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Tasha didn’t want to think about Phate on his spaceship, going about his life while she was stuck on Earth pining for him, but the thought wouldn’t leave her head. And just like those times, sadness immediately came over her. “So not a bad dream? Just a regular dream of you out and about exploring the universe?” She kept her voice light and joking, trying her best not to show her sadness.
“Any future without you in it is bad,” he grumbled.
Her chest tightened at the thought of their future—or lack thereof. Phate’s time on Earth was limited and so was their affair. “What am I getting myself into?” she mumbled to herself.
“What would you like to get yourself into?”
“I-I didn’t mean...” Tasha let out a deep breath. She hadn’t meant to say that out loud. To Phate, she was just another assignment. While meeting and hooking up with an alien would probably be the highlight of her life. “Never mind.”
Phate squeezed her arm gently. “You’re frustrated with me because I still don’t understand your Earth speak.”
Tasha raised to her elbow to look at him. Phate’s beautiful eyes were half-lidded with a sleepy look to them. His swollen lips, from all their kissing, looked delectable. Tasha was sure her lips were equally swollen, as were other parts of her body that he’d stretched and pounded into. With his curls in disarray, he looked more like a teenager and not a fully grown man,eralien.
She couldn’t help but to smile down at him. “I would never get frustrated about that.”
“Then what’s wrong?”
“Nothing...this...us.” She laid back down, reclaiming her spot curled against his side, shoulder wedged in the crook of his arm pit and head resting against his chest. She liked it here. It felt comfortable, right and safe.
“You don’t want to spend time with me?”
“Of course, I do. And that’s the problem, Phate. You’re leaving in a month and although I can delude myself into thinking we’ll make plans to see each other again, there’s only so much lying I can do. I dated a guy from Chicago once and the long-distance thing only lasted six months,andthat was with us visiting each other once a month. This...” she waved a hand through the air.
“How far away isShe-ca-go?”
Tasha chuckled at his pronunciation of the State. “Very close considering the distance that’ll be between us when you go back into space.”
“Fair.”
“And even knowing there isn’t a future for us, I’m cuddled next to you in my bed wishing for a different outcome.”
“We can’t stay here. Set aside the fact that your government would surely dissect us on television if caught—”
“Wait. What exactly is your obsession with being dissected on television? Between you and Solgre it’s been mentioned a few times.”
“We viewed a documentary that aired on your television of aliens being dissected in someplace called Area 51.”
A laugh burst from Tasha’s mouth. “Area 51? You do know that’s one of those alien conspiracies hoax’s, right?”
“A hoax? But it was a documentary.”
“A fake one,” Tasha pointed out.
“Hm. I thought all documentaries were real.” He seemed to think for a minute. “We also watched ones about mer-people in your seas. A skeleton was found.”
Tasha chuckled. “Fake.”
“I was wondering why the Pycanka species would inhabit this planet and not claim it as their own. They’re merciless is toppling foreign governments. They would’ve assumed governance within the first ten years of arrival.”
“Wait. Are you telling me that mermaids really do exist?”
“Yes, but apparently not on Earth since you say the documentary was fake.”
Tasha let out a heavy sigh as her heart sank. Phate would never stay here. Why would he when there were so many wonders out there?
“Well, anyway, besides us not wanting to be caught by your government, our being here also goes against our accords on discovering new intelligent lifeforms.”
“You’re not supposed to interact with the natives because it could throw our society into a state of chaos and panic might ensue because of the inevitable collapse of all religions and governments.”
