She wondered where her old man neighbor had gone. She was on a plane with her neighbor and his friend. The friend owns a plane and happened to owe a favor to the neighbor. Their headed to France for the week. As soon as they got onto the plane her neighbor said he had to use the restroom and had been in there since. She wondered if she should check on him and see if he’s okay. As she was getting ready to stand up someone came from the front of the plane. From the footsteps it was someone big and heavy. She turned to see a man that she didn’t recognize. He was probably the friend who owns the plane. He was tall with short, black hair and beautiful, pine green eyes. He wore a black, leather trench coat.

“Hello,” he said. His voice sounded like butter.

“Um hello? Are you Bob’s friend? The one that owns the plane?”

“I own the plane yes, but I’m not Bob’s friend. I am Bob.” She didn’t know what to say.

“Sorry to have to spring this on you. I had hoped I would never have to tell you, but people are after you. I had to intervene after all thats why I’ve been your neighbor all this time was so that I could protect you.”

“So you’re my neighbor? The old man who comes over twice a week to eat diner with us and would make all sorts of desserts for us to try? The old man who would pick me up from school then we would go get ice cream?”

“I have a sweet tooth,” he shrugged.

“But that doesn’t make any sense you can’t just become younger.”

“Well technically I only look younger I’m quite old.”

“How old?”

“I came to this world a little before medieval times. You do the math.”

“Ok um why did you choose to look like an old man? And who’s after me?”

“Would your mom let a handsome young man pick up her teen daughter from school?”

“No, she wouldn’t.”

“Exactly, as for who’s chasing you well this is gonna be a simple explanation so a long time ago a little before medieval times me and my people came from a magic world to this one and have since been living in a magic bubble hidden from the rest of the world but a fee of us leave the bubble from time to time one of them was a friend of mine and he fell in love with a human they had a kid but other humans learned of his magic origin and hunted him down and killed him they tried to kill you but your mom managed to get you away and gave you to me I then gave you to an orphanage and made sure you were adopted by a good family.” Bob took a moment to catch his breath he didn’t like long explanations.

“So you look young but your actually over a thousand years old?”

“Yes, and you want to know what I learned?”

“What?”

“If your offered immortality don’t except decline and walk away never look back. Immortality stinks.”