Arrival (2)

I couldn't be rude to her now though she had those frightening eyes. I mean why would I? They chose to stay at our house for the whole duration of their stay. We had a small house but they choose us saying that the motel wasn't hospitable enough.

I stayed with Mr. Simmons in my small room while my sister stayed with Mrs. Simmons in hers. My mother told her that she could stay with her as she had a bigger bed and she slept alone but she rejected her politely. I was fond of him as we naturally bonded well. He gave out a sense of security and was like the father I never had. He was always there and my mother was relieved and happy as she saw her son was enjoying himself. She had a glow that I haven't seen in my life, she was so radiant like the sunrise in the eye of the storm. At that time it made me think, what would it be like if my father was still alive.

My sister got along well with Mrs. Simmons and the taught each other so much. I wondered how they were doing back home though its been only a couple of hours since we left.

I stood up and walked to where Mrs. Simmons was comfortably seated. She patted on the space beside her indicating that I should sit there. I walked like a hero, eyes held high and steps measured. I couldn't look at her, it was a death wish that I hadn't planned on.

I sat beside her while holding the device.She scooted closer making our bodies slightly touch every now and then. How I wish Mr. Simmons was awake at this moment so that he could save me from this torment.

"This is a notepad. It has several unlock sequences and you can choose any to unlock it. You can use the fingerprint feature, face unlock feature or the use of a password. Here, let me show you."

She says while placing her index finger on the screen. The screen lit up and the moment she did. I was amazed but didn't show it. Mr. Simmons didn't carry his or I would be have known how to operate it along time ago. I used to see my sister use it and I was always tempted but I didn't dare join her as I knew whom it belonged to.

It was scary enough being around her but my family loved her so much and just about everyone else living in the town. And I was currently sitting beside her, her sweet perfume invading my nostrils. It was a sweet flavor that I hadn't smelled before even though we lived under the same roof for the last month. I think it smelled like peach blossoms just like how my sister described it. It was refreshing to smell but I didn't dare breath in too much in fear of being suffocated by it.

"This is personally mine and it doesn't have any games or videos to watch. But we can download some for now from the Store. I will order one for you when you are settled and if you want anything, absolutely anything you can just tell me and I will get it for you."

She opened the store and a lot of applications appeared. She selected the games section and we started browsing through it. After a minute she spoke noticing that I wasn't interested in any of the games we have seen so far.

"I always saw you occasionally playing soccer with Ed. Maybe we could search for a specific category rather than in general."

"Sure. I love soccer but am not sure as I always play it physically." I said the truth as I didn't know that there were so many things that really existed.

"Okay, let's first find one then we can learn how to play it together." After saying that, she turned to the furthest side of the plane towards the bathroom where two bodyguards of different genders were seen flipping through some magazines.

She didn't call them but they covered the distance in four strides and were now standing infant of us. I was amazed.

"Here, I was hoping you could help us in choosing one of the best games there is."

"Ooh! Excuse me Ma'am, let me make a call." The male bodyguard said and pressed something in his ear that had visible wire going in the suit he was wearing.

"As we wait for him we can start to filter them out by the most rated ones. After that we can continue with the most downloaded ones." The female bodyguard gave another suggestion.

We soon had a bunch of filtered applications on the screen and after the male bodyguard brought his suggestion. Mrs.Simmons clicked the download button of one of the applications and a payment notification popped up.

"We have to pay just to play a game?" I innocently asked as I couldn't believe what I was seeing. In my hometown we could at times borrow small quantities of salt or sugar or even matchsticks as long as the other party had it. They would help without having to think twice.

"Yes, but it isn't a problem for me as I just have to verify the account we are paying to so as not to get scammed by those unethical people."

"Okay… we don't have to then. It's totally fine. We can just doze off or talk for the time being." I didn't want to anymore as I noticed that she was going to use her hard earned money for some useless stuff.

"You don't have to worry about anything while am alive." She said while patting my shoulder.