I left. Just walked out. I didn't even see Riley. When Kayla Remila came up to Floyes, I figured he was occupied and that Riley would have to deal, so I left. Plus I can't stand to look at Alec Floyes for a second longer. Not after... after what he had done to–
I jump as loud music blasting from the night market hits my ears. I wish I had someone to talk to here, someone I could really talk to, someone I didn't have to pretend around.
I need to get out, off the ground. I need to feel and see the vast expanse of... nothingness, around me. I don't have my jet because I had come with Naomi, but I could easily steal one. Unlike the other people who joined the Star Force because they thought it was cool, I did it because I had to.
If only we were training on a star system without an auto curfew, then the transports wouldn't be deactivated and I could get back to my jet. I wouldn't have to fly an unfamiliar one. All of the automatic ships or jets were deactivated by Universal Time 2100 and, as it was now 2140, they were all in their charging stations.
I continue to walk through the streets, further from the night market and party. Apart from finding someone who is going to the emptiness of Teleen at this hour, which is going to be impossible, I have no way to get to my jet. My whole body itches to be out in the open, to zip through the dangerous asteroid field of Límni Vráchou. To float with nothing grounding me, to feel as if my whole life was only a bad dream and I could now go on living how it was before.
Memories of only a year ago flood my mind. I no longer care who sees me, who knows, not now that– that he is gone. I collapse on a bench as tears streak down my cheeks and sobs rack my body.
I do not know how long I crumbled to pieces on that bench, but when I am finally able to compose myself I lay back on the bench and abandon the thought of stealing a jet, I can't explain myself to anyone right now. I allow joyful memories to flood my brain, memories of the good times. Yet, when I look up at the semi-familiar stars, I am reminded of how far from home I am. How no matter what, I will never have been born under the same stars as all of the people I am lying to by being here.
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Beneath the Stars
Science FictionAlec Floyes and Aria Reyli, two people with completely different backgrounds and opinions. Yet through mysterious forces they are somehow drawn together. Alec Floyes is the center of attention when he return's home as a hero. Few people see through...
