That Time I Kissed The Moon

Unexpected

Novalie began to trail home. She checked the time as she began her walk. When she checked her phone she realized that it was 4:00. She knew her mother would be furious when she found out about her late arrival. Novalie had no excuse to use because clubs ended at 3:20. Novalie thought about what she was going to do. Most importantly, she thought about what she was going to do. The walk home was nerve wracking as she was anticipating what her mother would do or say to her. Finally, Novalie arrived home. Before unlocking the door with her house key she took a deep breath. To her surprise her mother was smiling. "Good afternoon Mom," Novalie said a bit startled. "Good afternoon sweetie," Lorelei said. "What happened while I was gone?" "Why do you look so happy right now?" Novalie asked. She was very curious as to why her mother was in such a joyous mood. Usually if she saw Novalie come home this late she would get pissed off and scold Novalie to no end. Lorelei walked closely to her daughter and kissed her forehead. "I'll tell you about it during dinner, okay sweetie". she said cheerily. Novalie took that information and headed to her room. She closed the door softly and sighed. " I have a lot of homework to complete," she said out loud to herself. After completing her work Novalie was pleased with herself. Algebra II had to be the most difficult class for her but she studied accordingly to keep up. Novalie never let her grades slip; she was keen on graduating from a top college and to make sure of that she made sure her grades were on point. Novalie could smell the food her mother was preparing and it smelt heavenly as always. No wonder her mother was a chef. Novalie decided to go outside and take a breath of fresh air. Novalie had told her mother she was going to sit outside for a while. Her mother let her go but told her to call her when she was beginning to return home or when something was up. Novalie walked outside breathing in the fresh air. She decided to go to the grassy area that she had gone to earlier. She wanted to take her free time to admire the moon, sky and the stars. It was finally her favorite part of the day to look at the sky. It was the evening. It was still light outside but the sun was really beginning to set. Novalie had brought her camera with her and started taking pictures of the evening sky. Then she looked at the moon. She began to talk to it. "How can something be so beautiful but so far away? '', she said, looking at the moon. "This is kind of crazy," she began, chuckling ." But I wonder what it would be like if I held you." "I wonder what you would look like, what you sound like." " You know", she said smiling. You really do intrigue me. As she said those last few words something peculiar began to happen. The moon was falling?! Novalie moved away so she wouldn't get hit. The moon had landed next to her. She was shocked. Novalie moved closer to the moon. As she touched the glowing orb it turned to a creature in a human-like form. He looked like a normal human boy around the same age as her but blue. He had light blue skin and was glowing. Novalie was in awe. He was beautiful. Extraordinary even. His beauty was astonishing. Novalie felt as if she couldn't stop staring. The creature seemed to look at her like he was in awe too. His glowing eyes met hers and they stared at each other for a while before Novalie began to speak. '' I-I um I'm Novalie, " she said awkwardly. He smiled. " I know who you are, Novalie, you talk to me everyday." " Oh right," she said. "I have so many questions," she stated. " I don't even know where to begin" "Well he said, clearing his throat. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Muraco Eclipse the moon himself," he said gleefully." "It's nice to meet you ," Novalie stated shaking his hand. As she shook his hand she realized how cold his hands were. After they shook each other's hand they were still holding hands. Unexpectedly, Muraco took that as an opportunity to kiss Novalie's hand softly. Novalie slowly removed her hand as she was flustered from that encounter. No one and no thing had ever done that to her. Muraco began to apologize. "I'm so sorry Novalie I don't know came over me, " he said shyly. "It's fine", she said with her cheeks reddened. "I do have one more question though". "Oh?, and what is that question?", he said flirtatiously. " I want to know if this has happened to you before". "Falling from the sky". "No, this has never happened to me," he stated. " I want to find out how this happened and how to return home". As Novalie looked at Muraco she couldn't help but feel sorry for him. She knew she had a home to return to that she accessed easily knowing that he couldn't get home hurt her heart. "I could ask my mother if you could stay with us for a while", Novalie said. "Really", he said smiling. "But you need a human disguise and an excuse." "Don't worry about the human disguise, I've got that covered", he said. Muraco got up, closed his eyes, and spun. After he finished spinning he looked human. He looked quite the same but there were some obvious differences. The sparkling stars that were once on his glowing skin were now brown freckles. His skin was now olive. His glowing eyes were now a light green. His hair was black with white streaks in it. He was wearing a dark blue tuxedo with moon symbols all around it. "Do I look human enough for you Novalie, " he said teasingly. She reddened staring at him in his human form. Even in his human form he was so goddamn attractive. "Yes you look human enough, but we still need to come up with a believable story". "Oh, I have an idea,"he stated. "You could tell your mother that one of your friends got kicked out of their house because of a bad argument with their parents." "That's a good idea", Novalie said with a smile on her face. " I need to return home anyway", Novalie said. "Let me just call her first". Novalie called her mother and informed her that she would be coming late. Novalie also told her mother that she had something really important to tell her when she reached that. "Let's go now shall we, " Muraco said eagerly. Muraco reached for Novalie's hands and pulled her up. His cold hands made her shiver. Novalie paused. She was so nervous. What would her mother say about this? Would she decline? What would happen to Muraco if her mother did decline? "Hey!" Muraco said, interrupting Novalie's thoughts. "Are you ok", Muraco asked sweetly and put his hand on Novalie's shoulder. Novalie  jumped at the sudden touch then said "Oh, I'm fine",she said with a painfully faked laugh. "Let's actually start going now".