Once Upon A Time In Nelusma City by Werley Nortreus - HTML preview

Chapter 17

The Astronaut Costume

On a day like today, five days after

Xeyamia and I attended the Gala, I was taken aback by a surprise she had for me upon her return home.

It was December 10, and in the afternoon, while I was in my backyard, I heard the doorbell ring.

When I heard the chime, I went to see who was at the door.

“Alright, I'm coming!”

“Please, be patient!” I called out as I opened the front door.

Sure enough, when I opened it, I found Xeyamia standing there with a dress garment bag in her hand.

I touched the bag and could feel a dress inside it.

However, she was wearing an astronaut helmet on her head.

“Hello?”

“I am an Astronaut searching for a colleague!” She spoke. “Are you excited to see the Astronaut?” She asked.

“Xeyamia? Is that you?” I asked.

She then took off the Astronaut helmet and exclaimed, “Hi Werley! That's me!”, “Can I come in?”

“Oh! I’m excited to see you!”

“Please come in,” I responded.

As soon as she entered, she requested to go to the attic.

“Can we head to the attic?” She asked. “Why not?” I replied.

Yet, I was still unaware of what was inside the dress cover, although I had suspicion. “Is that your dress cover?”

“What’s inside it?” I questioned her. “None of your business!” She retorted.

A few minutes later, she placed what she had brought on the desk in the attic and asked me to close my eyes. “I want you to close your eyes.”

“Will you close your eyes now?” She was prompted.

“What? Why?” I responded. “Just do it. There’s something I want to show you,” she insisted. “Alright, fine.” I said, closing my eyes. “Wait until I tell you to open your eyes,” she instructed.

At that moment, she took the Astronaut costume out of the dress cover and told me to open my eyes.

“Okay, you can open your eyes now,” she said.

“Alright, as you wish,” I replied, opening my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, I noticed the Astronaut costume on the desk. I exclaimed, “My goodness! An Astronaut costume!”, “This is an Astronaut costume!”, “It’s as if you knew exactly what I needed.”

“Do you like it?” She asked. “I brought this Astronaut costume to give to you as a gift.”

“Don’t worry, my father brought it home, but he didn’t need it,” she told me. “Wow! Thank you so much!”

“Of course, I like it!”

“You are truly the woman for me,” I said. “You’re welcome!” She replied and giggled.

Of course!

The Astronaut costumes fit well

on me!

A few moments later, after I had measured the costume and found that it fit me perfectly, she headed to her house. “It fits you well!” She remarked. “I know, right?” I responded. “Thank you very much!” I told her. “You are welcome!” She replied. “May I ask you a question?” I suggested it. “Of course! You can ask me anything?” She answered.

“Why are you giving me this Astronaut costume as a gift?” I asked. “I believe in you, that's my answer!” She replied.

“Wow? Really?”

“Finally, you believe in me!”

“I thank God for that,” I replied. “I believe you can do it.”

“If you have invested so much time and energy into building the rocket, you can certainly fly it to Space as you have always wanted to.”

“It's your dream, and you told me so, so why not make it a reality?” She told me, moving closer to me and kissing me on the side of the face.

“Oh my God, thank you so much!”

“Thanks to you, after God and my family, I'm having another wonderful day!” I expressed it.

Shortly after our conversation, she took me downstairs so she could return to her house.

“Bye!” She told me.

“Bye!” I replied.