Colliding Worlds: Agairo and Earth

GABRIELLE WOODSON

"Hey man, June and I are leaving. We'll see you in a couple of days; don't burn the house down and don't go out alone" Alex said to me as he put his luggage in the car. He gave me a hug and we said goodbye.

Alex and June were going away for the weekend and I was home alone, this was the first time I had ever been completely alone on earth. I knew where everything was in the house but felt different without them being there with me.

This weekend was the opportunity I was looking for to explore and maybe find something that could help me understand my connection to earth but I had no idea where to start. I wasn't too worried about someone from Agairo hunting me down on earth because I didn't think any Agairans could survive here but it's been three months since I first stepped on earth and I have been breathing just fine.

It was 10:00 AM I was starving and definitely in need of some coffee.

I locked the house and went out to the local cafe to get some coffee and I know Alex told me not to but June had shown me how to buy things and this couldn't be that hard. So after walking two blocks I finally found the cafe. This is my first buying something myself, even though it is with Alex's money I couldn't help but be excited, and then just when I was thinking about the excitement I wasn't just thinking anymore I could feel it! For the first time in my life, I knew what it's like to be excited. I stopped walking as the emotions that came flooding were overpowering. How could this be happening to me? I am not supposed to have any feelings; Agairans are cursed! All of a sudden everything I knew about Agairo, about myself became a lie. This had never happened before.

I kept walking toward the cafe to distract myself and then I saw her behind the counter, serving coffee. I immediately recognized her from the party, It was the girl who ruined my shirt at the party last week but also the girl who had passed out in front of me. I felt concerned for her, and something inside of me wanted to make sure she was okay. I walked towards her and our eyes met and hers widened, she looked embarrassed.

"Hey," I said, trying to contain whatever I was feeling.

"Hi, what can I get you?" She replied keeping her cool, but with redness in her cheeks.

"Umm, an iced coffee please" I felt myself getting nervous.

"I am sorry about your shirt and the fainting and all" she replied while looking down and making my coffee. She was shaky.

"It's okay, not a problem; how are you feeling, you blacked out all of a sudden that night," I asked wanting to know how she is.

"I am okay, thanks" She looked up while handing me my coffee.

Her eyes were green with specs of hazel in them just like her long hazel brown hair.

I felt a jolt of feelings inside of me and I felt like I was going to explode. I couldn't take it anymore and ran out of there, spilling the coffee everywhere.

I ran out and felt worse as I ran, I felt humiliated.

"Ahhhhh" I screamed while running on an open field. I crashed on the ground. The sun was shining bright and I felt a calm as I gasped for air.

I opened my eyes and saw her standing on top of me and all of a sudden the feelings came rushing back. I wanted to scream again. I don't know how to control them. "What is wrong with me," I thought.

"Hey what hell, are you okay?" She asked me giving me her hand helping me up.

"No, I don't know!" I panicked, I couldn't breathe as I started to hyperventilate.

"You're having a Panic attack, you need calm down, just breathe, think about a place that makes you feel happy," she said in a firm yet soft tone as she kept her hand on my chest.