It was late one night and I was driving to get home. The night seemed more spooky than usual in our town. I'd grown up in a small farm town just outside of Del Rio Texas where everyone knows everyone and you actually trust your neighbors. The wind was brisk and the sky was covered with bright stars. I drove listening to "Here with me" by Dido playing quietly on my car radio.
I felt the tears just stream down my face as I thought about the events that had happened in the last six months. It'd been a hell of a year for me. My divorce became final just two weeks ago. I'd made the mistake a lot of women do and married at a young age. I was only 23 when I got married, and just after only three years, my marriage was gone.
I kept going over and over on what I had done wrong. I was always a good wife to my husband, but I guess he wanted more things. Things I wasn't able to provide, such as having a child. My heart almost stopped when our doctor said I wasn't able to have children. My husband had grown up being one of nine children, so his fantasy was to have a lot of kids. I didn't mind having them, I actually wanted as many as I could have, but it always seems that those of us who want children, are never fortunate enough to be able to have them.
Not being able to have children was one of the main reasons for our divorce. Sometimes I felt guilty, yet other times I felt lucky to finally be alone. Marriage was beautiful at first, but then it lost all its purpose when the idea of family came up. As a little girl, I always envisioned marriage to be unconditional love between two people. A marriage was supposed to be respect and loyalty. I don't know where all of those things were lost, or maybe they were never there.
I drove my small blue Plymouth Neon car down a long road that led me to my parent's home. Ever since my divorce I had to move back with my folks just until I could get my life together again. My divorce had been hard on my parents as well. They were both very old fashioned and now figured I wouldn't be able to find another man who would be interested in me since I could not have children. My folks meant well, and I knew they loved me. It wasn't their fault they had been brought up with such strict morals.
I drove my car with the windows rolled down that night. The wind seemed to be picking up and I could see the corn fields sway to the rhythm of the breeze. I quickly pulled out a tissue from my purse to dry my crying eyes before getting home. Otherwise I knew my mother would interrogate me with a dozen of questions on why I was crying.
I was almost arriving home but I felt I needed to cry just a bit more. I decided to pull over to the side of the road. I put my head on the steering wheel sobbing like a small child. I closed my eyes hoping all this pain would go away. I was crying for a few minutes when I heard a loud noise. I opened my eyes and looked up suddenly, I saw a huge bright beam that almost blinded me. It came out of one of the cornfields out on the road. This light was extremely bright and I had to pull over on the side of the road. I should have been afraid to get out of my car but I wasn't. I never felt more safe my entire life.
I tried as hard as I could to see what that light was. I squinted my eyes and could now see two bodies looking as if they were walking towards me. Not really walking more like floating. I felt my chest heave up and down feeling somewhat excited of what was going on. The light seemed to finally dim letting me open my eyes. It seemed as if the wind had suddenly stopped just sending a cool fresh breeze all over my skin.
I heard footsteps in the grass but yet I still couldn't tell who was walking, or shall I say what was walking. I saw two bodies approaching me. The sky was so dark that only the moonlight and stars allowed me to see their silhouettes. I stared closely and with just a blink of an eye, I suddenly felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I shuddered and quickly turned around.
There I was face to face with a creature that looked human in some ways and in some ways looked so odd. He was male that was for sure. He was tall and looked very powerful and strong. His skin was more like an olive green color but yet it had a small hint of a brown tone. I stood there speechless and then the other creature stood in front of me. This creature seemed just a tad smaller. He obviously was male as well. It looked like a father and son. They both had big dark eyes shaped like humans only huge. Their mouths were also like humans but instead of pink lips, their lips were a tan color.
They didn't do or say anything to me. They stood there talking a language I've never heard in my entire life.
They're aliens!
I thought to myself. I'd heard such stories about extraterrestrials but I never believed them myself. I watched them and they watched me closely. We were studying each other's movements and reactions. The younger creature reached out with his huge hand to touch my face. I stood there numb as he ran his cold, soft hand on my face. I closed my eyes feeling the strange sensation run through my body.
I just felt my body being lifted up. I tried to look, where I was going but I couldn't open my eyes. It felt like I was flying, in a smooth swift flight. It was only a few seconds by the time I was able to open my eyes again. I stood there in a strange place. This place was covered with red and blue lights. The atmosphere was almost pleasant. I could see other creatures walking around, more like floating around speaking gibberish. I stood there wishing I could understand them and talk to them. The walls of this place were a bright silver color and the floor was dark as midnight. Their chairs didn't really look like chairs, but more like strange designs in shape of triangles and rectangles. There were at least seven creatures in this place.
Where the hell am I?
I thought silently. Suddenly, I felt myself fall to the floor as I felt as if I was in an airplane that was taking off.
Was this their ship?
I landed on my butt and felt as if I was stuck to the floor. I kept wondering where they were taking me. Would they ever bring me back?
It was only a few minutes and I felt the movement stop. I was finally able to get up from the floor straightening my long skirt and blouse. The creatures walked around me and I saw an opening ajar. I curiously looked and saw the creatures walking out slowly. I followed them and I stepped out looking back I saw I was in their beautiful ship. Their ship was huge and looked as if it were made out of metal. I turned to look at the place we were at now and saw what it looked like millions of these creatures with their eyes on me.
I was dumbfounded as they all ogled my every little move. I looked very closely and it seemed as if all these creatures were male. Was there no females? They all looked strong and big compared to my size 4 body. The father, who was the creature I had first come across with, grabbed my hand walking me towards the rest of the aliens. Out of the blue, I felt someone lay me down on the ground. It wasn't a dirt ground, more like a soft cushion I was laying on.
