Takes place after The Key…
Alita's POV:
I collapsed on the sofa after I brought the last bag in. I was exhausted, but I was officially moved in for the summer…
I had decided to live in the Hermitage for the summer, since I couldn't stay in the dorms. At the time, it seemed like just a convenient empty home near the school. Now that I knew whose home it was, though…it seemed right that I move in.
It wasn't like I was completely alone. After all, Yumi didn't live too far away, & Jeremy's parents had decided to rent an apartment in Paris, to see the sights & spend time with Jeremy. He had even invited me to spend the day with them tomorrow, to show me the Eiffel Tower for the first time…
Except that I now knew that it wouldn't be my first time…
It's strange how only a few days ago I had desperately wanted my memory back. Now that I have it, I almost wish that I didn't…
I went out into the kitchen to make some dinner. Since the electricity had been cut off (as well as the fact that I didn't know how to cook), my choices were pretty limited…I'd be eating a lot of sandwiches this summer…
I had planned to just sit at the kitchen table, but it felt so cool outside. I remember that there were many nights like this when we would eat outside…
We must have pulled the outside furniture into the basement before we left, or else a storm blew them away. I didn't really feel like pulling them out of storage, so I just sat on the ground. I looked up as I ate my sandwich. One of the benefits of living in the middle of a forest was that it was easy to see stars…
I was able to quickly find some constellations, but my eyes kept wandering to a certain two stars in the sky…
"Look up there, Alita. What do you see?"
"Stars?" I asked, confused.
My father laughed. "Yes, but look at those two right there. Do you know which ones they are?"
"No." I said. "Are they important?"
"Of course!" he said. "Especially since one is to the right…"
"Is it Never Land?" I asked excitedly. I loved the story of Peter Pan, & had seen the film several times…including earlier that afternoon.
"Exactly!"
"…Do you think we can go there someday?" I asked. I was young, probably still in elementary school. "So that the two of us can be together forever?"
"Maybe." he answered. "But whether we're in Never Land or not, we will always be together…"
I guess we did go to Never Land, in a way. We didn't age on Lyoko, & it was supposed to be our new home…
I just missed him so much…
I wiped away my tears, & stood up. I guess I should probably go to bed now, since there wasn't really anything else to do without lights to see by. I glanced up at the sky once more before heading inside.
"Come home soon, Dad."
"Come Home Soon" is probably my favorite song on the entire album, if not one of my favorite SheDaisy songs of all time…If you have never heard it, it's definitely worth checking out…
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