I stood outside looking at the stars, covering the skies like no tomorrow. I felt an urge to scream out the joy from watching them, because I was going to up there soon, exploring those stars, seeing new worlds, discovering new things no man has ever discovered.
“I can’t believe I finally made it…” I said and reached out toward the stars wanting to grab them.
“I’m happy for you… but what about your home? And your friends?” My friend Emily said.
“I’ll come back. It’s not like anything is going to happen,” I said. Then I said with a voice from my heart, “This is my time, my goal…. my dream”
“But what if something does?”
I didn’t say anything for the moment and stuck my pinky out toward her and said, “I promise.”
Emily didn’t move. She stood there looking at the pinky, desperately wanting to believe that this one thing I said will come true 100%. She slowly reaches for it with her pinky and wraps it around softly and smiled.
“You better not break this promise,” she said with a tear going down her face.