought, Tari leaned on his shoulder, slowly easing the voice in his head. Alexander began to warming up in the moment, and put his arm around her in affection. Their tender moment was then interrupted by the Ferris wheel as it began to accelerate into high speed.
"Whoa!" Alexander and Tari screamed in excitement along with the rest of the other passengers.
Once the ride was over, they exited the Ferris wheel and began walking around.
Tari exclaimed "Whew, that was fun. I didn't expect it to move that fast, I -"
Tari jerks back a bit, reacting to a small mechanical toy bird whizzing over their head. "What's that?! That looks cool."
"Oh that's a Busy Bird", Alexander Answered.
Tari: "Oh that looks like fun. Let's both get one."
They head over to the field. They get a wristband controller, and a toy mechanical bird, and begin to wave their arms, guiding their birds in the air, occasionally hitting other toy birds that were flying around. After a few minutes of play, they see a familiar figure walking toward them. It was Professor Noncents. He was a much older gentlemen who had a tendency to keep people in lengthy, uncomfortable conversations.
"Oh no! Alex look!"
:Alexander: "It's professor Noncents. Quick Tari, we've got to blend in to the crowd and get away
They then heard Professor Noncents' squawky voice above the crowd, "Alex?! Son of Worf? Is that you, young man?! You know your father still owes me a term paper or two."
Alex and Tari pretended that they didn't hear him and walked among the visitors, trying to blend in as much as possible.
After a while, Alexander glanced behind him and saw that Professor Noncents was distracted and stopped pursuing them.
"Whew, that was close", Alexander said in relief.
:Tari: "Nice thinking, Alexander the Great."
Alexander: "I try. I try."
Tari started looking around as she was in an unfamiliar area.
" I've never seen this part of Risa."
In the distance she could see some beautiful luminescent caves glowing in the distance alongside a beautiful beach.
"Wow, look at those caves!"
"Yeah, those are Risa Love Caves." Alexander responded. "A lot of honeymooners spend their first night together there."
Tari: "Wow, This is where I'd want to spend my honeymoon."
Just then, Tari's alarm went off.
"Aww.." she stated sadly, "I promised my best friend I'd help her technical presentation for tomorrow at this time."
Alex was disappointed but tried not to show it. "It's ok. Maybe you can come back down to the surface when you're done."
:Tari: "I'll try, but I don't even think she's started on it yet."
:Alexander: "Ok. I'll call you"
:Tari: "Ok. I love you."
:Alexander: "I love you too."
They gave each other a quick hug. Tari tapped her communications badge
"Graduate Tari to USS Chasity. One to beam up."
Alex watched as Tari dematerialized back to her ship. Eventually, he went on a few more rides and hung out with a few of his other graduates. After some time hoping Tari would respond, he concluded she was too busy and decided to go back to the Enterprise. He contacted the Enterprise and beamed back aboard.