Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:51:29 +0000
From: Tommy Evans <tommy199212@hotmail.com>
Subject: Orions Belt: Chapter 1

This Story is a Work of Science Fiction. Some Characters may be based on
real people, but the names have been changed to protect their privacy.

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The time is 11am. The date is July 15th, 2011.

Richard was barely getting up for work.

`I wonder how my day will be today. Another day of all work. Oh how much I
love going to work.' He told himself.

Richard is a normal, well mostly normal, 20 year old guy; work, school,
friends and, in the rare free time, sleep.

I hate how much crap I have to deal with, he told himself as he got ready
for his day.

Five blocks down the road Jorge was waking up too. He was a normal 13 year
old boy. Well almost. He had somewhat of lonely life. Yes he had friends,
and yes of course he went to school and had the normal school mates, yet he
knew something was missing. Coming from a shaky family. A father who was
kind of hard headed, who didn't understand much and who was focused on
drinking and being himself rather than taking care of his family.

Little did Jorge know his life was about to change this day - for the rest
of his life.

The best way to deal with his life, which we will get into later, is he
usually just spends his days doing whatever he can do outside his
house. Playing catch with a friend, or running around the park.

Richard was living a steady life living at home with his parents, still. He
had a simple job - working at the local mall, at a video game store.

"So Richard, whats your plan after work today?" asked his co worker James.

"I honestly have nothing planned. Maybe test a new game out. Although I
have been thinking of starting out a healthier life style. I'll probably
try to go for a quick jog today" answered Richard.

"Sounds like something a crazy white guy like me would do. Not a cool
latino like you"

"James, my name is Richard. Can I get any more white?" joked Richard as he
finished stacking a box.

Again he had a random flash back. His flashbacks were a little weird
because they were of someone he didn't know. As far as Richard knew, the
human brain can not make up people, only create moments of people you've
seen at least once in your life.

"Richard, you've got that weird look in your face again. As if you saw a
ghost"

"Oh sorry. Just thinking over something again. Well hey, I have to hurry so
I can get the fuck out of here" said Richard.



"Jorge come down for lunch" screamed Jorge's mom from the kitchen.

"Coming mom" he yelled back as he threw his shorts on. He ran down the
stairs, avoiding his sister's room. She really annoyed him. She was always
in his business and even though most of the time she means no harm, it
really annoys him.

As he sat down and took a drink of his juice he looked outside the window -
looking toward the park which was directly across his backyard. His house
was a small attached duplex in a semi large subdivision in Illinois.

"So what are you going to do today hon? Can you help me clean the bathrooms
before you leave to go play. And remember you need to be home by 7pm" said
his mom.

"I'm going to Jacobs to play catch." He said.

Jacob was his best friend. They had grown up together. They knew each other
since they were 5, and their moms were best friends so they were always
hanging out. It's just that lately they have been spending less time
together because Jacob has really turned into a video game nerd.

"Okay, well just make sure you are home by 7. You know how your dad is" she
told him.

"I know. I just don't get why he gets mad. Its across the street" he said
as he took a bite out of his sandwich.



Richard finally finished his duties for the day and his shift had come to
an end. The clock hit 5pm. He looked at his phone. His buddy Jacob had
texted him. He wanted him to bring him a new game.

Jacob has known Richard for a while now. Richard's mom and Jacob's mom are
friends; and they met when Jacob was around 7. Now they have a really nice
brotherly friendship.

Richard dialed Jacobs number.

"Hello" answered Jacob.

"Dude, you play way too many games now." said Richard.

"Yeah, but man, you work for gamestop. You get the hook up. Its too good to
pass up"

"I guess. So what game?"

"Just bring me something good for my pc please. Oh and hey, can you bring
some food, I'm hungry. Do you want to hang outside for a while? My mom
keeps saying I need to be active. Even though im losing weight."

"Yeah that's fine. I'll be over in 20" said Richard.

It was a little odd for Richard sometimes because Jacob was such a nice
kid. He has always been close to Richard in a way. But never in a bad
way. Jacob was random kid. Funny, simple, and easily distracted most of the
time. Being Mexican, he had dark skin complexion, but a really crazy wavy
fro going on his head.

As Richard pulled up to Jacobs house, a nice sized suburban style home, he
saw Jacob walking out to greet him.

"Got the game?" he asked.

"Gosh. How about a how are you? How was your day?" answered Richard.

"Dude, you know the drill" smiled Jacob.

The two of them went to the backyard where they sat on the patio dining
table and sat down.

"So how was work at the mall, dude? How do you handle not being able to
just walk around and buy lots of stuff?"

"Well buddy, I'm there to work and make money. Not spend it all the time"

"I guess you are correct" said Jacob as he grabbed a bite of his burger.







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As they both sat there and ate, a boy walked towards them. He crossed the
yard and walked over.

"Hey Jake" said the boy.

"Oh hey Jorge" answered Jacob.

For some reason, neither Jorge nor Richard could stop looking at each
other. It's as if they knew each other, but they didn't.

`I can't remember this boy, yet I feel like I know him. Why?' Richard asked
himself.

`It's the guy I keep seeing in my dreams. But I stopped dreaming a few
weeks ago. Why do I dream about him' Jorge asked himself. Then he shook his
head and just smiled.

"So...I was wondering what you were doing later Jake?" asked Jorge.

"Well...uh...I was planning on testing out this new game" answered Jake as
he looked over at Richard.

"Oh...do you want to like play, or something after you're done with that?"
asked Jorge.

"Uh...well I kind of have company. Hey Jorge, why don't you hang out with
us. This is Richard. My best friend" said Jake happily.

"Hey Jorge" Richard stuck out his hand. They shook hands. But a weird bolt
of energy was felt through both of their bodies. They shared a quiet moment
for a millisecond in which their eyes locked; and it felt as if their
hearts were beating in unison for those few seconds.

"Uh...hey. Well I don't want to interrupt" Jorge finally shook himself out
of his weird state.

"Dude its totally cool." Added Richard.

"Yeah dude. Let's test out my new 40' plasma" said Jake.

"Oh okay fine. But hey, I thought I was your best friend. No offense
Richard"

"Oh Jorge. Chill out. You're my best friend too. I can have 2 if I want
can't i?" said Jacob as he got up.

The three of them went up to Jacob's room where they sat on his bed and
began playing the new PC game he had just gotten from Richard.

The conversations were pretty simple, about the game, some about school and
how exciting it was going to be going to 8th grade. Both of them asked for
Richard's opinion, seeing as he was already graduated from school. But for
the most part, Richard was constantly left out of the conversation. He took
the time to ponder why he felt weird about this kid. Now that he thought
about it, Jorge had been around him enough. He just never really paid
attention to him. In fact, at some point he was even a bit jealous, because
Jake would sometimes choose to hang with Jorge instead of him. But why
would he have dreams of Jorge, and in fact why would he have THOSE kind of
dreams about a person - a boy he knew nothing about.

On the other hand, Jorge, being a boy, had a hard time multi-tasking so in
the quiet moments he would look over at Richard and smile.

He's kind of cool. Nothing to be mad about.

`I guess he's a cool dude. It was stupid of me to not like him, or be mad
at him every time Jake would talk about him or talk about all the cool
places they had been to.

Three hours passed by before they got bored of playing the same game.

"Hey how about we go play basketball now?" asked Jorge.

"Sounds good to me" replied Richard.

"You know, I kind of want to keep playing this. Why don't you guys go play
outside on my driveway I'll be out soon" said jake.

"Typical. Well...I'm down if you're down" said Jorge as he looked over at
Richard.

"yeah, why not. I'm not all about sitting down playing games all day"

So the two of them headed out to the front and stopped by the garage to
grab the basketball.

"So...how old are you?" asked Jorge.

"20, you?"

"13. Just turned"

it was then that Richard took the time to really analyze him. He couldn't
have been taller than 5 foot 2. He had a normal build, looked about 120
pounds, light brown hair, light brown eyes, a cute smile, and really funny
personality.

Jorge also took the time to look at Richard. He was taller. Seems like he
kind of works out but I still see a belly. He told himself as he kind of
giggled in his mind.

He looks young, about 16. But Jorge couldn't take his eyes off of his
eyes. They were big, round, deep and almost entrancing. Before he knew, he
had to look away because he felt as if he was staring.

"Cool...what did you get for your birthday?" asked Richard.

"Well nothing really that cool. A game and some clothes that's it."

They started a simple conversation about little things. You know when you
meet some one new. But it began to evolve. Little random things popped
out. Girls, school grades, job, hobbies, almost as if it were one of those
weird dating-site chats. The ball they were playing with ended up popping
as they were playing. They both stared at it.

"Fuck. Well hey, we can go to my house and grab mine. It's a block away, by
the duplexes." said Jorge.

"sure buddy" replied Richard.

They began walking. Richard noticed Jorge was walking relatively closer to
him than how Jake usually walks.

"So, do you like hanging out with Jake a lot?"

"Uh well he's like a brother to me - known him for a while. He can be a
pain at times, really forgetful and very distracted" replied Richard.

"I feel you. Honestly it used to piss me off how he always went with you
sometimes. There's times where he would be, like days at at time at your
place"

"Oh yeah, sorry about that. I kind of felt the same"

"About me? like you didn't like me?"

"Well I didn't know you. I knew of you. But dude it's nothing."

"Wait, are we're like friends now?" asked Jorge.

When they stopped walking Richard noticed the difference of houses. He
never really noticed it as he was always driving; and it had been a while
since he actually just stopped to look at things. Compared to his house,
Jorge's was small, still newer construction, but smaller. Two small houses
attached by the garages. The cars in his driveway were relatively older
than what other people drive. That's when he noticed Jorge, well, he didn't
live as well off as Richard or Jake did.

"Sure. I like new friends," replied Richard.

A big smile took over most of Jorge's small face. Richard followed Jorge
into his cluttered garage where they found the basketball. Jorge checked it
for air and then he threw it at Richard to double check.

"Hey let me check in, I told my mom I'd be gone for only 10 minutes and
it's been a bit" he said as he went inside.

Richard looked around. It seemed as if Jorge was a lot more `mexican' than
was Richard was used to. All over the garage there were little ornaments of
horses, cowboy stuff, random posters and, well, beer. It was about 5
minutes before Jorge opened the door.

"I'm with my friend Richard, Jake's big friend, outside. Tell me when to
come in" he said (in Spanish) as he closed the door.

"Ok so lets go play?" asked Jorge happily.

"Sure."

"let me grab my hoop" he said.

He walked out of the garage and towards the side of the house. there lied a
rusty old hoop that seemed to have been through quite some battles. He
dragged it and then stood it up at the end of the driveway, so they could
play on the empty road.

"It's a little battle damaged, but it fits its purpose" he said a little
embarrassed.

"Hey it's a hole where the ball goes, itll be fine" said Richard.

So they played ball for what seemed to be minutes but was actually 2
hours. Before they knew they were laughing at jokes ,talking about life,
money, plans, and anything. It felt as if, they were friends for a while,
yet they weren't. that's when Jorge froze. Jake. He forgot to tell jake,
then he looked over at Richard and realized, hey, if jake didn't come to
check that's his problem.

"Richard, can I ask you something?"

"You just did" smiled Richard.

"Stupid. I mean, uh, is it cool playing and talking with me?"

"What kind of question is that. If it wasn't cool I'd still be playing damn
pc games at Jakes house" said Richard.

"Oh yeah, haha" laughed Jorge.

Eventually his mom came out. She waved hi to me. she seemed really
nice. She came over to us and Jorge gave her a hug. She told him it was
time to go in. it was 9pm. He pouted but eventually gave in to her orders.

She talked to Richard a little and asked how mom was, apparently she knew
her. Luckily Richard was very fluent in Spanish and pulled off the
conversation quite well. She told Jorge to be inside in 5 minutes before
she handed them each an ice cream bar and walking back inside.

"well...see you around?" asked Jorge.

"Yeah. I'll probably see you around Jakes sometime dude."

Both of them looked at each other, smiled, then bit the ice cream bar. Then
after a few seconds they did a simple hi five and Jorge walked inside.

`Man, I really hope I get to see him more often' said Richard to himself as
he walked over to Jake's to pick up his car.

Jorge walked inside but he ran to the front window to watch his new friend
walk.

`No wonder Jake cares about him so much. He's super cool. Wonder when I
will see him again.

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For the next 3 weeks they didn't have the opportunity to see each
other. Summer was slowly ending and with work getting busy, Richard had
less time to spend with Jake. As nice as it had been to hang out with
Jorge, Richard slowly forgot about that cool little hang out. He figured it
was one of those cool once-in-a-while things he'd do.

Jorge, felt the same. Yet he couldn't stop looking outside, sometimes -
hoping to see that cool silver car drive by and maybe catching a glimpse of
Richard again - just to wave hi. There were times where he'd ask Jake about
him and jake would just answer simply, or shrug the question off.



It was now Saturday. Jorge found himself sitting outside that afternoon
throwing a tennis ball back and forth between him and the wall. He looked
at his phone. He was waiting for a text from Jake to go to the movies. One
of the only cool things he was going to do this weekend since he didn't
have much to do except go to his friends house maybe here and there. When
the text finally came thru he almost jumped up.

It read: Hey dude, I'm with Richard. Change of plans. But we can go to the
movies still if you want to come with us.

Usually that text would have made his angry but this time, he felt
happy. He replied `dude sure. Why not. Pick me up when ever'

Shit I better go change. He told himself as he ran up to his room. His mom
tried asking him what the hurry was but he was too busy running to
change. Once in his room he rampaged through all of this shirts. Once he
changed he ran to the bathroom to fix his hair. After all was up to his
standards he looked at himself.

`Why the heck did I just do that?' he shrugged it off and right when he
looked at his phone he got the message that they were outside.

He ran downstairs.

"mom, I'm going to the movies with jake and his friend Richard" he said.

"You're going, or you are asking me for permission?"

"Possibly both?" he said as he gave her the best puppy face he could come
up with.

"Okay grab 10 dollars from my purse. Just 10 we are low on money you know
that"

"Okay mom I'll take 5 because I have 5 already" he said as he happily ran
out the door.

Richard watched as Jorge came out that door. Part of him was super excited
to see him again, and the other part was trying not to show his excitement
too much. He didn't want Jake to notice anything since he wasn't even aware
that they spent that long playing basketball a few weeks back.

`Why am I feeling like this towards this kid? We spent one afternoon
hanging out. Now I feel like I'm going crazy just because I'm hanging out
with him. What if he doesn't even remember me. what the heck is going on
with me' he thought to himself.

Just then Jorge opened the door to the car.

`O nice new car. It smells new. Oh look its super clean. Sporty. Nice.' He
told himself.

"Hey Jake, hey Richard. NICE car" he said excited.

"Dude, I'm surprised your parents let you come" said Jake.

"I didn't give them a chance not to" laughed Jorge.

"Thanks for the compliment Jorge" said Richard.

They headed to the closest movie theater. Richard liked going to the bigger
one in the city with the IMAX screen. When they arrived there and got out
of the car Jake ran to the theater because he had to go use the bathroom
fast. Leaving Richard and Jorge behind.

"So...I guess he's been here before" said Jorge as he walked side by side
with Richard.

"Yeah we come to this theater most of the time." said Richard.

"Dude...this place is really big. How much are the tickets here, I only
have 10 dollars" said Jorge.

"Like 12 dollars. Its okay I got it. You save that money"

"NO. I can't let you do that. I'll pay you the 2 dollars back soon okay"

"Okay lets make a deal, I buy the tickets, and you can pitch in for the
snacks"

"Uh...I guess that's kind of fair." He said.

As they walked into the theater he was amazed at the size of the lobby. For
Richard, that amazement had wore off a while go. Eventually Jake found them
and joined them as they were waiting in line to get the tickets.

"okay boys, we chose the movie, how about you go get snacks." Said Richard
as he handed Jake a $20 bill.

"But I said I was going to pitch in" said Jorge.

"Buddy, you can still pitch in trust me. between Jake and I we eat a
lot. And if you need more money then just let me know" said Richard as they
walked away.

"Dude, is he always that cool?" asked Jorge.

"Richard? Yeah dude. He's the coolest big bro I have" answered Jake.

"Lucky dude. I wish I had a bro like him" said Jorge.

"Well uh...you can be his friend too. I'm sure he will adopt you as his
brother soon enough."

"you think so?"

"Just don't take all of his attention ok."

"Chill Jake, its only the second time I hang with him" said Jorge. He was a
little bothered that his best friend would even say something like that.

Once they were walking into the IMAX theatre Jorge was a bit confused. He
wanted to sit next to Richard for some reason but at the same time he
couldn't just sit in between jake and Richard without jake saying
something. He decided to let jake do the leading.

"Well hurry you two" said Richard as he walked behind Jorge.

Jake led the way up to the top of the seats. He found the row he wanted and
then walked right in. Jorge was expecting for Jake to say go ahead I'll sit
in the middle, but he didn't. He just sat down, so Jorge did the same. Now
he wanted to make it seem like it was Jakes move so he said "why do I get
the middle" as jake grabbed for the soda.

"Because I don't know. Its just a movie" answered Jake as he sat down and
grabbed his pop. They had decided to share the large soda between Jake and
Jorge, but halfway through the previews Jorge accidentally drank out of
Richards soda. He giggled and then jake looked over at him.

"Well since you like that one better I get this soda all to myself" he
laughed as he ate popcorn.

"Uh, okay I guess" answered Jorge.

"Hush you two. And Jorge if you want a soda for yourself I can go get you
one" said Richard.

"No I'm fine sharing with you since Jake won't share cuz he's a dick"
replied Jorge.

"Thanks. A big veiny one too" smiled Jake.

The movie began and the three of them moved their attention onto the
screen. Every once in a while Richard would purposely drink right after
Jorge did, he didn't know why, something in him just drove him to do
it. Jorge noticed but he didn't really say or do anything about it. Between
the candy and popcorn and nachos they had bought, there was plenty of food
to keep them busy.

Halfway through the movie Jorge's hand reached for popcorn at the same time
Richard did, when they touched they felt that weird jolt of electricity
again. They both jumped a little.

Except this time the little bolt of energy made Jorge have to pee really
bad.

"I've got to go pee" said Jorge as he stood up fast.

"Okay be careful going ok hurry" said Richard.

Jorge quickly jogged down the stairs and towards the bathrooms.

`Why do we keep feeling those random tingly feelings. What the heck is
going on with me?' he asked himself. he couldn't bring himself to
understand what was going on. He even questioned if he was starting to like
Richard, which he knew wasn't possible as he had never been into guys.

After he peed he was looking in the mirror. He imaged Richard standing next
to him, until the lights flickered on and off and then a really bright
green and blue light ignited the room. He jumped.

His eyes were flashed and couldn't adjust right away. But when he did,
there was a 3 foot humanoid looking boy. He was blue. Jorge thought he
surely was dreaming or something. He stared as the blue little dude looked
at him. It couldn't be. It was almost as if he was looking at a clone of
himself.

"hi" said the blue boy.

"you speak!?" asked Jorge surprised.

"Yes. You know me already. Why do you look so shocked"

"Uhh...how do I know you?"

"Your dreams!"

"I'm dreaming?"

"No, not this time. and don't worry no one will come in. I have locked the
bathroom"

"Ok...I'm freaked out." Said Jorge as he fumbled his phone out of his
pocked. He couldn't make a call and he couldn't look at his texts.

"Relax I'm not here to hurt you. Just making sure you're ok"

"I was perfectly fine until you know"

"Listen Jorge, my name is Orion. I come from a different dimension. I'm
kind of like your guardian. I'm here to help you"

"Help me do what?"

"Well things are about to change for you a lot. I just wanted to introduce
myself."

"Umm ok. Thanks?" said Jorge a little confused. Then there was a knock on
the door.

"I better go" said Orion as he the blue and green took over the room
again. The door opened fast and Richard ran in.

"Jorge what were you doing locked up in here?" he asked.

"OH sorry. I didn't know the door was locked. I didn't know it could lock"
he said confused.

"are you ok? You were gone a little too long that's why I came by"

"Yeah I am. Lets go" said Jorge as he finished washing his hands.

`I can't tell anyone about this.' He said to himself quietly. Even though
he was scared, he was pretty sure he just had a cool encounter with some
sort of alien.

"Are you sure you are ok?" asked Richard again.

"Yes, I've never been better" answered Jorge as he put his arm around
richard's side. He didn't know why he did that, but when Richard put his
arm around his shoulder, he felt so nice. He felt protected by this new
friend, yet he felt as he knew him for a while. Something was happening,
and he didn't know what, but he wasn't worried, because now he knew he had
Richard to hold him when he felt scared.

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Please email me comments, thoughts, or questions. I am happy to answer
anything. This is a brand new story, I have stopped writing Uriel and Jon
series, for now, I may go back to it soon, but please let me know how you
folks like this new one

Tommy

Tommy199212@hotmail.com