the universe owes her nothing

I don't even know. 

"Uh okay," I said and she nodded.

"What did you research?" I feel my back straighten up. For some reason, this feels awkward. It feels uncomfortable.

I can't really explain it. 

"Just simple stuff."

I really can't. 

"Like what?" she is prying.

Trying to get something out of me. 

"What you asked me."

I have such a bad feeling about her, but I really can't explain it. 

"What about what I asked you?"

"About the war and, uh, probability bending." silence.

Not just from lumina but from everyone.

I take it; I wasn't supposed to say that.

Her eyes softened at me. "Very interesting." She had a smile on her face.

People continued to walk by but they kept giving us weird looks. Probably because I am human.

"Yeah, I did get blocked though."

"Did you now?" That smile feels very eerie and is giving me the chills.

"Yeah, talk about censorship; someone didn't want me on that website."

"Yeah," her voice trails off.

"I think that it might of been one of the galactic ambassadors." She raised her nonexistent eyebrow and her eyes started to dart around.

"I take it you don't like them?" She shook her. "Just some past stuff," she mumbled.

I nodded. Interesting, very interesting.

"Whatt about you?" she asked.

"I don't really know who they are because you can barely even look up anything about them, but I don't like the two that voted on the war."

She nodded, agreeing with me but not saying anything. "I just think that this war was completely unnecessary, and it didn't really need to happen. I do understand that we broke the treaties, but there is a better way to go about this," I said.

"Are you a pacifist?"

"Uh, not really. I just don't like the death turmoil that comes with war and I am not trying to justify human's behavior at all, but if the Amabasdars got the fuck off their high horse and actually put blockers and wrote the treaties better and enforced them, then there would be no need for a war."

"You do make a good point."

"I tend to."

"But its more than just that. More than just setting up blockers, because people can tear them down, they tear everything down."

"Its different, though, because they are able to expand; if you put the blockers up, they aren't able to take them down. Do you know how blockers work?"

"Yes, I do."

"Clearly not. The whole point is you can't take them down unless you have access to them and they're unhackable, so if the amassbadors just did that, everything would be fine. But they just need to actually do stuff instead of worrying about the wrong things."

"You don't know what they are thinking; they have a lot under their plate," Lumina said, almost in this snapping tone, like she was blaming me.

She's fucking with me at this point.

"Saying that like you know them," I said. "No, I am just saying," she said a little too quickly.

This weirdo. "Okay, okay," I said and she nodded.

Shit is getting mad awkward. Oh my god.

"OH MY GOD!" Oh, please don't tell me that's my dad.

I turn around.

Yeah, not a clue who that is. "ANOTHER HUMAN." A guy slightly taller than me with blood hair said.

He had a huge smile on his face and his voice was very loud. "Uh hi?"

"Hi, my name is Jace!" very loud. "Hi?"

"Whats your name?" 

"Emerald."

"Very nice to meet you; I'm Jace-." 

A giant alien behind him cuts him off. "You already said that."

"Oh, did I?"

He nods.

What is even happening? 

"Sorry, I am so forgetful, oh my god." I watched as he latched onto the alien behind him. "You have an alien partner too."

"Co co captain," the alien mumbled. He looks so indifferent. Oh my. 

"Uh, we aren't partners; I just met her," I said awkwardly. "Oh, well, you can be partners! Anyway, this is Soren, and we have been flying together for 6 years now!"

"7."

"7 years now," Jace beamed as he held onto what I now know as Soren.

He was tall and had this silver skin with iridescent markings that were slightly glowing.

He had sharp features and sharp eyes that were these eerie violet colors.

He had on this weird outfit that one would only describe as sleek. 

And his face was indifferent and he actually has eyebrows! No way.

"Uh, this is lumina." I stopped myself; she looks so pissed off right now. "Lumina, say hi."

"Hello." Okay, so now she doesn't want to talk, but she's fine with fighting with me over some stupid shit. 

Jace waves with a smile, still not letting go of Soren's arm. 

"Say hello, Soren." Soren doesn't say anything.

"Ignore him; he's just being weird."

Are they…dating?

Uh.

No.

Yeah, definitely no. Look at the way Soren is standing when Jace is holding him; he's just letting it happen; its not like a love thing. 

Well mabe?

Maybe one-sided, actually.

Oh yeah, definitely one-sided.

"Well, what brings you guys here?"

"Uh, i was just eating and…" 

"And I was doing work and decided to join her out here," Lumina said with that sexy, sharp smile. 

"Oh, very nice, me and Soren Planet Hop."

"Oh, do you now?" lumina said.

I looked at her. She was making eye contact with Soren. "Yeah, I just said that," Jace beamed with a smile.

"Its really fun; you guys should try it one time! Anyway, we take turns flying around the ship! Tell them," he said, nudging him.

Radio static.

"Okay, fine, don't; sorry, hes not really a talker. So for a while we just flew around in my old ship and she was a piece of junk but I loved her so much. And you never would of guessed it—Soren got me a new one for my birthday! He's such a sweatheart." Are we talking about the same alien right now?

"Sounds like it," lumina said and Soren shot her a look. 

"Jace, voice," Soren mummbled.

"Sorry," Jace said, quieter this time. 

My heart is hurting and I don't know why.

"Anway!" Jace continued talking all of our ears off.

He and Soren were standing at a distance now as Jace continued to talk with his hands and walk around.

"And soren is a great fighter, and he…" a watch as an alien walks by and shoves Jace kinda.

He stumbles a bit as the alien starts to yell words I can't understand.

Jace speaks back to them; I'm assuming apologizing.

Bro, I need a translation.

Uh altercation?

The alien is raising their voice.

"You humans are always in the way." suddenly speaking English great, now I can understand.

"I apologize; I am sorry," Jace said.

"You need to understand that not everything is about you guys." I feel like this alien is overreacting.

"He already apologized; drop it." I turn to Soren, who looks irritated.

The alien makes eye contact with him and bows. What the hell?

"Okay."

"Apolgize to him," Soren said.

"Of course. I'm sorry, human for yelling at you and causing an unnecessary fight," the alien said almost robotically…it felt…it felt weird. 

"Uh, it's fine," Jace says and just like that, it was done.

"Uh, I don't even know where I was," Jace laughs awkwardly.

"And Soren is a great fighter, and he. And then the alien ran into you," Soren mumbled and Jace gave him a small smile.

"Yeah! Okay." Jace continues to yap.

These two are surely something.

It feels like Soren hates him but clearly not that much if he pretends to not care and pretends to not listen and then turns around and does that. 

They are kind of cute, actually.

I wonder if.

Oh, she looks angry.

She is giving Soren this nasty look. 

I take it the two of them know each other?

Maybe some unrequited beef?

Or both sides because Soren keeps giving her daggers.

I genuinely don't know what is happening.

I don't know if what anyone is saying is real, and its all pretty overwhelming.

But I know one thing.

These people are pretty cool.

Imagine what would of happened if I stayed in my room.

Is that luck?

Probability maybe?

Oh god, I have to figure out one if this stuff is real and two, how do I use it?