#d0b0

It's been several years since Mel had resided on planet Averon. He made some great friends, and even helped them rebuild an entire capital ship! He continued to offer his services, running errands and helping out any other way he could. He now even started to call this wild planet his home. Though, no matter what he said or thought, this place never really felt like home. 

During the night, all the stars were visible in the open sky. Mel would sit on the roof of his ship and just look up at the stars, still thinking about Julia, and wondering if she was up there looking back down at him. He pulled out the ring he had gotten to propose to her the night she was shot. He held it in his hand, just looking at it. Then he looked back up at the sky. 

 "Mel," D0B0 called to him from behind, "are you out here again?" "Yeah.." Mel replied. "Just.. Thinking is all." 

D0B0 noticed the ring and floated up next to him. "Still thinking about Julia?" "Yeah.." Mel looked back at the ring again. "I haven't stopped since the day I lost her if I'm honest. Hell, I haven't stopped thinking about her since the day I met her. But, it hasn't stopped me from being me." "Nope, it hasn't. And I don't think anything ever will." D0B0 said, giving him a rare smirk. "Thanks D0B0.." Mel exhaled. "That means more than the world ever could to me, coming from you."

D0B0 continued to sit with him, and the two silently watched the stars together. Mel put his arm around D0B0, and D0B0 did the same to comfort his friend. They say there together, just the two of them, not saying another word.

The silence was broken when they heard someone approach. Mel looked behind him and got up to the edge of his ship to see who it was. D0B0 followed him soon after. It was a person dressed in some battered old space suit, modified and repaired with bits of armor and the like. They were a little shorter than Mel, wearing a hat designed to keep the sun out of the eyes, and they appeared to be a woman. One of their gloves were missing, and it revealed a green fleshed hand. They stopped in front of Mel's ship.

D0B0's eyes widened when he saw this woman. "Mel.. It's.." The woman looked up at the two. She wore glasses and was the same race as Mel. She gave them a smile that was as comforting as the perfect summer evening. She spoke very calmly. "Hey Mel.. I've been looking for you.."

Mel stood there in awe. He didn't say anything or even move a muscle. He was completely frozen. He couldn't believe his eyes. Whatever he was looking at couldn't be true. Standing before him was Julia. "..... Julia.." He finally whispered. Mel hopped down and slowly approached her, all the while she just smiled back. Mel burst into tears and hugged her as tight as he could, as if he was never going to let her go again. Julia laughed and hugged him back, patting him on the back. "Hey, it's alright," she whispered. "I'm here. It's ok..!"

Mel couldn't stop sobbing. He sobbed and sobbed, until finally he looked up at her face. Julia wiped his tears, and they kissed. For the first time in ages, Mel and Julia kissed each other.

Julia gave him one more big hug.

D0B0 volunteered at McDonalds.

I camera tracked some footage at a McDonalds by my house and dropped this little guy behind the register.

D0B0’s screen flickered to life. He looked around this dark old workshop, confused and scared. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move.

“Easy now, don’t ya worry. It’s alright, I fixed ya up.”

D0B0 tried to focus on this mysterious man, but he couldn’t quite see straight.

“Can ya speak, lad..? What’s yer name? Do ya have one?”

“…..Dee zero… Bee Zero..” He managed to say.

“D-0-B-0, eh? Do ya still have yer memory? Do ya remember anything?”

“…..Yes.” D0B0 ran through his memory core, recalling years and years of past events.

“Can ya show me? Say, can ya show me the happiest memory you can think of?”

It was an easy task for him. He knew just the one. D0B0’s screen fuzzed out and faded into a scene of two young Vaborians, a boy and a girl, walking down the street overlooking a beach as the sun was setting. They stopped and turned to the beach, watching the sun set along the ocean. The light beautifully glistened on the surface of the water, like twinkling stars in the night sky. The two looked to each other, and they smiled, staring into each others eyes. She grabbed his hands, and he suddenly looked very comfortable and relaxed. Their smiles seemed to fade as they slowly moved closer to each other, where they finally kissed. The scene fuzzed out back to normal ol D0B0.

“Aw, isn’t that heart warming, eh? But ya got me curious now… What’s the saddest thing now?”

Like before, D0B0’s screen fizzled out to a different scene. This time it was the same boy from before, but only much older. He stood at a bus stop holding a stuffed duffle bag. He looked down at the pavement, with an unsure look on his face. “Are you sure about this?” D0B0 asked them. “Yeah! Yeah…..” They replied. They took a deep breath and smirked at him. “I have a feeling I’ll do more good here than anywhere else..” “But… What about us..? Will.. Will we ever see each other again..?” D0B0 asked. “Hey.. We’ll see each other again, don’t you worry..! Pals forever and ever right?” “Yeah.. Forever and ever..” A shuttle landed nearby and the man walked aboard. He stopped in the entrance and looked back over his shoulder. He gave a salute and the doors closed behind him, and the scene faded out.

“Is this the same boy? Ya know, from before?”

“Yes.”

“Did ya love him?”

“….Yes.”

“What was his name? Do ya remember?”

“…Mel. Mel was his name.”

“Ah. Is Mel yer owner?”

“At least he was..”

“Oh? Where is he now?”