Chapter 1
"Do we always have to make stops at this place?" I ask Uncle Jack. He gives me a death glare and shakes his head. I've been annoying him for the past couple hours, so he's getting cranky. I sigh and look out the window to see a red mustang convertible pull up.
"Why can't you get a good job and buy a car like that. Maybe people would actually like me then." I exclaim and throw my hands in the air to make a point. He rubs his temples and sighs.
"I can't get another job and yes they probably would like you better. Now can you please be quiet?" He asks. I open my mouth to complain when two guys in star wars suits crawl into the cab. I look at them and then at Jack.
"You picked up some more weirdoes. I bet you fifty bucks they're here for that alien thingy." I whispered. He hit me on the arm to shut me up. One of the guys shut the door and looked at Jack.
"You imperial droids, drive your two lesion star fighters to planet….Hollywood." He said. Both the guys cracked up and I just rolled my eyes and looked over at Jack.
"Where's my fifty dollars?" I said. He smirked.
"We didn't shake on it." I scrunched up my nose and stuck my tongue out at him. He always found ways to get out of paying me money. I looked ahead when I was smacked in the face with one of their fake guns. I turned around and pulled the guns away. The guys started to complain, so I flipped down and showed them the sign that said "No weapons allowed". I had a very large smirk on my face. We drove in silence for a while. I tried to turn on the radio, but Jack smacked my hand away. I sighed when we finally pulled up.
"Planet Hollywood. That'll be twenty dollars." He said. The guys fiddled with their wallets and I grabbed the cash before Jack. I handed back their weapons and they got out of the car. They couldn't have done it fast enough.
"Thank you. Have a great day!" I called out the car. Jack gave me a shove and I laughed as we headed back down to the airport.
"Maybe this time we'll pick up someone normal." I said. Jack stopped the car and laughed as my face contorted into horror when to aliens made their way to the car.
"Or maybe not." I swear that smoke was coming out of my ears until the car door opened and in hopped a normal looking woman. I turned back to face her and took her hand, kissing it.
"Thank you so much! I don't know how long I can stand to be driving around freaks!" I exclaimed. At first she looked at me like I was crazy, but then smiled and laughed.
"You're welcome. Can you please take me to Planet Hollywood?" She asked. My eyes widened a little, but I hide it and smiled.
"Of course." I turned around and nodded for Jack to start the car. While Jack watched the rode I slowly reached for the radio, but he caught me again.
"Wow, you guys have everything here!" The lady exclaimed looking out the window. I looked out at all the shining lights of Las Vegas and smiled.
"This place is truly like being on another planet." She said. I laughed.
"Then call me an alien." I exclaimed.
"With all this to see every night, you must never get bored." I looked at Jack and rolled my eyes. If you've grown up here it gets pretty boring. If you're not over twenty I suggest you move and then come back later. I sighed and watched as crazy people roamed the sidewalks.
"Welcome to the nut job convention." Jack stated. I snickered, but held my laugh in.
"I understand your reaction. They certainly aren't helping our cause." She said. I about gaged. I turned to here and raised my eye brow.
"Our cause?" I asked. She nodded.
"Educating the public on the legitimate possibility of life on other planets." She explained. I thought about it for a second and nodded.
"As a matter of fact, I'm giving a lecture on astrophysical anomaly detection at the, um, nut job convention." She said. I turned the Jack and hit his shoulder.
"Nice one, Jack." He gave me a glare, but I shrugged it off. I turned and smiled at her. She smiled back and handed me a card.
"Feel free to stop by. Closed minded skeptics are always welcome." I smiled. She handed Jack twenty five bucks.
"Keep the change." She said and got out of the car. Jack took the twenty and I grabbed the five.
"You owe me." I said. He smirked and we drove off. I looked at the card she gave me and smiled.
"Oh and next time you like someone try not to say anything offensive." I said. Jack gave me a What-Are-You-Talking-About-Look.
"I'm talking about you and Dr. Alex Freedmen. You totally have the hot's for her." I said as sarcasm practically dripped from my words. He opened his mouth, but shut it quickly. I smiled as I gained a victory. We pulled up at the motel and I ran ahead to the room. Jack laughed and followed after me. I dropped my bag on the counter and ran to my bedroom.
"Good night, Uncle Jack!" I called. I heard him laugh.
"Good night, Jess!" He called back. I smiled and hopped in bed. It didn't take long for me to fall into my dreams. I didn't like them though. They were filled with aliens. I hated when I dreamed. I eventually got up and started beating the snot out of my punching bag.
"Hey keep it down. I'm trying to get some sleep up here." My neighbor called down. I hit the bag one more time and fell onto my bed.
"Yeah. Me too." I didn't have any more dreams that night.
Hello there. I have had this story on my computer since last summer so I decided to release it. I'm speel checking and going over every chapter again just to make sure its worthy of wonderful people like you :) Tell me what you think :)