"Thanks again for saving me back there. I thought I was going to have to strangle her or something." Said Zane.
"You're welcome, but like I said before I didn't do it for you. I was about to punch her in the face if she did not shut up."
"Well whatever the reason, thanks."
I just nodded and kept walking. Now that everybody has gone past the WSP, we all meet in the center of this large white room, which is called the Earth room. In the center of the floor there is a large black design obviously our seal. It is earth, before the evacuation. All black and white. Something about remembering the past and moving forward. We gather around and standing on the seal are WSP workers, Council officers, and three Council leaders.
"I bet a lot of you are wondering why you are here instead of being at home with your families," said one of the Council leaders.
He has jet black hair and deep brown eyes. I recognize him as Connor Brown. He is nineteen years old, making him the youngest Council leader in history. All the girls are staring at him, I'll admit he is slightly attractive. But I may be your everyday stereotypical white girl but I like blonde hair blue eyes, like Zane. I don't like him though. I just met him. I just like the combination of blonde hair with blue eyes. THAT'S IT!
"We are going to conduct a little experiment. We have sent some men down to earth and we heard it is now habitable, however we lost contact with them last week. I am sending you all to earth to find them and to live there for 6 months. You will report to us weekly via chips that we will insert tomorrow. Enjoy life on the satellite you will be leaving in two days. Good day."
As he was about to walk away his eyes found mine and we stayed staring at each other's eyes for a minute. Until the other leaders took him away.
"Hey Celenia, can I tell you something? But first what was that?!"
I realized that Lyndsey has been behind me the whole time. How much did she see? Who else noticed me and Connor? I decide to play it cool.
"What on earth do you mean?" I ask.
"Okay, Cel, I know it has been awhile since we have talked. But whenever you hide something, you talk like you are a 1920's British teenager. What was going on between you and Connor?"
"Nothing. We just made eye contact for a second. Nothing happened," I say casually. " What did you want to tell me?"
"What do you think of Marcus?"
"Which opinion do you want: the girly best friend or a random girl's opinion?"
"Um, both. Random girl first."
By this time Zane had left and Marcus was no where near us. I was free to give my honest opinion to Lyndsey.
"Okay then um... as a random girl? He is the biggest coward, but he has an actual problem."
"Really? Oh ok now the girly best friend."
"OMG! He is so cute. I think he would be perfect for you. He seems to like you already. And-"
"Okay calm down Cel. I think you need to work on your girly girl impersonation. Actually I think I might like him. He's so sweet. I don't know what to do about it. He seems to like me, but I don't know." Said Lyndsey.
I zone out and start to think about Zane and Connor. They are so much alike. They are strong, strict, leaders (Zane just doesn't get recognized for it), young, and cute. I'm sure neither of them like me. When Zane put his arm around me, saying I was his "fake girlfriend" My heart started beating out of my chest. When Connor and I made eye contact, my heart stopped beating. What is wrong with me? This has been the weirdest day of my life. Now we have to spend six months on earth. Wait why is Connor coming back? Zane's standing next to me again. Connor is looking at me again.
"We will have three of you who will report to us anytime. Those three will be Alex, Celenia and James. Thank you for listening, the rest of you can leave. If I called your name come to the center so that we may speak. That is all."
Crap, James and Alex are in this group? This is not going to be good.
"Let us introduce ourselves. I am Connor Brown as you may already know. Now who is Alex?"
"That would be me."said Alex.
"Tell us one thing about yourself."
"Thanks to this fag. I am single now," said Alex glaring at me.
Wait Connor is laughing? Why is he laughing?
"Okay how did you arrange that?" asked Connor smiling at me, "And while you're at it give us your name and one fact."
"Okay I was walking with her ex-boyfriend. And she was all over him saying they were dating. He yelled at her saying 'We are through'. He was obviously getting annoyed so I got involved and said 'He is over you!' She got annoying so I think I shut her up quickly. By the way my name is Celenia James, and I get annoyed easily."
Connor cracks up laughing. He has a nice smile. What am I thinking? That will never happen.
"Looks like we better not annoy you," said Connor with a wink, "You must be James. One fact."
"My brother got eliminated because of Marcus Turner."
"I am sorry about that. My condolences."
In all the craziness I forgot James lost his brother Nathan. I guess I got distracted.
"We will insert each of you with two chips. One of which everyone will get, this chip will disintegrate and shut off when you die. This will let us know how many people we will bring back in six months. The other is just for you three. It will be put in your ear so we can communicate with you guys. Tell us what is there, how people died, if you found those men we had mentioned earlier. I will make a surprise appearance on earth in a few months. You are not to mention this visit to anybody. Any questions?"
"Will you hear everything we say?" asked Alex.
"Oh the chips? No they are only turned on when your attention is drawn to us. Let's say you had a boyfriend or girlfriend. We don't want you hear you guys making out so as long as none of your attention is drawn to us, we won't hear any of that. You would have to focus all your attention on talking to us."
"Okay."
"How would we know when you are coming?" I ask.
"We will not be telling you. We just told you I will come. The date will surprise all of you."
"Okay."
"Aren't you the daughter of Admiral James?" asked Connor.
"Yes sir. I don't like to talk about it though. Why is he such a big deal?"
Suddenly Connor's mood changed, from a smiling face to a heart-broken one. Did I say something wrong?
"Your father is one of the three men we sent down to earth. We sent one leader and two scientists. He was the leader we chose."
My father is on earth? It feels like there is this giant weight on my chest. I can't breathe.
"Are you okay?" asked James.
"Yes I am fine."
"Okay if none of you have any more questions, please head over to the cafeteria and join the others. It's just down that hallway." Said Connor.
My father is on earth? MY FATHER IS ON EARTH? MY FATHER IS ON EARTH?
My father is on earth and I have to find him.
