Planet Tierre

Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5

Luna:

It's cold. And I could feel goosebumps all over my body. I curled up and sighed. I don't know why I feel so relaxed. And... happy. Then I felt someone stir behind me.

Oh no, she slipped into bed with me again?

I was about to face Aimee when she wrapped her arms around me. My blood ran cold.

I could feel her b-brea... she's naked!

Then, memories of what happened last night came back to me.

***

Aimee stopped kissing me and just buried her face in my neck. I whimpered. I could feel something washing over me. It's overwhelming.. I've never felt it before.

"Aimee... I'm s-scared."

Aimee squeezed my hand and bit my earlobe.

"D-don't be, baby girl. Just let it out."

Hearing her say that, I arched my back as intense pleasure bolted out from my center to my toes. Pure delight filled my body. And I..

***

That woke me up real quick.

"Good morning baby," Aimee mumbled.

I screamed and jumped out, taking the sheets with me. I wrapped myself with it. As soon as I saw her exposed body, I regretted getting up.

"Cover yourself, Aimee!" I looked away.

"Oh come on, you already saw it last night,"she chuckled as she made happy stretching noises, completely at ease with her nudity. When I looked back at her, she was looking at me and smiling so wide it must have hurt her face.

"I can't believe it. Last night, was... amazing."

I blushed and didn't say anything.

"I'm just so happy. Finally, we bonded," then she looked at the ceiling dreamily.

I hurriedly went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

True enough, the earring that magically 'appeared' changed color. It was now golden.

Oh no.

What does this mean for us? If we’re bonded, where does our relationship go now? 

I shook my head and showered.

Now my life has become another step complicated.

I entered the kitchen and saw Aimee cooking and singing. Slowly, she walked towards me while keeping eye contact. She smiled and put her hands on my hips.

"You're beautiful," she drew me closer to her.

I was about to say something when Aimee suddenly placed a chaste kiss on my lips. Then, she hugged me.

"I love you," she whispered on my ear.

What am I supposed to say now?

"I'm not expecting you to say it back, and I expect nothing to change between us. But I'd still be waiting for the day you will fall for me."

We just stood there, staring at each others’ eyes for a while.

"My lady, school will start in exactly 14 minutes and 34 seconds," Eve reminded from the doorway.

"What? Already? But I haven't prepared our lunch yet."

"That's okay. We can eat at the cafeteria. Now eat your breakfast," I said.

Aimee laughed. "Yes ma'am."

I'm actually starving. I haven't eaten since last night when...

A warm blush crept up to my face when I remembered what happened last night.

"You're thinking about it, aren't you?" Aimee grinned.

"Shut up!"

School:

If looks could kill, I'd be dead fifty times.

Ever since I entered the school gate this morning, I've been receiving glares and dirty looks from my schoolmates.

"Hey Luna, I have to grab something from my locker. You can go on if you want," Aimee said.

It's almost lunch time and we were supposed to 'eat' at the cafeteria.

"No, I'll go with you," I said.

I haven't seen Shannon at all this morning. I felt a pang of guilt run through me. She saw Aimee kiss me yesterday. Now she will think I'm a liar. My chance to be with her, even though small, is royally screwed. I sighed.

"What are you thinking of, Luna?" Aimee asked me.

"Nothing, really."

Aimee grabbed my hand and stopped me from walking.

"Were you thinking about me?" she grinned.

I punched her shoulder lightly. And there's the glares again. We were being stared at by some students. I ignored them.

"Ouch! That hurt."

I just laughed and said, "It was supposed to." I walked towards my locker and opened it.

Hmmm... A letter. How unusual. I hope it's a love letter.

I opened it and- 

What the hell?!

Luna,

Stay away from her or else...

X(

I was interrupted when I heard Aimee scream.

"Aimee!"

I slammed my locker and found her buried underneath a mountain of rubbish consisting of letters, notes, pictures...

Great! She gets love letters and I get death threats. Just great!

"Luna, help me!" I rolled my eyes and helped her up.

"We need to report this to someone," I said.

She just laughed. "No need. They're just letters. They're harmless."

I handed her the letter I got.

As she read it, her jaw clenched and her face got grim. I've never seen her like this before. She hugged me tight and kissed my forehead.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you."

Aimee:

I'm currently sitting with Luna here at the cafeteria and I keep trying to feed her. Trying being the key word here.

"Come on Luna, here say 'aaah'," I said then put the chip closer to her mouth. Yes, we're eating chips for lunch. Food here taste's that bad.

Luna turned her head away. "Stop it Aimee."

I pouted and ate the damn chip myself. Luna's a little quiet this morning. Well, she's always quiet, but more so this time.

Maybe I tired her out last night?

I grinned thinking about it. Still, I can't believe that I passed out. Two months of abstinence will do that to you, apparently.

Tierrans are s****l beings. Humans, however, are a little harder to bed even though they secretly love s*x too. Not that I tried to bed others. I love Luna. And right now, I'm just so happy.

"Aimee, stop smiling like that. You look like a crazy person."

I kissed her cheek lovingly and whispered, "I am crazy. Crazy for you..."

Luna blushed. I love making her blush.

"Stop it, Aimee."

I just smiled and continued eating. From the corner of my eyes, I could see the earring on Luna. It changed color. That made my heart swell in pride even more. Luna and I... we're going to have a baby. I giggled, thinking that Luna is basically pregnant. And of course, the bell chose to ruin the moment.

I groaned. I'm still hungry.

"Come on Aimee, let's go to class." Luna said.

I grabbed her hand and together, we went to our next class. I felt Aimee's hand wriggling to be let go, but I didn't.

I won't ever let it go.

Well, until we enter the classroom, that is. She sat gracefully before pulling out her notes from the last lesson.

I sat beside her and continued admiring her lovingly.

Blah, blah, blah...

I couldn't really understand the teacher. I was just looking at Luna, but she keeps staring at the empty desk in front of her.

I sighed.

That's Shannon's desk.

I knew I didn't have a chance the moment I saw them together. Not because Shannon's prettier than me, or because I knew instantly that Luna is in love with her. It's because I felt that Shannon likes Luna too. Luna is just too dense to notice the looks, glances, and the smiles.

I frowned for the first time.

"Miss Vernoia. Would like to solve this problem?" The teacher asked me, finally noticing my inattentiveness.

"No." I replied.

His brows furrowed. "Well, I'm telling you now. Solve it." I sighed.

Good thing it's math. Planets may have different concepts about things, but Math is constant. That's what I've learned. I stood up and looked at the board.

The bastard gave me a hard one. 

When I looked at him, he was grinning. He must have thought that he can shame me with a math equation. Not in this lifetime, though. Tierrans are Mathletes.

I grabbed the chalk and solved. Before he knew it, I was back on my seat.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Well, what can I say? I'm just too perfect.

"Uhhh... Well, that wasn't the equation I wanted you to solve Aimee. Pay attention next time," he said but then he left me alone and copied the whole blackboard.

"That was part of his thesis for his Doctorates degree," I hear Luna whisper to me.

I just shrugged.

"Aimee? Can we talk later?" Luna suddenly asked quietly.

"Sure, we can talk in your room," I grinned and winked at her.

And she pinched my arm. That hurt!

"Pervert. I mean let talk at the greenhouse."

"Okay."

She smiled at me and looked away, staring at the board blankly.

Doesn't she get tired of thinking? When will she just feel instead?

And with that, the bell rang. Time flies when you're with the one you love. Both of us wordlessly made our way to the greenhouse. We entered the greenhouse where we first met. I can still remember her shocked face that day.

Then, she led me towards these white flowers. They're gorgeous! There are many flowers here but these seem to stand out. They were in full bloom and looked to be very big and healthy.

"Aimee, do you know what these flowers are?" she asked.

I shook my head no.

"These are called lilies. Aren't they beautiful?"

I smiled at the way her eyes light up with pride.

"I personally planted them here. I tended them, watered them everyday," she continued. "I planted them the day I met Shannon. And they are the symbol of my love for her."

My smile slowly fell. She looked at me and smiled weakly. "Even if nothing comes out of my love for her, I just want to stay here on earth and tend to these lilies," then she slowly took her earring off.

I think I know where this is going. My heart is starting to ache and my breath feels like being cut off.

"So I'm sorry, Aimee," Luna said. She looked at me and hung her head before she handed me her earring back. I look at it sadly in my hands. The earring... The symbol of our binding.

With this, I can have a child but…

"Aimee?"

I was on the process of removing my own earring from my ears. Then, I looked at both.

These little things mean more than anything on our world.

But I guess Luna is more important. She is my world.

"You still don't understand anything, Luna." I said.

I looked at her straight in the eye and threw the earings somewhere at my back. Her eyes went wide in surprise. I slowly walked towards her.

"I don't care about anything else but you. I'll stay here forever as long as you're with me," I slipped my arms around her drew her closer until our faces are merely an inch apart.

"So you better get ready. Because I'm gonna win you're heart with the power of my love," then I pressed my lips against hers tenderly.

Luna:

It broke my heart, you know. Seeing Aimee look like that. But I had to do it. I couldn't lead her on. I couldn't let her think that I'd change my mind after that perfect, wonderful, and passionate night.

Why did I have to break the heart of someone who I didn't deserve? She's perfect. She could have anyone she ever wanted. And yet, she fell for me. Oh God, you must have a perfectly good explanation for all of this. Because all I'm doing now is hurting a person that cares for me.

I sat down on the bed and hugged my knees. Looking out the window I could see that the skies are becoming gray now. I hope it's going to rain. People have their own things and I know some hate it when it's raining but there's something comforting about the sound of raindrops hitting the roof.

"Luna, what are you thinking about?" Aimee asked, sitting beside me.

I hugged my knees tighter. "Nothing. I just love it when it's raining," I could hear her laughing a bit.

"You're weird." But then she got behind me and wrapped me in her arms. "But I like you're weirdness. It makes you... you."

Long silence.

"Aimee, tell me something about you that no one else knows."

"Well, ever since I arrived here on Earth, I've grown to like country music." What?

I looked over my shoulder. "You're kidding, right?"

She laughed and kissed my cheek. "It's true. Your turn. Tell me something about you that no one else knows."

That got me thinking.

"I like your cooking." Aimee hugged me tighter and laughed again.

"That's wonderful baby, but I already know that."

I pouted and didn't say anything for a while.

"Aimee?" I asked.

She nuzzled my neck. "Hmmmm?"

"How is life back at your planet?" I asked.

She thought for a moment. "Well, its pretty peaceful. Aside from that time of the month when we are in heat. Then, you'll see women arguing for no reason just to have the best make up s*x. Or just s*x, for that matter."

I rolled my eyes. "It's pretty typical of you to describe you're kind's s*x life first." She giggled at that.

"We don't have a sun," she blurted out.

"Really? But why?" I asked. So that explains Aimee's milky white complexion.

"Our sun burned out years ago. Good thing the black hole didn't suck our planet in," she explained. "But we do have many moons. And then there's the stars. You can literally see thousands of stars day by day. It's beautiful."

"Tierre sounds awesome. How many galaxies away is it from Earth?"

"Exactly four. And our planet is the biggest in our galaxy," she replied.

"You know, you never told me how old are you. I'm guessing you're about... seventeen, right?" I asked.

She shook her head no. "Actually, I'm ten years old."

My mouth went agape and I looked at her incredulously.

She's ten? Then that would make me a...

"Aimee! You made me a freaking pedophile!" I can't believe I slept with a ten year-old girl!.

She burst out laughing. I glared at her and she still wouldn't stop.

"What's so funny?!"

She looked at me and started to calm down slowly. Now, she's just giggling. "Oh Luna, you are too cute! I'm ten years old, but that's in Tierran years!" I pouted.

"Then, how old are you in Earthling years?"

"Based on my calculations, I would be about... forty-nine," she said with a straight face.

I was in shock. I guess it is better than sleeping with a ten-year-old, but... Oh my god, I slept with a forty-nine year-old woman.

I just stared at her with my mouth slightly open. Then, she started laughing again. Harder than ever. "Nxhsusika, Luna! I can't believe you fell for that!" Then she fell back into the bed and continued laughing. At my expense.

I turned around and glared at her.

I slapped her arm."Hey, that hurt!" she pouted.

"It was supposed to."

How dare she make fun of me?

She looked at me for a second, then started giggling again. I sighed and laid down next to her. "You're mean."

"Awwww," she pulled me closer in a hug and I buried my face in her chest. "I'm sorry baby," then she kissed my forehead.

I listened to her heartbeat. Is it supposed to be this fast?

Then, the sound started to fade away as I started to fall asleep. Before I could slip into dreamland, I heard Aimee say something. Then I felt soft lips touching my own. I wanted to wake up, but I was too far gone.

Aimee:

I watched as Luna slept in my arms. She's so beautiful. I could never get enough of her. Unwillingly, my mind traveled to our conversation in the greenhouse earlier this afternoon.

The earrings. I can't believe I threw them away. Now, I almost regret what I have done. Almost.

But I know Luna is worth it. She's always worth it.

I felt her stir in my arms. I hummed some country music to calm her and almost burst out laughing again when her face scrunched up. She's so cute. Then, I remembered something.

My mom would want me to call.

Reluctantly, I started to pull away from Luna but she clung to me and pouted in her sleep. I kissed her forehead. "I'll be back, love." I whispered.

Slowly, her grip on me loosened and I was able to get out of the room. I looked for Eve and found her making dinner.

"Eve," I called to get her attention.

"Yes, Mistress Aimee?"

"I want you to call my mom," I sat down on the kitchen chair and waited.

"As you wish. Contacting..."

A second later, my mom's comforting voice filled the room.

Note: Everything in this conversation had been said in Tierran language and was translated for your better understanding. Please thank the author for her kindness.

"Aimee?"

"Mom! I missed you."

"Awww baby. I missed you too. Have you been eating well? And before you answer that, I mean food Aimee."

I snickered. Mom knows me too well.

"Yes mommy. Earth is great! You'll like it here. Did you know that Earthlings actually have platonic relationships? Can you imagine that mom?"

Mom laughed. "What? How did you know that?"

"Because I'm currently in on one," I replied simply.

My mom didn't reply for a bit.

"Mom?"

"Oh baby, did you find her already? I'm so proud of you. You're all grown up now," I could hear her sniffle.

"Mom, don't cry. And yes, I found her. She's everything I dreamed of, mom. You know, she gives me a weird feeling everytime we're together. It's like my stomach does flips and then my heart races. Mommy, is this normal?"

"Yes baby. So, when are you going back here? I want to see her. And I want to have grandchildren already. Should I plan the wedding now?"

I smiled sadly. "Mom, it's gonn'a take a while more. She's just getting used to the fact that I am not her kind."

"Well, I'd still be waiting. Please hurry back. Your mother is getting impatient. She needs you to have a successor."

At the mention of my mother, I gritted my teeth.

"Of course. That's all she cares for," I said coldly.

"Baby, don't be like that. Please. Your mother cares for you too. She just... have other ways to show it."

"Why do you keep defending her, mom? She has treated both of us coldly. All my life, she didn't even give me a single embrace!"

My mom sighed. "Someday, you'll understand baby. But now, promise me you'll take care of yourself and your wife. And hurry back okay?"

"Alright mom. You should hang up. I know you're busy."

"Okay baby. I love you."

"I love you too mom. Bye."

"And please baby, when your mother contacts you, answer her."

Then, the line went dead. I sighed. My other mother, Nadia, is a very hard woman to love. She is the exact opposite of my mom, Gia. Mommy is the warmest person on Tierre. Ever since I was little, I've been hearing stories of how my mother went to Earth. When she returned, she became cold and indifferent. Some said that she fell in love and got rejected. Others said that she was just rebelling.

I don't know why my parents fell in love with each other. Or if they ever loved one another. All I know is that they married.

I'll never be like my mother. I'll make sure my child is loved and have two caring parents. Someday, all my dreams will come true. I just have to be patient.

I was interrupted from my thoughts when I heard a knock on the door.

Who could that be?

I got up and made my way to open the door. Familiar brown eyes greeted me. It kind of reminded me of Luna for a while. But then I saw the whole face of the person. It couldn't be denied.

I smiled. "Hello. You must be Mrs. Simons. Please, do come in. Your daughter is still sleeping."

I didn't see the shock on her her face before but when I saw tears on the corners of her eyes, my brows furrowed in concern.

"Mrs. Simons?"

She was still looking at me with wide, teary eyes. Then, she uttered a word that made me freeze.

"Nadia."