why me

16

There was a fresh face in the house. One introduced him as officer roge. He would be my guard while ailign was away on a journey. I didn't care what ailign was doing, only happy that I wouldn't see him for a couple of weeks.

"HI" I say to the new alien. He towered over me, being at least three feet taller then myself like all there kind.

"Hello there Megan. I will be staying here for two weeks." He bowed his head to me. "I hope we can get along during my stay."

Rogue had only two gold bands around his neck, making my six rows seem daunting. I touch then absent-minded and wondered what his rank was. My hand move away from my neck at goes to my hip.

"Are you aloud to speak to me while you are here or are you going to vigilantly watch me the whole time." I move over to the counter to pour myself a drink, one standing in the background.

"I can do both" He says with a smile.

"Good" I say and take a big gulp.

"I know of a better drink" rogue says and pulls out a canter. I eye it suspiciously.

"Is it safe for me to drink?" You could never be too careful.

"My mate drinks it all the time. Itll help this stay go by quicker." He says

I laugh. "Aren't guards not supposed to be drinking on the job." I say

"A few drinks won't hurt. Besides I think you'll be drinking more than me." He says with a smile.

"And what makes you think that?" I ask suspiciously.

"Because you need it. Being cooped up in this house. My mates at the facility almost everyday." He says and starts to pour me a small glass. I move around him and stand at the other end of the counter.

"The other girls are already at the facility?" I ask

"Ow yeah it was open from the get go of the extraction. Only your mate is holding you back I think. But the prince has his reasons." Roge says

"And what do you think those are?" I ask

He looks at me then as if he said something wrong. An apologetic look coming to his face.

"Look most of us all spent a few years on earth. Got used to the culture some. Its..." He trailed off. "I know you have to be going through a hard time... ajusting"

"Danm roge." I play off "Your gonna make me cry." I tease.

"Hey can't have that now I don't want to make a lady cry." He hands me the drink then and I take it gladly.

"You know Rogue you might be the first happy face I've seen on this godsforsaken planet." I say

"Hey you already know our nickname for this dust ball!" He cheers. I clink glasses with him with a big smile. Maybe I could make friends here.

"No way!" I cheer "you can shape shift into just about anything!?"

He laughs and takes another swig. "I wouldn't say just about anything but yeah we can shape shift. It's like changing ourselves on a cellular level. That's one thing we can do. How do you think we appeared human for all those years." He said.

"I don't know some weird alien technology. I didn't think it was a genetic ability." I said

"Well megan what would you like me to transform into? Come on, come up with something cool." He said

"A wolf" I happily glee. He gives me a look that said really now.

"A fan of werewolf novels are you? No worries my mate is too." He laughs "she made me transform into a werewolf a few times for the giggles already. I was slightly disappointed then that I wasn't the first to see a werewolf, but that wasn't going to get me down.

"Transform, transform, tranfrom" I cheer

His skin begins to flip over like chips, hair suddenly growing from all over his body. Next his bones start popping and transforming into a giant wolf shape.

"Woooow" I exclaim as a giant wolf suddenly stands before me. "Can I touch you?" I ask

The wolf shakes his head no, his hair swooshing as he did so. I laugh

"You made the hair too long. You look more like a sheep dog then a wolf."

His tongue sticks out and he starts happily panting.

"OK we've had our fun now I prefer the you that can talk." I say.

He slowly transforms back to his original form. At least I thought it was going to be his original form but instead it's a handsome young human male standing before me instead. He looked so... normal. I froze, the site of a human making a tear fall from my face. I quickly wipe it away.

"How about this form?" He asks with a smile.

"I like it" I weakly say

"Yeah my mate prefers me like this as well. No worries being around aliens will take awhile." He says

"If I ever get used to it" I muse.

"You will trust me. It took me awhile my first time and now I'm a veteran." He said

"What was it like for you?" I ask "living on earth?"

"Well you entertainment is garbage" He says

"Hey now! Nothings better then house hunters." I laugh

He makes a face that has me giggling uncontrollably. He makes his way over to my couch and plops down beside me.

"It was a peaceful place I had to say if I'm being serious. I really enjoyed my stay." Roge said.

"Yeah earth is kinda the best." I agree.

"Just wait little human, you'll see the galaxy after awhile." He muses.

The galaxy. I look at him confused. He was talking nonsense I was stuck in this stupid house. Would I really be able to see the galaxy one day? Would ailign take me?

"Ailign wouldn't take me" I say

"Ow I bet he will. Most of us take frequent trips and it's not uncommon to take your mate with you for long journeys. Especially prince ailign has to travel a lot for diplomatic purposes." He says

I sit and ponder his words, wonder in my eyes. I hated ailign but if I got to see the galaxy. What would other humans give for the opportunity. The adventure. Would I really get to see it all?