She's Worth It

Chapter 1

Shadow's P. O.V.

Two weeks have passed since I came to Earth. I got a flat and I got in school. One thing angels can do really good is convince people. Like I convinced the  building owner that I already paid the rent. Well Mirrana and Gabriel gave me a lot of money so I wouldn't have to get a job. Because I was a teenager I couldn't get a house like all the other angels. I spent all my free time training instead of being with the other angels. I finished my training early because of that. I didn't mind. All my friends were old angels that have been on Earth for hundreds of thousands of years. They taught me about different things on Earth and about The Clouds. When the Sun was just a star, they laughed. They watched humans do sorts of horrific and admiration worthy things. I hated the fact I'll have to learn about the horror on Earth. But every gift comes with a price. I finished training early so I must listen to that. My school was... Strange. There were people kissing on every corner and yet I felt the need of love inside them. Why would they kiss someone whom they don't love? It's absurd. With every step I took my fingers got tingly and I could feel the arrow appear and bow appear in my hands. But I couldn't shoot them in front of everybody. That would look like murder. I must get them alone. I heard once an angel shot a person with no one to love so the person fell in love with the angel. I don't want that to happen to me. Well only if I loved the person back. The need of love was so strong here, I got dizzy. My stomach turned, and I almost lost my lunch. The need was too strong. The arrows were appearing and disappearing and reappearing in my hands as well as the bow. I stayed home for a couple of days to pull myself together and the need was weaker the second time I entered my school. The classes were boring. Not as interesting as angel school. Things easy to remember. I didn't talk to anyone even though Gabriel visited me in my dreams and said I must interact more. These people were too much for me. I still got an arrow in my hand when in class if someone longed for love too much. I had to be really strong for my wings not to open. On my first day I almost shot my science teacher. She was a lonely woman. Nobody noticed me in school. I was like wind passing by them. That was nice. I could go flying in the evening. But there is one single person who longs for love and understanding more than everybody else. That was a man, well more of a boy who called himself Chris. I would have shot him by now if he wasn't constantly surrounded by women and men. His pain was like a dagger through my heart or like someone cut off my wings. I didn't know what to do until Mirrana visited me in my dreams and  said I mustn't shoot him because he has no one to love. I felt bad for him. I really did. I noticed that everyone has a different coloured arrow. Some pure white, some white feathers and black shaft and so on. Several times I got an arrow for Chris. It was beautiful. With black feathers like mine and a silver shaft like his eyes. Truly stunning. It is odd that I speak like that of an arrow but they have a special meaning to me. Right now I'm sitting in class listening about Algebra and preparing myself for the need to shoot Chris. He usually arrives late and he caught me off guard a couple of times but I learned from my mistakes. I am always ready now. Just as I suspected, the need grew bigger as Chris stepped inside. "Mr Knight! One more time you're late and you get detention!" Mrs Murray said angrily. "Yeah, okay." he said and sat down. I didn't stop looking at him which was a big mistake. He looked at me so suddenly with so much emotion it turned my stomach. I collapsed to the ground, yelping in pain. An arrow appeared and disappeared again. The teacher called for the nurse and I didn't know what to do. The only worse thing would be if he'd touch me. But he was still sitting looking at me, doing nothing. Thank you Gabriel, I thought. But that's when Christopher got up.