The Chosen

17

I pick up the seed and put it into an empty lipstick container, thank goodness for keeping one. I turn off the light and sprint into my bed. Under my covers once again, I fall asleep easily.

~

The next day, Penny described her date as magical. She went with Alkai to a sports game called 'basketball' whatever that is. He had the team mention all the lovely things about her. 

The day after that, Julie said that Prince Alkai took her to the fair. They went on a faris wheel and it got stuck, so they spent all day on a stuck ride. 

The last person to have a date with Prince Alkai was Rhyliegh. She said that they had a candlelight dinner, then he took her horseback riding, but she fell off the horse - unscathed, of course - and he carried her all the way back from where they had ridden. 

Every morning, someone would ask the person who went on the date the night before how it had gone, and what happened. 

Of course, no one asked me because I already had my date with him.

I'm heading down to dinner, the night after Rhyliegh had her date with Alkai, when he corners me.

"Hey," he says, his eyebrows wiggling up and down.

"Hi?"

"So, um, since everyone else had dates this week with me, would you like to go on one with me?"

I look down at my outfit.

"What you're wearing is fine, c'mon let's go!" he says dragging me down a hallway I've never been down before.

~

We walk outside and there is a helicopter right outside the door. It's a normal helicopter, but it's making me super cold.

"I'm so cold," I tell Alkai. 

He hands me his jacket, and snaps his fingers, and receives another one for himself. 

"Let's go," he tells me.

He helps me into the back, and once we're both in and buckled, the one flying the plane starts it up and we start flying. I look around. There are a lot of skydiving equipment around us, and that's it.

"Please tell me we aren't going skydiving," I tell him.

He laughs.

"Oh, no, sweetie."

I glance around nervously, not really wanting to look him in the eye.

"Don't be scared, it's not worth being terrified over," he tells me.

"Ok," I say.

I decide to avert my eyes to the window. All you can see out there is fog from the clouds and the occasional spot of land. It's fun to look out the window and see the world from a different perspective. From up here, there are no problems. The world looks calm and beautiful like it's supposed to be. But, over thousands of years, we all have different standards of what Earth should be like. 

I glance over at Alkai. He has a picnic basket on his lap.

"When did you get that? What's it for?" I ask him.

"It's snacks, and I put it in the helicopter before I came to get you," he tells me. He takes out a sandwich wrapped in plastic wrap. "Want one?"

"Sure,"

He throws one to me, but I don't catch it (I'm not athletic). He laughs as I dramatically pick it up, unwrap it, and take a bite.

"Mmh! This is good!" I tell him.

"It should be, I made it."

I roll my eyes and throw the sandwich at him. He laughs, then pulls out another one.

"Good thing I made extras!"

We both laugh. I look out the window.

"Are we almost there?" I ask him.

"Believe me, I'll let you know."

A few minutes later, he says: "We're here."

"Oh good," I say.

"C'mon, this'll be fun! Trust me!" he tells me.

"That's what I'm worried about," I say.

Hi!! I was going to upload earlier, but life happens. 😂 😂 😂 Okay, bye!! 

Also I took my dog with me to get ice cream, and we saw someone I know through a window, and I showed her my dog and she thought he was pretty cool.

Okay, for real now. Byeeee.