Alien Scrooge - Zara Zenia Page 0,24

few nights before was happening in front of her. Egrix's pale face, his penetrating eyes, his pursed lips, were moving closer to her. Her eyes fluttered closed, urging Egrix on as they both gave in to the desire that had been lingering with them for the past few days. Egrix's kiss captured Cara's soft, warm lips in a moment of pure electric pleasure.

The passionate kiss the two shared lasted several minutes. They were completely absorbed in each other as Egrix laced his fingers into the hair at the top of Cara's long braid, pulling her as close to him as the distance between their two chairs would allow. Cara grasped tightly to the cloth of her leggings, but slowly lost consciousness of what her arms were doing as she felt Egrix's tongue slide along her bottom lip and into her waiting mouth. Their lips and tongues danced together as they leaned into each other. When their senses came back to them, Cara found her arms woven behind Egrix's neck, with her braided hair now loose and messy from Egrix's hands which were tangled within her golden brown locks. The two broke away, staring into each other's eyes and panting heavily. Egrix began to smile, and seemed excited to the point of laughing, as he looked at her.

"Cara." He spoke her name for the third time, his voice heavy with desire, and leaned his forehead against hers, taking a deep breath. "Cara, I like you."

Cara looked into his buttercup eyes. "Really?" she spoke sarcastically.

The two laughed, unable to take their hands off of each other, even as their breathing leveled back to normal.

Egrix pulled his face away from Cara's, lifting both of his hands from her hair to cup her face.

"What is it that you human's say in this situation?" He seemed to think for a moment before asking, abashedly, "Will you go out with me?"

Cara giggled at the awkward expression on Egrix's face as he tried to imitate human romance tropes he'd picked up from cheesy movies.

"What do Daxians do when they like someone?"

Egrix blushed, surprising and interesting Cara. "On Braxis interspecies relationships are normal, and usually they are started with… intersexual relations."

"Oh, so sex first?" Cara's comment was blunt, despite the cultural implications.

Egrix was bright yellow in the face, clearly embarrassed to tell her about the forward behaviors of his people that were so outside of the norm for humans. Despite his concerns, Cara was completely unaffected by his statements. Her obvious acceptance of it and impatience to hear more, pushed him to continue talking about the habits of the people on Braxis.

"On my home planet it is incredibly uncommon for anyone to wear anything, so most people remain entirely nude all the time. When we're interested in someone, we usually judge their sexual prowess first and foremost, then aim to learn more about them from there. Sex is a different experience for us than what I understand it to be for humans, because we can learn a lot about each other emotionally when we connect sexually. That's probably confusing, right?"

Cara shook her head, deeply interested in what Egrix was saying. "No, I think I understand. It sounds kind of romantic compared to what we do," she murmured, giggling, as she hoped to make him feel more comfortable sharing with her.

The two discussed the differences in relationships between their species and their own preferences for hours, completely unaware of the passage of time. A message alert on Cara's phone caused her to notice the progress of the day as it wound down toward night. Her mother had texted her asking when she would arrive home, and her gaze flew to Egrix as she told him how late it was. Both were in shock, laughing at their shared distraction with each other and the conversation. Cara promised to return early the next day and gave Egrix a quick, shy peck before leaving his home.

9

The California stars twinkled above Cara as she drove back to her parents that night. Her head was swimming with thoughts after her eventful day. As she watched the road ahead of her lit up by her headlights, her brain went numb with all of the swirling images of the day.

"I like you." She heard Egrix say, pulling a smile across her face and warming her cheeks. She remembered the kiss she'd shared with Egrix, feeling a deep warmth in the pit of her stomach that made her giddy and hot. The way their lips and tongues