My Daddy is out hunting this morning. We’re like the only ones I know who still do that. He told me he would be gone when I woke this morning so I set my alarm for school. 6:03 am is way too early for high schoolers to be awake let alone an hour later doing Geometry! I wish our school would get it in their brains that teenagers should NOT be required to get up this early.

I’m slipping on my slippers when I hear a shout outside. I can not understand what the man said but he sounded like he was calling for help I suppose. So, after I check my phone for messages (just one from Sarah) I put on my robe and look outside.

“What the…?!” I say with no one to hear but my cat, Baxter.

In the valley outside my window I a giant space ship of some sort. It’s like something I’ve seen in lame sci-fi movies. It’s about the size of three of my houses. It crashed and there are people in red investigating. I would not step foot close to something that looks so weird. I’ve seen enough scary movies to know what could be inside on of those.

“Slam…” I hear one of the doors of the house close.

“Dad, is that you?” No answer.

“Dad??” Now I’m starting to panic.

I quickly call my dad and it goes straight to voicemail.

Why is he not answering??

I walk slowly to the back of the house and see The strangest creature I’ve ever seen. His face is blue and he’s wearing a black robe. His eyes look kind and he is smiling. Wow, that’s not what I imagined in alien to look like. He speaks to me in gentle phrases. Of course I know nothing of what he is saying. He leads me outside and points to his ship. I grab my boots my coat and my gloves. We stand outside staring at the ship and minutes go by. We stand there in silence just watching for what seems like an hour and suddenly he disappears… vanishes… like where did he go?

I see my dad hiking up the mountain dragging a deer. I try explaining to him what just happened but it is all to strange to really be true. He smiles and tells me to go inside. Maybe that moment will just be between me and my blue friend. Who knows.