The sea view in front of us was breathtaking. The sky and the sea were perfectly discerned by a clear cut line. He sat down on the shore overlooking the dazzling view, and patted the spot beside him. My anxiety hasn’t deserted me yet. I let out a deep breath and sat alongside him. My nervousness steadily spiked. He looked at my face seeking my permission. I nodded not trusting my voice. He looked at the horizon and begun after a long pause.“One thing those, fictional movies are right about is, ‘you are not alone’, do you think it is just the Terrans? I mean the humans who evolved victories in such a vast universe? The only species out there? Seriously, what are the odds? There are thousands of other planets out there, and among them, hundreds of planets has species very close to humans. They could be so identical, that they have the same genetic code except for a pair of extra chromosomes, that gives them few benefits or advantage over the others” he said and glan

      I have been bombarding him with too many questions. And he has been answering each and every question patiently with my favorite dimple smile adorning his face, as always. “What happens once you take a human to your planet?”“Once the Jo-Haanians take humans to Jo-Haan, they get married, and after they…”did he just blush? He cleared his throat. “After their blood mingles, the humans get certain powers too” he said. So that’s the reason for the flush.“Impossible!” I said wide-eyed.“The environmental circumstances plays a great role in it, our scientists explains it well” “What do people do with all those powers?” I asked memorizing the way his cheeks colored up minutes ago.“People select their jobs according to their powers, Ana. They are categorized according to it, like some people have minor powers like the ability to change their hairstyle as they wish, the ability to run for miles at a stretch...These powers cannot be of much

“I watched you read and hang out with just your closest friends and your family. I was so happy that you were not in any kind of relationship. I was about to introduce myself…that’s when he joined the college” he spit the words in disgust. “You have no idea, how elated I was to see your irritation with him. But that asshole was interested in you and started following you! I decided that I shouldn’t waste anymore time, but to my great surprise, you, yourself was planning to visit me, so I waited. I was so happy that we were finally going to meet, but then that fucking bus got punctured in the wrong place, at the wrong time. And of course, you! You ended up thinking that, that was the perfect time to show your loyalty to your friend! Do you have any idea how worried I was?" He said shaking his head in disbelief. "Though I like that very nature of you so much, I hate it equally ‘cause you do it to the extent of disregarding your own life!" He stated disapprovingly. I was holding my bre

“Where are they?” I wondered aloud, rasping in a breathe. We have been running through the small dwellings of the tribal people, the small hut like structures were built with wood, bamboo and thatch, they were carelessly covered by a rugged bamboo door. They had hand lamps and snares. How did they get hold of all these?“They have gathered near the waterfalls” he said and suddenly stopped to pick something up from the ground, before I could ask what it was he started to run again, clutching one of my wrist. The light from the tribal’s lamp did not reach this part of the forest. It was pitch black ahead. The moonlight could hardly penetrate the cluster of trees to reach the ground.“Do you thi…think we must run by…the…the river bank?” I asked in between my wheeze.“That’ll be the way, they would choose to look for us” he stopped on his tracks and pulled me to a halt, his hand never loosened its grip on mine. I unwind my hands from his and placed them on my knees and panted f

Someone was playing with my hair. Odd. I slowly opened my eyes and blinked to get a clear picture of where I am. Yesterday’s memories flashed back to my mind like thunderbolt. I froze, once I realized that my head was pillowed on his chest…on his chest! And my left leg was slung carelessly over him. I was almost on top of him. As a reflex reaction I tried to get up…too fast, forgetting that we were sharing the same T-shirt! I was momentarily thrown back against him, my forehead smacking hard against his chest.“Ouch!” I muttered breathless.“Oh my, did I startle you?” he asked completely clueless of what just happened. I couldn’t answer. My head was spinning.“Ana?” he was anxious.“Wait a sec, I’m…I’m little dizzy” I murmured. I blinked furiously and shook my head to clear the fuzz. Such an idiot. I sighed.“How I’m going to get out, Ethan?&rdq