The Native and The Astronaut

This story follows a college student named Ivy Robinson who wants to become an Astronaut who works for NASA, she falls in love with an indigenous and mysterious exchange student named Alejandro Moreles from California. Alejandro is a tall well-built man who is interested in becoming an archaeologist. Alejandro always veers to look in Ivy's direction when in class whereas he should be paying attention to the lecture, but Ivy doesn't rush to talk with him but she plays cat and mouse game with Alejandro with an eye game. Ivy is social awkward black girl who doesn't mind being in large crowds only when it suits her, such as space camps she sometimes attends. Will she fall for Alejandro's game of eyes, Ivy thinks of him as a friend but in the back of her mind, she has feelings for him. Little does Ivy know Alejandro's darkest secret.