My Extra-Terrestrial Affair.

I was among the chosen; it was a class trip to the neighbouring planet. I was beyond excited. I had only begun teaching at the school two years ago and still had been picked. I was so pleased. My elation defied boundaries; I called my parents, my boyfriend and friends and anyone i could get to. They didn’t seem happy, but they knew this was something I constantly chirped about.

I had dreams to go afar, to travel with the galactic guards across the planet spread. Lofty dreams my boyfriend usually muttered whenever i shared with him, I had to keep them pocketed; everyone around me just seemed like chess pieces, they knew their places on the playing board and were never going to change. I was different. This opportunity had come and i was diving into it with all I had, my family and friends couldn’t get enough of it, I promised them all kinds of souvenirs. I had seen their eyes; I could smell the envy dripping from their foreheads. ha! I exclaimed smugly now they have awakened!

I didn’t get much sleep three days before the scheduled departure date. I dreamt a lot, my imagination not only ran wild, it skipped mountains and swam across the Milky Way. I was almost delirious.
Going to any planet was a huge cost and most people didn’t bother. I had harassed my family countless times on this matter. My parents had always said it was too expensive and dangerous. It was the major reason i tried my possible best to get a job in Reilly private school. It was an exclusive institution where the pay was high although the hours were long. I taught nature studies, I was also on the gym team and I gave extra lessons. If I was to save for this trip on my own it would take about three years with a lot of personal and necessary utilities cut out, and I was being handed this on a platter of gold or platinum perhaps. My class was made up of 10 children all between the ages of 8 and 11, they weren’t even as excited as I was.

When the Day finally arrived, I put on one of my cheeriest dresses, a yellow laced knee length gown, I had bought it for occasions like this, I couldn’t help laughing at myself. My boy friend had commented that I looked too good for the Aleouns an offensive slang name for people from other planets; I gave him a rueful look, kissed him on the check and left our home. While waiting in class with my pupils, I received a message on my PDA, is your class ready it said. Yes I replied with delight casting my eyes over the children who were in high spirits, chattering, laughing. We were ushered into a conference room, where we were briefed. I’m sure you all must have read some material on Planet Earata the principal said, I looked around the room; those making the trip were not more than 100, I was indeed lucky for my class to have been chosen.

Planet Earata at last! It was nothing I had dreamed about, there was no trip to talk about. One minute we were all seated in the ship, and the next we were landing on this Beautiful planet, surely they had to have another word which described it better! Everyone was in awe, the pictures and descriptions we had looked up were nothing compared to what we saw, It was beyond. . .Okey lets all assemble here, the old somberly dressed woman who was our planet guide said in a shrilly voice breaking the fragile pieces of my thoughts. I called my pupils to order and we filed out of the ship, everyone looked around in amazement, except for the few that had been here before , you could see it in their eyes and their raised eyebrow, been here done that.

After being briefed, we were introduced to the natives who would show us around and to our designated assignment. Being a nature class, we were to study the flora and fauna of the planet. Miss Reows She said to me here is Fanmsz he is your guide, I looked up and saw the most handsome/beautiful human being I had ever seen, I was doubly convinced our language was extremely deficient, the words we used on my planet were completely out of place here.

Hello I managed and offered my hand for a shake, he took it, shook it warmly and smiled, I wasn’t the same again I tell you. He was tall, had a skin that glowed, it was the colour of healthy brown soil. He was clad in garments that were like ours but he had nothing on top. I had to make sure I wasn’t flushed; my boyfriend paled in comparison, paled was the perfect word. I am Fansmz he said with a voice so rich, I hoped I didn’t make a fool out of myself. I quickly introduced my pupils who were apparently taken with the oohs and aahs of this place. He told us were we going, but that that point i was already lost in the bliss of his presence, i just wanted to hold on to him, I also began contemplating staying on the planet. Crazy? Yes, i know. I couldn’t help noticing how different but yet how familiar he was to me. Taller than the average male on my planet, skin darker than Cocow, hair darker than your worst nightmare, he still appealed to all my senses. i must have been as red as a beetroot because i just couldn’t stop staring, must of what he was saying went past me, what am i thinking!, i tried to fill my mind with images of Lukke, my boyfriend but the images faded faster than snow in the Saxarra Desert. What am i going to do!
Fansmz, I rolled his name around in my mind, ooh I ought to be working I thought trying to call myself to order. He was apparently great with the children as I watched him pointing to some plant as they huddled around excitedly hanging to his every word, A picture of him and me flashed across my mind, I in a white dress floating through flowers with Fanmsz in chase in a white tunic the contrast with his skin so beautiful Miss Reows, Miss, with a blush I answered the man. He smiled and said This place is called Yutkion, it’s the place were the flowers never die, come I have something to show you, what about the children I asked? They are safe here he said and took my hand, the picture I had conjured earlier came across my mind again and quite suddenly Lukke’s frowning face. Acck I felt a slight groan in the pit of my tummy, what am I doing!