Chapter 3
~Jives~
After I saw her leave, I sat there finishing off the strange, yet palatable drink that she gave me. It was nice, being alone and actually not feeling as out of place. However, I did feel something inside me.
Finding out that Tracey had a boyfriend, and one that didn’t treat her nicely, bothered me. Was I jealous? I don’t believe so. I don’t personally understand the mechanics of human emotions, but the fact that she was being hurt like that did rub me the wrong way. I wanted to go over there, to tell him to stop, but I didn’t do so. It wasn’t because I was afraid. No, I’d dealt with far worse criminals and such in the past. It was because I didn’t want to fight that battle. I was still trying to understand humans better, in a more emotional sense, and I wanted to see if she would take my advice.
Still, she did look beautiful, that’s for sure. The way the dress hung to her body, the lithe, curvy figure, the gorgeous manner in which she put her hair up, all of that made me blush. I didn’t want to like her though.
She was a human, and I was but an alien. I had a job to do, a manner to uphold. But there was that part of me that wanted to have a little bit of fun, to see just where this might lead.
No. I wouldn’t step in unless she wanted me to. I refused. I didn’t want to worry about dating a human, hurting them, and all of that. I had my own work, my own place, and that was what I knew. After I downed the rest of the drink, I went home, still determined to keep my thoughts in the same manner as I’d left them.
I noticed that there was a red light on the telefaxer. That meant that someone finally got back to me. Was it Remi? I doubted it. The young king seemed to care about anything other than talking to his advisor. But, when I looked at the message, I was pleasantly surprised.
“Hello, Jives. I want to talk to you. It’s been too long. Please call me right away,” I read to myself.
I sat on the bed, looking at what time it would be on Klanden. It was about seven in the morning. Not too late, but also not too early. I decided to just try calling him to see if this would work.
After two rings Remi answered. He spoke with a happiness, a youthfulness I did miss.
“Hello there, Jives,” he told me.
“Hello, Remi. How are things?” I asked him.
“Oh, great! So, you got my message then? The one about the surprise?” he told me.
Surprise? I didn’t recall any sort of surprise.
“What the devil are you talking about?” I asked him.
“Oh, so you haven’t heard. Well, I’ll brief you then,” he said.
“Tell me.”
“Okay, so things here have been amazing Jives. In fact, I don’t regret telling Audrey ‘I do.’ I really don’t. The second we got back to Klanden, she got right to work. She’s helped me out so much, and I honestly don’t know what I would do with without her,” he said to me.
“That’s great, Remi. I’m glad that you two are able to have a successful relationship,” I told him.
“For real. Anyway, I haven’t heard anything from Lavvy since the whole mess, however I did hear word of a bit of agitation in the galaxy. I have the people of Klanden currently looking into that. Hopefully we can smite any sort of unwanted revolution that might be there,” he explained.
“Good. There hasn’t been anything on my end either. Negotiations and work with the people of Earth are going well,” I told him.
“Great. I imagined so. I heard from the reports Audrey sent to me that the president had a lot of demands for you, but it seems like it’s working out well,” he said.
“It is going quite well. We take it day-by-day,” I told him.
“I figured. I’m sorry that Audrey hasn’t reached out to Tracey. She’s been quite worried about a few things,” he told me.
I paused. Tracey again. What happened though?
“What do you mean? Is everything okay?” I asked him.
“Oh, it’s nothing really. It’s just… I don’t know if I should be the one to tell her, or if I should just let Audrey spill it,” he said.
“What is it?” I asked.
Remi paused, and I prepared for the worst. Just what could be happening there? Did she get hurt?
“What is it?” I asked again.
“She’s pregnant,” Remi finally said.
Oh. I didn’t know that it was possible. I then immediately stopped, trying to process this.
“Really? How?” I asked.
“I don’t know. I mean, I was told by the nurses that she would need fertility drugs before anything could happen, but then I found out the other day that she’s been vomiting. After that she went to take a test, and it was confirmed to be positive,” he told me.
Wow. I couldn’t believe that. I began to feel surprise in my veins, a bit of happiness, but also another strange feeling.
“That’s amazing. I’m happy for you,” I said.
“Really? Wow. I am surprised really. I thought you’d be upset,” he said.
“Why would I be?” I asked. I didn’t feel upset at all. In all honesty, maybe jealous, but definitely not upset. I don’t understand why, but maybe it was because Remi was happy, and he managed to find some sort of happiness with a human.
“Okay, good. Well, I’ll let you know how things go. I do need her to tell Tracey though. I don’t want to be the one to spill it to her. That’s Audrey’s job,” he said to me.
“Yeah. I won’t say a word,” I said.
“Okay. That’s honestly the reason why she’s been avoiding Tracey. She’s been worried about her. She told me that her and Brad haven’t had the best relationship, and she needs someone better. Someone who has control over their life, but also cares about her. She fears that Brad doesn’t do that,” he told me.
“I’ve heard,” I said.
“Oh, so you know. Well, that’s not my mess, but I hope she makes the right decision,” he replied.
The two of us talked for a bit longer, and I told Remi that I hoped her pregnancy was a safe one. There haven’t been too many human and alien pregnancies, but I knew that they could be quite hard on the mother. After we said our goodbyes, I sat there, feeling almost empty.
Why did I feel like this? Was I really jealous of the guy? I mean, I had everything going for me here, and while I didn’t have friends besides Tracey, I felt happy in a sense. So why did my heart ache for something like that to happen? I didn’t get it.
I pushed those thoughts away. I gave up emotions the day she passed. I didn’t have time for that. I went back to my paperwork, trying to clear those thoughts out of my head. I was sure it’ll go away soon.
At least, that’s what I thought.