Starman (Frerard)

Chapter one, part one.

Guys, I am so sorry. I have been swamped lately, but I love you all so much. So here's something new to make up for it. I already have a few parts written, so i suppose I'll be uploading every two or three days. Pls don't kill me if I don't.

Anyway, I hope you like it  :)

 

Starman.

Chapter 1:

Part 1-

Every time I looked up in the evening, I saw stars.

Astronomy, to me, was absolutely fascinating. All my childhood, I've spent on watching every Apollo landing, or Stephen hawking lecture that I could find.

Dad used to read bedtime stories to me every night, and they were always some sort of sci-fi adventures which I had loved so much.

No doubt in that, space was absolutely my most favorite thing in the world.

But I'm no little kid anymore. Today, actually, is my Seventeenth birthday. I didn't have a party or anything, I didn't have a lot of friends, but my family did give me the most amazing gift I could have ever asked for.

A telescope.

It was a white, short 6" Intes MN61, which had a great view quality, and I adored it.

My family, it turns out, all saved money to get me this thing. And I was so grateful, because what more could someone with such a fascination for astronomy ask for?

My grandma and my cousins came to congratulate me. There was champagne, and cheesecake, which wasn't a lot but it was enough.

I was happy. My family always made me happy.

"So how is grandpa doing, Nana?" I asked my grandmother, whilst sitting around the table eating birthday dinner with my relatives.

I was sitting in front of my grandma, next to me was my cousin George, and if front of him his sister Shelly. My mom and dad sat at the opposite ends of the table.

"Oh, you know…" She replied, putting some more salad into her bowl. "He doesn't eat because he's weak, and he's weak because he won't eat. I don't know what else to do with him."

Grandma didn't sound sad. She's used to it, and she's okay. She's always okay and she's always happy.

"Which reminds me, can you take him to his doctor's appointment tomorrow?" She added.

"Sure, no problem." I answered simply, biting on my broccoli. I always took care of grandpa when my Nana was too tired. It's just something I did, and I didn't see it as a drag or anything. I love my grandparents.

"You're such a good kid, dear." Grandma smiled, and I smiled back.

"Grandma, it's his birthday. Don't drop chores on him like that." My cousin, Shelly said with all seriousness.

"Oh, come on Shelly, it's fine. I like helping grandpa."

I was happy.

Shelly was one of my favorite people in the world, without a doubt. I enjoyed hanging out with her as a kid, and I still do.

She had dark brown hair, blue eyes and freckles. She's beautiful, but she never let any boys get close to her. Except for me, that is.

We didn't do much later that night. We ate the cake, drank the champagne and everyone went home.

Dad helped me hook the telescope up to the computer, and I went out to the lawn to test it.

"Oh, there you are…" I said, looking at the moon through my new device. "You're beautiful!" I muttered, zooming on and off.

I spent a good hour or two zooming on stars and planets whilst naming them and their moons, if they had any. Yeah, I was kind of weird but I sure as hell made the best out of my life.

My favorite thing was zooming on Jupiter, because you could see the satellites that orbited it. Well, you couldn't actually see any detail, they were just four light spots, but to me, it was as exciting as actually flying there.

After I've decided I'd done enough stargazing,  I turned off the laptop and disconnected my new gift from it. I lay on the grass, looking at the stars. I smiled and closed my eyes.

My name is Frank.

And I love my life.

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