I'm here to tell you a story of a man named Charlie Tamamori, a man who never knew how to love, until an abnormal being appeared in his bed in the morning. He pulled down the blanket and to his surprise, laying before him was an angel wearing a white dress sleeping in his bed. Unsure what to do, Charlie laid and thought for a moment.
“Hi” the angel said awaking from her slumber “sorry I slept here, you didn't have a second bed.” Charlie stared in disbelief.
“Who are you?” Charlie asked “Why are you here?”
“My name is Victoria” The angel said smiling “I'm here to help you learn to love and care” Charlie was furious.
“I do know how to love and I know how to care”
“Who”Victoria said smirking.
“Me” Charlie said crossing his arms.
“anyone other then yourself?”Victoria asked.
“I wonder” Charlie said avoiding the question “What happens to you when you die? Do you come back as an animal or something?”
“I-I can't tell you”Victoria said “you'll have to figure it out yourself.” Charlie pouted. “I always wanted to come back as a butterfly when I came back to Earth”
“Why didn't you?” Charlie asked.
“Never mind that”Victoriasaid changing the subject back “Let's start teaching you how to love and care”
“Fine” Charlie said “What do I have to do?”
“Well”Victoria said “let's start with caring, do you have a doll or something?”
“Actually” Charlie said, grabbing something out from the closet “I have this mannequin”
“Perfect”Victoria said with glee “Now, I want you to say 'Hi' to the doll”
“Why?” Charlie asked with a confused look on his face.
“Because”Victoria said motioning toward the mannequin “she had a bad day and could use some helpful words”. Charlie rolled his eyes.
“Hi....doll?” Victoria started to glow. “Whoa, what's happening?” Charlie asked.Victoria shimmered towards the mannequin.
“Hello” the mannequin said.
“What is happening?” Charlie asked in shock.
“It's me Victoria” She said “I took over the body of the mannequin so it'll feel as if you're talking to an actual person.
“Oh, okay?” Charlie said confused
“Well”Victoria said folding her arms “Go on”
“H-How are you doing?” Charlie asked.
“I had a really bad day”Victoriasaid.
“Okay” Charlie said scratching his head.Victoria nudged him.
“Say something like 'aw why?'” she whispered.
“Oh, aw why?” he asked.
“I got fired from my job” she said slouching her shoulders “and then my boyfriend broke up with me, what am I going to do?”Victoria cupped her face in her hands.
“There there” Charlie said patting her back awkwardly “you'll find a job soon I hope, and there's plenty of other fish in the sea”.
“Awesome!”Victoria said excitedly “How do you feel? You managed to care and love!”
“Thanks” Charlie said “and I feel a little better”.
“I think you're ready to talk to a real person”
“I don't think I'm able to do that to a real person” Charlie says sighing.
“C'mon!” Victoria said “It'll be okay”
“I'll give it a shot”
▪▪▪▪
Victoria and Charlie arrive at a park. The sun was shining and birds were chirping. Sitting alone in a corner reading a book was a girl with black hair.
“She seems very interesting” Victoria said to Charlie.
“I don't know” he said to Victoria“I'm too nervous”
“You'll be fine”Victoria said smiling “go talk to her like we practiced”. Charlie slowly walked over to the girl.
“H-Hi” He said. Then girl looked up from her book and smiled.
“Hey” She said back.
“Um...watcha reading?” Charlie asked her.
“The Stand” she said continuing to read. Charlie glanced at Victoria, who smiled and gave him the 'thumbs up'.
“You like Stephen King I see” He said.
“Yeah” the girl said placing a bookmark where she had stopped reading “I have all his books”.
“I do too actually” Charlie said “and the movies.”
“Cool” she said chuckling “I'm Tabitha”
“I'm Charlie” he said blushing. Ask her out Victoria's voice filled his mind.
“Um...how about you go to dinner with me Friday and maybe we can discuss....umm....Stephen King” Tabitha giggled.
“Sounds lovely” she said pulling a pen from her bag “here's my number”. She grabbed Charlies hand and scribbled down her number “See you then” she said an in a flash she was gone. Victoria ran over to Charlie excitedly.
“You did it!” She said.
“I-I did it” Charlie said “and now I have to do it again this Friday, oh God!”
“You'll do great!” she said “You're doing great!”
“I don't even know where to begin planning” Charlie said frantically “Where will we eat dinner at? I don't even like Stephen King!”
“Relax” Victoria said “We have till' Friday”
“Okay” Charlie said taking a deep breath “till Friday”Victoria smiled.
“Let's go prepare you for your date”.
