Will Nita oblige Jabir's request? Will Jabir get to meet his rescuer? This week, see if Nita disregards the rules to meet Jabir and find out what's next for these two.READ THE EPISODE »
Someone, somewhere wrote the rule that it was forbidden for Jabir to see Nita. Nita didn't know who; she didn't know why. All she knew was that from infancy, every Cecaelia she knew acted like the planet would explode if a Payeh saw a Cecaelia. As she floated beneath the waves, listening to the little boy's muffled plea for her to come back, she wondered what would happen. Nothing bad had happened yet, and she had saved his life--wasn't that what she was supposed to do?
Nita tried to push the curiosity away, but it wouldn't budge. She couldn't miss this opportunity--after all, she'd already been seen, she might as well speak to the Payeh as well. With a strong thrust from her legs, she bolted back up to the surface, water smearing across her face from dripping yellow-gold hair.
Jabir gasped at the sight, but quickly smiled, jumped to his feet and rushed toward the water. Nita held up her hand to stop him.
"You came back!" Jabir exclaimed. "Can you understand me? Wow. You're real..."
Nita froze. What was she supposed to say?
"You can't tell anyone you saw me," she said as she swam closer. "It's forbidden."
"Why?"
"I...I don't know. It just is." Nita was starting to think, perhaps it was a bad idea after all to break more reals, but it was too late now. "Can you promise me that?"
"Will you teach me to swim?"
"What? Payeh don't swim." Hadn't he learned his lesson from almost drowning?
"No. We fly. But I can't fly." Jabir stated the words plainly, but Nita could see that it bothered the young boy. "Please. I won't say anything about you if you teach me to swim. It's a win win situation."
"You almost drowned not five minutes ago!" Nita pointed out.
Jabir didn't respond.
Nita sulked. "Fine. We have a deal."
Nita knew that she was opening the door to an unheard of friendship--a forbidden friendship, but she didn't know what she was getting herself into. Or that The Universe was watching her from a far. If she did, she never would have saved the young Payeh. She had positioned herself on the opposing side of centuries of tradition, something The powers that be would not take kindly to, and unknowingly challenged an authority higher than she could image.
Nita tried to push the curiosity away, but it wouldn't budge. She couldn't miss this opportunity--after all, she'd already been seen, she might as well speak to the Payeh as well. With a strong thrust from her legs, she bolted back up to the surface, water smearing across her face from dripping yellow-gold hair.
Jabir gasped at the sight, but quickly smiled, jumped to his feet and rushed toward the water. Nita held up her hand to stop him.
"You came back!" Jabir exclaimed. "Can you understand me? Wow. You're real..."
Nita froze. What was she supposed to say?
"You can't tell anyone you saw me," she said as she swam closer. "It's forbidden."
"Why?"
"I...I don't know. It just is." Nita was starting to think, perhaps it was a bad idea after all to break more reals, but it was too late now. "Can you promise me that?"
"Will you teach me to swim?"
"What? Payeh don't swim." Hadn't he learned his lesson from almost drowning?
"No. We fly. But I can't fly." Jabir stated the words plainly, but Nita could see that it bothered the young boy. "Please. I won't say anything about you if you teach me to swim. It's a win win situation."
"You almost drowned not five minutes ago!" Nita pointed out.
Jabir didn't respond.
Nita sulked. "Fine. We have a deal."
Nita knew that she was opening the door to an unheard of friendship--a forbidden friendship, but she didn't know what she was getting herself into. Or that The Universe was watching her from a far. If she did, she never would have saved the young Payeh. She had positioned herself on the opposing side of centuries of tradition, something The powers that be would not take kindly to, and unknowingly challenged an authority higher than she could image.
