Mar: This one thing keeps going through my head as I type this. Is there something beyond? I don’t know, it was stuck in my mind and I just had to type it down, so I guess I’ll let other people read it too.

I glance up into the overwhelming darkness of the night sky; it is dark, say for a few stars that dot across the sky like some big map. I glance towards my partner, my closest friend and he in turn looks at me. We had been lying in the tall grass for hours, staring up at the night sky, enjoying last bit of it. Our fingers are entwined with each others, I don’t think I would ever want to let go.

“Hey Mariah.” He says to me, looking once more to the sky. I don’t want to look away from his face, tomorrow I’m leaving him for a new place, and I don’t want to leave behind his face. Instead, I in turn look towards the sky, marveling at its vast emptiness.

“Yeah Cody?” I ask, not daring to take my eyes away from the many twinkling stars.

“Ever wonder if there’s something out there?” Cody asks me; I nod.

“That’s why I write stories, Cody because I think there’s something out there.” I reply. Cody turns his head and looks at me, I don’t want to look at him, even when I can’t see his face in the darkness.

“I mean something, truly, that’s out there waiting to be found.” Cody answers, I laugh at his statement.

“You’ve watched that Halo 3 preview too many times, Cody.” I say simply. Cody in turn laughs and squeezes my hand.

“I know, but what do you think will happen if we find them? Will they become angry by the things we do and kill us all or will we all live together?” Cody asks. I didn’t answer, there is no way to answer that question.

I shake my head and finally look towards his face, smiling through the darkness at his hidden face. “That’s why we have to wait and find out, Cody. That’s why I live through everyday of my life. Just to see that moment come when something like Martians come from Mars or Transformers from Cybertron.” I answer. “Until the day comes, we will never know that answer, never.”

I know Cody is thinking about what I said, he knows about what I’ve been through, how my life went so badly I barely almost took my own life. That is why he took my hand in his and stayed with me throughout my two years with him. Through that ordeal I keep on thinking that I have to live for another day, both for Cody and to see what will happen in the future.

“I guess your right.” Cody replies.

I nod and start to cry suddenly. “I’m going to miss you Cody.” I confessed; no one on the planet could replace him.

Cody smiles and squeezes my hand. “I’ll miss you Mariah, until another day.” He says, leaning towards me. My heart thuds and I close my eyes as I feel his lips against mine, my first kiss and its under the stars.

I suddenly wake up, sweat drenching me and cool air whistling by me from my window. I am not under the stars with Cody, I have not kissed him since leaving him back at Germany. I start to cry, holding myself close as I think about him. I rub my dribbling nose and glance to my door at the foot of my bed, I do not want my parents to hear me cry. I already did my crying about leaving Cody, I did not want to continue with it. I rub my eyes in the darkness of my room and lie back down on the bed, pulling the covers of me as I did so. My heart is still thudding from the almost real feel of his lips. For once, I wish he had kissed me and that I wouldn’t have to wait such a long time to see him again.

Instead of crying from the thought once again, I pull the covers over my nose and glance towards the spinning fan on the ceiling of my room. Until another day, Cody, I think to myself and fall asleep only to wake for a new day, a new day of new adventures and one day closer to the future.

Tab: Wow.

Nic: That’s deep.

Kla: Poor Mar!!

Ele: Strange, I’ve seen Cody, he isn’t much, kind of big and no one likes him because they think he’s gay. I don’t see why she would miss him.

Tab: It’s because they were the same.

Ele: Huh?

Nic: Mar was treated the same way except everyone called her a lesbian and she always cried herself to sleep.

Kla: I heard she always hid her bruises she gave herself from her mom.

Tab: Enough sad talk! Mar wanted us to enjoy this story with our hearts, and I’m sure we’re all crying inside for her.

Nic: Yeah. Also, to our readers, please review!