Arith : The Undiscovered Planet
CHAPTER 13

Eric felt at home in Arith. He loved the people so much. Heappreciated the comfort they gave him. He and Jesse grew closer and startedseeing each other. Arith wasn’t likeEarth in terms of population, diversity and size. It was smaller and thus, had fewer number of people . The people of Arith hadonly ten states. The states were : Lafata State, Lithu State, Fahil State,Fowel State, Prafil State, Gontu State, Rondi State , Emerus State , TorkiState and Forshe State . Each state hada specific language. But the whole ten states communicated together in a commonlanguage , English.

John belonged to the Lafata State. Each State had a leader, so John was theleader of the Lafata State. Eric smiled as he remembered what John said abouthow he came to live in Arith . His father was the first person to travel tospace from Earth. So John was from Earth.

John’s father and his crew had an accident and five of themwere the only lucky ones. At that time, space travel was not advanced intechnology as now. They were saved by the people of Arith. The people hadwelcomed them and each of the crew members, chose to belong to a state. Thecrew members got married in Arith , taught the people to speak English. Johnwas born and bred in Arith. But then, his dad had always told him about Earth.

His dad had died some years back. Hence, he lived with hismum, wife and children. The Lafata State was already acquainted with John’s dad. So in honour of his late dad, made John their leader .

Eric’s smile faltered when thoughts of his dad came. His dadwould be so downcast. How was he coping? Eric’s hope was lost on seeing his dadagain . There was no way he would see his dad again . John had said that thedevelopment of a spacecraft was underdue process, as Arith was not advanced in technology. There was still muchleft. Well, that meant he would still be here, while his dad was out there ,thinking he was dead . Well he had to depend on fate.

Eric sighed and thought it wise to call Jesse, for theirdate as it was already 17:00, so that she would start getting ready. It was onehour to their date. When Jesse picked up, she sounded so excited.

“Awwnnn, you can’t get enough of me “ she teased.

“Says the lady that called me two hours ago to say she can’twait to see me when we sat together two hours earlier” Eric teased right back.

“Uh-huh, I feel shy now”.

It felt awkward, hence Eric decided to lighten the mood.

“Baby, I miss you so much dear, can’t wait to be with you”.

“Me too Eric. I love you, always know that”.

“Sure love, I love you more”.

“I’m getting prepared for our date”

“That’s beautiful love. How’s your dad”?

“He’s okay, just said hi”.

“Oh really, send him mine”.

He heard Jesse and someone talking in the background. That’sJohn, Eric thought.

“Okay love, when you’re done, text me and I will come pickyou up”.

“Nice Eric, bye for now”.

“Yes baby”.

They hung up.

He heard steps in the courtyard and knew his uncle and Bryanwere back from work. Eric had already started working in a construction company.But today, he chose to stay at home. His day off, so he called it and his unclehad teased him by saying he was lazy.

Eric heard Kelvin and Bryan teasing each other and smiled athow close they were.

“So there are actually friends that love you” he said tohimself. He hissed as he remembered his 'best friend' Zach, and how he hadbetrayed him. Well , that’s that, he thought. He joined his uncle’s and Bryan’sbanter. Their bantering was very hilarious to listen to.

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Eric and Jesse were in the cinema watching movies. LikeEarth , people came to watch movies with their different dates . Eric and Jessewere eating their popcorns as they watched the movies. His uncle and Bryann hadbeen pleased when Eric told them about his date with Jesse. Eric was glad. Sonow in the cinema, Jesse whispered to Eric :

“Don’t look now , Logan has been staring at us”.

Eric laughed quietlywhen she said this . Logan was Jesse’s boyfriend before Eric came. They hadbroken up over Logan’s weird fetish. He was so controlling and loved kinkythings in bed. Their sex life had been great like normal people, that was untilLogan started behaving strangely. He wanted more and Jesse felt she should givehim what he wanted to make him happy. She didn’t have any idea of what sheagreed to.

She had nearly died when Logan squeezed her neck ( wellaccording to Logan, he wanted to feel like he was the dominant, to feel incharge) from their play. That ended their relationship. Well since , Logan was staringat them, he was jealous obviously , Eric decided to fuel jealousy. He broughtdown his lips to meet Jesse's with the intention of just pecking her. But thatintention turned needy when he felt her soft lips. At this point, all thoughtsof Logan was gone. He desired to consumethe whole of her, and he did just that. He expertly ravished her lips as Jesseheld on to him tightly. His kisses were hungry. He sucked her top lip and movedon to her bottom lip. He caressed her mouth and teeth with his tongue beggingfor entrance.

Jesse eagerly complied, Eric wasted no time and dived inwith all the want he felt. He tangled his tongue with hers. Their tongues movedin sync. Jesse moaned and that encouraged him further. They kissed, exploredand ravaged each other’s lips. They didn’t think of anything else. Theyswallowed each other’s moans.

The kisses continued and well, … it wouldn’t have stopped,if not that Jesse’s phone interrupted their moment. At first, the loversignored the calls and kept eating at each other’s lips. When the callpersisted, Eric gently disengaged from the kisses by giving Jesse one last peck.

“Honey, don’t worry, I’m here with you, just answer thephone”. He whispered, kissing her cheeks, eyes and lastly on top of her nose.Jesse still tried to reach for him, but he took her phone from her bag and handedit to her. She pouted cutely and Eric kissed the pout.

So she reluctantly answered the phone.

“Hello”

“Jesse”. Oh it was John her dad, she hadn’t checked to seethe caller.

“ Oh Daddy , how are you doing”?

“Very well dear, isEric still there with you? Because, I tried reaching him but it wasn’t going through” John said.

“Eric must have left his phone at home. He’s here with medad” Jesse answered.

“Can you give him the phone”?

“Sure dad” and she handed the phone to Eric who was busycaressing her hair.

“Hello John” Eric greeted. John had asked Eric and Kelvin toaddress him by his name. Eric felt it was rude to address a man older than hisdad, by his name. But they had to flow with that, since John insisted.

“Hi Eric, sorry to interrupt your time with Jesse”.

“It’s alright John . I know you have something mind-blowingto tell me”.

“Sure, this would blow your mind. A space ship landed justthirty minutes ago , in the Forshe State. And Eric, it’s the C. S. R, youropponent group from Earth”.