So here i was just thinking of how my future going to be, most of my friends has already decided on what they are going venture into, as i Layed down on my bed i Heared my mother screaming my name downstairs i rushed to her calling, she giving me a stern look saying a letter just arrived for me. I had always dreamt of being an Astronut so i can explore our worlds.
My name is Jake and my life is about to change when i opened that letter and saw i had been admitted into my dream school in Moscow i was happy and shared the news with my parens my mother was the one filled with joy the most. I set out to tell my friends about the news and brag about it in their face. i met with Shuri and Daniel in which they congratulated me and we just went into the normal routine of our day we caused a lot of trouble in our Neighbourhood we were known as the terrible Trio.
On a Monday morning i was to resume and start school immediately and that was how it all began my father drove all the way from Ohio to Moscow and dropped me off at my school gate and as i entered the school premises the Goosebums i had was unexpected and unexplainable so as i headed over to the admins block to get my things sorted, a lady bumped into me seeing it was like she is also just a newbie or a fresher as they say so i helped her picked the stuffs that dropped and i introduced myself as Jake and she said her name was Julia we sorted that out and went to get our things done.
The school headquarters was massive and big they even had a rocket ship that was being tested to further humane research i have never seen anything like it before so it was all new to me at first so i just went with the flow so that was how it all started, i started my journey into becoming an Astronut.
My bunk mates were Andrew and Lawrence as it should be they were also Freshers so we go to class by together and do most of the stuff we got really close when it comes to doing everything, also Julia was also in my class and we Sorta got a little thing going on, she's pretty and today i decided i'm gonna ask her out, at first i was actually terrified and scared she might reject me but lets see how it goes. After we were done with class i engaged her and teased her a little bit then i went or it i said you're the prettiest girl i have ever seen and i like your smile i tried some classical words but it was awkward in the end she later said yes and i actually got my first kiss it was amazing the feeling you get is Unexplanable.
We went on our first date and did some walking and that's was all, The next day when class was attending the vice chancellor came over and passed an important news saying there was Gonna be a Rafle draw and any students picked gets to go on an adventure to the moon, my mind was out blown and since i always wanted to Exlpore after the class i tendered my name to the Rafle draw list and prayed that it was Gonna be me. The results was to be announced in three days time all of my friends were excited and prayed they win the school was in an unsubtle manner everyone had their hopes up because it is once in a life time thing and so the days were up and it was time for the announcement of the two winners.
Everyone was in a silent manner as the name were drawn out the first winner was Ackerman Shawn every one congratulated him as himself was still in self shock as they draw out the second the silence was top notch you could hear the sound of your heart beat that instant as the name was drawn out the name Godwin Jake was uttered and my mind was blown out of my body i was confused and numb as at that moment my friends tried cheering me on but at that moment all that was going through my head was I'm going to space. When i came to my senses i smiled and rejoiced with my friends and they threw a party just for me and shawn ater all was done we were given two weeks to prepare and inform our families at once.
I called my mom and told her everything she was literally crying and i tried consoling her my father congratulated me and wished me best of luck cause he also had a trip out of the city and would'nt be able to meet me on that day so after that days were passed by and it remains a few days to the day of the takeoff my mother visited me and we talked for some time before she wished me best of luck also most of the time i spent my days from class to being with Julia just trying to keep myself occupied for the time being for the D-day as the day goes by i got into a fight with a senior and i ended up having my ass handed to me and said i was being too dramatic and way too overconfident i take it as it may be because i was the one picked for the adventure so i expect there to be hate cause its inevitable so a day before we set out we and Julia set out on a romantic day just to celebrate out last night together before i move on we went to a fancy restaurant and did some take out incase anybody's feeling hungry. Julia slept over and we did some stuffs just to entertain our self and binged a movie.
As i woke up with Julia beside me i gave her a kiss on the forehead and set out to get ready for the trip on getting to school everyone was there to cheer me up and gave us some courage talk, an helicopter came and took us to a spaced out area where the rocket ship was situated i was heavy on the knees cause my GOD the spaceship was big. We entered and that was the first time i saw the inside of a spaceship it was magnificient and there were too many buttons on the inside the commander instructed us to strap up we were taking off in T-minus 5 minutes and so we did, the takeoff was hectic i could'nt feel anything and i could'nt breath well i was sited by the window and saw the ground getting smaller, smaller, then i could literally see the earth and it's round shape. i was speechless for about 30minutes and was just looking at the magnificent view before me the commander explained some things. i could literally see space before me that was how it all started my dream was fulfilled and i was also fulfilled me and Shawn were just looking at ourselves cause we were dumbfounded the commander just kept smiling at me as i was just surveying the view.
The commander uttered saying we gonna go back into the Atmosphere in just some hours that we should enjoy it while we can. we took some photos and managed to keep ourselves entertained that was the best feeling i ever had in my little life i was one of the most happy people in the world cause the smile on my face won't cease to exist when it was time we were told to strap up, that was how my adventure to the moon began. We landed on the moon and i did some walk about in my space suit we took a photo, did some laughing then we headed back into the ship.
We entered the earths atmosphere and landed in an unknown location later on an helicopter arrived and we were taken back to the school premises we arrived around 7am in the morning and that was how how it all started and ended my friends teased me and i explained to the very last detail of how it went down Julia and everyone was so excited for me, i showed them the oicture that was taken i just kept remembering the view and everything that went down i said in my mind this an adventure i will never forget till death do us about and that was all that happened the next years that came i studied and passed with my degree. I am now a scientist, an astronut and a father to my daughter Lilllian... i hope i can explore to my heart content...