Cupid, actually.

Before...everything.

It's the end of the day, finally. I walked out of the classroom and headed to my locker, it was the last day of school and i was excited, so i was rushing. When i had everything in my backpack, i put on my leather jacket and backpack over top of my white tank top. I pulled up my jeans and closed the locker door, taking the lock with me, putting it in my side pocket on my backpack. I started walking. Not paying attention to where i was going, i walked right into someone. "Oh, im so sorry!" I instantly said and looked at the person, automatically regretting apologizing. Emily. Standing right infront of me, my worst enemy. I don't remember what i did to her, but she hates me now. She's a bully to everyone, but because she hates me, she'll target me at random times. "Watch were you're going fatass." She raised both eyebrows and gave a snarky look, as if she's proud of her rude remark. "Me? A fatass huh? I'd tell you about how your boyfriend likes that, but then he'd have no reason to be with you." I tiled my head and smirked, walking aroud her and pushing open the door to the stairs, i got a cuple high fives on my way to the front of the school.
I stood waiting for Cade. Cade is my best friend, i guess it is safe to call him that, although we both know that he's really just friend zoned, by me. But hey, he has a girlfriend. I'm waiting for some guy to notice me, though that'll never happen. My friends tell me he's interested, and he is acting like it don't get me wrong, he's just not asking me out! I get it it's pressuring, but he's taken enough time to think it through, he's just not taking action. Oh well, i give up. I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket of my jeans, i take out my phone to see exactly what I didn't want to, a message from Cade 'sorry Val. Can't walk you home today, I'm hanging out with Taylor.' Pissed didn't even begin to describe how i felt right now. This is the 7th or 8th time he's done this, waited till i was waiting on him to text me and tell me he wasnt going to be there. I rolled my eyes and put in my earbuds, i pressed play on my phone Russian roulette by rihanna was playing. I walked home, and went straight up the stairs and into my room, falling back on my bad dropping my things off on my chair by the vanity on the way. I layed there for a minute. I turned off my music thinking i heard something down stairs, i sat up on my bed and listened to confirm weather it was my head messing with me. I heard it again, then I realized, it was my fridge opening and closing... I stood up and walked down the stairs as quietly as i could, halfway down, a teenage girl walked right infront of the bottom of the stairs, i feel like ive seen her before. Her aura seems pleasant, almost like she's family. "You got any apples?" She asked and walked back to the kitchen. "Uh, no." I walked over to her "who're you and why are you in my house exactly?" I narrowed my eyes. Usually I would've been freaking out, but something about her made me remain calm. "I'm leena, we've met before, we made a deal. You don't remember, you told me to make you forget about it. Don't ask me why, you were stubborn." She told me while scanning the inside of my fridge. "What if i want the memories back?" I asked "you don't. You may be curious right now, but once you have the memories back, you'll be begging me to take them back. Trust me." She said, talking about it as if it's irrelevant. I believed her with the whole I don't want to know thing. " no offence or anything, but why are you here?" I asked not sure if i wanted to know the answer. She closed the fridge door and walked into the living room empty handed. "Im here because when we made that deal, it came with a price. You have to trade places with me, take my job. I want to be mortal again and live my life. It was part of our deal." She explained. "Wait, what was the deal in the first place?" I asked baffled "and what're you saying? That you're immortal?!" I was about to freak out.
She stood up " you might want to sit down, it's alot to take in." I sat down. "Okay, so first of all, you were in love and you were in a relationship with that someone, and he broke your heart to the point where you were about to end your life, but since we were friends in a nother life, i still watched over you. You've been hurt the same way in many other lives you have lived. That's right, you've been reincarnated many times. But were's the thing, when you were about to kick the chair out from under you, i made the rope around your neck, snap. So you just fell. I saved you that time, and a time after that, and another time after that aswell. You kept trying to die, and i kept saving you. You were so far gone, that you wouldn't stop untill you were dead. So i came to you to talk you out of it, but you talked me into makeing a deal with you. One I couldn't refuse. Life. To trade places with you. I am a cupid, we are immortal, and our job is to make people fall in love and out, but we also have dominion over life, we can take and give it away if wanted or needed, but im tired of it, every cupid has lived a human life, mine, for one, sucked. But i want another shot. Your deal is giving me that shot, at midnight tonight, our trade will take place here. We will still be able to talk afterwards, but no one else is allowed to see you, and i can show you the ropes around the while cupid thing. Anyway, after we made the deal, you asked me to take away your memory of the guy who basically emotionally killed you. So i did, aswell as the memory of me. Sorry that happened to you btw." She walked up to my room as if nothing happened.
I followed her, a little angery about the whole thing. "What time is it? " i asked wanting to know how much longer i had untill everything changes. "Ten. You have two hours to do as you please." She said simply. I was shocked, i only had TWO HOURS?! "I'll be back by midnight!" I said and ran outside and down the street. I ran to Cades house and knocked on the door. Cade opened the door "hey, Val what're you doing here?" As soon as her seen me, his face lit up and he smiled like he was in the presence of the one thing he loved most. I smiled. My vision blurred and i realized i was about to cry. His face fell and he pulled me inside amd closed the door, he pulled me into a hug. He held me tightly but he was gentle. We stayed like that for a while until my tears stopped. He let go and we walked over the his couch. We sat down and he looked at me expectingly. "What's wrong?" He asked "after midnight, your never going to see me again." I said more tears soaking my face. "Wha-what? Why?" He asked completely baffled "I can't explain, but no one else will see me either. This is goodbye. This is why i came here, I couldn't just go." I said and looked down "goodbye. Don't forget me too quickly, okay?" I said and looked at him trying my best to smile. I got up and ran out the door. He ran after me halfway down the street but i was too fast to the point where he lost me. I was running somewhere else. My crushes house. Hey, i wanna come completely clean. As i ran, my tears dried and i was no longer upset, i felt nothing, no emotion at all. Then i started to feel excited thinking about seeing my crush.

When i finally reached his house, i almost collapsed from running for so long. I walked calmly up to his door and knocked lightly. The door opened to reveal adam, he was standing wide-eyed looking at me. Obviously he didn't expect me. "Valerie, uh, don't take this the wrong way but, why're you here?" He asked, his face returning to normal. "Im here to say goodbye, you aswell as everyone else, won't see me again. You and one other person are the last people to see me. So you are pretty special. " i laughed as if it was a joke. "Woah, what? Why won't i see you again?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "Too hard to explain, sorry. But i just wanted to talk to you." I said. Adam stepped back from the door and opened it more, signalling me to come inside. I came in and we went to his room in the basement. We both sat on his bed. "I can't stay for long. What time is it?" I asked hoping it wasn't too too late. "Eleven, on the dot." He said checking his watch. "Oh okay good." I said and took a deep breath. "What'd you want to talk about?" He asked sounding a little impatient. "I wanna talk about me and you. I like you, alot. And I've never really had the guts to tell you or take action, but i was thinking, and I wanted to know how you feel about me before i leave. And honestly the way your looking at me is making me want to kiss you again and again." I said with all honesty. His face went redder then a lobster. "I've been trying to get you to feel the same way about me since grade 7. I like you more then what's healthy. " his face went even more red as he admitted that. We both smiled. He quickly moved forward taking my face in both of his hands and kissing me on the lips. The kiss was passionate, and gentle, but it was like he'd been waiting forever for this.
We both pulled away. I stood up "I'd better go..." I said a little upset. He sighed and walked me to the door. "Do you have to leave?" He asked as i walked out of the door. "Yes. I'll see you again, don't worry." I smirked "i hope so. I'll wait for you." He laughed and winked. I laughed "goodnight." We both said and i walked home.
I walked in my house and looked at the time on the clock in the living room. It's eleven fifty eight. Leena cane down stairs and took me into the backyard. She held both of my hands, when midnight struck, a white light passed through her and into me, my outfit changed, and my skin was glowing. When it all stopped and she let go, i felt a little dizzy. Everything went black.