Free An Alien’s Touch by Jennifer Scocum Page B

could have the entire world to ourselves. I looked at his sea green eyes and could be lost in them forever. It was the first time in my life when I met an almost stranger like that and just knew that he would be the one for me.
    Brian did some mysterious magic to my senses and made me believe in so many things. He made me believe in true lover’s kiss and happily ever after with just his look. I can’t describe how I used to feel when he would look at me as if I was his prized possession. I was already his soulmate.
    It might sound strange, but sometimes you just know! And it was just like that with Brian. I just knew that he would be the one with whom I would be spending the rest of my life with. It was not a question. It was not a choice. It was exactly how it should be and I had no regret. I would have never imaged my life to turn out differently. I was with Brian and he was everything I needed.
    “I need to tell you something, Paris,” he said in a serious tone and I realized he will soon tell me something that will make me regret my decision of trusting him blindly. I thought that he would tell me that he is married or is in a committed relationship with someone else. I thought that he would tell me that he is a ghost or a figment of my own imagination. There was a part of me who knew that something so flawless like Brian couldn’t be real.
    “Tell me!” I said after thinking of every possible thing.
    “I am not from your world,” he said and stopped for a while, letting me know to process the information. I thought of it but couldn’t really comprehend what I heard. I looked at him with a puzzled face and he realized that he would need to explain me everything in detail.
    “I am not from Earth, Paris. I am from a land far away from your world, from your entire Galaxy. I came here with my ancestors to accomplish a mission – to know about human culture, the race, the technology, the communication and everything in between,” he said and explained me the reason behind his existence.
    “Do you think I am mad, Brian? Do you think I will believe all this shit?” I asked him. I couldn’t believe he would say all those words to me with a serious face. I would have never believed his words, but then he did something which made me question every thought of mine.
    “Trust me, Paris!” he said and tapped something on his wrist. I looked around and realized how time just seized. Everything around us stopped – fixed at one moment. The leaves of the oak tree that were floating in the atmosphere, the wind that was rushing through the trees, the water that was making circles around the lake, the kids who were playing different games and the football that was rolling towards us– everything was fixed at that moment. Whereas, it was only Brian and I who would move. I stood up to check if it was not a trick. I asked Brian to pinch me. It hurt. I wanted to make sure if I wasn’t dreaming.
    It was not a dream, still everything around felt so unreal. I couldn’t imagine that Brian was able to stop time with just a single tap on his wrist. There was a strange device that Brian was wearing. I didn’t ask him much about it, as I didn’t want him to think of me as an intruder. He tapped the device again and everything started to move at the same pace.
    “Do you believe me now?” he asked me and I had no other option than to nod.
    “So, you are an alien?” I asked him. I had to know. I wanted to hear it from his mouth.
    “Yes. I am an alien. But I also want to tell you that you have initiated a series of strange emotions in me. Maybe it is because I have been staying in your world for a very long time, but I am having these strong feelings for you. It is like I want to share the entire universe with you. I want to travel all those galaxies and lost planets with you. I want to kiss you madly at this moment and do not want this moment to go. I want to spend the whole life with you, Paris. But I do not know what does