Kairi & Erik (My Alien Romance)

Kairi & Erik

Prequel

I had never really understood Romeo and Juliet before. In fact I had kind of despised them. I mean what would possess someone to turn their backs on their family, to love their enemy, or to kill themselves because the one they loved had died? Now though? Now I could sympathize, no empathize with them. For I too stand at a crossroads. It is not a choice between the right path and the wrong for both paths would end in grief, because I had a secret, a big secret, a secret so immense that the fate of the world may lie in whether or not I expose that secret. Yet if I do I'll betray the one I love. So which path do I take, save the world or protect the one I love. As I lay there cradled in his arms I see one path fading away and I realize that I never really had a choice.

"My only love sprung from my only hate!

Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

Prodigious birth of love it is to me,

That I must love a loathed enemy."

(Romeo & Juliet)

Starting Anew

"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous; and it pricks like thorn."

(Chapter 1)

Deep breathe. Now open up the door and go out. Right. I closed my eyes settled my bag more firmly on my shoulder then took a step outside. I looked around my front yard as my eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight. I smiled at the rusted blue play set that still sat there even when I had grown too big for it, the overgrown flower beds with tools beside them just waiting to be used. The car was gone so Dad must have left for work already. Enough stalling I thought. Think positive, one way to look at it was that this would be my last first day of school. I'd be graduating this year.

I looked over at the garage and my on/off road dirt bike that still lay there in pieces as it had since I left at the beginning of the summer. I would just walk to school. I didn't mind walking to school. I refused to take the bus. I hadn't ever ridden in it since we moved here. School was only a couple miles away. As I started walking towards the road my phone started ringing. I looked down to see Andrea's name flashing at me. Figures my stepsister would be calling to make sure I made it to my first day of classes since I'd gotten back.

"Hello" I said flipping my phone open and stopping at the edge of our drive.

"Kairi!!" she said excitedly "I miss you it's been forever since we chatted" she said with surprising energy for it being 7 and her usual rising time wasn't till at least 10.

"Hey" I replied "you're up early." I was a bit surprised that she'd actually gotten up in time to call me. She usually had good plans but her follow through was lacking. It made me wonder if someone had influenced that.

"Yeah well... I just... felt like watching the sun rise" she said awkwardly.

"Did Anne put you up to this" I asked, sighing my suspicions confirmed.

"Come on you know she's worried about you. She just wanted to make sure you made it to your first day of classes on time. You've been kind of distant lately."

"I'm fine" I said lying which I had gotten good at lately "really I'm already on my way." I knew I was being a bit brusque in my speech with her but I couldn't help it. I was annoyed that Anne had interfered and had Andrea call me.

"Oh, well, do you want me to let you go then" Andrea replied uncertainly.

"Yeah Andi sounds good I'll talk to you later. K" I felt bad shrugging off Andrea's call like that but honestly I wasn't in the mood for it right now. I had made a promise to my grandfather to go to school and I was focused on keeping it.