At the end of winter break I was so tired of any mention of God, Angels & anything else biblical, I needed a break. I had transformed 15 times during my break, training with Night; so roughly five times over a three week period. It was Monday morning, & we had school tomorrow. Night gave me a day… well I guess night off from training today; I just wanted to sleep & be lazy. A hand brushed my cheek. “Angel, get up please, I fixed you breakfast.” I woke up, noticing how matted my hair was about to my head; looks like it finally returned to normal after its length freak-out yesterday, but that’s another story. I looked up & saw Skyfall standing over me, smiling as usual. “Ugh… go away Skyfall… I'm too tired for this. Your brother drained every ounce of energy I had last night with training…” I closed my eyes & tried to go back to sleep. She kept poking me, trying to get me out of bed. “But someone’s here to see you too. It’s someone named Roy… a human. He's calling you ‘Mama…’ what's going on; did you have children before?” I sighed. “Oh… that’s just my son- WHAT ROY IS HERE… LIKE RIGHT NOW!?!” I bolted up from the bed & ran out of my room, not caring that I was in a tank top & long pajama pants. Roy was a good friend of mine, he often got bullied in school so I took him under my wing; he's kinda like my son. I've known the small kid since pre-school. When we met he was getting beaten up pretty bad, & being the feisty four year old that I was, I fought them off. He stared following me, & at first I didn't want him hanging around, but he looked liked a kicked puppy when I told him to leave me alone & he was funny enough so I was like what the hell. My parents became good role models for the kid; hell we even took him to family gatherings, him calling me ‘Mama’ the whole time. I saw him sitting on the couch talking. “Roy hi, you look w-” Ah shit. Night turned around, Roy nearly laying on him. Night just looked at me, face turning red; I was still in my pajamas which was basically a tank top & panties. “I see you’ve met my… family friend Night…” I said it like that because Night had changed so much in one morning; his hair was still long but it was really curly, a lone cross earring was on his slightly pointed elf-like left ear. But he still wore his angel get up; guess he didn’t sleep, even though he said he'd sleep. “MAMA, I MISSED YOU!!!” Roy turned around & gave me a big smile, running to hug me. I sat on the couch with him clinging to me. He was a short tan kid, he had pink hair he died himself, purple contacts, & glasses. He wore a sleeveless black jumpsuit from his family's repair shop. It was the only set of clothes he owned, his family was kinda poor. He was really friendly; sadly people made him do their dirty work for them. He acted like a little kid, but he was the smartest guy I knew when it came to machines. Once he was able to start my stalled convertible in a matter of seconds. He grinned at me widely. “Mama, c’mon sit! I really like this guy, he's really funny.” I smiled & ruffled up his hair. “Oh yeah, you like him so much, you can have him & his sister free of charge.” He laughed. He had the nicest smile in the world; I swear babies of every species are born every time it happens. “Did you enjoy your break?” I shrugged. “Yeah… I was busy though.” He tilted his head in confusion. “Busy with what; did you get a job, new hobby or something?” Night spoke this time, a little groggy. “She is helping our Father for a little bit, isn’t that right Angelica?” I was stunned. “Uh yeah… Night, can you help me in the kitchen… now.” I walked into my room & he followed, stumbling as he walked. “Skyfall, you gotta talk to Roy out there please…” she nodded, mumbling something as she left. “Oh yay… this is gonna be fun!” she skipped out of the room.

I started to get dressed. “Thought angels can’t lie; what happened to that little rule huh?” Night sat down on my bed. “I was not lying. You are helping Father. I simply told him the truth, but it was vague however…” I got out the underwear I needed & stared at him. “You gonna leave so I can get dressed or what?” he nodded & left. I put on a random pair of clothes; blue shorts with a red crop top & black suspenders. While I'm not much for girly clothes, this was a nice in between. As I walked out of my room I heard Skyfall squealing with joy. “You mean you’ve never seen a TV before?” I walked in on Roy, Night, & Skyfall watching TV; fuck it just had to be Supernatural & it had to be the episode with Cain in it… Lord if you’re listening to me now; you gotta kill me please! “Nope… back home we didn't have a TV thing.” I hid my face in my hand, sat down on the couch & groaned. “Why me…?” everything was going well until we got into the plot. “That’s not what happened, like Able would be tempted by Satan.” Roy looked confused, but giggled. “You say it like you were there.” She shrugged. “I'm an angel ya know, so is my brother, so I think we know better than anyone.” I sat straight up; mother fucking shit, you can’t tell him that idiot! “Really, that’s so cool!” I grabbed Skyfall & spoke. “What she means is that she’s a really good person… now Roy did you need something?” he lowered his head & twiddled his thumbs. “Uh yeah… the bullies are making things worse at the shop… they set fire to a shed & hit Bubba in the face. Um… would you mind walking home from school with me at some point?” I nodded & he hugged me. He walked to the front door, putting on his brown boots. “Thanks again Mama, see ya at school. By the way, Ty moved, he’s not going to school near us anymore he wanted me to tell you. He’s going to California for a really good art program.” I got sad, thinking it was because of the angel thing, but he was saying he was gonna move for a while; guess it was time. I felt a little bit better, but Roy hugged me again & then left.

I shut the door & glared at Skyfall. “I'm going to kill you…” I growled; Skyfall laughed. “Silly Angel, we can’t die!” I sighed as Skyfall stood up & closely inspected my face. “What… is something wrong?” I nodded. “Sit down, both of you.” They sat as I turned off the TV & stood in front of them like a general would in front of his army. “Ok look, we need a cover for you guys if you’ll really go to school with me.” They gave me a questioning look. “Cover… like a blanket?” shit this was gonna be harder than I thought.

“Ok, for example Skyfall, we can’t tell anyone that we’re angels ok, there gonna think were crazy & lock us in a room with padded walls.”

“Ok then… but it sounds fun.”

“So… ah…. What is this cover thing… ah… again; is it… ah… a lie?”

“Night, you ok?”

“Once it gets closer to the evening I will be fine.” 

“Ok if anyone asks who you guys are, say you're my family friends from some bull-shit country ok?” 

“There is one problem… angels can’t lie, you know that.”

“There's always something isn’t there Skyfall. You guys lived in Japan beforehand, you guys know who my god-parents are; you won’t be lying ok.”

“Ok then so that’s what's true, but our names-”

“Don’t worry about that, the fact you’re not from the states will be fine… but your clothes… well...”

“What do you not like them? They are the clothes Father hand-picked for us.”

I nodded. “& I understand that, but you guys just look too foreign. You won’t have to throw them away, but you can’t wear them to school; I can’t believe I'm about to say this but, we’re going shopping & I'm gonna need some help.”

“I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU’RE GOING SHOPPING; SQUEE!!!” I sighed, holding the phone away from my face, despite having it on speaker. “Flora… you gotta calm down ok, you’re on speaker & I think you blew out my eardrums.” I heard a giggle. “Hehe, sorry Lovely!” I smiled. “Look, my friends need some new clothes for school; one is a girl & you know I don’t know jack shit about girl clothes.” Suddenly I heard the door bell ring. “Hang on, someone's at the door.” I walked over to the door & opened it. Flora was standing at the door, phone in her hand. “Hey there Lovely!” she looked like she stepped out of a fairy magazine. She wore her curly green hair down, it reached her upper back, big green eyes, & a dress that was several different shades of green. She's a total nature nut, but she was as girly as they come; I've known her since we were little. She kissed me lightly on the cheek & held me at arm’s length. “This is my dream come true… taking you shopping.” She walked into my house with her high heels. I shook my head. “So you know that really cute guy I was looking at… Stanley I think is his name? Well let me tell you that I found out he's gay & I have nothing against that but man I was s-” she froze, staring at Skyfall. Skyfall looked over at her & smiled really big; I thought it was impossible for a face to stretch that far unless you're the Cheshire cat, but stranger things have happened. “NIGHTFALL, LOOK; FLORA’S HERE, FLORA’S HERE!!!” Night glanced around the corner, exhausted, his fifth cup of coffee in his hand. “Oh… I see. Wait what?!?” he practically fell trying to come around the corner so fast. “You know them Flora?” she nodded, hugging Skyfall tightly & kissing her forehead. “Hey Skyfall, why are you here… wait... does she knows now!” Flora turned & was beaming at me, putting her hands on my shoulders again. “It was your 18th birthday in December. Oh finally, now I can show you how I really look.” Suddenly she stood back & I watched a whirlwind of green leaves engulf her. When they vanished, I saw Flora, but she had a long dress made of green leaves & a crown of flowers. Her hair was in a long green braid & she had a cross design on her dress as well as a single cross earring on her pointed right ear. Her wings were beautiful, mimicking one big flower that was several shades of green with dots of red. “Flora, Angel of the Forest at your service!” I was stunned, & then I grabbed her by her dress collar. “You knew about me being this… thing & didn't tell me?!?” she held up her hands in defense. “Ok, I know you’re mad at me-” “Yeah no shit.” I growled at her. “But, in my defense, Father told me not to interfere until Skyfall & Nightfall told you. The next time I saw you would be when Father said I could reveal myself.” I let her go & looked at her, wondering if she had died or was born in heaven. “So were you born an angel or… did you… you know…?” she nodded. “Yeah I hit my head in the forest in 2009, you remember right? Well, it killed me, but Father sent me back in my own body so I could keep an eye on you as an Angel. Can we go shopping now?” I love this girl to death & back, but man she has fucked up priorities.