As I walked up the stairs of the front porch I felt myself becoming more and more anxious, as if I were going to explode. I rang the doorbell with my sweaty hands, waiting for someone to let me in. “Hi honey!” Mom exclaimed as she opened the door, “Hey mom.” I grumbled. “Is there something wrong?” “Do you feel sick? !” “Are you hungry?” “Oh my gosh you’re so pale!” Mom rambled on, “No mom I’m fine but we need to talk.” I gathered the entire family in the living room, Mom, dad, sam, and lola. I stood in front of them, wondering how they were going to react. “So what is it you need to talk about sweetie?” Dad smiled. “Look, there's no easy way to say this.” I sighed. “But I signed up to be a part of Unit 45.” I watched their faces drop…show more content… “So, what’s been troubling you?” Ryan asked Beth, her face turned red. She thought she was good at hiding how nervous she was, but Ryan was very good at reading people she loved and hated about him. “I shouldn’t have come here.” She said, “Why? You’re just as good as the rest of us.” He laughed. “No, you don’t understand, my family has no idea I’m here. They thought the assignment was too dangerous and I went against their wishes and snuck out.” Tears started to form in her eyes. “Beth, You put too much pressure on yourself, Everyone knows how smart you are but you’ve never had the chance to be a kid. When I was 13 I was stuffing kids like you in lockers and riding my bike around my neighborhood, not conducting experiments. You need to be easier on yourself.” Ryan said. “Now, let's go get something to eat. All of this dumpster diving has made me starving.” After trying to find somewhere to eat without running into some alien gang, Ryan and Beth were desperate and out of options. They found a small cafe in town, called “The Blue Monument” As they walked in, they were shocked to see that it was filled to the brim with aliens top to bottom. “So much for a small cafe.” Beth whispered to
