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I needed time.
Did the past few days mean as much to him as it did to me?
My insides ground like a cement mixer.
No. He took my friends from me. That was a red line. I could never forgive him for that. Not ever.
“Goodbye, Nighteko,” I said.
His eyes dropped and he nodded his head as if it was what he’d expected all along. He cleared his throat.
“Goodbye, Alice,” he said.
He slapped his hand on the control pad. The hatch door groaned as it wound upwards. He looked to one side, unable to meet my eye, but at the last second, he looked up.
There was a click.
His sadness, his love for me was clear as day in those gorgeous eyes of his. They would be the very last thing I would remember about him.
My lover.
My captain.
My alien gladiator.
The ship rose into the sky, turned, paused for just a moment, and then faded into the distant nothingness of the night sky.
The nocturnal creatures began to chirrup, tweet, and sing, awakening after the alien thorn had been removed from their planet.
I turned and walked down the road, heading back into town. I needed time to think and a long walk like this would certainly give me that.
“Hey! Hey! I said, do you want a lift into town?”
I was so lost in my thoughts I hadn’t noticed the little car pull up alongside me. My instinct was to turn them down, but when I allowed myself to feel the painful condition of my feet, I decided it was probably best to accept their offer. I could always find a bar to sit in if I needed more time to think.
“Yeah, thanks,” I said.
“Climb in the back,” the driver said. “There’s always room for one more.”
The back was packed—almost as bad as the front. They squeezed up and after I shut the door behind me, the others relaxed, crushing me.
“What were you doing walking by the side of the road, dude?” said one of the girls piled on the front passenger seat. She wore thick glasses that made her eyes look huge.
“My minivan broke down,” I said.
“Well, that’s sucks,” the driver said. “Do you want a toke?”
She extended a pink nail polished hand holding a spliff to me.
“No, thanks,” I said.
She took one for me and blew it out the window, which of course got blown back in the car.
“Where’s everyone else you were with?” the big-eyed girl said.
“What everyone else?” I said.
“Nobody drives a minivan by themselves.” She chuckled to herself as if it was the funniest thing in the world. Everything was hilarious with enough pot.
