After our kiss, I opened my eyes. Was I dreaming? I thought to myself. Brok's golden eyes looked into mine and smiled. After a moment, I glanced around to see if the rest of the guests were paying attention to us, but they were enraptured in the music. Most of them were already dancing and seemed to be just as entranced by the music as ourselves. Brok looked around as well.

"Is something the matter Anabella?" he asked me. I shook my head.

"No. Everything is fine."

"Yes, it is. In fact, things have never been so fine," Brok said. I smiled as he still embraced me. I still had his hand in mine and his arm still held me in place and we were still dancing in slow motion.

"Brok, can we go someplace? Someplace private?" I asked him. Brok nodded.

"Yes, of course," he said and we broke our dancing pose and left the room. The queen gazed at us and smiled. I smiled back politely. Others didn't seem to share the same enthusiasm as the queen. The King was nowhere to be seen and I assumed that he had left the party just like Luckutus had done so earlier. There was also a group of Sha people within the party who didn't seem too pleased at us as well. Pundok was among one of them. I knew that I wasn't capable of pleasing everyone so I moved on.

The prince and I held hands as we left the room. I wanted to talk to him somewhere away from all of the prying eyes. I hoped that maybe now after our dance and kiss I could finally convince him to tell me what exactly was going on in Earth. Not that I kissed him exclusively for that reason. The truth was that I had already fallen in love with him. I had not accepted this because I thought that it was impossible to love him. He was so different from me, not just physically, but his stature, his position in this world and his strong character, but I was learning that when it came to love none of those slogans truly mattered. All that mattered was the feeling between us and the moments that took our breath away. Brok and I approached the garden. The place where I loved to spend my time the most.

"Brok."

"Yes, my love?" I swallowed hard and then I grabbed his hand. Brok smiled.

"Brok, I want to know what's going on in my planet?" I said. Brok's smile waned. He immediately shook his hands-off mine and frowned.

"Is that why you kissed me?" He asked annoyed. I frowned back.

"What? No of course not! How dare you," I said.

"You kissed me to manipulate me, is that it?"

"What? You're crazy!"

"You don't really love me at all, do you? You have been faking your love for me, all this time," he said.

Are you insane? How could I be faking?"

"It figures. I knew it was too good to be true. So, tell me, what do you want? Do you want to return to Earth, is that it?"

"I can return?" I asked. I was suddenly overjoyed by this idea. On the one side I was hurt and upset of his accusations, but on the other I was incredibly hopeful of the idea of returning to Earth. I was anxious to see the future of my planet. Brok on the other hand didn't seem as enthusiastic. He took his hat off and scratched his head.

"Damn you Anabella, I thought you loved me!"

"I do love you."

"Right and that's why you'll abandon me on the first chance you get," Brok complained. I approached him and grabbed his face in my hands. Then I kissed his lips. They were soft.

"Of course not. Brok I do love you truly."

"Then why would you want to return to Earth? Certainly, you want to abandon me!" He said.

"Brok, put yourself in my place for one moment. If you were suddenly snatched from your planet with no news about it at all for months and months, wouldn't you want to return?"

"So, you still look at me as if I am your captor instead of the man that loves you? I should have known that you would never forgive me."

"Brok, we've been through this already. I gave myself up for my father, besides you were only doing what you thought was right at the time and so was I," I admitted. Brok frowned again and placed his hands on his hips. His hat still dangled on his hand.

"Brok, please."

"I will allow you to return to your planet if you comply in one condition," Brok said.

"Yes?" I asked.

"You must come back to me," Brok said.

"I promise," I replied.

"Now you must understand what's at stake here if you don't return."

"But I will return. I promise. Besides I know there's nothing there for me anymore," I said sadly remembering that more than twenty thousand years had passed on Earth and that my family and friends were long gone. Brok sighed.

"Alright, alright. I'll tell Rox to use the time transporter," Brok said.

"The what?"

"The time transporter. I'll tell him to use the time transporter to get you back into the time of your family's lifetime," Brok said. Water formed in the irises of my eyes. I could hardly believe it.

"You would do that for me?" I asked.

"Yes Anabella. I would do anything for you. You already know that I love you," Brok said. I did what my first instinct told me to do. I hugged him.

"Thank you, thank you," I said with tears streaming down my face. I could hardly believe that I was going back to Earth, but now better than that, I was actually going back in time to see my family, my father and my brother.

"Anabella, you can only live in the past for three days. After that you must return or your cells will begin to deteriorate," Brok said. I nodded.

"Also, if you do not return in three days I too will die."

"You are such a baby," I said.

"I'm serious. If you don't return I'll order my own execution and die."

"You can't be serious," I said suddenly.

"I am. You have given me a reason to live, but if you leave me forever then that reason is gone. As you know I was waiting for my own execution because of my lack of empathy, but now I feel that empathy is all that I have left. I am different. I feel different. You have made me change," Brok said. I grabbed his cheeks again and kissed him for a third time. Brok smiled.

"That's called extortion," I replied.

"That's called truth," Brok said. I frowned and ignored his wails.

"So, when can I go back?"

"Whenever you want," Brok answered. He didn't seem too happy with all of this. I however was ecstatic, but I dared not to show my true feelings about the subject. Brok seemed hurt already by the prospect.

"Prince Brok I promise to come back," I said. He nodded.

"Alright. So, I'm guessing that you would like to leave tonight?" Brok asked me.

"No, not tonight. I would like to leave tomorrow, if that's alright with you. It's been a long day and frankly after all the excitement that's occurred during these last hours I wouldn't mind to rest my head a little," I said.

"One more night with you is better than a thousand without you," Brok said.

"Brok could you stop being so melodramatic. I am coming back," I said. Brok nodded.

"We'll see about that," Brok said.

"Brok?"

"Yes?" Brok replied.

"Thank you," I said.

"You're welcome."